I read 54 books in 2011.

[AtYourCervix]

at least 54 that I wrote down. I'm fairly sure there were a few more.

That's nice dear :o

What were they then? What was good, what was bad?

I've been on LOTR and Sophie's World for ages, determined to finish them before starting more - problem with working in a library is that I see loads I want to read RIGHT NOW!

Blimey how do you find time to read more than one a week?!

Any you'd recommend?

hang on. real life interfering. will do a list after.

right.

good ones:

The help - Katherine stockett
Lost souls - Poppy z Brite
Started Early. Took my dog - Kate Atkinson
The return of captain John Emmet - Elizabeth Speller
The Knitting Circle - Ann Hood
The tent, the bucket and me -

Classic types reread:
Persuasion
P&P
Vanity air
the three musketeers

Authors I read a few off and liked
Kate Atkinson (couple of her newer ones)
Camilla Lackberg (Swedish Crime type)
Elly Griffiths (mixture of archeology and who-dunnit)

Midwifey ones:
The Birth house - Ami Mckay
Catching babies
12 babies on a bike
Midwyf

Reread lots of Jilly Copers - theres always room for Jilly

Disappointments:
Beyond Black - Hilary Mantell
A place of greater safety - Hilar Mantell (couldn't get into this and abandoned it)
The Passion - Jeanette Winterson

Utter crap:
Picture perfect - Jodi picoult
A change of altitude - Anita Shrieve
The choice - Susan Lewis
The lost days of summer - Katie flynn
various others too crap to read and abandoned

some other mediocre ones like Phiullipa Gregory and Tracy Chevalier and Kerry Wilkinson which were readable but won't be reread.

Where do you find the time?

I couldn't get into The Help
Agree with you entirely re Jilly though!!

I don't do housework or cooking.

I've read 49 since July. This doesn't include work-related reading (work in publishing). At least 25 of those in July & August whilst on annual leave.

Ha ha I don't either! Must put more effort into reading & less into mumsnetting
if I read every evening instead of mn'ing I too could read 50+ books...

When I used to work full time I read loads on train journey during commute & in my lunch hour
Bloomin' kids .....

If you liked poppy z brite ( who is now a he by the way) try sarah monette or Sarah Rees Brennan. Would definitely reccomend- and I like jilly cooper, georgette heyer, dick Francis, etc.

I read 108 books in 2011

I usually do not watch tv or go online in the evenings so I read for 3+ hours after my DD goes to bed.

I haven't read any Jilly Cooper yet. I've heard a lot of good things about her though, so I might have a look the next time I go to the library.

I read about 150 books.
Like Abcinthia, I don't watch much tv and like going to bed at 9pm and reading. I have read 12 books over Christmas period.

I read 1 and a half! DS was born and is distracting, and I'm not commuting.

Cervix and abcinthia are your children older and have barricaded themselves in their room? Only asking because I need hope that I too will read more some day in the future. At the moment, with 2 dds under 5, I consider myself lucky if I can read more than a page a day

I've only got one child and she's 4. I went off reading for a few years, when I was pregnant and when DD was younger, because I was too tired and just couldn't concentrate on books. It was only in the last 2 years that I've started to read more again.

Since I got a kindle I've found my reading has increased so much more. Last year I totted up 78 (I keep a list of what I've read. I read a lot of crime fiction series & need to keep track of where I'm up to, don't judge me ok?) and the year before was 65. Also I've been blessed with the ability to read very quickly. Would quite like to hit the 100 mark this year. Lord knows I've enough books lined up.

I haven't counted my reading, but I get 5 or 6 books from the library every 2 weeks, and reread books we own. I must read 6 or 7 books a week, how do people not find the time, the TV is total tripe at the moment? I will count my books this year and see how many I really read (I have read 3 this year already)

I've started keeping a record of the books I read now. I used to be a prolific reader when I was a teenager, getting through huge piles of books rapidly, but sadly that tailed off and since I had children I've barely managed to read more than half a dozen books a year. It is getting better though, now that the children are getting a bit more independent. I'm setting myself a low target of 20 books to read this year, so I'll be delighted if I beat that, and won't be disappointed if I don't reach an unachievable target.

Reading through earlier posts, I can now see where I'm going wrong - too much trashy tv (must stop), housework (although that isn't really top priority in this house) and cooking (nope love that, so must find a way to prop the kindle up in the kitchen while I cook ).

I can read books very quickly.....something like a John Irving novel in 4-5 hours.