I signed up for this challenge hosted by Adam at RoofBeamReader as the perfect motivation to force me to read some of the wonderful books I have sitting on my Kindle or bookshelves but which never seem to get to the top of the reading pile. Well, that was the idea at least…
You can find more details about the challenge here but the most important rule is that the books must have been on your bookshelf or “To Be Read” list for AT LEAST one full year. .
My list is shown below. Unfortunately, with less than ten days to go, I’ve only read four of them (follow the link from the book title to read my review). Pathetic, I know. I’ve also been remiss at posting updates for the monthly checkpoints Adam hosts. There’s no way I’m going to read the other eight before the end of the year. In fact, I’ll be lucky if I can manage one of them (probably The Man in the High Castle as it’s the shortest one).
I really hope the challenge runs again in 2019 because I’m determined to do better next year.
1 Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kitteridge
2 Salley Vickers, The Cleaner of Chartres
3 Laurent Binet, HHhH
4 Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth
5 Helen Simonson, Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand
6 Willa Cather, Death Comes for the Archbishop
7 David Ashton, Nor Will He Sleep
8 Chris Cleave, Everyone Brave Is Forgiven
9 Maggie O’Farrell, This Must Be The Place
10 Patricia Highsmith, Carol (The Price of Salt)
11 Philip K Dick, The Man in the High Castle
12 Harper Lee, Go Set A Watchman
Reserve 1 David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks
Reserve 2 Rosemary Sutcliff, The Flowers of Adonis
