James Mustich's 1000 Books to Read Before You Die discussion

What are your reading goals for this newborn year? Are there any books you've been planning to read for a while and you're eager to start in the next weeks or months?

Thanks for opening this up.
I managed over 80 books last year, with more time to read now that I have retired, but have set a target of 50 for the current year, including finishing The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester!
I really want to read the whole of The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri this year (but I also had that goal last year...), having read Inferno and Purgatorio about 40 years ago.
I am also currently reading a number of books, mainly non-fiction, such as Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind by Tom Holland and The Good Immigrant edited by Nikesh Shukla, which I was given for Christmas.
In terms of books on James' list of 1000, I would like to finish Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown, which I started last year (but is rather depressing!) and Pax Britannica: Climax of an Empire by Jan Morris, who died last year.
Plenty to be going on with!

I've got The Babur Nama and The Anatomy of Melancholy penciled in as my Big Reads for 2021. A bit each month is the plan along with the two Clive James books I bought after joining this group in 2020.

I'm rereading The Little House Collection by Laura Ingalls Wilder because they are so heavily referenced in Ducks, Newburyport, which I then intend to tackle again.

I have acquired several titles from the 1000 Mustich Books that I would like to complete this year: Japanese Inn, Gardening for Love: The Market Bulletins, City and have become interested in Celia Laighton Thaxter.

Thank you for joining in!
Interesting choices!

As for me, I'd open the year with D. F. Wallace's Infinite Jest, which I started some years ago but put aside due to lack of continuity in my reading habits at the time. I would also like to read Dumas' Trilogy of The Three Musketeers.

The Historical event of the Shoah, at the end of the month, has driven me to put into my reading list two well-known titles: The Drowned and the Saved by Primo Levi and Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil by Hannah Arendt.

As for the books from the list, I will follow the group choices. My attention is currently focused on Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo, which has been my recent nomination, and the masterpiece of The Lord of the Rings.

Mariella wrote: "Thank you for joining in!
Interesting choices!

As for me, I'd open the year with D. F. Wallace's Infinite Jest, which I started some years ago but put aside due to lack of continuity ..."

I like the off the beaten path titles on this list.

I want to read more Alexandre Dumas. THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO is wonderful!

I love The Lord of the Rings - I reread The Hobbit, or There and Back Again for comfort over the holidays.

Hello everyone and Happy New Year.

I am doing the Beat the Backlist book bingo challenge again this year. It is hosted by novelknight at StoryGraph in case you're interested in joining us. This is my 3rd year doing the bingo. The prompts help me choose my next read from my ever-growing TBR.

Our January book pick, Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey (which I plan to start soon) is perfect for the first line is less than 10 words prompt. My goal this year is to complete the 52-prompt list.