2019 Reading Challenge discussion

Sorry Mods, I just noticed this wasnt up and was trying to get my list updated. Hope this is okay.

34. Alice I Have Been 2/1

35. A Tale of Two Cities 2/1

36. Writing to Save a Life: The Louis Till File 2/1

37. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 2/1

38. The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax 2/1

39. The Mercy of the Tide 2/2

40. Love Story 2/2

41. I've Got My Eyes on You 2/2

42. The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit 2/3

43. Hazards of Time Travel 2/3

44. The Murder Farm 2/3

45. Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters 2/4

46. The Wizard of Lies 2/5

Amazing start Abbie! I have read one book Love That Dog at work as part of a poetry unit, and am stealing a few moments here or there (during lunch) to read the book I chose for me Ethan Frome.

Also, I hope you enjoyed The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit. I read it last summer and thought it was really fascinating. It took a while for that book to let go of my imagination.

Great job Abbie! I’m off to a slow start in Feb, so I’ll update in a bit.

I was lucky and had an extra day off at work. And yes The Stranger in the Woofs was very i tersting. Society today always says humans cant be alone...well this guy proved them wrong! I think I could do it for a bit myself, maybe like a month or two, but not the 20 odd years he did it.
The worst part is that he didnt want to re-enter society

47. The Orphan Sky 2/7

48. Before We Were Yours 2/8

49. American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic 2/10

50. Varina 2/10

For February, I Have Read:

2nd book: On the Road: Jack Kerouac
3rd book: No Place to Lay One's Head: Francoise Frenkal

Tonight I'm starting my 4th: Alone in Berlin: Hans Fallada

I got off to a slowish start in February, but am picking up speed, and this week is contemporaryathon, so I think I'll finish a bunch. Since last time:

51 4 3 2 1
52 The Kiss Quotient (reread)
53 Time's Convert
54 The Manic Pixie Dream Boy Improvement Project (ARC)
55 23 Minutes
56 Feminists Don't Wear Pink (And Other Lies): Amazing Women on What the F-Word Means to Them
57 Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time
58 Safely Endangered (ARC)
59 The Poet X
60 99 Percent Mine

Hey guys,

Everyone is going so amazing in working towards their goals. I can’t even explain how proud it makes me to know that I brought this group together and now I can see everyone reading together.

Anyways, I haven’t been reading too much lately just because school and life is hectic as always. Although I am in a reading mood tonight, so I already have my tea and about 4 smaller poetry books. I want to really crack down the next few weeks and make my way through Mount TBR on my bookshelf.

I do know that one of my next reads will be the February book of the month, which happens to be Night Owls by Jenn Bennett. I read this book toward the middle of last year but it will be nice to read it again.

Anyone up for a Valentines Day romance reading challenge?

Happy reading,
Amelia

Hi all,
February has been slow on the reading side : only four graphic novels and three books ... but I finished the long and big one I started reading in January and that was not an easy read (920 pages in paperback and lots of "jump in time" and "switch in narrators" that didn't help the reading speed !)
So I hope I will be able to read more in the near future but not this week as I have tons of appointments for differents things :(

Happy reading everyone :)

should not be about the number of books that you read you have to be in the mood for a good book I see this as a forum for people recommending books that they have enjoyed and just sharing the joy of reading!

Lynne wrote: "should not be about the number of books that you read you have to be in the mood for a good book I see this as a forum for people recommending books that they have enjoyed and just sharing the joy ..."

I'm the same. I try to read for about an hour before i go to sleep but it doesn't always happen. as it is I think I have read more books this year already

I was right that contemporaryathon had me breezing through books - some because they were short, but a lot because they were light and fluffy to read.

61 Starworld (ARC)
62 How Long 'til Black Future Month?
63 Four Three Two One
64 Giant Days Vol. 8
65 A Heart in a Body in the World
66 and 67 Fence, Vol. 1 and Fence Vol. 2
68 Autoboyography
69 Lumberjanes: The Infernal Compass
70 Leaf

Here is my list for February reads:

9. A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959) by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
10. Ethan Frome (1911) by Edith Wharton
11. Love That Dog (2001) by Sharon Creech
12. The Secret Sharer (1910) Joseph Conrad
13. The Maltese Falcon (1930) by Dashiell Hammett
14. The Star and The Country of the Blind by H. G. Wells (1897)
15. Rebecca (1938) by Daphne du Maurier
16. The Overcoat (1842) by Nikolai Gogol
17. Nine Lives (1968) by Ursula K. Le Guin
18. "The Weapon Shop" (1942) by A. E. von Vogt

1412 pages Feb. / Year to date 2395

Hi all,

I've been pretty busy for the last few days so I'm running a bit late to sum up my reading list for February !

It's not too bad but not perfect either (less reading done than last year for example). I've read six novels, one children book and ten comic books and graphic novels.

But I've several books in progress so I'm quite positive for March :) Better be as I'm nowhere near the number of books I should have read according to the challenge !

Happy reading :)