I read for fun. I love the escapism reading brings but I also love how you can learn from all types of books, not just non-fiction. I don’t think that reading challenges are serious, they just allow me to track books I’ve read and perhaps think a little more about what I am going to read.
I’m taking part in the Goodreads challenge. I’ve said that I’d like to read 80 books this year. I think I may have miscalculated how many I can actually read in a week but I think it’s a good way of keeping a note of how many I do actually read.
I’m also interested in reading a variety of books so I want to make sure that I’m not just concentrating on one genre.
In addition I thought it may be fun to try to read my way around the world. With this in mind I’ve decided to keep a list of the countries the books I read are based in. I’ll up date this as and when I have a new country or book to add.
Goodreads challenge
So far I’ve read 82 out of 80 books so I’ve exceeded my target for this year. (These will include children’s books most of which I tend to read multiple times :-))Around the world in 80 (ish) books
Australia
Springtime
Canada
A Place Called Winter
Cambodia
Death in the Rainy Season
England
The Girl on the Train
The Offering
Runaway
No Other Darkness
Disclaimer
Coming Up Roses
Frenchman’s Creek
The Widow
A Parcel for Anna Browne
A Death in the Dales
The Twelve Dates of Christmas
In Bitter Chill
The Trouble With Goats and Sheep
The Winter Wedding
Ivy Lane
You and Me, Always
France
The Red Notebook
The Reader on the 6.27
George’s Grand Tour
Finland
The Hummingbird
The Defenceless
Iceland
Snowblind
Italy
By Its Cover
My Mother is a River
The Hunter of the Dark
The Netherlands
The House of Dolls
United States of America
Obsession in Death
The Quality of Silence
Killer
The Breakup Doctor
The Dark Inside
Motive
Wales
Hidden