#Read26Indy discussion

What will you be reading to finish out the year?

Buddha in the Attic

I just polished off #31 for the year with Foundation and Empire by Issac Asimov.

Mysteries this month. Daring Ladies of Lowell by Kate Alcott, the Ghost of Blackwood Lane, and Swan Song.

December reads will be Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, and All the Light We Cannot See.

#27 (end of November) The City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
#28 The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd. FANTASTIC historical fiction about the abolitionist movement and the Grimke sisters in Charleston. Be sure to read the author's note at the end. I did not mind the "liberties" the author took, and her comments were quite informative.

Mohsin Hamid's THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST is number 128.

THE TOUGHEST INDIAN IN THE WORLD by Sherman Alexie makes 129.

My 130th is James Harms' AFTER WEST.

Billy Lombardo's HOW TO HOLD A WOMAN makes 131.

My 132nd book is Thomas Piketty's CAPITAL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY.

UP JUMPS THE DEVIL is #133.

THE WATCHMEN by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons is my 134th.

29. David S. Hawes: The Best of Kin Hubbard: Abe Martin's Sayings and Wisecracks, Abe's Neighbors, His Almanack, Comic Drawings. My latest book for Indiana Voices. Abe Martin humor features ran in the Indianapolis News in the early 20th century.

30. Mark Henrikson: Origins. A book I downloaded to the Kindle for free via BookBub, an email service and web site that finds discounted eBooks. Okay thriller but pretty plain and perdictable.

Essays of E.B. White

My 135th is AN UNTAMED STATE by Roxane Gay. Read it.

"Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini will be #27 for me. Hopefully I'll finish it before new years!

I am working on The Snow Child, Cry for the Strangers, and At Home: A Short History of Private Life. When I am done with these, I am hoping to finish the year with Revival.

I believe these are books 82 through 85 for me. Adding audio books to my repertoire has really upped my reading volume!

ODD INTERLUDE by Dean Koontz is number 136.

Number 137 is Carol Ann Tomlinson's HOW TO DIFFERENTIATE IN MIXED-ABILITY CLASSROOMS, 2nd edition.

THE IMAGINARY POETS (edited by Alan Michael Parker is 138.

Matt Dunn's THE EX-BOYFRIEND'S HANDBOOK makes 139.

CITIZEN: AN AMERICAN LYRIC by Claudia Rankine is 140.

Peace Like A River, byLeif Enger. Read it once for the story, twice for the gorgeous prose.

141. NAMES ABOVE HOUSES by Oliver de la Paz
142. MEMORIES OF MY MELANCHOLY WHORES by Gabriel García Márquez
143. SEVEN BAD IDEAS: HOW MAINSTREAM ECONOMISTS HAVE DAMAGED AMERICA AND THE WORLD by Jeff Madrick
144. WINTER AMNESTIES by Elton Glaser
145. THE EVIL B. B. CHOW by Steve Almond
146. KA-CHING! by Denise Duhamel
147. THE FLAMINGO RISING by Larry Baker
148. THRALL by Natasha Trethewey
149. WILLING by Scott Spencer
150. NIGHT OF THE AVENGING BLOWFISH by John Welter

Yay, Michael! 150!

I don't think I want to shoot for 150 again. One hundred is probably a more balanced number.

151 is MAUS I by Art Spiegelman. The ending sets up MAUS II perfectly.

MAUS II by Art Spiegelman is 152.

Jane Hilberry's BODY PAINTING IS 153.

My 154th is Gabriel Garcia Márquez' IN EVIL HOUR.

I hit my goal for the year! Chris Beckett's Dark Eden was #32.

My 155th is David Shumate's HIGH WATER MARK.

THE SECRET HISTORY OF WONDER WOMAN by Jill Lepore is #156.

Will that one be the last or can you finish another by midnight?

Also, what do we do starting tomorrow? I guess we go back to the January discussion board . . .

I'm done.

I don't know about January. What are your reading plans for 2015. At this point, I think 100 books might be a more balanced target for me. I knew 26 wouldn't be challenging enough but 156 became too restrictive. It was, however, an interesting and informative experience.

My goal will probably be 60 again . . . hope to make a decent dent in my to read list!

I hit 30 - which included some reading for professional development.

My goal for 2015 won't be about the number but trying to carve out an hour every day to read for pleasure.