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Apr 07, 2010 06:08AM
Hi everyone, just joined goodreads a couple of weeks ago and was drawn to this challenge. I read for hours every day so I figured it would be fun to see how many I complete in a year. Luckily I have a list of everything I've read this year so far...
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Ok let's go back to January...first week I read all my Harry Potters again but I can't count children's books so week 2 ended with...Look Who It Is!: My Story by Alan Carr(very funny even if you are not a fan of his)
Shiver: A novel by Nikki
Gemmell(a really good read)
No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay
Week 3...The Running Man by Stephen King (not bad but nothing like the fab film)Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (surprisingly I enjoyed this one!)
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay (good story,well written)
Wideacre by Philippa Gregory
Week 4Read a few smaller books which I wasn't sure about counting so I missed them out for now
North and South by John Jakes
Love and War by John Jakes
There Is a Place on Earth: A Woman in Birkenau by Giuliana Tedeschi
Decided to add in the smaller books as I hope to get well past the 144Walking Ollie by Stephen Foster
Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
So on to February week 1The Bone Collector
The Coffin Dancer by Jeffery Deaver
The Little Prisoner by Jane Elliott
Week 2My Father's Daughter by Hannah Pool
The Kid Moves on by Kevin Lewis
Nabeel's Song: A Family Story of Survival in Iraq by Jo Tatchell
Week 3Unstolen by Wendy Jean
PLAYING THE FAT GIRL. by Mikyla Dodd
Unbeaten: The Story of My Brutal Childhoodby Kim Woodburn
Week 4Had a week of several unfinished books so only one to report!
Today I'm Alice: Nine Personalities, One Tortured Mind by Alice Jamieson
So into March we go and more unfinished books this week-7 of them in total! One book to reportA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Week 3 I was away on holiday on a bus tour around the Scottish Highlands. Lovely! Took about 9 books with me and was too tired to read anything for the full 5 days!
April begins with...Learning to Fly: The Autobiography by Victoria Beckham
Just a Man: The Real Michael Hutchence by Tina Hutchence
Up to date at last!
Week 2Please, Daddy, No by Stuart Howarth
Don't Tell Mummyby Toni Maguire
Escaping Daddy by Maria Landon
Halfway to the Graveby Jeaniene Frost
Dead Until Darkby Charlaine Harris
Week 4Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
I've abandoned another 6 books this week which is not helping my total!
39 total? Very poor. I need to get finishing more books! I think I need to switch back to horror.May week 1
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
The Laughing Corpse (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #2) by Laurell K. Hamilton
Week 2Some Girls Bite: A Chicagoland Vampires Novel: A Chicagoland Vampires Novel, Book 1 by Chloe Neill
Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian
Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
Week 3Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh
Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Week 4The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
The Darkest Night by Gena Showalter
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
Hearts in Darkness by Keri Arthur
Just read the thread about childrens books and realised that I can include my Harry Potter books that I read in January. Hurrah! That helps the Statistics a bit!Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Total 61 books.
June completed reads...Tempting Evil by Keri Arthur
Dark Lover by J.R. Ward
Pride Mates by Jennifer Ashley
Total 64
FlashForward by Robert J. SawyerThe Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella by Stephenie Meyer
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Kiss of Death by Malcolm Rose
Total 68
Need by Carrie JonesPoison Study by Maria V. Snyder
Jordan: Pushed to the Limit by Katie Price
Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup
Marked by P.C. Cast
Total 73
Week 4...Circus of the Damned (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #3) by Laurell K. Hamilton
Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
Stolen by Kelley Armstrong
Total 77
July...Skinwalker by Faith Hunter
Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward
The Iron Hunt by Marjorie M. Liu
Darkness Calls by Marjorie M. Liu
Total 81
Latest for July...Three Days to Dead by Kelly Meding
Death Note, Volume 1: Boredom by Tsugumi Ohba
Blood Blade by Marcus Pelegrimas
Hunter's Moon by David Devereux
Total 85
Stray by Rachel VincentRogue by Rachel Vincent
Pride by Rachel Vincent
Prey by Rachel Vincent
Shift by Rachel Vincent
Once Bitten, Twice Shy by Jennifer Rardin
Total 91
August week 1Abducted by Charlene Lunnon and Lisa Hoodless
Jarhead by Anthony Swofford
Slave Girl by Sarah Forsyth
The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
Notes on a Scandal: A Novel by Zoë Heller
Total 96
August week 2The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
The Division Street Princess: A Memoir by Elaine Soloway
Total 99
Book 100 for the year...Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks
I Dared to Call Him Father: The Miraculous Story of a Muslim Woman's Encounter with God by Bilquis Sheikh
Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra
102
Grrr, this is the first book I finished in over 10 days!!!Bitten & Smitten by Michelle Rowen
Jonas by Eden Maguire
105
FINALLY, I finished one!!!Dead Girls Are Easy by Terri Garey
Red-Headed Stepchild by Jaye Wells
Mary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn Meyer
Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey Of A Desert Nomad by Waris Dirie
Total 110
Week 2Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs
The Tudor Wife by Brandy Purdy
Anne Boleyn and Me by Alison Prince
Henry VIII by William Shakespeare
Total 114
Dead to the World by Charlaine HarrisIron Kissed by Patricia Briggs
Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris
Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
129
Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1 by Stephenie MeyerAbraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
Breaking Free by Saira Bronson
132
The Bloody Tower by Valerie WildingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
136
A Change in Altitude by Anita ShreveBone Crossed by Patricia Briggs
The Dangerous Book for Demon Slayers by Angie Fox
Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs
140
Dime Store Magic by Kelley ArmstrongAnother One Bites the Dust by Jennifer Rardin
Haunted by Kelley Armstrong
143
Continuing on to 200...Friday Night Bites by Chloe Neill
Vampire Knight, Volume 1 by Matsuri Hino (樋野 まつり)
Raven Queen by Pauline Francis
No Humans Involved by Kelley Armstrong
148
Betrayed by P.C. CastHiroshima by John Hersey
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Sijie Dai
154
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon KrakauerThe Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea by Sebastian Junger
The Second Tower's Down by John McCole
Five Chimneys: The Story of Auschwitz by Olga Lengyel
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
159
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