I have seen a lot of fellow bookbloggers posted their mid-year reviews lately and decided to jump on the bandwagon. To be honest, I do not read as many books as compared to last year at this point of time, but then again I would choose quality over quantity any time so I am quite satisfied with my reading so far!
Here is the list of books I read:
* Favourite reads
January
1. Private by Kate Brian
2. Her Real-Life Hero by Trish Wylie
3. Ritual by Mo Hayder *
4. Fallen Skies by Philippa Gregory *
5. Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto *
6. The Orange Girl by Jostein Gaarder
February
7. Gossamer by Lois Lowry
8. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne *
9. South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami
10. No Escape by Shannon K. Butcher
11. Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge
12. 圈套 – 湛清著 (A Chinese romance novel)
13. A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
14. The Love Letter by Cathleen Schine
15. The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett *
March
16. The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee
17. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
18. Evermore by Alyson Noel *
19. The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister *
20. Tangled Lies by Anne Stuart
21. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins *
April
22. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris *
23. Goodbye Tsugumi by Banana Yoshimoto
24. The Lost Hours by Karen White * (Review copy)
25. Blueberry Girl by Neil Gaiman *
26. Godmother : The Secret Cinderella Story by Carolyn Turgeon *
27. Sweethearts by Sara Zarr *
28. Sonata for Miriam by Linda Olsson
May
29. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
30. Death Angel by Linda Howard
31. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
32. The Billionaire's Bride of Vengeance by Miranda Lee
33. 征服 - 单飞雪著 (A Chinese romance novel)
34. The Accidental Bestseller by Wendy Wax * (Review copy)
35. Skin by Mo Hayder *
36. Solace of the Road by Siobhan Dowd
June
37. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher *
38. Bloody Good by Georgia Evans (Review copy)
39. Persuasion by Jane Austen
40. The Sinful Life of Lucy Burns by Elizabeth Leiknes (Review copy)
41. Wings by Aprilynne Pike
42. Silver Falls by Anne Stuart
43. Stolen by Lucy Christopher *
I read a total of 44 books to-date, counting of a book I had recently read but did not list it down since it is considered a July read. I am definitely hoping the remaining year will be better!
Happy reading to all!
Edited to Add:
After I posted this, I then realized I had missed out the reading challenges! Here they are:
First completed challenge:
Follow up next:
The Pub Challenge (9/9)
Yet to be completed:
YA Challenge (11/12)
TBR Lite Challenge (2/6)
Buy One Book and Read It Challenge (2) - Buy and read as many books as you can before Dec 31
Classics Challenge (2/4)
Manga Challenge (0/6)
Sookie Stackhouse Reading Challenge (1) - Read Charlaine Harris's Southern Vampire series between July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010
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