fuzzipueo Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 5 hours ago, kimhasapetfish said: I think this is an awesome idea, is this for calendar years? Or is it twelve months from the starting date? Starts on January 1 and ends on Dec. 31. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kimhasapetfish Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 5 hours ago, fuzzipueo said: Starts on January 1 and ends on Dec. 31. Thank you, 2018 will be the year of reading! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FinneganCatch Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Yeah I think I'm going to try this for the new year Thought I def read at least 50 books last year. At least half were re-reads though. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ByASpringForASpell Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 On 11/6/2017 at 10:28 PM, ByASpringForASpell said: List for 2017 1. Native Son by Richard Wright ★★★★★ (560 pages) 2. Passing by Nella Larsen ★★★✩✩ (122 pages) 3. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway ★★★✩✩ (250 pages) 4. Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner ★★★★★ (303 pages) 5. The Lamentations of Zeno by Ilija Trojanow ★★★½✩ (159 pages) 6. The Princesse de Clèves by Madame de Lafayette ★★★✩✩ (176 pages) 7. A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf ★★★★✩ (112 pages) 8. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte ★★★★½ (367 pages) 9. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston ★★★★½ (193 pages) 10. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad ★★★✩✩ (100 pages) 11. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce ★½ ✩✩✩ (253 pages) 12. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier ★★★★★ (401 pages) 13. Surprised by Joy by C.S. Lewis ★★★★✩ (304 pages) 14. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka ★★★★✩ (58 pages) 15. The Man Who Disappeared/Amerika by Franz Kafka ★★★★✩ (288 pages) 16. Kafka’s Selected Stories by Franz Kafka ★★★½✩ (190 pages) 17. The Trial by Franz Kafka ★★★★½ (231 pages) 18. The Castle by Franz Kafka ★★★★✩ (316 pages) 19. Tonio Kröger by Thomas Mann ★★★★✩(65 pages) Total pages: 4,448 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 iff's list 2017 1. of love & other demons - gabriel garcia marquez ★★★★ reread 160 pages 2. the underground railroad - colson whitehead ★★★★ 1/2 306 pages 3. mend the living - maylis de kerangel ★★★★★ 230 pages 4. the tobacconist - robert seethaler ★★★ 1/2 234 pages 5. the lesser bohemians - eimear mcbride ★★★ 1/2 312 pages 6. the killing lessons - saul black ★★★★★ 408 pages 7. tomato red - daniel woodrell ★★★★★ 188 pages reread 8. all for nothing - walter kempowski ★★★★★ 343 pages 9. human acts - han kang ★★★★ 224 pages 10. nutshell - ian mcewan ★ 199 pages 11. A Horse Walks into A Bar - David Grossman ★★★★★ 198 pages 12. The Gustav Sonata - Rose Tremain ★★★★★ 240 pages 13. Dear Mr M - Herman Koch ★★ 400 pages 14. submission - michel houellebecq ★★★★ 250 pages 15. hot milk - deborah levy ★★ 218 pages 16. the things we don't do - andres neuman ★★★★ 170 pages 17. empires in the sun: the struggle for the mastery of Africa - Laurence James ★★★ 329 pages 18. child wonder - roy jacobsen ★★★★★ reread 264 pages 19. fever dream - samantha schweblin ★★★★★ 151 pages 20. compass - mathias enard ★★★★ 475 pages 21. the old child - jenny erpenbeck ★★★★ 107 pages 22. the old curiosity shop - charles dickens ★★★★ 545 pages 23. three loves, one death - evald flisar ★★★★ 201 pages 24. the book of words - jenny erpenbeck ★★★ 1/2 123 pages 25. i am the brother of xx (short story collection) - fleur jaeggy ★★ 133 pages 26. 4 3 2 1 - paul auster ★★★★★ 866 pages 27. you should have left - daniel kehlmann ★★★★★111 pages 28. exit west - mohsin hamid ★★★★★ 229 pages 29. the good people - hannah kent ★★★★ 380 pages 30. memoirs of a polar bear - yoko tawada ★★★★★252 pages 31. the golden legend - nadeem aslam ★★★★ 364 pages 32. the end of eddy - edouard louis ★★★★★ 192 pages 33. those who leave and those who stay - elena ferrante ★★★ 418 pages 34. the proof - cesar aira ★★★★ 100 pages 35. lincoln in the bardo - george saunders ★★★★ 343 pages 36.the vagrants - yiyun li ★★★★★ 337 pages reread 37. mirror, shoulder, signal - dorthe nors ★★★★★ 188 pages 38. Doubloon Cove - the secret of the ancient visitors - kelly novak ★★★★★ 192 pages 39. The Big Grey Man of Ben Macdhui ★★★ 169 pages 40. still the same man - jon bilbao ★★★★★ 181 pages 41. nightmare in berlin - hans fallada ★★★ 271 pages 42. the nakano thrift shop ★★★★★ 260 pages 43. her father's daughter - marie sizeun ★★★★ 150 pages 44. flatland - edwin a abbott ★★★★ 124 pages 45. A general theory of oblivion - jose eduardo agualusa ★★★ 243 pages total pages - 11,278 pages Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fuzzipueo Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 So This is Christmas (Adrien English #7) - Josh Lanyon Shades of Sepia (The Sleepless City #1) - Anne Barwell Dead Ground - Adam Wright Electric Candle (The Sleepless City #2) - Elizabeth Noble Rejoice Dammit - Kaje Harper Family and Reflection (The Sleepless City #3) - Anne Barwell Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves - PG Wodehouse Demon Moon - Brad Magnarella Shifting Chaos (The Sleepless City #4) - Elizabeth Noble Fortunate Blizzard - L.C. Chase Status Update - Annabeth Albert Connection Error - Annabeth Albert Finding Your Feet (Toronto Connections #2) - Cass Lennox - trans m/f pairing. Beta Test - Annabeth Albert Ghostly Invtigations - Edward Kendricks Hid in the Shadows: Assassin's Loyalty - Stephani Hecht Shane's Promise - Stephani Hecht Starstuck (Bluewater Bay #1) - L.A. Witt Shadow's Edge - S.C. Wynne The Prince of the Moon - Megan Derr Quarry (The Vampire Guard #2) - Elizabeth Noble The Godmakers - Frank Herbert Hell, Look at Me - Edward Kendricks Waiting for Clark - Annabeth Albert Junior Hero Blues - JK Pendragon Dragon Sun - Liv Rider The Royal Inquisitor - Megan Derr To Ride Pegasus - Anne McCaffrey Night of the Living Date - Brian Olsen The Galloway Road - Catherine Adams - ace character The Lost Tudor Princess - Alison Weir Elizabeth of York - Alison Weir Dragon Consultant - Mell Eight Dragon Deception - Mell Eight Dragon Dilemma - Mell Eight Every Heart a Doorway - Seanan McGuire character Bloodlist (Vampire Files #1) - PN Elrod Dragon Detective - Mell Eight Canada - Mike Myers Sunrise (Pact Arcanum #2) - Arshad Ahsannudin Not My Mate - Hollis Shiloh Dragon Soldier - Mell Eight Fair Chance (All's Fair #) - Josh Lanyon Growing Pains - Cass Lennox Moonlight (Pact Arcanum #3) - Arshad Ahsannudin How to Court a Librarian (Jewel Bonds #4) - Megan Derr Inheritance - Lissa Kasey Wick - Megan Derr Frostwick - Megan Derr Great Utopian and Dystopian Works of Literature (The Great Courses) - Pamela Bedore, Ph.D. The Heart of the Kingdom - Sasha L. Miller The Modern Scholar: Behold the Mighty Dinosaur - John C. Kricher, Ph.D. Starlight (Pact Arcanum #4) - Arshad Ahsannudin Long Shadows (Common Law #1) - Kate Sherwood Skim Blood and Savage Verse (Offbeat Crimes #3) - Angel Martinez Darkness (Common Law #2) - Kate Sherwood Embers (Common Law #3) - Kate Sherwood Home Fires (Common Law #4) - Kate Sherwood Plenty of Fish - Josh Lanyon From Here to Infinity: An Exploration of Science Fiction Literature - Michael D.C. Drout For a Good Time Call (Bluewater Bay #17) - Anne Tenino ace character/gay pairing Paladin of Souls (Chalion #2) - Lois McMaster Bujold The Vampire's Werewolf Bodyguard - Liv Rider - every bit as silly as it sounds too Sensation (Kid Sensation #1) - Kevin Hardman Reclamation (Dominion #2) - Lissa Kasey - barely worth the read and worse than the first book Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (Vorkosigan) - Lois McMaster Bujold - I would love to have another book from Ivan's point of view Linesman - S.K. Dunstall Forget Me Not (Mnevermind #2) - Jordan Castillo Price A Worthy Man (Men of Halfway House #5) - Jaime Reese The Mystery of Nevermore - C.S. Poe The Hated Finn - Charlie Richards Rediscovering Himself - Charlie Richards Femme - Marshall Thornton The Mysteries of the Curiosities - C.S. Poe The Ghost Slept Over - Marshall Thornton Liam Davis & The Raven - Anyta Sunday The Two Gentlemen of Altono - Lisa Henry & J.A. Rock - reread Binti - Nnedi Okorafor The Science of Supervillainy - C.T. Phipps Marvel's Doctor Strange - Bradford Hastings - junior novel that actually stops just when the real action's just getting started in the movie! The Monet Murders - Josh Lanyon Doctor Who: Touched by an Angel - Jonathan Morris The Merchant of Death - Lisa Henry & J.A. Rock - reread Witch Week - Diana Wynne Jones - reread of much older material Back to You - Chris Scully 86. Tempest - Lisa Henry & J.A. Rock - reread 87. Ring, Swords and Monsters: Exploring Fantasy - Michael D.C. Drout 88. Bear, Otter, and the Kid (BOtK #1) - T.J. Klune 89. Feral Dust Bunnies (Offbeat Crimes #4) - Angel Martinez 90. Bluewater Blues (Blue Water Bay #15) - G.B. Gordon 91. The Modern Scholar: Medieval Mysteries: The History Behind the Myths of the Middle Ages - Thomas F. Madden 92. Death Magic - M.J. Kraus 93. The Dragons of Dorcastle - Jack Campbell 94. Skin After Skin (Psycop #8) - Jordan Castillo Price 95. Doctor Who: The Shining Man - Cavan Scott 96. Echoes of Deviance (Aberrant Magic #4) - Lynn Gala 97. Jax's Rebellion - Stephanie Hecht 98. X-Files: Cold Cases (Audio) - Joe Harris - based on the IDW graphic novels 99. The Manny Files - Christian Burch 100. Hue, Tint & Shade - Jordan Castillo Price 101. His Quiet Agent - Ada Maria Soto ace characters 102. Wisp of a Thing (Tufa #2) - Alex Bledsoe 103. No God is Safe - Orlando A. Sanchez 104. The Sumage Solution - G.L. Carriger 105. A Natural History of Dragons - Marie Brennan 106. Quinn's Gambit - Bellora Quinn & Angela Martinez 107. All My Broken Pieces - Hollis Shiloh 108. Charming - Elliott James 109. A Destiny of Dragons - T.J. Klune 110. Carry On - Rainbow Rowell 111. The Soldati Prince - Charlie Cochet 112. OCD, the Dude, and Me - Loren Roedy Vaughn 113. Drama Queen - Joe Cosentino 114. Diversion - Eden Winters 115. Collusion - Eden Winters 116. One Bratty Omega - Stephanie Hecht 117. Long Black Curl (Tufa #3) - Alex Bledsoe 118. A Boy Worth Knowing - Jennifer Cosgrove 119. Corruption - Eden Winters 120. Something Like Spring - Jay Bell 121. Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell - because I read Carry On and got curious... 122. White Cat - Holly Black 123. Redemption - Eden Winters 124. Reunion - Eden Winters 125. Posted - John David Anderson 126. UnWrapping Hank - Eli Easton 127. Cutie and the Beast - EJ Russell 128. The Flaw in All Magic - Ben S. Dobson 129. Blood Doesn't Decide - Stephanie Hecht 130.Cocaine Blues - Kerry Greenwood 131.The Druid Next Door - EJ Russell 132. Mafia and Magic - Lynn Gala 133. Bad Boy's Bard - EJ Russell Ace character 134. Openly Straight - Bill Konigsberg 135. Jackalopes and Woofen-Poofs (Off Beat Crimes #5) - Angel Martinez 136. By Fairy Means or Foul - Meghan Maslow 137. X-Files: Stolen Lives - Joe Harris 139. Last Car to Annwn Station - Michael Merriam 140. Clay White - Kim Fielding 141. The Rules and Regulations for Mediating Myths and Magic - F.T. Lukens 142. The Long Way to a Small, Angry, Planet - Becky Chambers 143. Time Binge - Martina Fetzer 144. The Stone - Seb L. Carter 145. A Rare Book of Cunning Device - Ben Aaronovitch 146. Building Forever - Kaje Harper 147. Earning His Stallion's Trust - Charlie Richards 148. Transformed - Suzanne Falter 149. The Heart of the Lost Star - Megan Derr 150. The Painted Crown - Megan Derr 151. American Ghost: A Family's Haunted Past in the Desert Southwest - Hannah Nordhaus 152. Pale as a Ghost - Stephen Osborne 153. Men and Dragons - Bailey Montagne Aro-Ace protagonist 154. Halloween is Murder - Josh Lanyon 155. The Fall of the House of Cabal - Jonathan L. Howard 156. Animal Instinct - Stephen Osborne 157. Silver Silence (Psi-Changling #16) - Nalini Singh 158. A Carriger Quartet - Gail Carriger 159. Romancing the Werewolf - Gail Carriger 160. Flax's Pursuit - Bellora Quinn & Angel Martinez 161. Kellen's Awakening - Bellora Quinn & Angel Martinez 162. Drama Muscle - Joe Cosentino 163. Consumption of Magic - T.J. Klune 164. Stolen Ink - Holly Evans 165. Akata Witch - Nnedi Okorafor 166. Boundary Crossed - Melissa Olson 167. I Was a Teenage Weerdeer - C.T. Phipps & Michael Suftkus 168. Don't Plan to Stay - Kaje Harper 169. Iron & Velvet (Kate Kane #1) - Alexis Hall 170. Reluctant Princess - C.T. Barlow Ace MC 171. The Forester (#1) - Blaine D. Arden 172. The Scarlet Tide - Stephen Osborne 173. Dead End - Stephen Osborne 174. The Celts: A History - Peter Beresford Ellis 175. Tomin's Revenge - Stephanie Hecht 176. The Boy Next Door - Josh Lanyon 177. Under a Blood Red Moon - Stephen Osborne 178. Meddling Kids - Edgar Cantero 179. Doctor Who: The Rhythm of Destruction - Darren Jones 180. Doctor Who: The Lost Magic - Cavan Scott 181. Finder's Keeper - Shira Anthony 2017 Goal: 165 books - "Mischief managed." However, we still have another 25 days left of the year .... + 6 books and counting .... Page count: 39033 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scarletlatitude Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Wow... this is admirable... Although I suppose it is nice to have it all planned out. My issue is that I find books all the time so I don't know what to add to the list until I find it... I would like to attempt at least 25 books in one year. We will see how that goes with all of my other adult things that take way too much time. >.< 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fuzzipueo Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 On 12/26/2017 at 7:19 PM, scarletlatitude said: Wow... this is admirable... Although I suppose it is nice to have it all planned out. My issue is that I find books all the time so I don't know what to add to the list until I find it... I would like to attempt at least 25 books in one year. We will see how that goes with all of my other adult things that take way too much time. >.< No planning involved on my part. I read what appeals and add it to my done list as I go. There are books I have on my list, of course, ones that are part of an ongoing series, for instance, but for the most part, if I pick it up and enjoy the book, I add to my done pile. The list I create in Goodreads is what you see above. And I have more to add to it now! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Looks like I am going to end up with 33 or 34 books read this year. That's a bit fewer than last year. Some books just take me longer to read than others. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WobblyWallaby Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 2017 List and quotes 1.The End of Everything- Megan Abbott 3/10 2. Let The Right One In- John Lindqvist Ajvide 8/10 3 Me and Earl and the Dying Girl- Jesse Andrews 5/10 4. Th1rteen R3asons Why- Jay Asher 9/10 (reread) 5. Beauty Queens- Libba Bray 9/10 6. My Friend Dahmer- Derf Backderf 9/10 7. Fun Home- Allison Bechdel. 9/10 8. Midnight in the garden of Good and Evil- John Berendt 10/10 9. Forever- Judy Blume 3/10 10. The Unnoticeables- Robert Brockway 7/10 11. A Christmas Memory- Truman Capote. 9/10 (reread) 12. Through the Woods- Emily Carroll 9/10 13. The Girl From the Well- Rin Chupeco 8/10 14. The Suffering- Rin Chupeco 9/10 15 So, Anyway- John Cleese 7/10 16. Abandon- Blake Crouch 9/10 17. Dark Matter- Blake Crouch 8/10 18. Columbine- Dave Cullen 8/10 19. Universal Harvester- John Darnielle 7/10 20. You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost)- Felicia Day 10/10 21. Sarah's Key- Tatiana De Rosnay 7/10 22. Lock and Key- Sarah Dessen 7/10 (reread) 23. Searching for John Hughes- Jason Diamond 9/10 24. Ghostland- Colin Dickey 6/10 25. Homeland- Cory Doctorow 10/10 26 Little Brother- Cory Doctorow 10/10 (reread) 27. All the Light We Cannot See- Anthony Doerr 9/10 28. Room- Emma Donoghue 6/10 29. The Boy Who Drew Monsters- Keith Donohue 10/10 30. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes- Caitlin Doughty 9/10 31 Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats- T.S. Elliot 8/10 32. American Psycho- Brett Easton Ellis 4/10 33 Invisible Man- Ralph Ellison 4/10 34. Whatever Happened to Baby Jane- Henry Farrell 7/10 35. As I Lay Dying- William Faulkner 7/10 36. The Grownup- Gillian Flynn 4/10 37. The Absolute Death- Neil Gaiman 9/10 38 The Sandman A Game of You- Neil Gaiman 8/10 39 The Sandman Brief Lives- Neil Gaiman 9/10 40 The Sandman Dream Country- Neil Gaiman 9/10 41. The Sandman Endless Nights- Neil Gaiman 8/10 42. The Sandman Fables and Reflections- Neil Gaiman 8/10 43. The Sandman Preludes Nocturnes- Neil Gaiman 9/10 44. The Sandman Season of Mists- Neil Gaiman 7/10 45. The Sandman The Doll's House- Neil Gaiman 8/10 46. The Sandman The Kindly Ones- Neil Gaiman 7/10 47. The Sandman The Wake- Neil Gaiman 7/10 48. The Sandman World's End- Neil Gaiman 8/10 49. Reunion- Pascal Girard 5/10 50 Bad Feminist- Roxane Gay Harper. 6/10 51. Time Travel- James Gleick 6/10 52. Paper Towns- John Green 8/10. (reread) 53. Turtles all the Way Down- John Green 9/10 54. Manson- Jeff Guinn 9/10 55. Reasons to Stay Alive- Matt Haig 8/10 56. All the Dirty Parts- Daniel Handler 3/10 57. The Girl on the Train- Paula Hawkins 5/10 58. Horrorstör- Grady Hendrix 8/10 59. My Best Friend's Exorcism- Grady Hendrix 10/10 60. The Heart Shaped Box- Joe Hill Harper. 7/10 61. The Man in the Picture- Susan Hill 3/10 62. Not on Fire but Burning- Greg Hrbeck 5/10 63. Their Eyes Were Watching God- Nora Zeal Hurston 7/10 64. The Butterfly Garden- Dot Hutchison 9/10 65. How to Tell if Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You- Matthew Inman 9/10 66. A Prayer for Owen Meany- John Irving 8/10 67. Lake Wobegon Days- Garrison Keillor 9/10 68. The Keillor Reader- Garrison Keillor 8/10 69. How to Pass as Human- Nic Kelman 5/10 70. You- Caroline Kepnes 4/10 71. On the Road- Jack Kerouac. 7/10 72. Sleeping Beauties- Stephen King and Owen King 8/10 73. Luckiest Girl Alive- Jessica Knoll 5/10 74. Missoula- Jon Krakauer 8/10 75. Under The Banner of Heaven- Jon Krakauer 8/10 76. The Good Girl- Mary Kubica 6/10 77. Passing- Nella Larsen. 6/10 78. March Book 1- John Lewis 10/10 79 March Book 2.- John Lewis 10/10 80. March Book 3- John Lewis 10/10 81. Darkly Dreaming Dexter- Jeff Lindsay 6/10 82. Dearly Devoted Dexter-Jeff Lindsay 6/10 83. Dexter by Design.- Jeff Lindsay 6/10 84. Dexter in the Dark- Jeff Lindsay 7/10 85. Dexter is Delicious- Jeff Lindsay 5/10 86. I Let You Go- Clare Mackintosh 8/10 87 This is a Book- Demetri Martin 6/10 88. A Game of Thrones- George R,R, Martin 10/10 89. Since You've Been Gone- Morgan Matson 9/10 90. A Girl is a Half Formed Thing- Eimear McBride 3/10 91. The Female of the Species- Mindy McGinnis 9/10 92. Here- Richard McGuire 10/10 93. The Radium Girls- Kate Moore 7/10 94. Sula- Toni Morrison 4/10 95. The Bluest Eye- Toni Morrison 8/10 96. I Love You More- Jennifer Murphy 7/10 97. More Than This- Patrick Ness 3/10 98. The Rest of us Just Live Here- Patrick Ness 8/10 99. Last Days- Adam Nevill 4/10 100. No One Gets Out Alive- Adam Nevill 6/10 101. Everything I Never Told You- Celeste Ng 9/10 102. This is Where it Ends- Marieke Nijkamp 10/10 103. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August- Claire North 7/10 104. Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour- Bryan Lee O'Malley 9/10 105. Scott Pilgrim Gets it Together- Bryan Lee O'Malley 7/10 106. Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life- Bryan Lee O'Malley 6/10 107. Scott Pilgrim The Infinite Sadness. Bryan Lee O'Malley 6/10 108. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The Universe-Bryan Lee O'Malley 7/10 109. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World-Bryan Lee O'Malley 8/10 110. Asking For It- Louise O'Neill 5/10 111 Only Ever Yours- Louise O'Neill. 7/10 112. Animal Farm- George Orwell 7/10 (reread) 113. The Paradox of Vertical Flight- Emil Ostrovski 9/10 114, People Who Eat Darkness- Richard Lloyd Parry 8/10 115. The Girls of Murder City- Douglas Perry 9/10 116 Night Film- Marisha Pessl 10/10 117 The Darkest Child- Delores Phillips 8/10 118 House Rules- Jodi Picoult 9/10 (reread) 119 Second Glance- Jodi Picoult 10/10 120 Yes Please- Amy Poehler 7/10 121 I Am Princess X- Cherie Priest 5/10 122 The Romanov Sisters- Helen Rappaport 7/10 123 Hedy's Folly- Richard Rhodes 6/10 124. Belle Weather- Celia Rivenbark 8/10 (reread) 125 Before The Poison- Peter Robinson 8/10 126 The Psychopath Test- Jon Ronson 8/10 127 The Complete Persepolis- Marjane Satrapi 9/10 128 Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim- David Sedaris 7/10 ( reread) 129 Holidays on Ice-David Sedaris 8/10 (reread) 130. Me Talk Pretty One Day-David Sedaris 8/10 (reread) 131 Frankenstein- Mary Shelley 6/10 (reread) 132. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks- Rebecca Skloot 8/10 (reread) 133. The Complete Maus- Art Spiegelman 10/10 134 A Sudden Light- Garth Stein 9/10 135 The Art of Racing in the Rain- Garth Stein 10/10 136 The Help- Kathryn Stockett 8/10 137 Communion- Whitley Strieber 6 (reread) 138. The Kind Worth Killing- Peter Swanson 5/10 139. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas- Hunter S. Thompson 6/10 140 Astrophysics for People in a Hurry-Neil Degrasse Tyson 8/10 141 Sex Object- Jessica Valenti 8/10 142. Johnny the Homicidal Maniac 1-7- Jhonen Vasquez 9/10 143 Slaughterhouse Five- Kurt Vonnegut 8/10 (reread) 144. In a Dark, Dark Wood- Ruth Ware 8/10 145. The Woman in Cabin 10- Ruth Ware 7/10 146 Before I Go to Sleep- S.J. Watson 9/10 147 John Dies at the End- David Wong. 10/10 148 This Book is Full of Spiders- David Wong 10/10 149 Everything, Everything- Nicola Yoon 4/10 150. How Not to be Popular- Jennifer Ziegler 6/10 (reread) Page count: 45,970 Page count average: 304 Favorite Quotes: “ We are stardust brought to life, then empowered by the universe to figure itself out- and we have only just begun.”- Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. “Men must be decent first and brilliant later, otherwise you're not helping people, just servicing the machine.” - Claire North, The First Fifteen lives of Harry August. “ I have heard the languages of apocalypse, and now I shall embrace the silence.”- Neil Gaiman, The Sandman Endless Nights. “I am you and you are me. We are alone, but not alone. We are trapped by time, but also infinite. Made of flesh, but also stars.” - Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive. “The only way we will survive is by being kind. The only way we can get by in this world is through the help we receive from others. No one can do it alone, no matter how great the machines are.” - Amy Poehler, Yes Please. “No one has mastered the art of life. Everyone is just stumbling in the dark.”- Richard McGuire, Here. “There is something wrong with our country. There is something wrong with our world. Somehow, the ideals of fairness, neighborliness and justice have vanished to be replaced by a cult of greed, shortsightedness and whatever you can get away with.”- Cory Doctorow, Homeland. “ We are all connected. The living to the nonliving, as the nonliving to the living. All things in all directions at all times. It is only in the physical dimension that we have limitations.”- Garth Stein, A Sudden Light. “The world expected girls to pluck and primp and put on heels. Meanwhile, boys dressed in rumpled T-shirts and baggy pants and misplace their combs, and yet you were suppose to fall at their feet? Unacceptable.” - Libba Bray, Beauty Queens “We all come into existence as a single cell, smaller than a speck of dust. Much smaller. Divide. Multiply. Add and subtract. Matter changes hands, atoms flow in and out, molecules pivot, proteins stitch together, mitochondria send out their oxidative dictates; we begin as a microscopic electrical swarm. The lungs the brain the heart. Forty weeks later, six trillion cells get crushed in the vise of our mother’s birth canal and we howl. Then the world starts in on us.”- Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 On 27/12/2017 at 2:19 AM, scarletlatitude said: Wow... this is admirable... Although I suppose it is nice to have it all planned out. My issue is that I find books all the time so I don't know what to add to the list until I find it... I would like to attempt at least 25 books in one year. We will see how that goes with all of my other adult things that take way too much time. >.< I tend to buy books with the intention of reading them, more than planning. I have a good idea of 18 books so far for 2018 (my to be read shelf ) On 29/12/2017 at 2:14 AM, daveb said: Looks like I am going to end up with 33 or 34 books read this year. That's a bit fewer than last year. Some books just take me longer to read than others. I'm starting to believe I might do 50 this year. If I have counted properly, I am at 49 so far. It wasn't through planning or intention, it just happened this way though it does help reading translations as they seem to be a little shorter on average than books originally in English. Also aided it was no really long history book this year 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scarletlatitude Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 On 12/30/2017 at 8:13 AM, festiff said: I tend to buy books with the intention of reading them, more than planning Same. I have so many books on my shelves. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lapat67 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 NF. One hundred years of solitude Garcı́a Márquez, Gabriel, 1928- 29 Jul 2017 17 Oct 2017 38. The sudden appearance of hope North, Claire 21 Jul 2017 29 Jul 2017 39. Alice and the fly Rice, James 21 Jul 2017 29 Jul 2017 40. Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world. [paperback] Murakami, Haruki, 1949- 21 Jul 2017 29 Jul 2017 41 Dynamics of growth in a finite world / 18/01/18 23:59 23/11/17 09:25 Main Library 42 Growing a revolution : 18/01/18 23:59 28/09/17 14:16 Main Library 43 The march of folly : 18/01/18 23:59 28/09/17 14:16 Main Library 44 Immoderate greatness : 28/09/17 23:59 18/09/17 18:23 Main Library 45 Beyond the limits : 02/01/18 23:59 Main Library 46 Fellside Carey, M. R., 1959- 27 Nov 2017 08 Dec 2017 47. Dragonflight. McCaffrey, Anne 27 Nov 2017 08 Dec 2017 NF The biographer's tale. Byatt, A.S., 1936- 27 Nov 2017 29 Dec 2017 48. Drawdown : the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to roll back global warming 28 Oct 2017 07 Nov 201749. 49 Dragonsdawn McCaffrey, Anne 50. Simon vs. the Homo sapiens agenda Becky Albertalli 28 Oct 2017 07 Nov 2017 51 The godmakers Frank Herbert 52 Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance Robert Pirsig 35 Chapterhouse: Dune Frank Herbert 53 Writers of the future Vol. 2 Ron Hubbart 54 Whipping star Frank Herbert 55 The best of Randall Garrett Robert Silverberg (ed.) 56 Alle verhalen Remco Campert 57 God emperor of Dune Frank Herbert 58. What not to do if you turn invisible Welford, Ross 29 Dec 2017 Mischief managed. @fuzzipueo what did you think of The godmakers? Have you read the 4 short stories that serialised the novel? I've been rereading those as well, and thought the 3/4 that make up the first 3 short stories had improved upon being rewritten in the novel, but I actually like the short story The priests of psi better, in which Lewis Orne is a prophet rather than a god in The godmakers. NF = not finished Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fuzzipueo Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 40 minutes ago, lapat67 said: @fuzzipueo what did you think of The godmakers? Have you read the 4 short stories that serialised the novel? I've been rereading those as well, and thought the 3/4 that make up the first 3 short stories had improved upon being rewritten in the novel, but I actually like the short story The priests of psi better, in which Lewis Orne is a prophet rather than a god in The godmakers. Funnily enough, up until (relatively) recently, I was not aware that the original story had come out as short stories first, none of which I have read. The only time I've ever seen it in hardcopy form was at Worldcon in Glasgow 2005 and I did not realize what it was at the time or I would have bought it then! LOL The Godmakers is one of my personal favorite SF books. Like Dune, it's a long time favorite. Lewis Orne standing out on a cliff, pushing the panic button is forever blazoned in my head, just like Paul Atreides waking up to find his mother and the Bene Gesserit witch standing over him in his room on Caladan. While I haven't read everything Frank Herbert ever wrote, I do love these books and his prose. I don't know how he imbued such depth and meaning into his writing, but I've always had the sense of something bigger going on just beyond the pages, just out of sight, a knack or talent which Brian Herbert sorely lacks and Kevin Anderson could never gain in his dreams (nice guy, just not that good a writer in my opinion). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 iff's list 2017 1. of love & other demons - gabriel garcia marquez ★★★★ reread 160 pages 2. the underground railroad - colson whitehead ★★★★ 1/2 306 pages 3. mend the living - maylis de kerangel ★★★★★ 230 pages 4. the tobacconist - robert seethaler ★★★ 1/2 234 pages 5. the lesser bohemians - eimear mcbride ★★★ 1/2 312 pages 6. the killing lessons - saul black ★★★★★ 408 pages 7. tomato red - daniel woodrell ★★★★★ 188 pages reread 8. all for nothing - walter kempowski ★★★★★ 343 pages 9. human acts - han kang ★★★★ 224 pages 10. nutshell - ian mcewan ★ 199 pages 11. A Horse Walks into A Bar - David Grossman ★★★★★ 198 pages 12. The Gustav Sonata - Rose Tremain ★★★★★ 240 pages 13. Dear Mr M - Herman Koch ★★ 400 pages 14. submission - michel houellebecq ★★★★ 250 pages 15. hot milk - deborah levy ★★ 218 pages 16. the things we don't do - andres neuman ★★★★ 170 pages 17. empires in the sun: the struggle for the mastery of Africa - Laurence James ★★★ 329 pages 18. child wonder - roy jacobsen ★★★★★ reread 264 pages 19. fever dream - samantha schweblin ★★★★★ 151 pages 20. compass - mathias enard ★★★★ 475 pages 21. the old child - jenny erpenbeck ★★★★ 107 pages 22. the old curiosity shop - charles dickens ★★★★ 545 pages 23. three loves, one death - evald flisar ★★★★ 201 pages 24. the book of words - jenny erpenbeck ★★★ 1/2 123 pages 25. i am the brother of xx (short story collection) - fleur jaeggy ★★ 133 pages 26. 4 3 2 1 - paul auster ★★★★★ 866 pages 27. you should have left - daniel kehlmann ★★★★★111 pages 28. exit west - mohsin hamid ★★★★★ 229 pages 29. the good people - hannah kent ★★★★ 380 pages 30. memoirs of a polar bear - yoko tawada ★★★★★252 pages 31. the golden legend - nadeem aslam ★★★★ 364 pages 32. the end of eddy - edouard louis ★★★★★ 192 pages 33. those who leave and those who stay - elena ferrante ★★★ 418 pages 34. the proof - cesar aira ★★★★ 100 pages 35. lincoln in the bardo - george saunders ★★★★ 343 pages 36.the vagrants - yiyun li ★★★★★ 337 pages reread 37. mirror, shoulder, signal - dorthe nors ★★★★★ 188 pages 38. Doubloon Cove - the secret of the ancient visitors - kelly novak ★★★★★ 192 pages 39. The Big Grey Man of Ben Macdhui ★★★ 169 pages 40. still the same man - jon bilbao ★★★★★ 181 pages 41. nightmare in berlin - hans fallada ★★★ 271 pages 42. the nakano thrift shop - hiromi kawakami ★★★★★ 260 pages 43. her father's daughter - marie sizeun ★★★★ 150 pages 44. flatland - edwin a abbott ★★★★ 124 pages 45. A general theory of oblivion - jose eduardo agualusa ★★★ 243 pages 46. fresh complaint - jeffrey eugenides ★★★ 285 pages 47. the monuments - peter cossins ★★★★ 368 pages 48. how to win at feminism - reductress ★★★ 210 pages 49. my name is lucy barton - elizabeth strout ★★★ 191 pages 50. his bloody project - graeme macrae burnet ★★★★★ 280 pages total pages - 12,612 pages 13,112 pages average pages per book - 262 pages interesting this is 4 books more than 2016 but nearly 800 pages less longest novel - 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster at 866 pages shortest novel - the proof by cesar aira at 100 pages some statistics places of purchase dubray books - 22 books gifts - 13 books amazon - 11 books subscription service - 2 books second hand - 1 books easons - 1 books category fiction - 39 books fiction reread - 4 books short stories/collection - 3 books non fiction - 4 books nationality (fiction and short stories only) USA, UK - 7 books each France, Germany 5 books each Argentina 3 books Pakistan, Japan 2 books each Colombia, Austria, Ireland, South Korea, Israel, Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Switzerland, Austrailia, Italy, China, Denmark, Spain and Angola - 1 book each new countries - Denmark, Switzerland and Angola firist time reading author (excluding re reads and non-fiction) first time - 20 books previous - 22 books Sex of author (fiction and short stories) male - 28 books female - 18 books translations (fiction and short stories) translated - 29 books book originally in english - 17 books favourites of 2017 1. you should have left - daniel kehlmann 2. memoirs of a polar bear - yoko tawada 3. the gustav sonata - rose tremain 4. exit west - mohsin hamid 5. mirror shoulder signal - dorthe nors 6. his bloody project - graeme macrae burnet 7. a horse walks into a bar - david grossman 8. the end of eddy - edouard louis 9. fever dream - samantha schweblin 10. the nakano thrift shop - hiromi kawakami 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ByASpringForASpell Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 List for 2017 1. Native Son by Richard Wright ★★★★★ (560 pages) 2. Passing by Nella Larsen ★★★✩✩ (122 pages) 3. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway ★★★✩✩ (250 pages) 4. Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner ★★★★★ (303 pages) 5. The Lamentations of Zeno by Ilija Trojanow ★★★½✩ (159 pages) 6. The Princesse de Clèves by Madame de Lafayette ★★★✩✩ (176 pages) 7. A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf ★★★★✩ (112 pages) 8. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte ★★★★½ (367 pages) 9. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston ★★★★½ (193 pages) 10. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad ★★★✩✩ (100 pages) 11. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce ★½ ✩✩✩ (253 pages) 12. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier ★★★★★ (401 pages) 13. Surprised by Joy by C.S. Lewis ★★★★✩ (304 pages) 14. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka ★★★★✩ (58 pages) 15. The Man Who Disappeared/Amerika by Franz Kafka ★★★★✩ (288 pages) 16. Kafka’s Selected Stories by Franz Kafka ★★★½✩ (190 pages) 17. The Trial by Franz Kafka ★★★★½ (231 pages) 18. The Castle by Franz Kafka ★★★★✩ (316 pages) 19. Tonio Kröger by Thomas Mann ★★★★✩(65 pages) 20. I, Robot by Issac Asimov ★★★★✩ (224 pages) Total pages: 4,672 My favorites: Native Son; Absalom, Absalom!; Rebecca; The Trial I didn't read nearly as much as I would have liked, but I did read some amazing, amazing books that helped shape my thinking. Still, my goal is to at least double this amount of books/pages in 2018! Congrats everyone on their lists 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lapat67 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 23 hours ago, fuzzipueo said: forever blazoned in my head Have you read Soul catcher? Bee stinging Charles and (spoiler alert) Hoquat saying: "send it" are two more of these indelible images. As well as the whole of Try to remember (but particularly the first paragraph: Every mind on Earth capable of understanding the problem was focused on the spaceship with the ultimatum delivered by its occupants. Talk or Die! blared the newspaper headlines.) and the corn (or was that mais?) in Seed stock. All right, I have to make myself stop here. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crabby Nebula Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 I'm definitely going to try this! I love to read. Any suggestions? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 iff's list 2018 1. Lean on Pete - willy vlautin ★★★★★ 277 pages reread total pages - 277 pages a really great book. To me, vlautin is a successor to Steinbeck in dealing with the topics he does. here is an article about how to read more http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2xTPv88xR0nt1GVhQZRKt1L/want-to-read-more-books-ten-tips-to-help-you-turn-over-a-new-leaf it makes a point I made earlier incorrect as maybe it might be that I do plan more, I generally pick the next couple of books and place them on my stool when I start the last one. I like that it gives me something to look forward to. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LadyFie Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 On 3.10.2017 at 7:39 PM, LadyFie said: I just found this thread through @iff's signature and I love it! I've been writing those lists since 2015, so I'm just gonna post all of them now (I never got to 50, though :c). As I am German, I won't always be able to write down an English title because some of those books were never translated. If there is a translated title, I will use it, but I'll always write down in which language I read the book. 2015: Hide contents 1. Susan Abulhawa: Mornings in Jenin (German) ★★★✩✩ 2. Bastian Sick: Der Dativ ist dem Genitiv sein Tod (German) ★★★✩✩ 3. Hans-Joachim Gehlberg: Eines Tages (German) ★★✩✩✩ 4. Michael Gerard Bauer: Ismael And The Return Of The Dugongs (German) ★★✩✩✩ 5. Michele Launders: I Wish You Didn't Know My Name (German) ★★✩✩✩ 6. Joseph von Eichendorff: Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts (German) ★★✩✩✩ 7. Caroline Leavitt: Into Thin Air (German) ★★★✩✩ 8. Marc Levy: If Only It Were True (German) ★★★★✩ 9. Rolf Dobelli: Die Kunst des klugen Handelns (German) ★★★★✩ 10. Rachel Campbell-Johnson: The Child's Elephant (German) ★★★★✩ 11. Federico García Lorca: Bodas de sangre (Spanish) ★★✩✩✩ 12. Max Frisch: Homo Faber (German) ★★★✩✩ 13. Rafik Schami: Erzähler der Nacht (German) ★★★✩✩ 14. Erich Fromm: The Art of Loving (German) ★★★★✩ 15. Wolfgang Herrndorf: Tschick (German) ★★★✩✩ 16. Christiane Zehl Romero: Simone de Beauvoir (English) ★★★✩✩ 17. Anna Kuschnarowa: Schattensommer (German) ★★★★✩ 18. Mark Haddon: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (English) ★★★★★ 19. John Williams: Stoner (German) ★★★✩✩ 20. Patricia Cammarata: Sehr gerne, Mama, Du Arschbombe! (German) ★★★✩✩ 21. Georg Büchner: Dantons Tod (German) ★★✩✩✩ 22. James Proimos: 12 Things to do before you crash and burn (English) ★★★★✩ 23. Antonia Michaelis: Der Märchenerzähler (German) ★★★★★ 24. Aristophanes: The Frogs (German) ★★★★✩ 25. Teri Terry: Slated (German) ★★★★★ 26. Teri Terry: Fractured (German) ★★★★★ 27. Teri Terry: Shattered (German) ★★★✩✩ 28. Bob Fenster: Die Katze in der Mikrowelle (German) ★★★★✩ 2016: Hide contents 1. David Levithan: Every Day (German) ★★★★✩ 2. Weihnachten mit Katze (Collection of short storys) (German) ★★★★✩ 3. Peter Stamm: Agnes (German) ★★✩✩✩ 4. Ovid: Heroides (Latin/German) ★★★✩✩ 5. Max Frisch: Homo Faber (had to re-read it for school) (German) ★★★✩✩ 6. Ovid: Amores (Latin/German) ★★★✩✩ 7. Sophokles: Philoktetes (Greek/German) ★★★✩✩ 8. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust (German) ★★✩✩✩ 9. Gerald Huber: Hubers Bairische Wortkunde (German) ★★★★★ 10. James Bowen: A Street Cat Named Bob (German) ★★★★✩ 11. Roald Dahl: Charlie and the Chocolate Factors (English) ★★★★★ 12. J. J. Abrams & Doug Dorst: S (German) ★★★★✩ 13. Peter Asprion: Gefährliche Freiheit? (German) ★★★✩✩ 14. Michael Skirt: Wegsperren?! (German) ★★★✩✩ 15. Hannah Green: I never promised you a rose garden (German) ★★★★✩ 16. Jean-Pierre Vernant: The Universe, The Gods, and Men: Ancient Greek Myths (German) ★★★✩✩ 17. Jörg Maurer: Schwindelfrei ist nur der Tod (German) ★★★★★ 18. J. K. Rowling: Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them (English) ★★✩✩✩ 19. Randall Munroe: What if? (English) ★★★★★ 20. James Bowen: The World According to Bob (German) ★★★★✩ 21. Leonie Swann: Glennkill (German) ★★★★★ 22. Leonie Swann: Garou (German) ★★★★★ 23. Tilmann Lahme: Die Manns (German) ★★★✩✩ 24. Guillaume Musso: Central Park (German) ★★★★✩ 25. Bernhard Zimmermann: Die griechische Tragödie (German) ★★★✩✩ 26. Bernhard Zimmermann: Die griechische Komödie (German) ★★★✩✩ 27. Christiane F.: We Children From Bahnhof Zoo (German) ★★★★★ 28. Wolfgang & Heike Hohlbein: Drachenfeuer (German) ★★★★★ 29. Ulrich Plenzdorf: Die neuen Leiden des jungen W. (German) ★★★✩✩ 30. Robert Schneider: Brother of Sleep (German) ★★★★★ 31. Minette Walters: The Ice House (German) ★★★★✩ 32. Agatha Christie: Es riecht nach Mord, Miss Marple (German; collection of a few Miss Marple stories) ★★★★✩ 2017 (so far): Hide contents 1. Stefan Üblacker: Das Buch Ä (German) ★★★★★ 2. Dan Howell & Phil Lester: The Amazing Book Is Not On Fire (English) ★★✩✩✩ 3. Various Authors: The Psychology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained (German) ★★★✩✩ 4. Kirsten Fuchs: Mädchenmeute (German) ★★★★★ 5. Jay Asher: Thirteen Reasons Why (German) ★★★★★ 6. Frederik Bodmer: Die Sprachen der Welt (German) ★★★★★ 7. Lauren Oliver: Before I fall (German) ★★★★★ 8. Audrey Niffenegger: The Time-Traveler's Wife (English) ★★★★★ 9. Frau Freitag: Chill mal, Frau Freitag! (German) ★★★✩✩ 10. Stephen King: It (German) ★★★★✩ 11. Daniel Kehlmann: Measuring the World (German) ★★★✩✩ (the rest of) 2017: Spoiler 12. Klaus Bartels: Veni, Vidi, Vici (German) ★★★✩✩ 13. Rainer Erlinger: Lügen haben rote Ohren (German) ★★★✩✩ 2017 was a really bad year. I am ashamed and will try to read more this year... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LadyFie Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 (edited) oops double post Edited January 8, 2018 by LadyFie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IntellectualAsexual Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Trying for 52 in 2018. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fuzzipueo Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 On 1/8/2018 at 2:12 PM, LadyFie said: (the rest of) 2017: Reveal hidden contents 12. Klaus Bartels: Veni, Vidi, Vici (German) ★★★✩✩ 13. Rainer Erlinger: Lügen haben rote Ohren (German) ★★★✩✩ 2017 was a really bad year. I am ashamed and will try to read more this year... That counts, regardless of the number of books! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IntellectualAsexual Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Do textbooks count? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 5 hours ago, IntellectualAsexual said: Do textbooks count? If you can read 50 textbooks in a year you're a better reader than I am! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fuzzipueo Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 5 hours ago, IntellectualAsexual said: Do textbooks count? It counts toward reading. I've read a number of history books since I started this thing and I always count them into the total. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IntellectualAsexual Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 I have started reading a biology book. It's pretty fascinating. Also got another book in the mail recently: Asexualities Feminist and Queen Perspectives. Routledge research in Gender and Society. Already read Anthony Bogaerts book. This seems like a good read. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fuzzipueo Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 2018 Pretty Pretty Boys - Gregory Ashe Rebel - Rhys Ford Camp H.O.W.L. - Bru Baker All the World's an Undead Stage (Offbeat Crimes #6) - Angela Martinez A Study of Fiber and Demons - Jasmine Gower - Bisexual & Ace Characters In the Dark (Psycop #6.1) - Jordan Castillo Price Psycop Briefs - Jordan Castillo Price Agent Bayne (Psycop #9) - Jordan Castillo Price Jughead Vol. 1 - Chip Zdarsky - Magnus Chase: The Sword of Summer - Rick Riordan - what a blast First Test (Protector of the Small #1) - Tamora Pierce - just as good as memory said Alonso Munich is Now Dead - S. Gate - Ace & Trans characters Many Happy Returns (Psycop #2.2) - Jordan Castillo Price Magnus Chase: The Hammer of Thor - Rick Riordan Page count to date: 3462 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LadyWallflower Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 My personal goal is at least 30 books. Normally 50 books would be easy, but I've been having to do a lot of overtime. But, I can still aim for 50! So far, I've read two books. 1. The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden 2. The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller The Bear and the Nightingale was amazing! One of the best books I've read in a while! I would 100% recommend it. It is a fantasy book, that takes place in the real world, in a Russia before it was Russia. It is historically accurate. The fantasy is in the background, and is extremely atmospheric. It deals with a young girl who has the ability to see spirits. It's much more than that, but I don't want to go into detail. Just read it! The Song of Achilles was good too! I'm a huge fan of classical literature, and I read the Iliad several times! This book focused on, and it's a bit of an ode to his relationship with Achilles. I'm not huge on romance, but I enjoyed this novel nonetheless. Anyway, I enjoyed my first two books. What books are next? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kiaroskuro Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 On 19.1.2018 at 9:49 AM, IntellectualAsexual said: I have started reading a biology book. It's pretty fascinating. Also got another book in the mail recently: Asexualities Feminist and Queen Perspectives. Routledge research in Gender and Society. Already read Anthony Bogaerts book. This seems like a good read. I think you mean 'queer perspectives' (but I really like that typo! ;-)). I've been wanting to read this book for quite a while now, but it's always 'too many books, too little time'. Would love to hear your opinion when you've finished reading it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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