read 100 books in 2007

But I ended up reading 102 books total in 2007!

Yeah… its 2008. Kinda missed the mark

Let me just clarify- I want these to be non-school related. I know I have enough to read for class, but I need to read things I like as well.

worse than last year. Better start reading.

Sigh! Did read more books than listed below, so will add those at a later time, but didn’t reach the 100 target :o/ Oh well.. Will try again this year ;oD

Well it looks like 100 books will be an ever elusive goal for me. I only managed to read 73 books this year.

My best year was 2005 where I managed 87, but even in 2006 I read 78. So this year was my worst yet. Though with the house hunting and stuff going on, I did have to spend a lot of my reading time doing research and other stuff related to moving cross country. :)

In any case, to catch up through year end, book numbers 71 thru 73 are listed below:

#71 Glass Houses: The Morganville Vampires, Book 1 by Rachel Caine

#72 Cirque Du Freak #7: Hunters of the Dusk by Darren Shan

#73 Cirque Du Freak #8: Allies of the Night by Darren Shan

I maybe made it to around 80. my list is about that long. With my workaholic summer and college starting in the fall reading x number of books wasnt important anymore. Although i did enjoy trying and i am sad about not making it.

maybe another year

I know this is completed, but I wanted to add December on as a final total!

105. Chart Throb – Ben Elton
106. Life Swap – Jane Green
107. Stardust – Neil Gaiman
108. Girls In Love – Jacqueline Wilson
109. Life In Dance – Darcey Bussell
110. The Rebel Fairy – Deborah Wright
111. Sophie’s Bakery For The Broken Hearted – Lolly Winston
112. Girls Out Late – Jacqueline Wilson
113. What The Lady Wants – Jennifer Crusie
114. The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald

So lots of reading this year, but definitely didn’t hit my target. Cutting out the graphic novels definitely hurt, but I think I had a harder time finding a reading groove in the last four months of the year. I had other things on my mind that took up my reading time, but I’ve started a few books that I think will get me going in the new year. I also think I need to recognize that I just won’t get into a few books and give them up faster, and read them in parallel with the good stuff.

I think my biggest fault was taking for-granted how much I enjoyed the nonfiction reading of 2006. I think I should have concentrated and focused on the nonfiction, then let the fiction dribble in as a filler, rather than the other way around.

Will I do it again in 08? Definitely.

by John de Graaf, David Wann, Thomas H Naylor

An epidemic that is sweeping the nation! This book talks about the urge to purchase and attempts to find happiness thru commerce. For the most part an ok book, with some interesting perspectives. A little preachy and heavy on the environmental aspects.