Joining 75 Books Challenge for 2021
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1noellib
Have joined this challenge for several years, and while I realize that the number of books is less important than the exchanging of information on books, I''m still a bit flummoxed that some people actually can fit in reading more than 75 books in one year!
I ask myself - are they counting books that they have read the back cover of? Are they counting picture books read to children and grandchildren?
Or - am I just a very slow reader?
It's a continuing mystery...
Anyway - on with the challenge for 2021..
Books currently reading:
Mrs Kelly by Grantlee Kieza (non-fiction, audiobook)
Khaki town by Judith Nunn (fiction, audiobook)
BOOKS READ IN 2021:
JANUARY
1. Uhu (Pronounced Yoo-Hoo) by Annette Macarthur-Onslow (children's fiction)
2. The tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte (fiction, audiobook)
3. The narrow road to the deep North by Richard Flanagan (Australian fiction)
FEBRUARY
4. Vulgar things by Lee Rourke (fiction, audiobook)
5. The jungle by Upton Sinclair (fiction)
MARCH
6. A grave for two by Anne Holt (fiction, audiobook)
7. The mirror and the light by Hilary Mantel (fiction)
8. Shiver by Nikki Gemmell (fiction)
9. Agent Sonya: Lover, mother, soldier, spy by Ben Macintyre (non-fiction)
APRIL
10. Crimes of the father by Tom Keneally (Australian fiction, audiobook)
11. The dictionary of lost words by Pip Williams (fiction)
12. Black beauty by Anna Sewell (children's fiction)
13. The ruin by Dervla McTiernan (fiction, audiobook)
14. Uhu (Pronounced Yoo-Hoo) by Annette Macarthur-Onslow (children's fiction) (re-read)
MAY
15. The butterfly tattoo by Philip Pullman (fiction, audiobook)
16. Capricornia by Xavier Herbert (Australian fiction)
17. Faithless by Karin Slaughter (fiction, audiobook)
18. Far from the madding crowd by Thomas Hardy (fiction)
JUNE
19. A room made of leaves by Kate Grenville (Australian fiction)
20. Armageddon in retrospect : And other new and unpublished writings on war and peace by Kurt Vonnegut ( fiction, short stories)
21. Lowitja: the authorized biography of Lowitja O'Donoghue by Stuart Rintoul (non-fiction)
22. Puzzle for the Secret Seven by Enid Blyton (children's fiction)
JULY
23. Snowflake, AZ by Sedgwick, Marcus (fiction, audiobook)
24. The overstory by Richard Powers (fiction)
25. Feeling the heat: Australia under climate pressure by Australian Foreign Affairs, Issue 12, July 2021 (non-fiction)
26. Norse mythology by Neil Gaiman (non-fiction)
AUGUST
27. Driving over lemons: An optimist in Andalucia by Chris Stewart (non-fiction)
28. The good turn by Dervla McTiernan (fiction, audiobook)
29. March by Geraldine Brooks (fiction)
30. The handmaid's tale by Margaret Atwood (fiction)
SEPTEMBER
31. Farewell Kabul: From Afghanistan to a more dangerous world by Christina Lamb (non-fiction)
OCTOBER
32. The Dickens boy by Tom Keneally (fiction, audiobook)
33. The tyrant's novel by Tom Keneally (fiction)
34. Bereft by Chris Womersly (fiction, audiobook)
35. The infernal library by Daniel Kalder (non-fiction)
NOVEMBER
36. The cuckoo's calling by Robert Galbraith (fiction)
37. The year of magical thinking by Joan Didion (non-fiction)
DECEMBER
38. The darkest evening by Anne Cleeves (fiction)
39. Blue nights by Joan Didion (non-fiction)
40. The scholar by Dervla McTiernan (fiction)
41 The pull of the stars by Emma Donoghue (fiction)
42. Not dark yet by Peter Robinson (fiction, audiobook)
43. Crimes against nature by Jeff Sparrow (non-fiction)
JANUARY 2022
1. Girl with a pearl earring by Tracy Chevalier (fiction)
noellib
I ask myself - are they counting books that they have read the back cover of? Are they counting picture books read to children and grandchildren?
Or - am I just a very slow reader?
It's a continuing mystery...
Anyway - on with the challenge for 2021..
Books currently reading:
Mrs Kelly by Grantlee Kieza (non-fiction, audiobook)
Khaki town by Judith Nunn (fiction, audiobook)
BOOKS READ IN 2021:
JANUARY
1. Uhu (Pronounced Yoo-Hoo) by Annette Macarthur-Onslow (children's fiction)
2. The tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte (fiction, audiobook)
3. The narrow road to the deep North by Richard Flanagan (Australian fiction)
FEBRUARY
4. Vulgar things by Lee Rourke (fiction, audiobook)
5. The jungle by Upton Sinclair (fiction)
MARCH
6. A grave for two by Anne Holt (fiction, audiobook)
7. The mirror and the light by Hilary Mantel (fiction)
8. Shiver by Nikki Gemmell (fiction)
9. Agent Sonya: Lover, mother, soldier, spy by Ben Macintyre (non-fiction)
APRIL
10. Crimes of the father by Tom Keneally (Australian fiction, audiobook)
11. The dictionary of lost words by Pip Williams (fiction)
12. Black beauty by Anna Sewell (children's fiction)
13. The ruin by Dervla McTiernan (fiction, audiobook)
14. Uhu (Pronounced Yoo-Hoo) by Annette Macarthur-Onslow (children's fiction) (re-read)
MAY
15. The butterfly tattoo by Philip Pullman (fiction, audiobook)
16. Capricornia by Xavier Herbert (Australian fiction)
17. Faithless by Karin Slaughter (fiction, audiobook)
18. Far from the madding crowd by Thomas Hardy (fiction)
JUNE
19. A room made of leaves by Kate Grenville (Australian fiction)
20. Armageddon in retrospect : And other new and unpublished writings on war and peace by Kurt Vonnegut ( fiction, short stories)
21. Lowitja: the authorized biography of Lowitja O'Donoghue by Stuart Rintoul (non-fiction)
22. Puzzle for the Secret Seven by Enid Blyton (children's fiction)
JULY
23. Snowflake, AZ by Sedgwick, Marcus (fiction, audiobook)
24. The overstory by Richard Powers (fiction)
25. Feeling the heat: Australia under climate pressure by Australian Foreign Affairs, Issue 12, July 2021 (non-fiction)
26. Norse mythology by Neil Gaiman (non-fiction)
AUGUST
27. Driving over lemons: An optimist in Andalucia by Chris Stewart (non-fiction)
28. The good turn by Dervla McTiernan (fiction, audiobook)
29. March by Geraldine Brooks (fiction)
30. The handmaid's tale by Margaret Atwood (fiction)
SEPTEMBER
31. Farewell Kabul: From Afghanistan to a more dangerous world by Christina Lamb (non-fiction)
OCTOBER
32. The Dickens boy by Tom Keneally (fiction, audiobook)
33. The tyrant's novel by Tom Keneally (fiction)
34. Bereft by Chris Womersly (fiction, audiobook)
35. The infernal library by Daniel Kalder (non-fiction)
NOVEMBER
36. The cuckoo's calling by Robert Galbraith (fiction)
37. The year of magical thinking by Joan Didion (non-fiction)
DECEMBER
38. The darkest evening by Anne Cleeves (fiction)
39. Blue nights by Joan Didion (non-fiction)
40. The scholar by Dervla McTiernan (fiction)
41 The pull of the stars by Emma Donoghue (fiction)
42. Not dark yet by Peter Robinson (fiction, audiobook)
43. Crimes against nature by Jeff Sparrow (non-fiction)
JANUARY 2022
1. Girl with a pearl earring by Tracy Chevalier (fiction)
noellib
2Only2rs
Hello there,
this is something I have thought about quite a lot. I think it depends on a lot of things, not just how fast you read. It depends on how much time you have to devote to reading - if you spend only an hour or so a day or less then you won't read as much as someone who, for example, doesn't watch television, and reads for several hours every evening. It also depends on what you prefer to read. Some books are very much longer than others and some are much easier to read. At the end of the day though, we're all here because we love reading.
this is something I have thought about quite a lot. I think it depends on a lot of things, not just how fast you read. It depends on how much time you have to devote to reading - if you spend only an hour or so a day or less then you won't read as much as someone who, for example, doesn't watch television, and reads for several hours every evening. It also depends on what you prefer to read. Some books are very much longer than others and some are much easier to read. At the end of the day though, we're all here because we love reading.
3PaulCranswick
Lovely to see you back. Don't worry about the numbers as it is purely incidental. xx
5thornton37814
>1 noellib: I'm one of those who fits in way more than 75. I will have 241 or maybe 242 by the end of this year. Of those, only 14 are children's or YA books. Another dozen more or less are Kindle shorts or similar (but even the most recent of those was just over 100 pages). I listen to audiobooks on my commute. I don't watch much TV. I also read a lot faster than most people.
6noellib
I envy your ability to fit in so much reading into your life.
Having become a grandfather for the first time a few weeks ago, I suspect that I'll have even less time this year for quiet reading!
However, one of my New Year resolutions is definitely to watch less TV. Maybe that will crack it..
Having become a grandfather for the first time a few weeks ago, I suspect that I'll have even less time this year for quiet reading!
However, one of my New Year resolutions is definitely to watch less TV. Maybe that will crack it..
8FAMeulstee
Happy reading in 2021, Noel!
I am one of those who read a lot. In my case it is because I can dedicate a great part of each and every day to reading. I rarely watch TV, only this group on LT is taking some time from possible reading time ;-)
Congratulations on your first grandchild!
I am one of those who read a lot. In my case it is because I can dedicate a great part of each and every day to reading. I rarely watch TV, only this group on LT is taking some time from possible reading time ;-)
Congratulations on your first grandchild!
