Carina

01 Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
02 The Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis
03 The Unabridged Pocketbook of Lightning by Jonathan Safran Foer
04 The Bloody Chamber & Other Stories by Angela Carter
05 Atonement by Ian McEwan
06 Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty *
07 Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Long Way Home by Joss Whedon & Georges Jeanty
08 If I Ran the Circus by Dr Seuss
09 Fourth Comings by Megan McCafferty
10 The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
11 Tale of Two Summers by Brian Sloan
12 The Folk Keeper by Franny Billingsley
13 The Boy Book by EL Lockhart
14 The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
15 The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
16 Learning to Love You More by Miranda July and Harrell Fletcher
17 Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite by Paul Arden
18 Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
19 Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
20 Avalon High by Meg Cabot
21 Possible Side Effects by Augusten Burroughs
22 No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July
23 Prep by Curtis Sittenfield
24 Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl

Number 25 is The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2007, edited by Dave Eggers.

I think this is a good pace. :)

I’ve finished 4 books since January 1st. I’m currently in the middle of several, and while it sometimes feels like a failure (as the projected pace would be, if there were 52 weeks in a year, a book and then some a week), I’ve come to terms with this “failure” and have realized that what it really is is a small victory. It is a victory because I have not read this much since I began to discover my love for words.

As much as I don’t think I can catch up to the 50, there is still enough time (ten-and-a-half months is ten-and-a-half months) to read as much as I can, and I’ll be resolute with that simple goal.

(I’m still hoping for a fifty. For those of whom are going strong, cheers to all of you, as I’ve none left at the moment.)

:)

As expected, schoolwork and org-work have gotten in the way. I’ve only finished one book so far, but I’m adding to my stack of currently-reading>

“The Screwtape Letters” by C.S. Lewis (nearly done!)
“The Mystery of Things” by A.C. Grayling
“Atonement” by Ian McEwan
“The Bloody Chamber” by Angela Carter

My fingers are crossed for a speedier development! Good luck to those who have a similar goal of reading more this year. We can do it!