read 100 books in 2007

i’m studing in austrilia at the moment ,so i want to learn the aussie accent

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.