Challenges
2013:
Books Read in 2013. I am aiming for 100 this year but I may not quite reach that target.
1. Unwind - Neil Schusterman
2. Seeking the Dead - Kate Ellis
3. Small Island - Andrea Levy
4. Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett
5. Matched - Ally Condie
6. The Secret Life of Bletchley Park - Sinclair McKay
7. City of Bones - Cassandra Clare
8. Little Altars Everywhere - Rebecca Welles
9. Nyteria Rising - G. L. Twynham
10. Welcome to Rosie Hopkins's Sweet Shop of Dreams - Jenny Colgan
11. The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
12. The Sisters Brothers - Patrick DeWitt
13. Legally Blonde - Amanda Brown
14. The Floating Admiral - The Detection club
15. Shiver - Maggie Steifvater
16. Ruth's First Christmas Tree - Elly Griffiths
17. Geek Girl - Holly Smale
18. What to eat? - Hattie Ellis
19. Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovich
20. The Alchemist - Paolo Coelho
21. Wonder - R. J. Palacio
22. Pretty Little Liars - Sara Shepherd
23. Who Could that be at this Hour? - Lemony Snicket
24. My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult
25. Doppler - Erlend Loe
26. Three to get Deadly - Janet Evanovich
27. Lost in a Good Book - Jasper Fforde
28. The Body on the Beach - Simon Brett
29. Dead ever After - Charlaine Harris
30. Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore - Robin Sloane
31. Dying Fall - Elly Griffiths
32. Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - Steig Larsson
33. The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris - Jenny Colgan
34. Room - Emma Donoghue
35. Christmas at the Cupcake Cafe - Jenny Colgan
36. The Girl who Played with Fire - Steig Larsson
37. Uglies - Scott Westerfeld
38. Beautiful Creatures - Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl
2012:
Reading
Here I will link to all reviews of books read in 2012, I aimed to read 52, so an average of 1 per week. I am counting individual stories in omnibuses and series separately if they have previously been published as such, but will probably combine the reviews for them.
1. B is for Beer - Tom Robbins - ★★★★
2. One Day - David Nicholls - ★★★★★
3. The Constant Princess - Philippa Gregory - ★★★
4. Agatha Raisin As The Pig Turns - M.C. Beaton - ★★★★
5. The White Queen - Philippa Gregory
6 and 7. The Hunger Games Series (Catching Fire and Mockingjay) - Suzanne Collins - ★★★★
8. Death of a Gossip - M.C. Beaton
9. Divergent - Veronica Roth
10. Real Murders - Charlaine Harris (Aurora Teagarden Omnibus 1)
11. Shakespeare's Landlord - Charlaine Harris (Lily Bard Omnibus)
12. Shakespeare's Champion - Charlaine Harris (Lily Bard Omnibus)
13. A Bone to Pick - Charlaine Harris (Aurora Teagarden Omnibus 1)
14. Three Bedrooms One Body - Charlaine Harris (Aurora Teagarden Omnibus 1)
15. The Julius House - Charlaine Harris (Aurora Teagarden Omnibus 1)
16. Insurgent - Veronica Roth
17. Shakespeare's Christmas - Charlaine Harris (Lily Bard Omnibus)
18. Dead over Heels - Charlaine Harris (Aurora Teagarden Omnibus 2)
19. Shakespeare's Trollop - Charlaine Harris (Lily Bard Omnibus)
20. A Fool and his Honey - Charlaine Harris (Aurora Teagarden Omnibus 2)
21. Last Scene Alive - Charlaine Harris (Aurora Teagarden Omnibus 2)
22. Poppy Done to Death - Charlaine Harris (Aurora Teagarden Omnibus 2)
23. Death Comes to Pemberley - P.D. James
24. Sheakespeare's Counsillor - Charlaine Harris (Lily Bard Omnibus)
25. Deadlocked - Charlaine Harris
26. Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
27. Police at the Funeral - Margery Allingham
28. I've Got Your Number - Sophie Kinsella
29. The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown
30. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
31. The Changeling - Philippa Gregory
32. And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie
33. The Crossing Places - Elly Griffiths
34. A Discovery of Witches - Deborah Harkness
35. The Red Queen - Philippa Gregory
36. A Spot of Bother - Mark Haddon
37. The Shack - Wm. Paul Young
38. The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness
39. One For the Money - Janet Evanovich
40. The Mobile Library: The Case of the Missing Books - Ian Sansom
41. The Janus Stone - Elly Griffiths
42. House at Seas End - Elly Griffiths
43. Room Full of Bones - Elly Griffiths
44. Death of a Cad - M.C. Beaton
45. A Game of Thrones - George R. R. Martin
46. Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex - Eoin Colfer
47. The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde
48. The Merchant's House - Kate Ellis
49. The Maze Runner - James Dashner
50. On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan
51. The Woman in Black - Susan Hill
52. The Shadow of Night - Deborah Harkness
Extra's
53. The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
54. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
55. How I Live Now - Meg Rosoff
56. Heidi - Johanna Spyri
57. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep - Philip K. Dick
58. The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ - Philip Pullman
59. Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian - Eoin Colfer
60. Agatha Raisin: Hiss and Hers - M.C. Beaton
61. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - Deborah Moggach
62. The Library Book
63. Me Before You - Jojo Moyes
64. Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe - Jenny Colgan
65. The Daylight Gate - Jeanette Winterson
66. The Fault in our Stars - John Green
67. Two for the Dough - Janet Evanovich
68. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
69. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot
70. Delirium - Lauren Oliver
Knitting
I aimed to finish 12 knitting projects in 2012, but unfortunately didn't hit that target. Here are the projects I did manage:
2011:
Reading
During Project 2011 the aim was to read and review 52 books from my bulging bookshelves in a year, unfortunately I only managed 12, the links to the reviews are below:
Knitting
This challenge was a complete bust, i cast on a few projects but only managed to finish one project which wasn't included! Hopefully next year will be more of a success!
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