100 books by 2030

[Joan]

My 100 books poster arrives today, so this is my accountability thread. When I get home I'll be able to see how many I've already done. I think it'll be around 12 books. Which will give me an average of 15 books a year to read.

 

[Joan]

So it's 14 books I've read, and I've started 2 of the ones to read already. Short ones, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas on audiobook, and The Picture of Dorian Grey, which I'm pretty sure I've read before but don't actually remember if it did or just watched it.

 

[Joan]

So I changed it upa bit and read 2 twilight books instead of the poster ones! Ah well I'm still doing the others, but sometimes you just need fun light reading.

 

[Nix]

You're doing a grand job!

 

[Joan]

2 poster books done, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Got 3 on the go, Nelson Mandela, The War of the Worlds and The Handmaid's Tale. I'll probably finish the War of the Worlds one this week as it's only 200 pages and on kindle so I can read it at work. The Handmaid's Tale is an audiobook borrowed from the library so I need to listen to that.

 

[Nix]

Love The War of the Worlds.... you sould listen to the soundtrack full blast in darkness after reading it!!

 

[Joan]

Love The War of the Worlds.... you sould listen to the soundtrack full blast in darkness after reading it!!

That's the trouble with a lot of these books, I'm sure I've seen the film or play of them but haven't actually read the book.

 

[Joan]

I've paused on the Nelson Mandela book, until I've finished a few of the ones I've started. I borrowed a few ebooks from the so want to get those read first.

I'm now over halfway through The Handmaid's Tale.

I'm also reading Northanger Abbey, The Marlow Murder Club, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Jacob's Room is Full of Books.

I've got Before the Year Dot on loan too but haven't started that yet.

 

[Joan]

I gave up on trying to read Jacob's Room is Full of Books.
Read Before the Year Dot, going to try and finish The Handmaid's Tale by the end of the month.

 

[Joan]

I finished listening to The Handmaid's Tale, started on Anna Karenina and tomorrow I begin the next book in my Chronicles of Narnia reread. The Horse and His Boy.

 

[Joan]

I've got 4 hours left on Station 11, then back to the poster, with the audio book of The Diary of a Young Girl.

 

[Joan]

Started on Anne Frank, and it's roughly half hour chapters so aiming for one a day

 

[Nix]

Started on Anne Frank, and it's roughly half hour chapters so aiming for one a day

I loved that as a kid. Should reread it as an adult really.

 

[Joan]

I loved that as a kid. Should reread it as an adult really.

The audiobook is read by Helena Bonham Carter, and I didn't know what to expect from her, but she's not over the top like a lot of her characters are, so it's a good listen.

I've worked out that to get it to 12 books a year, I need to do another 10 books this year, which I think is doable. I've got Anne Frank and The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat on the go, Wild Swans is reserved for March on the library audiobook app.

 

[Joan]

Finished both Anne Frank and The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat.

Started on Notes From A Small Island now, my hope is I'll finish that before I get Wild Swans.

 

[Joan]

Just scratched off book 21/100 Notes From A Small Island.

Wild Swans is due on Friday, so in the meantime I'll continue to read the Nelson Mandela biography.

March will be a slower month for books as both Wild Swans and Nelson Mandela are quite hard, big books to read.

I'm also reading Anna Karenina, but won't finish that for ages yet as I'm only about 100 pages into it.

 

[Joan]

Still listening to Wild Swans, over 19 hours still to go.

I did read Maya Angelou's I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.

I'm now up to 22/100

 

[Joan]

Started on Lord of the Rings, I've never managed to finish this series before, so it's still on the poster to do. I'm doing a chapter a day with it.

Now up to page 200 with Anna Karenina so still on track to finish it by the end of the year!

I'm feeling more short books at the moment though as I'm struggling to get things read.

I'm currently at 34 books read so far this year, I'm going to up my target to 52 books, that's all books not just ones for the poster.

 

[Joan]

I still have not managed to read Lord of the Rings!

I have however got back into reading, and did Memoirs of a Geisha from the poster.

I'm now up to 42/52 books read, but only 28 of the 52 book club prompts, but once I've read 52 books I'll play around and see if there's any prompts a can do easily. The goal is just to read 52 books this year.

 

[Joan]

Week 28 of the year, and I'm ahead on the 52 book challenge with 31/52 done. I've definitely slowed down though.
Overall so far this year I'm at 46/52 books read. I've got 2 library books to finish by the end of the month, both Taylor Jenkins Reid ones, as she's an easy reading author.

I haven't really read a big variety of authors this year, as I read a bunch of Twilight ones at the start of the year, the 7 Narnia books, 3 Marlow Murders, 3 (so far) Taylor Jenkins Reid ones, and currently rereading the Harry Potter series.

 

[Nix]

You're doing brilliantly

 

[Joan]

Currently reading Misery by Stephen King, anyone read it?

I'm struggling to read in this heat

 

[Joan]

I've read 52 books this year so far.

Of the 52 book challenge I've done 37/52, I might get a few more read on that but I can't see me completing it.

I've not read anything since Misery from the poster, just nothing taking my fancy at the moment.

 

[Joan]

I'm up to 60 books for this year! I'm just trying to finish books I've started now, and there's loads!

Next year I want to try and read the Wolf Hall trilogy which will take me all year I expect.