50 Books in 365 Days Challenge Update
Well, I didn't make my goal. Not even by 50% - but that's okay - I did make it by 36% :)
This year I started & completed a total of 18 books - though I can say I started countless others that I just haven't finished. I refuse to count those because if I counted every book that I picked up and decided I didn't like I'm sure I would have made it to 50 a long time ago. The goal was finishing 50 books so that's what I was striving for.
I know that some out there made it to 50 quickly & easily, and to you out there I say congratulations but next time try to a challenge, eh?! :P Next year I think I'm going to try a similar challenge, but it's not going to be count based but content based. There are a lot of classics I'd like to read and enjoy - and some not so "classic" books that I'd just like to be able to say I've read.
Here's my final list, in the order I started not necessarily in the order of completion though:
- Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
- Tulip Fever by Deborah Moggach
- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
- The Electric Church by Jeff Somers
- The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
- A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
- A Great & Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
- Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
- The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
- The Host by Stephanie Meyers
- Sabriel by Garth Nix
- Lirael by Garth Nix
- Abhorsen by Garth Nix
- The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
- The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
- Honours Splendor by Julie Garwood
- Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyers
- She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
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Uni taught me at least one thing: everyone else had required reading lists in hs and mine had not. So, I went on a classics binge the year after and read over 100 in a year.
That's not bragging! I had no television and I used public transportation. So, what else did I have to do with my time (other than work and hang out with friends)?
And funny enough, since I was offered a hundred e-Classics with my reader, I was also considering exploring "the classics" next year.
I'd agree with that. I thought when I had finished it that it was setting up an interesting series, but the other three were more of the same. I'm not sure what made me read the whole series after disliking the second one so much. Typically, I like mystery for my fluffy books. I read a lot of young adult to keep up for work, and those are pretty easy to read. And every once in a while I like a "good" chick lit book like Marian Keyes.