i've managed to read 20+ books in the last few years so i decided to hit it up a notch and aim for 50 this year. i know it's quite ambitious, but let's give it a try. (note: books marked with an asterisk = required reading for school.)

• Mood Indigo/Blind Luck - Mandy Sayer
• Special - Bella Bathurst
• The Secret Life Of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
• White Teeth - Zadie Smith
• Notes from the Teenage Underground - Simmone Howell
• The Corrections - Jonathan Franzen***
• Like Water for Chocolate - Laura Esquivel
• Random Family - Adrian Nicole LeBlanc***
• The Road - Cormac McCarthy***
• Keeping the Moon - Sarah Dessen
• That Summer - Sarah Dessen
• Someone Like You - Sarah Dessen
• The Plot Against America - Philip Roth***
• Somewhere, Home - Nada Awar Jarrar
• The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
• Evening Class - Maeve Binchy
• Babyville - Jane Green
• Tirra Lirra By The River - Jessica Anderson***
• The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis***
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - JK Rowling*** (re-read)
• Wild Cat Falling - Mudrooroo***
• Echoes - Maeve Binchy
• Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of Everyday Life (or Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt the Door) - Lynne Truss
• The Solid Mandala - Patrick White***
• The Transit of Venus - Shirley Hazzard***
• The Truth About Forever - Sarah Dessen
• Lady of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley***
• The Venetian's Wife - Nick Bantock
• Jemima J - Jane Green
• Seven Sunny Days - Chris Manby
• Two Way Street - Lauren Barnholdt
• Fourth Comings - Megan McCafferty
• My Legendary Girlfriend - Mike Gayle
• Just Listen - Sarah Dessen
• Hey Nostradamus! - Douglas Coupland
• About A Boy - Nick Hornby
• The Griffin and Sabine Trilogy (Griffin & Sabine; Sabine's Notebook; The Golden Mean) - Nick Bantock
• Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher
• The Book of Luke - Jenny O'Connell
• Shopgirl - Steve Martin
• The Pretenders - F. Sionil Jose
• Plan B - Jenny O'Connell
• A Long Way DOwn - Nick Hornby