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50 Book Challenge 2013 -The Sequel!

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CardiffUniversityNetballTeam · 16/06/2013 11:05

Morning all,

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

Sign in and update your progress here!

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?

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acsec · 31/12/2013 16:03

I'm hoping to finish The Ocean at the End of the Lane today so I can start a new book tomorrow. I've managed 26 books this year, which I'm really pleased with, and I've read a different range of books and discovered new authors. I'm looking forward to reading more in 2014!

Foosyerdoos · 31/12/2013 20:28
  1. Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death - M C Beaton
  2. A Walk in the Woods - Bill Bryson
acsec · 01/01/2014 14:27

i finished it! So now I can start something else today and get off to a good start for 2014. Not sure what to read though...

Absy · 02/01/2014 11:11

(my numbering is messed up on here) 55 (according to my other count). Bring up the Bodies - I found it very slow, and it only got exciting towards the end. But, it helped me get 15/29 on the "how well do you know British history" quiz (answer - not very well) so it's not all bad.
56. Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg. EVERYONE who works should read this, men and women. Particularly men, mysoginistic ones especially. It's so inspiring. It's partly anecdotal (but also backed up with a lot of facts) and is so awesome. She's the COO of Facebook (previously of Google) and has a lot of good career/working advice (and she's very honest about how tough it is, having a family and such a full on job). AMAZING.

BitOf - the North Korea book was fabulous. Depressing in ways, but inspiring in others.

First book of 2014 (which I started this morning) - Bad Science.

CallingAllEngels · 02/01/2014 18:48

Posting my final list here as proof to myself that I did it! Finished the last one yesterday. Now onto the new thread with a new list to get started on!

  1. So Long and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams
  2. The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
  3. Angels by Marian Keyes (re-read)
  4. What I Talk about when I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
  5. There is No Dog by Meg Rosoff (YA)
  6. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold by John le Carre
  7. The Etymologicon by Mark Forsyth
  8. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
  9. The Glimpse by Clair Merle (YA)
  10. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
  11. Austerity Housekeeping by Sandra Bradley
  12. The Host by Stephenie Meyer (re-read) (YA)
  13. A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (YA)
  14. Labyrinth by Kate Mosse (re-read)
  15. A Games of Thrones by George R R Martin
  16. A Clash of Kings by GRRM
  17. A Storm of Swords Part 1 by GRRM
  18. A Storm of Swords Part 2 by GRRM
  19. A Feast for Crows by GRRM
  20. Dance with Dragons Part 1 by GRRM
  21. Dance With Dragons by GRRM
  22. Inferno by Dan Brown
  23. Whose Life is it Anyway? By Brian Clark (re-read)
  24. Animal Farm by George Orwell
  25. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen (re-read)
  26. The Mysterious Affair at Styles – Agatha Christie
  27. The Murder on the Links – Agatha Christie
  28. Poirot Investigates – Christie
  29. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd – Christie
  30. The Big Four – Christie
  31. The Mystery of the Blue Train – Christie
  32. Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn
  33. Tomorrow, when the war began – John Marsden (YA)
  34. The Dead of the Night – J.Marsden
  35. The Third Day, the Frost – J.Marsden
  36. Darkness Be My Friend – J.Marsden
  37. Peril at End House – Christie
  38. Lord Edgeware Dies – Christie
  39. Murder on the Orient Express – Christie
  40. Burning for Revenge – J.Marsden
  41. The Night is for Hunting – J.Marsden
  42. 1222 – Anne Holt
  43. Fracture – Megan Miranda (YA)
  44. Chances – Freya North
  45. Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe
  46. Code Name Verity – Elizabeth Wein (YA)
  47. Death Comes to Pemberley – P.D. James
  48. The 100 year old man who climbed out of a window and disappeared – Jonas Jonassen
  49. Mostly Harmless – Douglas Adams
  50. A Room of One’s Own – Virginia Woolf
  51. I am Number Four – Pittacus Lore (YA)
bibliomania · 06/01/2014 20:58

Did get to 150 before 31st Dec - last two were
149) Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore, Robin Sloan. Didn't take to this one at all. I don't like my ancient mysteries solved by Google.

  1. Vile Bodies, Evelyn Waugh. Read it years ago and didn't really get it. Understood it better this time round, although I still prefer Scoop.

A good year's reading, on the whole.

juneybean · 07/01/2014 12:12

Well done to every one who reached (or exceeded!) their goals!

Here's the link to the new thread in case any one missed it:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/adult_fiction/1951735-50-Book-Challenge-2014

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