I feel somewhat cheaty about making this, because there is a lot of rereading in it, but I managed my target.
Here's my list of books:
BOOKS I'VE READ IN 2010
1 - The Gathering Storm ~ Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
2 - Twilight Ramblings ~ Adriana Maria de Reus-ten Haaf
3 - A Mind to Murder ~ PD James
4 - Watchman ~ Ian Rankin
5 - Magician ~ Raymond E Feist (R)
6 - Little Hands Clapping ~ Dan Rhodes
7 - Anthropology ~ Dan Rhodes
8 - The Original of Laura ~ Vladimir Nabokov
9 - The Last Wish ~ Andrezj Sapkowski
10 - The Road ~ Cormac McCarthy
11 - The Furies of Calderon ~ Jim Butcher
12 - The State of Africa ~ Martin Meredith (started in December 2009 but majority read in January 2010)
13 - Blood Hunt ~ Ian Rankin
14 - Cloud Atlas ~ David Mitchell
15 - The Road to Underfall ~ Mike Jeffries
16 - Academ's Fury ~ Jim Butcher
17 - Something Rotten ~ Jasper Fforde
18 - Cursor's Fury ~ Jim Butcher
19 - Captain's Fury ~ Jim Butcher
20 - Doctor Zhivago ~ Boris Pasternak
21 - The Magicians ~ Lev Grossman
22 - Princeps' Fury ~ Jim Butcher
23 - Changes ~ Jim Butcher
24 - PopCo ~ Scarlett Thomas
25 - If on a winter's night a traveler ~ Italo Calvino
26 - Escher's Loops ~ Zoran Živkovi?
27 - Bleeding Hearts ~ Ian Rankin
28 - Under the Skin ~ Michel Faber
29 - The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps & The Courage Consort ~ Michel Faber
30 - Sum: Tales from the afterlives ~ David Eagleman
31 - City of Thieves ~ David Benioff
32 - Solaris ~ Stanislaw Lem
33 - Blonde Bombshell ~ Tom Holt
34 - A Good Hanging ~ Ian Rankin
35 - The Suspicions of Mr Whicher ~ Kate Summerscale
36 - The Curse of the Mistwraith ~ Janny Wurts (R)
37 - The Gone-Away World ~ Nick Harkaway
38 - The Ships of Merior ~ Janny Wurts (R)
39 - Warhost of Vastmark ~ Janny Wurts (R)
40 - Drood ~ Dan Simmons
41 - Fugitive Prince ~ Janny Wurts (R)
42 - The Radleys ~ Matt Haig
43 - The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters ~ GW Dahlquist (R)
44 - Grand Conspiracy ~ Janny Wurts (R)
45 - First Lord's Fury ~ Jim Butcher
46 - The Bone Garden ~ Tess Gerritsen
47 - The Dark Volume ~ GW Dahlquist
48 - Peril's Gate ~ Janny Wurts (R)
49 - Pandaemonium ~ Christopher Brookmyre
50 - The Final Empire ~ Brandon Sanderson
51 - The Master and Margarita ~ Mikhail Bulgakov (R)
52 - Traitor's Knot ~ Janny Wurts (R)
53 - Child 44 ~ Tom Rob Smith
54 - Stormed Fortress ~ Janny Wurts
55 - The Last Dickens ~ Matthew Pearl
56 - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ~ JK Rowling (R)
57 - The Angel's Game ~ Carlos Ruiz Zafón
58 - Finger Licking Fifteen ~ Janet Evanovich
59 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ~ JK Rowling (R)
60 - The Book Of Illusions ~ Paul Auster
61 - Our Tragic Universe ~ Scarlett Thomas
62 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ~ JK Rowling (R)
63 - Unseen Academicals ~ Terry Pratchett
64 - Black Swan Green ~ David Mitchell
65 - Skin and Other Stories ~ Roald Dahl
66 - Consider Phlebas ~ Iain M Banks (R)
67 - Imperial Visions ~ IG Mansfield
68 - Timoleon Vieta Come Home ~ Dan Rhodes
69 - A Dead Man in Deptford ~ Anthony Burgess
70 - In the Land of Time and Other Stories ~ Lord Dunsany
71 - Bare Bones ~ Kathy Reichs
72 - Gold ~ Dan Rhodes
73 - Waking the Witch ~Kelley Armstrong
74 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ~ JK Rowling (R)
74 - Replay ~ Ken Grimwood
76 - Restoration Game ~ Ken Macleod
77 - City of Fear ~ Alafair Burke
78 - The Monkey's Raincoat ~ Robert Crais
79 - The Dead of Winter ~ Christopher Priest
80 - Blindsighted ~ Karin Slaughter
81 - Soulless ~ Gail Carriger
82 - Surface Detail ~ Iain M. Banks
83 - Changeless ~ Gail Carriger
84 - Blameless ~ Gail Carriger
85 - Postcards from the Heart ~ Ella Griffin
86 - The White Road ~ John Connolly
87 - No Time To Say Goodbye ~ Linwood Barclay
88 - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ~ JK Rowling (R)
89 - Fathers and Sons ~ Ivan Turgenev
90 - Pereira Maintains ~ Antonio Tabucchi (translated by Patrick Creagh)
91 - Never Let Me Go ~ Kazuo Ishiguro (R)
92 - Kisscut ~ Karin Slaughter
93 - The Elegance of the Hedgehog ~ Muriel Barbery
94 - Her Fearful Symmetry ~ Audrey Niffenegger
95 - Faro's Daughter ~ Georgette Heyer (R)
96 - The Lions of Al-Rassan ~ Guy Gavriel Kay (R)
97 - The Grand Sophy ~ Georgette Heyer (R)
98 - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ~ JK Rowling (R)
99 - Missing Justice ~ Alafair Burke
100 - Devil's Cub ~ Georgette Heyer (R)
101 - Maps for Lost Lovers ~ Nadeem Aslam
102 - A Room With A View ~ EM Forster (R)
103 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ~ JK Rowling (R)
104 - Towers of Midnight ~ Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
105 - Storm Front ~ Jim Butcher (R)
106 - Cold Granite ~ Stuart MacBride
107 - Fool Moon ~ Jim Butcher (R)
108 - 1066 and All That ~ WC Sellar and RJ Yeatman (R)
109 - Empire in Black and Gold ~ Adrian Tchaikovsky
Here's my list of books:
BOOKS I'VE READ IN 2010
1 - The Gathering Storm ~ Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
2 - Twilight Ramblings ~ Adriana Maria de Reus-ten Haaf
3 - A Mind to Murder ~ PD James
4 - Watchman ~ Ian Rankin
5 - Magician ~ Raymond E Feist (R)
6 - Little Hands Clapping ~ Dan Rhodes
7 - Anthropology ~ Dan Rhodes
8 - The Original of Laura ~ Vladimir Nabokov
9 - The Last Wish ~ Andrezj Sapkowski
10 - The Road ~ Cormac McCarthy
11 - The Furies of Calderon ~ Jim Butcher
12 - The State of Africa ~ Martin Meredith (started in December 2009 but majority read in January 2010)
13 - Blood Hunt ~ Ian Rankin
14 - Cloud Atlas ~ David Mitchell
15 - The Road to Underfall ~ Mike Jeffries
16 - Academ's Fury ~ Jim Butcher
17 - Something Rotten ~ Jasper Fforde
18 - Cursor's Fury ~ Jim Butcher
19 - Captain's Fury ~ Jim Butcher
20 - Doctor Zhivago ~ Boris Pasternak
21 - The Magicians ~ Lev Grossman
22 - Princeps' Fury ~ Jim Butcher
23 - Changes ~ Jim Butcher
24 - PopCo ~ Scarlett Thomas
25 - If on a winter's night a traveler ~ Italo Calvino
26 - Escher's Loops ~ Zoran Živkovi?
27 - Bleeding Hearts ~ Ian Rankin
28 - Under the Skin ~ Michel Faber
29 - The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps & The Courage Consort ~ Michel Faber
30 - Sum: Tales from the afterlives ~ David Eagleman
31 - City of Thieves ~ David Benioff
32 - Solaris ~ Stanislaw Lem
33 - Blonde Bombshell ~ Tom Holt
34 - A Good Hanging ~ Ian Rankin
35 - The Suspicions of Mr Whicher ~ Kate Summerscale
36 - The Curse of the Mistwraith ~ Janny Wurts (R)
37 - The Gone-Away World ~ Nick Harkaway
38 - The Ships of Merior ~ Janny Wurts (R)
39 - Warhost of Vastmark ~ Janny Wurts (R)
40 - Drood ~ Dan Simmons
41 - Fugitive Prince ~ Janny Wurts (R)
42 - The Radleys ~ Matt Haig
43 - The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters ~ GW Dahlquist (R)
44 - Grand Conspiracy ~ Janny Wurts (R)
45 - First Lord's Fury ~ Jim Butcher
46 - The Bone Garden ~ Tess Gerritsen
47 - The Dark Volume ~ GW Dahlquist
48 - Peril's Gate ~ Janny Wurts (R)
49 - Pandaemonium ~ Christopher Brookmyre
50 - The Final Empire ~ Brandon Sanderson
51 - The Master and Margarita ~ Mikhail Bulgakov (R)
52 - Traitor's Knot ~ Janny Wurts (R)
53 - Child 44 ~ Tom Rob Smith
54 - Stormed Fortress ~ Janny Wurts
55 - The Last Dickens ~ Matthew Pearl
56 - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ~ JK Rowling (R)
57 - The Angel's Game ~ Carlos Ruiz Zafón
58 - Finger Licking Fifteen ~ Janet Evanovich
59 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ~ JK Rowling (R)
60 - The Book Of Illusions ~ Paul Auster
61 - Our Tragic Universe ~ Scarlett Thomas
62 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ~ JK Rowling (R)
63 - Unseen Academicals ~ Terry Pratchett
64 - Black Swan Green ~ David Mitchell
65 - Skin and Other Stories ~ Roald Dahl
66 - Consider Phlebas ~ Iain M Banks (R)
67 - Imperial Visions ~ IG Mansfield
68 - Timoleon Vieta Come Home ~ Dan Rhodes
69 - A Dead Man in Deptford ~ Anthony Burgess
70 - In the Land of Time and Other Stories ~ Lord Dunsany
71 - Bare Bones ~ Kathy Reichs
72 - Gold ~ Dan Rhodes
73 - Waking the Witch ~Kelley Armstrong
74 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ~ JK Rowling (R)
74 - Replay ~ Ken Grimwood
76 - Restoration Game ~ Ken Macleod
77 - City of Fear ~ Alafair Burke
78 - The Monkey's Raincoat ~ Robert Crais
79 - The Dead of Winter ~ Christopher Priest
80 - Blindsighted ~ Karin Slaughter
81 - Soulless ~ Gail Carriger
82 - Surface Detail ~ Iain M. Banks
83 - Changeless ~ Gail Carriger
84 - Blameless ~ Gail Carriger
85 - Postcards from the Heart ~ Ella Griffin
86 - The White Road ~ John Connolly
87 - No Time To Say Goodbye ~ Linwood Barclay
88 - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ~ JK Rowling (R)
89 - Fathers and Sons ~ Ivan Turgenev
90 - Pereira Maintains ~ Antonio Tabucchi (translated by Patrick Creagh)
91 - Never Let Me Go ~ Kazuo Ishiguro (R)
92 - Kisscut ~ Karin Slaughter
93 - The Elegance of the Hedgehog ~ Muriel Barbery
94 - Her Fearful Symmetry ~ Audrey Niffenegger
95 - Faro's Daughter ~ Georgette Heyer (R)
96 - The Lions of Al-Rassan ~ Guy Gavriel Kay (R)
97 - The Grand Sophy ~ Georgette Heyer (R)
98 - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ~ JK Rowling (R)
99 - Missing Justice ~ Alafair Burke
100 - Devil's Cub ~ Georgette Heyer (R)
101 - Maps for Lost Lovers ~ Nadeem Aslam
102 - A Room With A View ~ EM Forster (R)
103 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ~ JK Rowling (R)
104 - Towers of Midnight ~ Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
105 - Storm Front ~ Jim Butcher (R)
106 - Cold Granite ~ Stuart MacBride
107 - Fool Moon ~ Jim Butcher (R)
108 - 1066 and All That ~ WC Sellar and RJ Yeatman (R)
109 - Empire in Black and Gold ~ Adrian Tchaikovsky
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Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
How did you get on with your 50+ Book Challenge in 2010?
01/01/2011 11:39:26 AM
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I challenged myself to 100 books.
01/01/2011 11:44:05 AM
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Not so much a challenge as an "I like to keep track of the works I read"
01/01/2011 12:08:14 PM
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I, er, didn't. Nor did I keep a list, so no idea how many I read.
01/01/2011 01:24:07 PM
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I didn't even remotely try.
02/01/2011 01:04:35 AM
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