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.
Last year's reading was somewhat thrown off balance by, er, having a baby. Fortunately she's a very easy baby so hopefully I'll be able to keep up my reading this year.
| Week | Book(s) read |
|---|---|
| Jan 1 - Jan 7 | Dana Simpson, Phoebe and her Unicorn 2: Unicorn on a Roll |
| Jan 8 - Jan 14 | Danielle Paige, Dorothy Must Die |
| Jan 15 - Jan 21 | |
| Jan 22 - Jan 28 | William Hazlitt, The Pleasure of Hating |
| Jan 29 - Feb 4 | Hilary Mantel, Learning to Talk |
| Feb 5 - Feb 11 | John Ajvide Lindqvist, Let the Right One In |
| Feb 12 - Feb 18 | Peter Handke, The Left-Handed Woman |
| Feb 19 - Feb 25 | David Lagercrantz, The Girl in the Spider's Web |
| Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men | |
| Feb 26 - Mar 4 | Philip Reeve & Sarah McIntyre, Jinks and O'Hare Funfair Repair |
| Mar 5 - Mar 11 | |
| Mar 12 - Mar 18 | Various authors, Do Something |
| F. M. Cornford, Microcosmographia Academica | |
| Mar 19 - Mar 25 | |
| Mar 26 - Apr 1 | E. Nesbit, Five Children & It |
| Kate Saunders, Five Children on the Western Front | |
| Apr 2 - Apr 8 | |
| Apr 9 - Apr 15 | Patrick deWitt, The Sisters Brothers |
| Apr 16 - Apr 22 | Jill Murphy, Geoffrey Strangeways |
| Sheri S. Tepper, Still Life | |
| Apr 23 - Apr 29 | Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane |
| Apr 30 - May 6 | |
| May 7 - May 13 | John Allison, The Case of the Team Spirit (Bad Machinery #1) |
| John Allison, The Case of the Good Boy (Bad Machinery #2) | |
| May 14 - May 20 | John Allison, The Case of the Simple Soul (Bad Machinery #3) |
| May 21 - May 27 | John Allison, The Case of the Lonely One (Bad Machinery #4) |
| May 28 - Jun 3 | Ryan North, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, vol. 1: Squirrel Power |
| Jun 4 - Jun 10 | Ryan North, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, vol. 2: Squirrel You Know It's True |
| Jun 11 - Jun 17 | |
| Jun 18 - Jun 24 | |
| Jun 25 - Jul 1 | |
| Jul 2 - Jul 8 | |
| Jul 9 - Jul 15 | |
| Jul 16 - Jul 22 | Karen McCombie, An Urgent Message of Wowness |
| Jul 23 - Jul 29 | Elly Blue (ed.), Biketopia: feminist bicycle science fiction stories in extreme futures |
| Jul 30 - Aug 5 | Angela Brazil, The School in the Forest |
| Aug 6 - Aug 12 | |
| Aug 13 - Aug 19 | Andrew Michael Hurley, The Loney |
| Aug 20 - Aug 26 | Anne Fine, Nag Club |
| Aug 27 - Sep 2 | |
| Sep 3 - Sep 9 | Marneta Viegas, A Monster Handbook: a toolkit of strategies and exercises to help children manage BIG feelings |
| Shinsuke Yoshitake, Can I build another me? | |
| Sep 10 - Sep 16 | John Allison, The Case of the Fire Inside (Bad Machinery #5) |
| John Allison, The Case of the Unwelcome Visitor (Bad Machinery #6) | |
| Sep 17 - Sep 23 | China Mieville, Un Lun Dun |
| Sep 24 - Sep 30 | Lauren Child, Clarice Bean Spells Trouble |
| Oct 1 - Oct 7 | |
| Oct 8 - Oct 14 | Jenny Nimmo, The Night of the Unicorn |
| A. F. Harrold, The Imaginary | |
| Oct 15 - Oct 21 | |
| Oct 22 - Oct 28 | Fred Vermorel, The Secret History of Kate Bush (& the strange art of pop) |
| Oct 29 - Nov 4 | |
| Nov 5 - Nov 11 | |
| Nov 12 - Nov 18 | |
| Nov 19 - Nov 25 | |
| Nov 26 - Dec 2 | Susan Cooper, King of Shadows |
| Dec 3 - Dec 9 | |
| Dec 10 - Dec 16 | |
| Dec 17 - Dec 23 | Malorie Blackman, Robot Girl |
| Cassie Beasley, Circus Mirandus | |
| Laura Purcell, The Silent Companions | |
| Dec 24 - Dec 31 | Jean Plaidy, The Young Mary, Queen of Scots |
| Sarah Ockwell-Smith, The Gentle Discipline Book | |
| Carol Ann Duffy, The Stolen Childhood and other dark fairy tales |