Even before I finished the challenge I started thinking: what will I do for the rest of the year? The most simple solution would be to just increase the number to 4 or maybe 5 books a week and keep on the same path. I wanted to do things a little differently, and I really hope this will work out because it is something I have never successfully done before.
I started wondering, what books would I like to have finished before the year is out? Immediately dozens of books spoke out; series I still have to finish, books I bought recently, or maybe a little less recently. From those I have compiled a list of 52 (yes, that number is everywhere) books that I want to see finished by December 31, divided into three categories: series, tree books, and ebooks.
I have a much better track record starting series than rounding them up, so I want to set that straight by finishing some series I started this year or long ago. Additionally, I wanted to add a lot of the Tree books I have been buying this year, read them before they get the chance to become a ROOT. Finally, same goes for ebooks that I bought on Amazon. I try to immediately read these, but some I bought during sales have slipped through.
I hear you think ‘There is five months left and it is only 52 books’ – and I would have to agree. But I will be spicing these books still with whatever holds my fancy at that time. I am not good at set reading, my mind wanders quickly to all the books that didn’t make it on the list so there is a lot of space for free reading still.
Personally, I don’t think it will be particularly easy to finish this list – but as we like to say in my online book club ‘There is no challenge if it isn’t a challenge.’, and I really want to complete it. Also, by sharing it with you it will be much more difficult for me to come back on this challenge.
Without further ado:
Series
- The Emperor of Nihon-Ja (Ranger’s Apprentice #10) – John Flanagan
- The Lost Stories (Ranger’s Apprentice #11) – John Flanagan
- The Royal Ranger: A New Beginning (Ranger’s Apprentice #12) – John Flanagan
- Hidden Bodies (You #2) – Caroline Kepnes
- Last of the Wilds (Age of the Five #2) – Trudi Canavan
- Voice of the Gods (Age of the Five #3) – Trudi Canavan
- The Spirit Eater (The Legend of Eli Monpress #3) – Rachel Aaron
- The Spirit War (The Legend of Eli Monpress #4) – Rachel Aaron
- Spirit’s End (The Legend of Eli Monpress #5) – Rachel Aaron
- The Boy on the Bridge (The Girl With All the Gifts #2) – M.R. Carey
- The Survival of Molly Southbourne (Molly Southbourne #2) – Tade Thompson
- Dark Age (Red Rising #5) – Pierce Brown
- Dead Wicked (Calladine & Bayliss #10) – Helen H. Durrant
- Low Action (Vinyl Detective #5) – Andrew Cartmel
- The Fey and The Furious (Rivers of London Graphic Novels #8) – Ben Aaronovitch
- False Value (Rivers of London #8) – Ben Aaronovitch
- Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries #3) – Martha Wells
- Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries #4) – Martha Wells
- Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries #5) – Martha Wells
- The Time of Contempt (The Witcher #2) – Andrejz Sapkowski
- Switchback (Nightshades #2) – Melissa F. Olson
- Outbreak (Nightshades #3) – Melissa F. Olson
- The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (Dirk Gently #2) – Douglas Adams
- The Salmon of Doubt (Dirk Gently #3) – Douglas Adams
- As Black as Ebony (Lumikki Andersson #3) – Salla Simukka
Tree books
- Call Me By Your Name (Call Me By Your Name #1) – André Aciman
- My Year of Rest and Relexation – Ottessa Moshfegh
- The Silence of the Girls – Pat Barker
- The Five – Hally Rubenhold
- The Future of Another Timeline – Annalee Newitz
- Woman on the Edge of Time – Marge Piercy
- Girl, Woman, Other – Bernadine Evaristo
- The Birds and Other Plays – Aristophanes
- Lysistrata and Other Plays – Aristophanes
- Afterparty – Daryl Gregory
- The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet – David Mitchell
Ebooks
- Djinn City – Saad Z. Hossain
- Doing Time (The Time Police #1) – Jodi Taylor
- Chosen Ones (The Chosen Ones #1) – Veronica Roth
- Silver in the Wood (The Greenhollow Duology #1) – Emily Tesh
- The Fist Girl Child – Amy Harmon
- Prosper’s Demon – K.J. Parker
- The Border Keeper – Kerstin Hall
- Desdemona and the Deep (Dark Breakers #3) – C.S.E. Cooney
- Jade City (The Green Bone Saga #1) – Fonda Lee
- Velocity Weapon (The Protectorate #1) – Megan E. O’Keefe
- Miracle Creek – Angie Kim
- The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August – Claire North
- The Sudden Appearance of Hope – Claire North
- Inspector Hobbs and the Blood (Unhuman #1) – Wilkie Martin
- Inspector Hobbs and the Curse (Unhuman #2) – Wilkie Martin
- Inspector Hobbs and the Gold Diggers (Unhuman #3) – Wilkie Martin
I will be posting regular updates on this challenge, to see if I am still going strong. This page will also be updated to include links to the reviews of these books.
How is your challenge coming along? Have you read some of the books on my list, if so what did you think? – Let me know in the comments!
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