bree Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 (edited) So here I am, my second year of trying to keep a book log, and hopefully I'll neglect this one less, and update it more often.What I've planned for this year's reading (nothing challenging, just practical plans) -> keep at least an hour everyday for reading> catch up on the classics I've not read (which is almost all of them!)> catch up on the children classics and YA award-winning books I've missed > participate in the Reading Circle> start collecting books (as we're more or less at the end of our nomadic lives and looking at "settling" in one place - I can finally have book-shelves!)Lists I usually dip into before buying a book-1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die : 29/1001 940. Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen938. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen936. Emma – Jane Austen904. Jane Eyre – Charlotte Brontë893. Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lonely – Harriet Beecher Stowe883. A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens880. The Woman in White – Wilkie Collins875. Silas Marner – George Eliot868. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll863. Little Women – Louisa May Alcott862. The Moonstone – Wilkie Collins854. Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There – Lewis Carroll825. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain809. The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde804. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle783. Kim – Rudyard Kipling781. The Hound of the Baskervilles – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle639. Thank You, Jeeves – P.G. Wodehouse619. Gone With the Wind – Margaret Mitchell610. The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien564. Animal Farm – George Orwell518. Casino Royale – Ian Fleming494. The Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkien456. To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee349. Sula – Toni Morrison312. The Shining – Stephen King135. Birdsong – Sebastian Faulks93. Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden19. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon 100 Books Every Child Should Read Before Growing Up (read : 20/100) 10. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle12. Charlotte’s Web by EB White21. The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton37. A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett41. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl50. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling51. The Chronicles of Narnia Box Set by CS Lewis56. The Railway Children by E Nesbit57. The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde59. Just William by Richmal Crompton64. Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll66. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith68. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee71. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle73. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank76. The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien80. Kim by Rudyard Kipling84. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott85. Anne of Green Gables by L M Montgomery92. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain94. Holes by Louis Sachar The Woman in Black, The Pigman, My Side of The Mountain The Woman in Black, The Pigman, My Side of The Mountain Ultimate Teen Guide : 44/736 10. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain 28. Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt30. Animal Farm - George Orwell64. Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks74. The Body in the Library - Agatha Christie106. Cat Among the Pigeons - Agatha Christie148. The Curious Incident of the dog in the the Night-Time173. The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank249. Girl With a Pearl Earring - Tracy Chevalier277. The Harry Potter Series - J.K. Rowling278. Hatchet - Gary Paulsen290. The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkein292. Holes - Louis Sacher306. Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain310. I Capture the Castle - Dodoe Smith333. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte335. The Jeeves Stories - P.G. Wodehouse339. Jonathan Livingstone Seagull - Richard Bach345. The Just William Series - Richmal Crompton351. Kim - Rudyard Kipling358. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini385. Lord of the Rings Trilogy - JRR Tolkien410. Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden426. The Moonstone - Wilkie Collins450. Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less - Jeffrey Archer456. The Number 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith483. Paddy Clarke ha ha ha - Roddy Doyle493. The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde494. Pied Piper - Nevil Shute495. The Pigman - Paul Zindel505. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen556. The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13.5 - Sue Townsend558. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett579. Silas Marner - George Eliot623. A Tale of Two Cites - Charles Dickens640. Three Men in a Boat - Jerome K. Jerome645. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee722. The Woman in Black - Susan Hill723. The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins725. The World According to Garp - John Irving (thank you frankie, Janet and laura for typing out those lists )and- Newbury Medal and Honor Books I intend to rate the books as -★★★ : loved it ★★ : liked it ★ : didn't like it(I don't seem to have too many nuances, and this should suffice!) Edited March 1, 2013 by bree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bree Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 (edited) Currently reading: Unread books on my shelf-1. My Darling, My Hamburger - Paul Zindel2. Surfacing - Margaret Atwood3. The Far Pavillions - M M Kaye4. The Pearl - John Steinbeck5. Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel García Márquez 6. The Last of the Mohicans - James Fenimore Cooper 7. The Black Dahlia - James Ellroy 8. Beloved - Toni Morrison 9. The Last of the Mohicans - James Fenimore Cooper 10. The Nice and The Good - Iris Murdoch Edited March 16, 2013 by bree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bree Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 (edited) Books read (month-wise)- January (7) February (7) March April May June July August September October November December Edited March 1, 2013 by bree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bree Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 (edited) ★★★ books read-1. White Fang ~ Jack London : link 2. Sula ~ Toni Morrison : link 3. My Side Of The Mountain ~ Jean Craighead George : link Edited March 1, 2013 by bree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bree Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 (edited) ★★ books read-1. The Tenderness of Wolves ~ Stef Penney : link2. The Moonstone ~ Wilkie Collins : link3. I Capture The Castle ~ Dodie Smith : link4. The Upstairs Room ~ Johanna Reiss : link 5. The House on Mango Street ~ Sandra Cisneos : link 6. The African Queen ~ C.S.Forester : link 7. Girl With A Pearl Earring ~ Tracy Chevalier : link 8. The Pigman ~ Paul Zindel : link Edited February 7, 2013 by bree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bree Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 (edited) ★ books read-1. Lajja ~ Talisma Nasrin - link2. The Woman in Black ~ Susan Hill : link 3. The Black Tower ~ P. D. James : link Edited March 1, 2013 by bree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willoyd Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 What I've planned for this year's reading (nothing challenging, just practical plans) - > keep at least an hour everyday for reading That would be wonderful! I'd love to do that - maybe I should try (although I think half an hour might be a good starter). > catch up on the classics I've not read (which is almost all of them!) Yes - I'm aiming to do something similar too. There are so many good ones aching to be read. > start collecting books (as we're more or less at the end of our nomadic lives and looking at "settling" in one place - I can finally have book-shelves!) Wow - most people I know are desperately trying to keep numbers down; lovely to hear someone doing exactly the opposite. Good luck with your 2013 reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devi Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 (edited) Happy reading in 2013! I love how you have organised your lists this year, simple and clean. Makes me wish I did something similar! Edited January 1, 2013 by Devi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian. Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 I really like your rating system, it keeps it nice and simple. I've had The Black Dahlia – James Ellroy on my TBR for a while now so I will be interested in what you think of it when you get round to reading it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bree Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 That would be wonderful! I'd love to do that - maybe I should try (although I think half an hour might be a good starter). Yes - I'm aiming to do something similar too. There are so many good ones aching to be read. Wow - most people I know are desperately trying to keep numbers down; lovely to hear someone doing exactly the opposite. Good luck with your 2013 reading. Thank you willoyd. Will look out for your reviews on the classic you read this year Happy reading in 2013! I love how you have organised your lists this year, simple and clean. Makes me wish I did something similar! Thank you Devi. And, I didn't have a list last year So this is one level up of complexity for me I really like your rating system, it keeps it nice and simple. Thank you Brian. I figured there's black, there's white, and there's grey. I don't think I'm ready to distinguish the different shades of grey yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Oooo .....not too many there I've read, only Dr Zhivago, the Nevil Shutes, Out of Africa, Of Mice and Men, Dorothy Sayers and a couple of the Bronte's and Austen's. Looking forward to your reviews bree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Hi Bree, I was hoping that you would have a 2013 reading blog. Your list looks great, a good mix. I like the way you call your books "pre loved" rather than "pre owned" or "secondhand".. You so fit right in here. I read The God Of Small Things back in 2010. It was one of the best books I read that year, although hard to get into initially, it paid me back handsomely for the effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bree Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 Oooo .....not too many there I've read, only Dr Zhivago, the Nevil Shutes, Out of Africa, Of Mice and Men, Dorothy Sayers and a couple of the Bronte's and Austen's. Looking forward to your reviews bree Those are quite a few poppy! And I look forward to reading yours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bree Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 Hi Bree, I was hoping that you would have a 2013 reading blog. Your list looks great, a good mix. I like the way you call your books "pre loved" rather than "pre owned" or "secondhand".. You so fit right in here. I read The God Of Small Things back in 2010. It was one of the best books I read that year, although hard to get into initially, it paid me back handsomely for the effort. Thank you vodkafan, you are as sweet as ever The God of Small Things looks a bit daunting, but I'll keep your comment in mind when I start reading it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Have a fantastic 2103 Bree! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devi Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Have a fantastic 2103 Bree! I know I slept in but I didn't think it was for that long! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 I know I slept in but I didn't think it was for that long! Oops!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bree Posted January 2, 2013 Author Share Posted January 2, 2013 Have a fantastic 2103 Bree! Thank you chaliepud I know I slept in but I didn't think it was for that long! (I didn't notice till I read your comment ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 A bit belated, but hope you have a happy reading year in 2013, bree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bree Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share Posted January 5, 2013 A bit belated, but hope you have a happy reading year in 2013, bree Thank you sweet chesil Unfortunately my reading year hasn't yet begun - my books have been arriving by post for 10 days now (they assure me Monday they'll really be here) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Oh no! Fingers crossed they arrive then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ooshie Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Unfortunately my reading year hasn't yet begun - my books have been arriving by post for 10 days now (they assure me Monday they'll really be here) Oh, I hate when that happens! My local courier isn't very reliable, and sometimes the links showing when delivery is due show my books as being on their van for over a week:( Other times, they deliver them to my work instead of my house, because my house is slightly more inconvenient to get to - which would be fine, but I only do 2 days a week in that workplace, so if I just miss them or am off sick or on hol it can be ages before I actually get them! Hope yours come soon and you really enjoy them when you receive them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bree Posted January 6, 2013 Author Share Posted January 6, 2013 Thank you, you two. I was a bit blue for a couple of days - and then just decided to use my time cleaning the house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 What I've planned for this year's reading (nothing challenging, just practical plans) - > keep at least an hour everyday for reading This is an excellent idea and aim > catch up on the classics I've not read (which is almost all of them!) This is one of my goals, too, I read only two classics last year and those kind of by accident, as well. I'm looking forward to seeing which classics you get up to this year > start collecting books (as we're more or less at the end of our nomadic lives and looking at "settling" in one place - I can finally have book-shelves!) This sounds great, I'm really happy for you to be able to start collecting books! Please do post pictures if you can and have the time and inclination, I know I'm not the only one who likes to oggle at other people's bookcases ★★★ : loved it ★★ : liked it ★ : didn't like it I love the simplicity of this. And what's more, I love the way you've organised the read books lists/posts this year, according to the stars they will receive. That's innovative and marvellous! I'm too chronologically-oriented myself to do that, but I find it's a great alternative for people with a more open mind I hope you have an amazing reading year in 2013! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bree Posted January 6, 2013 Author Share Posted January 6, 2013 Thank you dear frankie I'm not sure of "open-minded" I think "simple-minded' is more fitting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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