50 Books In a Year Thread.

October 12, 2014

Hmm... Been a slow year for me, I didn't start until June because of school, but I'll give this a try anyway - who says I can't read 45 books in three months?
So far I got:
1 - 4: Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan (I need breaks between these...)
5 - 6: The Shining and Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
7: 1984 by George Orwell
8: Othello by Shakespeare (It was bound as a book, so it counts, right? Even if it's a play?)
9: In One Person by John Irving
10: God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens
11: Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
12: Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
13: A Game of Thrones by George R. R Martin
14: The Tales of Beedle The Bard by J.K Rowling (Re-read for the n'th time. I love it so much.)
15: Mastermind: How to think like Sherlock Holmes by Maria Konnikova
16: Focus by Daniel Goleman

Currently reading The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer

October 13, 2014

1. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 387 pages
2. 101 Fairy Tales: The Brother's Grimm by Jacob Grimm (Re-read) 416 pages
3. The Fury by Alexander Gordon Smith 535 pages
4. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn 345 pages
5. Bec by Darren Shan 241 pages
6. Blood Beast by Darren Shan 261 pages
7. Demon Apocalypse by Darren Shan 200 pages
8. Death's Shadow by Darren Shan 231 pages
9. Temple of the Winds by Terry Goodkind 822 pages
10. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 422 pages
11. Monument 14: Savage Drift by Emmy Laybourne 306 pages
12. Soul of the Fire by by Terry Goodkind 788 pages
13. Wolf Island by Darren Shan 204 Pages
14. War of the Sons by Rebecca Dessertine and David Reed 320 pages
15. Scorpion Shards by Neal Shusterman 256 pages
16. Thief of Souls by Neal Shusterman 320 pages
17. Shattered Sky by Neal Shusterman 544 page
18. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness 479 Pages
19. The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness 517 Pages
20. Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness 603 Pages
21. The Tale of Despereaux by Kate Dicamillo (re-read) 272 pages
22. Chasing the Falconers by Gordon Korman 154 pages
23. The Fugitive Factor by Gordon Korman 160 pages
24. Now You See Them, Now You Don't by Gordon Korman 160 pages
25. The Stowaway Solution by Gordon Korman 160 pages
26. Public Enemies by Gordon Korman 150 pages
27. Hunting the Hunter by Gordon Korman 151 pages
28. I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga 359 Pages
29. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling (re-read) 310 pages
30. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling (re-read) 342 pages
31. The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi W. Burrow 264 pages
32. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling (re-read) 435 pages
33. Lucky Day by Barry Lyga 100 pages
34. Game by Barry Lyga 520 Pages

35. Faith of the Fallen by Terry Goodkind 785 Pages

36. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling (re-read) 735 pages

37. Zom-B By Darren Shan 217 pages

38. Zom-B Underground by Darren Shan 180 pages

Total number of pages: 13,865

October 14, 2014

1. Bad Pharma by Ben Goldacre
2. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
3. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
4. The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
5. The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
6. The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
7. Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
8. Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
9. Day Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
10. Twilight Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
11. The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
12. The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
13. The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
14. Clash of Kings by George R R Martin
15. The House of Hades by Rick Riordan
16. The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
17. The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan
18. Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
19. The Serpent's Shadow by Rick Riordan
20. Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
21. Hannibal by Thomas Harris
22. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
23. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
24. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
25. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
26. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
27. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
29. Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch
30. Whispers Underground by Ben Aaronovitch
31. Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch
32. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
33. Half A King by Joe Abercrombie
34. The Iliad by Homer
35. The Odyssey by Homer
36. The Aeneid by Virgil
37. Metamorphoses by Ovid
38. Dracula by Bram Stoker
39. Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
40. Paradise Lost by John Milton
41. Percy Jackson's Greek Gods by Rick Riordan
42. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
43. The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
44. Dangerous Women by Various Authors
45. Storm Front by Jim Butcher
46. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
47. Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
48. 1984 by George Orwell
49. Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
50. Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake
51. Death Masks by Jim Butcher
52. Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
53. Dead Beat by Jim Butcher
54. Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher
55. White Night by Jim Butcher
56. Small Favor by Jim Butcher
57. Turn Coat by Jim Butcher
58. Changes by Jim Butcher
59. Ghost Story by Jim Butcher
60. Cold Days by Jim Butcher
61. Side Jobs by Jim Butcher
62. Skin Game by Jim Butcher
63. The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan
64. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
65. How to Develop a Brilliant Memory Week by Week by Dominic O'Brien
66. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
67. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
68. Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw

69. Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch
70. Medea and Other Plays by Euripedes
71. Horns by Joe Hill
72. Bounce by Matthew Syed
73. Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
74. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

75. The Chimp Paradox by Steve Peters

Edit: 14/09 Yay, I made it!! My new goal is to reach 75 by the end of the year. I'm snapping these Jim Butcher novels up, they are über fun, and there's like 15 of them, it's all win :D

Edit: 23/09 Urgh, these Dresden Files books are actually really good, and I'm afraid of finishing them now lol. I hate when I get like this, but it's so much fun ;_; There's only 6 left now...

Edit: 30/09 GAHHH what just happened?!! *opens the next book quickly*

Edit: 09/10 Only 1 book left until I'm fully caught up with The Dresden Files... I'm reading Side Jobs, which is a short story collection set in the same universe. Can't wait to start Skin Game, though. This series has really surprised me with how much I've enjoyed it - it's still kind of silly, but there's definitely some skill involved in setting up such a complex universe, and the characters are brilliant.

Edit: 14/10 ;_: I just caught up with the Dresden series... man that was one hell of a good book. I'm a sucker for heist stories, but chuck in a reluctant team-up with the villain and I'm 100% sold whatever happens. No more books left though, so now I need to find something else to fill the void. I'm immensely glad that I have Blood of Olympus to look forward to, but it is the final book of the series also. Much sad.

Edit: 23/10 Spent the last few days reading the final book of Rick Riordan's Heroes of Olympus series. I enjoyed it a lot but the ending was a tad disappointing, nothing like as awesome as the ending of the Percy Jackson series. It was too sudden, too easy, and I didn't buy the main "shock" factor for a second. Also did a re-read of Death Masks, trying to get over the Dresden withdrawals, but I don't think I can include re-reads in my list of 50 books, at least not in the same year :P

Edit 31/10 God this book is a drag... Let's re-read a Dresden book again! What is my life?

Edit 11/11 HOLY CRAP I FINISHED!! After re-reading Small Favour and Skin Game, I have managed to make it to the end of American Gods. The ending was actually really quick, considering the characters spent such a long time milling about for the majority of the book. The most interesting part of the book was the Epilogue, which ties up some far more interesting side-plots, and the "Coming to America" parts, which were brilliant. I need time to absorb, and try and figure out what the book was trying to say, if it was saying anything at all, and whether it says enough to overcome the rather bland characters or the meandering plot. I still love Gaiman's writing style. I've enjoyed the other books of his that I've read, and I'll be reading Neverwhere at some point due to all the recommendations. I just don't think American Gods is for me.

Edit 17/11 Read Man and Superman to be prepared for when I go and see it next year. I was very pleasantly surprised - it's a brilliant play, and even if Shaw has some rather questionable views of women, they would still have been pretty progressive in his day. It's very funny, and even Act III gave me little trouble, and tied in enough with the rest of the play to make it worthwhile. In many ways, Act III is the heart of the play.
I've also read Foxglove Summer, which was a bit of a disappointment really. It left many loose-ends untied, the plot was all over the place, the ending was far too sudden and not in a good way. It feels like filler for the next book, which I'm hoping will be an improvement upon this. Still, worth a read anyway - Peter Grant is never boring.

Edit 20/11 Finished Horns by Joe Hill - was fun, though it evoked a pretty heavy/depressing atmosphere that was only slightly lifted by a rather bittersweet ending. I thought there would be more humour. It was interesting, and I'd like to see the movie to see how it compares. 6 books left until I finish my goal :D

Edit 2/12 I've met my 75 book goal!! :cake: Finished The Chimp Paradox by Steve Peters - I was skeptical at first, but it's actually a very interesting book with some great tips that I'm definitely going to take on board. I think there's too much to take in straight away, so I might buy the book version and have a peek through every now and then to remind me of the key points.

Currently reading: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

October 14, 2014

2014 list

1. the general in his labyrinth - gabriel garcia marquez **** 285 pages reread

2. canada - richard ford **** 418 pages

3. the maid's version - daniel woodrell ***** 164 pages

4. antwerp - roberto bolano *** 78 pages

5. all over creation - ruth ozeki **** 417 pages

6. danubia - a personal history of habsburg europe - simon winder***** 512 pages

7. these demented lands - alan warner **** 215 pages

8. hope - glen duncan 311 pages *** reread

9. the goldfinch - donna tartt ***1/2 771 pages

10. the spinning heart - donal ryan *** 156 pages

11. nineteen eighty four - george orwell *** 326 pages

12. let's explore diabetes with owls - david sedaris ***1/2 275 pages

13. the luminaries - eleanor catton ***** 832 pages

14. burial rites - hannah kent ***** 330 pages

15. the lowland - jhumpa lahiri **** 340 pages

16. the brooklyn follies - paul auster **** 224 pages

17. let the great world turn - colum mccann ***** 349 pages reread

18. the hundred year old man who climbed out the window and disappeared - jonas jonasson ***** 387 pages

19. the tango singer - tomás eloy martinez ***1/2 243pages

20. the perfect landscape - ragna sigurdottir **** 213 pages

21. fire in the blood - irene nemirovsky *** 1/2 153 pages

22. the leopard - tomasi di lampedusa *** 1/2 230 pages

23. the free - willy vlautin **** 273 pages

24. three strong women - marie n'diaye *** 277 pages

25. innocent erendira and other stories [collection of short stories] - gabriel garcia marquez ***** 183 pages reread

26. by blood we live - glen duncan [part 3 of "the last werewolf trilogy"] **** 472 pages

27. dominion - c.j. sansom **** 718 pages

28. ripper - isabel allende *** 1/2 475 pages

29. traveller of the century - andres neuman ***** 578 pages

30. middlesex - jeffrey eugenides **** 529 pages

31. a girl is a half-formed thing - eimear mcbride **** 203 pages

total pages 10,937 pages [not including currently reading]

nice halloween avat, foxracingfan :)

October 20, 2014

2014 list

1. the general in his labyrinth - gabriel garcia marquez **** 285 pages reread

2. canada - richard ford **** 418 pages

3. the maid's version - daniel woodrell ***** 164 pages

4. antwerp - roberto bolano *** 78 pages

5. all over creation - ruth ozeki **** 417 pages

6. danubia - a personal history of habsburg europe - simon winder***** 512 pages

7. these demented lands - alan warner **** 215 pages

8. hope - glen duncan 311 pages *** reread

9. the goldfinch - donna tartt ***1/2 771 pages

10. the spinning heart - donal ryan *** 156 pages

11. nineteen eighty four - george orwell *** 326 pages

12. let's explore diabetes with owls - david sedaris ***1/2 275 pages

13. the luminaries - eleanor catton ***** 832 pages

14. burial rites - hannah kent ***** 330 pages

15. the lowland - jhumpa lahiri **** 340 pages

16. the brooklyn follies - paul auster **** 224 pages

17. let the great world turn - colum mccann ***** 349 pages reread

18. the hundred year old man who climbed out the window and disappeared - jonas jonasson ***** 387 pages

19. the tango singer - tomás eloy martinez ***1/2 243pages

20. the perfect landscape - ragna sigurdottir **** 213 pages

21. fire in the blood - irene nemirovsky *** 1/2 153 pages

22. the leopard - tomasi di lampedusa *** 1/2 230 pages

23. the free - willy vlautin **** 273 pages

24. three strong women - marie n'diaye *** 277 pages

25. innocent erendira and other stories [collection of short stories] - gabriel garcia marquez ***** 183 pages reread

26. by blood we live - glen duncan [part 3 of "the last werewolf trilogy"] **** 472 pages

27. dominion - c.j. sansom **** 718 pages

28. ripper - isabel allende *** 1/2 475 pages

29. traveller of the century - andres neuman ***** 578 pages

30. middlesex - jeffrey eugenides **** 529 pages

31. a girl is a half-formed thing - eimear mcbride **** 203 pages

32. the tiger's wife - téa obreht ***** 336 pages reread

total pages 11,273 pages [not including currently reading]

October 21, 2014

I love to read. I always have a novel going, some Christian literature and my Bible.

1. The Wisdom of the Sadhu: Teachings of Sundar Singh compiled and edited by Kim Comer

2. The Cross in the Shadow of the Crescent Erwin W. Lutzer

3. Forging Zero Sara King

4. The Fire Seekers Richard Farr

5. Sector C Phoenix Sullivan

6.Asexuality: A Brief Introduction Asexuality Archive

7.A Discovery of Witches Deborah Harkness

8. Shadow of Night Deborah Harkness

9. The Book of Life Deborah Harkness

10. Avagadro Corp William Hertling

11. A I Apocalypse William Hertling

12. The Last Firewall William Hertling

13. Roof John Gregory Hancock

14. Wool Omnibus Hugh Howey

October 22, 2014

01. A Separate Reality by Carlos Castaneda
02. Werewolf The Apocalypse - 20th Anniversary Edition by White Wolf
03. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
04. The Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan
05. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
06. The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan
07. The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
08. The Demigod Files by Rick Riordan
09. The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
10. The Demigod Diaries by Rick Riordan
11. The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
12. The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
13. Drawing Down The Spirit: The Traditions and Techniques of Spirit Possession by Kenaz Filan and Raven Kaldera
14. Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
15. Greek Religion by Walter Burkert
16. The Wolf Gift by Anne Rice
17. The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft
18. New Paths to Animal Totems by Lupa
19. Bitten by Kelly Armstrong
20. The Daemon of Socrates by Henry Edward
21. Fallout: Equestria by Kkat
22. Horns by Joe Hill
23. A Glory of Unicorns by Bruce Coville
24. Spice and Wolf Volume 1 by Isuna Hasekura
25. The Night Has a Naked Soul: Witchcraft and Sorcery Among The Western Cherokee by Alan Kilpatrick
26. The Druids: Priests of the Ancient Celts by Paul R Lonigan
27. Celestially Auspicious Occasions: Seasons, Cycles, & Celebrates by Donna Henes
28. The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux by Joseph Epes Brown

Since last posted we finished:
29. Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits by Emma Wilby
30. God of the Witches by Margaret Alice Murray
31. A New Walk Down An Old Path by Simon Craft
32. Women Who Run With The Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
33. In The Days Of The Giants by Abby Farwell Brown
34. Watership Down by Richard Adams

October 29, 2014

1. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 387 pages
2. 101 Fairy Tales: The Brother's Grimm by Jacob Grimm (Re-read) 416 pages
3. The Fury by Alexander Gordon Smith 535 pages
4. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn 345 pages
5. Bec by Darren Shan 241 pages
6. Blood Beast by Darren Shan 261 pages
7. Demon Apocalypse by Darren Shan 200 pages
8. Death's Shadow by Darren Shan 231 pages
9. Temple of the Winds by Terry Goodkind 822 pages
10. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 422 pages
11. Monument 14: Savage Drift by Emmy Laybourne 306 pages
12. Soul of the Fire by by Terry Goodkind 788 pages
13. Wolf Island by Darren Shan 204 Pages
14. War of the Sons by Rebecca Dessertine and David Reed 320 pages
15. Scorpion Shards by Neal Shusterman 256 pages
16. Thief of Souls by Neal Shusterman 320 pages
17. Shattered Sky by Neal Shusterman 544 page
18. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness 479 Pages
19. The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness 517 Pages
20. Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness 603 Pages
21. The Tale of Despereaux by Kate Dicamillo (re-read) 272 pages
22. Chasing the Falconers by Gordon Korman 154 pages
23. The Fugitive Factor by Gordon Korman 160 pages
24. Now You See Them, Now You Don't by Gordon Korman 160 pages
25. The Stowaway Solution by Gordon Korman 160 pages
26. Public Enemies by Gordon Korman 150 pages
27. Hunting the Hunter by Gordon Korman 151 pages
28. I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga 359 Pages

29. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling (re-read) 310 pages

30. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling (re-read) 342 pages

31. The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi W. Burrow 264 pages

32. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling (re-read) 435 pages

33. Lucky Day by Barry Lyga 100 pages

34. Game by Barry Lyga 520 Pages

35. Faith of the Fallen by Terry Goodkind 785 Pages

36. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling (re-read) 734 pages

37. Zom-B by Darren Shan 217 Pages

38. Zom-B Underground by Darren Shan 180 Pages

39. Zom-B City by Darren Shan 213 Pages

40. Manipulate by Corrie Garret 298 Pages

41. Zom-B Angles by Darren Shan 160 Pages

Total # of pages: 14,536

October 29, 2014

2014 list

1. the general in his labyrinth - gabriel garcia marquez **** 285 pages reread

2. canada - richard ford **** 418 pages

3. the maid's version - daniel woodrell ***** 164 pages

4. antwerp - roberto bolano *** 78 pages

5. all over creation - ruth ozeki **** 417 pages

6. danubia - a personal history of habsburg europe - simon winder***** 512 pages

7. these demented lands - alan warner **** 215 pages

8. hope - glen duncan 311 pages *** reread

9. the goldfinch - donna tartt ***1/2 771 pages

10. the spinning heart - donal ryan *** 156 pages

11. nineteen eighty four - george orwell *** 326 pages

12. let's explore diabetes with owls - david sedaris ***1/2 275 pages

13. the luminaries - eleanor catton ***** 832 pages

14. burial rites - hannah kent ***** 330 pages

15. the lowland - jhumpa lahiri **** 340 pages

16. the brooklyn follies - paul auster **** 224 pages

17. let the great world turn - colum mccann ***** 349 pages reread

18. the hundred year old man who climbed out the window and disappeared - jonas jonasson ***** 387 pages

19. the tango singer - tomás eloy martinez ***1/2 243pages

20. the perfect landscape - ragna sigurdottir **** 213 pages

21. fire in the blood - irene nemirovsky *** 1/2 153 pages

22. the leopard - tomasi di lampedusa *** 1/2 230 pages

23. the free - willy vlautin **** 273 pages

24. three strong women - marie n'diaye *** 277 pages

25. innocent erendira and other stories [collection of short stories] - gabriel garcia marquez ***** 183 pages reread

26. by blood we live - glen duncan [part 3 of "the last werewolf trilogy"] **** 472 pages

27. dominion - c.j. sansom **** 718 pages

28. ripper - isabel allende *** 1/2 475 pages

29. traveller of the century - andres neuman ***** 578 pages

30. middlesex - jeffrey eugenides **** 529 pages

31. a girl is a half-formed thing - eimear mcbride **** 203 pages

32. the tiger's wife - téa obreht ***** 336 pages reread

33. the sound of things falling - juan gabriel vazquez ***1/2 298 pages

total pages 11,571 pages [not including currently reading]

October 31, 2014

15. Following Atticus by Tom Ryan

16. My Dog: The Paradox: A Lovable Discourse about Man's Best Friend by The Oatmeal: Matthew Inman .... appropriate, my puppy just barfed on the couch!!!!

November 1, 2014

01. A Separate Reality by Carlos Castaneda
02. Werewolf The Apocalypse - 20th Anniversary Edition by White Wolf
03. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
04. The Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan
05. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
06. The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan
07. The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
08. The Demigod Files by Rick Riordan
09. The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
10. The Demigod Diaries by Rick Riordan
11. The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
12. The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
13. Drawing Down The Spirit: The Traditions and Techniques of Spirit Possession by Kenaz Filan and Raven Kaldera
14. Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
15. Greek Religion by Walter Burkert
16. The Wolf Gift by Anne Rice
17. The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft
18. New Paths to Animal Totems by Lupa
19. Bitten by Kelly Armstrong
20. The Daemon of Socrates by Henry Edward
21. Fallout: Equestria by Kkat
22. Horns by Joe Hill
23. A Glory of Unicorns by Bruce Coville
24. Spice and Wolf Volume 1 by Isuna Hasekura
25. The Night Has a Naked Soul: Witchcraft and Sorcery Among The Western Cherokee by Alan Kilpatrick
26. The Druids: Priests of the Ancient Celts by Paul R Lonigan
27. Celestially Auspicious Occasions: Seasons, Cycles, & Celebrates by Donna Henes
28. The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux by Joseph Epes Brown
29. Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits by Emma Wilby
30. God of the Witches by Margaret Alice Murray
31. A New Walk Down An Old Path by Simon Craft
32. Women Who Run With The Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
33. Watership Down by Richard Adams

Since last posted we finished:
34. The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
35. How to Make and Use a Magic Mirror by Donald Tyson
36. Tarot & Magic by Donald Michael Kraig
37. Pagan Prayers by Marah Ellis Ryan
38. The House of Hades by Rick Riordan
39. Natural Magic by Doreen Valiente
40. The Dark Side of the Moon - A Complete Course in Magic & Witchcraft by Basil Crouch
41. The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan

November 10, 2014

In no particular order~

Every Day by David Levithan
Witch Finder by Ruth Warburton
Reckless by Cornelia Funke
Fearless by Cornelia Funke
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas
The Glass Book of the Dream Eaters by G.W. Dahlquist
Theft of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan

I didn't start reading until really late this year, somewhere around June or July, for some reason I just didn't have the motivation in Spring :C

November 14, 2014

2014 list

1. the general in his labyrinth - gabriel garcia marquez **** 285 pages reread

2. canada - richard ford **** 418 pages

3. the maid's version - daniel woodrell ***** 164 pages

4. antwerp - roberto bolano *** 78 pages

5. all over creation - ruth ozeki **** 417 pages

6. danubia - a personal history of habsburg europe - simon winder***** 512 pages

7. these demented lands - alan warner **** 215 pages

8. hope - glen duncan 311 pages *** reread

9. the goldfinch - donna tartt ***1/2 771 pages

10. the spinning heart - donal ryan *** 156 pages

11. nineteen eighty four - george orwell *** 326 pages

12. let's explore diabetes with owls - david sedaris ***1/2 275 pages

13. the luminaries - eleanor catton ***** 832 pages

14. burial rites - hannah kent ***** 330 pages

15. the lowland - jhumpa lahiri **** 340 pages

16. the brooklyn follies - paul auster **** 224 pages

17. let the great world turn - colum mccann ***** 349 pages reread

18. the hundred year old man who climbed out the window and disappeared - jonas jonasson ***** 387 pages

19. the tango singer - tomás eloy martinez ***1/2 243pages

20. the perfect landscape - ragna sigurdottir **** 213 pages

21. fire in the blood - irene nemirovsky *** 1/2 153 pages

22. the leopard - tomasi di lampedusa *** 1/2 230 pages

23. the free - willy vlautin **** 273 pages

24. three strong women - marie n'diaye *** 277 pages

25. innocent erendira and other stories [collection of short stories] - gabriel garcia marquez ***** 183 pages reread

26. by blood we live - glen duncan [part 3 of "the last werewolf trilogy"] **** 472 pages

27. dominion - c.j. sansom **** 718 pages

28. ripper - isabel allende *** 1/2 475 pages

29. traveller of the century - andres neuman ***** 578 pages

30. middlesex - jeffrey eugenides **** 529 pages

31. a girl is a half-formed thing - eimear mcbride **** 203 pages

32. the tiger's wife - téa obreht ***** 336 pages reread

33. the sound of things falling - juan gabriel vazquez ***1/2 298 pages

34. a death in the family - karl ove knausgaard *** 393 pages

total pages 11,964 pages [not including currently reading]

welcome deem0 to the thread :)

November 23, 2014

1. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 387 pages
2. 101 Fairy Tales: The Brother's Grimm by Jacob Grimm (Re-read) 416 pages
3. The Fury by Alexander Gordon Smith 535 pages
4. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn 345 pages
5. Bec by Darren Shan 241 pages
6. Blood Beast by Darren Shan 261 pages
7. Demon Apocalypse by Darren Shan 200 pages
8. Death's Shadow by Darren Shan 231 pages
9. Temple of the Winds by Terry Goodkind 822 pages
10. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 422 pages
11. Monument 14: Savage Drift by Emmy Laybourne 306 pages
12. Soul of the Fire by by Terry Goodkind 788 pages
13. Wolf Island by Darren Shan 204 Pages
14. War of the Sons by Rebecca Dessertine and David Reed 320 pages
15. Scorpion Shards by Neal Shusterman 256 pages
16. Thief of Souls by Neal Shusterman 320 pages
17. Shattered Sky by Neal Shusterman 544 page
18. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness 479 Pages
19. The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness 517 Pages
20. Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness 603 Pages
21. The Tale of Despereaux by Kate Dicamillo (re-read) 272 pages
22. Chasing the Falconers by Gordon Korman 154 pages
23. The Fugitive Factor by Gordon Korman 160 pages
24. Now You See Them, Now You Don't by Gordon Korman 160 pages
25. The Stowaway Solution by Gordon Korman 160 pages
26. Public Enemies by Gordon Korman 150 pages
27. Hunting the Hunter by Gordon Korman 151 pages
28. I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga 359 Pages

29. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling (re-read) 310 pages

30. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling (re-read) 342 pages

31. The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi W. Burrow 264 pages

32. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling (re-read) 435 pages

33. Lucky Day by Barry Lyga 100 pages

34. Game by Barry Lyga 520 Pages

35. Faith of the Fallen by Terry Goodkind 785 Pages

36. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling (re-read) 734 pages

37. Zom-B by Darren Shan 217 Pages

38. Zom-B Underground by Darren Shan 180 Pages

39. Zom-B City by Darren Shan 213 Pages

40. Manipulate by Corrie Garret 298 Pages

41. Zom-B Angles by Darren Shan 160 Pages

42. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling (re-read) 870 pages

43. Zom-B Baby by Darren Shan 160 pages

November 25, 2014

2014 list

1. the general in his labyrinth - gabriel garcia marquez **** 285 pages reread

2. canada - richard ford **** 418 pages

3. the maid's version - daniel woodrell ***** 164 pages

4. antwerp - roberto bolano *** 78 pages

5. all over creation - ruth ozeki **** 417 pages

6. danubia - a personal history of habsburg europe - simon winder***** 512 pages

7. these demented lands - alan warner **** 215 pages

8. hope - glen duncan 311 pages *** reread

9. the goldfinch - donna tartt ***1/2 771 pages

10. the spinning heart - donal ryan *** 156 pages

11. nineteen eighty four - george orwell *** 326 pages

12. let's explore diabetes with owls - david sedaris ***1/2 275 pages

13. the luminaries - eleanor catton ***** 832 pages

14. burial rites - hannah kent ***** 330 pages

15. the lowland - jhumpa lahiri **** 340 pages

16. the brooklyn follies - paul auster **** 224 pages

17. let the great world turn - colum mccann ***** 349 pages reread

18. the hundred year old man who climbed out the window and disappeared - jonas jonasson ***** 387 pages

19. the tango singer - tomás eloy martinez ***1/2 243pages

20. the perfect landscape - ragna sigurdottir **** 213 pages

21. fire in the blood - irene nemirovsky *** 1/2 153 pages

22. the leopard - tomasi di lampedusa *** 1/2 230 pages

23. the free - willy vlautin **** 273 pages

24. three strong women - marie n'diaye *** 277 pages

25. innocent erendira and other stories [collection of short stories] - gabriel garcia marquez ***** 183 pages reread

26. by blood we live - glen duncan [part 3 of "the last werewolf trilogy"] **** 472 pages

27. dominion - c.j. sansom **** 718 pages

28. ripper - isabel allende *** 1/2 475 pages

29. traveller of the century - andres neuman ***** 578 pages

30. middlesex - jeffrey eugenides **** 529 pages

31. a girl is a half-formed thing - eimear mcbride **** 203 pages

32. the tiger's wife - téa obreht ***** 336 pages reread

33. the sound of things falling - juan gabriel vazquez ***1/2 298 pages

34. a death in the family - karl ove knausgaard *** 393 pages

35. the new republic - lionel shriver **** 373 pages

36. the garden of evening mists - tan twan eng ***** 348 pages

total pages ~~12,683~~ 12,685 pages [not including currently reading]

i ran a tot on my calculator of the number of pages and found i have an error on my page count, so embarrassing. no wonder no place looking for some one with numeric skills are interested in hiring me (yes, cvs do mention this as a requirement for an accounting position)

oh, also 2 other things, 1: that book "garden of evening mists" was superb, 2: in another error for synchronicity it would have been nice that lionel shriver book should have been 36th book as it was my 36th book last year, albeit i might also add the last one too, lets hope i read at least 34 next year so another one of hers will be in it :D 3: i also read 978 pages more so far this year than last year, with the same number of pages, the average books this year are 27 pages longer at 352 pages a book

i wonder if anyone will catch the error i made on purpose in this post

oops edited when i should have posted a new post

December 4, 2014

1. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 387 pages
2. 101 Fairy Tales: The Brother's Grimm by Jacob Grimm (Re-read) 416 pages
3. The Fury by Alexander Gordon Smith 535 pages
4. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn 345 pages
5. Bec by Darren Shan 241 pages
6. Blood Beast by Darren Shan 261 pages
7. Demon Apocalypse by Darren Shan 200 pages
8. Death's Shadow by Darren Shan 231 pages
9. Temple of the Winds by Terry Goodkind 822 pages
10. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 422 pages
11. Monument 14: Savage Drift by Emmy Laybourne 306 pages
12. Soul of the Fire by by Terry Goodkind 788 pages
13. Wolf Island by Darren Shan 204 Pages
14. War of the Sons by Rebecca Dessertine and David Reed 320 pages
15. Scorpion Shards by Neal Shusterman 256 pages
16. Thief of Souls by Neal Shusterman 320 pages
17. Shattered Sky by Neal Shusterman 544 page
18. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness 479 Pages
19. The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness 517 Pages
20. Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness 603 Pages
21. The Tale of Despereaux by Kate Dicamillo (re-read) 272 pages
22. Chasing the Falconers by Gordon Korman 154 pages
23. The Fugitive Factor by Gordon Korman 160 pages
24. Now You See Them, Now You Don't by Gordon Korman 160 pages
25. The Stowaway Solution by Gordon Korman 160 pages
26. Public Enemies by Gordon Korman 150 pages
27. Hunting the Hunter by Gordon Korman 151 pages
28. I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga 359 Pages

29. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling (re-read) 310 pages

30. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling (re-read) 342 pages

31. The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi W. Burrow 264 pages

32. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling (re-read) 435 pages

33. Lucky Day by Barry Lyga 100 pages

34. Game by Barry Lyga 520 Pages

35. Faith of the Fallen by Terry Goodkind 785 Pages

36. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling (re-read) 734 pages

37. Zom-B by Darren Shan 217 Pages

38. Zom-B Underground by Darren Shan 180 Pages

39. Zom-B City by Darren Shan 213 Pages

40. Manipulate by Corrie Garret 298 Pages

41. Zom-B Angles by Darren Shan 160 Pages

42. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling (re-read) 870 pages

43. Zom-B Baby by Darren Shan 160 pages

44. The Spectacular Now by Thim Tharp 294 pages

45. Thieves I've Known by Tom Kealey 208 pages

In two weeks I'll be on winter break, then I'll be able to read more books (and longer books I'll be able to dedicate my time too). And I know I'm going to get at least 5 new books on Christmas (Them being gifts to myself :D) I think I'll meet the 50 book goal by the end of the month.

i ran a tot on my calculator of the number of pages and found i have an error on my page count, so embarrassing.

I'm pretty sure I have an error on my page count as well that's why I stopped putting the numbers. I'll just add them all together once I reach 50 :lol:

December 5, 2014

1. Bad Pharma by Ben Goldacre
2. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
3. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
4. The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
5. The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
6. The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
7. Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
8. Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
9. Day Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
10. Twilight Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
11. The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
12. The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
13. The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
14. Clash of Kings by George R R Martin
15. The House of Hades by Rick Riordan
16. The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
17. The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan
18. Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
19. The Serpent's Shadow by Rick Riordan
20. Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
21. Hannibal by Thomas Harris
22. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
23. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
24. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
25. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
26. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
27. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
29. Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch
30. Whispers Underground by Ben Aaronovitch
31. Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch
32. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
33. Half A King by Joe Abercrombie
34. The Iliad by Homer
35. The Odyssey by Homer
36. The Aeneid by Virgil
37. Metamorphoses by Ovid
38. Dracula by Bram Stoker
39. Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
40. Paradise Lost by John Milton
41. Percy Jackson's Greek Gods by Rick Riordan
42. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
43. The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
44. Dangerous Women by Various Authors
45. Storm Front by Jim Butcher
46. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
47. Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
48. 1984 by George Orwell
49. Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
50. Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake
51. Death Masks by Jim Butcher
52. Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
53. Dead Beat by Jim Butcher
54. Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher
55. White Night by Jim Butcher
56. Small Favor by Jim Butcher
57. Turn Coat by Jim Butcher
58. Changes by Jim Butcher
59. Ghost Story by Jim Butcher
60. Cold Days by Jim Butcher
61. Side Jobs by Jim Butcher
62. Skin Game by Jim Butcher
63. The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan
64. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
65. How to Develop a Brilliant Memory Week by Week by Dominic O'Brien
66. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
67. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
68. Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw
69. Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch
70. Medea and Other Plays by Euripedes
71. Horns by Joe Hill
72. Bounce by Matthew Syed
73. Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
74. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
75. The Chimp Paradox by Steve Peters
76. Fated by Benedict Jacka
77. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
78. Animal Farm by George Orwell
79. Live And Let Die by Ian Fleming
80. Moonraker by Ian Fleming
81. Diamonds Are Forever by Ian Fleming
82. From Russia With Love by Ian Fleming
83. Dr. No by Ian Fleming
84. Goldfinger by Ian Fleming
85. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
86. Thunderball by Ian Fleming
87. For Your Eyes Only by Ian Fleming
88. The Spy Who Loved Me by Ian Fleming

89. On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Fleming
90. Through The Looking Glass, And What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll
91. You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming
92. The Man With The Golden Gun by Ian Fleming
93. Octopussy and Other Stories by Ian Fleming
94. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
95. Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck

96. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

97. The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

98. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

Edit: 14/09 Yay, I made it!! My new goal is to reach 75 by the end of the year. I'm snapping these Jim Butcher novels up, they are über fun, and there's like 15 of them, it's all win :D

Edit: 23/09 Urgh, these Dresden Files books are actually really good, and I'm afraid of finishing them now lol. I hate when I get like this, but it's so much fun ;_; There's only 6 left now...

Edit: 30/09 GAHHH what just happened?!! *opens the next book quickly*

Edit: 09/10 Only 1 book left until I'm fully caught up with The Dresden Files... I'm reading Side Jobs, which is a short story collection set in the same universe. Can't wait to start Skin Game, though. This series has really surprised me with how much I've enjoyed it - it's still kind of silly, but there's definitely some skill involved in setting up such a complex universe, and the characters are brilliant.

Edit: 14/10 ;_: I just caught up with the Dresden series... man that was one hell of a good book. I'm a sucker for heist stories, but chuck in a reluctant team-up with the villain and I'm 100% sold whatever happens. No more books left though, so now I need to find something else to fill the void. I'm immensely glad that I have Blood of Olympus to look forward to, but it is the final book of the series also. Much sad.

Edit: 23/10 Spent the last few days reading the final book of Rick Riordan's Heroes of Olympus series. I enjoyed it a lot but the ending was a tad disappointing, nothing like as awesome as the ending of the Percy Jackson series. It was too sudden, too easy, and I didn't buy the main "shock" factor for a second. Also did a re-read of Death Masks, trying to get over the Dresden withdrawals, but I don't think I can include re-reads in my list of 50 books, at least not in the same year :P

Edit 31/10 God this book is a drag... Let's re-read a Dresden book again! What is my life?

Edit 11/11 HOLY CRAP I FINISHED!! After re-reading Small Favour and Skin Game, I have managed to make it to the end of American Gods. The ending was actually really quick, considering the characters spent such a long time milling about for the majority of the book. The most interesting part of the book was the Epilogue, which ties up some far more interesting side-plots, and the "Coming to America" parts, which were brilliant. I need time to absorb, and try and figure out what the book was trying to say, if it was saying anything at all, and whether it says enough to overcome the rather bland characters or the meandering plot. I still love Gaiman's writing style. I've enjoyed the other books of his that I've read, and I'll be reading Neverwhere at some point due to all the recommendations. I just don't think American Gods is for me.

Edit 17/11 Read Man and Superman to be prepared for when I go and see it next year. I was very pleasantly surprised - it's a brilliant play, and even if Shaw has some rather questionable views of women, they would still have been pretty progressive in his day. It's very funny, and even Act III gave me little trouble, and tied in enough with the rest of the play to make it worthwhile. In many ways, Act III is the heart of the play.
I've also read Foxglove Summer, which was a bit of a disappointment really. It left many loose-ends untied, the plot was all over the place, the ending was far too sudden and not in a good way. It feels like filler for the next book, which I'm hoping will be an improvement upon this. Still, worth a read anyway - Peter Grant is never boring.

Edit 20/11 Finished Horns by Joe Hill - was fun, though it evoked a pretty heavy/depressing atmosphere that was only slightly lifted by a rather bittersweet ending. I thought there would be more humour. It was interesting, and I'd like to see the movie to see how it compares. 6 books left until I finish my goal :D

Edit 2/12 I've met my 75 book goal!! :cake: Finished The Chimp Paradox by Steve Peters - I was skeptical at first, but it's actually a very interesting book with some great tips that I'm definitely going to take on board. I think there's too much to take in straight away, so I might buy the book version and have a peek through every now and then to remind me of the key points.

Edit 5/12 Finished Casino Royale and enjoyed it a lot. Bond's misogynistic viewpoints are annoying, but I think that just comes with the territory. Looking forward to reading more Bond! But I'll finish Animal Farm before that.

Edit 7/12 Finished Animal Farm. I'm going to attempt to make it to 100 books - this means I'll have to read about 1 book a day in order to make it to the end. If I read some short books, and/or I spend a little bit more time reading each day, I think I have a chance :) I'll be finished with Live And Let Die tonight, and hopefully start Moonraker with a view to finishing it off tomorrow.

9/12 Moonraker finished, starting Diamonds Are Forever. I enjoyed Moonraker quite a lot. These books are brilliant, well-written, fast-paced action and while they can be pretty sexist/racist (the first two books were appalling at times), Moonraker really surprised me. The character of Gala Brand was cool, and though I knew what was going to happen since the moment Drax stepped into Blade's, I still enjoyed the feeling of suspense throughout. And there's a lot less sex than I thought there would be hehe!

17/12 14 books to go...

25/12 6 books to go... Finished all the James Bond originals yesterday. Going to take a bit of a break today. I'll read a bit later on, but no rush to get one book done today :)

29/12 urgh, got bogged down enjoying my Christmas so I didn't read as much as I'd hoped to. I did get a few short books to read, though, so I think I still have a chance :D

31/12 Two books to go - need to finish them both today!! Gulp!

Currently reading: The Time Machine by H. G. Wells

December 9, 2014

1 - 4: Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan (I need breaks between these...)
5 - 6: The Shining and Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
7: 1984 by George Orwell
8: Othello by Shakespeare (It was bound as a book, so it counts, right? Even if it's a play?)
9: In One Person by John Irving
10: God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens
11: Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
12: Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
13: A Game of Thrones by George R. R Martin
14: The Tales of Beedle The Bard by J.K Rowling (Re-read for the n'th time. I love it so much.)
15: Mastermind: How to think like Sherlock Holmes by Maria Konnikova
16: Focus by Daniel Goleman

17: The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
18: Valentine Grey by Sandi Toksvig
19: Inferno by Dan Brown
20: Peas and Queues by Sandi Toksvig
21: The Awakening by Kate Chopin
22: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
23: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K Rowling
24: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
25: The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
26: The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer

December 12, 2014

01. A Separate Reality by Carlos Castaneda
02. Werewolf The Apocalypse - 20th Anniversary Edition by White Wolf
03. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
04. The Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan
05. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
06. The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan
07. The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
08. The Demigod Files by Rick Riordan
09. The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
10. The Demigod Diaries by Rick Riordan
11. The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
12. The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
13. Drawing Down The Spirit: The Traditions and Techniques of Spirit Possession by Kenaz Filan and Raven Kaldera
14. Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
15. Greek Religion by Walter Burkert
16. The Wolf Gift by Anne Rice
17. The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft
18. New Paths to Animal Totems by Lupa
19. Bitten by Kelly Armstrong
20. The Daemon of Socrates by Henry Edward
21. Fallout: Equestria by Kkat
22. Horns by Joe Hill
23. A Glory of Unicorns by Bruce Coville
24. Spice and Wolf Volume 1 by Isuna Hasekura
25. The Night Has a Naked Soul: Witchcraft and Sorcery Among The Western Cherokee by Alan Kilpatrick
26. The Druids: Priests of the Ancient Celts by Paul R Lonigan
27. Celestially Auspicious Occasions: Seasons, Cycles, & Celebrates by Donna Henes
28. The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux by Joseph Epes Brown
29. Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits by Emma Wilby
30. God of the Witches by Margaret Alice Murray
31. A New Walk Down An Old Path by Simon Craft
32. Women Who Run With The Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
33. Watership Down by Richard Adams
34. The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
35. How to Make and Use a Magic Mirror by Donald Tyson
36. Tarot & Magic by Donald Michael Kraig
37. Pagan Prayers by Marah Ellis Ryan
38. The House of Hades by Rick Riordan
39. Natural Magic by Doreen Valiente
40. The Dark Side of the Moon - A Complete Course in Magic & Witchcraft by Basil Crouch
41. The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan

Since last posted we finished:

42. The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
43. The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan
44. The Serpent's Shadow by Rick Riordan
45. The Son of Sobek by Rick Riordan
46. The Staff of Serapis by Rick Riordan
47. The Elements of Harmony: Friendship is Magic by Brandon T. Snider

December 21, 2014

2014 list

1. the general in his labyrinth - gabriel garcia marquez **** 285 pages reread

2. canada - richard ford **** 418 pages

3. the maid's version - daniel woodrell ***** 164 pages

4. antwerp - roberto bolano *** 78 pages

5. all over creation - ruth ozeki **** 417 pages

6. danubia - a personal history of habsburg europe - simon winder***** 512 pages

7. these demented lands - alan warner **** 215 pages

8. hope - glen duncan 311 pages *** reread

9. the goldfinch - donna tartt ***1/2 771 pages

10. the spinning heart - donal ryan *** 156 pages

11. nineteen eighty four - george orwell *** 326 pages

12. let's explore diabetes with owls - david sedaris ***1/2 275 pages

13. the luminaries - eleanor catton ***** 832 pages

14. burial rites - hannah kent ***** 330 pages

15. the lowland - jhumpa lahiri **** 340 pages

16. the brooklyn follies - paul auster **** 224 pages

17. let the great world turn - colum mccann ***** 349 pages reread

18. the hundred year old man who climbed out the window and disappeared - jonas jonasson ***** 387 pages

19. the tango singer - tomás eloy martinez ***1/2 243pages

20. the perfect landscape - ragna sigurdottir **** 213 pages

21. fire in the blood - irene nemirovsky *** 1/2 153 pages

22. the leopard - tomasi di lampedusa *** 1/2 230 pages

23. the free - willy vlautin **** 273 pages

24. three strong women - marie n'diaye *** 277 pages

25. innocent erendira and other stories [collection of short stories] - gabriel garcia marquez ***** 183 pages reread

26. by blood we live - glen duncan [part 3 of "the last werewolf trilogy"] **** 472 pages

27. dominion - c.j. sansom **** 718 pages

28. ripper - isabel allende *** 1/2 475 pages

29. traveller of the century - andres neuman ***** 578 pages

30. middlesex - jeffrey eugenides **** 529 pages

31. a girl is a half-formed thing - eimear mcbride **** 203 pages

32. the tiger's wife - téa obreht ***** 336 pages reread

33. the sound of things falling - juan gabriel vazquez ***1/2 298 pages

34. a death in the family - karl ove knausgaard *** 393 pages

35. the new republic - lionel shriver **** 373 pages

36. the garden of evening mists - tan twan eng ***** 348 pages

37. the new york trilogy - paul auster *** 314 pages

38. we are all completely beside ourselves - karen joy fowler ***** 308 pages

total pages 13,307 pages [not including currently reading]

December 26, 2014

Read since last update (in June):

62. The Maid Servant by Rebecca Barnhouse

63. Shugo! Chara Vol. 6<%

December 26, 2014

2014 list

1. the general in his labyrinth - gabriel garcia marquez **** 285 pages reread

2. canada - richard ford **** 418 pages

3. the maid's version - daniel woodrell ***** 164 pages

4. antwerp - roberto bolano *** 78 pages

5. all over creation - ruth ozeki **** 417 pages

6. danubia - a personal history of habsburg europe - simon winder***** 512 pages

7. these demented lands - alan warner **** 215 pages

8. hope - glen duncan 311 pages *** reread

9. the goldfinch - donna tartt ***1/2 771 pages

10. the spinning heart - donal ryan *** 156 pages

11. nineteen eighty four - george orwell *** 326 pages

12. let's explore diabetes with owls - david sedaris ***1/2 275 pages

13. the luminaries - eleanor catton ***** 832 pages

14. burial rites - hannah kent ***** 330 pages

15. the lowland - jhumpa lahiri **** 340 pages

16. the brooklyn follies - paul auster **** 224 pages

17. let the great world turn - colum mccann ***** 349 pages reread

18. the hundred year old man who climbed out the window and disappeared - jonas jonasson ***** 387 pages

19. the tango singer - tomás eloy martinez ***1/2 243pages

20. the perfect landscape - ragna sigurdottir **** 213 pages

21. fire in the blood - irene nemirovsky *** 1/2 153 pages

22. the leopard - tomasi di lampedusa *** 1/2 230 pages

23. the free - willy vlautin **** 273 pages

24. three strong women - marie n'diaye *** 277 pages

25. innocent erendira and other stories [collection of short stories] - gabriel garcia marquez ***** 183 pages reread

26. by blood we live - glen duncan [part 3 of "the last werewolf trilogy"] **** 472 pages

27. dominion - c.j. sansom **** 718 pages

28. ripper - isabel allende *** 1/2 475 pages

29. traveller of the century - andres neuman ***** 578 pages

30. middlesex - jeffrey eugenides **** 529 pages

31. a girl is a half-formed thing - eimear mcbride **** 203 pages

32. the tiger's wife - téa obreht ***** 336 pages reread

33. the sound of things falling - juan gabriel vazquez ***1/2 298 pages

34. a death in the family - karl ove knausgaard *** 393 pages

35. the new republic - lionel shriver **** 373 pages

36. the garden of evening mists - tan twan eng ***** 348 pages

37. the new york trilogy - paul auster *** 314 pages

38. we are all completely beside ourselves - karen joy fowler ***** 308 pages

39. the corrections - jonathan franzen ***** 653 pages reread

total pages 13,960 pages [not including currently reading]

December 31, 2014

1. Bad Pharma by Ben Goldacre
2. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
3. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
4. The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
5. The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
6. The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
7. Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
8. Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
9. Day Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
10. Twilight Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
11. The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
12. The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
13. The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
14. Clash of Kings by George R R Martin
15. The House of Hades by Rick Riordan
16. The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
17. The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan
18. Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
19. The Serpent's Shadow by Rick Riordan
20. Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
21. Hannibal by Thomas Harris
22. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
23. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
24. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
25. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
26. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
27. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
29. Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch
30. Whispers Underground by Ben Aaronovitch
31. Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch
32. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
33. Half A King by Joe Abercrombie
34. The Iliad by Homer
35. The Odyssey by Homer
36. The Aeneid by Virgil
37. Metamorphoses by Ovid
38. Dracula by Bram Stoker
39. Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
40. Paradise Lost by John Milton
41. Percy Jackson's Greek Gods by Rick Riordan
42. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
43. The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
44. Dangerous Women by Various Authors
45. Storm Front by Jim Butcher
46. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
47. Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
48. 1984 by George Orwell
49. Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
50. Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake
51. Death Masks by Jim Butcher
52. Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
53. Dead Beat by Jim Butcher
54. Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher
55. White Night by Jim Butcher
56. Small Favor by Jim Butcher
57. Turn Coat by Jim Butcher
58. Changes by Jim Butcher
59. Ghost Story by Jim Butcher
60. Cold Days by Jim Butcher
61. Side Jobs by Jim Butcher
62. Skin Game by Jim Butcher
63. The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan
64. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
65. How to Develop a Brilliant Memory Week by Week by Dominic O'Brien
66. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
67. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
68. Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw
69. Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch
70. Medea and Other Plays by Euripedes
71. Horns by Joe Hill
72. Bounce by Matthew Syed
73. Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
74. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
75. The Chimp Paradox by Steve Peters
76. Fated by Benedict Jacka
77. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
78. Animal Farm by George Orwell
79. Live And Let Die by Ian Fleming
80. Moonraker by Ian Fleming
81. Diamonds Are Forever by Ian Fleming
82. From Russia With Love by Ian Fleming
83. Dr. No by Ian Fleming
84. Goldfinger by Ian Fleming
85. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
86. Thunderball by Ian Fleming
87. For Your Eyes Only by Ian Fleming
88. The Spy Who Loved Me by Ian Fleming
89. On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Fleming
90. Through The Looking Glass, And What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll
91. You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming
92. The Man With The Golden Gun by Ian Fleming
93. Octopussy and Other Stories by Ian Fleming
94. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

95. Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck

96. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

97. The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

98. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

99. The Time Machine by H. G. Wells

100. The Death Of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy

Edit: 14/09 Yay, I made it!! My new goal is to reach 75 by the end of the year. I'm snapping these Jim Butcher novels up, they are über fun, and there's like 15 of them, it's all win :D

Edit: 23/09 Urgh, these Dresden Files books are actually really good, and I'm afraid of finishing them now lol. I hate when I get like this, but it's so much fun ;_; There's only 6 left now...

Edit: 30/09 GAHHH what just happened?!! *opens the next book quickly*

Edit: 09/10 Only 1 book left until I'm fully caught up with The Dresden Files... I'm reading Side Jobs, which is a short story collection set in the same universe. Can't wait to start Skin Game, though. This series has really surprised me with how much I've enjoyed it - it's still kind of silly, but there's definitely some skill involved in setting up such a complex universe, and the characters are brilliant.

Edit: 14/10 ;_: I just caught up with the Dresden series... man that was one hell of a good book. I'm a sucker for heist stories, but chuck in a reluctant team-up with the villain and I'm 100% sold whatever happens. No more books left though, so now I need to find something else to fill the void. I'm immensely glad that I have Blood of Olympus to look forward to, but it is the final book of the series also. Much sad.

Edit: 23/10 Spent the last few days reading the final book of Rick Riordan's Heroes of Olympus series. I enjoyed it a lot but the ending was a tad disappointing, nothing like as awesome as the ending of the Percy Jackson series. It was too sudden, too easy, and I didn't buy the main "shock" factor for a second. Also did a re-read of Death Masks, trying to get over the Dresden withdrawals, but I don't think I can include re-reads in my list of 50 books, at least not in the same year :P

Edit 31/10 God this book is a drag... Let's re-read a Dresden book again! What is my life?

Edit 11/11 HOLY CRAP I FINISHED!! After re-reading Small Favour and Skin Game, I have managed to make it to the end of American Gods. The ending was actually really quick, considering the characters spent such a long time milling about for the majority of the book. The most interesting part of the book was the Epilogue, which ties up some far more interesting side-plots, and the "Coming to America" parts, which were brilliant. I need time to absorb, and try and figure out what the book was trying to say, if it was saying anything at all, and whether it says enough to overcome the rather bland characters or the meandering plot. I still love Gaiman's writing style. I've enjoyed the other books of his that I've read, and I'll be reading Neverwhere at some point due to all the recommendations. I just don't think American Gods is for me.

Edit 17/11 Read Man and Superman to be prepared for when I go and see it next year. I was very pleasantly surprised - it's a brilliant play, and even if Shaw has some rather questionable views of women, they would still have been pretty progressive in his day. It's very funny, and even Act III gave me little trouble, and tied in enough with the rest of the play to make it worthwhile. In many ways, Act III is the heart of the play.
I've also read Foxglove Summer, which was a bit of a disappointment really. It left many loose-ends untied, the plot was all over the place, the ending was far too sudden and not in a good way. It feels like filler for the next book, which I'm hoping will be an improvement upon this. Still, worth a read anyway - Peter Grant is never boring.

Edit 20/11 Finished Horns by Joe Hill - was fun, though it evoked a pretty heavy/depressing atmosphere that was only slightly lifted by a rather bittersweet ending. I thought there would be more humour. It was interesting, and I'd like to see the movie to see how it compares. 6 books left until I finish my goal :D

Edit 2/12 I've met my 75 book goal!! :cake: Finished The Chimp Paradox by Steve Peters - I was skeptical at first, but it's actually a very interesting book with some great tips that I'm definitely going to take on board. I think there's too much to take in straight away, so I might buy the book version and have a peek through every now and then to remind me of the key points.

Edit 5/12 Finished Casino Royale and enjoyed it a lot. Bond's misogynistic viewpoints are annoying, but I think that just comes with the territory. Looking forward to reading more Bond! But I'll finish Animal Farm before that.

Edit 7/12 Finished Animal Farm. I'm going to attempt to make it to 100 books - this means I'll have to read about 1 book a day in order to make it to the end. If I read some short books, and/or I spend a little bit more time reading each day, I think I have a chance :) I'll be finished with Live And Let Die tonight, and hopefully start Moonraker with a view to finishing it off tomorrow.

9/12 Moonraker finished, starting Diamonds Are Forever. I enjoyed Moonraker quite a lot. These books are brilliant, well-written, fast-paced action and while they can be pretty sexist/racist (the first two books were appalling at times), Moonraker really surprised me. The character of Gala Brand was cool, and though I knew what was going to happen since the moment Drax stepped into Blade's, I still enjoyed the feeling of suspense throughout. And there's a lot less sex than I thought there would be hehe!

17/12 14 books to go...

25/12 6 books to go... Finished all the James Bond originals yesterday. Going to take a bit of a break today. I'll read a bit later on, but no rush to get one book done today :)

29/12 urgh, got bogged down enjoying my Christmas so I didn't read as much as I'd hoped to. I did get a few short books to read, though, so I think I still have a chance :D

31/12 Two books to go - need to finish them both today!! Gulp!

31/12 YAY!! My goal is complete!!!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! :D :D :D :D I'm amazed I managed to make it! The only thing I changed this last month was the length of the books, so I could cram them in without skipping or rushing. I might try and write up a "my year in books review", looking back on the books I've read and see what stood out and what didn't and how I felt about the whole thing. That would be fun.

Also, I think I'll up the goal next year to 150 and see how we go from there!

December 31, 2014

Every year I challenge myself to at least 52 books in a year using Goodreads to keep track. This year was 75 and a fell quite short. To be fair, some were large anthologies (The Complete Works Of Edgar Allan Poe for example) that only count as one book on the chat there, but I only managed to read 47 books this year. 2015 the challenge will be 60.

January 1, 2015

I've only managed 37 according to my goodreads page.

January 1, 2015

Completed list for 2014:

1. Earthly Pleasures by Roger Swain 198 pages

2. The Hundred Dresses by Erin McKean 213 pages

3. Shakespeare Saved My Life by Laura Bates 291 pages

4. The Smartest Kids in the World by Amanda Ripley 306 pages

5. The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien 330 pages

6. The Global Achievement Gap by Tony Wagner 290 pages

7. The Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd 176 pages

8. Yokohama Yankee by Leslie Helm 346 pages

9. The Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad 288 pages

10. Art Made From Books by Laura Heyenga 173 pages
11. How Children Fail by John Holt 298 pages
12. Shelf Life by Suzanne Strempek Shea 223 pages

13. Names for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland by Sarah Moss 358 pages

14. Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones 429 pages

15. The One World Schoolhouse by Salman Khan 259 pages

16. Vår vän Capy by Bill Peet 64 pages

17. "Doing School" by Denise Clark Pope 212 pages

18. Banished by Lauren Drain 289 pages

19. The Art of Discworld by Terry Pratchett 124 pages

20. Conrad's Fate by Diana Wynne Jones 375 pages

21. Strange Stones by Peter Hessler 354 pages
22. The London Scene by Virginia Woolf 77 pages
23. The King's Speech by Mark Logue 242 pages
24. Confessions of a Sociopath by ME Thomas 302 pages
25. Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones 213 pages

26. The Merlin Conspiracy by Diana Wynne Jones 468 pages

27. House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones 404 pages

28. Strong Poison by Dorothy Sayers 228 pages

29. Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones 213 pages
30. Explore Everything by Bradley Garrett 273 pages

31. The Scientific Sherlock Holmes by James O'Brien 175 pages

32. Spell it Out by David Crystal 328 pages

33. The One-Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka 181 pages

34. Gender Outlaws by Kate Bornstein 245 pages

35. Life Below Stairs by Alison Maloney 122 pages

36. The Butler by Wil Haygood 83 pages

37. Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville 44 pages

38. Short History of Wales by Sir Owen Morgan Edward 67 pages

39. The Wreck at Sharpnose Point by Jeremy Seal 316 pages

40. Fyre by Angie Sage 375 pages

41. Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet 186 pages

42. Nine Tailors by Dorothy Sayers 286 pages

43. Magyk by Angie Sage 344 pages

44. Darke by Angie Sage 350 pages

45. Den svarta ön by Hergé 62 pages

46. Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy Sayers 335 pages

47. Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon 119 pages

48. The Narrowboats Story by Nick Corble 127 pages

49. Trent's Last Case by EC Bentley 192 pages

50. The Riddle of the Labyrinth by Margalit Fox 384 pages

51. The Autistic Brain by Temple Grandin 256 pages

52. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman 187 pages

53. Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy Sayers 368 pages

54. Between Silk and Cyanide by Leo Marks 613 pages

55. Castles in the Air by Judy Corbett 308 pages

56. Fellowship of the Rings by JRR Tolkien 460 pages

57. Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury 219 pages

58. Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin 233 pages

59. Gracefully Insane by Alex Beam 246 pages

60. Gaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers 403 pages

61. Dr Montessori's Own Handbook by Maria Montessori 68 pages

62. The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde 37 pages

63. The Long War by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter 419 pages

64. Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett 365 pages

65. Lord Peter by Dorothy Sayers 487 pages

66. Watching the English by Kate Fox 424 pages

67. Innocents Afloat by Jeremy Scanlon 193 pages

68. The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey 190 pages

69. Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett 357 pages

70. For the Benefit of Those Who See by Rosemary Mahoney 287 pages

71. Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett 375 pages

72. How to Design Monograms by Elizabeth and Curtiss Sprague 61 pages

73. Romulus Buckle and the Engines of War by Richard Ellis Preston, Jr 476 pages

74. How to Read Literature like an English Professor by Thomas Foster 336 pages

75. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner 326 pages

76. Forensics and Fiction by D. P. Lyle 296 pages

77. Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters 306 pages

78. Nothing Daunted by Dorothy Wickenden 320 pages

79. Telling Our Way to the Sea by Aaron Hirsh 394 pages

80. Mail Order Mysteries by Kirk Demarais 152 pages

81. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom 192 pages

82. In the Land of Invisible Women by Qanta Ahmed 454 pages

83. The Essentia Marcus Aurelius by Jacob Needleman and John Piazza 110 pages
84. Japanese Lessons by Gail Benjamin 262 pages
85. Bringing Up Bebe by Pamela Druckerman 432 pages
86. French Kids Eat Everything by Karen Dillon 320 pages
87. Flyte by Angie Sage 532 pages

88. Britannia in Brief by Leslie Banker and Willian Mullins 256 pages

89. The Hedgehog Dilemma by Hugh Warwick 279 pages

90. Love in a Time of Homeschooling by Laura Brodie 261 pages

91. Danny bäst i världen by Roald Dahl 203 pages

92. The Velocity of Honey by Jay Ingram 211 pages

93. Harry Potter Page to Screen by Bob McCabe 531 pages

94. Mastermind by Maria Konnikova 255 pages

95. Working Ix to V by Vicki Leon 275 pages

96. From the Dust Returned by Ray Bradbury 160 pages

97. The Sea Inside by Philip Hoare 232 pages

98. Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye 188 pages

99. The Wanderer by Sharon Creech 199 pages

100. The Introvert's Way by Sophia Dembling 178 pages

101. Free to Learn by Peter Gray 255 pages

102. Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt 280 pages

103. Homesick and Happy by Michael Thompson 236 pages

104. Figgs and Phantoms by Ellen Raskin 110 pages

105. Swim by Lynn Sherr 175 pages

106. A Solitary Blue by Cynthia Voigt 335 pages

107. Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt 171 pages

108. Seventeen Against the Dealer by Cynthia Voigt 240 pages

109 A Family in Paris by Jane Paech 329 pages

110. Death by Water by Kerry Greenwood 256 pages

111. Blood and Circuses by Kerry Greenwood 208 pages

112. Murder on the Ballarat Train by Kerry Greenwood 151 pages

113. Murder in the Dark by Kerry Greenwood 278 pages

114. The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison 226 pages

115. Death at Victoria Dock by Kerry Greenwood 164 pages
116. Love, Nina by Nina Stibbe 320 pages
117. Parenting Without Borders by Christine Gross-Loh 308 pages

118. The Most Beautiful Walk in the World by John Baxter 298 pages

119. Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll 128 pages

120. Flying Too High by Kerry Greenwood 156 pages
121. Murder in Montparnasse by Kerry Greenwood 257 pages

122. Death Before Wicket by Kerry Greenwood 230 pages

123. The Green Mill Murder by Kerry Greenwood 173 pages

124. Queen of the Flowers by Kerry Greenwood 249 pages

125. Anthill by E O Wilson 378 pages
126. Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway 332 pages

127. Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood 175 pages

128. Fluke by Marin Blinder 213 pages

129. The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan 272 pages

130. Syren by Angie Sage 656 pages

131. Darke by Angie Sage 351 pages

132. What If by Randall Munroe 320 pages

133. Pathfinder by Angie Sage 480 pages

134. The Sword in the Stone by TH White 256 pages

135. Dancers Among Us by Jordan Mattar 240 pages

136. Summerhill USA by Richard E Bull 62 pages

137. Waldorf Schools Vol 1 by Ruth Pusch 218 pages

138. Fire Season by Philip Connors 246 pages

139. Come a Stranger by Cynthia Voigt 195 pages

140. Sons from Afar by Cynthia Voigt 209 pages

141. The Runner by Cynthia Voigt 183 pages

142. The Long Mars by Terry Pratchett and Steven Baxter 322 pages

143. Fyre by Angie Sage 375 pages

144. The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan 586 pages

145. All Girls: Single-Sex Education and Why it Matters by Karen Stabiner 320 pages

146. Murder on a Midsummer Night by Kerry Greenwood 257 pages

147. Light in August by William Faulkner 512 pages

148. Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B Gilbreth, Jr and Ernestine Gilbreth Cary 180 pages

149. Briarwood Girls by Julia Glover 41 pages

150. Lost Art of Dress by Linda Przybyszeweski 347 pages

151. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 493 pages

152. Murder and Mendelssohn by Kerry Greenwood 323 pages

153. Dead Man's Chest by Kerry Greenwood 256 pages

154. Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper 196 pages

155. Belles on Their Toes by Frank Gilbreth and Ernestine Carey 226 pages

156. The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder 345 pages

157. Lucinda's Secret by Holly Black 108 pages

158. The Ironwood Tree by Holly Black 110 pages

159. The Wrath of Mulgarath by Holly Black 136 pages

160. The Grey King by Susan Cooper 165 pages

161. The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper 261 pages

162. Ghost Hawk by Susan Cooper 328 pages

163. How to be a Gentleman by John Bridges 224 pages

164. Snuff by Terry Pratchett 398 pages

165. The Ecology of Atlantic Shorelines by Mark Bertness 417 pages

166. Thirteenth Child by Patricia Wrede 344 pages

167. Loser by Jerry Spinelli 218 pages

168. Ten Years Later by Moira Squier 127 pages

169. Movie Magic by Jody Revenson 151 pages

170. A Guide to the Graphic Arts Department by Jody Revenson 119 pages

171. Wizard Wear and Muggle Attire by Jody Revenson 143 pages

172. Environments Envisioned by Jody Revenson 143 pages

173. The Tasks and Content of a Steiner-Waldorf Curriculum by Kevin Avison 374 pages

174. The Well-Trained Mind by Susan Wise Bauer 813 pages

175. Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder 305 pages

Total: 47011 pages

*disappears from AVEN until next year*

January 1, 2015

2014 list

1. the general in his labyrinth - gabriel garcia marquez **** 285 pages reread

2. canada - richard ford **** 418 pages

3. the maid's version - daniel woodrell ***** 164 pages

4. antwerp - roberto bolano *** 78 pages

5. all over creation - ruth ozeki **** 417 pages

6. danubia - a personal history of habsburg europe - simon winder***** 512 pages

7. these demented lands - alan warner **** 215 pages

8. hope - glen duncan 311 pages *** reread

9. the goldfinch - donna tartt ***1/2 771 pages

10. the spinning heart - donal ryan *** 156 pages

11. nineteen eighty four - george orwell *** 326 pages

12. let's explore diabetes with owls - david sedaris ***1/2 275 pages

13. the luminaries - eleanor catton ***** 832 pages

14. burial rites - hannah kent ***** 330 pages

15. the lowland - jhumpa lahiri **** 340 pages

16. the brooklyn follies - paul auster **** 224 pages

17. let the great world turn - colum mccann ***** 349 pages reread

18. the hundred year old man who climbed out the window and disappeared - jonas jonasson ***** 387 pages

19. the tango singer - tomás eloy martinez ***1/2 243pages

20. the perfect landscape - ragna sigurdottir **** 213 pages

21. fire in the blood - irene nemirovsky *** 1/2 153 pages

22. the leopard - tomasi di lampedusa *** 1/2 230 pages

23. the free - willy vlautin **** 273 pages

24. three strong women - marie n'diaye *** 277 pages

25. innocent erendira and other stories [collection of short stories] - gabriel garcia marquez ***** 183 pages reread

26. by blood we live - glen duncan [part 3 of "the last werewolf trilogy"] **** 472 pages

27. dominion - c.j. sansom **** 718 pages

28. ripper - isabel allende *** 1/2 475 pages

29. traveller of the century - andres neuman ***** 578 pages

30. middlesex - jeffrey eugenides **** 529 pages

31. a girl is a half-formed thing - eimear mcbride **** 203 pages

32. the tiger's wife - téa obreht ***** 336 pages reread

33. the sound of things falling - juan gabriel vazquez ***1/2 298 pages

34. a death in the family - karl ove knausgaard *** 393 pages

35. the new republic - lionel shriver **** 373 pages

36. the garden of evening mists - tan twan eng ***** 348 pages

37. the new york trilogy - paul auster *** 314 pages

38. we are all completely beside ourselves - karen joy fowler ***** 308 pages

39. the corrections - jonathan franzen ***** 653 pages reread

40. all is silence - manuel rivas **** 249 pages

41. we need new names - noviolet bulawayo *** 1/2 290 pages

total pages 14,499 pages (What I couldn't have read an extra page?)

where bought:

chapters, dublin 11

gifts 11

easons, dublin 4

local book shop 6

amazon 5

dubray books, dublin 4

categorise

rereads fiction 6

new reads fiction 33

new reads non-fiction 2

nationality (fiction only)

USA 11

UK 5

Ireland 3

Colombia 3

Argentina 2

Chile 2

France 2

New Zealand, Austrailia, India, Malaysia, Sweden, Iceland, Italy, ??? Former Yugoslavia, Norway, Spain, Zimbabwe 1 each

Time of reading (not including non-fiction)

first time i read a book from author 18

previously read author 21

sex of author (not including non-fiction)

male 25

female 14

longest - luminaries by eleanor catton 832 pages

shortest - antwerp by roberto bolano 78 pages

favourite 3 - we are completely beside ourselves by karen joy fowler, burial rites by hannah kent and traveller of the century by andres neuman

January 1, 2015

Read 2014
Murder at Pride Lodge - Mark McNease
Doctor Who: Real Time - Gary Russell [bF audio]
The Duke's Deception - Sasha Miller
One of Those Days - Zathan Priest
The Astounding, the Amazing, and the Unknown - Paul Malmont
Back In Black (Black Knight Chronicles #2) - John G. Hartness
Cross Checking (Blue Line Hockey #9) - Stephani Hecht
Knight Moves (Black Knight Chronicles #3) - John G. Hartness
Smoke and Mirrors (Tony Foster #2) - Tanya Huff [Audio book]
Hard Spell (Occult Crimes Unit #1) - Justin Gustainis

Foundation and Empire - Isaac Asimov [Audio book]
Quiet Erp - K.Z. Snow
Sherlock Holmes: A Baker Street Dozen - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [Audio Dramatizations]
Drinker Class X - Sasha Miller
Paint it Black (Black Knight #4) - John G. Hartness
The Scarifyers: The Nazad Conspiracy - Simon Bernard [Audio Drama]
Evil Dark (Occult Crimes Unit #2) - Justin Gustainis
Unquiet Dreams (Connor Grey #2) - Mark Del Franco
Unfallen Dead (Connor Grey #3) - Mark Del Franco
Smoke and Ashes (Tony Foster #3) - Tanya Huff

Unperfect Souls (Connor Grey - #4) - Mark Del Franco
February Thaw: A Collection of Contemporary Fantasy - Tanya Huff
Uncertain Allies (Connor Grey - #5) - Mark Del Franco
Known Devil (Occult Crimes Unit #3) - Justin Gustainis
The Luxury of Vengeance - Isabella Carter
Undone Deeds (Connor Grey - #6) - Mark Del Franco
Blood Price (Blood Ties/Vickie Nelson #1) - Tanya Huff
Those Who Fight Monsters: Tales of Occult Detectives - Justin Gustainis, ed.
Pressure Head (The Plumber's Mate #1) - JR Merrow
The Idiot's Tango - B. Snow

Headed for Trouble (Troubleshooters #16.5) - Suzanne Brockmann
Broken Homes (Peter Grant #4) - Ben Aaronovich
Kick Start (Dangerous Ground #5) - Josh Lanyon
Cinder - Mary Sexton
Relief Valve (Plumber's Mate #2) - JR Merrow
The Scarifyers: The Devil of Denge Marsh - Paul Morris [Audio Drama]
The Forgotten Man (Elvis Cole #10) - Robert Crais
Foxe Fire (Skyler Foxe Mystery #4) - Haley Walsh
Un-Expected (Left at the Crossroads #1) - Lisa Worrell
#First Impressions #Second Chances - Heidi Belleau

The Missing Comatose Woman - Sarah Etteritch
Six - Tara Spears
A** Over Teacup - Jackie Nacht
Once Upon a Haunted Moor - Harper Fox
The King's Harem - Megan Derr
The Dragon's Tamer - Megan Derr
The Parting Glass - Josh Lanyon
Playing With Fire (Inspector Banks #14) - Peter Robinson
Grimm: The Chopping Block - John Passarella
Nail Polish and Feathers - Jo Ramsey

Fatal Shadows (Adrien English #1) - Josh Lanyon
A Dangerous Thing (Adrien English #2) - Josh Lanyon
Unnatural (Archangel Academy #1) - Michael Griffo

The Hell You Say (Ardrien English #3) - Josh Lanyon

Riley's Regret (Lost Shifters #11) - Stephani Hecht

Stranger on the Shore - Josh Lanyon

Chance's Vindication (Lost Shifters #13) - Stephani Hecht

Might's Karma (Wayne County Wolves #10) - Stephani Hecht

Shards of Time (Nightrunners #7) - Lynn Flewelling

Cards on the Table - Josh Lanyon

The Scarifyers: For King and Country (The Scarifyers #3) - Simon Bernard

The Scarifyers: The Curse of the Black Comet (The Scarifyers #4) - Simon Bernard

Everything I Know - Josh Lanyon

Marked (Mindspace Investigations #3) - Alex Hughes

Wild Wolf (Shifters Unbound #6) - Jennifer Ashley

A Marked Man (The Men of Halfway House 2) - Jamie Reese

Justice's Little Nibbler (WCW #4) - Stephani Hecht

Somebody's Been a Bad Little Wolf (WCW #12) - Stephani Hecht

Touching Tate (WCW #11) - Stephani Hecht

Waiting For You - K.C. Wells

Get Off My Case - Lisa Oliver

Lake on the Mountain: A Dan Sharp Mystery - Jeffrey Round

Caught! (The Shamwell Chronicles) - J.R. Merrow

Arson of the Heart - Sasha L. Miller

What Family is For - T.T. Kove

The Protector - Cooper West

The King (BDB #12) - J.R. Ward

Wick (Wick #1) - Megan Derr

The Menagerie: Lynx - Megan Derr

Frostwick - Megan Derr

An Exception (Jewel Bonds #3) - Megan Derr

Always a Groomsman - M. Durango

Blood Tells - Rachel White

Perfect Angel - Rachelle Cochran

Breathless (A Medium and an Extra Large #1) - Shannon West

The Happily Ever After Mating Agency Presents: Snovarg (#1) - Jane Wallace-Knight

Binding Ties - Alessandra Ebulu

Hold Still - Megan Derr

Looking For More - Megan Derr

Jagged Rock - Willow Scarlett

Accepting Me - Jo Ramsey

Tell Me It's Real - T.J. Klune

Consorting with Dragons - Sera Trevor

Queer Hauntings: True Tales of Gay & Lesbian Ghosts - Ken Summers

The Last Thing He Needs - J.H. Knight

On Edge - T.C. Blue

The Oracle's Hatchling (The Oracle #2) - Mel Eight

Trucker Ghost Stories: And Other True Tales of Haunted Highways, Weird Encounters, and Legends of the Road - Annie Wilder

Dust and Light (The Sanctuary #1) - Carol Berg

Hot Lead, Cold Iron (Mick Oberon #1) - Ari Marmell

Shoulder Pads and Flannel - Jo Ramsey

Best Murder of the Year (A Rick Domino Mystery) - Jon P. Block

Two Dumb Jocks (Dumb Jock #5) - Jeff Erno

A Ghost of a Chance - Josh Lanyon

The Alloy of Law (Mystborn #4) - Brandon Sanderson

Redshirts - John Scalzi

Raising Steam (Discworld) - Terry Pratchett

Pumpkin Eater: A Dan Sharp Mystery - Jeffrey Round

Until the Bitter End - L.L. Bucknor

Damaged Heart - S.C. Wynne

Overcoming His Pride - Amber Kell

Farren's Wizard (A Wizard's Touch) - Amber Kell

Elijah's Ghost (A Wizard's Touch) - Amber Kell

Necropolis (Whyborne & Griffin) - Jordan L. Hawk

Bloodline (Whyborne & Griffin) - Jordan L. Hawk

Midnight Riot (Peter Grant #1) - Ben Aaronovitch

Sleepy Hollow: Children of the Revolution - Keith R.A. DeCandido

Doctor Who: The Crawling Terror - Mike Tucker

Fair's Point - Melissa Scott

Half a King - Joe Abercrombie

Fair Play (All Fair 2) - Josh Lanyon

Tempest (A Medium and an Extra Large 2) - Shannon West

The Brothers Cabal (Johannes Cabal 4) - Jonathan L. Howard

A Bittersweet Haunting - T.A. Chase

Blind Under the Moon - S.A. Walsh

Dracula Meets Jack the Ripper and Other Revisionist Histories - Michael B. Druxman

The Necromancer (Johannes Cabal 1) - Jonathan L. Howard

The Detective (Johannes Cabal 2) - Jonathan L. Howard

Haunted Hearts - Amelia Faulkener

All's Fair in Mate Bonds and Publishing - Alana Ankh

A Fine Mingling - D.W. Marchwell

The Mystery of Love: Part One - Gary Alan Hidalgo

The Mystery of Love: Part Two - Gary Alan Hidalgo

Bloodlist (The Vampire Files 1) - PN Elrod

The Dracula Tape - Fred Saberhagen

Bloodcircle (The Vampire Files 3) - PN Elrod

Comfort and Joy (Anthology) - Josh Lanyon|Joanna Chambers|Harper Fox|L.B. Gregg

The Best Corpse for the Job - Charlie Cochrane

Holiday Outing - Astrid Amara

Persons of Interest: The Mystery of Love - Gary Alan Hidalgo

Hell & High Water - Charlie Cochet

Carol of the Bellskis (Bellskis 1) - Astrid Amara

Miracle of the Bellskis (Bellskis 2) - Astrid Amara

Westford Hall - Lisa Worrall

Soothing His Zebra's Fears (Kontra's Menagerie #20) - Charlie Richards

Feathers from the Sky - Posy Roberts

Batteries Not Included[1] - J.L. Merrow

Making It Pay - J.L. Merrow

The Vampire's Geek (Wolves of Stone Ridge #26) - Charlie Richards

The Enchantment Emporium (1) - Tanya Huff

In all, 168 books, audiodramas, and a couple of full cast audio adventures. Not bad.

January 2, 2015

My list for 2014:

1 The Pillow Book of the Flower Samurai - Barbara Lazar
2 The Bones of Avalon - Phil Rickman
3 The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett
4 Gone - Michael Grant
5 Hunger - Michael Grant
6 Lies - Michael Grant
7 Before I Fall - Lauren Oliver
8 The Clan of the Cave Bear - Jean Auel
9 The Valley of Horses - Jean Auel
10 The Mammoth Hunters - Jean Auel
11 The Plains of Passage - Jean Auel
12 The Shelters of Stone - Jean Auel
13 The Land of the Painted Caves - Jean Auel
14 Understanding Asexuality - Anthony Bogaert
15 Annabel - Lauren Oliver
16 Delirium - Lauren Oliver
17 Hana - Lauren Oliver
18 Pandemonium - Lauren Oliver
19 Raven - Lauren Oliver
20 Requiem - Lauren Oliver
21 Fall of Giants - Ken Follett
22 Winter of the World - Ken Follett
23 Hominids - Robert Sawyer
24 Eragon - Christopher Paolini
25 Eldest - Christopher Paolini
26 Brisingr - Christopher Paolini
27 Inheritance - Christopher Paolini
28 City of Swords - Mary Hoffman
29 Shostakovitch - Gottmer
30 The Wizard's Dilemma - Diane Duane
31 A Wizard Alone - Diane Duane
32 Wizard's Holiday - Diane Duane
33 Wizards at War - Diane Duane
34 A Wizard of Mars - Diane Duane
35 A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin
36 A Dance with Dragons - George R.R. Martin
37 Fever Dance - D.Preston & L.Child
38 Cold Vengeance - D.Preston & L.Child
39 Two Graves - D.Preston & L.Child
40 In One Person - John Irving
41 The Gardens of the Moon - Steven Erikson
42 Deadhouse Gates - Steven Erikson
43 Alex - Lauren Oliver
44 Luna - Julie Anne Peters
45 By the Time You Read This, I'll be Dead - Julie Anne Peters
46 Keeping You a Secret - Julie Anne Peters
47 InterWorld - Neil Gaiman
48 The Silver Dream - Neil Gaiman
49 The World according to Garp - John Irving
50 The Final Empire - Brandon Sanderson
51 The Well of Ascension - Brandon Sanderson
52 The Hero of Ages - Brandon Sanderson
53 The Alloy of Law - Brandon Sanderson
54 American Gods - Neil Gaiman
55 The Deed of Paksenarrion - Elizabeth Moon
56 Anathem - Neal Stephenson
57 The Fault in Our Stars - John Green
58 Red Planet Blues - Robert Sawyer
59 Interview with a Vampire - Anne Rice
60 Prey - Michael Crichton
61 Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
62 Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
63 Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan
64 Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan
65 Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth - Rick Riordan
66 Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian - Rick Riordan
67 Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero - Rick Riordan
68 Heroes of Olympus: The Son of the Sea God - Rick Riordan
69 Heroes of Olympus: The Mark of Athena - Rick Riordan
70 Heroes of Olympus: The House of Hades - Rick Riordan
71 Heroes of Olympus: Blood of Olympus - Rick Riordan
72 The Last Empress - Tony Russo
73 Assassin's Apprentice - Robin Hobb

Total: 73 books read, with a total of 34516 pages.

January 3, 2015

I think I'm gonna try this this year. :)

50 Books In a Year Thread.

Recommended Posts

Zapstileon

Link to post

Share on other sites

FOXracingfan

Link to post

Share on other sites

poindexter

Link to post

Share on other sites

iff

Link to post

Share on other sites

iff

Link to post

Share on other sites

bluemuse

Link to post

Share on other sites

House of Chimeras

Link to post

Share on other sites

FOXracingfan

Link to post

Share on other sites

iff

Link to post

Share on other sites

bluemuse

Link to post

Share on other sites

House of Chimeras

Link to post

Share on other sites

deem0

Link to post

Share on other sites

iff

Link to post

Share on other sites

FOXracingfan

Link to post

Share on other sites

iff

Link to post

Share on other sites

FOXracingfan

Link to post

Share on other sites

poindexter

Link to post

Share on other sites

Zapstileon

Link to post

Share on other sites

House of Chimeras

Link to post

Share on other sites

iff

Link to post

Share on other sites

RainbowEuphoria

Link to post

Share on other sites

iff

Link to post

Share on other sites

poindexter

Link to post

Share on other sites

Vyzov

Link to post

Share on other sites

daveb

Link to post

Share on other sites

Tenebre

Link to post

Share on other sites