50 Books in 2011
My goal is to have read 50 books in 2011. This is where I am up to:
1. The Ape house – Sara Gruen
2. The Distant Hours – Kate Morton
3. The White Queen – Phillipa Gregory
4. Minding Frankie – Maeve Binchy
5. The Heavenly Man – Brother Yun
6. Fall of Giants – Ken Follett
7. The Red Queen – Phillipa Gregory
8. Twenties Girl – Sophie Kinsella
9. Year of Wonders – Geraldine Brooks
10. Freedom – Jonathan Franzen
11. On the Jellicoe Road – Melina Marchetta
12. Mini Shopaholic – Sophie Kinsella
13. The Book Thief – Marcus Zusak
14. Book of Lost Threads – Tess Evans
15. The Other Queen – Philippa Gregory
16. People of the Book – Geraldine Brooks
17. Caleb’s Crossing – Geraldine Brooks
18. One Day in May – Catherine Alliot
19. The Secret Lives of Dresses – Erin McKean
20. My Dear I wanted to tell you – Louisa Young
21. The Quilters Apprentice – Jennifer Chiaverini
22. Sing You Home – Jodi Picoult
23. The proper care & maintenance of friendship – Lisa Verge Higgins
24. The Book of Books – Melvyn Bragg
25. The Cattlemans Daughter – Rachael Treasure
26. Red Wolf – Liza Marklund
27. The Help – Kathryn Stockett
28. We Need to Talk About Kevin – Lionel Shriver
29. Water for Elephants – Sara Gruen
30. One Thousand Gifts – Ann Voskamp
31. Cross Fire – James Patterson
32. The Big Fella – Peter Thompson & Robert Macklin
33. The Outsiders – S.E. Hinton
34. One Day – David Nicholls
35. The Reader – Bernhard Schlink
36. The Queen’s Fool – Philippa Gregory
37. All That I Am – Anna Funder
38. I think I love you – Allison Pearson
39. Lovers & Newcomers – Rosie Thomas
40. Angel in the Rubble – Genelle Guzman-Mcmillan
41. The Lady of the Rivers – Philippa Gregory
42. Finding Grace – Sarah Pawley
43. Angels of Vengeance – John Birmingham
44. The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul – Deborah Rodriguez
45. Past Secrets – Cathy Kelly
46. Incredibly Loud and Extremely Close – Jonathan Safran Foer
47.The decision – Penny Vincenzi
48. The Novel in the Viola – Natasha Solomons
49. The Best of Me – Nicholas Sparks
50. The Ivy Chronicles – Karen Quinn
Jul 06, 2011 @ 18:14:51
I have just come across your blog and love your reading idea. You certainly are mixing up the genres and have read some of my favourites. good luck and happy reading.
Kerry
Aug 14, 2011 @ 09:55:10
oooh, I am going to look at your list for inspiration. I have read Caleb’s Crossing and am now reading People of the Book, after loving ‘year of wonders’ a few years ago. The book thief has been on my list for a while and I haven’t read Melina Marchetta for ages…will chase that one up.
thanks!