My 2013 Book Challenge

First book on deck for 2013.

"Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures." ~ Jessamyn West

This year I am determined to read 2 books per month for a total of 24 books in 2013. Now, I know that doesn’t sound like a lot. I’ve seen some people with goals of 50 or 100 books over the course of the year. I don’t know how they do it. I’m convinced these people either don’t sleep, or speed read. I’d love to be able to manage that many books. Then maybe I’d put a bit more of a dent in my TBR pile, because I know I will definitely buy more than 24 books throughout the year, leaving me no further ahead than when I started. But whatever. A girl can never have too many books. 

Given my inability to read at the speed of light, I will stick with my 24 book goal. And, since I never met a list I didn’t like to make, I’ve…well… made a list. I went through my TBR pile and picked out the 24 books I plan to read. Now I say planned because, as my goals group partner Anne MacFarlane asked, “What happens if you buy a book and want to read it right away?”  My incredibly articular response was, “Uh…then I’ll probably just read it.” The list isn’t written in stone so much as a guideline. The overall number of books read is the ultimate goal. 

So here is my planned but not written in stone list of books for 2013:

 

1. The Night Circus – Erin Morgenstern
2. The Dove Keepers – Alice Hoffman
3. Inside – Alix Ohlin
4. Mockingjay – Suzanne Collins
5. The Broker – John Grisham
6. The Litigators – John Grisham
7. The Life You Longed For – Maribeth Fischer
8. The House at Riverton – Kate Morton
9. The Rose Garden – Susanna Kearsley
10. The Lost Wife – Alyson Richman
11. Duchess (a novel of Sarah Churchill) – Susan Holloway Scott
12. The Eighty Dollar Champion – Elizabetth Letts
13. Silent In the Sanctuary – Deanna Raybourn
14. Falling Together – Marisa de los Santos
15. The Book of Negroes – Lawrence Hill
16. The Forest of Hands and Teeth – Carrie Ryan
17. Graceling – Kristen Cashore
18. A Storm of Swords – George R. R. Martin
19. Last Night In Twisted River – John Irving
20. Rebel Heiress – Fiona Mountain
21. Sarah’s Key – Tatiana de Rosnay
22. Emily Hudson – Melissa Jones
23. The Preacher’s Daughter – Cheryl St. John
24. The Dressmaker – Posie Graeme-Evans

First up is The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan.

 

So what about you - have you set any book challenges for 2013?

 

~ Kelly