Overachiever's Challenge : What comes after 50?

[sonya]

Upped my total to sixty books

[Tr1sha]

Thanks, Amber. I agree with Rosemarie - I love reading too! You're doing well yourself.

[amber_reads_romance]

Great goal Sonya-you're well on your way to reaching it.

Thank you Trisha. I'm right with you and Rosemarie; reading is my favorite hobby.

[Tr1sha]

Sonya wrote: "Upped my total to sixty books"

Well done - a good target, & you can always increase it again later in the year! Keep reading...

[Rosemarie, Obsessive Reader]

Good work, everyone.

[Kay]

July

Geisha
Ender's Game
The Sin Eater’s Daughter
Art of Cunning (Kobo e-reader edition)
Reaver
The Onesies, Fall (Kobo e-reader edition)
Erstwhile (Kobo e-reader edition)
Quarter Past Midnight (Kobo e-reader edition)
The Handmaid's Tale (Kobo e-reader edition)
Odysseus: The Return: Book 2 (Kobo e-reader edition)
Swept Away (Kobo e-reader edition)
No Rest for the Wicked (Kobo e-reader edition)

Total of books read so far: 95 books

[Rosemarie, Obsessive Reader]

End of August: Total 240

(50+) 190 books

[Paula]

Rosemarie wrote: "End of August: Total 240"

Absolutely amazing, well done, Rosemarie!

[Rosemarie, Obsessive Reader]

Thank you. Sometimes being an insomniac is good for something- more time to read!

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Wooohooo! Excellent progress!
Hooray for insomnia!

[Tr1sha]

I read 17 books in August, my total for the year so far is 127.

[Tr1sha]

Rosemarie wrote: "Thank you. Sometimes being an insomniac is good for something- more time to read!"

I think your total means that you are awake almost twice as long as I am!

[Paula]

Trisha wrote: "I read 17 books in August, my total for the year so far is 127."

That's an excellent tally, Trisha!

[Rosemarie, Obsessive Reader]

Trisha, you are doing great!

[Tr1sha]

Thank you, Paula & Rosemarie.

[Maureen]

September
51 - Nineteen Eighty-Four
52 - The Kingdom
53 - Travels With My Aunt
54 - Far from the Madding Crowd
55 - The Dark Half

October
56 - The Zoo
57 - On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
58 - How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines

November
59 - Men Without Women
60 - Crime and Punishment
61 - The Silkworm
62 - Nicholas Nickleby
63 - The Third Man and The Fallen Idol
64 - Career of Evil
65 - Six Four
66 - The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty
67 - The Prague Orgy

December
68 - Prayers That Rout Demons: Prayers for Defeating Demons and Overthrowing the Powers of Darkness
69 - Just Kiss Me
70 - Uncommon Type: Some Stories
71 - Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
72 - A Midsummer's Equation
73 - The Final Quest
74 - Under the Greenwood Tree
75 - The Myth of Sisyphus

[Rosemarie, Obsessive Reader]

You did it, Maureen!

[Maureen]

Rosemarie wrote: "You did it, Maureen!"

Thank you Rosemarie for the encouragement. :)
I am totally amazed by some of the members here on the number of books they have read!

[amber_reads_romance]

I might be behind on my personal challenge but I've finally hit 100 books!

[Rosemarie, Obsessive Reader]

Great job, Amber.

[Paula]

I am about to join the 50+ group with my next book! 😃

[Tr1sha]

I read 13 books in September, my total for the year so far is 140.

[Rosemarie, Obsessive Reader]

End of September - (50) + 222 = 272

[Paula]

Rosemarie wrote: "End of September - (50) + 222 = 272"

Wow!

[Rosemarie, Obsessive Reader]

Thank you. I find the challenges real spur me on to read more! That and insomnia.

[Paula]

Here we go (this is a first ever for me)!

51. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson (07/10/17)
52. Shooting Stars are the Flying Fish of the Night by Lynn Michell (09/10/17)
53. Novel On Yellow Paper by Stevie Smith (16/10/17)
54. The Turn of the Screw by Henry James (18/10/17)
55. Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J. Sullivan (22/10/17)
56. Grimm's Fairy Stories by Jacob Grimm (24/10/17)
57. The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris (26/10/17)
58. A Chill in the Air: An Italian War Diary 1939-1940 by Iris Origo (30/10/17)
59. House of Fiction by Phyllis Richardson (04/11/17)
60. A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle (05/11/17)
61. In Search of Mary Shelley by Fiona Sampson (12/11/17)
62. Hortense and the Shadow by Natalia O'Hara (15/11/17)
63. In Search of Nice Americans by Geoff Steward (18/11/17)
64. Journey Out Returning by William Fell-Holden (21/11/17)
65. Aphra Behn: A Secret Life by Janet Todd (26/11/17)
66. Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (27/11/17)
67. Love by Hanne Ørstavik (28/11/17)
68. The Unrivalled Transcendence of Willem J. Gyle by JD Dixon (02/12/17)
69. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (04/12/17)
70. The Extraordinary Life of A A Milne by Nadia Cohen (11/12/17)
71. A Maigret Christmas by Georges Simenon (12/12/17)
72. Ru by Kim Thúy (14/12/17)
73. Stories: The Collected Short Fiction by Helen Garner (20/12/17)
74. The Reservoir Tapes by Jon McGregor (24/12/17)
75. The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere by John Chu (26/12/17)

[Rosemarie, Obsessive Reader]

Way to go, Paula.

[Paula]

Rosemarie wrote: "Way to go, Paula."

Thanks, Rosemarie. I know this is lightweight compared to your incredible reading list. What do you hope to achieve by the end of 2017, and will it be a personal record?

[Rosemarie, Obsessive Reader]

I have no idea, Paula, but it is definitely going to be a personal record. I have read quite a lot of short books, and the chunksters on my shelf are waiting to be read next year. So this year will probably be my all-time high for quite a while. Last year was a more normal reading year for me.

[Paula]

Whatever you achieve now it's going to be pretty amazing!

[Rosemarie, Obsessive Reader]

Thanks.

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Congratulations, Overachievers! Getting Past 50 is an accomplishment in itself!!

[Tr1sha]

I read 12 books in October, my total to the end of October is 152 books.

[Paula]

Trisha wrote: "I read 12 books in October, my total to the end of October is 152 books."

That's so good, Trisha. Well done!

[Tr1sha]

Thank you, Paula & Sonia. I'm lucky that I have time to enjoy reading.

[Tr1sha]

I read 13 books in November, my total to the end of November is 165.

[Rosemarie, Obsessive Reader]

You have made great progress, Trisha.

[Paula]

Great work, Trisha!

[John]

I completed my challenge: 500 books. I'm not doing that again for a long long time. :)

[Paula]

John wrote: "I completed my challenge: 500 books. I'm not doing that again for a long long time. :)"

Goodness, how on earth did you read 500 books? My brain would be utterly scrambled if I attempted half that many. Well done!

[Rosemarie, Obsessive Reader]

Great work, everybody.

[Paula]

Rosemarie wrote: "Great work, everybody."

A massive congratulations to you too, Rosemarie. What a year!

[Rosemarie, Obsessive Reader]

Thanks. I have never read that many books in one year before. In 2018 I have to tackle the chunksters on my bookshelves. They take up a lot of room.

[John]

Paula wrote: "John wrote: "I completed my challenge: 500 books. I'm not doing that again for a long long time. :)"

Goodness, how on earth did you read 500 books? My brain would be utterly scrambled if I attempt..."

I usually read between 200 and 300 books a year, so it was a bit of a stretch. In the last two months I read a lot of smaller books, which helped considerably.

I ranged anywhere from 25 books behind to 20 books ahead at various points.

[Paula]

Amazing!

[Rosemarie, Obsessive Reader]

Which books did you enjoy reading the most, John?

[Tr1sha]

I read 12 books in December, so my total for the year is 177 books. Congratulations to everyone who reached their challenge - & thank you for all the encouragement. Happy New Year, everyone!

[Rosemarie, Obsessive Reader]

Happy new year to you too, Paula.

And to all our members. 🍾🎉🎊

[Paula]

A very happy New Year, Trisha! 🎇

[Paula]

A very happy New Year to you too, Rosemarie! 🎈