Tallulah's new attempt for 2012 - 50 again?

After agreat success in last year's challenge with 53 books read, I try to do it again this year. I hope I will be able to read as much books, but I'm not sure. We will be moving this year and that'll probably take away loads of reading time.




Books finished in January:
1. - Die Herren von Winterfell (A Game of Thrones part 1)- 07.01.2012
2. - Das Erbe von Winterfell (A Game of Thrones part 2) - 10.01.2012
3. * Adrian Mole from Minor to Major - 18.01.2012
4. # Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - 21.01.2012
5. (1.) The Dark Side of the Sun - 24.01.2012
6. (2.) Adrian Mole - The Wilderness Years - 29.01.2012

Books finished in February:
7. (3.) Verblendung (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) - 14.02.2012
8. - Verdammnis (The Girl who Played with Fire) - 17.02.2012
9. - Vergebung (The Girl who kicked the Hornet's Nest) - 19.02.2012
10. - Winterkartoffelknödel - 20.02.2012

Books finished in March:
11. (4.) Dracula - 01.03.2012
12. (5.) Sophie's World - 03.03.2012
13. - Don't worry be german - 04.03.2012
14. * Der verborgene Garten (The Forgotten Garden) - 11.03.2012
15. - Wie immer Chefsache - 18.03.2012
16. - Das Haus der Schwestern - 23.03.2012
17. - Wahre Helden (The Last Hero)- 24.03.2012
18. (6.) Die Farben der Magie (The Colour of Magic) - 29.03.2012
19. (7.) Das Mädchen ohne Namen (Biting the Moon) - 31.03.2012
20. # Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - 31.03.2012

Books finished in April:
21. - Die Vermessung der Welt - 03.04.2012
22. - Spider Bones - 11.04.2012
23. (8.) 5 Wochen im Ballon (engl. Five Weeks in a Balloon)- 15.04.2012
24. - Flash and Bones - 22.04.2012
25. - Die seltsame Entführung (engl. Miss Julia Takes Over) - 26.04.2012
26. - Kaltes Gift (engl. Still Waters) - 28.04.2012

Books finished in May:
27. - The Light Fantastic - 06.05.201
28. # Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
29. (9.) Die Rückkehr des Schwertes (engl. The Return of the Sword) - 14.05.2012
30.- A Pocket Full of Rye - 17.05.2012
31. (10.) Münchhausen - 22.05.2012
32. (11.) Myst. Das Buch Ti'ana - 27.05.2012
33. - Familienpackung - 28.05.2012

Books finished in June:
34. # Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - 03.06.2012
35. (12.) Myst. das Buch D'ni - 05.06.2012
36. - The Wrong Man - 10.06.2012
37. * One True Ocean - 14.06.2012
38. (13.) Animal Farm - 15.06.2012
39. (14.) Tagträume vom Botterbargshof -16.06.2012
40. (15.) Maikäfer flieg... Erinnerungen an meine Kindheit in Pommern - 19.06.2012
41. * The Name of the Wind - 24.06.2012
42. * Die Furcht des Weisen 1 (The Wise Man's Fear part 1)- 28.06.2012
43. - Die Furcht des Weisen 2 (The Wise Man's Fear part 2) - 30.06.2012

Books finished in July:
44. # The Name of the Wind - 13.07.2012

Books finished in August:
45. * Stone & Shadows - 03.08.2012
46. * Hothouse Flower -09.08.2012
47. - Allein unter Gurken - 19.08.2012

Books finished in September
48. * Das Foucaultsche Pendel - 07.09.2012
49. * Biogarten - 20.09.2012
50. (16.)Die Kunst des Bücherliebens - 20.09.2012
51. (17.) Änderungsschneiderei Los Milagros 28.09.2012

Books finished in October:
52. (18.) Station 5. Romanze einer Genesung - 03.10.2012
53. * Schwangerschaft und Geburt. Monat für Monat bewusst erleben - 06.10.2012
54. * Das große Buch vom Garten
55. (19.) The Scarlet Letter - 31.10.2012

Books finished in November:
56. * The A.B.C. Murders - 03.11.2012
57. # Die Furcht des Weisen Teil 1 - 10.11.2012
58. (20.) The Complete Book of Ghosts - 13.11.2012
59. * When Red is Black - 18.11.2012
60. (21.) A Dictionary of Ghosts - 28.11.2012

Books finished in December:
61. - Schwangerschaft, Geburt & Stillzeit - 08.12.201
62. * The How to be British Collection - 22.12.2012
63. (22.) Träume und was sie bedeuten 23.12.2012
64. * Snuff - 28.12.2012
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legend:
* = new
- = borrowed/library
# = reread
(x.) = BOMBS

I started the year off with two really great books: the two german parts that make up A Game of Thrones. I really delved into it from the first pages onwards and couldn't put it down. I read until late in the nights and also dreamt of the protagonists, spinning the story further and thinking about their destinies. Although there is no real thread the stories are just attention grabbing and although I've read that the author is not yet at the end (within 4 thick books), I'm sure I'll go on. What I like so much about this series is the ever changing point of view (with every new chapter) and that people, although probably important, just die or do stupid things. Recommended to everyone who likes fantasy!

Best of luck with your reading and your move!

Well look at that, someone else that started 2012 with two books from A Song of Ice and Fire :)

I'm reading the second part of Book 3 right now and I gotta say it only gets better and better - so keep at it! There are 5 books btw, the latest one got released somewhere late 2011 (A dance with dragons).

Yes, in USA and probably UK there are 5. In Germany they are up to 9 by now and will be more soon, because they've cut each of the original works in two. So the first two books I've read are just the one A Game of Thrones. :D

It's just two months of the year and I've almost done 1/5 of my goal - wow!
The last three books I read were the Millenium-Trilogy. I enjoyed them, especially the last book with the trial. But to be honest, I expected more of those book. They were quite good, but I've read more catchy books. But I really loved the trial in the end and also Lisbeth, although she was a bit difficult and strange, but she is somewhat of a lovely little thing. That can easily be seen by the many people that helped her.

Currently I'm reading a german crime novel, set in some provincial area and written quite dialectal. It is funny and entertaining but so far I am not sure what the crime is. but I like it!

I've hit the half-line so to say: 26 books so far this year and it's still more than half a year to go! I've read a lot of library books lately and didn't make much progress on my BOMBS challenge this year. I hope itl'll become better Thema next months, but who knows?
So far I've read a lots of mystery and crime novels this year, some of which were really good (Miss Julia), gut others were just okay. I've also read some other books, like the forgotten Garden which I liked very much. I hope the second half of my reading year will be as good and satisfying!

Still, more than half a year left, but I've managed to read 35 books already! the time spend it each da for going to work really gives me the opportunity to finish loads of books! Unfortunately, I have been reading lots of library books and new books, so my BOMBS are looking pretty bad... But still it's a great feeling to getting so much books read!

I just finised The Wrong Man by John Katzenbach. I got this via a swap meet, because I sought books for my father. Since he isn't reading very much, I wanted to make sure it was right for him and read it beforehand. It turned out to be a good move, because the book disappointed me. It started off really great and I was fascinated straight away, it had suspense and realley hold my attention. but then it somehow got slow and boring. Towards the end I couldn't really understand why the characters where working out a plan just as they did, but it appeared to me, that they should have tried just shooting the Stalker and say it was self-defence. Provoke a clash, provoke him to come into the house and then kill him. Would've been way easier and much safer than shooting his father and saying he was it... Well, I will definitely not give this book to my father.

I also recently read Familienpackung by a german author. It was okay. It was very fast read because it was fluff all over and I picked it up because we were at my parents-in-law in spe house and I ran out of reading material an it was the only book available. I'd say it is a modern Evelyn Sanders and I always enjoyed such household-and-child books. it wasn't very impressive, it didn't give me much to think about nor did it make me laugh out loud but it was a cosy, nice little read and I think I will try out some more books of this author.

Yes! Three months towards the end of the year I've reached my goal of 50 books for the year! Recently I've read rather a lot new books that I earned through various swapping pages. But since I didn't compleze my BOMBS-challenge this year and there are still several months left in 2012 I'll continue counting. Maybe I'll reach the 60-books-marks?

Ich gratuliere dir zu deinem Erfolg und wünsche dir weiterhin viel Spass beim Lesen. Wenn du in diesem Tempo weiter machst, wirst du die 60 bestimmt erreichen. Viel Glück :-)

Hey, danke! Ich hoffe ehrlich gesagt, dass ich dieses Jahr noch wenigstens 15 Bücher schaffe, um meine härtere Book-of-by-Book-Shelf (BOMBS)-challenge zu schaffen!

I've been neglecting this thread a little bit regardng updates, but I'm proud to anounce that I've been able to break the 60s mark! Actually I have read 62 books so far and hope to finish just another one before the year ends.
It has been a great reading year with good books, lots of fun in reading books aloud with my boyfriend and reaching my goal in this yhallenge as well as in the BOMBS-challenge. I will definitely be on board again next year!