Having introduced myself, and hopefully intrigued you with my first blog instalment, I find myself wanting to remain mysterious for one more week, and instead present to you the results of my 2019 precocious FIFTY BOOK CHALLENGE.
This was a challenge I have only myself to blame for, having set it at the start of 2019 after realising how few books I consumed the previous year.
Fifty seemed like a good round number. Ambitious, but achievable. But I was wrong. For the logistics of this challenge are of course that there are only fifty-two weeks in a year, meaning I had to read a book per week, an impossibility when your schedule is as erratic as mine.
And so, I regret to put before you...my triumphant failure, and the confession that I am stubborn enough to have set myself the same ridiculous challenge for 2020! (I'll keep you posted)
Below are the thirty-five books I successfully managed to read in 2019:
1. Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
2. A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett
3. The Heir of Night by Helen Lowe
4. The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking Series) by Patrick Ness
5. The Ask and the Answer (Chaos Walking Series) by Patrick Ness
6. Monsters of Men (Chaos Walking Series) by Patrick Ness
7. Witchsign by Den Patrick
8. The Light Between Worlds by Laura E. Weymouth
9. Caraval (Caraval: book one) by Stephanie Garber
10. Legendary (Caraval: book two) by Stephanie Garber
11. Finale (Caraval: book three) by Stephanie Garber
12. The Winter Palace by Eva Stachniak
13. The Invisible Library by Geneviere Cogman
14. The Taxidermists Daugher by Kate Mosse
15. The Witches Daughter by Paula Brackston
16. Graceling by Kristin Cashore (Graceling Realm book one)
17. Fire by Kristin Cashore (Graceling Realm book two)
18. Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore ( Graceling Realm book three)
19. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton
20. The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
21. Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor (book one)
21. Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor (book two)
23. Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor (book three)
24. Capricorn - the art of living by your star sign by Sally Kirkman
25. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire
26. The Girl in Red by Christina Henry
27. Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Page
28. The Wicked Will Rise by Danielle Page
29. The Traveling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa
30. The Birds and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier
31. The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
32. The Beast's Heart by Leife Shallcross
33. Five Feet Apart by Rachel Lippincott
34. Northern Lights by Phillip Pullman
35. The Way Past Winter by Kiran Millwood Hardgrave
I thoroughly recommend them all!
~ Zuzu
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Brilliant blog and amazing that you read that many books, I know you will reach your goal this year. Love your writing style too, very engaging 💚
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it, that means a lot!
DeleteI have no reading ambition... 35 is like a 20 year goal for me ha! good job!
ReplyDeleteThank you :) even if it takes 100 years, I don't think it matters, just as long as you find books you enjoy. And if not, there are so many other forms of story telling out there, it doesn't always have to come out of a book x
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