The History Book Club discussion

This is Carly's "To Be Read" List (2021) for the 50 Books Read in 2021. This list will be added to as Carly sets up the thread.

Whatever books are not completed on the list can be carried over to the 2022 Personal Reading List thread.

Sample Format Choices:

Sample Format for initial set up before completing books:

✓1. The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciations Hardcover – May 22, 2018 by John McCain

by John McCain

2. The British are Coming by Rick Atkinson

by Rick Atkinson

3. Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky

by Mark Kurlansky

Note: See the sample checkmark in number one that would show that I completed that book.

And if you like to see the strikethrough example that the book has been completed - see number 2.

On the Personal Reading Lists - you have a choice of either using checkmarks or strikethroughs.

For comprehensive assistance - we always have the "how to" thread.

See link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

You can always check Bentley's Thread for the Personal Reading List Thread.

See Bentley's Sample Thread for the Personal Reading List Thread.

Link:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Basic Information to help you get started:



For 2020, we are going to set up for all participants two threads - the first will be each participant's Personal Reading List thread where they can create lists of books that they want to read for the 50 Books Read challenge.

And as they read them - they can check them off or do a strikethrough.

It is your working thread.

You can check off each book as you read it by adding & # 10003 ; (with no spaces in between) right before the title of the book with additionally no spaces after the semicolon and before the title of the book.

If you would like to bold the title of the book and author - and number them - in addition to adding a checkmark - you would then add & # 10003 ;(with no spaces) and then < b >1. The British are Coming by Rick Atkinson< /b > with no spaces. You can easily preview what you have done to see if your code works.

✓1. The British are Coming by Rick Atkinson

or without a number

✓The British are Coming by Rick Atkinson

You can also do strikethroughs if you like - that is the same as bolding but using an s instead of b.

For example: < s > The British are Coming by Rick Atkinson < / s>
You would use this code without the spaces within the brackets or in front of the book title or after the name of the author.

It would look like this:

The British are Coming by Rick Atkinson

If you want it bolded as well:

< s >< b >The British are Coming by Rick Atkinson < / b >< / s >
You would use this code without the spaces within the brackets or in front of the book title or after the name of the author.

It would end up looking like this:

The British are Coming by Rick Atkinson

The second thread is just like it has always been.

If you want to also number the books as well as bold them using a strike through:

< s > < b >1. The British are Coming by Rick Atkinson < / b > < / s>
You would use this code without the spaces within the brackets or in front of the book title number or after the name of the author.

It would end up looking like this:

1. The British are Coming by Rick Atkinson

The second thread is the formatted reading thread for 50 Books that we always have done and includes your reviews using the designated format.

You must sign up for 50 Books Read in 2020 to get both threads - the Personal Reading List thread just for you and your own 2020 Books Read in 2020 thread. You must use the format on the Books Read in 2020 thread. If you would like to participate - then please add your name here and I will set up both threads. Active participants in the 2020 50 Books Read in 2020 get their own two threads for 2021 and beyond.

The format for the Personal Lists when setting them up is easy:

Just number or list and skip one line in between.
After skipping one line - just add the citation.

bookcover, the word by, the author's photo and then the author's link

Then skip another line before adding your next book. As you read and complete them - either use a strikethrough or a checkmark - that means that you have added your review according to the standard format on your review thread (same as every other year).

Check the how to thread for additional directions and assistance. We will always be there to assist.

And even if you do not finish all of the books on your list or many on your list - remember whatever books are not completed on the list can be carried over to the 2022 Personal Reading List thread. All you have to do is to do an edit, copy and then a paste on next year's thread. So the sky is the limit.

Have fun with your list thread - you are ready to go!

1. Sin in the Second City by Karen Abbott

by Karen Abbott

2. Candy Freak by Steve Almond
by Steve Almond

3. The Gangs of Chicago by Herbert Asbury

by Herbert Asbury

4. The Gangs of New York by Herbert Asbury

by Herbert Asbury

5. Where the Light Enters by Sara Donati

by by Sara Donati

6. The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw

by Tom Brokaw

7. Citizen In Chief: The Second Life of the American Presidents by Leonard Berry

by Leonard Benardo (no photo)

8. Karamo: My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing, and Hope by Karamo Brown

by Karamo Brown (no photo)

9. Origin by Dan Brown

by Dan Brown

10. Bad Blood by John Carreyrou

by John Carreyrou

11. She-Wolves: The Women who England before Elizabeth by Helen Castor

by Helen Castor

12. Naturally Tan by Tan France

by by Tan France

13. Foolishly Forgotten Americans by Michael Farquhar

by Michael Farquhar

14. Wherever There is Light by Peter Golden

by Peter Golden

15. The Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns Goodwin

by Doris Kearns Goodwin

16. Bullsh*t by John Grant

by John Grant

17. Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson

by Erik Larson

18. Dead Wake by Erik Larson

by Erik Larson

Good start

19. Entangled Life: How Fungi make our worlds, change our minds, and Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake

by Merlin Sheldrake

20. Lady Almina and The Real Downton Abbey Fiona Carnarvon

by Fiona Carnarvon

21. Country Music Broke My Brain by Gerry House

by Gerry House (no photo)

22. Sex in History by Reay Tannahill

by Reay Tannahill

23. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky

by Irène Némirovsky

24. Freak Nation: A Field Guide to 101 of the Most Odd, Extreme, and Outrageous American Subcultures by Kate Stevens

by Kate Stevens (no photo)

25. Dunkirk by Joshua Levine

by Joshua Levine (no photo)

26. The Party is Over by Mike Lofgren

by Mike Lofgren (no photo)

27. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

by Hilary Mantel

28. Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel

by Hilary Mantel

29. The Founding Father's Guide to the Constitution by Brion McClanahan

by Brion T. McClanahan

You are getting there and smart of you to break up the lists into different comment boxes.

30. Five Families by Selwyn Raab

by Selwyn Raab (no photo)

31. Auschwitz by Laurence Rees

by Laurence Rees

32. The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson

by Cara Robertson

33. I'n not the Biggest Bitch in This Relationship by Wade Rouse

by Wade Rouse (no photo)

34. Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose

by Alexander Rose

Hello Carly - we have updated this personal thread and it will be carried over to 2021 as is. We want our members to have a place to call home where they can track what they are reading for the 50 Books Read challenge and what they are planning to read for any given year. This way your lists remain intact for the next year.

Hope to see you updating your lists for 2021. This thread will always remain here and will simply be updated with the topical headers each year. That way nothing that you do or add with be lost. The only caveat is that you are participating in the 50 Books Read for any given year.

162 different and unique group members have visited your thread this year and are frequent visitors. Only book number 19 needs an update - there seems to something amiss with the add.

35. Rough Crossings: The Slaves, the British, and the American Revolution by Simon Schama

by Simon Schama

36. Chocolate Wars by Deborah Cadbury

by Deborah Cadbury

37. Some Girls: My Life in a Harem by Jillian Lauren

by Jillian Lauren

38. The Outfit: The Role Chicago's underworld in the Shaping of Modern America by Gus Russo

by Gus Russo

39. Mornings on Horseback by David McCullough

by David McCullough