50 Book Challenge 2015 Part Six

[southeastdweller]

Thread six of the 50 Book Challenge for this year.

The challenge is to read fifty books (or more!) in 2015, though reading fifty isn't mandatory. Any type of book can count, and please try to let us all know your thoughts on what you've read.

First thread of the year here, second thread here, third thread here, fourth thread here and fifth thread here.

How did you get on this year?

Happy New Year everyone :)

Happy New Year!

Love my paperwhite, you made the right decision pants!

My last book of the year was 'When the going was good' by Evelyn Waugh which is a collection of his travel writings from the 1920s and 30s. Entertaining if you ignore the casual racism that is typical of his generation - this was just the occasional comment not a massive part of the book. This has accounts of his time in Africa which formed the basis of his novels set there. My interesting fact is that there were lots of Greeks living in Ethiopia and neighbouring parts who had moved there particularly from the Greek islands as there were more opportunities in Africa in that time than in Greece. Interesting as I had no idea and of course because of the numbers going the other way this year.

I am just posting my complete list for 2015 with the books I loved in bold and the books that really disappointed or I didn't enjoy in italics. Overall it was a good year but I think my favourite of all was Landmarks by Robert Macfarlane. I

1. The Martian - Andy Weir.
2. Unravelling Oliver - Liz Nugent.
3. The Wee Free Men - Terry Pratchett.
4. The Dinner - Herman Koch
5. Christmas at Thornton - Lynn Marie Hulsman.
6. The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkein
7. The Thief of Time - Terry Pratchett.
8. Stoner by John Williams.
9. The Shock of the Fall - Nathan Flier.
10. A Crack in Everything - Ruth Francis Long.
11. Storm Front - Jim Butcher.
12. The Night Watch - Terry Pratchett.
13. Dark Places- Gillian Flynn.
14. The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde.
15. Soul Music - Terry Pratchett.
16. A Hat Full of Sky – Terry Pratchett.
17. Wintersmith – Terry Pratchett.
18. I Shall Wear Midnight - Terry Pratchett.
19. The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins
20. Snow White Must Die - Nele Neuhas.
21. The Darkest Part of The Forest - Holly Black.
22. Small Gods - Terry Pratchett.
23. Monstrous Regiment - Terry Pratchett.
24. The Monk Who Vanished - Peter Tremayne.
25. I Am Legend - Richard Mathiese.
26. The Stranger - Harlan Coben.
27. The Leopard - Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.
28. Good Omens - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
29. Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman.
30. Just One Damned Thing After Another (Book One in The Chronicles of St Mary’s) - Jodi Taylor.
31. The Goldfinch - Donna Tart.
32. The Last Hero - Terry Pratchett.
33. Hyperion - Dan Simmons.
34. Dwarves - Markus Heitz.
35. Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury.
36. In The Woods – Tana French.
37. Lost in a Good Book – Jasper Fforde.
38. Almond – David Skellig.
39. Thud – Terry Pratchett.
40. Snuff – Robert Rankin.
41. Skullduggery Pleasant – Derek Landy.
42. A Morbid Taste for Bones – Ellis Peters.
43. The Haunting of Highdown Hall – Shani Struthers.
44. The Assassins’ Apprentice –Robin Hobb.
45. Royal Assassin- Robin Hobb.
46. Assassin’s Quest – Robin Hobb
47. The Shepherd’s Crown – Terry Pratchett.
48. Playing With Fire – Derek Landy.
49. Mort – Terry Pratchett.
50. Landmarks – Robert Macfarlane.
51. One Summer America 1927 – Bill Bryson.
52. Station Eleven - Emily St. John Martell.
53. The Time Travellers Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century – Ian Mortimer.
54. The Magpies – Mark Edwards.
55. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves - Karen Joy Fowler.
56. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs.
57. At Home: A short history of private life - Bill Bryson.
58. The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman.
59. Because She Loves Me - Mark Edwards.
60. Them: Adventures with Extremists – Jon Ronson.
61. Swan Song - Robert R. McCammon.
62. Jingo – Terry Pratchett.
63. Why Be Happy When You Could be Normal – Jeannette Winterson.
64. The Golden Compass – Philip Pulman.
65. The Subtle Knife – Philip Pullman.
66. The Art of Asking – Amanda Palmer.
67. The Winter Ghost – Kate Mosse.
68. Agatha Raisin and the Christmas Crumble – M.C. Beaton.
69. Hogfather – Terry Pratchett.
70. Over Sea Under Stone – Susan Cooper.
71. The Dark is Rising –Susan Cooper.
72. Winter Solstice – Rosamunde Pilcher