BoekenTrol71's 75-Challenge for 2015

I have a lot of books that want to be read. Some even wiggle on their shelves to be picked next.

Sooo... I try to read 75 books this year:

of which 75 are ROOTs
of which 30 are BC-MTBR (reduce MTBR-group for BookCrossers)
of which 26 count for the author's Alphabet Challenge
of which 12 are 1001-library books or listed on the 1001-lists
of which 5 or more are over 500 pages
of which 1 is in German, 1 in Swedish, 1 in Russian and 1 in Afrikaans

with a total of 20,000 pages

Book Ticker:



Pages Ticker:

Good luck in your challenge. Have a wonderful 2015!

>2 SqueakyChu: Thank you :-) I think I'll need it!

Welcome back!

Happy Reading, Grada!

>4 drneutron:, >5 scaifea: Thank you!

Challenges:
75 books - 75 out of 75 Finished!
75 ROOT - 19 out of 75
30 BC MTBR - 43 out of 30 Finished!
26 author Alphabet - 17 out of 26
26 titles Alphabet - 23 out of 26
12 1001-listed 14 out of 12 Finished!
5 doorstoppers 14 out of 5 Finished!
1 German 2 out of 1 Finished!
1 Russian 0 out of 1
1 Swedish 0 out of 1
1 Afrikaans 0 out of 1

Books read:

25. Miss Pettigrew lives for a day by Winifred Watson, 234 pages
24. Seven Samurai by Helen DeWitt, 482 pages
23. From Bed to Bed by Gaius Valerius Catullus, 64 pages
22. Sjoch dizze Stêd by Dolph Kessler, 127 pages
21. Souls Belated by Edith Wharton, 57 pages
20. What I loved by Siri Hustvedt, 370 pages
19. De goden van Gotham by Lyndsay Faye, 431 pages
18. Oorlog in kieltje by Axel Bouts, 42 pages
17. Blood Line by John J. Davis, 253 pages
16. Het Marco-effect by Jussi Adler-Olsen, 456 pages
15. Brandend ijs by Jeffery Deaver, 510 pages
14. Gevangen by Stephen King, 973 pages
13. Boeman by Unni Lindell, 414 pages
12. Zeemeermin by Camilla Läckberg, 414 pages
11. Sonny Boy by Annejet van der Zijl, 237 pages
10. Ritueel by Mo Hayder, 400 pages
9. In de ban van bedrog by Elizabeth George, 570 pages
8. Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym, 176 pages
7. Onschuldig by David Baldacci, 365 pages
6. The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood, 426 pages
5. Incendio by Tess Gerritsen, 95 pages
4. The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra, 195 pages
3. Mr Vertigo by Paul Auster, 278 pages
2. Uitwedstrijd by Alexandra Marinina, 253 pages
1. Het stille huis by Ruth Rendell, 285 pages

Books read part II

50. De donutman by Jess Walter, 280 pages
49. Eilandgasten by Vonne van der Meer, 205 pages
48. Bruggenbouwers: drie broers, twee oorlogen, één eeuw by Jan Guillou, 520 pages
47. V Buitenaardse terreur op aarde by A.C. Crispin, 285 pages
46. Het laatste anker 300 gedichten over dood en wat troost uit de hele wereld by Koen Stassijns, 397 pages
45. The Front by Patricia Cornwell, 304 pages
44. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick, 244 pages
43. The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason, 357 pages
42. Ik ben niet bang by Niccolò Ammaniti, 206 pages
41. White Ghost Girls by Alice Greenway, 168 pages
40. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson, 238 pages
39. Devil in the Flesh by Raymond Radiguet, 157 pages
38. Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear, 311 pages
37. Memories from my Early Life in Germany 1926-1946 by Ralph Neumann, 46 pages
36. Das kurze Leben der Sophie Scholl by Hermann Vinke, 220 pages
35. Deadline in Athens by Petros Markaris, 295 pages
34. We are Best Friends by Chiara Doran
33. China per trein by Paul Theroux, 496 pages
32. Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts by Joseph von Eichendorff, 112 pages
31. Het kleine huis van de springende vissen by Chiew-Siah Tei, 302 pages
30. Little Women by Louisa M. Alcott, 247 pages
29. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel, 222 pages
28. Good Bones by Margaret Atwood, 153 pages
27. The Storyteller's Tale by Omair Ahmad, 122 pages
26. Een dode hand by Paul Theroux, 318 pages

Books read part III

75. The Shipping News by Annie Proulx, 368 pages
74. De vrouw op de foto by Leif Davidsen, 411 pages
73. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan, 166 pages
72. Buzz Cut by James Hall, 374 pages
71. Tsomo's karma by Kunzang Choden, 379 pages
70. Trunk Music by Michael Conelly, 486 pages
69. Het Trevayne verraad by Robert Ludlum, 381 pages
68. Grijs gebied by MArion Pauw, 95 pages
67. Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton, 150 pages
66. The Friends by Rosa Guy, 185 pages
65. The Bathhouse by Farnoosh Moshiri, 137 pages
64. De Hades Factor by Robert Ludlum, 364 pages
63. Gaudí in Manhattan by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, 22 pages
62. De kathedraal van de zee by Ildefonso Falcones, 656 pages
61. Iedereen is eigenaar van iets by Youp van 't Hek, 158 pages
60. Het spel der tronen by George R.R. Martin, 767 pages
59. Willard and his Bowling Trophies by Richard Brautigan, 123 pages
58. Introducing Stephen Hawking by J.P. McEvoy, 174 pages
57. Ongezien by Karin Slaughter, 57 pages
56. The Excursion Train by Edward Marston, 318 pages
55. King Rat by James Clavell, 357 pages
54. Fokke & Sukke gaan voor rendement by Reid, 95 pages
53. Cassatie by Scott Turow, 413 pages
52. The Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri, 198 pages
51. People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks, 372 pages

Books read part IV

100. Dandy uit het noorden by Jan Guillou, 288 pages
99. Ik ben de nacht by Ethan Cross, 438 pages
98. Fandorin by Boris Akunin, 219 pages
97. Botten by Jan Burke, 416 pages
96. De gifkokkin by Arto Paaslina, 191 pages
95. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys, 168 pages
94. The History of Love by Nicole Krauss, 252 pages
93. Brief van een hondenmepper by Leon de Winter, 62 pages
92. Faithless by Karin Slaughter, 552 pages
91. Gestolen by Charles den Tex, 62 pages
90. The murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie, 368 pages
89. De grens by Riika Pulkkinen, 317 pages
88. Het Parsifal mozaïek by Robert Ludlum, 683 pages
87. Olga by Andreï Makine, 218 pages
86. Junky by William S. Burroughs, 158 pages
85. Zwarte zondag by Thomas Harris, 286 pages
84. The Skull Mantra by Eliot Pattison, 428 pages
83. Charlie Wallace by Stan van Elderen, 176 pages
82. De tweeling by Tessa de Loo, 428 pages
81. Viproom by Jens Lapidus, 448 pages
80. De witte handschoenen by Kim Småge, 221 pages
79. De worsteling by Jan Kouwenhoven, 369 pages
78. Spoor by Deon Meyer, 517 pages
77. Ali and Nino by Kurban Said, 237 pages
76. Veronika besluit te sterven by Paulo Coelho, 191 pages

Hey, I just noticed you blew past 75. Congrats!

>12 drneutron: Thanks!!

Books read part V

114. There but for the by Ali Smith, 357 pages
113. The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham, 220 pages
112. De beeldhouwster by Minette Walters, 306 pages
111. Silent Nights: Christmas Mysteries by Martin Edwards, 287 pages
110. Missie in Moskou by Gérard de Villiers, 188 pages
109. The Frog Who Loved Mathematics by Faiz Kermani, 15 pages
108. Mog's Christmas Calamity by Judith Kerr, 22 pages
107. Operatie Torpedo by Desmond Bagley, 240 pages
106. De naam van de wind by Patrick Rothfuss, 717 pages
105. Running the books The adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian by Avi Steinberg, 399 pages
104. Memory of Water by Emmi Itäranta, 266 pages
103. Wolf Totem by Jiang Rong, 526 pages
102. De kop in het zand by Jan Guillou, 294 pages
101. Tussen rood en zwart by Jan Guillou, 313 pages

Congratulations on reaching 75, Grada!

I've barely made it past 50 so far this year.
*sigh*

Wow! You're likely working on 106 or 7, and I'm still closing in on 75. GOOD for you!

>15 SqueakyChu: >16 LizzieD: Unfortunately the personal circumstances have made the need to read very urgent and being away from work because of them permitted me the time to read.

But thanks for the congrats :-)

Otherwise I don't think I would have reached, or got over 75. Too many other things to do...

I am still puzzled by the difference between the list that shows under 'read in 2015' (Your books section) and my list in this thread.
The difference is no less than 16 books....

No matter what the number is, 130 or 114, I'm still happy with the result over 2015 :-)