Daring David's 52 Book Challenge

[David]

Hi everyone!

I'm coming in here super late with this reading challenge, my fault for only joining Goodreads a few days ago! I'm currently 24/52 so far this year, so I need to speed up a little but I'm not doing too badly. I'll list the books I have read so far this year below:

1. Cat's Cradle
2. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
3. Shantaram
4. Daytripper
5. Educated
6. The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us
7. Individutopia
8. Revolution
9. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
10. The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear
11. Them: Adventures with Extremists
12. You Are Now Less Dumb: How to Conquer Mob Mentality, How to Buy Happiness, and All the Other Ways to Outsmart Yourself
13. Modern Romance
14. I Hate Myselfie: A Collection of Essays
15. Children of Time
16. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
17. Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope
18. The Sociopath Next Door
19. So You've Been Publicly Shamed
20. My Booky Wook
21. Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class
22. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
23. An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales
24. Station Eleven

I just finished Station Eleven today and I would really recommend it, an absolutely beautiful book.

I'm now reading 1Q84 but it's very long so I'll probably finish a couple of other books before that one is done!

[Blagica , Challenges]

hi David Wishing you all the best with your reading!

[David]

Blagica wrote: "hi David Wishing you all the best with your reading!"

Hi, thank you! :) Your comment actually reminded me that I've completely forgotten to update my list haha. I've read a few more books over the past couple of weeks:

25. Coraline
26. The Handmaid's Tale
27. The Hate U Give
28. Oryx and Crake
29. Children of Ruin
30. Into the Wild
31. Gone Girl
32. What Happened

After FINALLY getting around to reading The Handmaid's Tale, I'm really looking forward to The Testaments coming out!

[David]

Last few weeks have been a bit slow, but i've read:

33. Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies about Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be
34. Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions
35. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

[David]

Update:

36. The Testaments
37. Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines
38. South of the Border, West of the Sun

Now I've finished Tweak I'll be reading Beautiful Boy. A friend and I have actually been reading both books in parallel, so that we could discuss similarities / differences. It's been a really interesting experience, and I'm looking forward to us swapping and reading the other novel, so that we can see how the father's/son's story is impacted by which of the two you read first!

[Blagica , Challenges]

Every time I stop by here I add more books to my reading list you are doing awesome!

[David]

Blagica wrote: "Every time I stop by here I add more books to my reading list you are doing awesome!"

Thank you! That's really nice of you to say :) I've been pretty slow with my reading lately but I do need to update this list!