Thorin Oakenshield: …
And what brought you back?
Gandalf: Looking behind.
And here we are. The last Thursday of the year. Oh my fucking god.
Anyways, I feel like it is necessary to make a sort of index of my challenge, so we can easily overview what I have read so far.
I can’t believe this challenge is actually over. I can’t believe I actually succeeded.
So yes, this is all a bit big to me, I suppose.
Here’s a summarisation of all the books I’ve read so far:
Gandalf: Looking behind.
And here we are. The last Thursday of the year. Oh my fucking god.
Anyways, I feel like it is necessary to make a sort of index of my challenge, so we can easily overview what I have read so far.
I can’t believe this challenge is actually over. I can’t believe I actually succeeded.
So yes, this is all a bit big to me, I suppose.
Here’s a summarisation of all the books I’ve read so far:
|
Title
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genre
|
score
|
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Of Mice and Men
|
Novella
|
10/10
|
|
The Sum of Our Parts
|
WIP
|
7/10
|
|
The Old Man and the Sea
|
Novella/Children’s book
|
5/10
|
|
The Light Fantastic
|
Fantasy (satire)
|
6/10
|
|
A History of the World in 10 ½ Chapters
|
Fiction
|
8/10
|
|
Othello
|
Play
|
10/10
|
|
Henry IV
|
Play
|
7/10
|
|
Hamlet
|
Play
|
10/10
|
|
This is How You Lose Her
|
Short Stories
|
8/10
|
|
Absurdistan
|
Non-Fiction
|
6/10
|
|
Book of Clouds
|
Literary Fiction
|
7/10
|
|
The Fellowship of the Ring
|
Fantasy
|
10/10
|
|
Midsummer Night’s Dream
|
Play
|
10/10
|
|
Sherlock Holmes
|
Detective
|
10/10
|
|
The Terrible Thing that Happened to Barnaby Brocket
|
Children’s book
|
10/10
|
|
The House of Wittgenstein
|
Non-fiction
|
6/10
|
|
Comedy of Errors
|
Play
|
10/10
|
|
Divergent
|
Young Adult Novel
|
3/10
|
|
City of Dreaming Books
|
Fantasy
|
10/10
|
|
Blue Remembered Earth
|
Science Fiction
|
4/10
|
|
Rumo
|
Fantasy
|
10/10
|
|
The Secret Garden
|
Children’s Novel
|
10/10
|
|
Whales on Stilts!
|
Science Fiction (satire)
|
6/10
|
|
Sherlock Holmes (2)
|
Detective
|
10/10
|
|
Maus
|
Graphic Novel
|
8/10
|
|
From Blossoms
|
Poetry
|
7/10
|
|
Cloud Atlas
|
Science Fiction/Fantasy
|
8/10
|
|
Letters from Father Christmas
|
Letters
|
9/10
|
|
The Two Towers
|
Fantasy
|
10/10
|
|
Lies of Locke Lamora
|
Fantasy
|
10/10
|
|
Equal Rites
|
Fantasy (satire)
|
6/10
|
|
The Shadow of the Wind
|
Mystery
|
8/10
|
|
Fragile Things
|
Short Stories
|
10/10
|
|
The Great Gatsby
|
Novel
|
8/10
|
|
Doctor Who- The Hidden Monsters
|
Adventure/ Science Fiction
|
2/10
|
|
Bilbo’s Last Song
|
Poem
|
10/10
|
|
Under the Skin
|
Science Fiction
|
9/10
|
|
Stardust
|
Fantasy/Fairytale
|
10/10
|
|
The Gospel of Loki
|
Myth/ Fantasy
|
10/10
|
|
73 Poems
|
Poetry
|
9/10
|
|
Peter Nimble and his Fantastic Eyes
|
Fantasy/ Children’s book
|
7/10
|
|
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
|
Novella
|
8/10
|
|
Return of the King
|
Fantasy
|
10/10
|
|
Ask the Dust
|
Roman à Clef
|
7/10
|
|
Poison Study
|
Fantasy
|
5/10
|
|
Feuerherz
|
Non-Fiction
|
5/10
|
|
Citizen Vince
|
Thriller
|
6/10
|
|
Atlantic Shift
|
Romance
|
3/10
|
|
Horns
|
Horror
|
9/10
|
|
The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year
|
Comedy
|
8/10
|
|
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
|
Psychology
|
9/10
|
|
The Slow Regard of Silent Things
|
Fantasy
|
9/10
|
So what happens next?
Well, I sure as hell am not going to continue doing this. For one, I am really hungry for some big books. There’s a The Complete Sherlock Holmes Stories sweetly murmuring my name every time I pass my bookcase. And I would like to be able to reminisce again after I finished a book instead of starting a new one immediately.
On the other hand, this blog is my baby. I’m not going to delete it, or abandon it. Neither will I stop writing. You will probably find me on Blogger again next year, with something new, something that’s still all about books- just not a challenge. More of a leisure-type-thing.
Until next time- whenever that will be
Iris
