Blog 25 - Book Worm

Challenge 11 on the final list was to ‘Read 40 Books’, as I love reading but don’t often get chance to read as much as I would like, this challenge would give me the excuse to make more time for reading. To be honest this challenge did exactly that and it has rarely felt a chore but gave me an excuse to unwind and find time to relax.

A good book does consume me and I often get the feeling I can’t put it down so try to multi-task whilst still reading. There were many of these books throughout the year and I found a new thriller writer that I loved Karen Rose and read a number of her books as it meant along with the fact they gripped me it also meant I read them quicker therefore getting through more books quicker.

There were some books that weren’t as good and I didn’t enjoy as much and also towards the end of the year I started reading a few short stories and choosing books by how many pages it had! My worst book through the year was ‘Goldfinch’ which was very depressing and had over 700 pages so was also my longest book! My favourite book by far was ‘Wonder’ – a truly beautiful book aimed at 10 year olds but all adults should read it to remember what is important in life and how it feels to be a child.

I tried to buy most of the books from charity shops or charity fairs and events, but did purchase a few on my kindle particularly the books we decided on at the Book Club I also meet up with. I spent almost £75 on books throughout the year and donated as many of the books as I could to charity shops in my free box once I had read them.

This is one challenge I will carry on with after the year is up but at a slightly calmer pace!

The 40 books that I read were;.

Book1 – A Serpentine Affair by Tina Seskis
Book2 - The Mystery of Merry Close by Marian Keyes
Book 3 - Not Quite Perfect by Annie Lyons
Book 4 - Danny Wallace and his Karma Army by Danny Wallace
Book 5 - Warning of Gales by Annie Sanders
Book 6 – Honeymoon by James Patterson
Book 7 - Husbands and Other Lovers by Jane Elizabeth Varley
Book 8 - The Detectives Daughter by Lesley Thompson
Book 9 - The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton.
Book 10 - The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Martin Sixsmith
Book 11 - Starter for Ten by David Nicholls
Book 12 - Alone by Lisa Gardner
Book 13 - Momzillas by Joll Kargman
Book 14 - Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Book 15 - Fawn Brown by Zoe McAuley
Book 16 - Closed for Winter by John Lier Horst
Book 17 - Butterflies in the Rain by Anne Zouroudi
Book 18 - Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfield
Book 19 - Broken Silence by Karen Rose
Book 20 - Watch Your Back by Karen Rose
Book 21 - Wonder by R J Palacio
Book 22 - Leap the Wild Water by Jenny Lloyd
Book 23 - Dirty Secrets by Karen Rose
Book 24 - The Red Room by Nicci French
Book 25, 26 & 27: The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
Book 28 - Have You Seen Her by Karen Rose
Book 29 – A Little Dog Like You by Rosemary Sutcliff
Book 30 - New Cardiff by Charles Webb
Book 31 - Love in the Present Tense by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Book 32 - Chasing Windmills by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Book 33 - Silent Scream by Karen Rose
Book 34 - Lifeboat No.8 by Elizabeth Kaye
Book 35 - A Night of Cake and Puppets by Laini Taylor
Book 36 - Bad Girls by Rebecca Chance
Book 37 - Thorn in my Side by Karin Slaughter
Book 38 - Hunger by Susan Hall
Book 39 - Mad About You by Sinead Moriarty
Book 40 - Sleep Tight by Rachel Abbott