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To Read list, as of 18th October, 2016Part One
1917: Stories and Poems from the Russian Revolution Read October 2016
Becoming Faulkner: The Art and Life of William Faulkner Read November 2016
The Book of Daniel
The Book of Disquiet Read some of this in Oct/Nov 2016. I ground to a halt, but intend to continue some time.
Breathing Lessons
Confusion
The Confusions of Young Törless
The Custom of the Country
Dance on the Volcano Read November 2016
Death Going Down Read November 2016
Dom Casmurro
Dora Bruder
The Empty Space
Every Move You Make
Exit West Read November 2016
The First Wife: A Tale of Polygamy Decided not to read December 2016
To Read list, as of 18th October, 2016Part Two
Gone to Earth
A Good Man Is Hard To Find
Homegoing Read November 2016
In This House of Brede
An Inland Voyage
Intimate Death: How the Dying Teach Us How to Live Decided not to read December 2016
Judas: The troubling history of the renegade apostle
Lions Read November 2016
Lolly Willowes
The Making of the English Working Class
My Name Is Asher Lev
Nadja
A New World Order
On the Shortness of Life
Orlando
A Personal Record
To Read list, as of 18th October, 2016Part Three
Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948
Reputations
Requiem for a Nun Read December 2016
Reykjavík Nights: Murder in Reykjavík Read December 2016
Satantango December 2016, decided not to read this one. I've got Seiobo Down Below by the same author on this list, so will try that one instead.
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
Seiobo There Below Looked at this December 2016, decided not to read it.
Silence Read November 2016
Six Records of a Floating Life
So Long a Letter Available on Openlibrary
The Spoilt City December 2016, decided not to read this, removed from to-read list
The Dark Flood Rises Read October 2016
Toba Tek Singh: Stories
The Unknown Soldier Decided not to read December 2016
The Walk and Other Stories
I have 2 more lists (including 2016 purchases), of nonfiction (10) and fiction (25) on my kindle. Here are the books that I bought before the end of 2015. I'd like to get through some of these in 2017; it may be that I decide there are some that I'm no longer interested in reading.Nonfiction (5 books):
Arrow In The Blue
The Essence of Rumi
Exploring North Yorkshire's History
Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life
Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan December 2016 I've decided I'm not going to be reading this. That's 1 off the list!
Fiction (19 books):
The Age of Magic decided not to read this February 2017
The Blind Assassin decided not to read this February 2017; I'm pretty certain I read it some years ago
The Book of Strange New Things
A Brief History of Seven Killings decided not to read this February 2017
Burnt Shadows decided not to read this February 2017
Cassandra: A Novel and Four Essays
Casting Off
The Dante Connection decided not to read this February 2017
Dissolution
The Emperor Waltz
The Narrow Road to the Deep North decided not to read this February 2017
Passing
Petersburg starts this February 2017, and decided not to finish it.
A Piece of My Heart decided not to read this February 2017
The Secret History
Station Eleven
The Story: Love, Loss and the Lives of Women: 100 Great Short Stories decided not to read this February 2017
The Ultimate Good Luck decided not to read this February 2017
Winter in Madrid Started January 2017, realised I'd read it previously.
Authors/ books I may be interested inBarbara Pym
New book by Jon McGregor
Molly's soliloquy
Other Louise Penny books
Detective novels set in National Parks, author? I tried another one and decided not to bother after all!
Edwidge Danticat
Daphne du Maurier
Look through my Pricedrop Watch list, and see which I still want to read.
Junot Díaz
2018 - work my through my Audible books?
Reread Middlemarch
Larry Brown? Larry Brown
Jón Kalman Stefánsson
To Read list, as of 19th December 2016 The Book of Daniel
The Book of Disquiet Read some of this in Oct/Nov 2016. I ground to a halt, but intend to continue some time.
Breathing Lessons decided not to read this February 2017
Confusion Read February 2017
The Confusions of Young Törless
The Custom of the Country Read February 2017
Dom Casmurro
Dora Bruder decided not to read this February 2017
The Empty Space decided not to read this February 2017
Every Move You Make
Gone to Earth
A Good Man Is Hard To Find
In This House of Brede
An Inland Voyage
Judas: The troubling history of the renegade apostle
Lolly Willowes
The Making of the English Working Class
My Name Is Asher Lev Read January
Nadja decided not to read this February 2017
A New World Order decided not to read this February 2017
On the Shortness of Life
Orlando
A Personal Record
Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948
Reputations
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
Six Records of a Floating Life
So Long a Letter Available on Openlibrary
Toba Tek Singh: Stories Read February 2017
The Walk and Other Stories decided not to read this February 2017
Two months since I started this. I've updated messages 2, 3 and 4 to show which books I've read, and which I've decided not to read after all. I'm left with 29 books on my challenge list. These are listed in message 8. That's the one I'll keep updating from now on.
I will be interested in seeing what you think of Lolly Willowes, Gill. I read it several years ago and wasn't sure what to make of it! I see some interesting titles in your list & anticipate adding some of them to my TBR once I see your reviews :)
Gill, I have Orlando on my 2017 shelf, so I hope to get to it this year. I'll be interested to see what you think.
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I see some interesting titles in your list & a..."
It's on mt TBR List aoon!!!
Beth wrote: "Gill, I have Orlando on my 2017 shelf, so I hope to get to it this year. I'll be interested to see what you think."Beth. I'll let you know when I'm going to read it. Will you let me know also?
I've also updated Message 4. There are several books that I've decided not to read in this section.
Updated end of February 2017I have 2 more lists (including 2016 purchases), of nonfiction (10) and fiction (25) on my kindle. Here are the books that I bought before the end of 2015. I'd like to get through some of these in 2017; it may be that I decide there are some that I'm no longer interested in reading.
Nonfiction (4 books):
Arrow In The Blue
The Essence of Rumi
Exploring North Yorkshire's History Read March 2017
Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life Decided not to read April 2017
Fiction (8 books):
The Book of Strange New Things
Cassandra: A Novel and Four Essays
Casting Off Read March 2017
Dissolution Read March 2017
The Emperor Waltz Decided not to read this March 2017
Passing
The Secret History
Station Eleven Read April 2017
To Read list, as of 28th February, 2017 The Book of Daniel
The Book of Disquiet Read some of this in Oct/Nov 2016. I ground to a halt, but intend to continue some time. Finally finished reading this one in April 2017
The Confusions of Young Törless
Dom Casmurro May 2017 Read 15% of this. Formatting issues with ebook, so decided to leave it at that
Every Move You Make
Gone to Earth
A Good Man Is Hard To Find
In This House of Brede Read April 2017
An Inland Voyage Read March 2017
Judas: The troubling history of the renegade apostle May 2017 moved from Challenge list to Nonfiction on Kindle list
Lolly Willowes
The Making of the English Working Class
On the Shortness of Life
Orlando
A Personal Record Looked through this and decided not to read it March 2017
Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948 March 2017 I don't feel very interested in this one. I can't remember why I bought it on Audible. It can wait until 2018, when I intend sorting through my Audible books. For now, it's off my Challenge list
Reputations May 2017 Kindle book still too dear, taking off challenge list. I'll buy and read if the price drops to a reasonable level
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets May 2017 Kindle book still too dear, taking off challenge list. I'll buy and read if the price drops to a reasonable level
Six Records of a Floating Life
So Long a Letter Available on Openlibrary
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I'm not always very disciplined re books, Greg. I'm pleased that I've managed to get on top of this. It's quite a freedom giver for me to have shortened my tbr list. Mind you, it doesn't include anything that I've added in the last few months, but I'm being a bit more realistic about what I add.
Updated May 3rd 2017, to list the books from my original list that are still unread.I have 2 more lists (including 2016 purchases), of nonfiction (10) and fiction (25) on my kindle. Here are the books that I bought before the end of 2015. I'd like to get through some of these in 2017; it may be that I decide there are some that I'm no longer interested in reading.
Nonfiction (2 books):
Arrow In The Blue
The Essence of Rumi - May 2017, decided not to read this.
Fiction (4 books):
The Book of Strange New Things May 2017, decided not to read this
Cassandra: A Novel and Four Essays May 2017 Read most of the essays and part of the narrative. I enjoyed Medea much more. Left unfinished.
Passing
The Secret History
To Read list, as of 3rd May, 2017 The Book of Daniel
The Confusions of Young Törless
Every Move You Make May 2017 decided not to read this one ,
I'm going to read Ransom instead.
Gone to Earth May 2017 decided not to read this one.
A Good Man Is Hard To Find
Lolly Willowes
The Making of the English Working Class
On the Shortness of Life
Orlando Read May 2017
Six Records of a Floating Life
So Long a Letter Available on Openlibrary
Updated May 3rd 2017Authors/ books I may be interested in
Barbara Pym
New book by Jon McGregor
Molly's soliloquy
Other Louise Penny books
Detective novels set in National Parks, author? I tried another one and decided not to bother after all!
P.G. Wodehouse
Edwidge Danticat
Daphne du Maurier
Look through my Pricedrop Watch list, and see which I still want to read.
Junot Díaz
2018 - work my through my Audible books?
Reread Middlemarch
Larry Brown? Larry Brown
Jón Kalman Stefánsson
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Updated 28th February 2017: see also messages 16 and 17.
Messages 6 and 7 are a few thoughts from me re future reading etc.
Updated 19th December 2016: see also messages 8 and 9.
So, here's the thing. When I joined Goodreads I was determined to operate my 'to read' list, as a list of books that I intended to read in the near future. It's worked pretty well for me. I've never had more than 60 books on it, and I periodically cull it of books that no longer appeal etc etc.
Notwithstanding that, I still have some books on it that have been there for more than 2 years. So, what to do?
I've decided that, by the end of 2017, in relation to the 47 books that were currently on my To Read list (as of 18th October 2016), I will have either read them or taken them off the list.
Messages 2, 3 and 4 list these 47 books. I'll keep a record of my progress with them in these 3 messages.