re: Reading Challenge 2019

So far in 2019:
Sometimes life happens. Didn’t read a thing for 4 1/2 months but just added the last few to the list.

1. Cibola Burn (The Expanse #4) James SA Corey 581p

2. Deadhouse Gates (Malazan #2) Steven Erikson 831p

3. Munich Robert Harris 303p

4. Nemesis Games (The Expanse #5)James SA Corey 536p

5. Bad Blood Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup John Carreyrou 303p

6. Babylon’s Ashes (The Expanse #6) James SA Corey 536p

7. 1776 David McCullough 294p

8. Persepolis Rising (The Expanse #7) James SA Corey 549p

9. Tiamat’s Wrath (The Expanse #8) James SA Corey

10. Memories of Ice (Malayan #3)

11- The Colorado Kid Stephen King

12. Ghoster Jason Arnopp

13. NOS4A2 Joe Hill

14. A Time of Dread John Gwynne (Of Blood and Bone #1)

Starting The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay

Bump for the final week.

Final Tally - Maybe could get one more finished but seems unlikely

(1) Old Wine, New Wineskins: A New Chronology of History, by my grandmother - 252 Pages (Finished)
(2) Hyperion by Dan Simmons - 482 Pages (Finished)
(3) The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons - 517 Pages (Finished)
(4) The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson ~ 1,200 pages (Finished)
(5) Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson ~ 1,300 pages (Finished)
(6) Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks - 688 pages (Finished)
(7) Shadow's Edge by Brent Weeks - 656 pages (Finished)
(8) Beyond the Shadows by Brent Weeks - 720 pages (Finished)
(9) The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemison - 512 pages (Finished)
(10) The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemison - 422 pages (Finished)
(11) The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemison - 433 pages (Finished)
(12) Dune by Frank Hebert - 412 pages (Finished)
(13) The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie - 515 Pages (Finished)
(14) Before They are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie - 592 Pages (Finished)
(15) The Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie - 536 Pages (Finished)
(16) A Storm of Swords by Robert Jordan - 870 pages (Finished)
(17) The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan - 710 pages (Finished)
(18) Winters Heart by Robert Jordan - 780 pages (Finished)
(19) Edgedancer by Brandon Sanderson - 141 pages (Finished)
(20) Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson - 1,298 pages (Finished)
(21) Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein - 438 Pages (Finished)
(22) Prince of Fools by Mark Lawrence - 377 Pages (Finished)
(23) The Liar's Key by Mark Lawrence - 498 Pages (Finished)
(24) The Wheel of Osheim by Mark Lawrence - 438 Pages (Finished)
(25) The Thousand Names by Django Wexler ~ 600 Pages (Finished)
(26) The Shadow Throne by Django Wexler ~ 600 Pages (Finished)
(27) The Price of Valor by Django Wexler ~ 625 Pages (Finished)
(29) The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang - 245 Pages (Finished)
(29) The Lost City of The Monkey God by Douglas Peterson ~ 326 Pages (Finished)
(30) Red Rising - Pierce Brown ~ 467 Pages (Finished)
(31) Golden Sun - Pierce Brown ~ 538 Pages (Finished)
(32) The Warded Man - Peter Brett - 455 pages (Finished)

Original Goal was 45 but figured out pretty quickly that wasn't going to quite happen. Ended up with 32 (maybe 33), so beat my 2018 tally by a few books. I think I will make my 2020 Goal to be 35 books - seems to be a good sweet spot for me that is both challenging and attainable.


Books already on my list for 2020 include

(1) Endymion by Dan Simmons -
(2) The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons
(3) Hyperspace by Michio Kaku -
(4) The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene -
(5) Morning Star - Pierce Brown
(6) Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
(7) King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
(8) Emperor of Thorns by Mark Lawrenc
(9) The Guns of Empire by Django Wexler
(10) The Infernal Battalion by Django Wexler
(11) Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan
(12) The Crimson Campaign by Brian McClellan
(13) The Autumn Republic by Brian McClellan

I started in September:

And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie 4*
The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett 4*
The Alienist - Caleb Carr 5*
Behind Her Eyes - Sarah Pinborough 3* (5* ending with 2* build up)
The Killer Angels - Michael Shaara 4*
Long Way Down - Jason Reynolds 4*
Annihilation - Jeff VanderMeer 4*
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury 4*
I'll Be Gone in the Dark - Michelle McNamara 1*
An Event in Autumn - Henning Mankell 3*
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson 3*
The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky 4*
Dracula - Bram Stoker 4*
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - Stuart Turton 5*
Bossypants - Tina Fey 3*

Final talley. My original goal was 25 and then I bumped it out to 52. Ended up reading 54 books.

52

Completed

1. The Ice Limit by Preston & Child 506p
2. Deep Storm by Lincoln Child 380p
3. The Cabinet of Curiosities by Preston and Child 466p
4. Terminal Freeze by Lincoln Child 320p
5. Still Life With Crows by Preston and Child 435p
6. Brimstone by Preston and Child 498p
7. The Third Gate by Lincoln Child 308p
8. Dance of Death by Preston and Child 706p
9. The Forgotten Room by Lincoln Child 290p
10. Full Wolf Moon by Lincoln Child, 244p
11. We Were Soldiers Once...And Young by LT. Gen Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway, 347p
12. The Book of the Dead by Preston and Child. 452p
13. The Wheel of Darkness by Preston and Child 388p
14. Cemetery Dance by Preston and Child. 435p
15. Fever Dream by Preston and Child. 405p
16. Cold Vengeance by Preston and Child 544p
17. Two Graves by Preston and Child 484p
18. White Fire by Preston and Child 368p
19. Blue Labyrinth by Preston and Child 401p
20. Crimson Shore by Preston and Child 336p
21. The Obsidian Chamber by Preston and Child 403p
22. Impact by Douglas Preston 479p
23. City of Endless Nights by Preston and Child 358p
24. Verses for the Dead by Preston and Child 349p
25. Lethal Velocity by Lincoln Child 424p
26. The Lions of Lucerne by Brad Thor 417p
27. Zero Day by David Baldacci 434p
28. Path of the Assassin by Brad Thor 503p
29. The Forgotten by David Baldacci 422p
30. The Escape by David Baldacci 470p
31. State of the Union by Brad Thor 554p
32. Blowback by Brad Thor 648p
33. No Man's Land by David Baldacci 418p
34. Take Down by Brad Thor 487p
35. The First Commandment by Brad Thor 400p
36. The Innocent by David Baldacci 422p
37. The Hit by David Baldacci 390p
38. The Last Patriot by Brad Thor 338p
39. The Target by David Baldacci 418p
40. The Apostle by Brad Thor 577p (large print)
41. The Guilty by David Baldacci 418p
42. Make Your Bed by Admiral William H Mcraven.
43. Endgame by David Baldacci 402p
44. Foreign Influence by Brad Thor 372p
45. Memory Man by David Baldacci 403p
46. Old Bones by Preston and Child 369p
47. Full Black by Brad Thor 638p (large print)
48. The Last Mile by David Baldacci 417p
49. Without Remorse by Tom Clancy 639p
50. Black List by Brad Thor 365p
51. The Fix by David Baldacci 417p
52. The Lost Order by Steven Berry 477p
53. Hidden Order by Brad Thor 377p
54. The Fallen by David Baldacci 417p