So we’re past half way through the year and Goodreads tells me I’ve read 105 books out of my goal of 130. Actually Goodreads is getting pushy and asking me to increase my goal every time I log in but I think you can’t go around moving goalposts. I based my target on last year’s reading so next year I will do the same. As it is I will hit this year’s target in a couple of months and then I can retire from reading.

Only joking! If you are at all interested in what I’ve been reading, here’s the big list:

1. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 5/5
2. The Devil Inside by Jenna Black 3/5
3. A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K. Hamilton 3/5
4. I’m the Vampire, That’s Why by Michele Bardsley 3/5
5. Don’t Talk Back to Your Vampire by Michele Bardsley 3/5
6. Exit Strategy by Kelley Armstrong 4/5
7. Made to be Broken by Kelley Armstrong 3/5
8. The Killing Place by Tess Gerritsen 3/5
9. The Devil You Know by Jenna Black 3/5
10. The Devil’s Due by Jenna Black 3/5
11. Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde 5/5
12. Counterfeit Magic by Kelley Armstrong 4/5
13. The Snow Tourist by Charlie English 3/5
14. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 5/5
15. Grave Secret by Charlaine Harris 4/5
16. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult 4/5
17. Kitty Goes to War by Carrie Vaughn 3/5
18. Gone by Mo Hayder 4/5
19. Room by Emma Donaghue 5/5
20. The Warsaw Anagrams by Richard Zimler 3/5
21. Who’s That Girl by Alexandra Potter 3/5
22. Moon Called by Patricia Briggs 3/5
23. The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen 2/5
24. Claimed by Shadow by Karen Chance 4/5
25. The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo 4/5
26. Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult 3/5
27. Covet by J.R. Ward 2/5
28. Embrace the Night by Karen Chance 4/5
29. Curse the Dawn by Karen Chance 4/5
30. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer 4/5
31. Glory in Death by J.D. Robb 1/5
32. Second Glance by Jodi Picoult 4/5
33. Carved in Bone by Jefferson Bass 3/5
34. Speak of the Devil by Jenna Black 4/5
35. The Devil’s Playground by Jenna Black 2/5
36. Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs 4/5
37. Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs 4/5
38. Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs 4/5
39. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen 5/5
40. Brightest Star in the Sky by Marian Keyes 2/5
41. Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs 3/5
42. The Harlequin by Laurell K. Hamilton 2/5
43. Dark Matter by Michelle Paver 4/5
44. Apartment 16 by Adam Nevill 3/5
45. The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier 4/5
46. Take a Chance on Me by Jill Mansell 3/5
47. One Dog at a Time by Pen Farthing 3/5
48. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd 2/5
49. My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult 3/5
50. River Marked by Patricia Briggs 4/5
51. The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson 5/5
52. Midnight’s Daughter by Karen Chance 3/5
53. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde 4/5
54. Nemesis by Jo Nesbo 3/5
55. Night World volume 1 by L.J. Smith 2/5
56. The Help by Kathryn Stockett 4/5
57. Amore and Amaretti by Victoria Cosford 2/5
58. The Iron Witch by Karen Mahoney 3/5
59. Random by Craig Robertson 4/5
60. The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami 4/5
61. The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong 4/5
62. The Damned Busters by Matthew Hughes 3/5
63. Death’s Mistress by Karen Chance 3/5
64. Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk 3/5
65. Kraken by Wendy Williams 5/5
66. The Last Werewold by Glen Duncan 3/5
67. Unsavory Delicacies by Russell Brooks 2/5
68. Hotel Angeline: A Novel in 36 Voices 4/5
69. Binu and the Great Wall by Su Tong 4/5
70. House of Silence by Linda Gillard 3/5
71. Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman 3/5
72. Working It Out by Nicola May 3/5
73. Feed by Mira Grant 5/5
74. Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris 3/5
75. The Book of Crows by Sam Meekings 4/5
76. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand 4/5
77. Children of Paranoia by Trevor Shane 4/5
78. Delirium by Lauren Oliver 3/5
79. South of Salem by Janni Nell 4/5
80. Eutopia by David Nickle 4/5
81. I Left my Tent in San Francisco by Emma Kennedy 3/5
82. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 5/5
83. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins 4/5
84. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins 3/5
85. Frost Moon by Anthony Francis 1/5
86. When God Was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman 5/5
87. Mortal Remains by Kathy Reichs 2/5
88. The Radleys by Matt Haig 4/5
89. The Slaughteryard by Esteban Echeverria 4/5
90. The Unremarkable Heart by Karin Slaughter 3/5
91. The Final Evolution by Jeff Somers 2/5
92. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness 4/5
93. Undead and Unwelcome by MaryJanice Davidson 2/5
94. Dead Man’s Grip by Peter James 4/5
95. Submarine by Joe Dunthorne 3/5
96. Hunt the Moon by Karen Chance 4/5
97. American Weather by Charles McLeod 3/5
98. Ill Wind by Rachel Caine 4/5
99. Heat Stroke by Rachel Caine 4/5
100. Chill Factor by Rachel Caine 3/5
101. A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness 5/5
102. Bad Wolf by Time McGregor 3/5
103. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks 3/5
104. Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson 3/5
105. Breaking Away by Anna Gavalda 5/5

I’m going to be a bad blogger here and not provide links but you can easily find books 54 onwards by searching this blog via the Blogger bar at the top. Everything else you can find on Goodreads.

Are you on track with this year’s challenges?