2. On the art of reading - Sir Arther Quiller-Couch
3. The melancoly death of Oyster boy - Tim Burton
4. Booky Wook 2 Russel Brand

Well, i don't know much about contemporary or popular authors, but i heartily recommend you some of the works of Chuck Palahniuk . For some reason, imagining Soulless reading a Palahniuk novel is funny in a way, i can't avoid thinking she will be/say a bit "WTF" when reading some of the things in there .

And on topic, thanks, but i'll pass the challenge, don't think i can take it .

So how's this going?
So far this year I've read:
1Q84
FDR’s Folly
A Briefer History of Time
His Last Bow

I lost count

my rat ate the peice of paper i was writing them on.

i think it's 30ish but i dont remember

damn rat

That's what computers are for. I've got records going back to 2003(neurotic nerd ).

yeah i should do that, but i can write faster than i can type so i tend to keep stuff in note books instead.

And im too lazy to learn to type faster.

i have irevocaly lost count now

I read 0 so far.

i read 7/10 so far divided between three books (Stranger than Fiction, Don Quijote and The Phantom of the Opera).

I should read more .

If manga counted, I'd be halfway there already!

I'm pretty sure I could manage this if I was in history grad school instead of studying law--in history, you read actual books, whereas in law, you just read court reports and then fall asleep on top of them because some judge really enjoys hearing him/herself talk. I think in terms of actual books I've read...uh...twenty or so this year? I read sort of trashy books though, you guys read some heavy hitting stuff. I'm pretty sure ten of the twenty books I've read this year have been by Stephen King.

At least I haven't resorted to the cheap slash romance novels...yet.

my gf prides herself in being a very fast reader, she can easily read a harry potter and philosophers stone sized book in less than a day. This was our conversation when I told her about this thread:

me: theres this thread, 200 books a year challenge.
her: oh yeh?
me: you reckon you could do it?
her: what, read 200 books in a year?
me: yeh
her: how many days are in a year?

Up to seven. I'm gonna count Gilgamesh even though it was really short.

1Q84
FDR’s Folly
A Briefer History of Time
His Last Bow
Catching Fire
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Gilgamesh

based on the number of books my uni libray says ive taken out (minus the ones only used for reference) and counting the books of my own i remememer having read. it's about 70 books i've read so far. but my lack of actual records means i will have no way of knowing if i complete my chalenge or not. Damm my lack of oranizational skills. Oh well

Is that books of at least a couple hundred pages cover to cover?

I'm up to 13.

I can't imagine I could read that many , but I sort of accept. I've already read a lot this year, just since January.

So far this year I've read (not in order):

Mercy Thompson series:
1 Moon Called
2 Blood Bound
3 Iron Kissed
4 Bone Crossed
5 Silver Borne
6 River Marked

Kim Harrison:
7 The Perfect Blood

Jeaniene Frost
8 Halfway to the Grave
9 One Foot in the Grave

Jeanne Duprau
10 The People of Sparks
11 The Prophet of Yonwood
12 The Diamond of Darkhold

Amanda Stevens
13 The Restorer
14 The Abandoned

Kate Genet
15 Sweet Charlotte
16 Silent Light

Laurell K Hamilton
17 Blood Noir
18 Skin Trade
19 Flirt
20 Bullet

Stephen Chbosky
21 The Perks of being a Wallflower

Me too, last week. Inspiring but outdated.

Currently reading:

• Sherlock Holmes: His Last Bow - Arthur Conan Doyle

I guess 25 books sounds like a realistic challenge for me, considering how little time I have to read (despite being a recluse and all) and how thick my books tend to be. 9 so far, 16 to go.

I am interested.