50 Book Challenge 2011

So there's this thing called the 50 Book Challenge in which people try their damnedest to read 50 books in one year. On the surface, it sounds like an extremely achievable challenge, even if you're a slow reader like me, just so long as you choose your books wisely and aim to spend no longer than roughly 7ish days on each. For the record, I am an incredibly slow reader (hence why I have a volcano of unread books and a new years resolution to not buy any more this year... starting from today... as I miiiight have bought one yesterday.... but that doesn't count.... cough)

ANYWAY.

I think it was through Falletron that I first heard of such a thing but only decided to "give it a go" last year. And by the by, when I say "give it a go", I knew I had no chance so in a way, I kinda gave up before I'd even started! On top of being a slow reader, I don't actually spend that much time reading unless perhaps I'm on a bus or the book is particularly gripping.

This video is actually a mashup of eight videos that I intended to make last year, i.e. a review video for each of the books that I read, but ended up being too lazy to make at the time.

The Book List 2011

#1 - 8

1. Shakespeare by Bill Bryson ****/*
2. The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards ****/*
3. Witch and Wizard by James Patterson with Gabrielle Charbonnet */****
4. In Sarah's Shadow by Karen McCombie ***/**
5. Secret Window, Secret Garden [Four Past Midnight by Stephen King] ****/*
6. The Library Policeman [Four Past Midnight by Stephen King] **/***
7. The Sun Dog [Four Past Midnight by Stephen King] ***/**
8. The Langoliers [Four Past Midnight by Stephen King] ***/**

The next video will be along the same lines and be a mashup of the remaining six books that I read last year. Like I say at the end of the video, I promise to read more this year!