The end of my May Reading Challenge

I have now finished this Challenge!

My stats for the Challenge tasks are as follows:

1. Finish at least 3 books which i have started reading and not finished, and maybe haven’t got back to reading in ages. – Finished 3 books: “The Uke of Wallington” by Mark Wallington, “Replica” by Lexi Revellian, and “The Elegance of the Hedgehog” by Muriel Barbery
2. Read one classic novel. - Read “Little Women” by Louisa Alcott
3. Re-read a favourite book. - Re-read “Funny Valentine” by Amy Jenkins
4. Read a book which has been turned into a film…. - Read “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood
5. … and watch the film adaptation of it. - Watched “The Handmaid’s Tale” film adaptation!
6. Read a book which you have always wanted to read but never got around to. - Read “Junk” by Melvin Burgess

That’s all of the tasks completed!

It was quite nice setting myself these tasks, as i got to read some new books and re-read some old favourites! I’m glad i stuck it out reading “The Elegance of the Hedgehog” because although it took me two months to read it as i kept going off it, it eventually got better! It also helped that the week or so of hot sunny weather meant i could sit outside and read, instead of spending so much time on the internet!

I was surprised by “Little Women”, i didn’t realise how much i would enjoy it!

I will probably start a new challenge tomorrow, seeing as it will be June!

May Reading Challenge Update #5

I am now 27 days into this Challenge! Only 4 days left!

My stats for the Challenge tasks so far are as follows:

1. Finish at least 3 books which i have started reading and not finished, and maybe haven’t got back to reading in ages. – Finished 3 books: “The Uke of Wallington” by Mark Wallington, “Replica” by Lexi Revellian, and “The Elegance of the Hedgehog” by Muriel Barbery
2. Read one classic novel. - Read “Little Women” by Louisa Alcott
3. Re-read a favourite book. - Re-read “Funny Valentine” by Amy Jenkins
4. Read a book which has been turned into a film…. - Read “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood
5. … and watch the film adaptation of it. - Watched “The Handmaid’s Tale” film adaptation!
6. Read a book which you have always wanted to read but never got around to. - Started reading “Junk” by Melvin Burgess

That’s 45of my tasks finished!

Really enjoyed reading “Little Women” and don’t know why i hadn’t read it earlier!

I wasn’t sure about Task #6 for a while, but i’ve decided to read “Junk” by Melvin Burgess, having never read it when i was a teenager despite knowing about it and being faintly curious about it. I’ve also met the author, who is a decent guy and i felt bad for having never read his work!

May Reading Challenge Update #4

I am now 23 days into this Challenge!

My stats for the Challenge tasks so far are as follows:

1. Finish at least 3 books which i have started reading and not finished, and maybe haven’t got back to reading in ages. – Finished 3 books: “The Uke of Wallington” by Mark Wallington, “Replica” by Lexi Revellian, and “The Elegance of the Hedgehog” by Muriel Barbery
2. Read one classic novel. - Started reading “Little Women” by Louisa Alcott
3. Re-read a favourite book. - Re-read “Funny Valentine” by Amy Jenkins
4. Read a book which has been turned into a film…. - Read “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood
5. … and watch the film adaptation of it. Watched “The Handmaid’s Tale” film adaptation!
6. Read a book which you have always wanted to read but never got around to.

That’s 4 of my tasks finished!

So glad i finally finished ” The Elegance of the Hedgehog”, its taken about 2 months to get through it!

Still not sure which book to read for task number#6, but i’ve narrowed it down and it’s probably going to be a classic novel!

May Reading Challenge Update #3

I am now 19 days into this Challenge!

My stats for the Challenge tasks so far are as follows:

1. Finish at least 3 books which i have started reading and not finished, and maybe haven’t got back to reading in ages. – Finished 2 books: “The Uke of Wallington” by Mark Wallington, and “Replica” by Lexi Revellian.
2. Read one classic novel. - Started reading “Little Women” by Louisa Alcott
3. Re-read a favourite book. - Re-read “Funny Valentine” by Amy Jenkins
4. Read a book which has been turned into a film…. - Read “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood
5. … and watch the film adaptation of it. Watched “The Handmaid’s Tale” film adaptation!
6. Read a book which you have always wanted to read but never got around to.

“Little Women” is a bit of a change from the other stuff i’ve read lately, but it’s refreshing!

Not sure which book to read for task number#6!

May Reading Challenge Update #2

I am now 16 days in and the Challenge is officially underway!

My stats for the Challenge tasks so far are as follows:

1. Finish at least 3 books which i have started reading and not finished, and maybe haven’t got back to reading in ages. – Finished 2 books: “The Uke of Wallington” by Mark Wallington, and “Replica” by Lexi Revellian.
2. Read one classic novel.
3. Re-read a favourite book. - Started re-reading “Funny Valentine” by Amy Jenkins
4. Read a book which has been turned into a film…. - Read “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood
5. … and watch the film adaptation of it. Watched “The Handmaid’s Tale” film adaptation!
6. Read a book which you have always wanted to read but never got around to.

I had forgotten how creepy the film adaptation of “The Handmaid’s Tale” is! It is good though!

May Reading Challenge Update #1

I have started my May Reading Challenge a little bit late! 12 days in and i have only just got round to it!

My stats for the Challenge tasks so far are as follows:

1. Finish at least 3 books which i have started reading and not finished, and maybe haven’t got back to reading in ages. – Finished 2 books: “The Uke of Wallington” by Mark Wallington, and “Replica” by Lexi Revellian.
2. Read one classic novel.
3. Re-read a favourite book.
4. Read a book which has been turned into a film…. - Started re-reading “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood
5. … and watch the film adaptation of it.
6. Read a book which you have always wanted to read but never got around to.

I intend to watch the film of “The Handmaid’s Tale” at some point. I chose it because it’s the only decent book and film adaptation pair i have on my shelves!

I am also trying to finish “The Elegance of the Hedgehog” by Muriel Barbery which has been sitting on my bedside table for ages and which i started over a month ago but got tired of reading! I am pushing ahead with it though.

The other tasks will have to wait until next week i think!

My May Reading Challenge

I decided that i should do another Challenge on my blog this month, but wasn’t sure if i fancied doing another daily Challenge so i have come up with the idea of setting myself a few books to read this month.

I have quite a few books lying around which i need to finish, some which i need to start reading, and so on. So here is my May Reading Challenge:

1. Finish at least 3 books which i have started reading and not finished, and maybe haven’t got back to reading in ages.
2. Read one classic novel.
3. Re-read a favourite book.
4. Read a book which has been turned into a film….
5. … and watch the film adaptation of it.
6. Read a book which you have always wanted to read but never got around to.

I think that is a sufficient list to keep me going!

Keep checking my blog for updates!