Last year, at the end of December, I did a blog post containing a list of all the books I had read during the course of the year. So when the New Year started, I decided ‘hey, why don’t I do it again’? It’s interesting to see which books have been taking up your time – plus, for someone like me, it serves as a motivator to read even more books the next year.
Last year, I read 57 books. This year, I also read 57 books. I probably could have read more since I was at home (job hunting) up until the beginning of July, yet there’s something about being at home that makes you lazy… and disheartened, I’ll add, when you spend half a year with no success in the whole job-finding-thing.
You’ll note that I managed to read the entire DARK TOWER series by Stephen King… hurray!! 😀 That’s because I was able to get my hands on the two books I was missing (the first being among them). It sure gave me something to occupy my time with during lunch at work…
So here you have it – the list of 57 books I’ve read this year. I might add that I read an additional 80 – 90 books at work (no fooling) for a project we were busy with. Some were short (about 32 pages), others longer (80 pages and upwards). Still, it’s not really worth adding to my list… although I do mention it now, before starting off my list, just so you know that I’ve read that heap, as well 😉
What did you read this year?
BOOKS I’VE READ THIS YEAR:
* Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King – Lisa Rogak
* The Post-Birthday World – Lionel Shriver
* The Witching Hour – Anne Rice
* Lasher – Anne Rice
* Taltos – Anne Rice
* Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J.K. Rowling
* The Shop on Blossom Street – Debbie Macomber
* The Homeless Heiress – Anne Herries
* Angels and Demons – Dan Brown
* Deception Point – Dan Brown
* The Everything Wedding Etiquette Book (3rd Edition) – Holly Lefevre
* The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown
* Icarus – Russell Andrews
* The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger – Stephen King
* The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three – Stephen King
* The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands – Stephen King
* Digital Fortress – Dan Brown
* Library of the Dead – Glenn Cooper
* Book of Souls – Glenn Cooper
* The Lost Symbol – Dan Brown
* On Writing – Stephen King
* Sweet Heart – Chelsea Cain
* The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass – Stephen King
* The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla – Stephen King
* The Dark Tower VI: Song for Sussanah – Stephen King
* The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower – Stephen King
* Blockade Billy (+ Morality) – Stephen King
* Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex – Eoin Colfer
* A Sudden outburst of Cosmic duck – T. Blackford
* I shall wear Midnight – Terry Pratchett
* Full Dark, No Stars – Stephen King
* Twisted – Jeffery Deaver
* Evil at Heart – Chelsea Cain
* Sorry I Ruined your Orgy – Bradley Sands
* Holiday Romance – Charles Dickens
* Beauty and the Beast – Marie le Prince de Beaumont
* Some Christmas Stories – Charles Dickens
* A Double Barrelled Detective – Mark Twain
* The Dead Alive – Wilkie Collins
* Through the Looking Glass – Lewis Carroll
* The Husband – Dean Koontz
* Hide and Seek – Wilkie Collins
* The Sign of the Four – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
* The Wee Free Men – Terry Pratchett
* A Hat Full of Sky – Terry Pratchett
* Wintersmith – Terry Pratchett
* The Hound of the Baskervilles – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
* English Fairy Tales – Joseph Jacobs
* Cell – Stephen King
* How the Grinch Stole Christmas – Dr. Seuss
* Heart Sick – Chelsea Cain
* 6 Afrikaans books for young readers (translations of Classics): Oliver Twist, Ontvoer! (Kidnapped!), Die Verhale van Sherlock Holmes (The Tales of Sherlock Holmes), Robinson Crusoe, Jane Eyre, Skateiland (Treasure Island)
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