Weekly Blog No 89 – My Reading Challenge

In the last twelve months, I’ve attempted a challenge to read as many books in a year. My goal was 24 books and to experiment with some different authors. I have about a month to go and about 3 more books left to read.
Here is my list to date:

1. East End Jubilee – Carol Rivers
2. Pam Weaver – For Better or Worse
3. The Kelly Sisters – Maureen Lee
4. A Summer Promise – Katie Flynn
5. The New Arrival – Sarah Beeston MBE
6. War Baby – Lizzie Lane
7. Without Trace – Lesley Pearce
8. The Ophran’s – Dilly Court
9. Sins of the Mother – Irene Kelly
10. Too Close to Home – Susan Lewis
11. The Buffer Girls – Margaret Dickinson
12. Me Me Me – Charlotte Crosby
13. Ragged Rose – Dilly Count
14. Lights Out Liverpool – Maureen Lee
15. Love Me Tender – Anne Bennet
16. The Swan Maid – Dilly Court
17. The Girl With No Name _ Diney Costeloe
18. A Family Scandal – Kitty Neale
19. Our Country Nurse – Sarah Beeston  MBE & Amy Beeston
20. Finding Tipperary Mary – Phyliss Whitsell
21. Polly’s Angel – Katie Flynn (Still reading)

I did read on social media the other day that a woman had read 70 books so far in 2016. Kudos to her, however 70 books is an incredible amount of reading. I have experimented with some new authors in the last 12 months, however my genre doesn’t seem to have changed. I have read a few biographies as you will see from my list above. It’s always a learning experience when reading about someone else’s life.

The books, I tend to read always have a historical and cultural element, which I find very intriguing. It certainly makes you appreciate the life you have today. I feel the only way I could beat 24 books a year, is if I stop watching television. I really don’t think that is going to happen. I shall attempt another reading challenge once this one is complete.

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