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I can't quite manage 50 books in a year but would like to aim for 12.

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Beechview · 31/12/2013 12:03

Would anyone else like to join this challenge?

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feckawwf · 03/01/2014 00:09

Ooh I'm in, should defo manage 12! Just started Reconstructing Amelia at Xmas so that's my first Smile

LEMoncehadacatcalledSANTA · 03/01/2014 00:05

Can I join? I joined the 50 books thing but im such a slow reader I reckon 12 is far more realistic. Just picked ip one ftom 12 days of kindle - copycat by gillian white. Not my normal type of book but will let you know

isleangel · 02/01/2014 16:56

I decided to start with the Night Circus, and after page 18 I'm really hooked, which is always a good sign in a book! Had just read the road by Cormac Mccarthy, but it took me 100 pages to get interested

theonewiththenoisychild · 02/01/2014 10:24

im in. i just started reading a cathy glass book called hidden. ive got a few quick reads from the library to read and i brought 2 diane chamberlain books in the kindle sale. i may be able to do more than 12 but will never manage 50. not with my kids Grin

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Beechview · 01/01/2014 11:41

Hi countingdown what are you going to read?

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Beechview · 01/01/2014 11:40

Babylonmood Have you looked at the 12 days of kindle deals? There are loads of good books for 99p or £1.49. I've bought about 4 so far including Gone Girl.

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countingdown · 01/01/2014 11:23

Can I join please? Seem to have lost my reading mojo recently, but 12 books sounds manageable.

Babylonmood · 01/01/2014 11:18

Ooooh - I loved The Gone Girl

Babylonmood · 01/01/2014 11:12

Hi. Very varied. Have enjoyed worthy classics in the past but brain not up to it at the moment. Modern novels I've enjoyed recently are: the time travellers wife; In the Line of Beauty; The Slap; anything by Margaret Atwood; The Midwives' Confession: Swamplandia; The Poisonwood Bible (blub); Running the Rift; Fingersmith;

I have a kindle so cheap kindle stuff is good.

SwedishEdith · 31/12/2013 13:34

I'm going to try this this year (again, say it every year). I think I might alternate between a classic I "should" have read and a more modern novel. I'll watch here to see what gets recommended.

craftynclothy · 31/12/2013 13:17

Me! There is no way I could read 50 books in a year (unless I'm allowed to count my course materials).

I've just finished The Husband's Promise and really enjoyed it, I read it in 4 days I think and I've not read a full length novel for a few years Shock (I'm studying so don't get a lot of time and when I do I tend not to read as I need a break from staring at words on a page).

Have downloaded a couple of books from the 12 days of kindle sale so my first book of the New Year will either be Frisky Business or Eternally North.

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Beechview · 31/12/2013 12:56

What kind of books do you like reading Babylonmood?
When I got back into reading, I enjoyed

Into The Darkest Corner - Elizabeth Haynes (it was recommended here)
The Help - Kathryn Stockett
Cuckoo - Julia Crouch
Some Alexander McCall Smith and a fair bit of trashy supernatural romance stuff free on my kindle app Blush :)

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Babylonmood · 31/12/2013 12:43

Yes I would like to join you. Since having a baby my attention span has fizzled to nothing. I would like to spend less time here flitting about and more time reading books. If I start easy I can build up to worthy. Any recommendations?

isleangel · 31/12/2013 12:38

I'll join you - no way I'll ever read 50, (unless I abandon real life entirely), but I think I managed 14 this year, so would like to read more next year. For books I'm in a dilemma over which to start with - The night circus or angelmaker

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