iff Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 well done Damaris. What did you think of "Erasure"? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Damaris Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 well done Damaris. What did you think of "Erasure"? Thanks. :) And I thought Erasure was good. It wasn't quite what I expected but made a pretty good satire, and sort of a multi-layered parody-on-parody at times. It probably would have been even better if I knew more of the author and the real Thelonius Monk (who I have a cursory knowledge of at best). :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TreacleSponge Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 1. Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world - Haruki Murakami 2. Survivor - Chuck Palahniuk 3. The call of Cthulu and other stories - HP Lovecraft 4. Night watch - Terry Pratchett 5. Changing planes - Ursula Le Guin 6. Pride & prejudice & zombies - Seth Grahame-Smith 7. Persuasion - James Borg 8. The Reader - Bernhard Schlink 9. The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides 10. The Help - Kathryn Stockett 11. The concept of mind - Gilbert Ryle 12. Never the bride - Paul Magrs 13. The spirit level - Richard Wilkinson & Kate Pickett 14. When Nietzsche wept - Irvin Yalom 15. Introducing Nietzsche - Laurence Gane and Piero 16. All quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque 17. The bell - Iris Murdoch 18. A confederacy of dunces - John Kennedy Toole 19. Room - Emma Donoghue 20. The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - edited by Leonard Labaree 21. Why I am not a Christian - Bertrand Russell 22. South of the border, west of the sun - Haruki Murakami 23. Solar - Ian McEwan 24. Dr Horrible - Zack Whedon 25. The elephant vanishes - Haruki Murakami 26. The cartoon history of the modern world II - Larry Gonick 27. No one belongs here more than you - Miranda July 28. An utterly impartial history of Britain - John O'Farrell 29. When I was five I killed myself - Howard Buten 30. Speaker for the dead - Orson Scott Card 31. Xenocide - Orson Scott Card 32. The age of turbulence - Alan Greenspan 33. How to live: A life of Montaigne - Sarah Bakewell 34. The death of Ivan Ilyich - Leo Tolstoy 35. An idiot abroad - Karl Pilkington 36. The power of giving - Azim Jamal and Harvey McKinnon 37. The power of half - Kevin Salwen and Hannah Salwen 38. Globalisation and its discontents - Joseph Stiglitz 39. The tiger's wife - Tea Obreht 40. The social animal: A story of how success happens - David Brooks 41. A bend in the river - VS Naipaul 42. The hare with amber eyes - Edmund de Waal 43. Serenity: The Shepherd's tale - Zack & Joss Whedon 44. Vernon God Little - DBC Pierre 45. Coping with macular degeneration - Patricia Gilbert 46. Buffy: The long way home - Joss Whedon 47. Buffy Omnibus 2 - Joss Whedon 48. Tales of the Slayers - Joss Whedon 49. The big sleep - Raymond Chandler 50. The inflationary universe - Alan Guth 51. Aid and other dirty business - Giles Bolton 52. Utilitarianism (Oxford Philosophical Texts) - JS Mill & Roger Crisp 53. Existentialism is a humanism - Jean Paul Sartre 54. Buffy Omnibus 1 - Joss Whedon 55. Batman: The Long Halloween - Jeph Loeb 56. Very Short Introductions: Existentialism - Thomas Flynn 57. We need to talk about Kevin - Lionel Shriver 58. The trial of Sherlock Holmes - Leah Moore 59. Delirium - Lauren Oliver 60. Irrational man - William Barrett 61. Saiyuki #1 - Kazuya Minekura 62. Saiyuki #2 - Kazuya Minekura Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 1. This Side of Brightness - Colum McCann ***** 241 pages 2. Oddballs: A Novel of Affections - Manchan Magan **** 247 pages 3. The Wooden Tounge Speaks - Bogdan Tiganov *** 197 pages 4. Fallen Angel: The Passion of Fausto Coppi - William Fotheringham ***** 268 pages 5. The Stars in the Bright Sky - Alan Warner **** 394 pages 6. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez ***** 448 pages (reread) 7. The Skating Rink - Roberto Bolano **** 192 pages 8. Glyph - Percivel Everitt ***** 208 pages (reread) 9. The Thick of It:The Missing DoSac Files - Ianucci, Blackwell, Roche, Martin & Armstrong **** 136 pages 10. Purple Hibiscus - Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche *** 307 pages 11. Sunset Park - Paul Auster ***** 308 pages 12. Enough is Enough - Fintan O'Toole **** 244 pages 13. Jamaica Inn - Dauphne De Maurier ***** 302 pages 14. Life of Pi - Yann Martel ***** 319 pages 15. Lights Out in Wonderland - DBC Pierre * 315 pages (rating revised upon consideration) 16. The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde [Play] **** 49 pages 17. Lady Windermere's Fan - Oscar Wilde [Play] *** 46 pages 18. The Outsider's - S.E. Hinton *** 136 pages 19. A Woman of No Importance - Oscar Wilde [Play] *** 51 pages 20. Feast of the Goat - Mario Vargas Llosa **** 475 pages 21. The Audacity of Hype - Armando Iannucci **** 311 pages 22. Winter's Bone - Daniel Woodrell ***** 193 pages 23. Freedom - Jonathan Franzen ***** 562 pages 24. Strange Pilgrims [Collection of short stories] - Gabriel Garcia Marquez *** 188 pages 25. For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway ** 490 pages 26. The Last Werewolf - Glen Duncan ***** 346 pages 27. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini **** 402 pages 28. Daughter of Fortune - Isabel Allende *** 399 pages 29. Jasper Jones - Craig Silvey ***** 299 page 30. The Vagrants - Yiyun Li ***** 337 pages 31. We Were Young and Carefree - Laurent Fignon 287 pages ***** 32. Galore - Michael Crummey 335 pages *** 33. The Rider - Tim Krabbé 148 pages ***** 34. Plugged - Eoin Colfer 277 pages *** 35. Child Wonder - Roy Jacobsen ***** 264 pages 36. An Evening of Long Goodbyes - Paul Murray ***** 461 pages 37. The Tiger's Wife - Téa Obrecht ***** 336 pages 38. Everything in the Country Must Go - Colum McCann ** 143 pages 39. Timbuktu - Paul Auster ***** 117 pages 40. Moth Smoke - Mohsin Hamed **** 309 pages 41. The Tenderloin - John Butler ** 295 pages 42. I, Lucifer - Glen Duncan ***** 262 pages (reread) 43. The Burnt Out Town of Miracles - Roy Jacobsen **** 200 pages 44. The Book of Illusions - Paul Auster ***** 232 pages 45. Bossypants - Tina Fey ***** 275 pages 46. Atonement - Ian McEwen **** 372 pages 47. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho ** 177 pages 48. The Map & The Territory - Michel Houellebecq ***** 291 pages 49. Living to Tell the Tale - Gabriel Garcia Marquez **** 484 pages Total pages in completed books 13,683 pages [total does not include currently reading] although my target is the 15,000 pages, the book total included 3 shortish plays by Oscar Wilde so really it's 46 books so far. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 1. This Side of Brightness - Colum McCann ***** 241 pages 2. Oddballs: A Novel of Affections - Manchan Magan **** 247 pages 3. The Wooden Tounge Speaks - Bogdan Tiganov *** 197 pages 4. Fallen Angel: The Passion of Fausto Coppi - William Fotheringham ***** 268 pages 5. The Stars in the Bright Sky - Alan Warner **** 394 pages 6. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez ***** 448 pages (reread) 7. The Skating Rink - Roberto Bolano **** 192 pages 8. Glyph - Percivel Everitt ***** 208 pages (reread) 9. The Thick of It:The Missing DoSac Files - Ianucci, Blackwell, Roche, Martin & Armstrong **** 136 pages 10. Purple Hibiscus - Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche *** 307 pages 11. Sunset Park - Paul Auster ***** 308 pages 12. Enough is Enough - Fintan O'Toole **** 244 pages 13. Jamaica Inn - Dauphne De Maurier ***** 302 pages 14. Life of Pi - Yann Martel ***** 319 pages 15. Lights Out in Wonderland - DBC Pierre * 315 pages (rating revised upon consideration) 16. The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde [Play] **** 49 pages 17. Lady Windermere's Fan - Oscar Wilde [Play] *** 46 pages 18. The Outsider's - S.E. Hinton *** 136 pages 19. A Woman of No Importance - Oscar Wilde [Play] *** 51 pages 20. Feast of the Goat - Mario Vargas Llosa **** 475 pages 21. The Audacity of Hype - Armando Iannucci **** 311 pages 22. Winter's Bone - Daniel Woodrell ***** 193 pages 23. Freedom - Jonathan Franzen ***** 562 pages 24. Strange Pilgrims [Collection of short stories] - Gabriel Garcia Marquez *** 188 pages 25. For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway ** 490 pages 26. The Last Werewolf - Glen Duncan ***** 346 pages 27. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini **** 402 pages 28. Daughter of Fortune - Isabel Allende *** 399 pages 29. Jasper Jones - Craig Silvey ***** 299 page 30. The Vagrants - Yiyun Li ***** 337 pages 31. We Were Young and Carefree - Laurent Fignon 287 pages ***** 32. Galore - Michael Crummey 335 pages *** 33. The Rider - Tim Krabbé 148 pages ***** 34. Plugged - Eoin Colfer 277 pages *** 35. Child Wonder - Roy Jacobsen ***** 264 pages 36. An Evening of Long Goodbyes - Paul Murray ***** 461 pages 37. The Tiger's Wife - Téa Obrecht ***** 336 pages 38. Everything in the Country Must Go - Colum McCann ** 143 pages 39. Timbuktu - Paul Auster ***** 117 pages 40. Moth Smoke - Mohsin Hamed **** 309 pages 41. The Tenderloin - John Butler ** 295 pages 42. I, Lucifer - Glen Duncan ***** 262 pages (reread) 43. The Burnt Out Town of Miracles - Roy Jacobsen **** 200 pages 44. The Book of Illusions - Paul Auster ***** 232 pages 45. Bossypants - Tina Fey ***** 275 pages 46. Atonement - Ian McEwen **** 372 pages 47. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho ** 177 pages 48. The Map & The Territory - Michel Houellebecq ***** 291 pages 49. Living to Tell the Tale - Gabriel Garcia Marquez **** 484 pages 50. 2666 - Roberto Bolano ***** 893 pages Total pages in completed books 14,576 pages [total does not include currently reading] although my target is the 15,000 pages, the book total included 3 shortish plays by Oscar Wilde so really it's 47 books so far. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TreacleSponge Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 1. Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world - Haruki Murakami 2. Survivor - Chuck Palahniuk 3. The call of Cthulu and other stories - HP Lovecraft 4. Night watch - Terry Pratchett 5. Changing planes - Ursula Le Guin 6. Pride & prejudice & zombies - Seth Grahame-Smith 7. Persuasion - James Borg 8. The Reader - Bernhard Schlink 9. The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides 10. The Help - Kathryn Stockett 11. The concept of mind - Gilbert Ryle 12. Never the bride - Paul Magrs 13. The spirit level - Richard Wilkinson & Kate Pickett 14. When Nietzsche wept - Irvin Yalom 15. Introducing Nietzsche - Laurence Gane and Piero 16. All quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque 17. The bell - Iris Murdoch 18. A confederacy of dunces - John Kennedy Toole 19. Room - Emma Donoghue 20. The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - edited by Leonard Labaree 21. Why I am not a Christian - Bertrand Russell 22. South of the border, west of the sun - Haruki Murakami 23. Solar - Ian McEwan 24. Dr Horrible - Zack Whedon 25. The elephant vanishes - Haruki Murakami 26. The cartoon history of the modern world II - Larry Gonick 27. No one belongs here more than you - Miranda July 28. An utterly impartial history of Britain - John O'Farrell 29. When I was five I killed myself - Howard Buten 30. Speaker for the dead - Orson Scott Card 31. Xenocide - Orson Scott Card 32. The age of turbulence - Alan Greenspan 33. How to live: A life of Montaigne - Sarah Bakewell 34. The death of Ivan Ilyich - Leo Tolstoy 35. An idiot abroad - Karl Pilkington 36. The power of giving - Azim Jamal and Harvey McKinnon 37. The power of half - Kevin Salwen and Hannah Salwen 38. Globalisation and its discontents - Joseph Stiglitz 39. The tiger's wife - Tea Obreht 40. The social animal: A story of how success happens - David Brooks 41. A bend in the river - VS Naipaul 42. The hare with amber eyes - Edmund de Waal 43. Serenity: The Shepherd's tale - Zack & Joss Whedon 44. Vernon God Little - DBC Pierre 45. Coping with macular degeneration - Patricia Gilbert 46. Buffy: The long way home - Joss Whedon 47. Buffy Omnibus 2 - Joss Whedon 48. Tales of the Slayers - Joss Whedon 49. The big sleep - Raymond Chandler 50. The inflationary universe - Alan Guth 51. Aid and other dirty business - Giles Bolton 52. Utilitarianism (Oxford Philosophical Texts) - JS Mill & Roger Crisp 53. Existentialism is a humanism - Jean Paul Sartre 54. Buffy Omnibus 1 - Joss Whedon 55. Batman: The Long Halloween - Jeph Loeb 56. Very Short Introductions: Existentialism - Thomas Flynn 57. We need to talk about Kevin - Lionel Shriver 58. The trial of Sherlock Holmes - Leah Moore 59. Delirium - Lauren Oliver 60. Irrational man - William Barrett 61. Saiyuki #1 - Kazuya Minekura 62. Saiyuki #2 - Kazuya Minekura 63. Any human heart - William Boyd 64. The racing tribe - Kate Fox Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Feather Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 45. Serial 46. Resuscitation 47. Murder Genes 48. Killer Profile 49. The Accidental Exorcism 50. The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 51. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 52. Gracefully Insane 53. The Variant Effect Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 1. This Side of Brightness - Colum McCann ***** 241 pages 2. Oddballs: A Novel of Affections - Manchan Magan **** 247 pages 3. The Wooden Tounge Speaks - Bogdan Tiganov *** 197 pages 4. Fallen Angel: The Passion of Fausto Coppi - William Fotheringham ***** 268 pages 5. The Stars in the Bright Sky - Alan Warner **** 394 pages 6. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez ***** 448 pages (reread) 7. The Skating Rink - Roberto Bolano **** 192 pages 8. Glyph - Percivel Everitt ***** 208 pages (reread) 9. The Thick of It:The Missing DoSac Files - Ianucci, Blackwell, Roche, Martin & Armstrong **** 136 pages 10. Purple Hibiscus - Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche *** 307 pages 11. Sunset Park - Paul Auster ***** 308 pages 12. Enough is Enough - Fintan O'Toole **** 244 pages 13. Jamaica Inn - Dauphne De Maurier ***** 302 pages 14. Life of Pi - Yann Martel ***** 319 pages 15. Lights Out in Wonderland - DBC Pierre * 315 pages (rating revised upon consideration) 16. The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde [Play] **** 49 pages 17. Lady Windermere's Fan - Oscar Wilde [Play] *** 46 pages 18. The Outsider's - S.E. Hinton *** 136 pages 19. A Woman of No Importance - Oscar Wilde [Play] *** 51 pages 20. Feast of the Goat - Mario Vargas Llosa **** 475 pages 21. The Audacity of Hype - Armando Iannucci **** 311 pages 22. Winter's Bone - Daniel Woodrell ***** 193 pages 23. Freedom - Jonathan Franzen ***** 562 pages 24. Strange Pilgrims [Collection of short stories] - Gabriel Garcia Marquez *** 188 pages 25. For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway ** 490 pages 26. The Last Werewolf - Glen Duncan ***** 346 pages 27. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini **** 402 pages 28. Daughter of Fortune - Isabel Allende *** 399 pages 29. Jasper Jones - Craig Silvey ***** 299 page 30. The Vagrants - Yiyun Li ***** 337 pages 31. We Were Young and Carefree - Laurent Fignon 287 pages ***** 32. Galore - Michael Crummey 335 pages *** 33. The Rider - Tim Krabbé 148 pages ***** 34. Plugged - Eoin Colfer 277 pages *** 35. Child Wonder - Roy Jacobsen ***** 264 pages 36. An Evening of Long Goodbyes - Paul Murray ***** 461 pages 37. The Tiger's Wife - Téa Obrecht ***** 336 pages 38. Everything in the Country Must Go - Colum McCann ** 143 pages 39. Timbuktu - Paul Auster ***** 117 pages 40. Moth Smoke - Mohsin Hamed **** 309 pages 41. The Tenderloin - John Butler ** 295 pages 42. I, Lucifer - Glen Duncan ***** 262 pages (reread) 43. The Burnt Out Town of Miracles - Roy Jacobsen **** 200 pages 44. The Book of Illusions - Paul Auster ***** 232 pages 45. Bossypants - Tina Fey ***** 275 pages 46. Atonement - Ian McEwen **** 372 pages 47. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho ** 177 pages 48. The Map & The Territory - Michel Houellebecq ***** 291 pages 49. Living to Tell the Tale - Gabriel Garcia Marquez **** 484 pages 50. 2666 - Roberto Bolano ***** 893 pages 51. Nemesis - Philip Roth **** 280 pages Total pages in completed books 14,856 pages [total does not include currently reading] although my target is the 15,000 pages, the book total included 3 shortish plays by Oscar Wilde so really it's 48 books so far. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
whisper in the wind Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 1. Unwind - Neal Shusterman. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
green pumpkin Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 1. Porcelain On Steel | Women of West Point's Long Gray Line - Donna M. McAleer 2. Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream - H. G. Bissinger 3. Another Bullshit Night in Suck City: A Memoir - Nick Flynn 4. The Colossus of New York - Colson Whitehead 5. Saber's Edge: A Combat Medic in Ramadi, Iraq - Thomas A. Middleton 6. post office: A Novel - Charles Bukowski 7. Senator's Son: An Iraq War Novel - Luke S. Larson 8. Ham on Rye: A Novel - Charles Bukowski 9. Down and Out in Paris and London - George Orwell 10. Spitting Off Tall Buildings: A Novel - Dan Fante 11. Women - Charles Bukowski 12. Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand 13. Dead Men Risen - Toby Harnden 14. Knockemstiff - Donald Ray Pollock 15. The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan - Kim Barker 16. You Have To Live Hard To Be Hard - Dan Laguna 17. Wounded Warriors: Those for Whom the War Never Ends - Mike Sager 18. A Soldier's Dream: Captain Travis Patriquin and the Awakening of Iraq - William Doyle 19. Causing a Scene - Charlie Todd, Alex Scordelis 20. This Man's Army - Andrew Exum 21. No One Belongs Here More Than You - Miranda July 22. Heroes Among Us: Firsthand Accounts of Combat - Chuck Larson 23. A Writer at War: A Soviet Journalist with the Red Army, 1941-1945 - Vasily Grossman 24. The Road to Los Angeles - John Fante Total pages read ... 7800 So half the projected mark ... not good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TreacleSponge Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 1. Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world - Haruki Murakami 2. Survivor - Chuck Palahniuk 3. The call of Cthulu and other stories - HP Lovecraft 4. Night watch - Terry Pratchett 5. Changing planes - Ursula Le Guin 6. Pride & prejudice & zombies - Seth Grahame-Smith 7. Persuasion - James Borg 8. The Reader - Bernhard Schlink 9. The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides 10. The Help - Kathryn Stockett 11. The concept of mind - Gilbert Ryle 12. Never the bride - Paul Magrs 13. The spirit level - Richard Wilkinson & Kate Pickett 14. When Nietzsche wept - Irvin Yalom 15. Introducing Nietzsche - Laurence Gane and Piero 16. All quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque 17. The bell - Iris Murdoch 18. A confederacy of dunces - John Kennedy Toole 19. Room - Emma Donoghue 20. The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - edited by Leonard Labaree 21. Why I am not a Christian - Bertrand Russell 22. South of the border, west of the sun - Haruki Murakami 23. Solar - Ian McEwan 24. Dr Horrible - Zack Whedon 25. The elephant vanishes - Haruki Murakami 26. The cartoon history of the modern world II - Larry Gonick 27. No one belongs here more than you - Miranda July 28. An utterly impartial history of Britain - John O'Farrell 29. When I was five I killed myself - Howard Buten 30. Speaker for the dead - Orson Scott Card 31. Xenocide - Orson Scott Card 32. The age of turbulence - Alan Greenspan 33. How to live: A life of Montaigne - Sarah Bakewell 34. The death of Ivan Ilyich - Leo Tolstoy 35. An idiot abroad - Karl Pilkington 36. The power of giving - Azim Jamal and Harvey McKinnon 37. The power of half - Kevin Salwen and Hannah Salwen 38. Globalisation and its discontents - Joseph Stiglitz 39. The tiger's wife - Tea Obreht 40. The social animal: A story of how success happens - David Brooks 41. A bend in the river - VS Naipaul 42. The hare with amber eyes - Edmund de Waal 43. Serenity: The Shepherd's tale - Zack & Joss Whedon 44. Vernon God Little - DBC Pierre 45. Coping with macular degeneration - Patricia Gilbert 46. Buffy: The long way home - Joss Whedon 47. Buffy Omnibus 2 - Joss Whedon 48. Tales of the Slayers - Joss Whedon 49. The big sleep - Raymond Chandler 50. The inflationary universe - Alan Guth 51. Aid and other dirty business - Giles Bolton 52. Utilitarianism (Oxford Philosophical Texts) - JS Mill & Roger Crisp 53. Existentialism is a humanism - Jean Paul Sartre 54. Buffy Omnibus 1 - Joss Whedon 55. Batman: The Long Halloween - Jeph Loeb 56. Very Short Introductions: Existentialism - Thomas Flynn 57. We need to talk about Kevin - Lionel Shriver 58. The trial of Sherlock Holmes - Leah Moore 59. Delirium - Lauren Oliver 60. Irrational man - William Barrett 61. Saiyuki #1 - Kazuya Minekura 62. Saiyuki #2 - Kazuya Minekura 63. Any human heart - William Boyd 64. The racing tribe - Kate Fox 65. Flow: The psychology of happiness - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi 66. The hunger games - Suzanne Collins Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 1. This Side of Brightness - Colum McCann ***** 241 pages 2. Oddballs: A Novel of Affections - Manchan Magan **** 247 pages 3. The Wooden Tounge Speaks - Bogdan Tiganov *** 197 pages 4. Fallen Angel: The Passion of Fausto Coppi - William Fotheringham ***** 268 pages 5. The Stars in the Bright Sky - Alan Warner **** 394 pages 6. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez ***** 448 pages (reread) 7. The Skating Rink - Roberto Bolano **** 192 pages 8. Glyph - Percivel Everitt ***** 208 pages (reread) 9. The Thick of It:The Missing DoSac Files - Ianucci, Blackwell, Roche, Martin & Armstrong **** 136 pages 10. Purple Hibiscus - Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche *** 307 pages 11. Sunset Park - Paul Auster ***** 308 pages 12. Enough is Enough - Fintan O'Toole **** 244 pages 13. Jamaica Inn - Dauphne De Maurier ***** 302 pages 14. Life of Pi - Yann Martel ***** 319 pages 15. Lights Out in Wonderland - DBC Pierre * 315 pages (rating revised upon consideration) 16. The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde [Play] **** 49 pages 17. Lady Windermere's Fan - Oscar Wilde [Play] *** 46 pages 18. The Outsider's - S.E. Hinton *** 136 pages 19. A Woman of No Importance - Oscar Wilde [Play] *** 51 pages 20. Feast of the Goat - Mario Vargas Llosa **** 475 pages 21. The Audacity of Hype - Armando Iannucci **** 311 pages 22. Winter's Bone - Daniel Woodrell ***** 193 pages 23. Freedom - Jonathan Franzen ***** 562 pages 24. Strange Pilgrims [Collection of short stories] - Gabriel Garcia Marquez *** 188 pages 25. For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway ** 490 pages 26. The Last Werewolf - Glen Duncan ***** 346 pages 27. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini **** 402 pages 28. Daughter of Fortune - Isabel Allende *** 399 pages 29. Jasper Jones - Craig Silvey ***** 299 page 30. The Vagrants - Yiyun Li ***** 337 pages 31. We Were Young and Carefree - Laurent Fignon 287 pages ***** 32. Galore - Michael Crummey 335 pages *** 33. The Rider - Tim Krabbé 148 pages ***** 34. Plugged - Eoin Colfer 277 pages *** 35. Child Wonder - Roy Jacobsen ***** 264 pages 36. An Evening of Long Goodbyes - Paul Murray ***** 461 pages 37. The Tiger's Wife - Téa Obrecht ***** 336 pages 38. Everything in the Country Must Go - Colum McCann ** 143 pages 39. Timbuktu - Paul Auster ***** 117 pages 40. Moth Smoke - Mohsin Hamed **** 309 pages 41. The Tenderloin - John Butler ** 295 pages 42. I, Lucifer - Glen Duncan ***** 262 pages (reread) 43. The Burnt Out Town of Miracles - Roy Jacobsen **** 200 pages 44. The Book of Illusions - Paul Auster ***** 232 pages 45. Bossypants - Tina Fey ***** 275 pages 46. Atonement - Ian McEwen **** 372 pages 47. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho ** 177 pages 48. The Map & The Territory - Michel Houellebecq ***** 291 pages 49. Living to Tell the Tale - Gabriel Garcia Marquez **** 484 pages 50. 2666 - Roberto Bolano ***** 893 pages 51. Nemesis - Philip Roth **** 280 pages 52. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens **** 443 pages Total pages in completed books 15,291 pages [total does not include currently reading] Main mission is complete but i believe i can do the 50 books (53 less the three plays of oscar wilde) by the end of the year Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TreacleSponge Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 2011 books read - a summary I decided to keep track of books read this year to look for patterns. In particular, to identify which books I enjoy most so that I can read more like that in future. Books I read in 2011 that I think were worth reading were as follows: 8. The Reader - Bernhard Schlink 11. The concept of mind - Gilbert Ryle 15. Introducing Nietzsche - Laurence Gane and Piero 16. All quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque 21. Why I am not a Christian - Bertrand Russell 26. The cartoon history of the modern world II - Larry Gonick 28. An utterly impartial history of Britain - John O'Farrell 30. Speaker for the dead - Orson Scott Card 31. Xenocide - Orson Scott Card 32. The age of turbulence - Alan Greenspan 33. How to live: A life of Montaigne - Sarah Bakewell 50. The inflationary universe - Alan Guth 52. Utilitarianism (Oxford Philosophical Texts) - JS Mill & Roger Crisp 57. We need to talk about Kevin - Lionel Shriver 60. Irrational man - William Barrett 64. The racing tribe - Kate Fox I note that 11 of these 16 are non fiction. In 2011 I only read 24 non fiction books in total, so that's roughly a 50% hit ratio. More non fiction in 2012 then. Of the 5 fiction books I enjoyed, 3 I had read once before so I knew they were good, the re-read confirmed that they were really good. So, I only found 2 fiction books all year that I really liked, not a good success rate given I read around 40 new fiction books. Minimise fiction in 2012. Around 2/3 of my books were borrowed from the library. I won't be able to go to the library as much in 2012, but I'm not too worried about that. 9 of the 16 books I enjoyed I owned myself. Not a massive surprise - I'm more likely to buy a book that I "know" I'll enjoy, and also more likely to just borrow a book that's a bit of a gamble. Still, like all readers, the books I buy are not necessarily the ones I read. Read more of my own books in 2012. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 1. This Side of Brightness - Colum McCann ***** 241 pages 2. Oddballs: A Novel of Affections - Manchan Magan **** 247 pages 3. The Wooden Tounge Speaks - Bogdan Tiganov *** 197 pages 4. Fallen Angel: The Passion of Fausto Coppi - William Fotheringham ***** 268 pages 5. The Stars in the Bright Sky - Alan Warner **** 394 pages 6. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez ***** 448 pages (reread) 7. The Skating Rink - Roberto Bolano **** 192 pages 8. Glyph - Percivel Everitt ***** 208 pages (reread) 9. The Thick of It:The Missing DoSac Files - Ianucci, Blackwell, Roche, Martin & Armstrong **** 136 pages 10. Purple Hibiscus - Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche *** 307 pages 11. Sunset Park - Paul Auster ***** 308 pages 12. Enough is Enough - Fintan O'Toole **** 244 pages 13. Jamaica Inn - Dauphne De Maurier ***** 302 pages 14. Life of Pi - Yann Martel ***** 319 pages 15. Lights Out in Wonderland - DBC Pierre * 315 pages (rating revised upon consideration) 16. The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde [Play] **** 49 pages 17. Lady Windermere's Fan - Oscar Wilde [Play] *** 46 pages 18. The Outsider's - S.E. Hinton *** 136 pages 19. A Woman of No Importance - Oscar Wilde [Play] *** 51 pages 20. Feast of the Goat - Mario Vargas Llosa **** 475 pages 21. The Audacity of Hype - Armando Iannucci **** 311 pages 22. Winter's Bone - Daniel Woodrell ***** 193 pages 23. Freedom - Jonathan Franzen ***** 562 pages 24. Strange Pilgrims [Collection of short stories] - Gabriel Garcia Marquez *** 188 pages 25. For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway ** 490 pages 26. The Last Werewolf - Glen Duncan ***** 346 pages 27. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini **** 402 pages 28. Daughter of Fortune - Isabel Allende *** 399 pages 29. Jasper Jones - Craig Silvey ***** 299 page 30. The Vagrants - Yiyun Li ***** 337 pages 31. We Were Young and Carefree - Laurent Fignon 287 pages ***** 32. Galore - Michael Crummey 335 pages *** 33. The Rider - Tim Krabbé 148 pages ***** 34. Plugged - Eoin Colfer 277 pages *** 35. Child Wonder - Roy Jacobsen ***** 264 pages 36. An Evening of Long Goodbyes - Paul Murray ***** 461 pages 37. The Tiger's Wife - Téa Obrecht ***** 336 pages 38. Everything in the Country Must Go - Colum McCann ** 143 pages 39. Timbuktu - Paul Auster ***** 117 pages 40. Moth Smoke - Mohsin Hamed **** 309 pages 41. The Tenderloin - John Butler ** 295 pages 42. I, Lucifer - Glen Duncan ***** 262 pages (reread) 43. The Burnt Out Town of Miracles - Roy Jacobsen **** 200 pages 44. The Book of Illusions - Paul Auster ***** 232 pages 45. Bossypants - Tina Fey ***** 275 pages 46. Atonement - Ian McEwen **** 372 pages 47. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho * 177 pages 48. The Map & The Territory - Michel Houellebecq ***** 291 pages 49. Living to Tell the Tale - Gabriel Garcia Marquez **** 484 pages 50. 2666 - Roberto Bolano ***** 893 pages 51. Nemesis - Philip Roth **** 280 pages 52. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens **** 443 pages 53. Beatrice & Virgil - Yann Martel ** 197 pages Total pages in completed books 15,488 pages BOTH OBJECTIVES COMPLETE Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smellincoffee Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 I technically hit my goal of 150, seeing as I re-read the Harry Potter and Foundation series in addition to my new reading.. -- January -- 1. In a Sunburned Country, Bill Bryson 2. Reunion, Michael Jan Friedman (Fiction) 3. The Evolution of God, Robert Wright 4. To End All Wars, Adam Hochschild 5. Redcoat, Bernard Cornwell (Fiction) 6. Sex on Six Legs, Marlene Zuke 7. The Black Echo, Michael Connelly (Fiction) 8. The Rise and Fall of the Bible, Timothy Beal. 9. A Far Better Rest, Susanne Alleyn (Fiction) 10. The Age of Absurdity: Why Modern Life Makes it Hard to be Happy, Michael Foley. 11. Beyond Band of Brothers: the War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters, Dick Winters 12. Electric Universe: The Shocking True Story of Electricity, David Bodanis 13. 50 Jobs in 50 States, Daniel Seddiqui -- February -- 14. Star Trek Titan: Sword of Damocles, Geoffrey Thorne. (Fiction) 15. Star Trek Vanguard: Harbinger, David Mack (Fiction) 16. Agincourt, Bernard Cornwell (Fiction) 17. Star Trek Vanguard: Summon the Thunder, Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore (Fiction) 18. Overlook, Michael Connelly (Fiction) 19. The Near East, Isaac Asimov 20. Star Trek Titan: Over a Torrent Sea, Christopher L. Bennett (Fiction) 21. A History of Life on Earth, Jon Erickson 22. The Revolutionist, Robert Littell (Fiction) 23. The Outline of History, Volume I, H.G. Wells. 24. Paths of Disharmony, Dayton Ward (Fiction) 25. With Wings Like Eagles, Michael Korda -- March -- 26. The History of Japan, Kenneth Scott Latourette 27. The Fort, Bernard Cornwell (Fiction) 28. Confessions, Augustine of Hippo 29. Reap the Whirlwind, David Mack (Fiction) 30. The Fall of Terok Nor, Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens (Fiction) 31. The War of the Prophets, Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens (Fiction) 32. Inferno, Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens (Fiction) 33. A Man in Full, Tom Wolfe (Fiction) 34. Then Everything Changed, Jeff Greenfield 35. The Forgotten 500, Gregory Freeman 36. You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train, Howard Zinn 37. Bomber, Len Deighton -- April -- 38. Gallows Thief, Bernard Cornwell (Fiction) 39. What Catholics Really Believe, Karl Keating 40. Echo Park, Michael Connelly (Fiction) 41. The Archer's Tale, Bernard Cornwell (Fiction) 42. Star Trek Vanguard: Open Secrets, Dayton Ward (Fiction) 43. The Heart and the Fist, Eric Greitens 44. Why Do Catholics Do That?, Kevin Orlin Johnson 45. The Stars, Like Dust, Isaac Asimov (Fiction) 46. The Book of Wisdom, New English Bible 47. Disaster 1906: The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Edward F. Dolan Jr. 48. The Accidental Time Machine, Joe Haldeman (Fiction) 49. Ecclesiasticus, New English Bible 50. Sharpe's Rifles, Bernard Cornwell (Fiction) -- May -- 51. The Tragedy of the Moon, Isaac Asimov 52. The Coming, Joe Haldeman (Fiction) 53. The Book of Tobit, New English Bible 54. The Undiscovered Country, J.M.Dillard (Fiction) 55. City of Bones, Michael Connelly (Fiction) 56. Guns, Ed McBain (Fiction) 57. The Sea-Wolf, Jack London (Fiction) 58. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee (Fiction) 59. Earth Science Made Simple, Edward Albins 60. Cave Paintings to Picasso, Henry Sayre 61. Sharpe's Tiger, Bernard Cornwell (Fiction) 62. The Ethical Assassin, David Liss (Fiction) 63. Angels and Demons, Dan Brown (Horrible, Horrible Fiction) --June-- 64. Star Trek Vanguard: Precipice, David Mack (Fiction) 65. Montevallo: Images of America, Clark Hultquist and Carey Heatherly 66. All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, Robert Fulghum 67. The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan 68. Sharpe's Triumph, Bernard Cornwell (Fiction) 69. Biology Made Simple, Rita Mary King 70. The Currents of Space, Isaac Asimov (Fiction) 71. Cop Hater, Ed McBain (fiction) 72. Sharpe's Fortress, Bernard Cornwell (fiction) 73. God is not One, Stephen Prothero 74. The Final Storm, Jeff Shaara (fiction) --July-- 75. Sharpe's Trafalgar, Bernard Cornwell (fiction) 76. Sharpe's Prey, Bernard Cornwell (fiction) 77. Robots and Empire, Isaac Asimov (fiction) 78. An Altar in the World, Barbara Brown Taylor 79. Diary of a Wimpy Kid #2: Rodrick Rules, Jeff Kinney 80. Why Choose the Episcopal Church, John M. Krumm (fiction) 81. Judge and Jury, James Patterson (fiction) 82. Honeymoon, James Patterson (fiction) 83. The Big Switch, Harry Turtledove (fiction) 84. The Third Chimpanzee, Jared Diamond 85. Diary of a Wimpy Kid #1, Jeff Kinney --August-- 86. Star Trek Titan: Synthesis, James Swallow (fiction) 87. Seven Ages of Paris, Alistair Horne 88. Covert, Bob Delaney 89. Gospel Medicine, Barbara Brown Taylor 90. Isaac Asimov's Caliban, Roger MacBride Allen (fiction) 91. The Age of Faith, Will Durant 92. The Gods Themselves, Isaac Asimov (fiction) 93. The Big Rock Candy Mountain, Wallace Stegner (fiction) --September-- 94. Astronomy Made Simple, Kevin B. Marvel 95. The Feather Merchants, Max Shulman (fiction) 96. The Illiad, translated by Barbara Leonie Picard 97. Your Faith, Your Life: An Invitation to the Episcopal Church, Jennifer Gamber and Bill Lewellison 98. The Renaissance, Will Durant 99. Sharpe's Gold, Bernard Cornwell (fiction) 100. Marcus Aurelius: A Life, Frank McLynn 101. Discourses, Epictetus 102. The Tales of Beedle the Bard, J.K. Rowling (fiction) 103. Dhammapada, trans. Max Mueller, annotated by Jack MacGuire 104. The Red Pyramid, Rick Riordian (fiction) 105. Sharpe's Escape, Bernard Cornwell (fiction) 106. Walking with Dinosaurs, Tim Haines --October-- 107. The Reformation, Will Durant 108. The Union Club Mysteries, Isaac Asimov (Fiction) 109. The Good German, Joseph Kanon (Fiction) 110. The Lost Hero, Rick Riordan (Fiction) 111. Pathways, Jeri Taylor (Fiction) 112. The Complete Guide to Walking for Health, Weight Loss, and Fitness; Mark Fenton 113. Sharpe's Fury, Bernard Cornwell (Fiction) 114. Active Living Every Day; Steven Blair, Andrew Dunn, Bess Marcus, Ruth Ann Carpenter, and Peter Jaret. 115. The Planet that Wasn't, Isaac Asimov 116. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (fiction) 117. At Home in Mitford, Jan Karon (fiction) 118. The Beginning Runner's Handbook, Ian MacNeill and Doug Clement. 119. The Rapture Exposed: The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation, Barbara Rossing 120. Clash of Wings: World War II in the Sky, Walter J. Boyne 121. Sharpe's Company, Bernard Cornwell (Fiction) 122. The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (fiction) -- November -- 123. The Astral, Kate Christensen (fiction) 124. Sharpe's Sword, Bernard Cornwell (fiction) 125. KunstlerCast: Conversations with James Howard Kunstler....the tragic comedy of surburban sprawl; Duncan Crary 126. The Greater Journey, David McCullough 127. Plain and Simple: A Woman's Journey to the Amish, Sue Bender 128. God Has a Dream, Desmond Tutu 129. The Crisis of Islam, Bernard Lewis 130. In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan 131. A Light in the Window, Jan Karon (fiction) 132. Timequake, Kurt Vonnegut (fiction) --December-- 133.Physics of the Future, Michio Kaku 134.Redwall, Brian Jacques (fiction) 135. Santa and Pete, Christopher Moore (fiction) 136. Bicycle Diaries, David Byrne 137. The City in Mind: Notes on the Urban Condition, James Howard Kunstler 138. Incognito: the Secret Lives of the Brain, David Eagleman 139. Open Your Heart with Bicycling: Mastering Life through the Love of the Road, Shawn B. Rohrbach 140. 11/22/63, Stephen King (fiction) 141. The Litigators, John Grisham (fiction) 142. Sharpe's Enemy, Bernard Cornwell (fiction) I'd hoped to add The Fabric of the Cosmos to this, but I don't think I'm apt to finish it before Sunday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smellincoffee Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 I technically hit my goal of 150, seeing as I re-read the Harry Potter and Foundation series in addition to my new reading.. -- January -- 1. In a Sunburned Country, Bill Bryson 2. Reunion, Michael Jan Friedman (Fiction) 3. The Evolution of God, Robert Wright 4. To End All Wars, Adam Hochschild 5. Redcoat, Bernard Cornwell (Fiction) 6. Sex on Six Legs, Marlene Zuke 7. The Black Echo, Michael Connelly (Fiction) 8. The Rise and Fall of the Bible, Timothy Beal. 9. A Far Better Rest, Susanne Alleyn (Fiction) 10. The Age of Absurdity: Why Modern Life Makes it Hard to be Happy, Michael Foley. 11. Beyond Band of Brothers: the War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters, Dick Winters 12. Electric Universe: The Shocking True Story of Electricity, David Bodanis 13. 50 Jobs in 50 States, Daniel Seddiqui -- February -- 14. Star Trek Titan: Sword of Damocles, Geoffrey Thorne. (Fiction) 15. Star Trek Vanguard: Harbinger, David Mack (Fiction) 16. Agincourt, Bernard Cornwell (Fiction) 17. Star Trek Vanguard: Summon the Thunder, Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore (Fiction) 18. Overlook, Michael Connelly (Fiction) 19. The Near East, Isaac Asimov 20. Star Trek Titan: Over a Torrent Sea, Christopher L. Bennett (Fiction) 21. A History of Life on Earth, Jon Erickson 22. The Revolutionist, Robert Littell (Fiction) 23. The Outline of History, Volume I, H.G. Wells. 24. Paths of Disharmony, Dayton Ward (Fiction) 25. With Wings Like Eagles, Michael Korda -- March -- 26. The History of Japan, Kenneth Scott Latourette 27. The Fort, Bernard Cornwell (Fiction) 28. Confessions, Augustine of Hippo 29. Reap the Whirlwind, David Mack (Fiction) 30. The Fall of Terok Nor, Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens (Fiction) 31. The War of the Prophets, Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens (Fiction) 32. Inferno, Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens (Fiction) 33. A Man in Full, Tom Wolfe (Fiction) 34. Then Everything Changed, Jeff Greenfield 35. The Forgotten 500, Gregory Freeman 36. You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train, Howard Zinn 37. Bomber, Len Deighton -- April -- 38. Gallows Thief, Bernard Cornwell (Fiction) 39. What Catholics Really Believe, Karl Keating 40. Echo Park, Michael Connelly (Fiction) 41. The Archer's Tale, Bernard Cornwell (Fiction) 42. Star Trek Vanguard: Open Secrets, Dayton Ward (Fiction) 43. The Heart and the Fist, Eric Greitens 44. Why Do Catholics Do That?, Kevin Orlin Johnson 45. The Stars, Like Dust, Isaac Asimov (Fiction) 46. The Book of Wisdom, New English Bible 47. Disaster 1906: The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Edward F. Dolan Jr. 48. The Accidental Time Machine, Joe Haldeman (Fiction) 49. Ecclesiasticus, New English Bible 50. Sharpe's Rifles, Bernard Cornwell (Fiction) -- May -- 51. The Tragedy of the Moon, Isaac Asimov 52. The Coming, Joe Haldeman (Fiction) 53. The Book of Tobit, New English Bible 54. The Undiscovered Country, J.M.Dillard (Fiction) 55. City of Bones, Michael Connelly (Fiction) 56. Guns, Ed McBain (Fiction) 57. The Sea-Wolf, Jack London (Fiction) 58. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee (Fiction) 59. Earth Science Made Simple, Edward Albins 60. Cave Paintings to Picasso, Henry Sayre 61. Sharpe's Tiger, Bernard Cornwell (Fiction) 62. The Ethical Assassin, David Liss (Fiction) 63. Angels and Demons, Dan Brown (Horrible, Horrible Fiction) --June-- 64. Star Trek Vanguard: Precipice, David Mack (Fiction) 65. Montevallo: Images of America, Clark Hultquist and Carey Heatherly 66. All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, Robert Fulghum 67. The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan 68. Sharpe's Triumph, Bernard Cornwell (Fiction) 69. Biology Made Simple, Rita Mary King 70. The Currents of Space, Isaac Asimov (Fiction) 71. Cop Hater, Ed McBain (fiction) 72. Sharpe's Fortress, Bernard Cornwell (fiction) 73. God is not One, Stephen Prothero 74. The Final Storm, Jeff Shaara (fiction) --July-- 75. Sharpe's Trafalgar, Bernard Cornwell (fiction) 76. Sharpe's Prey, Bernard Cornwell (fiction) 77. Robots and Empire, Isaac Asimov (fiction) 78. An Altar in the World, Barbara Brown Taylor 79. Diary of a Wimpy Kid #2: Rodrick Rules, Jeff Kinney 80. Why Choose the Episcopal Church, John M. Krumm (fiction) 81. Judge and Jury, James Patterson (fiction) 82. Honeymoon, James Patterson (fiction) 83. The Big Switch, Harry Turtledove (fiction) 84. The Third Chimpanzee, Jared Diamond 85. Diary of a Wimpy Kid #1, Jeff Kinney --August-- 86. Star Trek Titan: Synthesis, James Swallow (fiction) 87. Seven Ages of Paris, Alistair Horne 88. Covert, Bob Delaney 89. Gospel Medicine, Barbara Brown Taylor 90. Isaac Asimov's Caliban, Roger MacBride Allen (fiction) 91. The Age of Faith, Will Durant 92. The Gods Themselves, Isaac Asimov (fiction) 93. The Big Rock Candy Mountain, Wallace Stegner (fiction) --September-- 94. Astronomy Made Simple, Kevin B. Marvel 95. The Feather Merchants, Max Shulman (fiction) 96. The Illiad, translated by Barbara Leonie Picard 97. Your Faith, Your Life: An Invitation to the Episcopal Church, Jennifer Gamber and Bill Lewellison 98. The Renaissance, Will Durant 99. Sharpe's Gold, Bernard Cornwell (fiction) 100. Marcus Aurelius: A Life, Frank McLynn 101. Discourses, Epictetus 102. The Tales of Beedle the Bard, J.K. Rowling (fiction) 103. Dhammapada, trans. Max Mueller, annotated by Jack MacGuire 104. The Red Pyramid, Rick Riordian (fiction) 105. Sharpe's Escape, Bernard Cornwell (fiction) 106. Walking with Dinosaurs, Tim Haines --October-- 107. The Reformation, Will Durant 108. The Union Club Mysteries, Isaac Asimov (Fiction) 109. The Good German, Joseph Kanon (Fiction) 110. The Lost Hero, Rick Riordan (Fiction) 111. Pathways, Jeri Taylor (Fiction) 112. The Complete Guide to Walking for Health, Weight Loss, and Fitness; Mark Fenton 113. Sharpe's Fury, Bernard Cornwell (Fiction) 114. Active Living Every Day; Steven Blair, Andrew Dunn, Bess Marcus, Ruth Ann Carpenter, and Peter Jaret. 115. The Planet that Wasn't, Isaac Asimov 116. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (fiction) 117. At Home in Mitford, Jan Karon (fiction) 118. The Beginning Runner's Handbook, Ian MacNeill and Doug Clement. 119. The Rapture Exposed: The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation, Barbara Rossing 120. Clash of Wings: World War II in the Sky, Walter J. Boyne 121. Sharpe's Company, Bernard Cornwell (Fiction) 122. The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (fiction) -- November -- 123. The Astral, Kate Christensen (fiction) 124. Sharpe's Sword, Bernard Cornwell (fiction) 125. KunstlerCast: Conversations with James Howard Kunstler....the tragic comedy of surburban sprawl; Duncan Crary 126. The Greater Journey, David McCullough 127. Plain and Simple: A Woman's Journey to the Amish, Sue Bender 128. God Has a Dream, Desmond Tutu 129. The Crisis of Islam, Bernard Lewis 130. In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan 131. A Light in the Window, Jan Karon (fiction) 132. Timequake, Kurt Vonnegut (fiction) --December-- 133.Physics of the Future, Michio Kaku 134.Redwall, Brian Jacques (fiction) 135. Santa and Pete, Christopher Moore (fiction) 136. Bicycle Diaries, David Byrne 137. The City in Mind: Notes on the Urban Condition, James Howard Kunstler 138. Incognito: the Secret Lives of the Brain, David Eagleman 139. Open Your Heart with Bicycling: Mastering Life through the Love of the Road, Shawn B. Rohrbach 140. 11/22/63, Stephen King (fiction) 141. The Litigators, John Grisham (fiction) 142. Sharpe's Enemy, Bernard Cornwell (fiction) I'd hoped to add The Fabric of the Cosmos to this, but I don't think I'm apt to finish it before Sunday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Emiko Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Woohoo, I'm going to try for at least 100 books this year, but I'll settle for 50. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Philip Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 These are the books I have read completely in 2011 or started in 2010 and finished in 2011. 1. Making the Difference: Essays in honour of Shirley Williams, edited by Andrew Duff 2. Maxton, Gordon Brown 3. Walden and Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau 4. Smile or Die: How Postive Thinking Fooled America and the World, Barbara Ehrenreich 5. Evolution and Empire, John William Graham 6. Climbing the Bookshelves, Shirley Wiiliams 7. St. Stephen's House: Friends' Emergency Work in England 1914-1919, compiled by Anna Braithwaite Thomas and others. 8. The Stations of the Cross, Caryll Houselander 9. Whitman, Slavery and the Emergence of Leaves of Grass, Martin Klammer 10. Above All Nations, compiled by George Caitlin, Vera Brittain and Sheila Hodges 11. Empires and Barbarians: Migration, Developmwnt and the Birth of Europe, Peter Heather 12. Justice in the Church: Gender and Participation, Benedict M. Ashley 13. A Story to Live By, Kathy Galloway 14. The Teaching of the Catholic Church: A new Cathechism of Christian Doctrine, Herbert McCabe 15. American Wife, Curtis Sittenfield (fiction) 16. The British General Election of 2010, Dennis Kavanagh and Philip Cowley 17. Dogmatic Constitution on the Church [Lumen Gentium], Vatican Council II 18. Living Catholicism, Roderick Strange 19. Pope and Devil: The Vatican's Archives and the Third Reich, Hubert Wolf 20, Alone of All her Sex: The Myth and Cult of the Virgin Mary, Marina Warner# 21. Speak for Britain: A New History of the Labour Party, Martin Pugh 22. Popular Movements c.1830-1850, edited by J.T.Ward 23. Engleby, Sebastian Faulks (fiction) 24. Faith and Politics after Christendom: The Church as a Movement for Anarchy, Jonathan Bartley 25. The Letters of Carylll Houselander, edited by Maisie Ward 26. House Rules by Jodi Picoult (fiction) 27. Living Catholic Faith in a Contentious Age, Raymond G. Helmick 28. The Beacon, Susan Hill (fiction) 29. Dreamers of a New Day: Women Who Invented the Twentieth Century, Sheila Rowbotham 30. The Body in Context: Sex and Catholicism, Gareth Moore 31. J.R.R. Tolkien: The Author of the Century, Tom Shippey 32. Women, Celibacy and the Church: Towards a Theology of the Single Life, Annemarie S. Kidder 33. Where Three Roads Meet, Sally Vickers (fiction) 34. Reclaiming the F word: The New Feminist Movement, Catherine Redfern and Kristin Aune 35. To End All Wars: How the First World War Divided Britain, Adam Hochschild 36. Attlee's Great Contemporaries: The Politics of Character, edited by Frank Field 37. Why God won't go away: Engaging with the New Atheism, Alister McGrath 38. Starter for Ten, David Nicholls (fiction) 39. Edward Carpenter: A Life of Liberty and Love, Sheila Rowbotham Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Carpet Monster Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Challenge accepted 8) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Feather Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Goal for this year is 150 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 2012 1. Oracle Night - Paul Auster ***** 165 pages Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 2012 1. Oracle Night - Paul Auster ***** 165 pages 2. Lean on Pete - Willy Vlautin **** 277 pages total pages - 442 pages [does not include currently reading] Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 2012 1. Oracle Night - Paul Auster ***** 165 pages 2. Lean on Pete - Willy Vlautin **** 277 pages 3. Fame - Daniel Kehlmann ***** 206 pages 4. Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez ***** 424 pages Reread total pages - 1,072 pages [does not include currently reading] Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Damaris Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 For 2012: __________ 1. Falcons on the Floor - Justin Sirois - two Iraqis trying to escape Fallujah during the war 2. The Shining - Stephen King - haunted hotel, winter horror 3. Transgressions - [collection] - crime, mystery, and suspense novellas Working my way up to not-so-far-behind now... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
glitchunter Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 So far in 2012... (I missed a few days, I know, but my blog completely slipped my mind for the first six days of the year, and so did reading a book a day, so...) Three Worlds Collide by Eliezer Yudkowsky Review: http://bookdujour.blogspot.com/2012/01/three-worlds-collide-by-eliezer.html Undine by Penni Russon http://bookdujour.blogspot.com/2012/01/undine-by-penni-russon.html The Sword of Good by Eliezer Yudkowsky http://bookdujour.blogspot.com/2012/01/sword-of-good-by-eliezer-yudkowsky.html Helper12 by Jack Blaine http://bookdujour.blogspot.com/2012/01/helper12-by-jack-blaine.html Nightlight by the Harvard Lampoon http://bookdujour.blogspot.com/2012/01/nightlight-by-harvard-lampoon.html The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells http://bookdujour.blogspot.com/2012/01/invisible-man-by-h-g-wells.html Enclave by Anne Aguirre http://bookdujour.blogspot.com/2012/01/blog-post.html The Death Cure by James Dashner http://bookdujour.blogspot.com/2012/01/blog-post_15.html The Day Boy and the Night Girl by George MacDonald http://bookdujour.blogspot.com/2012/01/day-boy-and-night-girl-by-george.html Water Wishes by Mallory Loehr http://bookdujour.blogspot.com/2012/01/water-wishes-by-mallory-loehr.html Earth Magic by Mallory Loehr http://bookdujour.blogspot.com/2012/01/earth-magic-by-mallory-loehr.html Wind Spell by Mallory Loehr http://bookdujour.blogspot.com/2012/01/wind-spell-by-mallory-loehr.html Fire Dreams by Mallory Loehr http://bookdujour.blogspot.com/2012/01/fire-dreams-by-mallory-loehr.html How to Confuse the Idiots in your Life by Ben Goode http://bookdujour.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-to-confuse-idiots-in-your-life-by.html Only You can Save Mankind by Terry Pratchett http://bookdujour.blogspot.com/2012/01/only-you-can-save-mankind-by-terry.html Vampirates: Demons of the Ocean by Justin Somper http://bookdujour.blogspot.com/2012/01/vampirates-demons-of-ocean-by-justin.html The Limit by Kristen Landon http://bookdujour.blogspot.com/2012/01/limit-by-kristen-landon.html A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift http://bookdujour.blogspot.com/2012/01/modest-proposal-by-jonathan-swift.html The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis http://bookdujour.blogspot.com/2012/01/great-divorce-by-c-s-lewis.html Fantastic Voyage by Isaac Asimov http://bookdujour.blogspot.com/2012/01/fantastic-voyage-by-isaac-asimov.html Vurt by Jeff Noon http://bookdujour.blogspot.com/2012/01/vurt-by-jeff-noon.html Candor by Pam Bachorz http://bookdujour.blogspot.com/2012/01/candor-by-pam-bachorz.html Wild Animals I have Known by Ernest Thompson Seton http://bookdujour.blogspot.com/2012/01/wild-animals-i-have-known-by-ernest.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mairzy Doats Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 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~ Lol, I used to do this. I used to average a book in a day and a half. Now my time is much more fractured. I'm lucky to finish a book in a month XD Good luck to all those taking the challenge! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Favonus Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 I'm in :) 1. The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien 2. The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket 3. Debt of Bones - Terry Goodkind 4. Wizard's First Rule - Terry Goodkind 5. Stone of Tears - Terry Goodkind 6. Blood of the Fold - Terry Goodkind 7. Temple of the Wind - Terry Goodkind I am currently reading the Sword of Truth and Lord of the Rings-series. Both quite heavy to read. If I am going to manage a book a week in-between my studies, I think I have to set my goal for something easier next. :lol: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 2012 1. Oracle Night - Paul Auster ***** 165 pages 2. Lean on Pete - Willy Vlautin **** 277 pages 3. Fame - Daniel Kehlmann ***** 206 pages 4. Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez ***** 424 pages Reread 5. A Deal with the Devil: The Green Party in Government - Mary Minihin *** 265 pages total pages - 1,337 pages [does not include currently reading] Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Accalia Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 I think I've probably read 50 books already this year, let alone giving me a few more months. Year Nines have so much time to read <3 My teachers keep lecturing me on why I shouldn't read whilst walking down the corridor though (apparently I can't see where I'm going. This is news to me since I haven't killed anybody yet). I tend to read around five a week which would see me done in 10 weeks, mostly because I read all the time, to the detriment of any other activity ever contrived by humankind. I dread going into GCSE years and having to start actually working in class instead of reading... Just finished reading Conqueror by Conn Iggulden - loved that so much :) and would recommend it to anybody I really want to read Trainspotting next, but my English teacher won't let me take it out from the school library, says it's too adult. Humph. She barely knows me. I read everything. So I'm settling for A Town Like Alice. Hummph. It does look good though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 2012 1. Oracle Night - Paul Auster ***** 165 pages 2. Lean on Pete - Willy Vlautin **** 277 pages 3. Fame - Daniel Kehlmann ***** 206 pages 4. Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez ***** 424 pages Reread 5. A Deal with the Devil: The Green Party in Government - Mary Minihin *** 265 pages 6. I Curse The River of Time - Per Petterson **** 233 pages total pages - 1,570 pages [does not include currently reading] mainly pamphlets so far this year ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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