30B430 / 23 / Read A Book For Every Year

Anyone who knows me will know that I'm a massive reader, it's something that I've always enjoyed and has always bought me peace and a sense of calm that nothing else does. I learned to read precociously early and have read voraciously ever since. I wanted to challenge myself to something a little different  than the usual reading challenges- one book from every year I've been alive. I want to celebrate 30 years of sneaking out of bed to read by the landing light, of reading through every car journey, of queuing up at midnight to get the new Harry Potter book, of coping with insomnia with a good story, of falling in love with so many fictional characters and worlds, of curling up on the sofa with a book, oblivious to everything else.

Here's the list so far:

1990 - Good Omens - Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
1991 - Reaper Man - Terry Pratchett
1992 - Songs of the Humpback Whale - Jodie Picoult
1993 - Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk
1994 - Good Bones & Simple Murders - Margaret Atwood
1995 - The Firework Maker's Daughter (Four Tales) - Philip Pullman
1996 - Into The Forest - Jean Hegland
1997 - Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
1998 - Stardust - Neil Gaiman
1999 - The Illustrated Mum - Jacqueline Wilson
2000 - The Bronze Horseman - Paullina Simons
2001 - Mortal Engines - Philip Reeve
2002 - Lost In A Good Book - Jasper Fforde
2003 - The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
2004 - Shade's Children - Garth Nix
2005 - The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
2006 - The Boy in the Striped Pajamas - John Boyne
2007 - A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
2008 - Graceling - Kristin Cashore
2009 - Let the Great World Spin - Colum McCann
2010 - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot
2011 - A Discovery of Witches - Deboroah Harkness
2012 - Whispers Underground - Ben Aaronovitch
2013 - The Husband's Secret - Leane Moriaty
2014 - The Girl With All The Gifts - M.R. Carey
2015 - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Caitlin Doughty
2016 - The Radium Girls - Kate Moore
2017 - Hold Back The Stars - Katie Khan
2018 - The Gloaming - Kirsty Logan
2019 - Happy Fat - Sofie Hagen
2020 - A Song of Wraiths and Ruin - Roseanne A. Brown

Success! A book for every year of my life, all read before my 30th birthday. I did speed read the last 4 books in the last 5 days to make sure I finished on time, but it still counts!