Books 52 Books In 52 Weeks

[Eboue]

I haven't read that one, even the plot synopsis sounds ropey as hell. You're allowed to lay an egg when you're nearly 80!

I stopped when

Spoiler

the 14 year old felt offended that the 90 year old didn't sleep with her

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[Revan]

Update:

1) Anthony Ryan - Raven's Shadow #1 - Blood Song - 4/5
2) Anthony Ryan - Raven's Shadow #2 - The Tower Lord - 4/5
3) George RR Martin - The Princess and the Queen (ASOIAF spinoff) - 2/5
4) Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time #1 - The Eye of the World - 5/5
5) Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time #2 - The Great Hunt - 4/5
6) Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time #3 - Dragon Reborn - 4/5
7) Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time #4 - The Shadow Rising - 4/5
8) Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time #5 - The Fires of Heaven - 5/5
9) Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time #6 - Lord of Chaos - 4/5
10) Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time #7 - A Crown of Swords - 3/5
11) Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time #8 - The Path of Daggers - 3/5
12) Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time #9 - Winter's Heart - 2/5
13) Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time #10 - Crossroads of Twilight - 2/5
14) Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time #11 - Knife of Dreams - 3/5
15) Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time #0 - The New Spring - 3/5
16) Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson - The Wheel of Time #12 - The Gathering Storm - 5/5
17) Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson - The Wheel of Time #13 - Towers of Midnight - 3/5
18) Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson - The Wheel of Time #14 - A Memory of Light - 5/5
19) Patrick Rothfuss - The Slow Regard of Silent Things (Kingkiller Chronicles spinoff) - 1/5
20) George RR Martin - The Rogue Prince or a King's Brother (ASOIAF spinoff) - 3/5
21) Joe Abercrombie - Shattered Sea #1 - Half a King - 4/5
22) Mark Lawrence - The Broken Empire #1 - Prince of Thorns - 3/5
23) Mark Lawrence - The Broken Empire #2 - King of Thorns - 2/5
24) Mark Lawrence - The Broken Empire #3 - Emperor of Thorns - 4/5
25) Guy Gavriel Kay - Tigana - 4/5
26) Joe Abercrombie - Shattered Sea #2 - Half the World - 3/5
27) Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - 5/5
28) Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #2 - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - 3/5
29) Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #3 - Life, the Universe and Everything - 2/5
30) Dan Simmons - Hyperion Cantos #1 - Hyperion - 4/5
31) Dan Simmons - Hyperion Cantos #2 - The Fall of Hyperion - 3/5
32) Gleen Cook - The Chronicle of the Black Company #1 - The Black Company - 3/5
33) Gleen Cook - The Chronicle of the Black Company #2 - Shadows Linger - 3/5
34) Gleen Cook - The Chronicle of the Black Company #3 - The White Rose - 4/5
35) Dan Simmons - Hyperion Cantos #5 - Endymion - 2/5
36) Gleen Cook - The Chronicle of the Black Company #4 - Shadow Games - 3/5
37) Glen Cook - Dreams of Steel (Black Company #5) - 4/5
38) Andrea Pirlo - I think, therefore I play - 3/5
39) Glen Cook - The Silver Spike (Black Company spin off / 3.5) - 2/5
40) Dan Simmons - The Rise of Endymion (Hyperion Cantos #4) - 4/5
41) Glen Cook - Bleak Seasons (Black Company #6) - 1/5
42) Glen Cook - She is the Darkness (Black Company #7) - 3/5
43) Glen Cook - Water Sleeps (Black Company #8) - 3/5

9 books to go for the final month. No chance on that happening, but still would have never thought that I will be this much near (20 in 2015 so far).

 

[Eboue]

I'm up to 49 with a month to go. I slowed down in recent weeks but I should still make it.

 

[Joemo]

How the hell do you read so much?

 

[Eboue]

page at a time i suppose, page at a time

 

[Raptori]

In the last year:

1) Brian Staveley - The Emperor's Blades - 3/5
2) Ursula Le Guin - The Left Hand of Darkness - 3/5
3) Isaac Asimov - The Gods Themselves - 4/5
4) Daniel Abraham - The Long Price Quartet #1 - A Shadow in Summer - 4/5
5) Daniel Abraham - The Long Price Quartet #2 - A Betrayal in Winter - 4/5
6) Daniel Abraham - The Long Price Quartet #3 - An Autumn War - 5/5
7) Daniel Abraham - The Long Price Quartet #4 - The Price of Spring - 5/5
8) Michael J Sullivan - The Riyria Revelations #1 - The Crown Conspiracy - 4/5
9) Michael J Sullivan - The Riyria Revelations #2 - Avempartha - 5/5
10) Michael J Sullivan - The Riyria Revelations #3 - Nyphron Rising - 5/5
11) Michael J Sullivan - The Riyria Revelations #4 - The Emerald Storm - 5/5
12) Michael J Sullivan - The Riyria Revelations #5 - Wintertide - 5/5
13) Michael J Sullivan - The Riyria Revelations #6 - Percepliquis - 4/5
14) Michael J Sullivan - The Riyria Chronicles #1 - The Crown Tower - 5/5
15) Guy Gavriel Kay - Sailing to Sarantium - 3/5
16) Brandon Sanderson - Skin Deep - 3/5
17) Michael J Sullivan - The Riyria Chronicles #2 - The Rose and the Thorn - 5/5
18) Barry Hughart - Bridge of Birds - 2/5
19) Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - 2/5
20) Ernest Cline - Ready Player One - 5/5
21) Andy Weir - The Martian - 5/5
22) Isaac Asimov - Foundation Prequel #1 - Prelude to Foundation - 4/5
23) Isaac Asimov - Foundation Prequel #2 - Forward the Foundation - 3/5
24) Isaac Asimov - Foundation #4 - Foundation's Edge - 3/5
25) Isaac Asimov - Foundation #5 - Foundation and Earth - 2/5
26) Isaac Asimov - Robot #1 - The Caves of Steel - 4/5
27) Jen Williams - The Copper Promise #1 - The Copper Promise - 4/5
28) Isaac Asimov - Robot #2 - The Naked Sun - 3/5
29) Isaac Asimov - Robot #3 - The Robots of Dawn - 3/5
30) Isaac Asimov - Robot #4 - Robots and Empire - 3/5
31) Juliet Marillier - Dreamer's Pool - 4/5
32) Brian McClellan - The Powder Mage #1 - Promise of Blood - 5/5
33) Brian McClellan - The Powder Mage #2 - The Crimson Campaign - 5/5
34) Brian McClellan - The Powder Mage #3 - The Autumn Republic - 5/5
35) Nick Cole - Soda Pop Soldier - 4/5
36) James Islington - The Shadow Of What Was Lost - 4/5
37) Rachel Aaron - The Legend of Eli Monpress #1 - The Spirit Thief - 3/5
38) Rachel Aaron - The Legend of Eli Monpress #2 - The Spirit Rebellion - 3/5
39) Rachel Aaron - The Legend of Eli Monpress #3 - The Spirit Eater - 4/5
40) Rachel Aaron - The Legend of Eli Monpress #4 - The Spirit War - 4/5
41) Rachel Aaron - The Legend of Eli Monpress #5 - The Spirit's End - 4/5
42) Chris Wooding - Tales of the Ketty Jay #1 - Retribution Falls - 4/5
43) Chris Wooding - Tales of the Ketty Jay #2 - The Black Lung Captain - 5/5
44) Chris Wooding - Tales of the Ketty Jay #3 - The Iron Jackal - 5/5
45) Chris Wooding - Tales of the Ketty Jay #4 - The Ace Of Skulls - 5/5
46) Peter Newman - The Vagrant - 4/5
47) Ken Liu - The Grace of Kings - 4/5
48) Patrick Rothfuss - The Kingkiller Chronicle #1 - The Name of the Wind - 4/5
49) Patrick Rothfuss - The Kingkiller Chronicle #2 - The Wise Man's Fear - 2/5
50) Jen Williams - The Copper Promise #2 - The Iron Ghost - 4/5
51) Roger Zelazny - Nine Princes in Amber - 1/5
52) Naomi Novik - Uprooted - 4/5
53) Scott Lynch - The Lies of Locke Lamora - 5/5
54) Robert Jordan - Wheel of Time #1 - The Eye of the World - 4/5
55) Robert Jordan - Wheel of Time #2 - The Great Hunt - 4/5
56) Robert Jordan - Wheel of Time #3 - The Dragon Reborn - 4/5

That doesn't include the 10 or so novellas I've also read in that time. And I didn't read anything at all last July, August, or October, or this January... and I'm roughly 10% from the end of the next WoT book as well.

It's weird seeing so much fantasy there, I used to be much more into sci-fi and other stuff...

 

[Archie Leach]

Raptori and Revan covered about three authors between their 100 or so books.

 

[Archie Leach]

How have you chosen the books @Eboue ?

 

[Eboue]

How have you chosen the books @Eboue ?

No particular way, some recommended some just searching etc.

 

[Raptori]

Raptori and Revan covered about three authors between their 100 or so books.

Pretty sure mine's about 20 different authors?

Edit: 25 actually. Which is weird really, feels like that shouldn't be possible...

 

[Revan]

Raptori and Revan covered about three authors between their 100 or so books.

11.5 actually. Which is far more than I thought.

@Raptori , I am planning to read the last book in the black company, then on 8 days we'll have the final book on Raven's Shadow trilogy published and then a week later Abercrombie will publish his final book in Shattered Sea trilogy. After that I am going to cover Robin Hobb and Isaac Asimov. Considering that you have read Asimov books, I will ask you for the detailed chronology of Foundation/Empire/Robot. The plan is to read a trilogy of Hobb then a few books from Asimov, then Hobb, then Asimov, etc etc. On these two I guess that I'll spend a year or so considering that there are 30 or so books.

Anyway, I'll tag you in fantasy thread when the time comes

 

[Raptori]

11.5 actually. Which is far more than I thought.

@Raptori , I am planning to read the last book in the black company, then on 8 days we'll have the final book on Raven's Shadow trilogy published and then a week later Abercrombie will publish his final book in Shattered Sea trilogy. After that I am going to cover Robin Hobb and Isaac Asimov. Considering that you have read Asimov books, I will ask you for the detailed chronology of Foundation/Empire/Robot. The plan is to read a trilogy of Hobb then a few books from Asimov, then Hobb, then Asimov, etc etc. On these two I guess that I'll spend a year or so considering that there are 30 or so books.

Anyway, I'll tag you in fantasy thread when the time comes

Sounds like a good plan, hope you like them all! Altogether they're 16 and 14 books, but by next summer there'll be two more Hobb books so it'll be 32 in total - might be timed perfectly for you to finish them as the last one comes out.

I'd definitely read them in chonological order rather than publication order since it makes a lot more sense that way, plus it's Asimov's preferred order too. I still need to read the Empire books actually, but the rest range from decent to brilliant. I think his style works best for short stories - I, Robot for example I thought was awesome - since over the course of a novel it can feel a little dry. If you can find them it's definitely worth reading the Robots short stories before you start on the novels. The original Foundation trilogy in particular read like a history book at times, though somehow they're still very readable.

Looking at that list, there are some good natural points where you can break it up:

1 - Robots #0.1 - I, Robot (short stories)
2 - Robots #0.2 - The Rest of the Robots (short stories)

3 - Robots #1 - The Caves of Steel
4 - Robots #2 - The Naked Sun
5 - Robots #3 - The Robots of Dawn
6 - Robots #4 - Robots and Empire

7 - Empire #1 - The Stars, Like Dust
8 - Empire #2 - The Currents of Space
9 - Empire #3 - Pebble in the Sky

10 - Foundation #0.1 - Prelude to Foundation
11 - Foundation #0.2 - Forward the Foundation

12 - Foundation #1 - Foundation
13 - Foundation #2 - Foundation and Empire
14 - Foundation #3 - Second Foundation

15 - Foundation #4 - Foundation's Edge
16 - Foundation #5 - Foundation and Earth

 

[Revan]

Sounds like a good plan, hope you like them all! Altogether they're 16 and 14 books, but by next summer there'll be two more Hobb books so it'll be 32 in total - might be timed perfectly for you to finish them as the last one comes out.

I'd definitely read them in chonological order rather than publication order since it makes a lot more sense that way, plus it's Asimov's preferred order too. I still need to read the Empire books actually, but the rest range from decent to brilliant. I think his style works best for short stories - I, Robot for example I thought was awesome - since over the course of a novel it can feel a little dry. If you can find them it's definitely worth reading the Robots short stories before you start on the novels. The original Foundation trilogy in particular read like a history book at times, though somehow they're still very readable.

Looking at that list, there are some good natural points where you can break it up:

1 - Robots #0.1 - I, Robot (short stories)
2 - Robots #0.2 - The Rest of the Robots (short stories)

3 - Robots #1 - The Caves of Steel
4 - Robots #2 - The Naked Sun
5 - Robots #3 - The Robots of Dawn
6 - Robots #4 - Robots and Empire

7 - Empire #1 - The Stars, Like Dust
8 - Empire #2 - The Currents of Space
9 - Empire #3 - Pebble in the Sky

10 - Foundation #0.1 - Prelude to Foundation
11 - Foundation #0.2 - Forward the Foundation

12 - Foundation #1 - Foundation
13 - Foundation #2 - Foundation and Empire
14 - Foundation #3 - Second Foundation

15 - Foundation #4 - Foundation's Edge
16 - Foundation #5 - Foundation and Earth

I'll looked into an another forum and they are saying that it is better to read on published order cause if you read in chronological order, you might get spoiled (similarily how wathing Star Wars in chronological order ruins the best moment). Although they said that the spoilers are not that big.

Can one serie spoil an another (like Foundation spoiling Robots or vice versa if I don't read them in the right order)?

Which of the series is regarded as the best?

 

[Raptori]

I'll looked into an another forum and they are saying that it is better to read on published order cause if you read in chronological order, you might get spoiled (similarily how wathing Star Wars in chronological order ruins the best moment). Although they said that the spoilers are not that big.

Can one serie spoil an another (like Foundation spoiling Robots or vice versa if I don't read them in the right order)?

Which of the series is regarded as the best?

I read Foundation years before any of the others (and still haven't read Empire) so I read it in a really odd order, but I can't really think of anything that would be majorly spoiled. Regardless of which order you'll read them in you'll have vague ideas about some of the things that happen, iirc. I definitely did at least. I'd just go with what Asimov said and read them in chronological.

Imo the original Foundation trilogy is a lot better than the others, then Robots was pretty decent and the Foundation prequels/sequels ranged from average to bland. The last one was by far the worst. Looking at the GR ratings that's pretty much what other people think, and the Empire trilogy is rated as worse even than the Foundation prequels/sequels...

 

[Revan]

Update:

1) Anthony Ryan - Raven's Shadow #1 - Blood Song - 4/5
2) Anthony Ryan - Raven's Shadow #2 - The Tower Lord - 3/5
3) George RR Martin - The Princess and the Queen (ASOIAF spinoff) - 2/5
4) Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time #1 - The Eye of the World - 5/5
5) Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time #2 - The Great Hunt - 4/5
6) Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time #3 - Dragon Reborn - 4/5
7) Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time #4 - The Shadow Rising - 4/5
8) Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time #5 - The Fires of Heaven - 5/5
9) Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time #6 - Lord of Chaos - 4/5
10) Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time #7 - A Crown of Swords - 3/5
11) Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time #8 - The Path of Daggers - 3/5
12) Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time #9 - Winter's Heart - 2/5
13) Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time #10 - Crossroads of Twilight - 2/5
14) Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time #11 - Knife of Dreams - 3/5
15) Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time #0 - The New Spring - 3/5
16) Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson - The Wheel of Time #12 - The Gathering Storm - 5/5
17) Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson - The Wheel of Time #13 - Towers of Midnight - 3/5
18) Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson - The Wheel of Time #14 - A Memory of Light - 5/5
19) Patrick Rothfuss - The Slow Regard of Silent Things (Kingkiller Chronicles spinoff) - 1/5
20) George RR Martin - The Rogue Prince or a King's Brother (ASOIAF spinoff) - 3/5
21) Joe Abercrombie - Shattered Sea #1 - Half a King - 4/5
22) Mark Lawrence - The Broken Empire #1 - Prince of Thorns - 3/5
23) Mark Lawrence - The Broken Empire #2 - King of Thorns - 2/5
24) Mark Lawrence - The Broken Empire #3 - Emperor of Thorns - 4/5
25) Guy Gavriel Kay - Tigana - 4/5
26) Joe Abercrombie - Shattered Sea #2 - Half the World - 3/5
27) Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - 5/5
28) Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #2 - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - 3/5
29) Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #3 - Life, the Universe and Everything - 2/5
30) Dan Simmons - Hyperion Cantos #1 - Hyperion - 4/5
31) Dan Simmons - Hyperion Cantos #2 - The Fall of Hyperion - 3/5
32) Gleen Cook - The Chronicle of the Black Company #1 - The Black Company - 3/5
33) Gleen Cook - The Chronicle of the Black Company #2 - Shadows Linger - 3/5
34) Gleen Cook - The Chronicle of the Black Company #3 - The White Rose - 4/5
35) Dan Simmons - Hyperion Cantos #5 - Endymion - 2/5
36) Gleen Cook - The Chronicle of the Black Company #4 - Shadow Games - 3/5
37) Glen Cook - Dreams of Steel (Black Company #5) - 4/5
38) Andrea Pirlo - I think, therefore I play - 3/5
39) Glen Cook - The Silver Spike (Black Company spin off / 3.5) - 2/5
40) Dan Simmons - The Rise of Endymion (Hyperion Cantos #4) - 4/5
41) Glen Cook - Bleak Seasons (Black Company #6) - 1/5
42) Glen Cook - She is the Darkness (Black Company #7) - 3/5
43) Glen Cook - Water Sleeps (Black Company #8) - 3/5
44) Glen Cook - Soldiers Live (Black Company #9) - 4/5
45) Anthony Ryan - Queen of Fire (Raven's Shadow #3) - 3/5
46) Philip Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electic Sheep - 4/5
47) Andy Weir - The Martian - 4/5
48) Brandon Sanderson - Mistborn: The Alloy of Law (Mistborn #4) - 2/5
49) Joe Abercrombie - Half a War (The Shattered Sea #3) - 4/5
50) Robin Hobb - The Assassin's Apprentice (The Realms of the Elderlings #1: The Farseer Trilogy #1) - 4/5
51) Robin Hobb - Royal Assassin (The Realms of the Elderlings #1: The Farseer Trilogy #2) - 3/5

I read 8 books so far in this month. Only one book (starting it today) to read in order to complete the challenge. I hate Eboue!

 

[diarm]

I would love to try this but I would end up dying of sleep deprivation after 3 months.

I've had to cut back on my reading because I end up staying awake all night stuck in the book and going to work like a zombie in the morning.

 

[Raptori]

@Revan now you've got to keep up the pace forever, so you can always say you've read 52 books in the last year. That's how it works, right?

I've only managed to read four books this month, but since I only read one from June to September last year the list for the last year is now longer...

Spoiler

1) Ursula Le Guin - The Left Hand of Darkness - 3/5
2) Isaac Asimov - The Gods Themselves - 4/5
3) Daniel Abraham - The Long Price Quartet #1 - A Shadow in Summer - 4/5
4) Daniel Abraham - The Long Price Quartet #2 - A Betrayal in Winter - 4/5
5) Daniel Abraham - The Long Price Quartet #3 - An Autumn War - 5/5
6) Daniel Abraham - The Long Price Quartet #4 - The Price of Spring - 5/5
7) Michael J Sullivan - The Riyria Revelations #1 - The Crown Conspiracy - 4/5
8) Michael J Sullivan - The Riyria Revelations #2 - Avempartha - 5/5
9) Michael J Sullivan - The Riyria Revelations #3 - Nyphron Rising - 5/5
10) Michael J Sullivan - The Riyria Revelations #4 - The Emerald Storm - 5/5
11) Michael J Sullivan - The Riyria Revelations #5 - Wintertide - 5/5
12) Michael J Sullivan - The Riyria Revelations #6 - Percepliquis - 4/5
13) Michael J Sullivan - The Riyria Chronicles #1 - The Crown Tower - 5/5
14) Guy Gavriel Kay - Sailing to Sarantium - 3/5
15) Brandon Sanderson - Skin Deep - 3/5
16) Michael J Sullivan - The Riyria Chronicles #2 - The Rose and the Thorn - 5/5
17) Barry Hughart - Bridge of Birds - 2/5
18) Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - 2/5
19) Ernest Cline - Ready Player One - 5/5
20) Andy Weir - The Martian - 5/5
21) Isaac Asimov - Foundation Prequel #1 - Prelude to Foundation - 4/5
22) Isaac Asimov - Foundation Prequel #2 - Forward the Foundation - 3/5
23) Isaac Asimov - Foundation #4 - Foundation's Edge - 3/5
24) Isaac Asimov - Foundation #5 - Foundation and Earth - 2/5
25) Isaac Asimov - Robot #1 - The Caves of Steel - 4/5
26) Jen Williams - The Copper Promise #1 - The Copper Promise - 4/5
27) Isaac Asimov - Robot #2 - The Naked Sun - 3/5
28) Isaac Asimov - Robot #3 - The Robots of Dawn - 3/5
29) Isaac Asimov - Robot #4 - Robots and Empire - 3/5
30) Juliet Marillier - Dreamer's Pool - 4/5
31) Brian McClellan - The Powder Mage #1 - Promise of Blood - 5/5
32) Brian McClellan - The Powder Mage #2 - The Crimson Campaign - 5/5
33) Brian McClellan - The Powder Mage #3 - The Autumn Republic - 5/5
34) Nick Cole - Soda Pop Soldier - 4/5
35) James Islington - The Shadow Of What Was Lost - 4/5
36) Rachel Aaron - The Legend of Eli Monpress #1 - The Spirit Thief - 3/5
37) Rachel Aaron - The Legend of Eli Monpress #2 - The Spirit Rebellion - 3/5
38) Rachel Aaron - The Legend of Eli Monpress #3 - The Spirit Eater - 4/5
39) Rachel Aaron - The Legend of Eli Monpress #4 - The Spirit War - 4/5
40) Rachel Aaron - The Legend of Eli Monpress #5 - The Spirit's End - 4/5
41) Chris Wooding - Tales of the Ketty Jay #1 - Retribution Falls - 4/5
42) Chris Wooding - Tales of the Ketty Jay #2 - The Black Lung Captain - 5/5
43) Chris Wooding - Tales of the Ketty Jay #3 - The Iron Jackal - 5/5
44) Chris Wooding - Tales of the Ketty Jay #4 - The Ace Of Skulls - 5/5
45) Peter Newman - The Vagrant - 4/5
46) Ken Liu - The Grace of Kings - 4/5
47) Patrick Rothfuss - The Kingkiller Chronicle #1 - The Name of the Wind - 4/5
48) Patrick Rothfuss - The Kingkiller Chronicle #2 - The Wise Man's Fear - 2/5
49) Jen Williams - The Copper Promise #2 - The Iron Ghost - 4/5
50) Roger Zelazny - Nine Princes in Amber - 1/5
51) Naomi Novik - Uprooted - 4/5
52) Scott Lynch - The Lies of Locke Lamora - 5/5
53) Robert Jordan - Wheel of Time #1 - The Eye of the World - 4/5
54) Robert Jordan - Wheel of Time #2 - The Great Hunt - 4/5
55) Robert Jordan - Wheel of Time #3 - The Dragon Reborn - 4/5

56) Robert Jordan - Wheel of Time #4 - The Shadow Rising - 4/5
57) Robert Jordan - Wheel of Time #5 - The Fires of Heaven - 5/5
58) Robert Jordan - Wheel of Time #6 - Lord of Chaos - 4/5
59) Robin Hobb - The Fitz and The Fool #2 - Fool's Quest - 5/5

 

[Revan]

@Revan now you've got to keep up the pace forever, so you can always say you've read 52 books in the last year. That's how it works, right?

Easier said than done

On 2015, I have read 28 books. My initial goal was to read 26 (a book for two weeks), but now updated it to 36 (3 books for month).

 

[Raptori]

Easier said than done

On 2015, I have read 28 books. My initial goal was to read 26 (a book for two weeks), but now updated it to 36 (3 books for month).

Definitely. I'm going to try to keep it up, but won't be that bothered if I don't. 30-40 sounds like a perfect target, it's still a huge amount to read each year.

 

[Eboue]

Starting this up again.

1. Memory - Tortell, Turin, Young
2. Othello - William Shakespeare
3. The Once And Future World - J.B. MacKinnon

 

[Henrik Larsson]

3. The Unwomanly Face of War - Svetlana Alexievich

One of the very few books any person alive should read, yet sadly way too few actually do.

Make sure to get the latest version.

 

[fishfingers15]

I used to do this but now my wife has put a limit of 25 books. Can I track to a lesser book count?

 

[Eboue]

I just read this one sitting. https://www.amazon.com/Once-Future-World-Mackinnon-2013-09-24/dp/B012HU3T2Q I grew up and lived most of my life in the suburbs. I would go on camping trips several times a year, cross country skiing, weekend hikes etc. Last year I moved to Montana in search of something else but I was never able to put it into words in just the right way. Several passages in this book put into words the feeling I have. And yet it does it in the context of profound loss. It's an incredible and haunting book. The last part took a different turn than I expected but I can't argue with that perspective. I'll need some time to fully process it but wow, it's really something.

I used to do this but now my wife has put a limit of 25 books. Can I track to a lesser book count?

Yes.

 

[Eboue]

3. The Unwomanly Face of War - Svetlana Alexievich

One of the very few books any person alive should read, yet sadly way too few actually do.

Make sure to get the latest version.

Is this the right version? want to know before I order it

https://www.amazon.com/Unwomanly-Face-War-History-Women/dp/0399588744

 

[Henrik Larsson]

Is this the right version? want to know before I order it

https://www.amazon.com/Unwomanly-Face-War-History-Women/dp/0399588744

Yes

 

[dumbo]

Books you say.

 

[Deleted member 101472]

Have you read the alchemist @Eboue ?

 

[Eboue]

never heard of it

 

[Deleted member 101472]

never heard of it

Put it on your list https://www.amazon.ca/Alchemist-10th-Anniversary-Paulo-Coelho/dp/0061122416

 

[Eboue]

yeah right nerd, why dont you go read a book or something

 

[Deleted member 101472]

yeah right nerd, why dont you go read a book or something

lets just be nice to each other.

 

[fishfingers15]

How do I do this? Put the list and start tracking or add to the list as I discover more books?

1. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

 

[Eboue]

However you want. The thread has been dormant for 4 years so it's not like there are any rules.

 

[Sally Cinnamon]

Heard about yer Dostoevsky...

 

[Robbo's Shoulder]

1. Past Tense - Lee Child
2. Mythos - Stephen Fry
3. The Book of Night Women - Marlon James
4. Heroes - Stephen Fry
5. Burmese Days - George Orwell
6. Bleak House - Charles Dickens
7. Ferel - George Monbiot
8. Pop.1280 - Jim Thompson (quite possibly my favourite book)

 

[Vitro]

1 The map and the territory - Michel Houellebeq
2 Heroes-Stephen Fry
3 Strangers to ourselves- Timothy Wilson
4 Meditations- Marcus Auerelius
5 Brief answers to the big questions- Stephen Hawking
6 Divided- Tim Marshall

Just about to finish Behave by Robert Sapolsky. On to fabric of reality by David Deutsch after that. May then read some of the classic literature I have stored away in my bookcase.

Really made the most of audiobooks this year; of the above books I’ve only read behave, strangers to ourselves and map and the territory as hard copies.

 

[Revan]

I've slowed down. Barely made 26 last year (one book every couple of weeks), and this year I've set the target to 12. Currently on the first one, still.

 

[BD]

I'm weak so just going for 24 this year. Already half way through my second after finishing Norwegian Wood the other day and started on When Breath Become Air. So I'm ahead of schedule but doubt I'll keep that up.

 

[harshad]

Not sure I will manage 52 books in a year, but so far this year I have finished:
1. Sword of Destiny
2. Blood of Elves

Currently reading Time of Contempt, which should get over this week.

 

[2cents]

No way will I get close to 52, but I've managed these two so far in 2019:

Pax Brittanica - Jan Morris (started it just before Christmas)
On the Road - Jack Kerouac