I read far too much..

Need to add some more books to the read-list. I read far too much. I was kept awake by my bloody flatmates yet AGAIN last night so I read instead of sleeping. Although it did mean that I missed my lecture because I was so tired I fell asleep about 10am. :o

So new books:
23. Wyrd Sisters - Terry Pratchett
24. Witches Abroad - Terry Pratchett

Currently reading: Lords and Ladies - Terry Pratchett

365 days... 200 books.

So my main goal for 2011, apart from losing weight, is to read 200 different books. Not necessarily 200 new books that I haven't read before. I LOVE re-reading books but for this list I can only count one reading of all the books I like to read a lot. For example, I read the Harry Potter series about 9 or 10 times a year, and have actually already read it twice since the 1st but I can only count them once.

Considering that it's already 25 days into 2011, I have already read some books. I have read:
1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
7. Harry Potter and the Deathy Hallows.
8. Beyond the Deepwoods - Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell
9. Stormchaser - Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell
10. Midnight Over Sanctaphrax - Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell
11. Empire of Silver - Conn Iggulden
12. Ptolemy's Gate - Jonathan Stroud
13. Oath Breaker - Michelle Paver
14. Ghost Hunter - Michelle Paver
15. Heaven's Net is Wide - Lian Hearn
16. The Harsh Cry of the Heron - Lian Hearn
17. Dead to the World - Charlaine Harris
18. Dead as a Doornail - Charlaine Harris
19. All Together Dead - Charlaine Harris
20. Definitely Dead - Charlaine Harris
21. All Together Dead - Charlaine Harris
22. From Dead to Worse - Charlaine Harris

So that's so far (not in order of how I read them BTW). Yeah I know, most of them are children's books but I like reading books that I enjoy and can read in about an hour. I must reiterate that the True Blood books (the ones by Charlaine Harris ) were read when I was very ill and I couldn't concentrate on much else. (Harry Potter got read twice when I was ill as well. :p )

There are some books that I definitely want to read this year.  Going to list them now. The ones with a * by them are books that I haven't read/have attempted before but didn't finish.

- Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë
- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Anne Brontë *
- Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë
- Villette - Charlotte Brontë *
- Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
- Sense and Sensibility -  Jane Austen
- Emma - Jane Austen *
- Persuasion - Jane Austen
- Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen *
- Mansfield Park - Jane Austen *
- Lady Susan - Jane Austen *
- The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R Tolkien
- The Hobbit - J.R.R Tolkien
- The Silmarillion - J.R.R Tolkien *
- Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics - J.R.R Tolkien *
- Unfinished Tales - J.R.R Tolkien *
- The Children of Húrin - J.R.R Tolkien *
- The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún - J.R.R Tolkien *
- The Book of Lost Tales (Parts 1 and 2) - J.R.R Tolkien *
- The Lays of Beleriand - J.R.R Tolkien *
- The Peoples of Middle-earth - J.R.R Tolkien *
- Boudica: Dreaming the Eagle - M. C. Scott
- Boudica: Dreaming the Bull - M. C. Scott
- Boudica: Dreaming the Hound - M. C. Scott
- Boudica: Dreaming the Serpent Spear - M. C. Scott
- Rome: The Emperor's Spy - M. C. Scott
- Rome: The Coming of the King - M. C. Scott * (Will be released 12th May :D)
- Night Mares - M. C. Scott *
- No Good Dead - M. C. Scott *
- Hen's Teeth - M. C. Scott *
- Stronger than Death - M. C. Scott *
- The Iliad - Homer *
- The Odyssey - Homer
- The Winter King - Bernard Cornwell
- Enemy of God - Bernard Cornwell
- Excalibur - Bernard Cornwell
- Wolf of the Plains - Conn Iggulden
- Lords of the Bow - Conn Iggulden
- Bones of the Hills - Conn Iggulden
- The Gates of Rome - Conn Iggulden
- The Death of Kings - Conn Iggulden
- The Field of Swords- Conn Iggulden *
- The Gods of War - Conn Iggulden *

And whatever Disworld books I can get my hands on. (I currently have 9, all of which I will be reading again sometime this year :p )
I also have to fit in reading for my degree and doing essays and all that fun stuff as well. (I'm not counting uni books in the 200 BTW.)

Anyhoo, I'm off :D

Currently Reading: Wyrd Sisters - Terry Pratchett

Dorthach vi mar han?

Ho hum.. I have finally given into the craze and created a blog. Pity me. Please do.

Anyhoo, this is mainly a place for me to record all my insane ramblings (AKA bitching about the world) and also my goal of reading 200 books in 2011. I should probably explain that I mean 200 different books. I know I easily read over 200 books a year but I'm an avid re-reader of books so I probably only actually read about 80 or 90 books in a year but I read them usually at least twice.

As for the name of the blog; dorthach vi mar han? means are you part of this world? The language is Sindarian which is one of Tolkien's Elvish languages. Oh yeah, I am completely bonkers about Tolkien BUT with being dyslexic and dyspraxic I find his writing style really hard to read. This means that despite 5 years of trying I have yet to completely read The Silmarillion. That is going to change this year. I am going to read it. I AM! In the list of 200 books I'm going to try to read at least 9 of my Tolkien books. I'm going to state this here: The Lord of the Rings is one book. ONE! It is NOT a trilogy. If you want to know why read the wikipedia page. :P

Anyhoo, that is all for now. *crawls back into Hobbit hole*