On Christmas day last year I started reading Twilight.... not because it was something I was all that interested in but because I wanted to see what all the hype was about and I wanted to check it out before I let my 11 year old read it. To be honest, I thought I'd hate it so you can imagine my surprise when I thoroughly enjoyed it and finished all four books in the series in about two weeks! It was nice to make time to read again which is something I haven't done much of since having children. I decided to challenge myself to see how many books I could read in the year and promptly gave up watching TV of an evening in favour of reading...... I started out thinking 20 books in a year would be great but a couple of months into my reading challenge I set the number at 50, and last night I started reading book no.51!
So...This is what I've read:
1) Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
2) New Moon by Stephanie Meyer
3) Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
4) Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
5) The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
6) The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
7) Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
8) City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
9) City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
10) City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
11) The Naming by Alisson Croggon
12) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
13) The Girl who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
14) The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
15) The Short 2nd Life of Bree Tanner by Stephanie Meyer
16) Evernight by Claudia Gray
17) Stargazer by Claudia Gray
18) Hourglass by Claudia Gray
19) The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinks
20) Cycler by Lauren McLaughlin
21) Recycler by Laren McLaughlin
22) The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
23) The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong
24) Fallen by Lauren Kate
25) Maximum Ride: Angel Experiment by James Patterson
26) Maximum Ride: Schools out Forever by James Patterson
27) Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
28) Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
29) Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
30) Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
31) Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
32) Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
33) Definately Dead by Charlaine Harris
34) All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
35) From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
36) Alone: Chasers by James Phelan
37) Need by Carrie Jones
38) Captivate by Carrie Jones
39) Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
40) Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
41) The Reckoning by Kelley Armstrong
42) Tomorrow: When the war Began by John Marsden
43) Torment by Lauren Kate
44) Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
45) Tomorrow 2: The Dead of Night by John Marsden
46) Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
47) Stolen by Kelley Armstrong
48) Dime Store Magic by Kelley Armstrong
49) Tomorrow 3: The Third Day, The Frost by John Marsden
50) Tomorrow 4: Darkness by my Friend by John Marsden
Edited to add a couple more:
51) Angel by L.A.Weatherly
52) Tomorrow 5: Burning for Revenge by John Marsden
My sister has been my main influence for the change in the type of books I've been reading and she thinks it's hilarious that she has me reading all sorts of supernatural fiction these days and a lot of what I've read has been young adult fiction which has really surprised me..... if you'd like to know more about any of these books you can check them out on my Goodreads page here.
I would also love to hear what great books you've been reading and welcome any recommendations as my to-read pile is getting quite low now!
Until next time.......
Yay you reached your goal!!!!! Unfortunately i wont reach 50 but am happy to have made it past 30 :)
ReplyDeleteWow, you sound like me. It all started with twilight. Also my sisters influence, and I have read a few on your list as well. Congratulations on reaching your goal and going beyond it.
ReplyDeleteIts amazing what can happen when the tv & the computer is off....I can go without but the computer has to stay so I can see what my buddies are up to...Might have to do the school reading challange with the kidlets.
ReplyDeleteWell done on the reading list! I have kept a list of books read for the last eight years or so (and a list of films viewed!) and each year try to beat my previous year. But sometimes life gets in the way and I do watch TV as well! I'm not much into the 'supernatural' genre though; give me a good thriller by Michael Connelly or Jonathon Kellerman any day!
ReplyDeletewell done on achieving your goal! I make a little time to read in bed each night. The best book I've read recently is The Time-Travellers Wife, you should give that a go.
ReplyDeleteWow, that is seriously impressive! I've tried to read a bit more this year too, but can't match your success! Thanks for the list. I will come back to this next time I don't know what to read. Ros x
ReplyDeleteWow Tracy...amazing over 50 books!!! You are an avid reader!!! I can spy City of Bones in there LOL...Dzintra♥x
ReplyDeleteHappy to see lots of mine in there! I will send u some more soon lol
ReplyDeleteCongratulations...and great selection! I've read to the end of the series of all the ones I've started...still waiting on both Kate's and Patterson's next installments, but I'm jonesin for something new. I put all the authors that I've read this past year into Google and up comes this wonderful list, hope you don't mind if I borrow from it. :-) Surprised that "The Host - Stephanie Meyer" isn't on that list. My sister-in-law left it at my house, wife was out, I was bored, nothing on TV. The very book that rekindled my interest in reading. Anyway, thanks for sharing.
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