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nearly half way through 2009 how many you read so far
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Ryan wrote: "I am Ryan, I just joined today. I usually wouldn't have a problem with 50 books per year but I just had a baby so I am more doing this for 2010 and to keep myself reading. In 2009 I haven't read ..."
I absolutely loved The Color of Water. That is a terrific memoir.
I'm Monef, I just noticed this group today and it makes me sad that I haven't really paid much attention to Goodreads since I joined. This challenge sounds perfect for me. I think I will give it a shot anyway and see how far I get by the end of the year. I will try to add as many as I can remember reading so far this year to the list too. I'm really hoping to be in good shape for next year.
I am Ryan, I just joined today. I usually wouldn't have a problem with 50 books per year but I just had a baby so I am more doing this for 2010 and to keep myself reading. In 2009 I haven't read as many books as usual but I am trying.
I will start next year.I'm just afraid that it may happen the same thing it happended in my 5th grade: I got out of books.by the way I probabily read about 20 books in more or less 3 months.I have to provide my room with books to be ready.untill there, bye
PS-I hope it counts to read the same book in two languages, I mean they ARE different books right?
I think I'm reading #49. Which means I hardly "have to" read more this year. But of course I will :)
Joye wrote: "I am starting my 34th book
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Will be interested to hear what you think of this book Joye as I have heard and read mixed reviews about this book and it's on my to purchase list !
I read all the posts in the group and make notes of book recommendations but I work long hours and don't have internet access at work. I have just updated my booklist in the readers 50 books in a year listing and have amazed myself this year by starting book #134 today I believe ! I have never read so much in my life before but I seem to spend most of my unoccupied life reading. Thanks to various groups on Goodreads I have updated my reading in terms of style and content. I used to read mostly classics but have really expanded my variety now. Thanks for such a great group ! Jane in France
I'm on books 46 & 47. I've hit a "plateau" and haven't had the will to read :( I'm avoiding my reading for my preliminary exams, and to keep myself focused, I've restricted my pleasure reading (in the hopes I'll do my required reading). Instead, I sit and stare a computer. . .
I am on Book 18 so far of 50. My Reading has been slower because I am reading Philosophy Texts and they require more careful reading than lighter stuff that is also on my list.
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It took me a long time to get throgh Dorian Gray too. I remember some chapters just being long, drawn out descriptions with no dialog-ugh! I just finished book 48 last night and I'm halfway through #49. My goal was to make it to 50 books before September when I'm due to have my second baby and then just to be content if I mange to read more than one book while on maternity leave (which is all I managed with my son.) I'll definitley be at 50 long before my due date so now I'm just hoping to add any many as I can.
FINALLY!!! I made it through #17, Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray". I think that is the longest it has ever taken me to finish a book. No matter... I've decided to do some easy reading for my next several selections. I've already read them, but not this year, so I guess it counts!#18 down...
Janette Oke's "Love Comes Softly",
... now on to #19, Janette Oke's "Love's Enduring Promise". I am going to make it!
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I am reading my 40th book right now, so I am hoping that I will be able to read 50th books until the year ends.
I just started book number 41 today! :-) Home stretch for this group.... but I also joined the 75 books a year group.
Have read 32 out of 50 so far and I've got 8 more on my currently reading shelf but who knows when I'll get those done. It seems like they've been sitting on my shelf for ages.I think I could finish 50 for sure by December, hopefully more?
Happy reading, everyone!
I managed to hit 52 by the end of June. I'm currently aiming to see if I can come close to equaling that in the second half of the year. Might not be as easy now I'm employed again.
The year is officially half finished. Yeah!!!!!
I'm at 40. New personal best for me. It's amazing what you can accomplish when you only watch one TV show a week. (Lost of course...)
Thanks, Michelle! I hate starting a book and dropping it in the middle- especially since I'm trying to read 50 by December.
It's starting to pick up a bit, but man... did you struggle with Lord Henry's constant ramblings?
Hey, I read 
If You Give a Cat a Cupcake and 
If You Take a Mouse to School to my nieces yesterday. Can I add them to my list? (Hehehehe)
Tori wrote: "I am working on #31 which is the The Bell Jar and will be reading a lot of chic-lit this summer. It's what summers are for! Hope everyone else is doing well.Here are the other books:[bookcover..."
Your list looks like what I would like to read.
24, but I took an almost 8 week break and had to slow down on personal reading to finish a semester of English classes and get through a lay-off scare at work.
It picks up and gets better. The ending is great! I really ended up liking it, even though it took me a while to get into it.
Book #16 done...
Essex, Karen: Leonardo's Swans
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Wilde, Oscar: The Picture of Dorian Grey
... has anybody else had difficulty with Wilde's writing style in Dorian? I breezed thru "The Importance of Being Ernest", but this has been, well, DULL! I wouldn't finish it, but I'm still trying to push myself thru it so I can make my 50 by December.
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Wow, I am really far behind! I am only on #8, but I am just getting back into my love for reading. Last year I only read 9, so I have almost beat that already. I wont make it to fifty, but I am hoping I can make it to 20!1.
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only nine completed, I've been in a rut latelyA Farewell to ArmsHamletThe StrangerAs I Lay DyingConsider the Lobster And Other EssaysRichard Nixon A PsychobiographyThe Little PrinceOn the RoadA Doll's House
half way through One Hundred Years of Solitude and still reading, read parts of Light in August and The Crying of Lot 49 but I'm finishing them at another time
Reading #29. I seem to spend more time on GR than actually reading. OOPS. But this site is just so Great! :D
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