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So I reached my goal of reading 50 books on the 23rd. :D Even though college started this week I somehow managed to read 4 books inbetween classes and on the bus. Woo-hoo! I don't expect to keep doing that as the year progresses, but I do want to read at least one a week.

Anyway, here's the complete list of the first 50 books, plus totals:

Notes
* = ebook (page numbers taken from the ebook, not a deadtree version)
♥ = a favorite

01. The Girl with the Silver Eyes - Willo Davis Roberts (1 Jan.) [198 pages]
02. Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade - Barthe DeClements (1 Jan.) [137 pages]
03. Tangerine - Edward Bloor (6 Jan.) [294 pages] ♥
04. The A.I. Gang: Operation SHERLOCK - Bruce Coville (7 Jan.) [211 pages]
05. Chasing Vermeer - Blue Balliett (17 Jan.) [254 pages] ♥
06. The Case of the Haunted Health Club - Carol Farley (20 Jan.) [101 pages]
07. Spying on Miss Muller - Eve Bunting (20 Jan.) [152 pages]
08. The Codebreaker Kids - Gearge Edward Stanley (21 Jan.) [104 pages]
09. The Woman in the Wall - Patrice Kindl (28 Mar.) [185 pages]
10. The Princess Bride - William Goldman (6 May) [332 pages] * ♥
11. Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card (7 May) [434 pages] * ♥
12. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett (8 May) [330 pages] * ♥
13. A Pound of Paper - John Baxter (14 June) [417 pages]
14. Bloomability - Sharon Creech (16 June) [273 pages]
15. The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster (16 June) [256 pages] {I STARTED reading this sometime in January and only finished it in June. Heh.}
16. The Club Dumas - Arturo Perez-Reverte (18 June) [362 pages] ♥
17. Ella Minnow Pea - Mark Dunn (18 June) [208 pages]
18. Sam and the Moon Queen - Alison Cragin Herzig and Jane Lawrence Mail (18 June) [168 pages]
19. I Am Dracula - C. Dean Anderson (19 June) [350 pages]
20. Capture the Prince, Vol. 1 - Fuji Mitori (20 June) [199 pages] {Scanlated by Hochuuami} *
21. Asayake no Diamond Life, Vol. 1 - Nishimura Shuuko (20 June) [186 pages] {Scanlated by Hochuuami} *
22. Apron de Choushoku wo, Vol. 01 - Hiiro Reiichi (20 June) [173 pages] {Scanlated by Hochuuami} *
23. The Secret Life of Dilly McBean - Dorothy Haas (20 June) [202 pages]
24. Fujimi Orchestra - Akitsuki Koo and Gotoh Sei (20 June) [196 pages] {Scanlated by Hochuuami and mochi*mochi} *
25. Last Target - Mamahara Ellie (21 June) [179 pages] {Scanlated by Hochuuami} *
26. The Indian in the Cupboard - Lynne Reid Banks (21 June) [181 pages] ♥
27. The Return of the Indian - Lynne Reid Banks (21 June) [189 pages]
28. The Secret of the Indian - Lynne Reid Banks (21 June) [147 pages]
29. The Mystery of the Cupboard - Lynne Reid Banks (22 June) [246 pages] ♥
30. Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes - Neil Gaiman & Various (22 June) [217 pages] *
31. Sandman Vol. 2: The Doll's House - Neil Gaiman & Various (23 June) [213 pages] *
33. The Castle in the Attic - Elizabeth Winthrop (5 July) [179 pages]
34. The Twits - Roald Dahl (17 July) [34 pages] *
35. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom - Cory Doctorow (17 July) [199 pages] *
36. The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring - John Bellairs (27 July) [188 pages]
37. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl (28 July) [162 pages]
38. The Ear, the Eye and the Arm - Nancy Farmer (1 August) [311 pages] ♥
39. Stepping on the Cracks - Mary Downing Hahn (2 August) [216 pages]
40. The Witches - Roald Dahl (3 August) [208 pages]
41. The Tao of Pooh - Benjamin Hoff (4 August) [158 pages]
42. Ballet Shoes - Noel Streatfeild (7 August) [281 pages] ♥
43. Keeping the Moon - Sarah Dessen (8 August) [228 pages]
44. Lonely Planet Unpacked - Tony Wheeler & various other authors (10 August) [251 pages]
45. Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris (12 August) [272 pages] ♥
46. The Fantastic Flying Journey - Gerald Durrell (14 August) [140 pages]
47. Naked - David Sedaris (16 August) [291 pages]
48. Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer (21 August) [audiobook; read by Nathaniel Parker] ♥
49. The War Between the Pitiful Teachers and the Splendid Kids - Stanley Kiesel (21 August) [207 pages] ♥
50. The Club Dumas - Arturo Perez-Reverte (23 August) [362 pages] ♥

Start: 1 January 2006
Finish: 23 August 2006
Total Time: 235 days
Total Books: 50/50
Rereads: 26/50
Total Pages: 10,982

My new goal is to read 75 books by the year's end. Also, I want to write more about each book I read-- maybe not reviews, but a little info of how I got it and how long it took me to read, etc.

New Notes:
S: Started reading
F: Finished reading
(c: year): year the book was copywritten

51. The New Adventures of the Mad Scientists' Club - Bertrand R. Brinley (c. 1968) [217 pages] S: 24 Aug. F: 24 Aug. Bought this at the library book sale.

Total Books: 51/75
Total Pages: 11,199

#46-47; currently reading/listening

46. The Fantastic Flying Journey - Gerald Durrell (14 August) [140 pages]
47. Naked - David Sedaris (16 August) [291 pages]

Total Books: 47/50
Total Pages: 10, 413

Currently reading a few books: Vagabond Voyaging, The Professor and the Madman, and The War Between the Pitiful Teachers and the Splendid Kids. College starts on Monday but I'll probably finish TWBTPT&TSK by then.

I've got to spend around two hours on a bus every day (one hour to and one hour from) so I've been searching around for audiobooks to listen to! :D I've gotten a bit ahead of myself, though, because I started to listening to Artemis Fowl already. I've read it before, but I've been meaning to read it again in preparation for the newest book coming in September, and the reader (Nathaniel Parker) does EXCELLENT voices.

#40-45; library book sale buys

40. The Witches - Roald Dahl (3 August) [208 pages]
41. The Tao of Pooh - Benjamin Hoff (4 August) [158 pages]
42. Ballet Shoes - Noel Streatfeild (7 August) [281 pages] ♥
43. Keeping the Moon - Sarah Dessen (8 August) [228 pages]
44. Lonely Planet Unpacked - Tony Wheeler & various other authors (10 August) [251 pages]
45. Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris (12 August) [272 pages] ♥

Total Books: 45/50
Total Pages: 9,982

Also I went to the library today for their monthly book sale. My buys:

The Battle for the Castle - Elizabeth Winthrop ($0.25)
The Body in the Library - Agatha Christie ($0.25)
Everyday French N. Scarlyn Wilson, M.A. ($0.50)
The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint Exupery ($0.25)
The New Adventures of the Mad Scientists' Club - Bertrand R. Brinley ($0.25)
One for the Road - Tony Horwitz ($0.75)
The Sophisticated Traveler: Great Tours and Detours - (edited by) A.M. Rosenthal and Arthur Gelb ($0.50)
South America on a shoestring (Lonely Planet travel guide) ($1.00)
Les Tres Riches Hueres du Duc de Berry - Raymond Cazelles ($0.50)
Vagabond Voyaging - Larry Nixon ($1.00)
A Word or Two Before You Go - Broughtpn Waddy, M.D., & Ralph Rownley ($0.75)

= $6.00! :D

So many good books to read and no time to read them with school starting on the 21st (orientation on the 15-16th). :( I'll just have to cut back on time spent on the computer and read whenever I'm not doing schoolwork- at the bus stop, on the bus, during meals, on the toilet, walking down to the bus stop, etc. etc. Heh.

An Update!

36. The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring - John Bellairs (27 July) [188 pages]
37. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl (28 July) [162 pages]
38. The Ear, the Eye and the Arm - Nancy Farmer (1 August) [311 pages]
39. Stepping on the Cracks - Mary Downing Hahn (2 August) [216 pages]

Total Books: 39/50
Total Pages: 8,584

Currently reading: The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff