I used to read ALOT before mumgate. Mama Owl set herself the challenge of reading 50 books last year and managed 24 which I still think is impressive. This year I have decided to join in with the challenge though I must say if I even manage one book a month it will be a massive improvement on zero!
I have many unread and neglected books on my my shelves and on my kindle too. So my goal is to get through as many as I can this year without buying more books (which is going to be extremely difficult). Books are almost like records to me. I love them. I buy many, mainly from charity shops and rarely ever new. So the books on my list will be oldish ones accumulated over the last couple of years or so!! I will do mini reviews after finishing each one and cross them off as I go along.
Okay, deep breath….these unread books are the tip of the iceberg…….
1. The Strangers Child – Alan Hollinghurst (paperback)
2. The Morville Hours – Katherine Swift (paperback)
3. The Wind Up Bird Chronicle – Haruki Murakami (paperback)
4. Nights of Rain and Stars – Maeve Binchy (paperback)
5. The 100yr Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window & Disappeared – Jonas Jonasson (kindle)
6. Veil Between Worlds – Sally Dubats (kindle)
7. Summer Secrets – Barbara Freethy (kindle)
8. Seesaw – Rosen Trevithick (kindle)
9. To The Island – Meaghan Delahunt (kindle)
10. Monday to Friday Man – Alice Peterson (kindle)
11. The Lake – Steven F.Galloway (kindle)
12. A Discovery of Witches – Deborah Harkness (kindle)
13. The Summer of the Bear – Bella Pollen (kindle)
14. The Girl on the Swing – Ali Cooper (kindle)
15. One Day – David Nicholls (kindle)
16. The Poison Tree – Erin Kelly (kindle)
17. The Distant Hours – Kate Morton (kindle)
18. That Summer in Ischia – Penny Feeny (kindle)
19. Fingersmith – Sarah Waters (kindle)
20. Snow Flower & the Secret Fan – Lisa See (kindle)
21. Of Bees & Mist – Erick Setiawan (kindle)
22. Shapeshifter 1: Finding the Fox – Ali Sparkes (kindle)
23. Hanging Hill – Mo Hayder (kindle)
24. The Lighthouse – P.D. James (kindle)
25. The Song of Achilles – Madeline Miller (kindle)
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I think I will join you! X
Do you have a hoard of unread books like me?
I have signed up too. like you I treetops read loads before children but am either too tired or fall asleep now so this is a really good idea to try and get back to something I love. good luck x
Good luck to you too Emma! Are you going to do mini reviews as you go along?
Wasn’t going to until I saw you were and thought it was a good idea so think I will. a lot of my books are ‘easy’ read chick lit! It’s about all my brain can cope with at the moment! x