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PBT Monthly Tag

January:
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History - Elizabeth Kolbert ( REVIEW Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed - Jared Diamond ( REVIEW )
Awakenings - Oliver Sacks ( REVIEW )
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography - Simon Singh ( REVIEW )
February:
Memoirs Of A Geshia - Arthur Golden ( REVIEW )
The Jewish War - Flavius Josephus - 4 Stars ( REVIEW )
March:
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood - Trevor Noah ( REVIEW )
Open - Andre Agassi ( REVIEW )
The Pursuit of Happyness - Chris Gardner ( REVIEW )
It's a Long Story: My Life - Willie Nelson ( REVIEW )
April:
True Grit -Charles Portis ( REVIEW )
Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery ( REVIEW )
A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry ( REVIEW )
May:
Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng ( REVIEW )
The Silver Linings Playbook - Matthew Quick ( REVIEW )
To Rise Again at a Decent Hour - Joshua Ferris ( REVIEW )
Last Train to Istanbul - Ayşe Kulin ( REVIEW )
The Song of Roland - Unknown ( REVIEW )
The Long Haul - Jeff Kinney ( REVIEW )
Old School - Jeff Kinney ( REVIEW )
June:
July:
August:
September:
October:
November:
December:

Decathlon

January: A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles ( REVIEW)
February: Facing the Lion: Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe - Simone Arnold Liebster ( REVIEW )
March: Open - Andre Agassi ( REVIEW )
Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe ( REVIEW )
Hard Luck - Jeff Kinney ( REVIEW )
April: Slaying the Badger: LeMond, Hinault and the Greatest Ever Tour de France - Richard Moore ( REVIEW )
May: To Rise Again at a Decent Hour - Joshua Ferris ( REVIEW )
June: Neither Snow nor Rain: A History of the United States Postal Service - Devin Leonard
July:
August:
September:
October:

Listopia I Will Add A * When I Finish The Book
The Natural World, Natural Science, and Natural History for Adults

*1. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History - Elizabeth Kolbert* ( REVIEW )
*2. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed - Jared Diamond* ( REVIEW )
3. The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision -
Fritjof Capra
4. The Potato: How the Humble Spud Rescued the Western World - Larry Zuckerman
*5. The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea - Sebastian Junger* ( REVIEW )
*6. The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography - Simon Singh* ( REVIEW )

Read 1 book from every century I will put a * when I finish each book.

I am editing this challenge slightly for the 20th and 21st century. The 20th century book has to be written before 1950. The 21st century book has to be published in 2018.

*1st: The Jewish War - Flavius Josephus - 4 Stars * ( REVIEW )
*2nd: Lucian's True History; - Lucian of Samosata* ( REVIEW )
*3rd: The Aethiopica - Heliodorus of Emesa 3 Stars* ( REVIEW )
*4th: Confessions - Augustine of Hippo* ( REVIEW )
*5th: City of God - Augustine of Hippo* ( REVIEW )
*6th: The Consolation of Philosophy - Boethius* ( REVIEW )
7th: The Qur'an / القرآن الكريم - Anonymous
*8th: Beowulf - Unknown* ( REVIEW )
*9th: The Life of Charlemagne - Einhard* ( REVIEW )
10th:
11th: The Tale of Genji -Murasaki Shikibu
*12th: Erec and Enide - Chrétien de Troyes* ( REVIEW )
*13th: The Prose Edda - Snorri Sturluson* ( REVIEW )
*14th: The Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri* ( REVIEW )
*15th: The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry - Christine de Pizan* ( REVIEW )
*16th: Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare* ( REVIEW )
*17th: Paradise Lost - John Milton* ( REVIEW )
*18th: Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe* ( REVIEW )
*19th: The Vicomte de Bragelonne - Alexandre Dumas* ( REVIEW )
*20th: The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45 - Władysław Szpilman* - 4 stars ( REVIEW )
21st: The Great Alone - Kristin Hannah

Jason wrote: "Read 1 book from every century:."

Well that's a CHALLENGE!

Yowser. Can't wait to see how that non-PBT challenge goes!

This is going to be an interesting year for you. I'm looking forward to peeking in.

I'm excited

This is such fun!

Bonus points for reading bits of your Listopia list in January too, now that we have the science tag. Smart man :)

I'm excited. I have to many books for this tag that I want to read. Gonna be a fun and hectic month.

I can't wait to see how you do with the century books.

Update on my century challenge.

I finished 4 books for my century challenge. 2nd, 4th, 14th, and 19th century.

This month I have the 1st and 3rd century planned. Its been very interesting reading these books.

Jason wrote: "Update on my century challenge.

I finished 4 books for my century challenge. 2nd, 4th, 14th, and 19th century.

This month I have the 1st and 3rd century planned. Its been very interesting readin..."

Congratulations, Jason! That looks like a doozy of a challenge.... At least it would be for me anyway. It sounds like you are enjoying the books so far.

I need to keep track of the books I have planned to read so I am going to make a list here.

Decathalon: Robinson Crusoe (also works for my century challenge)
Hard Luck
My Century Challenge:
City of God (I do not really want to read this book but it is the only 5th century book I can find. The other two I would like to read do not have modern English translations.)
The Consolation of Philosophy

And if I get to it, I would like to read: Feeding the Monster: How Money, Smarts, and Nerve Took a Team to the Top


Whew what a list.

Jason wrote: "Listopia I Will Add A * When I Finish The Book
The Natural World, Natural Science, and Natural History for Adults

*1. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History - [author:Elizabet..."

I just noticed your Listopia choice, Jason. That reading list is making me rethink my decision to not participate in this challenge.

Lisa A wrote: "Jason wrote: "Listopia I Will Add A * When I Finish The Book
The Natural World, Natural Science, and Natural History for Adults

*1. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History - [a..."

Anita is also reading this list. I do not know what 6 books she picked out. I encourage you to give it a try.

Thanks for the kind words of encouragement, Jason. I'll check out Anita's choices too.

7 more books for my century challenge. I only have 7th through the 12th century and then the 21st century which I mandated had to be a 2018 book. It has been an experience. I'm excited for my next 7.

Any recommendations for a book published in 2018?

So proud of you Jason! You took this on, and have really done it! Let me think on the 2018 book rev.

Jason wrote: "7 more books for my century challenge. I only have 7th through the 12th century and then the 21st century which I mandated had to be a 2018 book. It has been an experience. I'm excited for my next ..."

Since I know you are a Shakespeare fan, perhaps Jo Nesbo's Macbeth.

I wrote you privately, but I looked at the list of books published in 2018 and two that I have read that I thought were really good where the great alone, and the wife between us.