I broke my goal of 15 books with 23 last year and almost doubled my previous years reading numbers from 12 books to 23.

I've got some longer books I'm thinking of reading which will shorten my numbers a little so I'm thinking 20 is a fair goal.

Goal: 20 Books

1. The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard - Robert E. Howard, 506 pages, 5/5
Most of the stories in this were awesome. Even outside of Conan, Howard was a great writer and versatile with all the different types he wrote. Can't really pick a favorite story from it, too many good ones: Wolfshead, the dream snake, rattle of bones, hills of the dead, the horror from the mound, the noseless horror, Old Garfields heart, the fire of asshurbanipal. Just an awesome set of stories

2. Crashlander - Larry Niven, 281 pages, 3/5
Some pretty good stories. Some were just alright.

3. Lord of the Flies - William Golding, 189 pages, 4/5

4. Crisis of Conscience (5th edition) - Raymond Franz, 599 page, 5/5
Pretty heavy stuff about jehovahs witnesses by one of their former governing body members. Eye opening to read.

5. Double Star - Robert A. Heinlein, 147 pages, 4/5

6. Macbeth - William Shakespeare, 328 pages, 5/5
Guess I like Shakespeare now
"I am in blood
Stepped in so far that should I wade no more,
Returning were as tedious as go o'er'"
"And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,
The instruments of Darkness tell us truths,
Win us with honest trifles, to betray's
In deepest consequence."

7. The Last of the Mohicans - James Fenimore Cooper, 364 pages, 5/5

8. The First Men in the Moon - H. G. Wells, 272 pages, 2/5
That ending was sad

9. Mere Christianity - C. S. Lewis, 227 pages, 5/5
Lewis discusses the heart of Christianity, and that is receiving Christ. "But look for Christ and you will find him, and with Him everything else thrown in."

10. The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville - Shelby Foote, 816 pages, 5/5
I now see why it is mentioned here and elsewhere. It is well written and reminds me of the best histories that I have read.

11. The Lost World - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 208 pages, 5/5
First time reading Doyle. Fun adventure.

12. Who? - Algis Budrys, 143 pages, 4/5

13. 1984 - George Orwell, audio book, 4/5. Sad ending but can see why it's so talked about

14. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley, 245 pages, 3/5

15. Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare, 328 pages, 5/5

16. From Russia with Love - Ian Fleming, 191 pages, 4/5

This post was edited on 12/11/23 at 7:14 pm