I’m done! I finished the last book on April 27th!
In January 2024, 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 was trying to finish by the end of December, but I clearly didn’t make it.
There are no longer any holes in my project. If you want to see the details, see my Century of Books page.
- 1925-1934: complete!
- 1935-1944: complete!
- 1945-1954: complete!
- 1955-1964: complete!
- 1965-1974: complete!
- 1975-1984: complete!
- 1985-1994: complete!
- 1995–2004: complete!
- 2005-2014: complete!
- 2015-2024: complete!
Between March 28 and April 27, I read the following books. The ones for this project are listed in bold:
- Lady Living Alone by Norah Lofts for 1945
- Lies and Sorcery by Elsa Morante for 1948
- Lanark by Alasdair Gray for 1981
- Luckier Than Most by David Tomlinson for 1990
- A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson for 2003
- Walk the Blue Fields by Claire Keegan for 2007
- Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke for 2017
- Treacle Walker by Alan Garner for 2021
- Clear by Carys Davies for 2024
- Murder at Gulls Nest by Jess Kidd for 2025
Yes, beginning in April, I only had three more books to go, and they nearly killed me! Reviews to come.
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Congratulations! I think it would take me years to do this, so I’m impressed that you did it so quickly.
Gosh, it seemed to take forever at the end!
Congratulations! Haha, the last few books of any challenge are always the hardest. You can see the light at the end of the tunnel but somehow it never gets any nearer! So… are you going to do it again? 😉
It was especially challenging, because the last four or five books were all at least 600 pages long! I don’t know if I’ll do it again, but I won’t be doing it anytime soon! 😉
Wow, this is amazing!! Congratulations! Will you be doing a blog post offering some general reflections/insights into what undertaking this project was like for you overall, and how, if anything, it has impacted you as a reader? I’d love to read that!
Oh, gosh, I never thought of that! Maybe that’s a good idea! Thanks!
Yay! I look forward to seeing your post about it!
Maybe on Wednesday next week.
Wow! many congratulations that was a huge undertaking!!
Thanks!
Woo-Hoo! Brava! 🧨🍾👍🏻🎉🥂
Thanks!
Wow! Congratulations!
Thanks!