Target: 100+
Running total: (fiction: , non-fiction: )
Ebooks:
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 | Deborah Harkness, A Discovery of Witches |
| Trudi Canavan, The Magicians' Guild | |
| Jun 4 - Jun 10 | Lisa Shearin, Magic Lost, Trouble Found |
| Jun 11 - Jun 17 | Jill Paton Walsh, Torch |
| Jun 18 - Jun 24 | Antonia Fraser, Oxford Blood |
| Zoë Heller, Notes on a Scandal | |
| Jun 25 - Jul 1 | |
| Jul 2 - Jul 8 | Michael Morpurgo, The Mozart Question |
| Jul 9 - Jul 15 | Philippa Gregory, Fallen Skies |
| Jul 16 - Jul 22 | George R. R. Martin, A Clash of Kings |
| Jul 23 - Jul 29 | Tim Harford, Dear Undercover Economist |
| George R. R. Martin, A Storm of Swords 1: Steel and Snow | |
| Jul 30 - Aug 5 | George R. R. Martin, A Storm of Swords 2: Blood and Gold |
| Edmund Crispin, Love Lies Bleeding | |
| George R. R. Martin, A Feast for Crows | |
| Noel Streatfeild, Far to Go | |
| Aug 6 - Aug 12 | |
| Aug 13 - Aug 19 | George R. R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons 1: Dreams and Dust |
| Lisa Shearin, Armed and Magical | |
| George R. R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons 2: After the Feast | |
| Aug 20 - Aug 26 | |
| Aug 27 - Sep 2 | Elizabeth Kostova, The Historian |
| Sep 3 - Sep 9 | Terry Pratchett, Making Money |
| Sep 10 - Sep 16 | |
| Sep 17 - Sep 23 | E. L. James, Fifty Shades of Grey |
| Sep 24 - Sep 30 | Nina Bawden, The Witch's Daughter |
| Oct 1 - Oct 7 | Brian Aldiss, Greybeard |
| Oct 8 - Oct 14 | |
| Oct 15 - Oct 21 | Agatha Christie, Three Act Tragedy |
| Oct 22 - Oct 28 | Agatha Christie (Charles Osborne), Black Coffee |
| Oct 29 - Nov 4 | |
| Nov 5 - Nov 11 | |
| Nov 12 - Nov 18 | Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night |
| Agatha Christie, Murder is Easy | |
| Dorothy L. Sayers, Murder Must Advertise | |
| Nov 19 - Nov 25 | Christopher Brookmyre, Jaggy Splinters |
| David Thorne, I'll go home then, it's warm and has chairs: the unpublished emails | |
| Susanna Clarke, The Ladies of Grace Adieu and other stories | |
| Nov 26 - Dec 2 | Anna Roberts, Summerland |
| Ada Leverson, Love's Shadow | |
| Dec 3 - Dec 9 | P. D. James, Cover Her Face |
| P. D. James, Death of an Expert Witness | |
| Dec 10 - Dec 16 | P. D. James, Unnatural Causes |
| P. D. James, The Private Patient | |
| Dec 17 - Dec 23 | Ruth Rendell, Put On By Cunning |
| Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase | |
| Dec 24 - Dec 31 | Jonathan Franzen, Freedom |
| Marian Keyes, Rachel's Holiday |