About the challenge:

Lately, I’ve gotten into the terrible habit of buying books but never reading them. Gradually I’ve been reading less and less. I decided to read at least a book a week every week from the time that I turn 20 til I turn 21. I thought it would be a good way to encourage others to read more too, so I posted it on my Tumblr and thanks to suggestions from you guys, I’ve made a list of 52 books :)

Whilst I was compiling the list, there were a lot of suggestions for books I had already read. As much as I love my books, I realised that they’re not reaching their full potential sitting on my bookshelf. So in addition to reading more books this year, I’ll also be mailing a book every week to someone who wants it.

As my birthday falls on a Tuesday this year, that is when the challenge will begin. Every Tuesday I will tell you which book I’m giving away. To let me know you want it, all you have to do is like or reblog that post within the week (as long as you put your username on that post somehow so I can select you). On the following Tuesday, I’ll use a random number generator and select someone that way, so it’s fair. Remember to activate your ask box because I’ll send you a message asking for your shipping address (:

UPDATE 11/10/11: To make this more interactive I will be adding a “question of the week” as of week 7.

Other answers:

- I’ll be doing this challenge from the 30th August 2011 - 30th August 2012
- The full book list that I’m reading this year is here
- Yep, I most definitely will ship internationally :) anywhere that Royal Mail will deliver!
- Nope, I’m definitely not making any money from this haha
- Why am I doing this? Reading is cool. Knowledge is power.
- You DO NOT need to be following me, just like or reblog that week’s post

Week 1: Just Don’t Fall by Josh Sundquist
Week 2: Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk
Week 3: Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
Week 4: To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Week 5: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Week 6: Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Week 7: The Pact by Jodi Picoult
Week 8: The Serial Killers Club by Jeff Povey
Week 9: Return of the Bunny Suicides by Andy Riley
Week 10: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Week 11: Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernières
Week 12: A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon
Week 13: High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
Week 14: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Week 15: Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
Week 16: The WORST-CASE SCENARIO Survival Handbook: TRAVEL
Week 17: Harry Potter audiobooks read by Stephen Fry
Week 18: Harry Potter audiobooks read by Jim Dale
Week 19: Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Week 20: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Week 21: Spiderman - The Death of Gwen Stacy
Week 22: Hong Kong & Macau Guidebook
Week 23: Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Week 24: We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Week 25: The Color Code by Taylor Hartman
Week 26: Grass For His Pillow by Lian Hearn
Week 27: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Week 28: Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
Week 29: Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
Week 30: Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer
Week 31: The Undercover Economist by Tim Harford
Week 32: Empress of the World by Sara Ryan
Week 33: Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
Week 34: The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Week 35: The Adventures of Tintin by Hergé
Week 36: On The Road by Jack Kerouac
Week 37: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Week 38: Top 10 London guide book
Week 39: Far From The Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Week 40: Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman
Week 41: American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Week 42: Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Week 43: Mystery book
Week 44: Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
Week 45: Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan
Week 46, 47, 48, 49: Digital Fortress, Angels & Demons, Deception Point and The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Week 50: Unbearable Lightness by Portia de Rossi
Week 51: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Week 52: Looking For Alaska by John Green