So, I'm two books short. However, I don't feel like I've lost the challenge, because I've read enough fanfiction over the course of 2010 to add up to OVER fifty books worth of writing. And by that, I meant over fifty books worth of just fanfiction.

It's mostly been one-shots and drabbles, but they add up. And I have read so many. Hundreds. And hundreds. And hundreds. Of one-shots and drabbles alone. I have 94 fanfictions favourited, 13 authors favourited (some of them 50+ fanfics and I've read most of them), and I have to really like a fanfiction to favourite it. Even more so to favourite an author.

When you think I've read Jigsaw Pieces, a one-shot collaboration with over 150 one-shots (as it currently stands 171 chapters and 215,017 words -- an average novel has between 30k and 70k), and then think about how many other one-shots I've read ... you could even push it and say I've probably broken the thousands barrier.

Some recent ones I've read include Thousand Ways To Leave This Place (a 20k one-shot) and Dalton (a WIP Glee multi-chaptered fic; word count currently stands at 142,785). I've also been reading a lot of Glee fanfiction on livejournal, which are usually 5,000+ each and I don't save/keep a record of.

Throughout the year, I've also been reading Just A Misunderstanding, which currently stands at 43,800 words. I also started reading Potentially Problematic at the beginning of the year and I only recently caught up with it. It's 54k words long.

I've also been reading almost everything posted on KWC, a writing forum, and a lot has been posted over the course of the year.

 If that isn't proof enough that I have far surpassed by goal, I don't know what more to give you. This is pretty much everything I've read with any sort of length to it, though I've read hundreds of shorter things, too.

I don't feel like I failed.

Tomorrow, I will be setting up a blog for 2011 Book Count. I'll keep the target the same as I didn't "technically" reach my goal, but there'll be different rules (I will be incorporating fanfiction into it this time).

Book Forty-Eight

Title: Me & Emma
Author: Elizabeth Flock
Opinion: So, I haven't technically finished this book yet, and I doubt I'll manage in the two hours I have left of 2010 because I have so much to do, but I'm three quarters of the way through it so I'm letting it count. It's pretty good so far, with the most adorable perspective (it's written in the perspective of a child, but without coming across as immature), and I recommend it!

Book Forty-Seven

Title: Harry Potter Film Wizardry
Author: ... A lot of people XD
Opinion: You'll most likely only find this interesting if you're either, a) a massive Potter fan, b) into behind-the-scenes things for filming, or c) both. I, personally, am c and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It's really fascinating, and all the little pop-out/pull-out/etc. things inside are so so so so amazing. I am the proud owner of a Marauders Map because of this book, people!

Book Forty-Six

Title: Ouran High School Host Club Vol. 1
Author: Bisco Hatori
Opinion: I prefer the anime, but this is still so hilarious. I borrowed it from a friend, and I really need to get Vol. 2 from her. It's absolutely brilliant, and I certainly recommend it to any manga lovers out there.

Book Forty-Five

Title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Author: JK Rowling
Opinion: It's Harry Potter. I am one of the biggest Harry Potter fans ever. Need I say more?

Book Forty-Four

Title: The Wave
Author: Morton Rhue
Opinion: I hated this book. We read it for school and it's the kind of book I would have read four years ago but I've always been an advanced reader so I guess it makes sense that they'd expect most people my age to read this and not find it too immature. Anyway, it was boring, was filled with plot holes, and was badly written. Not recommending!

Book Forty-Three

I've completely neglected this blog over the past few months, but I have been reading. I can't remember the dates for any of the books I've read recently, and I have a million other things I have to do before midnight. So ... I'll just give the title, author, and a short opinion on the book.

Title: Size Matters Not: The Extraordinary Life and Career of Warwick Davis
Author: Warwick Davis
Opinion: This is the first autobiography I've ever read, and it's absolutely amazing. Warwick has been in Harry Potter, Star Wars, Leprachaun -- he has played so many little characters and he is absolutely amazing. I loved the book; it was really interesting and he's a really amusing guy. Definitely recommending!