The New Fifty Books A Year Thread 2020

Terri I just read , it wouldn't matter to me whether you said 30, 50 or 100. I keep a notebook and write down every book I read. Last year it was 87 this year 82.
Some people read quickly, some more slowly. So long as you enjoy the books you read it shouldn't matter how many the total is.

I suppose 50 might be a bit off putting if you don’t normally read much, though personally, I don’t mind. 30 sounds more achievable, as that’s about a book every ten days or so, and less daunting for someone who is testing the water.

Just reading Love the Making by Roisin Meaney , I used to be an avid fan of Maeve Binchey and this is the only author I can find that seems to match her style

The New Fifty, Fewer or Further Book Thread For 2021

Your intro (OP) above is welcoming and explains it all-

Ok, thanks all for your comments, I'll start one tomorrow. Wishing you all the best for 2021 and hope that it's an improvement on 2020.

I do the reading challenge on Goodreads , it’s a great incentive. I promised 70 in 2020 and got to 105! Hadn’t factored in a pandemic! I will aim for 70 in 2021. Look forward to reading this thread. ATM, I’m reading The Coffinmakers Garden (Stuart Macbride) on Pigeonhole and Sleep ( SL Taylor) on my Kindle.

Sar53 try Goodreads. You can record what you are reading, want to read or have read. My notebook recording books was started in 1996 but when I discovered Goodreads I started using it. I can keep track of my TBR pile when I go to the library or search online on Overdrive. Great app/website.

That’s a tongue-twister, Rosecarmel! I love it.

43 Erica James .Tell it to the Skies
44 Robert Eric :Sanctuary
45 Janie Bolitho: Caught Out in Cornwall
46 Janie Bolitho :Buried in Cornwall
47 Janie Bolitho Plotted in Cornwall
48 Janie Bolitho Killed in Cornwall
49 Bernard Schlink: The Reader
50 Raynor Winn:The Salt Path. Really enjoyed the last 2 books. Read 50 after seeing it recommended on here.

Well done everyone.

I started trying to do this at the beginning of the year but somehow got waylaid by Gransnet and the internet! I have a shelf full of books which I have brought home when they have been offered round by my little circle of English friends but I really can't be bothered with them. I have downloaded a few onto my Kindle and read them, and shall probably do that with the rest.

My hall is already full of books I am getting rid of. The problem here in Germany is that, short of throwing them in the bin, there is very little you can do with books. Charity shops are not a "thing" and anyone else who is collecting them for fundraising has more than they need. The library has book flea markets but they have been cancelled this year and the women that organise them are disbanding as their members are dying off and no one is interested in taking their place. (My DGS's other grandmother is the chairwoman).

There are a couple of free book exchange cupboards dotted about in public places, but these are also closed due to Covid. Selling or giving away through newspaper ads is about the only option I have.

So I hope to join you next year and at the same time have less booksheves to dust.