Books - 2010

I’m aiming to read at least 50 books this year (see end note). That’s about 1 a week! Here are the ones I’ve managed so far…

29 down, 21 to go! {I’m a bit behind…ah well}

1. *David Wrobleski – The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (Amazon) (Kalahari)
2. *Terry Pratchett – Nation (Amazon) (Kalahari)
3. *Terry Pratchett – The Bromeliad {technically this is 3 books in one} (Amazon) (Kalahari)
4. *Li Cunxin – Mao’s Last Dancer {2009 Edition} (Amazon) (Kalahari)
5. *Stephen Fry – The Star’s Tennis Balls (Amazon) (Kalahari)
6. Jules Verne – 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Amazon) (Kalahari) {On iPhone Kindle app}
7. Deeanne Gist – A Bride Most Begrudging (Amazon) (Kalahari) {On iPhone Kindle App}
8. John van de Ruit – Spud: The Madness Continues… (Amazon) (Kalahari)
9. Carolyn Jessop – Escape (Amazon) (Kalahari) (brilliant and shattering – highly recommend it)
10. John Grisham – The Testament (Amazon) (Kalahari)
11. James Herriot – If They Could Only Talk (Amazon) (Kalahari)
12. Helen Dunmore – Blue Eyed Boy (Amazon) (Kalahari) {This was a Secret Post gift)
13. Elizabeth Gilbert – Eat, Pray Love. (Amazon) (Kalahari)
14. Marian Keys – Anybody Out There? (Amazon) (Kalahari)
15. John Irving – The Cider House Rules (Amazon) (Kalahari)
16. Henry Trotter – Sugar Girls and Seamen (Blog) (Amazon) (Kalahari) {Yes, this is about dock-side prostitution. Fascinating. Some of the blog NSFW}
17. Stephanie Meyer -Twilight (Amazon) (Kalahari)
18. Stephanie Meyer – New Moon (Amazon) (Kalahari)
19. Stephanie Meyer – Eclipse (Amazon) (Kalahari)
20. Stephanie Meyer – Breaking Dawn (Amazon) (Kalahari)
21. Jean Auel – The Clan of the Cave Bear (Amazon) (Kalahari)
22. Steig Larsson – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Amazon) (Kalahari) I don’t see what all the fuss was about.
23. Steven Hall – The Raw Shark Texts (Amazon) (Kalahari) This was an amazingly weird book. But I thoroughly enjoyed it!
24. Lesley Pearce – Stolen (Amazon) (Kalahari)
25. Laurens van der Post – A Story Like the Wind (Amazon) (Kalahari)
26. Lesley Pearce – Secrets (Amazon) (Kalahari)
27. Patricia Cornwell – The Scarpetta Factor (Amazon) (Kalahari)
28. ^Bill Bryson – At Home (Amazon) (Kalahari)
29. ^Bill Bryson- A Short History of Nearly Everything (Amazon) (Kalahari)

If anyone is feeling kind and generous…I have an Amazon WishList

* These books I read while we were in Lady Grey on holiday. I am counting them towards my 2010 total so there.

^ Finished in January 2011, but started in Dec 2010

So I didn’t get to 50…it might have been a bit ambitious! But 29 books is not too shabby! That’s 1 book every 1.7 weeks or every 12.5 days! Still…will I manage to top it in 2011?? Stay tuned to find out!