Plessiez Posted June 7, 2017 Author Share Posted June 7, 2017 Just passed the half-way mark myself. My pace is likely to slow further over the next couple of months though, so I'm not sure if I'll make my target or not. 31) The Eyre Affair (Jasper Fforde) 32) Europe In Autumn (Dave Hutchinson) 33) A Tyranny Of Queens (Foz Meaddows) 34) Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen) 35) Complete Short Stories Volume 1 (J. G. Ballard) 36) Neptune's Brood (Charlie Stross) 37) Lyonesse / Suldrun's Garden (Jack Vance) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garett Hornwood Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 My 2017 40 Book Challenge (June 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 This past month I completed five books putting my total for the year overall at 32/40 overall and 29/30 first time reads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isildur's Mane Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 11/20 Finished reading Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams 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', 2- I want to read 10 books written by women 2/10 - 'First They Killed My Father', Loung Ung, 'Reading Magic', Mem Fox 3- I want to read 5 non fiction books (finish the ones I'm reading first) 2/5 - 'First They Killed My Father', Loung Ung, 'Reading Magic', Mem Fox 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 4/10 - 'Life, the Universe and Everything', 'So Long, And Thanks for all the Fish', 'The Exorcist', 'Mostly Harmless' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plessiez Posted July 27, 2017 Author Share Posted July 27, 2017 Two thirds of the way to my target now. Since my last update: 38) Death's End (Cixin Lie; translated by Ken Liu) 39) City Of Stairs (Robert Jackson Bennett) 40) The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet (Becky Chambers) 41) A Closed And Common Orbit (Becky Chambers) 42) Full Fathom Five (Max Gladstone) 43) Four Roads Cross (Max Gladstone) 44) On A Red Station, Drifting (Aliette de Bodard) 45) The Delirium Brief (Charlie Stross) 46) Public Library and Other Stories (Ali Smith) 47) The Court Of Broken Knives (Anna Smith Spark) 48) Golden Hill (Francis Spufford) Will post thoughts on the more recent of these in the July reading thread. For my subgoals, I've read 38 different authors (aiming for 52), 22 authors I've never read anything by before (beating my target of 20) and I've read 4 short story collections (aiming for 6). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garett Hornwood Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 My 2017 40 Book Challenge (June 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 This past month I completed just two books (thanks complete Edgar Allan Poe) putting my total for the year overall at 34/40 overall and 30/30 first time reads, thus achieving one of my 2017 goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guinevere Seaworth Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 Being busy at work, planning a wedding, getting married and going on a honeymoon really cramped my postings, but not my reading thankfully! I have read 50 books to date according to my Goodreads account. Forsworn Brian McClellan The Dakota Cipher William Dietrich The Heart of What Was Lost Tad Williams Naamah's Kiss Jacqueline Carey Naamah's Curse Jacqueline Carey Naamah's Blessing Jacqueline Carey Barren Lands Kevin Krajick A Passage of Stars Kate Elliott Babylon's Ashes James S.A. Corey Mexico James Michener Prince of the Blood Raymond Feist The King's Buccaneer Raymond Feist Mira's Last Dance Lois McMaster Bujold The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World Adrienne Mayor Anne's House of Dreams Lucy Maud Montgomery The Barbary Pirates William Dietrich Steelheart Brandon Sanderson Mitosis Brandon Sanderson Firefight Brandon Sanderson Revolution's Shore Kate Elliott The Price of Ransom Kate Elliott The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got That Way Bill Bryson Written in My Own Heart's Blood Diana Gabaldon Warrior Zoe Archer Scoundrel Zoe Archer Rebel Zoe Archer Stranger Zoe Archer Calamity Brandon Sanderson Gods of Risk James S.A. Corey Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens Steve Olson Beguilement Lois McMaster Bujold My Name is Red Orhan Pamuk The Book of Deacon Joseph Lallo Legacy Lois McMaster Bujold A Time for Grief Adrian Tchaikovsky Passage Lois McMaster Bujold Far From the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy The Queen's Vow C.W. Gortner Horizon Lois McMaster Bujold Scottish Gaelic Glenn Dixon Unbound Shawn Speakman The Vital Abyss James S.A. Corey The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble's Braids Michael McClung The Thief Who Spat in Luck's Good Eye Michael McClung The Thief Who Knocked on Sorrow's Gate Michael McClung The Thief Who Wasn't There Michael McClung City of Fortune Roger Crowley Traitor's Blade Sebastien de Castell Knight's Shadow Sebastien de Castell Saint's Blood Sebastien de Castell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garett Hornwood Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 My 2017 40 Book Challenge (August 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) This past month I completed four books putting my total for the year overall at 38/40 overall and 33/30 first time reads. This weekend I'll be officially completely my personal year challenge when I finish my primary book and my home read. It'll be the earliest that I've ever officially completed a challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castellan Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 On 23 April 2017 at 3:41 PM, Castellan said: 2017 goals I think I made some silly goal last year and never looked at it again. This will probably turn out to be the same, but I have more time this year to try. Read 50 books total - I think I will easily achieve this, especially if I backdate to January by checking my Kindle purchases. The thing is, for the last few years I have been reading rubbish, pretty exclusively. So, my subgoals are more important to me than the total. I tried to keep my goals conservative so I wouldn't give up immediately: read at least 10 novels that I consider more like quality literary fiction with a serious purpose than what I usually read read at least 10 memoirs, travel books, or similar. a bit off the reading track but - see at least three plays read at least 10 other non-fiction books. Lets see how I go. OMG! I will easily make 50 but as for quality ... I better get cracking .... and not a play has been seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isildur's Mane Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 12/20 Finished reading Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism, by Marina Warner 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', 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) 3/5 - 'First They Killed My Father', Loung Ung, 'Reading Magic', Mem Fox, 'Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism', Marina Warner 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 4/10 - 'Life, the Universe and Everything', 'So Long, And Thanks for all the Fish', 'The Exorcist', 'Mostly Harmless' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilusmagnus Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Can I start this challenge in September? If so, I have already read 24 books this year, so I think a reasonable yet ambitious number for the end of the year would be 40. 2017 reads: - The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy by Tim Burton.- On Fairy Stories by J.R.R. Tolkien - Roverandom by J.R.R. Tolkien - Farmer Giles of Ham by J.R.R. Tolkien - The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book by J.R.R. Tolkien - Leaf, by Niggle by J.R.R. Tolkien - Smith of Wooton Major by J.R.R. Tolkien All of the underlined qualifies as one book. - 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 Currently reading: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin + Short Stories by H.P. Lovecraft. All of these are first reads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen of Procrastination Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Haven't updated my list here in quite a while, so here I go: 1. Schuld by Ferdinand von Schirach 2. The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen 3. Dawn Study by Maria V. Snyder 4. Wolf Hall by Hillary Mantel 5. Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth 6. North Korea: State of Paranoia by David 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) 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 Callagham (read in German) 15. I call myself a feminist Essaycollection written by multiple authors 16. The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie 17. The fate of the Tearling by Erika Johansen 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 Luke Scull 29. Waiting to be heard by Amanda Know (read in German) 30. The Kingdom of Gods by N.K. Jemisin (read in German) 31. A vindication of the rights of woman by Mary Wolstonecraft 32. Dying of the Light by George R, R. Martin 33. Sumerland: Prinzessin Serisada by Johannes Ulbricht I've read 33 of my goal to read 55 books, but I think I shoud still manage this part of the challenge. Subgoal: Reading at least 10 books in German: 9/10 And I'm currently two other books in German this one works fine. Subgoal: Reading at least three books written in French: 0/3 . Not sure if I'll read any books in French this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaßvogel Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 I'm not going to list all the books I've read, but I had set a goal for 60 books and am now sitting at 69. This was aided in part by consuming Lawrence Block's "Matt Scudder" series in a matter of a few months. I anticipate hitting at least 80 by 12/31. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garett Hornwood Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 My 2017 40 Book Challenge (September 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 This past month I completed eight books putting my total for the year overall at 46/40 overall and 40/30 first time reads. Now that I've completed both my overall and first reads challenges, I'm going to be all over the place on my TBR list for the next three months instead of the reading list I can up with at the beginning of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andorion Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 On 02/01/2017 at 9:17 PM, Andorion said: I have a rather complicated book year planned out: First of all I have set my Goodreads challenge at 80 books, but frankly I am aiming at 100. 142 read First of all, I have a 24 book Classic challenge to tackle. Gone With the Wind -Margaret Mitchell Bleak HouseCharles - Dickens The Idiot - Dostoevsky The Divine Comedy - Dante Ivanhoe - Walter Scott A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smity Emma - Jane Austen Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte The Godfather - Mario Puzo How Green was my Valley - Richard Llewellyn To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee The Unbearable Lighness of Being - Milan Kundera Razor's Edge - Somerset Maugham Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy Aenid - Virgil The Color Purple - Alice Walker The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro The Picture of Dorian Grey - Oscar Wilde Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury Slaughterhouse 5 - Kurt Vonnegut Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck Secondly, I have a few targeted authors Finish Janny Wurts' Wars of Light and Shadow. (This is a big one) Finish Bakker Read at least another three books of Black Company Read at least two books of Ursula K Leguin Read at least two books of GG Kay 1 bookFinish Mark Lawrence's second trilogyFinish Tad Williams' Memory Sorrow and Thorn Finish Alastair Reynolds' Poseidon's Children trilogy Read at least one book by China Mieville Thirdly, read 23 books coming out this year which are continuations to existing series I am reading Mostly done Fourthly try to trim my TBR Haven't posted here in some time but I got a lot of reading done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isildur's Mane Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 13/20 Finished reading The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett 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' 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) 3/5 - 'First They Killed My Father', Loung Ung, 'Reading Magic', Mem Fox, 'Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism', Marina Warner 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 5/10 - 'Life, the Universe and Everything', 'So Long, And Thanks for all the Fish', 'The Exorcist', 'Mostly Harmless', 'The Light Fantastic', Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garett Hornwood Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 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 This past month I completed six books putting my total for the year overall at 52/40 overall and 45/30 first time reads. Now that I've completed both my overall and first reads challenges, I'm going to be all over the place on my TBR list for the next two months instead of the reading list I can up with at the beginning of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plessiez Posted October 30, 2017 Author Share Posted October 30, 2017 As of yesterday I've equalled the 61 books I read last year, which means that I'm more or less or track to reach this year's target. Since my last update: 49) Woman on the Edge of Time (Marge Piercy) 50) Annihilation (Jeff VanderMeer) 51) Jacques the Fatalist and His Master (Denis Diderot) 52) Last First Snow (Max Gladstone) 53) The Stone Sky (N. K. Jemisin) 54) Floating Worlds (Cecelia Howard) 55) Children of Earth and Sky (Guy Gavriel Kay) 56) Europe at Midnight (Dave Hutchinson) 57) Something Coming Through (Paul McAuley) 58) The Scarab Path (Adrian Tchaikovsky) 59) Our Lady of the Ice (Cassandra Rose Clarke) 60) Replay (Ken Grimwood) 61) Emergence (Ken MacLeod) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plessiez Posted October 30, 2017 Author Share Posted October 30, 2017 (The list in the opening post of this thread should be up to date now, I think. If you've set or reached a target and I haven't added your name, please let me know and I'll modify the list accordingly.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilusmagnus Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 October 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) Currently reading: Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift; La Disparition by George Perec; Le Hobbit; translated by Daniel Lauzon; Experiences in Translation by Umberto Eco. (You will have noticed that I am a student in translation) Even though I almost finished Gulliver's Travels, I'm still very far from reaching my objective. But what's a challenge if you're always sure you can make it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isildur's Mane Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 14/20 I'm falling behind again... Hopefully I can complete this goal Finished reading Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson 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', 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) 3/5 - 'First They Killed My Father', Loung Ung, 'Reading Magic', Mem Fox, 'Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism', Marina Warner 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...
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