A Century of Books: How Am I Doing? February Report

In January, I foolishly decided to join Simon Thomas’s Century of Book Challenge, even though I knew that reading 100 books, one for each year in a century, from 1925-2024, would be tough because last year I only read 169. So, how am I doing?

I decided that the method I chose last month to keep track was meaningless to anyone but me, so it makes more sense if I list the years for which I don’t yet have entries. If you want to see the details, see my Century of Books page.

• 1925-1934: entries needed for 1926-31
• 1935-1944: entries needed for all years except 1941 and 1943
• 1945-1954: entries needed for all years except 1947
• 1955-1964: entries needed for all years except 1958 and 1959
• 1965-1974: entries needed for all years except 1965, 1972, and 1974
• 1975-1984: entries needed for all years except 1976
• 1985-1994: entries needed for all years
• 1995–2004: entries needed for all years
• 2005-2014: entries needed for all years except 2009, 2010, and 2012
• 2015-2024: entries needed for 2015 and 2024

Read in February (up to today):

• Fear Stalks the Village by Ethel Lina White from 1932
• The Warrielaw Jewel by Winifred Peck from 1933
• Wonder Cruise by Ursula Bloom from 1934
• Tom Tiddler’s Ground by Ursula Orange from 1941
• Weatherley Parade by Richmal Crompton from 1943
• Skeletons in the Closet by Jean-Patrick Manchette from 1976
• Murder at the Residence by Stella Blómkvist from 2012
• Mrs, March by Virginia Feito from 2021
• Chenneville by Paulette Jiles, The Bookbinder by Pip Williams, and Somebody’s Fool by Richard Russo from 2023