Do the 2009 TBR challenge

I’m done for the year. We head off on holidays in a week and none of the books on my TBR list are coming with me…so that’s the best I can do for 2009.

Tally: 10/19

I’ve been really struggling to fit in reading time the past few months, hopefully I can start off strongly in 2010.

1. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
2. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
3. Madame Bovary by Flaubert
4. The Boat by Nam Le
5. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
6. The Ancestor Game by Alex Miller
7. Geography by Sophie Cunningham
8. The Household Guide to Dying by Debra Adelaide
9. The Story of Tibet by Thomas Laird
10. The Assassin by Margaret Atwood
11. Nine Lives: True Spy Stories From Mata Hari to Kim Philby by Fitzroy Maclean
12. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
13. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
14. The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or the Murder at Road Hill House by Kate Summerscale
15. The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman
16. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
17. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
18. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
19. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

The latest book I finished on my TBR list was The Book Thief. Review to come soon but loved it – one of the best books I’ve read this year.

1. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
2. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
3. Madame Bovary by Flaubert
4. The Boat by Nam Le
5. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
6. The Ancestor Game by Alex Miller
7. Geography by Sophie Cunningham8. The Household Guide to Dying by Debra Adelaide
9. The Story of Tibet by Thomas Laird
10. The Assassin by Margaret Atwood
11. Nine Lives: True Spy Stories From Mata Hari to Kim Philby by Fitzroy Maclean
12. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
13. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
14. The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or the Murder at Road Hill House by Kate Summerscale
15. The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman
16. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer17. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott18. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer19. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

1. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
2. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
3. Madame Bovary by Flaubert
4. The Boat by Nam Le
5. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
6. The Ancestor Game by Alex Miller
7. Geography by Sophie Cunningham
8. The Household Guide to Dying by Debra Adelaide
9. The Story of Tibet by Thomas Laird
10. The Assassin by Margaret Atwood
11. Nine Lives: True Spy Stories From Mata Hari to Kim Philby by Fitzroy Maclean
12. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
13. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
14. The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or the Murder at Road Hill House by Kate Summerscale
15. The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman
16. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
17. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
18. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
19. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

The latest book I read off my list was The Guernsy Literary and Potato Peel Society. Review to come. I’ve been a bit slack reading the past few weeks… I need to pick up the pace a bit as still plenty of books to get through!

1. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
2. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
3. Madame Bovary by Flaubert
4. The Boat by Nam Le
5. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
6. The Ancestor Game by Alex Miller
7. Geography by Sophie Cunningham
8. The Household Guide to Dying by Debra Adelaide
9. The Story of Tibet by Thomas Laird
10. The Assassin by Margaret Atwood
11. Nine Lives: True Spy Stories From Mata Hari to Kim Philby by Fitzroy Maclean
12. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
13. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
14. The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or the Murder at Road Hill House by Kate Summerscale
15. The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman
16. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
17. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
18. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
19. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

I’ve read threefour five of the books on my list (reviews to come) but as I mentioned before I am not doing this is as a true TBR challenge. A lot of the books on my lists were Christmas/birthday gifts and I don’t want them to get ‘lost’ on the shelf. At the moment I’ve got four old timers on the list. I might add a few more as I move through the newer books.

1. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
2. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
3. Madame Bovary by Flaubert
4. The Boat by Nam Le
5. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
6. The Ancestor Game by Alex Miller
7. Geography by Sophie Cunningham
8. The Household Guide to Dying by Debra Adelaide
9. The Story of Tibet by Thomas Laird
10. The Assassin by Margaret Atwood
11. Nine Lives: True Spy Stories From Mata Hari to Kim Philby by Fitzroy Maclean
12. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
13. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
14. The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or the Murder at Road Hill House by Kate Summerscale
15. The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman
16. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
17. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

I wasn’t very successful with this goal in 2008 but I’m having another go this year. I’ve added a few books to my list that I’ve had around for awhile, but I’m also using this goal for new books so they don’t get ‘lost’ on the shelf.

*Edited to add 11 – 14
*Edited to add 15 – 16
*Edited to add 17