Happy New Year!
I trust you're all as drained and exhausted as I.
For me, January is a clean slate. It's for new beginning, setting goals and starting new projects. All of which can be very exciting, but can often be a cause of stress and turmoil for me when I quickly realise I've taken on too much, or aimed to high.
I hate proving myself wrong and having to admit that I over-reached. However, sometimes I do manage to hit my target, and that is exactly what happened in 2020 when I set myself some challenges, one of which was to complete my precocious, self-inflicted 50 BOOK CHALLENGE; the one I've been chasing my tail to keep up with all year long!
Well, I did it. 50 books in 52 weeks (the books that are *starred* are those that I've reviewed on this blog, just in case you want to check them out!)
book one:
Little Women by Louise-May Alcott
book two:
The Crystal Bible by Judy Hall
book three:
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by Charley Mackesy
book four:
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
book five:
Home Work: A Memoir of my Hollywood Years by Julie Andrews
book six:
Stormtide by Den Patrick
book seven:
*The Starless Sea* by Erin Morgenstern
book eight:
Girl of Ink and Stars by Kiran Millwood Hardgrave
book nine:
Popular Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen
book ten:
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
book eleven:
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
book twelve:
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D Salinger
book thirteen:
The Savage Garden by Mark Mills
book fourteen:
*The Deathless Girls* by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
book fifteen:
Bambi by Felix Salten
book sixteen:
Sheltering Rain by Jojo Moyes
book seventeen:
Morning Glory on the Vine (early songs and drawings) by Joni Mitchell
book eighteen:
The Sea Sisters by Lucy Clarke
book nineteen:
*The Spirit in the Crypt* by Alexander Lound
book twenty:
*The Burned House* by Alexander Lound
book twenty-one:
The Darling Buds of May by H.E Bates
book twenty-two:
*The Mercies* by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
book twenty-three:
Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs
book twenty-four:
*Looking Glass* by Christina Henry
book twenty-five:
Grandmother by Salley Vickers
book twenty-six:
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
book twenty-seven:
The Axeman's Jazz by Ray Celestin
book twenty-eight:
A Map of Days by Ransom Rigss
book twenty-nine:
Snow, Glass, Apples by Neil Gaiman
book thirty:
The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman
book thirty-one:
The Burning Page by Genevieve Cogman
book thirty-two:
Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson
book thirty-three:
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
book thirty-four:
Roof Toppers by Katherine Rundell
book thirty-five:
*The Familiars* by Stacey Halls
Roof Toppers by Katherine Rundell
book thirty-five:
*The Familiars* by Stacey Halls
book thirty-six:
The Lost Plot by Genevieve Cogman
book thirty-seven:
Aladdin translated by Yasmine Seale
book thirty-eight:
Dumplin' by Julie Murphy
book thirty-nine:
*Piranesi* by Susanna Clarke
book forty:
The Conference of the Birds by Ransom Riggs
book forty-one:
*The Foundling* by Stacey Halls
book forty-two:
The Thornthwaite Inheritance by Gareth P Jones
book forty-three:
book forty-one:
*The Foundling* by Stacey Halls
book forty-two:
The Thornthwaite Inheritance by Gareth P Jones
book forty-three:
Tales of Terror and Fantasy by Edgar Allan Poe
book forty-four:
*Cinderella is Dead* by Kalynn Bayron
book forty-five:
*The Doors of Riverdell* by Marianne Rosen
book forty-six:
*The Magpie Society* by Zoe Sugg & Amy McColloch
book forty-seven:
Four Tales by Phillip Pullman
book forty-eight:
book forty-four:
*Cinderella is Dead* by Kalynn Bayron
book forty-five:
*The Doors of Riverdell* by Marianne Rosen
book forty-six:
*The Magpie Society* by Zoe Sugg & Amy McColloch
book forty-seven:
Four Tales by Phillip Pullman
book forty-eight:
*Havenfall* by Sara Holland
book forty-nine:
Miracle on 34th Street by Valentine Davies
book fifty:
book forty-nine:
Miracle on 34th Street by Valentine Davies
book fifty:
Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
Phew!
I'm not tempting fate and vowing to read 50 books this year, too, but I might partake in the #21booksin2021 challenge that I've seen floating around social media! Seems do-able, right?
Phew!
I'm not tempting fate and vowing to read 50 books this year, too, but I might partake in the #21booksin2021 challenge that I've seen floating around social media! Seems do-able, right?
Let me know if you have any reading goals, or New Years resolutions for 2021! Happy reading!
Zuzu 🖋
Wow, how amazing that you read 50 books!! Well done indeed 😊 I am also doing the #21booksin2021 challenge, which will be a real challenge for me. Good luck xx
ReplyDeleteAnd good luck to you! Thank you for reading x
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