Target: 100+
Running total: (fiction: , non-fiction: )
Week:
Several years ago I decided that I would do my utmost to read a book a week, because I felt like I was getting out of the habit of reading new things and I thought that having a goal to aim for would help. The effort paid off, and it's something I've kept up (off and on) ever since -- it encourages me to read more widely, and it helps me to justify to myself the vast quantities of books that I buy.
2011 was always going to be difficult, but I managed to maintain the book-a-week average (plus a few more besides). Reading is quiet and tends not to wake a baby who's asleep in the sling! This year will be different... back to work in March so I don't expect to have as much "free time" (ha!). On the other hand, there's always lunchtimes, and one day baby might even learn to sleep for sensible amounts of time without being held...
| Week | Book(s) read |
|---|---|
| Jan 1 - Jan 7 | Jo Nesbø, Nemesis |
| Jan 8 - Jan 14 | Jo Nesbø, Headhunters |
| Jan Mark, Stratford Boys | |
| Jan 15 - Jan 21 | James Garvey, The Ethics of Climate Change |
| Jan 22 - Jan 28 | Caitlin Moran, How to be a Woman |
| Jan 29 - Feb 4 | Deborah Jackson, Do Not Disturb: giving our children room to grow |
| Feb 5 - Feb 11 | Tracy Chevalier, Girl with a Pearl Earring |
| Feb 12 - Feb 18 | Martine McDonagh, I have waited, and you have come |
| Kathryn Stockett, The Help | |
| Feb 19 - Feb 25 | Iain Banks, Complicity |
| E. M. Delafield, Diary of a Provincial Lady | |
| Feb 26 - Mar 4 | Marjane Satrapi, Embroideries |
| Mar 5 - Mar 11 | |
| Mar 12 - Mar 18 | Deborah Cameron, The Myth of Mars and Venus: do men and women really speak different languages? |
| Mar 19 - Mar 25 | Fritz Müller-Guggenbühl, Swiss-Alpine Folk-Tales |
| Diana Wynne Jones, Earwig and the Witch | |
| Mar 26 - Apr 1 | |
| Apr 2 - Apr 8 | |
| Apr 9 - Apr 15 | |
| Apr 16 - Apr 22 | |
| Apr 23 - Apr 29 | Jan Mark (ed.), School Stories |
| Elizabeth von Arnim, Elizabeth and her German Garden | |
| Apr 30 - May 6 | Joanne Harris, Chocolat |
| May 7 - May 13 | Pamela Cox, Winter Term at Malory Towers |
| Pamela Cox, Fun and Games at Malory Towers | |
| Pamela Cox, Secrets at Malory Towers | |
| Pamela Cox, Goodbye Malory Towers | |
| Jo Nesbø, Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder | |
| May 14 - May 20 | |
| May 21 - May 27 | George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones |
| May 28 - Jun 3 | |
| Jun 4 - Jun 10 | |
| Jun 11 - Jun 17 | |
| Jun 18 - Jun 24 | |
| Jun 25 - Jul 1 | |
| Jul 2 - Jul 8 | |
| Jul 9 - Jul 15 | |
| Jul 16 - Jul 22 | |
| Jul 23 - Jul 29 | |
| Jul 30 - Aug 5 | |
| Aug 6 - Aug 12 | |
| Aug 13 - Aug 19 | |
| Aug 20 - Aug 26 | |
| Aug 27 - Sep 2 | |
| Sep 3 - Sep 9 | |
| Sep 10 - Sep 16 | |
| Sep 17 - Sep 23 | |
| Sep 24 - Sep 30 | |
| Oct 1 - Oct 7 | |
| Oct 8 - Oct 14 | |
| Oct 15 - Oct 21 | |
| Oct 22 - Oct 28 | |
| Oct 29 - Nov 4 | |
| Nov 5 - Nov 11 | |
| Nov 12 - Nov 18 | |
| Nov 19 - Nov 25 | |
| Nov 26 - Dec 2 | |
| Dec 3 - Dec 9 | |
| Dec 10 - Dec 16 | |
| Dec 17 - Dec 23 | |
| Dec 24 - Dec 30 |