50 Book Challenge 2013 -The Sequel!

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Morning all,

As the old thread here is nearly full, I have created a shiny new one for your delight and delectation.

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I'm Cardiff and I've nearly finished book 16, so I'm very behind as to be in track we should be approaching 25 by now. Where is everyone else up to?

42. Shadow bound - Rachel Vincent
43. Oath bound - Rachel Vincent

33. Stig of the dump - bedtime story for DS1-2. Lovely book if you ever have the inclination for childrens fiction.

Starting Around the World in 80 Days and currently reading Mrs Dalloway.

Goodreads says I am one book behind still.

On target for 100 now after the month of Anna Karenina

67. Nora Roberts - The Heart of Devin MacKade
68. Nora Roberts - The Fall Of Shane MacKade
69. Peter James - Perfect People
70. Sophie King - The School Run
71. Alice Peterson - Monday To Friday Man
72. Gaynor Arnold - After Such Kindness

I'm still in the month of Anna Karenina. It may have been more than a month. Feels like a year. I'm at 60%

55. The Cuckoo's Calling - JR Galbraith (JK Rowling) very good, but not as good as The Casual Vacancy

44 is Andrew Marr "The Diamond Queen". Very interesting!

49. Long Time Coming - Edie Claire.

I incorrectly numbered my last two, so the above romantic, light read was my actual number 49.

33. Names for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland by Sarah Moss. This is the second book I've read by Sarah Moss (after Night Waking last year) and she's becoming one of my favourite authors. There's something about her style which really appeals to me.

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78 - What The Chinese Don't Eat by Xinran.

56. Moon over Soho - Ben Aaronovitch It's the second in the PC Peter Grant series. I enjoyed it more than No 1 Rivers of London

51. The Girl who played with fire - Stieg Larsson. Loved it and will be heading straight into The Girl who kicked the Hornets Nest.

Finished The Diamond Queen. I found it really interesting.

Book 45 is Nina Holmqvist "The Unit" which is already gripping and disturbing in equal measure!!

79 - The Child's Child by Barbara Vine. Audio book. Not bad. Interesting concept of a book within a book.

34. The Shack by William P Young. This is a Christian book. An interesting read but not really my cup of tea.

I had to go and check with Amazon. I'm up to 341 (which is Virginia Woolf's Orlando), although I have a natural advantage in that I'm both a quick reader and a chronic insomniac. I can get through two books a night sometimes or up to five in an insomniac weekend.

You've read 341 books this year?? Wow I am seriously impressed!

tumbletumble It is really bad insomnia. I average about three hours a night, so have an extra five hours a day over everyone else. I'd go mad if I didn't have books to make me forget it's 4am yet again.

Wow Oinktopus. Completely in awe :o

Have you got a list of your books so far, in one place? I keep track of mine on Goodreads. I can recommend it. Would love to see what you've read so far.

DuchessofMalfi All I've really got is what Amazon says. I'm not a member of a library since I moved so that figure is probably pretty much right (apart from the odd thing I've reread).

I really would like to start keeping track because at least half the books I've read this year, I couldn't tell you much about. Lots of times people recommend a book to me and it's only when they start talking about the plot that I realise I've read it.

I'll take a look at Goodreads! Thanks for the recommendation.

57. How to be a Woman - Caitlin Moran. Funny but not as funny as some of the reviews seem to think it is.

Eek! I've made a rather silly mistake. The figure I quoted isn't for this year but since I got my Kindle. This year is 119.

[tumbletumble] Just noticed you mentioned the Apsley Cherry-Garrard book. He's quoted in Alfred Lansing's book, Endurance, about the later Shackleton expedition. If you've not read it, and especially if you don't know the story, I'd highly recommend it. I've probably read it five or six times and I still shake my head with disbelief.

44. Wither - Lauren DeStefano
45. Fever - Lauren DeStefano

Those were both YA books about a future world where all girls die at 20 and boys die at 25. We follow a 16 yo girl as she's kidnapped and attempts to get back to her brother.

46. Watch Over Me - Daniela Sacerdoti

Book 80 - Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami.

Finished 45: Nina Holmqvist "The Unit". Just wow. I dint know what to say. It was one of the most heart-wrenching novels I've ever read.