50 Book Challenge, a miserable failure. Sniff
Posted on July 1, 2009
Its official. As of today I have failed my 50 book Challenge. Oh well.
The final count was exactly 20. Sadly, that’s not even two books a month. In my defense, I became obsessed with the Twilight series, and read all four book five times each. Yes, I realize, I have a problem.
My final book for this year was a suggestion from Ellen, and a fabulous suggestion indeed. Girls In Trucks by Katie Crouch
follows a southern debutante as she unsuccessfully navigates her way through the complicated world of love. Sarah is unexceptional in every conceivable way but one, she has a knack for picking the wrong guy. I really enjoyed this novel, primarily because Crouch’s writing style was so unique. Its difficult to describe, she used a number of different writing techniques, but it didn’t feel disjointed. There were a lot of characters, but they were all so solid that it didn’t get confusing or busy. All in all, it was a fun read. (It was also a quick read, I think I finished it in three hours.)
Anyway, I am going to try the 50 book challenge again this year, starting with Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell. She is a Jane Austen-esqu author. I previously read North and South by her, and I loved it. So I was thrilled when I discovered Wives and Daughters online FOR FREE! (The link above takes you there, in case you are interested.) There is also a BBC mini-series by the same title that is a lot of fun.
For those readers I do have (and I realize I have probably lost a few because of my lack of consistency with posting) if I should continue to write reviews of the novels I am reading, or should I just list them? Or do you not even care? Just wondering.
You read? Sorry I was not listening. I got hooked on the Twilight searies as well. Jenn just got The Host by the same author and could not put it down. I read about 25 over the last year which was my strongest year ever more than likely. I got started reading because you mentioned it. So yea if you read something good tell us. Or if we should not waste our time that would be good to know too. I do read your blog and am interested in what goes on in all of your lives. I follow Jon on Twitter and like to know what is going on.
I have no ability to write a blog I have tried a couple times, but just lost interest. Twitter is a nice low expectation venue for me and so far have lasted over 7 months. So you are doing great and I read. Keep it up.
Todd