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re: 2023 Reading Challenge
Posted on 5/14/23 at 11:36 am to Adajax
Posted on 5/14/23 at 11:36 am to Adajax
Haven't really kept track but my family got me a Kindle Unlimited subscription and that has pumped up my reading. Last year the App says I read 24 titles. I am up to 13 this year. I just started one so not sure if that one is counted. I do not set a goal, simply try to enjoy what I read with no other real agenda. Though I may try to pick up a few classics I have not read.
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Posted on 5/18/23 at 1:40 pm to mdomingue
12 books complete of my 20 pledged. Crushing it by my standards 
Posted on 6/1/23 at 12:58 pm to Bama and Beer
Bump.
Finally got around to reading “Rhythm of War,” which I guess will start my official “Year of Sanderson” like his Kickstarter. I guess “The Lost Metal” will be next, followed by the two already shipped from the Kickstarter.
I’ll probably read something different between them, though.
Finally got around to reading “Rhythm of War,” which I guess will start my official “Year of Sanderson” like his Kickstarter. I guess “The Lost Metal” will be next, followed by the two already shipped from the Kickstarter.
I’ll probably read something different between them, though.
Posted on 6/15/23 at 4:19 pm to Sasquatch Smash
I think my goal of 20 books was a little, ummm, too easy. I've read 17 now
Posted on 6/19/23 at 10:55 am to Bama and Beer
Bump after pretty much not reading for the month of June now at 11 of 24 and got a 2 weeks to knock out Skyward 2 which shouldn’t be an issue to be on pace to finish the year. Thinking bout trying out Abercrombie or The Black company for second half of the year along with finishing Stormlight reread/finishing up Skyward/secret projects.
Posted on 6/19/23 at 2:22 pm to Lawyered
Ditto with the underestimated reading goal..
Set it at 18 and am already at 16 read for the year
Not mad at this pace.
Set it at 18 and am already at 16 read for the year
Not mad at this pace.
Posted on 6/26/23 at 6:10 pm to Lawyered
And made it halfway to goal little before halfway to year
Posted on 6/30/23 at 3:47 pm to spehog
Goal is 120. I'm going a little slow right now because my neighborhood library is closed for some major construction. On number 58 right now.
Posted on 7/2/23 at 8:12 am to glassman
Finished #50 this morning. I underestimated myself
Posted on 7/2/23 at 8:29 am to glassman
Holy mother of god. 
You and SW2 are killing it
You and SW2 are killing it
Posted on 7/3/23 at 5:35 pm to Bama and Beer
Started my 49th book this afternoon. Updated my list on Page 1 of this post.
This post was edited on 7/3/23 at 5:42 pm
Posted on 7/21/23 at 9:22 am to r3lay3r
Bump
Posted on 7/24/23 at 6:00 pm to Adajax
I'm starting out small this year and trying to get 10 books. I'm trying to cave out more time to read. Here are the books so far:
The Pope At War (David I Kertzer)
Scars and Strips (Tim Kennedy)
Say Nothing (Patrick Radden Keefe)
The Dirty Tricks Department (John Lisle)
Killers of the Flower Moon (David Grann)
The Story of the SS (Al Cimino)
Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the History of the Sixties (Tom O'Niel)
The Pope At War (David I Kertzer)
Scars and Strips (Tim Kennedy)
Say Nothing (Patrick Radden Keefe)
The Dirty Tricks Department (John Lisle)
Killers of the Flower Moon (David Grann)
The Story of the SS (Al Cimino)
Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the History of the Sixties (Tom O'Niel)
Posted on 8/13/23 at 11:29 pm to gringeaux
Goal of 20, update
1. All about love - bell hooks
2. Practical Magic - Alice Hoffman
3. When Things Fall Apart - Pema Chodron
4. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants - Robin Wall Kimmerer
5. Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
6. Tress of the Emerald Sea - Brandon Sanderson
7. Killers of the Flower Moon - David Grann
1. All about love - bell hooks
2. Practical Magic - Alice Hoffman
3. When Things Fall Apart - Pema Chodron
4. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants - Robin Wall Kimmerer
5. Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
6. Tress of the Emerald Sea - Brandon Sanderson
7. Killers of the Flower Moon - David Grann
This post was edited on 8/25/23 at 11:16 pm
Posted on 8/26/23 at 7:54 am to BluegrassBelle
About to finish book 29 for the year. Might as well push my goal out to 40
Posted on 8/26/23 at 9:58 am to Adajax
for the past 20 years or so, ive been a nonfiction reader, maybe 1 or 2 a year. used to love sci fi as a kid. then, this new year, something just clicked in my brain and i started reading fiction again, and ive been straight up addicted. havent touched my xbox hardly at all this year. dont have a goal, just reading.
1. Shadow of the Torturer, Wolfe
2. Claw of the Conciliator, Wolfe
3. Sword of the Lictor, Wolfe
4. Citadel of the Autarch, Wolfe
5. Three Body Problem, Liu
6. Dark Forest, Liu
7. Urth of the New Sun, Wolfe
8. Deaths End, Liu
9. Hyperion, Simmons
10. Fall of Hyperion, Simmons
11. Between Two Fires, Buelhman
12. Annihilation, Vandermeer
13. Authority, Vandermeer
14. Acceptance, Vandermeer
15. What Moves the Dead, Kinfisher
16. Borne, Vandermeer
17. Blood Meridian, McCarthy
18. Roadside Picnic, Sturgatsky's
19. Nightside the Long Sun, Wolfe
20. Lake of the Long Sun, Wolfe
21. The Strange Bird, Vandermeer
22. Black Easter, Blish
23. The Day After Judgment, Blish
24. Blindsight, Watts
25. Calde of the Long Sun, Wolfe
26. Exodus from the Long Sun, Wolfe
27. Blood Music, Bear
28. Dune, Herbert
29. Dune Messiah, Herbert
30. On Blues Waters, Wolfe
31. In Greens Jungles, Wolfe
32. Return to the Whorl, Wolfe
33. The Sumerians; History, Culture, Character, Kramer
34. The Master and Margarita, Bulgakov
35. Neuromancer, Gibson
36. Dawn, Butler
currently reading Children of Dune
standouts so far Book of the New Sun tetrology, Area X trilogy. Three Body trilogy, Blindsight, Dune, Dawn
disappointments, Book the Long Sun tetrology, Between Two Fires, In Greens Jungles
1. Shadow of the Torturer, Wolfe
2. Claw of the Conciliator, Wolfe
3. Sword of the Lictor, Wolfe
4. Citadel of the Autarch, Wolfe
5. Three Body Problem, Liu
6. Dark Forest, Liu
7. Urth of the New Sun, Wolfe
8. Deaths End, Liu
9. Hyperion, Simmons
10. Fall of Hyperion, Simmons
11. Between Two Fires, Buelhman
12. Annihilation, Vandermeer
13. Authority, Vandermeer
14. Acceptance, Vandermeer
15. What Moves the Dead, Kinfisher
16. Borne, Vandermeer
17. Blood Meridian, McCarthy
18. Roadside Picnic, Sturgatsky's
19. Nightside the Long Sun, Wolfe
20. Lake of the Long Sun, Wolfe
21. The Strange Bird, Vandermeer
22. Black Easter, Blish
23. The Day After Judgment, Blish
24. Blindsight, Watts
25. Calde of the Long Sun, Wolfe
26. Exodus from the Long Sun, Wolfe
27. Blood Music, Bear
28. Dune, Herbert
29. Dune Messiah, Herbert
30. On Blues Waters, Wolfe
31. In Greens Jungles, Wolfe
32. Return to the Whorl, Wolfe
33. The Sumerians; History, Culture, Character, Kramer
34. The Master and Margarita, Bulgakov
35. Neuromancer, Gibson
36. Dawn, Butler
currently reading Children of Dune
standouts so far Book of the New Sun tetrology, Area X trilogy. Three Body trilogy, Blindsight, Dune, Dawn
disappointments, Book the Long Sun tetrology, Between Two Fires, In Greens Jungles
This post was edited on 8/26/23 at 3:01 pm
Posted on 9/7/23 at 7:29 am to Adajax
Y’all are way ahead of me
How to Win Friends and Influence People- Dale Carnegie
Fire & Blood- George R.R. Martin
Man of Iron (Grover Cleveland bio)- Troy Selnik
Thomas Jefferson: A Biography of Spirit and Flesh- Thomas Kidd
The Worst Hard Time (Dust Bowl)- Timothy Egan
Any recs for my next nonfiction?
How to Win Friends and Influence People- Dale Carnegie
Fire & Blood- George R.R. Martin
Man of Iron (Grover Cleveland bio)- Troy Selnik
Thomas Jefferson: A Biography of Spirit and Flesh- Thomas Kidd
The Worst Hard Time (Dust Bowl)- Timothy Egan
Any recs for my next nonfiction?
This post was edited on 9/7/23 at 7:30 am
Posted on 9/7/23 at 10:27 am to alajones
quote:
Any recs for my next nonfiction?
1776 by David McCullough
Posted on 9/7/23 at 11:25 am to Adajax
just started reading again in August. Going to try for a book every two weeks to start.
completed so far;
Devolution-Max Brooks
The disappeared-CJ Box
completed so far;
Devolution-Max Brooks
The disappeared-CJ Box
Posted on 9/20/23 at 6:11 pm to bonescanner
I'll jump in super late. I had no idea there was a book board until yesterday. I was shooting for 24 this year. I've managed to surpass that already. Though some of these books were shorter than what I typically read. I'm getting into the thicker WoT books right now so I expect my pace to slow down through the end of the year. Also, to be transparent, all of these are via audiobook for me. Its what I do when I'm driving or doing work around the house.
1 - Elantris - Sanderson
2 - The Hobbit - Tolkien
3 - The Fellowship of the Ring - Tolkien
4 - The Two Towers - Tolkien
5 - Return of the King - Tolkien
6 - Hail Mary - Weir
7 - Skyward - Sanderson
8 - Starsight - Sanderson
9 - Cytonic - Sanderson
10 - Steelheart - Sanderson
11 - Firefight - Sanderson
12 - Calamity - Sanderson
13 - Tress of the Emerald Sea - Sanderson
14 - The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England - Sanderson
15 - Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising - Zahn
16 - Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good - Zahn
17 - Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil - Zahn
18 - Thrawn - Zahn
19 - Thrawn: Alliances - Zahn
20 - Thrawn: Treason - Zahn
21 - Yumi and the Nightmare Painter - Sanderson
22 - The Eye of the World - Jordan
23 - The Great Hunt - Jordan
24 - The Dragon Reborn - Jordan
25 - The Shadow Rising - Jordan
26 - The Fires of Heaven - Jordan
27 - The Sunlit Man - Sanderson
28 - Lord of Chaos - Jordan
29 - A Crown of Swords - Jordan
30 - Skyward Flight - Sanderson
31 - Defiant - Sanderson
32 - Winter’s Heart - Jordan
Stopping here for the year since I won’t be able to finish Crossroads of twilight by years end
1 - Elantris - Sanderson
2 - The Hobbit - Tolkien
3 - The Fellowship of the Ring - Tolkien
4 - The Two Towers - Tolkien
5 - Return of the King - Tolkien
6 - Hail Mary - Weir
7 - Skyward - Sanderson
8 - Starsight - Sanderson
9 - Cytonic - Sanderson
10 - Steelheart - Sanderson
11 - Firefight - Sanderson
12 - Calamity - Sanderson
13 - Tress of the Emerald Sea - Sanderson
14 - The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England - Sanderson
15 - Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising - Zahn
16 - Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good - Zahn
17 - Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil - Zahn
18 - Thrawn - Zahn
19 - Thrawn: Alliances - Zahn
20 - Thrawn: Treason - Zahn
21 - Yumi and the Nightmare Painter - Sanderson
22 - The Eye of the World - Jordan
23 - The Great Hunt - Jordan
24 - The Dragon Reborn - Jordan
25 - The Shadow Rising - Jordan
26 - The Fires of Heaven - Jordan
27 - The Sunlit Man - Sanderson
28 - Lord of Chaos - Jordan
29 - A Crown of Swords - Jordan
30 - Skyward Flight - Sanderson
31 - Defiant - Sanderson
32 - Winter’s Heart - Jordan
Stopping here for the year since I won’t be able to finish Crossroads of twilight by years end
This post was edited on 12/26/23 at 1:39 pm
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