Ghjhero Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 I don't know you guys manage to read as much as you do, I am quite jealous. My target for the year was 30 books but right now Im sitting at 14 and thats including books ive ended up reading for school as well. Im hoping to add at least one more before the end of the year, but we will see. My list right now of books ive read for fun is as follows: Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin 5/5 The Guns of August 5/5 If the Allies Had Fallen: Sixty Alternate Scenarios of World War II 2/5 Cloud Atlas 4/5 Red Mars 4/5 John Adams 4/5 The Book of Lost Tales, Part Two 4/5 The Unholy Consult 5/5 Yikes, eight books is far less than I was hoping to have read this read, but life and school have got in the way more than I would have hoped. I'm currently reading Citizens by Simon Schama, but that effort has gotten bogged down as of late so i've turned to Shadow of the Swords for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garett Hornwood Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 My 2017 40 Book Challenge (October Update) Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes The Acts of the Apostles by Ellen G. White Centuries of Changes by Ian Mortimer Dangerous Women 1 edited George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois The Great Controversy by Ellen G. White In Search of the Golden Rainbow by Charles Armistead Lighter of Gospel Fires by Ella M. Robinson The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 2 by Edward Gibbon A Bold One for God by Charles G. Edwards Scars of Independence by Holger Hoock Blood Stain (Volume Two) by Linda Sejic Herald of the Midnight Cry by Paul A. Gordon The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett Home to Our Valleys! by Walter Utt Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea by Thomas Cahill (reread) Prairie Boy by Harry Baerg Blood Brothers by Philip Samaan The Millennium Bug by Jon Paulien (reread) The Collected Works of Emily Dickinson National Sunday Law by A. Jan Marcussen The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 3 by Edward Gibbon The New World Order by Russell Burrill The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Sabbath Roots by Charles E. Bradford (reread) Night Watch by Terry Pratchett The Antichrist and the New World Order by Marvin Moore Rogues edited by George R.R. Martin Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck The Iliad and the Odyssey by Homer Tell It to the World by Mervyn Maxwell The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett Mysteries of the Middle Ages by Thomas Cahill (reread) Heretics and Heroes by Thomas Cahill Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales and Poems Spy Schools by Daniel Golden Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett The 12th Planet by Zecharia Sitchin (reread) Daniel and the Revelation by Uriah Smith Christianity by Roland H. Bainton The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett Op-Center by Jeff Rovin (reread) Republic by Plato translated by Robin Waterfield Gilgamesh translated by Stephen Mitchell 500 Years of Protest and Liberty by Nicholas Patrick Miller Going Postal by Terry Pratchett Renegade: Martin Luther, The Graphic Biography by Andrea Grosso Ciponte & Dacia Palmerino William Shakespeare's The Force Doth Awaken by Ian Doescher The Stairway to Heaven by Zecharia Sitchin (reread) Blood Stain Volume Three by Linda Sejic The Division of Christendom by Hans J. Hillerbrand Reformations: The Early Modern World, 1450-1650 by Carlos M.N. Eire This past month dominated by one book that brought my total for the year overall at 53/40 overall and 46/30 first time reads. I'm currently reading another long book, which I'm almost two-thirds of the way through. Unless there is some miracle (there won't be) I'll not set a record for books read like I have the last few years, but I'm still pretty happy with this year's reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilusmagnus Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 November update: - The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy by Tim Burton.- Tales from the Perilous Realm by J.R.R. Tolkien- The Fall of Arthur by J.R.R. Tolkien- Short Cuts: Selected Stories by Raymond Carver- Poésies I et II by Lautréamont- The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun by J.R.R. Tolkien- A bunch of short stories by Ernest Hemingway (qualifies as one book)- Heart of Darkness and Youth by Joseph Conrad- A bunch of short stories by Edgar Allan Poe (qualifies as one book)- For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway- Des femmes qui tombent by Pierre Desproges- The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov- The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski- Beowulf translated by Seamus Heaney- La personne et le sacré by Simone Weil- L'Iliade ou le poème de la force by Simone Weil- A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle- Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky- Book 13 of The Confessions by Saint Augustin- The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco- Colline by Jean Giono- Sharp Ends by Joe Abercrombie- The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald - Travels in the Scriptorium by Paul Auster - A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin - Beowulf translated by J.R.R. Tolkien - Beowulf translated by William Ellery Leonard- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (first time reading in English)- Le Hobbit translated by Daniel Lauzon - Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift - La Disparition by Georges Perec (not read to the end but I read articles about it so it counts) - The Fellowship of the Ring translated by Daniel Lauzon 33/40. Seven to go in one month. I'm in deep shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isildur's Mane Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 15/20 I'm feeling slightly positive now I only have 5 more books to read and I'm almost finished one more. Finished reading Myth and Sexuality by Jamake Highwater. My sub goals are: 1- read from the books I currently own first, then any new ones I buy (unless Winds of Winter comes out) - 'Life, the Universe and Everything', 'So Long, And Thanks for all the Fish', 'The Ice Dragon', 'The Exorcist', 'First They Killed My Father', 'Rogues', 'The Bazaar of Bad Dreams', 'George's Marvellous Medicine', 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw', 'Mostly Harmless', 'Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism', 'The Light Fantastic', 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', 'Myth and Sexuality', 2- I want to read 10 books written by women 3/10 - 'First They Killed My Father', Loung Ung, 'Reading Magic', Mem Fox, 'Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism', Marina Warner 3- I want to read 5 non fiction books (finish the ones I'm reading first) 4/5 - 'First They Killed My Father', Loung Ung, 'Reading Magic', Mem Fox, 'Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism', Marina Warner, 'Myth and Sexuality', Jamake Highwater, 4- I want to read 5 anthologies and short story collections 2/5 - 'Rogues', by GRRM and Gardner Dozois, 'The Bazaar of Bad Dreams', by Stephen King 5- I want to read at least 5 Children's books (not Picture Story books) 3/5 - 'The Ice Dragon' by GRRM, 'George's Marvellous Medicine', by Roald Dahl, 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw', by Jeff Kinney 6- I want to read at least 10 novels from any genre 6/10 - 'Life, the Universe and Everything', 'So Long, And Thanks for all the Fish', 'The Exorcist', 'Mostly Harmless', 'The Light Fantastic', 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen of Procrastination Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 @Plessiez I used to be Lady of Whsiperers, but I've changed my username Here is my updated list: 1. Schirach Schuld by Ferdinand von 2. The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johanson 3. Dawn Study by Maria V. Snyder 4. Wolf Hall by Hillary Mantell 5. Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth 6. North Korea: State of Paranoia by Davidd French 7. Verheißung by Jussi Adler Olsen 8. In order to live by Yeonmi Park 9. Im Wald by Nele Neuhaus 10. A game of thrones (audiobook) read by George R.R. Martin 11. Best served Cold by Joe Abercrombie 12. Schön aber tot by Eva Rossmann 13. Swords and Scoundrels by Julia Knight 14. A killing winter by Tom Callaghan (read in German) 15. I call myself a feminist by various authors 16. The Heroes by Joe Ambercrombie 17. The fate of the Tearling by Erika Johanson 18. The Handmaid’s tale by Margaret Atwood 19. The hundred thousand kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin (read in German) 20. The Geek feminist revolution by Kameron Hurley 21. The Broken Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin (read in German 22. Vietnam rising dragon by Bill Hayton 23. Ash by Malinda Lo 24. Too like the lightning by Ada Palmer 25. Bridging the Gaps by Kate Warren 26. Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay 27. Devil’s knot the true story of the West Memphis Three by Mara Leveritt 28. The Grim Company by Mara Leveritt 29. Waiting to be heard by Amanda Know (read in German) 30. The Kingdoms of Gods by N.K. Jemisin (read in German) 31. A vindication of the rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft 32. Dying of the Light by George R.R. Martin 33. Sumerland Prinzessin Serisada by Johannes Ulbricht 34. Sumerland Prinz Zazamael by Johannes Ulbricht 35. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo 36. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (read in German) 37. Who fears death by Nnedi Okorafo 38. The Stars are Legion by Kameron Hurley 39. Red Country by Joe Abercrombie 40. What happened by Hilliary Rodham Clinton (Audiobook That's 40 towards my goal of 50. I doubt I'll manage to read 12 books in one months, though I might try to do it by reading many novellas) Subgoal: Reading at least 10 books in German: 11/10 . Subgoal: Reading at least three books written in French: 0/3 . Doubt I'll read any books in French this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isildur's Mane Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 16/20 4 more to go! I can do this! Finished reading the illustrated Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling. I've read the book before - but not illustrated and so I'm including it in the challenge. It is also on my to-read-list. My sub goals are: 1- read from the books I currently own first, then any new ones I buy (unless Winds of Winter comes out) - 'Life, the Universe and Everything', 'So Long, And Thanks for all the Fish', 'The Ice Dragon', 'The Exorcist', 'First They Killed My Father', 'Rogues', 'The Bazaar of Bad Dreams', 'George's Marvellous Medicine', 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw', 'Mostly Harmless', 'Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism', 'The Light Fantastic', 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', 'Myth and Sexuality', 2- I want to read 10 books written by women 4/10 - 'First They Killed My Father', Loung Ung, 'Reading Magic', Mem Fox, 'Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism', Marina Warner, 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets', JK Rowling 3- I want to read 5 non fiction books (finish the ones I'm reading first) 4/5 - 'First They Killed My Father', Loung Ung, 'Reading Magic', Mem Fox, 'Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism', Marina Warner, 'Myth and Sexuality', Jamake Highwater, 4- I want to read 5 anthologies and short story collections 2/5 - 'Rogues', by GRRM and Gardner Dozois, 'The Bazaar of Bad Dreams', by Stephen King 5- I want to read at least 5 Children's books (not Picture Story books) 4/5 - 'The Ice Dragon' by GRRM, 'George's Marvellous Medicine', by Roald Dahl, 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw', by Jeff Kinney, 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets', JK Rowling 6- I want to read at least 10 novels from any genre 6/10 - 'Life, the Universe and Everything', 'So Long, And Thanks for all the Fish', 'The Exorcist', 'Mostly Harmless', 'The Light Fantastic', 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaßvogel Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Well, I have read 97 books of my goal of 60. I seem to have had a little more time on my hands this year. (And that's not counting some books I re-read). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isildur's Mane Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 17/20 3 more to go! I can do this! Finished reading the illustrated The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan ...I didn't really enjoy this book so I won't read the rest of the series. My sub goals are: 1- read from the books I currently own first, then any new ones I buy (unless Winds of Winter comes out) - 'Life, the Universe and Everything', 'So Long, And Thanks for all the Fish', 'The Ice Dragon', 'The Exorcist', 'First They Killed My Father', 'Rogues', 'The Bazaar of Bad Dreams', 'George's Marvellous Medicine', 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw', 'Mostly Harmless', 'Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism', 'The Light Fantastic', 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', 'Myth and Sexuality', 'The Eye of the World', 2- I want to read 10 books written by women 4/10 - 'First They Killed My Father', Loung Ung, 'Reading Magic', Mem Fox, 'Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism', Marina Warner, 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets', JK Rowling 3- I want to read 5 non fiction books (finish the ones I'm reading first) 4/5 - 'First They Killed My Father', Loung Ung, 'Reading Magic', Mem Fox, 'Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism', Marina Warner, 'Myth and Sexuality', Jamake Highwater, 4- I want to read 5 anthologies and short story collections 2/5 - 'Rogues', by GRRM and Gardner Dozois, 'The Bazaar of Bad Dreams', by Stephen King 5- I want to read at least 5 Children's books (not Picture Story books) 4/5 - 'The Ice Dragon' by GRRM, 'George's Marvellous Medicine', by Roald Dahl, 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw', by Jeff Kinney, 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets', JK Rowling 6- I want to read at least 10 novels from any genre 7/10 - 'Life, the Universe and Everything', 'So Long, And Thanks for all the Fish', 'The Exorcist', 'Mostly Harmless', 'The Light Fantastic', 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', 'The Eye of the World', Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plessiez Posted December 21, 2017 Author Share Posted December 21, 2017 Earlier today I finished my seventy-second book of the year, so I've now reached my target for 2017.. Since my last update: 62) Cold Magic (Kate Elliott) 63) Trent's Last Case (E. C. Bentley) 64) White Teeth (Zadie Smith) 65) Autonomous (Annalee Newitz) 66) Six Wakes (Mur Lafferty) 67) Dichronauts (Greg Egan) 68) The Power (Naomi Alderman) 69) The Secret History (Donna Tart) 70) The Fall of the Stone City (Ismail Kadare | translated by John Hodgson) 71) Europe In Winter (Dave Hutchinson) 72) Cold Fire (Kate Elliott) Despite worrying at the start of the year that I was reading too much by the same group of authors I'd already read, I think I'm fairly satisfied by both the number of different authors I ended up reading and the number of authors I tried for the first time this year (55 and 33 respectively). I read five books by Max Gladstone and four by Adrian Tchaikovsky but no more than three by anybody else. Things I liked most of what I read this year, in the order I read them: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (by David Mitchell), Too Like The Lightning (by Ada Palmer), Possession (by A. S. Byatt), The Stone Sky (by N. K. Jemisin), The Secret History (by Donna Tart) and The Power (by Naomi Alderman). One thing I wanted to do this year that I didn't really manage was to read more short story collections. In the end I only finished four and didn't really hugely care for any of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord of Oop North Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Well, I definitely won't be meeting the challenge this year. 1) The Burning Land by Bernard Cornwell 2) Death of Kings by Bernard Cornwell 3) The Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye 4) Half a King by Joe Abercrombie 5) The Seville Communion by Arturo Perez-Reverte 6) Cold Earth by Ann Cleeves 7) Half the World by Joe Abercrombie 8) Half a War by Joe Ambercrombie 9) The Pagan Lord by Bernard Cornwell 10) The Empty Throne by Bernard Cornwell 11) Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay 12) The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman 13) The Unholy Consult by R Scott Bakker 14) Strange Dogs by James SA Corey 15) Warriors of the Storm by Bernard Cornwell Currently working through Persepolis Rising by James SA Corey and A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel. I will likely finish both this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isildur's Mane Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 18/20 2 more to go, but I'm not sure if I will finish them. Finished reading the illustrated Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling, the illustrated version. Loved it, cant wait til more are illustrated. My sub goals are: 1- read from the books I currently own first, then any new ones I buy (unless Winds of Winter comes out) - 'Life, the Universe and Everything', 'So Long, And Thanks for all the Fish', 'The Ice Dragon', 'The Exorcist', 'First They Killed My Father', 'Rogues', 'The Bazaar of Bad Dreams', 'George's Marvellous Medicine', 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw', 'Mostly Harmless', 'Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism', 'The Light Fantastic', 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', 'Myth and Sexuality', 'The Eye of the World', 2- I want to read 10 books written by women 5/10 - 'First They Killed My Father', Loung Ung, 'Reading Magic', Mem Fox, 'Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism', Marina Warner, 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets', JK Rowling, 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban', JK Rowling 3- I want to read 5 non fiction books (finish the ones I'm reading first) 4/5 - 'First They Killed My Father', Loung Ung, 'Reading Magic', Mem Fox, 'Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism', Marina Warner, 'Myth and Sexuality', Jamake Highwater, 4- I want to read 5 anthologies and short story collections 2/5 - 'Rogues', by GRRM and Gardner Dozois, 'The Bazaar of Bad Dreams', by Stephen King 5- I want to read at least 5 Children's books (not Picture Story books) Finished! 5/5 - 'The Ice Dragon' by GRRM, 'George's Marvellous Medicine', by Roald Dahl, 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw', by Jeff Kinney, 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets', JK Rowling, 'Harry Poter and the Prisoner of Azkaban', JK Rowling, 6- I want to read at least 10 novels from any genre 7/10 - 'Life, the Universe and Everything', 'So Long, And Thanks for all the Fish', 'The Exorcist', 'Mostly Harmless', 'The Light Fantastic', 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', 'The Eye of the World', Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isildur's Mane Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 20/20 Finished! For the first time ever I completed my goal! Finished reading Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb and Winner the Pooh: The Complete Collection of Stories and Poems by A A Milne It was good to finish my goal but I would of liked to have finished more of my sub goal. In the end I only finished one - which was the children's books one. Next year I'd like to at least finish the 10 books by women and 10 novels ones as well. My sub goals are: 1- read from the books I currently own first, then any new ones I buy (unless Winds of Winter comes out) - 'Life, the Universe and Everything', 'So Long, And Thanks for all the Fish', 'The Ice Dragon', 'The Exorcist', 'First They Killed My Father', 'Rogues', 'The Bazaar of Bad Dreams', 'George's Marvellous Medicine', 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw', 'Mostly Harmless', 'Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism', 'The Light Fantastic', 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', 'Myth and Sexuality', 'The Eye of the World', 'Assassin's Apprentice', 'Winnie the Pooh', 2- I want to read 10 books written by women 6/10 - 'First They Killed My Father', Loung Ung, 'Reading Magic', Mem Fox, 'Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism', Marina Warner, 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets', JK Rowling, 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban', JK Rowling, 'Assassin's Apprentice', Robbin Hobb, 3- I want to read 5 non fiction books (finish the ones I'm reading first) 4/5 - 'First They Killed My Father', Loung Ung, 'Reading Magic', Mem Fox, 'Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism', Marina Warner, 'Myth and Sexuality', Jamake Highwater, 4- I want to read 5 anthologies and short story collections 2/5 - 'Rogues', by GRRM and Gardner Dozois, 'The Bazaar of Bad Dreams', by Stephen King 5- I want to read at least 5 Children's books (not Picture Story books) Finished! 6/5 - 'The Ice Dragon' by GRRM, 'George's Marvellous Medicine', by Roald Dahl, 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw', by Jeff Kinney, 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets', JK Rowling, 'Harry Poter and the Prisoner of Azkaban', JK Rowling, 'Winnie the Pooh', A A Milne 6- I want to read at least 10 novels from any genre 8/10 - 'Life, the Universe and Everything', 'So Long, And Thanks for all the Fish', 'The Exorcist', 'Mostly Harmless', 'The Light Fantastic', 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', 'The Eye of the World', 'Assassin's Apprentice', Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garett Hornwood Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 My 2017 40 Book Challenge (October Update) Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes The Acts of the Apostles by Ellen G. White Centuries of Changes by Ian Mortimer Dangerous Women 1 edited George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois The Great Controversy by Ellen G. White In Search of the Golden Rainbow by Charles Armistead Lighter of Gospel Fires by Ella M. Robinson The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 2 by Edward Gibbon A Bold One for God by Charles G. Edwards Scars of Independence by Holger Hoock Blood Stain (Volume Two) by Linda Sejic Herald of the Midnight Cry by Paul A. Gordon The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett Home to Our Valleys! by Walter Utt Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea by Thomas Cahill (reread) Prairie Boy by Harry Baerg Blood Brothers by Philip Samaan The Millennium Bug by Jon Paulien (reread) The Collected Works of Emily Dickinson National Sunday Law by A. Jan Marcussen The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 3 by Edward Gibbon The New World Order by Russell Burrill The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Sabbath Roots by Charles E. Bradford (reread) Night Watch by Terry Pratchett The Antichrist and the New World Order by Marvin Moore Rogues edited by George R.R. Martin Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck The Iliad and the Odyssey by Homer Tell It to the World by Mervyn Maxwell The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett Mysteries of the Middle Ages by Thomas Cahill (reread) Heretics and Heroes by Thomas Cahill Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales and Poems Spy Schools by Daniel Golden Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett The 12th Planet by Zecharia Sitchin (reread) Daniel and the Revelation by Uriah Smith Christianity by Roland H. Bainton The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett Op-Center by Jeff Rovin (reread) Republic by Plato translated by Robin Waterfield Gilgamesh translated by Stephen Mitchell 500 Years of Protest and Liberty by Nicholas Patrick Miller Going Postal by Terry Pratchett Renegade: Martin Luther, The Graphic Biography by Andrea Grosso Ciponte & Dacia Palmerino William Shakespeare's The Force Doth Awaken by Ian Doescher The Stairway to Heaven by Zecharia Sitchin (reread) Blood Stain Volume Three by Linda Sejic The Division of Christendom by Hans J. Hillerbrand Reformations: The Early Modern World, 1450-1650 by Carlos M.N. Eire They Came for Freedom: The Forgotten, Epic Adventure of the Pilgrims by C.J. Milbrandt Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey (reread) Romans: Salvation for "All" by George R. Knight Thud! by Terry Pratchett Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett Atlantis: The Eighth Continent by Charles Berlitz Ancient Mysteries by Rupert Furneaux Western Civilization to 1500 by Walther Kirchner This past month I finished 9 books, 8 of which were first-time reads that brought my total for the year to 62/40 overall and 54/30 first time reads. My total of 24,894 pages is my 2nd personal best (behind 2016). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilusmagnus Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Only managed to read 36 books on the planned 40. I will therefore set my goal to 40 again for 2018. With sub-goals. 1/ I want to read at least 10 non-fiction books, among which: At least 3 books of social sciences At least 3 books of literary theory At least 1 book of history 2/ I want to read at least two books in Spanish 3/ I want to read at least 5 translations of books already read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen of Procrastination Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 1. Schirach Schuld by Ferdinand von Schirach 2. The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johanson 3. Dawn Study by Maria V. Snyder 4. Wolf Hall by Hillary Mantell 5. Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth 6. North Korea: State of Paranoia by Davidd French 7. Verheißung by Jussi Adler Olsen 8. In order to live by Yeonmi Park 9. Im Wald by Nele Neuhaus 10. A game of thrones (audiobook) read by George R.R. Martin 11. Best served Cold by Joe Abercrombie 12. Schön aber tot by Eva Rossmann 13. Swords and Scoundrels by Julia Knight 14. A killing winter by Tom Callaghan (read in German) 15. I call myself a feminist by various authors 16. The Heroes by Joe Ambercrombie 17. The fate of the Tearling by Erika Johanson 18. The Handmaid’s tale by Margaret Atwood 19. The hundred thousand kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin (read in German) 20. The Geek feminist revolution by Kameron Hurley 21. The Broken Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin (read in German 22. Vietnam rising dragon by Bill Hayton 23. Ash by Malinda Lo 24. Too like the lightning by Ada Palmer 25. Bridging the Gaps by Kate Warren 26. Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay 27. Devil’s knot the true story of the West Memphis Three by Mara Leveritt 28. The Grim Company by Mara Leveritt 29. Waiting to be heard by Amanda Know (read in German) 30. The Kingdoms of Gods by N.K. Jemisin (read in German) 31. A vindication of the rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft 32. Dying of the Light by George R.R. Martin 33. Sumerland Prinzessin Serisada by Johannes Ulbricht 34. Sumerland Prinz Zazamael by Johannes Ulbricht 35. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo 36. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (read in German) 37. Who fears death by Nnedi Okorafo 38. The Stars are Legion by Kameron Hurley 39. Red Country by Joe Abercrombie 40. What happened by Hilliary Rodham Clinton (Audiobook) 41. Sharp Ends by Joe Abercrombie 42. Die Känguru Chroniken: Ansichten eines vorlauten Beuteltiers by Mark-Uwe Kling (Audiobook) 43. Shades in Shadow by N.K. Jemisin 44. The Awakened Kingdom by N.K. Jemisin 45. Binti by Nnedi Okorafor 46. Binti Home by Nnedi Okorafor 47. We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families by Philip Gourevitch 48. The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (read in German) 49.Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer 50. The Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson 51. The Will to Battle by Ada Palmer 52. We should all be feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (actually read it back in April, but forgot it in my previous updates) So I met my goal of reading 52 books. Subgoal: Reading at least 10 books in German: 13/10 Subgoal: Reading at least three books written in French: 0/3 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkess Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 On 1/2/2017 at 7:33 PM, Starkess said: I (barely) hit my 60 goal last year (and thanks to some re-reads Goodreads didn't think I did!), but I didn't feel like I was having to particularly try too hard, so I'll shoot for 65 this year! I did not make my goal! Which is kind of ridiculous since I was not working for a few months. But still, not a bad effort, especially considering I did the WOT re-read, which is a LOT of pages. I did a lot of re-reading this year. My favorite new book was, I think, Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 NVM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plessiez Posted January 7, 2018 Author Share Posted January 7, 2018 (Belated) congratulations to those who met their targets this year, and commiserations to those that didn't. I think that the OP should be up to date now. If anybody wanted to start a new thread for 2018 but was worried about stepping on my toes, please go ahead. I'm going to have limited time over the next few months for either reading fiction or checking this board, so I'm afraid I'm probably not the best person to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 A hit the target (I've just lumped some graphic novels/short stories together. The order is generally order of enjoyment. Top 5 hard to pick a favourite from 24 on the books are trashy/problematic and the last 5 books I wouldn't reccommend others to read. 1. Vision vol 1-2 - Tom King 2. Dead Man's steel - Luke Scull 3. Homo Deus - a history of Tomorrow Yuval Noah hatari 4. A brief history of seven killings -Marlon James 5. To Kill a Mockingbird - HArper Lee 6. The dark Tower 7. Ship of Magic - Robin Hobb 8. Clean room - Gail Simone 9. East of West vol 1-6 10. The making of Modern Britain - Andrew Marr 11. The night and the music - lawrence block 12. Strange dogs/Vital Abyss - James S Corey 13. Deathless - Catheryn Valente. 14. Jim Buthcer summer knight 15. Babylons ashes - James S Corey 16. Saga vol 7 17. The big sleep - Raymond Chandler 18. Southern bastards - vol 3 19. The storm before the storm - Mike Duncan 20. A little history of philosophy - Nigel Warburton. 21. The ruby in the smoke - Phillip Pullman 22. Odd and the frost giants - Neil Gaiman. 23. English Grammar boot camp 24. Clash of Eagles - alan smale 25. The Fireman - Joe Hill 26. Red sister - Mark Lawrence 27. Manifest Destiny vol 3 28. Seven to Eternity vol 1 - Rick Remender 29. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley 30. Gunplowder plot - antonia Fraser 31. Uprooted - Naomi novik 32. Mirror Empire - Kameron Hurley 33. Amazing Spider-man worldwide vol 1 34. Walking Dead vol 27-28 35. Shadow of the sword - Tom Holland 36. Side-kicked I'm not really setting a challenge for 2018 as i was frustrated by putting off 800 pagers because it was cuttung into my target. That said, it did make me read some excellent short stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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