avatiakh reads her own books for a change

I have so many books lying around waiting to be read, but I'm always bringing home too many library books which then take up my reading time.
I'm setting a target of 50 books most of which I'll be reading for my 1010 category challenge.

I won't start this challenge till the New Year and will probably begin with a book that catches my eye quite often - Hunting and Gathering by Anna Gavalda (France). I saw the movie which starred Audrey Tautou and really liked the characters so was delighted to see it was a book adaption.

Welcome! 50 is an ambitious target, but with tying it to another challenge, I bet you make it. Good luck!

Hi lbradf - I read a lot of YA and children's fiction so I know my target is within reach. I tend to collect the works of writers I really like, but never get round to reading more than 1 or 2.

1) Hunting and Gathering by Anna Gavalda (2004) - fiction, France

I got this novel last year as I really enjoyed the movie which starred Audrey Tatou. Easier to read than The Elegance of the Hedgehog and offers wonderful glimpses of Parisian life.

On to the next book - Storm Front by Jim Butcher

1) Hunting and Gathering by Anna Gavalda - used copy acquired last year after watching the French film - Ensemble c'est tout and realising it was based on a book. Interesting characters.

2) Storm Front by Jim Butcher - used copy acquired last year due to LT recommendations in the 75 book challenge. First of a series about a private detective/wizard. Noir and magic.

3) Season of Secrets by Sally Nicholls - Scholastic children's books warehouse purchase - Green Man myth worked into a contemporary setting. Awkward but interesting. Will continue to read her books.

4) Tiny Deaths by Robert Shearman - acquired last year from bookdepository after discovering writer Rob Shearman here on LT. (Not available from library). An excellent short story collection and I can't wait to get hold of his latest collection.

5) Ancient Appetites by Oisin McGann - acquired last year when priced down. I wanted to read more by Irish writers for children & YA, and this fantasy fit the bill. (Not available from library). Recommended steampunkish fantasy set in Ireland starring engimals - animals blended with machines - very cool.

6) As the earth turns silver by Alison Wong - New Zealand debut fiction, published last year to rave reviews. Has beautiful cover art and I just had to have my own copy. (Library queue too long). Set in early 1900s Wellington, about Chinese immigrants, racism, poll tax, revolution, love.

7) Kes by Barry Hines (1968) - used copy acquired 2008. First published as Kestrel for a Knave. I've been wanting to read this since David Hill mentioned it as a memorable class read aloud at a seminar a couple of years ago. This is a poignant look at working class life in a grim mining town. There isn't any future here, and for Billy Casper, in his last year at school, not much of a present either. Bullied at home and at school, Billy survives each day best he can - he's tough, resourceful. He's sure about two things - he'll never work in the mines, and he has a special touch with animals. For the past year his life has revolved round his kestrel, Kes, and he spends every spare minute training the bird.
Inevitably sad, but well worth reading.

Poof! You are blowing through your shelves. Way to go!!

maybe the people who are making great progress can lend some shelf space to the rest of us? (Just kidding!!)

8) A Parcel of Patterns by Jill Paton Walsh -finished 02Jul
9) Toby Alone by Timothee de Fombelle - finished 20Jun
10) The Spirit Wind by Max Fatchen - finished 11Nov
11) Elsewhere, perhaps by Amos Oz finished 27Nov
12) As the earth turns silver by Alison Wong finished 21Jan
13) Queen of Beauty by Paula Morris finished 05Nov
14) Tu by Patricia Grace finished 31May
15) Plumb by Maurice Gee finished 29Oct
16) The Year of the Shanghai Shark by Mo Zhi Hong finished 09Apr
17) The Bone People by Keri Hulme finished 21Sep
18) Opportunity by Charlotte Grimshaw finished 08Apr
19) Coming up Roses by Sarah Laing finished 06Feb
20) American Gods by Neil Gaiman finished 31May
21) Un Lun Dun by China Mieville* finished 25Aug
22) Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks finished 29Aug
23) Winter in Madrid by CJ Sansom finished 10Apr
24) The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas finished 24Apr
25)The Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder finished 12Apr
26) Day after Night by Anita Diamant finished 22Nov
27) Dreamers of the Day by Mary Doria Russell* finished 08Feb
28) X marks the spot by Joan de Hamel finished Nov
29) The Sergeants' Tale by Bernice Rubens finished 03Jun
30) Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels finished 31Jan
31) The Blue Flower by Penelope Ftizgerald finished 10Feb
32): Small Island by Andrea Levy finished 21Mar
33) Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg finished 15Apr
34) Hideous Kinky by Esther Freud finished 19Apr
35) Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes finished 22Apr
36) The Inspector by Jan de Hartog finished 30Sep
37) The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinks finished 27Jan
38) Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta finished 16Mar
39) Boy meets boy by David Levithan finished 03Jun
40) Auslander by Paul Dowswell finished 12Jun
41) Emil and Karl by Yankev Glatchteyn finished 13Jun
42) Centre of My World by Andreas Steinhöfel finished 29Jun
43) Blood Red, Snow White by Marcus Sedgwick finished 5Aug
44) The White King by György Dragomán (Hungary) finished Jun
45) The Borribles by Michael De Larrabeiti finished Aug
46) Dogsbody by Diana Wynne Jones finished Oct
47) Ticket to Prague by James Watson finished Oct
48) The Ogre Downstairs by Diana Wynne Jones finished Oct
49) Clay by David Almond finished Oct
50) Queen of Beauty by Paula Morris finished Nov
and many more read.