2007 reading list

I am moving this post here as more relevant for the end of the year:-)).

Fat Is a Feminist Issue- by Susie Orbach- 400 pages
History of Love by Nicola Kraus- 266 pages
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver- 500 pages
Shipwrecks by Akira Yoshimura- 160 pages
I`m a Stranger Here Myself by Bill Bryson- 304 pages
The White Masai by Corine Hoffmann- 375 pages
The Black Box by Alek Popov- 344 pages
Mozart`s Last Year- (forgot writer`s name)- 200 pages
Plan B : Further Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott- 336 pages
RING by Kodji Suzuki- good- 900 pages
„Visible Worlds“ by Marilyn Bowering- very good- 304 pages
„The Cure of Dead by Lightning“ by Gail Anderson- Dargatz- very good- 304 pages
„The Love of Stones“ by Tobias Hill- bad- 400 pages
„Layer Cake“ by J.J.Connelly- good, funny- 400 pages
Memoirs of Kasanova – good- 512 pages
The Name of Rose by Umberto Ecco-re-reading, excellent book!- 460 pages
Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey- good, interesing- 600 pages
Born`s Identity by Robert Ludlum-awful- 510 pages
Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier- good- 350 pages
Lost and Found by Siegfried Lenz- good- 240 pages
A Story of a German man- 1914-1933г. by Sebastian Haffner- very good- 180 pages
Correction by Thomas Bernhard- 448 pages
Me and Kaminski by Daniel Kelman- not bad- 120 pages
Life and How To Survive It by Robin Skinner,John Cleese- excellent- 432 pages
Number9dream by David Michell- very good- 416 pages
Goodnight Nobody by Jeniffer Weiner-very good- 448 pages
Wonder Spot by Melissa Bank-average- 300 pages
Facing The Light by Adele Geras- 503 pages
The Maestro Myth: Great Conductors in Pursuit of Power by Norman Lebrecht- 416 pages
Saturday by Ian McEwan- 304 pages
Refuge- An Unnatural History of Family and Place by Terry Tempest Williams- 336 pages
Two Lives by Vikram Seth- 512 pages
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton- 320 pages
Suite Francese by Irene Nemirovsky- 448 pages
The Memory Keeper`s Daughter by Kim Edwards- 432 pages
Revolutions by J.M.G, Clesio- 392 pages
Harry Potter and The Deadly Hallows by J.K.Rowling- 605 pages

38 books. 14 477 pages.

Last update- 30/12/2007:
one more book: The Book of Eve by Constance Beresfor-Hewe
170 pages

Total pages- 14 677
39 books

BC Challenges- 2008

I`ll be joining those challenges on Bookcrossing.com:

"Keep Them Moving" Release Challenge- challenge for reading and forwarding books, received by other bookcrossers

2008 Pages Read Challenge- I have set a goal of 30 000 pages for 2008.

How-To-Read-More

Disappointed as I`m with the number of finished books for 2007, I invented a new reading rule- that I will read about 100 pages at least 5 days per week. I`m going to pick up the book before picking up the laptop.:-)) I tried my new technique on Harry Potter`s last book and it works just great for the moment- I`m only 100 pages away.

Reading challenges failure:-((

2007 is coming to an end and a recapitulation of reading is unevitable.
I did very poorly with reading this year.
The number of finished titles significantly dropped to only 37.
The reason is the new laptop I bought at the beginning of 2007.
I am very much pleased with it, as now I enjoy a unlimited surfing but the effect on my reading time is evident.
My new resolution will be to try to read 100 pages per day 4-5 days a week.
I`m not going to set up other challenges.

I participated in the following release challenges:

Around the World Release Challenge

2007 International Secret Santa

2007 Worldwide "Remember Me" Release Challenge

20 wild releases.
11 controlled releases (books, sent as RABCK or swap to bookcrossers, bookrings excluded)
37 finished books.