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I like being able to see the progress I make so I'm starting a new thread even though I am largely going to be continuing on from last years challenge. I guess this isn't really a challenge but a priority list of books to read first!

To Read

1. Twelve Years a Slave
2. Imperfect Strangers
3. The Poisoned Pilgrim: A Hangman's Daughter Tale 4 (UK Edition)
4. The Dark
5. Winter of the World (Century Trilogy 2)
6. Ash
7. Night Over Water
8. No Country For Old Men
9. The Last Kingdom
10. The Pale Horseman

Keep working through old freebies, most of these books are ones I downloaded in 2011!

To Read

1. Sons and Lovers
2. The Mill on the Floss
3. Lady Audley's Secret
4. Jude the Obscure
5. Our Mutual Friend
6. Luke Banderloft and the McFarven Pirates (Luke Banderloft Series)
7. The Breadwinners
8. Lair of the White Worm
9. No Thoroughfare
10. The Uncommercial Traveller
11. Adam Bede
12. Daniel Deronda
13. The Return of the Native
14. Barchester Towers
15. The Warden
17. The Coral Island A Tale of the Pacific Ocean
18. A Journal of the Plague Year, written by a citizen who continued all the while in London
19. Shattered: A Daughter's Regret with Bonus Content (Secrets)
20. The Charmer (Dark Lands)
21. The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers
22. You've Gone Too Far This Time, Sir!
23. The Evil Genius
24. The Two Destinies
25. England under the Tudors
26. Paradise Lost by John Milton: Vook Classics
27. Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne: Vook Classics
28. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe: Vook Classics
29. Walking on Broken Glass
30. Conan: Red Nails
31. Conan: Queen of the Black Coast: Queen of the Black Coast
32. The Black God's War [A Stand-Alone Novel] (Splendor and Ruin, Book I)
33. Ghost of a Boy
34. Haunted (The Haunted LoveTrilogy)
35. Raising Abel
36. World War II London Blitz Diary, Volume 2, 1941 (A Woman's Revelations Enduring War and Marriage)
37. Rattling Bones (a collection of short stories)
38. Asylum (The Birch Harbor Series)
39. Precious Bones
40. The Man Who Would Be King
41. The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights
42. The Oregon Trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain life: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life
43. Origin Scroll (Targa Trilogy #1)
44. On Dark Shores: The Lady
45. Spalding's Scary Shorts (A collection of humorous horror tales)
46. Tyburn (The Highwaymen)
47. Nicholas Nickleby
48. Vanity Fair
49. William Walker's First Year of Marriage
50. The Swiss Family Robinson
51. Gray Justice

Wow - you have some heavyweight stuff in there! Best of luck with it :)

Good luck - as GL says, some heavyweight stuff there!!

If 'The Dark' on your first list is the James Herbert one, I've read two of them.

First list - Like I said before, Imperfect Strangers is great, although extremely creepy.
I started reading Ash (if it's the James Herbert one) the other day and gave up - possibly 'cos it said it would take me 8 hours to read.

Second list.
I enjoyed You've Gone Too Far This Time, Sir!
and binned Nicholas Nickleby
I gave "William Walker's First Year of Marriage" 3 stars

I did get through my 2011 books and have just half a dozen or so of 2012 to read or bin.

Joo wrote: "First list - Like I said before, Imperfect Strangers is great, although extremely creepy.
I started reading Ash (if it's the James Herbert one) the other day and gave up - possibly 'cos it said it ..."

I enjoyed Ash - have you read the first book?

I remember reading The Coral Island as a kid and even in those unreconstructed days it struck me as pretty racist though of course it was written in 1858.

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "I enjoyed Ash - have you read the first book? ..."
If it's Sleath, then I think so many many many years ago. I'm not sure I liked it so much as his Rats/Dark/Fog days.

The Dark is James Herbert and I haven't read the first bok, I though Ash was a stand alone.

A lot of them are heavy going ones as they are generally the free ones! I used to love "classics" though but I find I have far less time for them these days so don't enjoy them as much, shorter and straight to the point books suit me better.

Thanks for the opinions, I shall start with those ones (the recommended ones, at least)

Jud (Disney Diva) wrote: "The Dark is James Herbert and I haven't read the first bok, I though Ash was a stand alone.

A lot of them are heavy going ones as they are generally the free ones! I used to love "classics" thoug..."

Ash is a sequel but not sure how important it is to have read the first one

I think I may have downloaded one or two from your list - and decided not to read them after all.

One that I did read I ended up deleting from my Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ record because the author kept messing about with the book record and deleting the books.

Read two books, turns out one of them wasn't on the list. Oh well, at least I enjoyed it.

The last Kingdom was good though, I'll have to watch the TV series next

Jud (Disney Diva) wrote: "Read two books, turns out one of them wasn't on the list. Oh well, at least I enjoyed it.

The last Kingdom was good though, I'll have to watch the TV series next"

As long as you are reading and enjoying

I've started Ash, it is the 3rd in the series but is standalone as well. It's an investigative series so each one focusses on a different investigation. I'm not sure how I'll get on with it

Hope you enjoy it

I'm not really enjoying it, it seems to be a bit ridiculous at times and there is too much going on. think I'm going to give up and read something else.

Jud (Disney Diva) wrote: "I'm not really enjoying it, it seems to be a bit ridiculous at times and there is too much going on. think I'm going to give up and read something else."

That's a shame, but you have precious little time to waste it on a book you aren't enjoying

I finally read Imperfect Strangers (bought it 3 years ago) and that is now me up to date with all the paid for books since 2014. I have £5 worth of unread books in bought in 2013 and £1.91 in 2012 still to go, at some point.

Might try a few old freebies next to clear them out, but first, sleep.

That's great Jud

Jud (Disney Diva) wrote: "I finally read Imperfect Strangers (bought it 3 years ago) and that is now me up to date with all the paid for books since 2014. I have £5 worth of unread books in bought in 2013 and £1.91 in 2012 ..."

Fantastic progress Jud. Wish I could get to that position!

it has taken me several years Pam!!

There's hope for me yet then ;-)