50 Book Challenge in 2013. Who's with me?

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Tidying up after Christmas it has come to my attention that I have nearly 100(!!) paperbacks in stacks down the side of my bed waiting to be read.
I am going to challenge myself to try and read at least 50 of them this year. That's nearly one a week so I am going to have to really apply myself and stop faffing around and doing other things when I could be enjoying a good book.
I wondered if anyone else would like to join me? We can post what we are reading and then post when we have finished each book and what's next.
I know I would love to hear what others are reading and enjoying (or not enjoying) so I can go out and buy more books in a few months time!
My first book of the year is President Down by Terence Strong about spies and terrorists which my dad lent me about a year ago! I'm only about 20 pages in, but so far so good.

Count me in please.
So far I have read and finished Miss Perigrines peculiar children, (enjoyed it very much), The Virgin Suicides (liked that as well). Currently part way through Alex's adventures in numberland, very interesting about the history of numbers and I hate maths, also part way through The Night circus, beautiful writing and I'm about to start The Perfume Garden. As for books I too have piles and piles lurking around waiting to be read and lots on my kindle from the free or 50p offers.

Can I join please ive read 3 already this year I currently have 22 to read on the kindle. My new years resolution is I cant add anymore to my kindle wish list on amazon till i have got all the ones on there which currently stands at 99 books so hopefully i will manage 50 thsi year 47 to go.

Hello, I'd like to join you. I usually read loads but have got out of the habit in the last month or so. Will post back later with the books I have to read on my shelf and kindle.

I'm a big reader, and belong to a book club, and currently have a out 100 books not touched yet!! For some reason the last few months I have lost the reading bug and just about manage to read my allocated book club book! My new year resolution is to pull it back and find the bug again!! I'm currently reading
Dorian Grey which is ok, it's a book you need to concentrate on!

How odd, I'd already set myself the challenge of reading a book a week! So far I've read Me Before You by JoJo Moyes, which I really quite enjoyed, although didn't expect to.

Currently reading The Fast Diet by Dr Michael Mosley (with a view to getting back on the 5:2 fast next week) and also Down Under by Bill Bryson.

Will be returning to fiction after that though

I'm going to join you guys Need to take the time to read this thread though - that's my first challenge. Loads of books gathering dust should be no problem though!!

Am up for this challenge. Have read the Casual Vacancy so 49 to go.

This looks great! I'd love to join in. Not sure if I can hit 50 but I'll try. Like a lot of people on this thread I also have a stack of unread books by my bed. Some have been there for quite some time

I'm planning to cut down book expenditure this year by joining a library.

I'm in.

January:
The criminal conversation of Mrs Norton - Diane Atkinson
Ripper Hunter -M J Trow

Id like to join please! May be a bit ambitious, as I have an 8 wk old baby, but would love to try. We had a bit of a clear out before xmas and I had to admit that I had books on my shelf I was just never going to read,so they went to charity, but that still leaves me with a whole lot of books to get through! Am going to start with Capital by John Lancaster which is n my kindle. Happy reading all!

Hello I am new to this but I am so impressed reading your messages and I look forward to a lot of friends and fun. I am 77 and have been a reader for many many years, like the lady with the huge pile of books by her bed, me too, and I would read one in two or three days, the older I got the faster I would read. Last year my Grandchildren bought me an EReader, it is so much easier for me I don't have to hold a book or turn the pages,but I am now reading even faster and because I need less sleep I get through one a night. Is this good or bad for me? I don't know, but I love it and learnt so much. It is really wonderfull to know that there are so many readers out there it hasn't always been so. Good reading to you all.

Late to the party but count me in!
I read a mixture of nonfiction and fiction.
Three shaky piles on my nightstand.

I've started the year with some wine books and travel writing.
Also got a couple of books on architecture for Christmas.
Typically, I have five books going on simultaneously (some of which I will never finish). Haven't finished any of the above yet...

on ' memoirs of an imaginary friend', enjoying it but not getting through it very fast.

Would probably get through it quicker if I stopped looking at kindle book offers on amazon!!

Downloaded the 100 year old man for 20p what a bargain!!

I'm very impressed how many books you've all read so far. But it's also adding to me To Read pile! I need to hibernate and get on with my reading. Had a manic start to New Year and still only finished one book! I reread Call The Midwife and am at 64% (on my kindle) of Pride and Prejudice. I haven't read it since I was a teen and I'm really enjoying it. But it's taking a while! I plan to catch up with some easy reading quick reads after!

I do not know what it is but I cannot seem to get into a book even on holiday I could not be bothered to read which is so unlike me.
Interestingly I have read less since I got a Kindle and am seriously thinking of going back to books either by purchasing from Waterstones or any other book retailer or by going to the library - actually I quite miss my weekly visits {to the library

I'm in. More later. Baby crying... again!

busymummy I have a kindle but still buy books and borrow from library. I find if I only have access to kindle books I get a bit bored with them. That and I currently have to share with my dh who is the world's slowest reader!

Finished book 1 (Edge Of The Orison by Iain Sinclair)
Picked the shortest book on my to-read shelf (The Year 1000 by Robert Lacey & Danny Danziger) to make up a few days!

I have so far read all three of the Chaos Walking trilogy by Patrick Ness. Nothing like my usual stuff but utterly BRILLIANT. So if you are looking for something different but that will leave you feeling depressed when finished, I recommend.

I'd like to join, please - I absolutely loved The Blackhouse by Peter May, and enjoyed The Lewis Man. Some other favourites mentioned on this thread, too.

We should get Peter May to do a webchat...

Terskds, a book a day sounds wonderful! I am now getting into A Misremembered Man, which is good so far. Have also downloaded Mortality by Christopher Hitchens which I think is going to be v interesting.

Can I join too please! Currently reading Wolf Hall. I read it obssesively at first, and loved it, but feel its a bit too slow now I am getting to the last 100 pages. Possibly I prefered the fiction to the history...

I dont have many books on my shelves so will be fun to look for reccomendations here to borrow or buy from the charity shop.

I'd love to join you, I used to read a lot but have been v poor of late (managing v little over book group once a month). I have a huge stack to read (great, cheap, second hand book rack at our library which is v hard to pass without a purchase). I have just started my first book of the year - The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway - am 2 chapters in and really enjoying it. I have a lot of non-fiction I want to read too, but even though I want to have the knowledge I do find them much more work, so am thinking of reading in a 2 fiction, one non-fiction ratio.
Glad to hear Silver Linings Playbook is good as that is our book group book for March so is on my list.

I'd also like to join. Used to read quite a lot but doing things like reading blogs and vague internet browsing is getting in the way. Also read quite a lot of young adult fiction. Does this count? Reaching the target of 50 is easier if you read shorter books. I found 'Wolf Hall' slow too pookey- had to take it back to the library before I finished and never got round to it again. Have just embarked on 'The Prague Cemetery' by Umberto Eco. Suspect it may take me a while....