re: Reading Challenge 2018

My goal for the year is 75 books.

1. Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe - Kindle - 157
2. Mason's War - Sam Sisavath - Kindle - 182
3. Emergence: Infection - J T Sawyer - Kindle - 202
4. The Windup Girl - Paolo Bacigalupi - Kindle - 544
5. Emergence: Infestation - J T Sawyer - Kindle - 205
6. An Invisible Client - Victor Methos - Kindle - 256
7. The Forever War - Joe Haldeman - Kindle - 278 - 01/20-01/21
8. The Monster of Florence - Douglas Preston with Mario Spezi - Hardback - 315 - 01/21-01/25
9. The Night Trade - Barry Eisler - Kindle - 309 - 01/25-01/27
10. Iron Gold - Pierce Brown - Hardback - 596 - 01/27-01/30
11. Saturn Run - John Sandford & Ctein - Hardback - 476 - 01/30-02/03
12. Children of Time - Adrian Tchaikovsky - Kindle - 600 - 02/03-02/05
13. Without Fear or Favor - Robert K Tanenbaum - Hardback - 373 - 02/06-02/07
14. G-Man - Stephen Hunter - Hardback - 443 - 02/07-02/11
15. Two Kinds of Truth - Michael Connelly - Hardback - 402 - 02/11-02/14
16. The Girl in the Spider's Web - David Lagercrantz - HB - 400 - 02/15-02/19
17. Golden Prey - John Sandford - HB - 392 - 02/20-02/21
18. The Midnight Line - Lee Child - HB - 368 - 02/22-02/24
19. Deep Freeze - John Sandford - HB - 391 - 02/24-02/26
20. Persepolis Rising - James S. A. Corey - HB - 549 - 02/27-03/04
21. Red Sparrow - Jason Matthews - HB - 431 - 03/05-03/09
22. Extreme Prey - John Sandford - HB - 406 - 03/10-03/11
23. Don't Let Go - Harlan Coben - HB - 347 - 03/11-03/12
24. No Middle Name - Lee Child - HB - 418 - 03/13-03/15
25. Palace of Treason - Jason Matthews - HB - 468 - 03/15-03/19
26. Emergence: Incursion - J T Sawyer - Kindle - 184 - 03/20-03/23
27. Empire Games - Charles Stross - HB - 324 - 03/23-03/25
28. Dark State - Charles Stross - HB - 343 - 03/25-04/01
29. Requiem (After The Purge: Vendetta, Book 1) - Sam Sisavath - Kindle - 280 - 04/01-04/02
30. Devil's Haircut (Road To Babylon, Book 4)- Sam Sisavath - Kindle - 310 - 04/02-04/03
31. The Gone World - Tom Sweterlitsch - HB - 400 - 04/04-04/07
32. The Last Mile - David Baldacci - HB - 417 - 04/07-04/10
33. The Fix - David Baldacci - HB - 417 - 04/11-04/13
34. End Game - David Baldacci - HB - 406 - 04/14-04/19
35. The Assassin - Mark Dawson - Kindle - 360 - 04/19-04/22
36. The Kremlin's Candidate - Jason Matthews - HB - 434 - 04/22-04/29
37. City of Endless Night - Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child - HB - 358 - 04/29-05/02
38. The Fallen - David Baldacci - HB - 417 - 05/03-05/06
39. The Alamo - Mark Dawson - Kindle - 548 - 05/07-05/09
40. Tokens (After the Purge: Vendetta, Book 2) - Sam Sisavath - Kindle - 288 - 05/10-05/12
41. Emergence: Eradication - J T Sawyer - Kindle - 188 - 05/13-05/16
42. The Redeemer (John Milton series, book 12) - Mark Dawson -Kindle - 436 - 05/17-05/20
43. The Rackateer - John Grisham - PB - 382 - 05/20-05/22
44. The Bitter Earth (Graham's Resolution, Book 5) - A. R. Shaw - Kindle - 208 - 05/22-05/26
45. The Things Our Fathers Saw (Pacific Theater) - Matthew Rozell - Kindle - 302 - 05/26-05/28
46. Dead in Their Tracks (Mitch Kearns #1) - J T Sawyer - Kindle - 180 - 05/29-5/31
47. Counter Strike (Mitch Kearns #2) - J T Sawyer - Kindle - 169 - 06/01-6/03
48. Black (Road to Babylon #5) - Sam Sisavath - ? (2661 Kb) - 06/04-06/08
49. The Kill List (Mitch Kearns #3) - J T Sawyer - Kindle - 147 - 06/09-6/10
50. Blindsided (Mitch Kearns #4) - J T Sawyer - Kindle - 216 - 06/11-06/12
51. Deadly Harvest (Mitch Kearns #5) - J T Sawyer - Kindle - 90 - 06/13-06/13
52. Borderlands (Mitch Kearns #6) - J T Sawyer - Kindle - 180 - 06/14-06/15
53. Without Mercy (Mitch Kearns #7) - J T Sawyer - Kindle - 126 - 06/16-06/17
54. Kings of Paradise - Richard Nell - Kindle - 603 - 06/18-06/21
55. The Scattered and the Dead (Book 2.0) - Tim McBain & L T Vargas - Kindle - 634 - 06/21-07/05
56. The Scattered and the Dead (Book 1.5) - Tim McBain & L T Vargas - Kindle - 156 - 07/05-07/06
57. The Scattered and the Dead (Book 2.5) - Tim McBain & L T Vargas - Kindle - 318 - 07/07-07/08
58. The Gathering Darkness - J T Sawyer - Kindle - 155 - 07/09-07/12
60. First Lensman - E E Smith - Kindle - 249 - 07/13-07/20
61. Empire of the Summer Moon - S C Gwynne - PB - 371 - 07/21-07/29
62. The Outsider - Stephen King - HB - 560 - 07/29-08/01
63. The Soldier (Rise of the Jain, Book 1) - Neal Asher - HB - 375 - 08/03-08/15
64. Edgedancer - Brandon Sanderson - HB - 265 - 08/16-08/17
65. Twisted Prey - John Sandford - HB - 387 - 08/18-08/20
66. The Last Aeon - Richard Fox - Kindle - 362 - 08/21-08/30
67. One Final Mission - J T Sawyer - Kindle - 151 - 09/01-09/04
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Time to get a move on again. We had 5 relatives staying with us from around Memorial Day until Labor Day so that usually greatly restricted my reading times.
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68. Dead End Girl - L T Vargus - Kindle - 517 - 09/05-09/10
69. Killing Season - L T Vargus - Kindle - 415 - 09/10-09/14
70. The Scattered and the Dead (Book 2.6) - Tim McBain & L T Vargas - Kindle - 135 - 09/15-09/16
71. The Girl in the Sand - L T Vargus - Kindle - 401 - 09/17-09/22
72. Sleeping Beauties - Stephen & Owen King - HB - 701 - 09/23-10/16
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a. Damn, it's tough to read as much once football season starts.
b. My daughter's golden retriever ate my Sleeping Beauties library book back on 9/29. $33 and a few days later I checked out another copy (different library) and resumed reading.
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73. Unknown World - Chris Pike - Kindle - 238 - 10/17-10/19
74. Bad Blood - L T Vargus - Kindle - 388 - 10/22-10/26
75. Heart-Shaped Box - Joe Hill - PB - 374 - 10/27-10/28
76. Empire Dawn - Dietmar Wehr - Kindle - 229 - 10/29-10/30
77. Holy Ghost - John Sandford - HB - 384 - 10/30-11/02
78. Harden - D J Molles - Kindle - 351 - 11/02-11/07
79. Elevation - Stephen King - HB - 146 - 11/07-11/08
80. The Associate - John Grisham - HB - 384 - 11/08-11/10
81. Unwanted World - Chris Pike - Kindle - 247 - 11/11-11/12
82. Horns - Joe Hill - HB - 370 - 11/13-11/15
83. Remains (After the Purge: Vendetta, Book 3) - Sam Sisavath - Kindle - 348 - 11/16-11/17
84. Past Tense - Lee Child - HB - 382 - 11/18-11/18 (didn't do much but read today...)
85. Undefeated World - Chris Pike - Kindle - 262 - 11/19-11/21
86. Emergence: Extinction - J T Sawyer - Kindle - 187 - 11/22-11/28
87. The Reckoning - John Grisham - HB - 417 - 11/29-12/01
88. War of the Wolf (Book 11, The Saxon Tales) - Bernard Cornwell - HB - 330 - 12/01-12/05
89. Long Road to Mercy - David Baldacci - HB - 401 - 12/06-12/09
90. Empire Ascendant - Dietmar Wehr - Kindle - 182 - 12/09-12/11
91. Red War (Mitch Rapp Novel) - Kyle Mills - HB - 370 - 12/11-12/14
92. The Woman in the Woods - John Connolly- HB - 481 - 12/15-12/16
93. The Three Beths - Jeff Abbott - HB - 342 - 12/16-12/18
94. Bad Man: A Novel - Dathan Auerbach - HB - 383 - 12/18-12/22
95. Return of the Star Raiders - Dietmar Wehr - Kindle - 283 - 12/23-12/25
96. Dark Space - Jasper T.Scott - Kindle - 209 - 12/25-12/27
97. Dark Space: The Invisible War - Jasper T.Scott - Kindle - 372 - 12/28-12/29
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By the way, page counts of Kindle books are a bunch of malarky. For example, take book number 60. There are at least 3 Kindle versions available. 249 pages (975k), 252 pages (784k), and 319 pages (481k). Also, I've read Kindle books that are supposedly short that took much longer than normal for me; others have been just the opposite.

I'm getting tired of Thor. Any short novels y'all would recommend to read today? Fiction would be ideal

I want my goal to be to find time...then to finish books I've already started.

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The Hot Zone is awesome. I read it in 2 days.

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I second this recommendation.

If you like sci fi at all - foundation, foundation and empire and second foundation are three great books all under three hundred pages. I don't read much sci fi and really enjoyed them, very smart writing which moves along quickly and a ton happens in those 275 or so pages.

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The one about ebola?

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yes, it talks about the outbreak and what caused it. That ebola is some bad shite

Finished my 6th book today. Right on pace for 5-6 a month for my goal



Finished another Takedown today 1/29

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finished my 6th book today. Right on pace for 5-6 a month for my goal

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Need to step my game up this month. Only have 4 completed so far.


Also, if anyone would be interested in loaning kindle books to each other I? have a pretty decent collection of sci/fi and fantasy books I? can lend out

Going for 75, bit of a slow start but I'm game.

1. Spain in our hearts - Adam Hochschild
2. Camino Island - Grisham
3. 1984 - Orwell
4. Column of Fire - Ken Follette
5. The One Man - Andrew Gross
6. The Saboteur - Andrew Gross
7. A Farewell to Arms - Hemingway
8. Homage to Catalonia - Orwell
9. The King's Fool- Philippa Gregory
10.Insidious Intent- Val McDermid, 423p
11. For Whom the Bell Tolls- E Hemingway 475p or so
12. Friends & Traitors- John Lawton (Frederick Troy novel #8)
13. The Fall of Moscow Station- Mark Henshaw 338p
14. Churchill & Orwell, The Fight For Freedom- Thomas E. Ricks
15. Red Cell- Mark Henshaw 326p
16. Cold Shot- Mark Henshaw 398p
17. Animal Farm- Orwell 124p
18. The Last Man in Tehran- Mark Henshaw 324p
19. Heroes of Alaska- Dave Eggers 340p
20. The Once and Future Liberal: Mark Lilla 141p
21. Mitla Pass- Leon Uris 435p
22. The Girl Who Takes An Eye for an Eye- David Lagercrantz 347p (millennium #5)
23. Exodus- Leon Uris 599p
24. Lilac Girls- Martha Hall Kelly 483p
25. Heroes of Serbia, Folk Battles Retold- Nada Curcijac-Prodanovic 178p
26. As Bright as Heaven- Susan Meissner 387p
27. A Place of Execution- Val McDermid 404p
28. The Rooster Bar- Grisham 352p
29. Snowblind- Ragnar Jonasson 310
30. The Man from St Petersburg- Ken Follette
31. Defectors- Joseph Kanon 290p
32. Nightblind- Ragnar Jonasson
33. The Balkan Wars- Andre Gerolymatos
34. Batavia's Graveyard- Mike Dash
35. Eye of the Red Star- (Pekkala #1) Sam Eastland 278p
36. 1491- Charles C Mann 547p
37. Berlin Red- (Pekkala #7) Sam Eastland 567p
38. The Madman & The Assassin;The Strange life of Boston Corbett- Scott Martelle 226p
39. Shadow Pass- (Pekkala #2) Sam Eastland
40. Archive 17- (Pekkala #3) Sam Eastland 262p
41. The Red Moth- (Pekkala #4) Sam Eastland 380p
42. The Beast in the Red Forest (Pekkala #5) Sam Eastland 336p
43. Red Icon (Pekkala #6) Sam Eastland 368p
44. Outcasts of Time - Ian Mortimer 400p
45. The Verdun Affair- Nick Dybek 304p
46. Take Six Girls: The Lives of the Mitford Girls - Laura Thompson 388p
47. My Darling Winston - Edited by David Lough 610p
48. The Guns of August- Barbara Tuchman 566p
49. I,Eliza Hamilton- Susan Holloway Scott 444p
50. We were the Lucky ones- Georgia Hunter 403p

After a nice little intro to the year I’ve decided to throw a curveball into my challenge. After close to two years of stepping away from the series I’m going to return to The Wheel of Time. Starting A Crown of Swords today. Good luck everyone that is continuing their 2018 challenge.