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Today I finalised my list for the year! Although there are still two books I can't get my hands on but I have a while to source them :)
And now that the cricket seasons finished I'll watch less TV at night and read more.
Bring on February!
Looks like a great list!!! I enjoyed crossed series and elite fun YA books! I really LOVED Elenor and park!!! And we are both planning to read ready player one, and the Martian! Happy reading!!!Cricket season is done?!!! Where are you from? ;)
I've heard a lot of people say they loved Eleanor & Park so really looking forward to that one. And it just so happens that I'm picking up both Ready Player One and The Martian at the library this week :)I'm in Australia.
Okay, time for my first quarterly update.Having read 18 books so far I'm a little bit ahead of schedule but that's good considering I have several books I want to read over 1000 pages.
So far my favourite has been Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time, made it onto my all time favourites list.
While my least favourite has been Ulysses, I mean what was that?
I don't expect to see these 2 change for the rest of the year but we will see.
Update for the second quarter.I've read 13 more books, making 31 for this challenge overall.
Of these, my favourite was Kokoda with my least favourite being Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Favourite thing I've read so far remains Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time with the most disliked still being Ulysses
Update for the third quarter.I read 8 books, just 8! Well, 8 for this challenge anyway. But I did read half of Voyager and am waiting for it on the reserve list at the library. And I am reading War and Peace which will be the longest book I have ever read.
My favourite this quarter was The Ruby Brooch, surprisingly good for a free eBook, and my least favourite would have been The Three Musketeers, it just annoyed me no end.
All up my favourite of the year so far is still Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time and my least favourite is still Ulysses *pulls face*
Hooray!! I've finished!! That's my 52 books in 52 weeks.For this last quarter my favourite read was Voyager and least favourite Like Water for Chocolate
But all year, my favourite book read was Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time and my least favourite was Ulysses. When I read these at the start of the year I didn't think they would change and that was a correct guess. I think they also hold this position when I include all other books I've read this year also, those not a part of this challenge.
See you all next year :)
Congratulations!! I’m reading Ulysses next year and not even slightly looking forward to it. 😂
Around the Year in 52 Books
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Voyager (other topics)Like Water for Chocolate (other topics)
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Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time (other topics)
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52 weeks, 52 books.
52 down, 0 to go.
1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016Tell Me Three Things - Completed 12/2
2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view)Crossed - Completed 22/1
3. A book you meant to read in 2016Weekend in Paris - Completed 1/3
4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E"Out of My Mind - Completed 31/3
5. A historical fictionThe Tree Of Man - Completed 26/3
6. A book being released as a movie in 2017Everything, Everything - Completed 3/5
7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the titleWar Horse - Completed 12/11
8. A book written by a person of colourI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Completed 10/6
9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read listThe Jane Austen Book Club - Completed 23/6
10. A dual-timeline novelVoyager - Completed 25/10
11. A category from another challengeThe Course of Love - Completed 21/7
12. A book based on a mythShadow Of The Thylacine: One Man's Epic Search For The Tasmanian Tiger - Completed 17/4
13. A book recommended by one of your favourite authorsAddition - Completed 4/6
14. A book with a strong female characterMemoirs Of A Geshia - Completed 2/4
15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland)The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared - Completed 11/2
16. A mysteryThe Lost Symbol - Completed 9/1
17. A book with illustrationsThe Cut-throat Celts - Completed 2/3
18. A really long book (600+ pages)War and Peace - Completed 15/10
19. A New York Times best-sellerTurn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time - Completed 12/2
20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to readingGhost Gum Valley - Completed 13/5
21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already readEat Pray Love Made Me Do It: Life Journeys Inspired by the Bestselling Memoir - Completed 6/2
22. A book by an author you haven't read beforeA Tale of Two Cities - Completed 15/6
23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" listTess of the D'Urbervilles - Completed 9/5
24. A book written by at least two authorsFrom the Outer: Footy Like You've Never Heard It - Completed 16/11
25. A book about a famous historical figureTrue History of the Kelly Gang - Completed 10/11
26. An adventure bookFor Treasure Bound - Completed 6/8
27. A book by one of your favourite authorsThe Secret Ingredient - Completed 28/10
28. A non-fictionKokoda - Completed 28/4
29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre)Off The Map - Completed 21/6
30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA BooksDivergent - Completed 21/11
31. A book from a sub-genre of your favourite genreReese - Completed 1/7
32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle)The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts - Completed 21/5
33. A magical realism novelLike Water for Chocolate - Completed 28/11
34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern HemisphereThe Silent Frontier - Completed 2/2
35. A book where one of the main characters is royaltyThe Three Musketeers - Completed 7/8
36. A Hugo Award winner or nomineeFlowers for Algernon - Completed 13/3
37. A book you choose randomlyCarry on, Jeeves - Completed 27/8
38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literatureThe Black-Eyed Blonde: A Philip Marlowe Novel - Completed 14/8
39. An epistolary fictionThe Martian - Completed 17/3
40. A book published in 2017New York 2140 - Completed 3/6
41. A book with an unreliable narratorRoom - Completed 28/1
42. A best book of the 21st century (so far)A Short History of Nearly Everything - Completed 7/3
43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold)Picnic at Hanging Rock
44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next"The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood - Completed 19/10
45. A book with a one-word titleEucalyptus - Completed 17/4
46. A time travel novelThe Ruby Brooch - Completed 15/8
47. A past suggestion that didn't winThe Deal - Completed 8/10
48. A banned bookUlysses - Completed 9/1
49. A book from someone else's bookshelfBeasts in My Belfry - Completed 3/1
50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any editionThe Picture of Dorian Gray - Completed 4/9
51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays)The Bookshop Book - Completed 14/6
52. A book set in a fictional locationReached - Completed 11/12