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re: 2021 Reading Challenge
Posted on 1/3/21 at 9:42 pm to Sneaky__Sally
Posted on 1/3/21 at 9:42 pm to Sneaky__Sally
My goal for 2021 is to read 20 books.
I’d like to have a decent mix of genres as well as some non-fiction, since I mostly read sci-fi.
1. Gnomon- Nick Harkaway- 4*
2. Blood Meridian- Cormac McCarthy- 5*
3. Neuromancer- William Gibson-3.5*
4. L'Étranger- Albert Camus- 4*
5. Outer Dark- Cormac McCarthy- 4*
6. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas- Hunter S Thompson- 4*
7. A Rumor of War- Philip Caputo- 4*
8. As I Lay Dying- William Faulkner- 3.5*
9. All the Pretty Horses- Cormac McCarthy- 5*
10. The Hobbit- J.R.R. Tolkien- 4*
11. The Crossing- Cormac McCarthy- 4*
12. Project Hail Mary- Andy Weir- 4*
I’d like to have a decent mix of genres as well as some non-fiction, since I mostly read sci-fi.
1. Gnomon- Nick Harkaway- 4*
2. Blood Meridian- Cormac McCarthy- 5*
3. Neuromancer- William Gibson-3.5*
4. L'Étranger- Albert Camus- 4*
5. Outer Dark- Cormac McCarthy- 4*
6. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas- Hunter S Thompson- 4*
7. A Rumor of War- Philip Caputo- 4*
8. As I Lay Dying- William Faulkner- 3.5*
9. All the Pretty Horses- Cormac McCarthy- 5*
10. The Hobbit- J.R.R. Tolkien- 4*
11. The Crossing- Cormac McCarthy- 4*
12. Project Hail Mary- Andy Weir- 4*
This post was edited on 12/29/21 at 6:57 pm
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Posted on 1/4/21 at 10:05 am to Sneaky__Sally
My goal in 2020 was 52 and ended up with 88 (thanks Covid!). This year, I'm going with 60.
Already on book number 8.
I'm on Goodreads as Bigchipper (display name Chip) if anyone wants to add as a friend.
Already on book number 8.
I'm on Goodreads as Bigchipper (display name Chip) if anyone wants to add as a friend.
This post was edited on 1/23/21 at 1:48 pm
Posted on 1/19/21 at 7:06 am to Big Chipper
Front page bump. I'm off to a strong start - I need to hit about 3.5 books a month and will get there this month.
Also, I drive for work a ton and had done a lot of podcasts and all but I bet I will be able to get through tons of audiobooks - if I can keep a good slate ready to go on Libby.
Also, I drive for work a ton and had done a lot of podcasts and all but I bet I will be able to get through tons of audiobooks - if I can keep a good slate ready to go on Libby.
Posted on 1/19/21 at 7:40 pm to Sneaky__Sally
I'm cutting back on how many podcast I listen to so audio books will increase. No real goal that depends on how much I drive and hike as that's the only time I listen to them.
Will try to read 20 new books. None picked out yet but enjoy Ivan Doig, Jim Harrison.
Will try to read 20 new books. None picked out yet but enjoy Ivan Doig, Jim Harrison.
Posted on 1/20/21 at 1:43 pm to Sneaky__Sally
Goal is a book a month so 12
But I already finished Jurassic park and lost world. So I’m a bit ahead.
But I already finished Jurassic park and lost world. So I’m a bit ahead.
Posted on 1/20/21 at 5:47 pm to Nodust
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I'm cutting back on how many podcast I listen to so audio books will increase.
Yep, I've been getting a ton more out of non-fiction audiobooks.
Posted on 1/20/21 at 8:44 pm to Sneaky__Sally
I love that this thread is being made each year since I started it. Way to go baws!
My goal is 25 books for 2021
I had a very low 2020 (under 10). My job actually got busier with shut down.
1) Kings of the Wyld
My goal is 25 books for 2021
I had a very low 2020 (under 10). My job actually got busier with shut down.
1) Kings of the Wyld
This post was edited on 1/20/21 at 8:47 pm
Posted on 1/21/21 at 1:43 pm to Sneaky__Sally
As usual, all books read for my book club will be designated BC. Happy reading, everyone.
1-(BC) The Splendid and the Vile. E. Larson 503pgs
2- The Angry Tide. W. Graham 612pgs
3- When the Game Changed. G. Castle 318pgs
4- Holy Ghost. J Sanford 373pgs
5- River of Night. Ringo/Massa 362 pgs
6- (BC) The Nightingale. K. Hannah 564pgs
7- The Valley of Shadows. Ringo/Massa 287pgs
8- Death of Kings. B. Cornwell 320pgs.
9- The Catcher Was a Spy. Dawidoff 352pgs
10-(BC) The Tattooist of Auschwitz. Morris 254pgs
11- The Voter File. Pepper 420pgs
12- Extreme Prey. J. Sandford 406pgs
13-(BC) Cold Sassy Tree. Burns 391pgs
14- King Richard I. Petty/Neely 252pgs
15- Persuader. Child 465pgs
16- Against All Enemies. Gilstrap 447pgs
17- The Dogs of War. Forsythe
18- Running Blind. Child 486pgs
19-(BC) The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek. Richardson 286pgs
20- Never Look at the Empty Seats. C. Daniels 268pgs
21- The Night Crew. Sandford 371pgs
22- Dead or Alive. Clancy 692pgs
23- The Hanged Man's Song. Sandford 321pgs
24- Baja Oklahoma. Jenkins 299pgs
25- Assisted. Stockton/Pickett 325pgs
26- Special Ops. Griffin 772pgs
27- (BC)The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires. Hendrix 404pgs
28- Past Tense. Child 382pgs
29- The Flying Tigers. Kleiner 236pgs
30- Jim Brown: Last Man Standing. Zirin 305pgs
31- The Book of Lost Friends. Wingate 375pgs
32- A Dangerous Man. Crais 339pgs
1-(BC) The Splendid and the Vile. E. Larson 503pgs
2- The Angry Tide. W. Graham 612pgs
3- When the Game Changed. G. Castle 318pgs
4- Holy Ghost. J Sanford 373pgs
5- River of Night. Ringo/Massa 362 pgs
6- (BC) The Nightingale. K. Hannah 564pgs
7- The Valley of Shadows. Ringo/Massa 287pgs
8- Death of Kings. B. Cornwell 320pgs.
9- The Catcher Was a Spy. Dawidoff 352pgs
10-(BC) The Tattooist of Auschwitz. Morris 254pgs
11- The Voter File. Pepper 420pgs
12- Extreme Prey. J. Sandford 406pgs
13-(BC) Cold Sassy Tree. Burns 391pgs
14- King Richard I. Petty/Neely 252pgs
15- Persuader. Child 465pgs
16- Against All Enemies. Gilstrap 447pgs
17- The Dogs of War. Forsythe
18- Running Blind. Child 486pgs
19-(BC) The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek. Richardson 286pgs
20- Never Look at the Empty Seats. C. Daniels 268pgs
21- The Night Crew. Sandford 371pgs
22- Dead or Alive. Clancy 692pgs
23- The Hanged Man's Song. Sandford 321pgs
24- Baja Oklahoma. Jenkins 299pgs
25- Assisted. Stockton/Pickett 325pgs
26- Special Ops. Griffin 772pgs
27- (BC)The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires. Hendrix 404pgs
28- Past Tense. Child 382pgs
29- The Flying Tigers. Kleiner 236pgs
30- Jim Brown: Last Man Standing. Zirin 305pgs
31- The Book of Lost Friends. Wingate 375pgs
32- A Dangerous Man. Crais 339pgs
This post was edited on 8/26/21 at 2:24 pm
Posted on 1/21/21 at 2:56 pm to Sneaky__Sally
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To Read List:
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No Country For Old Men
Have you read any others by McCarthy? I've read NCFOM as well as The Road, and I'll be starting Blood Meridian after I finish my current read.
Posted on 1/22/21 at 4:19 pm to Sneaky__Sally
My goal is 22 books. 2 more than 2020.
I just finished my 2nd book.
The first book I started before Jan 1, but here are the two books:
- Anxious People by Fredrik Backman.
- Funeral for a Friend by Brian Freeman.
- Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead by Sara Gran.
I enjoyed both books, but Funeral for a Friend was really good.
I just finished my 2nd book.
The first book I started before Jan 1, but here are the two books:
- Anxious People by Fredrik Backman.
- Funeral for a Friend by Brian Freeman.
- Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead by Sara Gran.
I enjoyed both books, but Funeral for a Friend was really good.
This post was edited on 2/4/21 at 5:47 pm
Posted on 1/22/21 at 4:25 pm to Nodust
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I'm cutting back on how many podcast I listen
There is so much I want to listen to that I find myself just listening to a little bit of an episode and then going awhile without listening to anything bc I can't decide what I want to listen to.
Posted on 1/23/21 at 12:29 pm to OweO
quote:
There is so much I want to listen to that I find myself just listening to a little bit of an episode and then going awhile without listening to anything
Are you doing anything else while listening to podcasts? My mind wanders during podcasts and audio books that I’d rather just read bc I concentrate better.
Posted on 1/23/21 at 1:17 pm to GreenRockTiger
I listen while driving or walking or working out mostly. Can usually stay focused - if I try to listen at my desk while working I don't pay attention.
Posted on 1/23/21 at 1:36 pm to Sneaky__Sally
Goal: 35
1) History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides, 605
2) Plato:Complete Works, Plato, 1745
- Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesmen, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, Alcibiades, Second Alcibiades, Hipparchus, Rival Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, Greater Hippias, Lesser Hippias, Ion, Menexenus, Clitophon, Republic, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Laws, Epinomis, Letters, On Justice, On Virtue, Demodocus, Sisyphus, Halcyon, Eryxias, Axiochus, and Epigrams.
3) Physics, Aristotle, 231.
4) Metaphysics, Aristotle, 252.
5) Poetics, Aristotle, 55.
1) History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides, 605
2) Plato:Complete Works, Plato, 1745
- Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesmen, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, Alcibiades, Second Alcibiades, Hipparchus, Rival Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, Greater Hippias, Lesser Hippias, Ion, Menexenus, Clitophon, Republic, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Laws, Epinomis, Letters, On Justice, On Virtue, Demodocus, Sisyphus, Halcyon, Eryxias, Axiochus, and Epigrams.
3) Physics, Aristotle, 231.
4) Metaphysics, Aristotle, 252.
5) Poetics, Aristotle, 55.
This post was edited on 5/19/21 at 9:13 pm
Posted on 1/25/21 at 9:11 am to Telos
Goal - 30 books
1. The Case Of the Lazy Lover by Erle Stanley Gardner - 2.5 out of 5 - This is the last of all the Perry Mason books I bought at a used book store last year. Went down a rabbit hole after watching the HBO series. Done with that project.
2. Point B by Drew Magary - 3 out of 5 - I like Drew's writing on Deadspin and Defector, and this is the first of his books I've read. It was okay, and easy to read, but I was just ready for it to be over 3/4 of the way through.
1. The Case Of the Lazy Lover by Erle Stanley Gardner - 2.5 out of 5 - This is the last of all the Perry Mason books I bought at a used book store last year. Went down a rabbit hole after watching the HBO series. Done with that project.
2. Point B by Drew Magary - 3 out of 5 - I like Drew's writing on Deadspin and Defector, and this is the first of his books I've read. It was okay, and easy to read, but I was just ready for it to be over 3/4 of the way through.
Posted on 1/26/21 at 12:30 pm to Sneaky__Sally
Trying to start off slower than most here and do a book a month lol
Posted on 1/26/21 at 9:12 pm to Hogwarts
quote:
Trying to start off slower than most here and do a book a month lol
Nothing wrong with that.
Posted on 1/26/21 at 9:48 pm to Sneaky__Sally
Goal: 26 books (a book every two weeks).
Read:
(1) American Gods (anniversary edition) - Neil Gaiman
Currently Reading: war of the Worlds - H.G. Wells
I have an odd rotation for books. I generally go modern (usually something with an upcoming or recent movie or tv series), classic, and then betterment. I burn out fast if I stick to one genre.
Read:
(1) American Gods (anniversary edition) - Neil Gaiman
Currently Reading: war of the Worlds - H.G. Wells
I have an odd rotation for books. I generally go modern (usually something with an upcoming or recent movie or tv series), classic, and then betterment. I burn out fast if I stick to one genre.
Posted on 2/1/21 at 2:02 pm to FalseProphet
Just finished my first book, Columbine by Cullen. Starting on "The Pioneers" by David McCullogh.
Posted on 2/1/21 at 5:38 pm to Hogwarts
Goal is 24 to keep average of 2 a month. Finished Wheel of time last year and so far this year I’ve got two down about to finish 3:
Mistborn 1 finished, took a bit to get into with new magic system.
Expanse book 4 Cibola burn.
Mistborn 1 finished, took a bit to get into with new magic system.
Expanse book 4 Cibola burn.
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