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I'm going for 52 books in 2013. Have currently read 30:


Letter to a Christian Nation Sam Harris
Why be Happy when You could be Normal? Jeanette Winterson
Pompomberry House Rosen Trevithick
Fun Home Alison Bechdel
Strange Sisters Fletcher Flora
The Other Hand Chris Cleave
The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
On The Road Jack Kerouac
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything Christopher Hitchens
Arabelle's Shadows Fleur Gaskin
The Mysterious Affair At Styles Agatha Christie
The Madman Kahlil Gibran
The Rules of Wealth Richard Templar
Practicing The Power of Now Eckhart tolle
My Mad Fat Diary Rae Earl
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Troll Trap Rosen Trevithick
Talk Language Allan Pease and Alan Garner
Maureen Goes To Venice Jonathan Hill
The Third Rule Andrew Barrett
Murder on the Links Agatha Christie
The Eyre Affair Jasper Fforde
The Selfish Gene Richard Dawkins
The Casual Vacancy J.K. Rowling
Truth Be Told: Adam Becomes Audrey Alexandra Bogdanovic
The Vatican Cellars André Gide
Once You Break a Knuckle D.W. Wilson
A Letter For Maureen Jonathan Hill
The Cuckoo's Calling Robert Galbraith [JK Rowling]
The Sisters Brothers Patrick DeWitt

good luck!!

Thanks, Elle :-)

I became aware of the Challenge section yesterday, so I thought I would back myself into a corner by making my private aim public. ...

It's 50 lashes for every book short at the end of the year.

hahahaha or 50 pokes with my stick ;)!


the challenge section is my baby. not many people use it but the ones who do are keen and happy :D

you are completely flying Natasha, you'll have no issue meeting your goal!

Read all the short ones first

Elle, Jud, I'm just a little bit behind. But with your firm but fair threats of physical violence, I feel I have the encouragement I need for victory.

Not loads behind though. You have like what 4 months left to read 20? 1 a week and you'll be grand :D

Elle wrote: "Not loads behind though. You have like what 4 months left to read 20? 1 a week and you'll be grand :D"

22. 52 in all. One per week. One every 6 days now and I'll be on course. YAY.

I can't even read I swore I thought that said 50 books haha. I need to wear my glasses.

And every 6 days - totally doable!! Go Natasha!!

We are available all year for threats of violence to encourage your reading :o)

I have my whips at the ready...

... I think I'll just have a bit of a read now. ... *Gulp*

how are you going Natasha?

Elle wrote: "how are you going Natasha?"

I was wondering that myself, Elle, but the maths was too hard :-)

*Scribbles frantically*

Right: 33 books down. Aiming for 34 by end of August. Then, if I read 5 during September, I'm right on course as 52 in a year is 13 per quarter. ...

*Goes to lie down*

My updated list is now:


1 Letter to a Christian Nation Sam Harris
2 Why be Happy when You could be Normal? Jeanette Winterson
3 Pompomberry House Rosen Trevithick
4 Fun Home Alison Bechdel
5 Strange Sisters Fletcher Flora
6 The Other Hand Chris Cleave
7 The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
8 On The Road Jack Kerouac
9 God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything Christopher Hitchens
10 Arabelle's Shadows Fleur Gaskin
11 The Mysterious Affair At Styles Agatha Christie
12 The Madman Kahlil Gibran
13 The Rules of Wealth Richard Templar
14 Practicing The Power of Now Eckhart tolle
15 My Mad Fat Diary Rae Earl
16 The Dream of a Ridiculous Man Fyodor Dostoyevsky
17 The Troll Trap Rosen Trevithick
18 Talk Language Allan Pease and Alan Garner
19 Maureen Goes To Venice Jonathan Hill
20 The Third Rule Andrew Barrett
21 Murder on the Links Agatha Christie
22 The Eyre Affair Jasper Fforde
23 The Selfish Gene Richard Dawkins
24 The Casual Vacancy J.K. Rowling
25 Truth Be Told: Adam Becomes Audrey Alexandra Bogdanovic
26 The Vatican Cellars André Gide
27 Once You Break a Knuckle D.W. Wilson
28 A Letter For Maureen Jonathan Hill
29 The Cuckoo's Calling Robert Galbraith [JK Rowling]
30 The Sisters Brothers Patrick DeWitt
31 Postmortem Patricia Cornwell
32 Magician's Nephew CS Lewis
33 The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared Jonas Jonasson


Currently reading:
Man Made Language Dale Spender

Fantastic Natasha!

Elle wrote: "Fantastic Natasha!"

Thanks, Elle :-)

Man-Made Language is proving a bit of a trial though. It's really interesting (e.g. spinster is supposed to be equivalent to bachelor, however one is negative, the other positive). But it reads like a PhD thesis and hurts my little head.

Fingers crossed you can stay on course

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Fingers crossed you can stay on course"

Thank you, Desley :-) I intend to reach my goal even if this turgid but brilliant hiccup derails me for a few days.

I did it. I completed Man Made Language by Dale Spender before August is out :-)

It's a feminist classic. My review.

Congrats

yay!

UPDATE:


34 Man Made Language Dale Spender
35 The Doors of Perception Aldous Huxley
36 Written on the Body Jeanette Winterson
37 The Teachings of Don Juan Carlos Castaneda
38 Susie Orbach On Eating Susie Orbach
39 1979 Rhona Cameron

Currently reading:
40 The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 Sue Townsend

By my calculations, 39 is three quarters of 52. We are not quite three quarters of the way through the year yet, so I am now ahead of my target.

*Grins in self-satisfied manner*

Update for my 52 books in 2013 challenge:


1 Letter to a Christian Nation Sam Harris
2 Why be Happy when You could be Normal? Jeanette Winterson
3 Pompomberry House Rosen Trevithick
4 Fun Home Alison Bechdel
5 Strange Sisters Fletcher Flora
6 The Other Hand Chris Cleave
7 The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
8 On The Road Jack Kerouac
9 God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything Christopher Hitchens
10 Arabelle's Shadows Fleur Gaskin
11 The Mysterious Affair At Styles Agatha Christie
12 The Madman Kahlil Gibran
13 The Rules of Wealth Richard Templar
14 Practicing The Power of Now Eckhart tolle
15 My Mad Fat Diary Rae Earl
16 The Dream of a Ridiculous Man Fyodor Dostoyevsky
17 The Troll Trap Rosen Trevithick
18 Talk Language Allan Pease and Alan Garner
19 Maureen Goes To Venice Jonathan Hill
20 The Third Rule Andrew Barrett
21 Murder on the Links Agatha Christie
22 The Eyre Affair Jasper Fforde
23 The Selfish Gene Richard Dawkins
24 The Casual Vacancy J.K. Rowling
25 Truth Be Told: Adam Becomes Audrey Alexandra Bogdanovic
26 The Vatican Cellars André Gide
27 Once You Break a Knuckle D.W. Wilson
28 A Letter For Maureen Jonathan Hill
29 The Cuckoo's Calling Robert Galbraith [JK Rowling]
30 The Sisters Brothers Patrick DeWitt
31 Postmortem Patricia Cornwell
32 Magician's Nephew CS Lewis
33 The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared Jonas Jonasson
34 Man Made Language Dale Spender
35 The Doors of Perception Aldous Huxley
36 Written on the Body Jeanette Winterson
37 The Teachings of Don Juan Carlos Castaneda
38 Susie Orbach On Eating Susie Orbach
39 1979 Rhona Cameron
40 The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 Sue Townsend
41 The Robots' Rebellion David Icke
42 The Queen and I Sue Townsend
43 Diary Chuck Palahniuk
44 Quite Ugly One Morning Christopher Brookmyre
45 Mother Tongue Bill Bryson
46 We Need To Talk About Kevin Lionel Shriver
47 The Price of Salt Patricia Highsmith
48 With The Head Master's Approval Jan Hurst-Nicholson


Currently reading
49 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Douglas Adams

Looks like you are on target, congrats. I'm 10 behind

Oh yeah.

I had a challenge, didn't i?

I suck.

You rock, Natasha!

Yay. Thanks, both :-) Have realised I've got to read 53 as book #48 was a beta read. I set myself an official 52 book challenge with Goodreads. But the beta book ain't on Goodreads. ...

Can you not add it yourself Natasha?

Jud (Disney Diva) wrote: "Can you not add it yourself Natasha?"

It's not actually published yet, Jud, so I guess not. Maybe she'll publish it before the year's out. My sister has FOUR kids, so I won't be getting much reading done over Christmas. ... :-)

Ah ok, the down side to beta reading so late in the year :o)

Take all the time you can now to get some reading in while you still have it!

The beta read is now published on Goodreads, so I can include it.
Update:

50 Divorcing Jack Colin Bateman
51 Wintergirls Laurie Halse Anderson

Currently reading
52 Two Boys Kissing David Levithan

I'm 69% through my current read, so I have nearly completed my 2013 52-book challenge. Yayyy :-)

HUZZAH! Challenge complete as of late last night ...


1 Letter to a Christian Nation Sam Harris
2 Why be Happy when You could be Normal? Jeanette Winterson
3 Pompomberry House Rosen Trevithick
4 Fun Home Alison Bechdel
5 Strange Sisters Fletcher Flora
6 The Other Hand Chris Cleave
7 The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
8 On The Road Jack Kerouac
9 God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything Christopher Hitchens
10 Arabelle's Shadows Fleur Gaskin
11 The Mysterious Affair At Styles Agatha Christie
12 The Madman Kahlil Gibran
13 The Rules of Wealth Richard Templar
14 Practicing The Power of Now Eckhart tolle
15 My Mad Fat Diary Rae Earl
16 The Dream of a Ridiculous Man Fyodor Dostoyevsky
17 The Troll Trap Rosen Trevithick
18 Talk Language Allan Pease and Alan Garner
19 Maureen Goes To Venice Jonathan Hill
20 The Third Rule Andrew Barrett
21 Murder on the Links Agatha Christie
22 The Eyre Affair Jasper Fforde
23 The Selfish Gene Richard Dawkins
24 The Casual Vacancy J.K. Rowling
25 Truth Be Told: Adam Becomes Audrey Alexandra Bogdanovic
26 The Vatican Cellars André Gide
27 Once You Break a Knuckle D.W. Wilson
28 A Letter For Maureen Jonathan Hill
29 The Cuckoo's Calling Robert Galbraith [JK Rowling]
30 The Sisters Brothers Patrick DeWitt
31 Postmortem Patricia Cornwell
32 Magician's Nephew CS Lewis
33 The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared Jonas Jonasson
34 Man Made Language Dale Spender
35 The Doors of Perception Aldous Huxley
36 Written on the Body Jeanette Winterson
37 The Teachings of Don Juan Carlos Castaneda
38 Susie Orbach On Eating Susie Orbach
39 1979 Rhona Cameron
40 The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 Sue Townsend
41 The Robots' Rebellion David Icke
42 The Queen and I Sue Townsend
43 Diary Chuck Palahniuk
44 Quite Ugly One Morning Christopher Brookmyre
45 Mother Tongue Bill Bryson
46 We Need To Talk About Kevin Lionel Shriver
47 The Price of Salt Patricia Highsmith
48 With The Head Master's Approval Jan Hurst-Nicholson
49 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Douglas Adams
50 Divorcing Jack Colin Bateman
51 Wintergirls Laurie Halse Anderson
52 Two Boys Kissing David Levithan

Congratulations Natasha!

Hi Natasha, only just read this thread if I'm honest, as I haven't been on here for a while.That's a great challenge you've completed though! Congratulations!

Thanks v. Patti, thanks v. Leesa. I do feel quite humbled by the company in the UK Amazon Kindle Forum, however. Patti, Jud, Ignite, and co. read SQUILLIONS per year, don't you? ...

Fantastic, and even time to beat it! I'm so jealous, I'm not even going to hit my target this year

Congratulations!

Elle wrote: "Congratulations!"

Thanks very much, Elle. I knocked off so many books this year that I'd wanted to read for ages. Your challenge is a great idea :-)

If only I could keep up with my own xD

Iggy has very sharp stick, Peanut.

No slacking for Elle with impunity, then? ...