Finn's 2016 50 book challenge

[Finn]

I'm not going to assign a theme this year, just books on my tbr pile!!

[Finn]

1) Caitlin Moran - How to Build a Girl

[Tiffany, Administrator]

Finn wrote: "I'm not going to assign a theme this year, just books on my tbr pile!!"

Ah, the feeling of freedom and serendipity!

Good luck with your 50 :)

[Finn]

Tiffany wrote: "Finn wrote: "I'm not going to assign a theme this year, just books on my tbr pile!!"

Ah, the feeling of freedom and serendipity!

Good luck with your 50 :)"

Indeed! Thanks :-)

[Finn]

2) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

3) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

both by J.K. Rowling

[Finn]

4) Emma by Alexander McCall Smith

[Finn]

5) Yes Please by Amy Poehler

[Finn]

6) Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

[Finn]

7) All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

[Finn]

8) Sanditon and Other Stories by Jane Austen

[Finn]

9) A Damsel in Distress by PG Wodehouse

[Finn]

10) Graeme Simsion -The Rosie Project

[Finn]

11) Dodie Smith - It Ends With Revelations

[Finn]

12) Haruki Murakami - Norwegian Wood

[Finn]

13) Samantha Ellis - How To Be a Heroine

[Finn]

14) Frances Hodgson Burnett - Sara Crewe, Or What Happened At Miss Minchin's

15) Enid Blyton - First Term at Malory Towers

16) L.M. Montgomery - Anne of Green Gables

[Finn]

17) Robin Sloane - Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

[Finn]

18) Agatha Christie- And Then There Were None

[Finn]

19) - Miss Lonelyhearts - Nathanael West

[Finn]

20) Sue Monk Kidd - The Secret Life of Bees

21) Emma Healey - Elizabeth Is Missing

[Finn]

22) Emma Hooper - Etta and Otto and Russell and James

[Finn]

23) Ben Aaronovitch - Rivers of London - Body Work #1

This was highly recommended on the podcast 'a Good Read' (Radio 4) and was also raved about in Waterstones when I asked about it...

[Finn]

24) Liz Fenwick - A Cornish Affair

[Finn]

25) Daphne du Maurier - Frenchman's Creek

[Exanimis]

The halfway mark, congratulations!

[Finn]

26) Liz Fenwick - A Cornish Stranger

[Finn]

Exanimis wrote: "The halfway mark, congratulations!"

Thanks - very much enjoying the challenge this year!

[Finn]

27) Agatha Christie - Partners in Crime

[Finn]

28) Agatha Christie - The Secret Adversary

[Finn]

29) Daphne Du Maurier - Hungry Hill

I'm afraid to say I gave up on this one, so can't fairly include it in my count.... Unusual, as I love Daphne Du Maurier's books, but this one doesn't fit her usual genre; clearly I prefer her romances!!

[Finn]

29) Erica James - Tell It to the Skies

30) Claire Fuller - Our Endless Numbered Days

[Finn]

31) Agatha Christie - The Mysterious Mr. Quin

[Finn]

32) J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

[Finn]

33) J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

[Finn]

J.K. Rowling

34) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

35) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

36) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

[Finn]

37) Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling

[Finn]

38) Jessie Burton - The Muse

[Finn]

39) Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie

[Finn]

40) Margaret Atwood -The Handmaid's Tale

I absolutely love this. Cannot believe I haven't read it before this!

[Finn]

41) Barry Lyga - The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl

[Finn]

42) Laura Barnett - The Versions of Us

[Finn]

43) Philippa Gregory - Three Sisters, Three Queens

[Finn]

44) Jane Austen - The Beautifull Cassandra

[Finn]

45) P.G. Wodehouse - Laughing Gas

[Finn]

46) Ransom Riggs - Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children46)

[Finn]

47) Julia Quinn - Because of Miss Bridgerton

[Finn]

48) Robert Galbraith - The Silkworm