Monday 18 January 2010

TBR Challenge

This is a useful challenge for knocking books off that list that you've always wanted to read but never quite got round to... and mines pretty extensive. The idea is to create a set list of 12 at the begining of the year and either read one a month, or whatever until they are gone. Last year i tried this and knocked 5 off my list, so i'm going to have another go :) (although i am a little late starting :/)

To Be Read:
  1. I Hope - Raisa Gorbachev
  2. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
  3. A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgees
  4. Eucalyptus - Murray Bail
  5. Dracula - Bram Stoker
  6. Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell
  7. Atonement - Ian McEwan
  8. The Great Gatsby - F.Scott Fitzgerald
  9. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
  10. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
  11. The Colour Purple - Alice Walker
  12. The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S.Lewis

Finished List:
  1. The Color Purple - Alice Walker (03/03/10)

100+ Challenge 2010

Woop, another year and my first challenge of the year :) i really like this one as it allows me to indulge in my reading habbit :P
The Challenge is pretty simple, 1 year, 100 books :) i managed it in 2009 (by the skin of my teeth) and would like to do it again :) I'll probably list books on here as i finish them (i've got a few under my belt already) and stick them in the sidebar too. Hosted by J.Kaye, who i'm very gratefull to :)

(oh, and this year i'd like at least ten of them to be classics, either modern or traditional ones)

100+ Challenge reads:
  1. Death's Mistress - Karen Chance (05/01/10)
  2. The Terrible Tudors - Terry Deary (12/01/10)
  3. Crown Duel - Sherwood Smith (17/01/10) -211 pages (re-read)
  4. Court Duel - Sherwood Smith (18/01/10) - 260 pages (re-read)
  5. Dragonfly - Juila Golding (19/02/10) - 398 pages (re-read coursework has left me with no time ):
  6. Going Postal - Terry Pratchett (21/02/10) - 463 pages (Book Club)
  7. Remember Me? - Sophie Kinsella (28/02/10) - 432 pages (re-read)
  8. The Color Purple - Alice Walker (03/03/10) - 244 pages
  9. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini (14/03/10) - 366 pages (Book Club)
  10. A Pirates Pleasure - Heather Graham (21/03/10) - 385 pages (re-read - 3rd time)
  11. Resenting the Hero - Moira J. Moore (30/03/10) - 285 pages (re-read)
  12. The Hero Strikes Back - Moira J. Moore (31/o3/10) - 308 pages
  13. Splendid - Julia Quinn (05/04/10) - 396 pages (re-read)
  14. Dancing at Midnight - Julia Quinn (11/04/10) - 375 pages (re-read)
  15. To Sir Phillip with Love - Julia Quinn (11/04/10) - 372 pages
  16. To Catch an Heiress - Julia Quinn (16/04/10) - 377 pages (Re-read)
  17. Heros book 3 (may bank holiday)
  18. Prudence
  19. Beastly - Alex Flinn (15/05/10)
  20. Boy A - Jonathan Tirgell (17/05/10) - 248 pages (Book Club)
  21. The Magic Flute - Iva Ibbotson (28/05/10) (Here is where i've neglected it, lost my order and dates and possibly which books have been read.... shall try my best)
  22. Do You Want Me? - India Knight
  23. Octavia - Jilly Cooper
  24. My Single Friend - Jane Costello
  25. ?
  26. The Duke and I - Julia Quinn
  27. Making Money - Terry Pratchett
  28. The Turning
  29. ?
  30. Harriet
  31. Aphrodite's Workshop for Reluctant Lovers - Marika Cobbold (21/08/10) - 302 pages
  32. ?
  33. ?
  34. ? various books, no idea how many.
  35. Lisa & Co - Jilly Cooper
  36. Riders - Jilly Cooper
  37. Bella - Jilly Cooper