Næt. Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Okay go. Read fifty books in a year. Thus far I have read: The Atheist's Guide to Christmas - ed. Ariane Sherine Redemption Ark - Alistair Reynolds Think on My Words: An Exploration of Shakespeare's Language - David Crystal 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
McPhail Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Okay go. Read fifty books in a year. I won't do 50, but do intend to read at least 12. X3 EDIT: Actually...my book reading endeavour is going rather well... - 'Thanks for Nothing' - Jack Dee- 'For Crying out Loud' - Jeremy Clarkson (don't ask... X3)- 'Artemis Fowl: and the Lost Colony' - Eoin Colfer (again, it'd be a waste to leave it on my shelf unread) W00t! ~Yel. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nano Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 ...Does that mean ENTIRE books or finishing books? Because I've finished 2 books in Jan that I started in December! Sounds like a fantastic challenge, although, I don't have much time for outside reading since I have 2 English classes. I'm loaded down with short stories and poems from those classes! Although, hm, we'll see. :) War & Peace will take quite a while at this rate. lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RandomDent Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I intend to read a lot of books this year, however they shall have to be crammed in during the summer. But so far I have read 'The World of Jeeves' by Wodehouse. Problem with Jeeves is that you have to take breaks between stories otherwise your brain explodes from all the rumminess. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sarahmarie Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I am thrilled to see this thread restored from server oblivion. Someone launched it initially in early January, then the server rose up and **chomp, chomp, urp**. As before, count me in. So far in 2010 I have read: 1. Cat in a Tangerine Tango: A Midnight Louie Mystery by Carole Nelson Douglas (Great series) 2. Blood Game by Iris Johansen (the latest Eve Duncan forensic thriller -- another great series) 3. Seasick: Ocean Change and the Extinction of Life on Earth by Alanna Mitchell (eye opening and thought provoking) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tashishka Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 (edited) As before, I'm in. Thus far this year I have read: 1. Tickling the English - Dara O Briain 2. My Shit Life So Far- Frankie Boyle 3. Look Back in Hunger: the Autobiography- Jo Brand 4. The Clockwise Man- Justin Richards (New Series Doctor Who Adventure) 5. The Monsters Inside- Stephen Cole (New Series Doctor Who Adventure) 6. Winner Takes All- Jacqueline Rayner (New Series Doctor Who Adventure) 7. The Hobbit- J.R.R. Tolkien 8. The God Delusion- Richard Dawkins 9. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest- Ken Kesey 10.The Politics of Memory: The Journey of a Holocaust Historian - Raul Hilberg 11. Shifting Memories: The Nazi Past in New Germany- Klaus Neumann 12 Holocaust Writing and Research Since 1945- Martin Gilbert. 13.Atonement- Ian McEwan 14. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon 15. Lord of the Rings- J.R.R. Tolkien (For probably the 200th time :P) 16. Northern Lights- Philip Pullman 17. The Subtle Knife- Philip Pullman 18. The Annotated Sherlock Holmes (Volumes 1, 2 and 3.) Yeah.... this is what happens when I'm struck by bouts of insomnia and have little else to do... 18 books and we're not even at the end of January (22 if each part of LOTR is counted as 1 book and each volume of Sherlock Holmes is counted separately. I tend to treat them both as single entities. :P) Yeah I read too much... I didn't realise just HOW much till I put this list together. EDIT: 19. The Deviant Strain- Justin Richards 20. Only Human- Gareth Roberts Both are New Series Doctor Who books so they're not overly long, close to 200 pages each, hence my getting through them both in a day. I'm starting the Stealers of Dreams- Steve Lyons now. Yeah, I'm on a bit of a Doctor Who book kick. EDIT 2: 21: Stealers of Dreams- Steven Lyons 22. The Stone Rose- Jacqueline Rayner 23. The Feast of the Drowned- Stephen Cole Again, both are New Series Doctor Who Adventures so only a couple of hundred pages or so each. Edited January 28, 2010 by Tashishka 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kateri_karui Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 For an extra-fun challenge, try 100 in a year! Going from May '09 to May '10, myself, and am currently on book... *checks* #68. ...I'm so screwed. xD;; Good luck, all~ 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bexy Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I am so in on this! Then again it seems like every year I have a plan like this which disappears as soon as exams appear on the horizon.. So far: Chronicle of a Death Foretold - Gabriel Garcia Marquez Carrie - Stephen King The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho Pretty good start for me but then again they are all extremely short books! :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 so far: 1. bicycle diaries - david byrne ***** 2. story of a shipwrecked sailor - gabriel garcia marquez **** 3. The Holy City - Patrick McCabe * edit 16/02/2010 4. Superfreakonomics - Stephen Levitt & Steven Dubner ** on that, bexy, what did you think of "chronicle of a death foretold". i haven't read that yet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Damaris Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Well, I probably won't make it to the finish-line but it's certainly worth a try so here goes: 1. A Promise Kept - Elise Crawford - short autobiography 2. Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie - epic Indian-subcontinent adventure 3. Down There By the Train - Kate Sterns - gothic romance set on an island 4. Wizard and Glass - Stephen King - fourth installment of the Dark Tower series Number 2 was a re-read so it went quickly and Number 4 I technically started in December but I'm going to include it anyway because I read the bulk of it this month and, otherwise, I'll have even less hope of making the fifty. :redface: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eddie7 Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 I've finished three so far. 1. The Dice Man 2. Fables: Volume 1 (graphic novels count in my world damnit) 3. Superfreakonomics Working through Coupland's The Gum Thief now. Four in the first month puts me nicely on course for the 50 I think. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Næt. Posted January 28, 2010 Author Share Posted January 28, 2010 Another to the list... The Atheist's Guide to Christmas - ed. Ariane Sherine Redemption Ark - Alistair Reynolds Think on My Words: An Exploration of Shakespeare's Language - David Crystal Tickling the English - Dara O'Briain Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bexy Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 on that, bexy, what did you think of "chronicle of a death foretold". i haven't read that yet. I really enjoyed it - the structure was really wierd (in a good way) but most of all I think I just love the way he writes, but as this is the first Marquez I've read I don't know whether that is the same for all his books..? How did you find 'story of a shipwrecked sailor'? I'm looking for the my next Marquez book to read but I think it'll probably be '100 years of solitude'! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ethereal_Punk Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Ooh yay. Meesa love reading. So far i've read Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen Mansfield Park - Jane Austen The Book of General Ignorance Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen Persuasion - Jane Austen Paperweight - Stephen Fry The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde Foley is Good - Mick Foley I got all except the last one for Christmas. Next up is The Hardcore Diaries by Mick Foley. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 on that, bexy, what did you think of "chronicle of a death foretold". i haven't read that yet. I really enjoyed it - the structure was really wierd (in a good way) but most of all I think I just love the way he writes, but as this is the first Marquez I've read I don't know whether that is the same for all his books..? How did you find 'story of a shipwrecked sailor'? I'm looking for the my next Marquez book to read but I think it'll probably be '100 years of solitude'! i liked "story of shipwrecked sailor" but i wouldn't say it's one of his finest works. "one hundred years of solitude" is the first i read of his and it's still my favourite (i'm at 12.) but look at it this way story of a shipwrecked sailor - 105 pages one hundred years of solitude - 420 pages. so shipwrecked sailor would help immensely in reading 50 books in the year :D jk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kino Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 I've managed to get a good start but Mass Effect 2 comes out today so i'll probably skip next month... the murder in the vicarage - Agatha Christie deatnote volumes 1-4 (they're short so they'll count as one) - by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata slaves of the mastery - William Nicholson the day of the triffids - John Wyndham a history of modern russia - Robert Service. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Næt. Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 Another to the list... The Atheist's Guide to Christmas - ed. Ariane Sherine Redemption Ark - Alistair Reynolds Think on My Words: An Exploration of Shakespeare's Language - David Crystal Tickling the English - Dara O'Briain Nil: A Land Beyond Belief - James Turner Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Damaris Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 5. Guns of the Timberlands - Louis L'Amour - yes, a western, but I read it, it's a book (200 pages), and by gum I'm counting it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hallucigenia Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Ooh, this looks like fun. 1. Axis - Robert Charles Wilson 2. Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle - Daniel L. Everett 3. Odd and the Frost Giants - Neil Gaiman 4. The Picture of Dorian Gray (and Three Stories) - Oscar Wilde Wow. I thought I was reading more than that. I better get a move on. o_O Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kafka Sometimes Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Still wondering if graphic novels count? Not manga, of course, but reguar graphic novels like Watchmen, The Sandman, etc, etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Næt. Posted February 7, 2010 Author Share Posted February 7, 2010 Another to the list... The Atheist's Guide to Christmas - ed. Ariane Sherine Redemption Ark - Alistair Reynolds Think on My Words: An Exploration of Shakespeare's Language - David Crystal Tickling the English - Dara O'Briain Nil: A Land Beyond Belief - James Turner The Assassination of the Prime Minister: John Bellingham and the Murder of Spencer Perceval - David C. Hanrahan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Still wondering if graphic novels count? Not manga, of course, but reguar graphic novels like Watchmen, The Sandman, etc, etc. i think in the original thread, Fish said that they did specifying as examples Maus & Watchmen Fish can correct me if i'm wrong but the guidelines i thought were : collections of poetry, plays count as one book : books have to be longer then 50 pages : graphic novels count i'm probably misstaken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
drnick Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Does one book of the Bible count as a book? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mephist Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Book~! *__* *runs to her book...pile to see what she's read* Just to be un-Fail, I'm not listing books I read as part of various studies. 1. Law 101 - Jay M. Feinman 2. The Bourne Identity - Robert Ludlum 3. The Bourne Supremacy - Robert Ludlum 4. The Bourne Ultimatum - Robert Ludlum 5. The Bourne Sanction - Robert Ludlum & Eric Van Lustbader (best name ever) 6. Still Life With Crows - Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child 7. The Cabinet of Curiosities - Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child 8. Relic - Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (repeat read) 9. Reliquary - Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child 10. The Book of the Dead - Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (repeat read) 11. Brimstone - Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (I'm pretending I never read it, though--guh~~ =___=; ) 12. The Wheel of Darkness - Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child 13. Dance of Death - Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child 14-24. The Dresden Files, Books 1-10 - Jim Butcher (hilarious, if you haven't read them~ XD ). 25. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Benjamin Franklin (go figure, mn? ) 26.(ish) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [omnibus edition] - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (I'm counting this as one book 'cause it's in one cover and is a repeat read) 27. Dracula - Bram Stoker (again, repeat read) 28. Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne (annd, another repeat) 29-31. The Smoke and Shadows-series -Tanya Huff ...and there are probably more that I can't think of. 0__o; *is Fail* Also, do repeat reads count? I noted when they repeated, but it sounds like so long as we read cover-to-cover...? P.s., Tell me I'm not the only one who finds an interesting author and does a book-version of an archive-binge? XD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kafka Sometimes Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Still wondering if graphic novels count? Not manga, of course, but reguar graphic novels like Watchmen, The Sandman, etc, etc. i think in the original thread, Fish said that they did specifying as examples Maus & Watchmen Fish can correct me if i'm wrong but the guidelines i thought were : collections of poetry, plays count as one book : books have to be longer then 50 pages : graphic novels count i'm probably misstaken No one else responded, so I'll go with what you said, lol. =) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dylan-Michael Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 So far: -The Crucible -The Death of a Salesman -Eaters of the Dead. (I'm waaay behind) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Næt. Posted February 16, 2010 Author Share Posted February 16, 2010 Another to the list... The Atheist's Guide to Christmas - ed. Ariane Sherine Redemption Ark - Alistair Reynolds Think on My Words: An Exploration of Shakespeare's Language - David Crystal Tickling the English - Dara O'Briain Nil: A Land Beyond Belief - James Turner The Assassination of the Prime Minister: John Bellingham and the Murder of Spencer Perceval - David C. Hanrahan 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction - Rebecca Newberger Goldstein Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Edward Cullen Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 The Nicomachean Ethics - Aristotle The Dawkins' Delusion - Alister McGrath Dawkins' God; Genes, Memes and the Meaning of life - Alister McGrath Republic - Plato (I've read it before, but it's a book that requires a few readings) The Little Flowers, The Mirror of Perfection and the Life of Saint Francis - St. Bonaventura The Art of War - Sun Tzu The Irrational Atheist - Vox Day Man and Boy - Tony Parsons The Family Way - Tony Parsons Summa Theologiae – St. Thomas Aquinas Meditations on First Philosophy – Rene Descartes The Magicians - Lev Grossman Those are the books I can see on my book shelf that I'm wanting to read. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
drnick Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I'm on six and a half, but three of them were by James Joyce... 'Trawl' by B.S. Johnson 'The Unfortunates' by B.S. Johnson 'Christie Malry's Own Double Entry' by B.S. Johnson 'Stephen Hero' by James Joyce 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' by James Joyce 'Ulysses' by James Joyce. 'Resistance' by Owen Sheers (in progress). Also 'Bywyd Blodwen Jones' which I am reading for my Welsh evening class, slowly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sarahmarie Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 My Books read count creeps upward: 1. Cat in a Tangerine Tango: A Midnight Louie Mystery by Carole Nelson Douglas (Great series) 2. Blood Game by Iris Johansen (the latest Eve Duncan forensic thriller -- another great series) 3. Seasick: Ocean Change and the Extinction of Life on Earth by Alanna Mitchell (eye opening and thought provoking) 4. U Is For Undertow by Sue Grafton (the thoroughly enjoyable Kinsey Millhone mystery series continues) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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