50 Books in a Year
On June 26, 2010 I vowed to read 50 books in a year. This is an ongoing list of the ones I’ve read so far, and the links to the post with my “reviews” and favourite quotes.
- Embraced by Darkness by Keri Arthur
- Beyond the Highland Mist by Karen Marie Moning
- Dangerous Games by Keri Arthur
And these are the ones I read from 2009-2010:
- Tempting Evil by Keri Arthur
- Kissing Sin by Keri Arthur
- Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
- Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur
- Aesop’s Fables
- Dream Country by Neil Gaiman
- The Doll’s House by Neil Gaiman
- Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman
- The Girls by Lori Lansens
- House Rules by Jodi Picoult
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
- Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
- Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning
- It All Changed in an Instant by Smith Magazine
- Faefever by Karen Marie Moning
- Nefertiti by Michelle Moran
- Bloodfever by Karen Marie Moning
- Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
- The Secret History by Donna Tartt
- Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
- A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris
- Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
- Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
- People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
- Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
- From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
- Altogether Dead by Charlaine Harris
- Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
- Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
- Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
- Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bible! by Jonathan Goldstein
- The Bell Jar by Silvia Plath
- Lucky by Alice Sebold
And this is the list of the 33 I read the year before:
- Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
- Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
- Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
- Good Night Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) by Ann-Marie MacDonald
- He’s a Stud, She’s a Slut by Jessica Valenti
- Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
- Truth & Beauty by Ann Patchett
- Stardust by Neil Gaiman
- Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
- My Summer of Amazing Luck by Miriam Toews
- Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult
- Second Glance by Jodi Picoult
- Sing the Four Quarters by Tanya Huff
- Six Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak by Smith Magazine
- A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
- The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
- Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire
- The Infinite Wisdom of Harriet Rose by Diana Janney
- The Fire Gospel by Michael Faber
- A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews
- Not Quite What I Was Planning by Smith Magazine
- The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
- The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
- The Boys in the Trees by Mary Swan
- Love is a Mix Tape by Rob Sheffield
- Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
- Shopaholic and Baby by Sophie Kinsella
- Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
- Lavinia by Ursula K. LeGuin
- The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
- Lighthousekeeping by Jeanette Winterson
- The Host by Stephenie Meyer
- The Gathering by Anne Enright
6 Comments
Other Links to this Post
-
Hezabelle » Reading Rainbow Revisted — June 26, 2009 @ 8:40 am
RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI
By Kristen, July 9, 2009 @ 10:07 pm
You didn’t make the 50??? So close though! Best of luck this year! But didn’t you read another book this year too by Miriam Toews?? My summer of amazing luck??
By Hezabelle, July 9, 2009 @ 11:01 pm
It’s there, Kristen. Number 10. :) And yes, I still have your copy! I’ll give it back to you sooooon.
By Lindsay, August 9, 2009 @ 7:18 pm
Excellent idea! I think I might have to try something like that this year.
By Shaun, October 11, 2009 @ 4:46 pm
You poor girl, youve missed so many good books from this list of people Ive never even heard of!
Remind me to lend you some Ian Rankin and Irvine Welsh then send you off to scotland, you’ll look at the place SO differently
By Chandra, October 17, 2009 @ 7:31 pm
wow! This would take a long time…are you going to be able to finish now that we have crazy masters work ahead of us??