There is some great books on that to-read-pile. Murakami, but also Cloud Atlas has been very nice in my experience. Great idea to share a reading-challenge here. I've been doing a reading challenge for some years now, always aiming for 95 but reaching about 60 normally. This year I'm already way behind, mostly because I've been writing more than reading for far.
Looking forward to hearing more about what you read and what inspired you.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on some of the books you are aware of. I've just finished book 1 of 1Q84, and it's incredible. The storytelling is stunning. I started Cloud Atlas, but got distracted by 1Q84, so need to get back into that also.
50 should be doable for me, but probably just. I've never taken reading challenges as seriously as i did last year, and now this year also. But fitting in reading time with writing time is another challenge, isn't it?
I will definitely be sharing more along the way, as I find the two way flow of reading ideas a helpful boost.
Although it's an amazon-based website, I do like goodreads as it lets you keep track of the books you read (if you fill out the date you read them). And at the end of the year you get nice stats, like how many pages you read and so forth.
Yes, I started using Goodreads for that purpose also. Helps me keep track of reading progress. I've only been using it since last year, but so far its been helpful.