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Re: 50 Books in 2016
« Reply #400 on: June 22, 2016, 07:01:28 AM »
1.  Leviathan Wakes - James S.A. Corey
2.  Caliban's War - James S.A. Corey
3.  Abaddon's Gate - James S.A. Corey
4.  Cibola Burn - James S.A. Corey
5. Nemesis Games - James S.A. Corey
6. Once Upon a Time in the North - Philip Pullman
7. Moneyball - Michael Lewis
8. Zodiac - Neal Stephenson
9. The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
10. The Three-Body Problem -  Liu Cixin
11. A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
12. Arkwright - Allen Steele
13. The Dark Forest -  Liu Cixin
14. Diary of a Madman and other stories - Nikolai Gogol
15. The Devil in the White City - Erik Larson
16. Olympos - Dan Simmons
17. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle
18. The Gunslinger - Stephen King

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Re: 50 Books in 2016
« Reply #401 on: June 22, 2016, 07:05:00 AM »
1. Unwind by Neal Shusterman (finished 1/1/2016)
2. Golden Son by Pierce Brown (1/4)
3. The Most Good You Can Do by Peter Singer (1/8)
4. Three Cups of Deceit by Jon Krakauer (1/9)
5. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (1/11)
6. Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (1/12)
7. Alone on the Wall by Alex Honnold (1/15)
8. Nexus by Ramez Naam (1/23)
9. Level up your Life by Steven Kamb (1/24)
10. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King (1/31)
11. Crux by Ramez Naam (2/11)
12. Abundance: The Future is better than you think by Peter Diamandis (2/12)
13. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2/21)
14. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2/28)
15. The Blue Zones Solution (3/1)
16. Apex by Ramez Naam (3/12)
17. Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban (3/21)
18. Morning Star by Pierce Brown (3/26)
19. The Bird Box by Josh Malerman (4/4)
20. The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg (4/11)
21. Earth Abides by George Stewart (4/26)
22. The Girl with all the Gifts by M.R. Carey (5/1)
23.  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (5/10)
24.  One Second After by William Forstchen (5/14)
25.  Ishmael by Daniel Quinn (5/14)
26. Lock in by John Scalzi (5/26)
27. The Story of B by Daniel Quinn (5/26)
28. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl (6/7)
29. Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank Gilbreth (6/9)
30. Wired by Douglas Richards (6/12)
31. Way Station by Clifford Simak (6/22)

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Re: 50 Books in 2016
« Reply #402 on: June 23, 2016, 08:19:12 PM »
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1. The Legacy Journey by Dave Ramsey
2. The Undercover Economist by Tim Harford (chapter on price-targeting was particularly useful)
3. Books in My Baggage by Lawrence Clark Powell
4. Reading for the Love of It: Best Books for Young Readers by Michele Landsberg
5. Teach Your Own by John Holt & Pat Farenga
6. Your Money or Your Life by Robin & Dominguez
7. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
8. The Country Child by Allison Uttley
9. Plain and Simple: A Woman's Journey to the Amish by Sue Bender
10. Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and the Fall of Cars by Sam Schwartz
11. Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life by Richard Louv
12. The Nourishing Homestead by Ben Hewitt
13. Home Grown: Adventures in Parenting off the Beaten Path, Unschooling, and Reconnecting with the Natural World by Ben Hewitt
14. Saved: How I quit worrying about money and became the richest guy in the world by Ben Hewitt
15. Divorce Your Car! by Katie Alvord
16. The Resilient Farm and Homestead by Ben Falk
17. Top-Bar Beekeeping by Les Crowder
18. The Modern Survival Manual: Surviving the Economic Collapse by Fernando "Ferfal" Aguirre
19. The Water Is Wide by Pat Conroy
20. Down to Earth: A Guide to Simple Living by Rhonda Hetzel - excellent. Australian books are sometimes more appropriate for California topics than are "American" books.
21. No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Education by Abigail and Stephen Thernstrom
22. Beyond the Classroom: Why School Reform Has Failed and What Parents Need to Do by Laurence Steinberg

23. $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America by Kathryn Edin & H. Luke Shaefer

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Re: 50 Books in 2016
« Reply #403 on: June 23, 2016, 08:53:06 PM »
I keep track of all the books I read on goodreads.com I love that site. I am doing the reading challenge for 2016 as I did in 2015. I am pledged to read 100 books. As of today, I am at 35. I'd say I'm definitely on track to read 50 books this year. I have 4 siting on the end table right now from the library. If you want to see what I've been reading you can check out my goodreads.com profile https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/16775571-stephanie-johnson

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Re: 50 Books in 2016
« Reply #404 on: June 24, 2016, 02:28:29 AM »
1."Economics on the tram"
2. Clockwork Angel - Cassandra Clare
3. The Twelve Clues of Christmas - Rhys Bowen (audiobook)
4. The Amulet vol 1-4 (graphic novels)
5-11. Septimus Heap vol 1-7 by Angie Sage (audiobooks. Childrens books but so hilarious!)
12-14. Secret Breakers vol 1-3 by H.L. Dennis (childrens books)
15-17. The Luck Uglies 1-3 by Paul Durham (great fun, I enjoy the nice and varied new children's books out there)
18. The Spook's Apprentice by Joseph Delaney (audiobook, really didn't care for this one)
19. "The Black Viking" - Bergsveinn Birgisson (very interesting)
20. "Unimaginable rich": a story about the Norwegian oil fond. (great read)
21-22. TodHunter Moon #1 and 2 by Angie Sage
23. Archie Greene and the magical museum by D.D. Everest (audiobook)
24-26. Hunger Games 1-3 by Suzanne Collins (audiobooks)
27. Red Queen - Victoria Aveyard
28. The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow - Katherine Woodfine
29. "All you want to know about Economics but never dared ask" (current)
30. Uprooted by Naomi Novik (current)
31. Indoor kitchen gardening by Elizabeth Millard (current, and completely out of season but very informative)
32. The Raven Boys - Maggie Stiefwater (audiobook, current)

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Re: 50 Books in 2016
« Reply #405 on: June 25, 2016, 10:04:31 AM »
1. Unwind by Neal Shusterman (finished 1/1/2016)
2. Golden Son by Pierce Brown (1/4)
3. The Most Good You Can Do by Peter Singer (1/8)
4. Three Cups of Deceit by Jon Krakauer (1/9)
5. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (1/11)
6. Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (1/12)
7. Alone on the Wall by Alex Honnold (1/15)
8. Nexus by Ramez Naam (1/23)
9. Level up your Life by Steven Kamb (1/24)
10. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King (1/31)
11. Crux by Ramez Naam (2/11)
12. Abundance: The Future is better than you think by Peter Diamandis (2/12)
13. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2/21)
14. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2/28)
15. The Blue Zones Solution (3/1)
16. Apex by Ramez Naam (3/12)
17. Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban (3/21)
18. Morning Star by Pierce Brown (3/26)
19. The Bird Box by Josh Malerman (4/4)
20. The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg (4/11)
21. Earth Abides by George Stewart (4/26)
22. The Girl with all the Gifts by M.R. Carey (5/1)
23.  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (5/10)
24.  One Second After by William Forstchen (5/14)
25.  Ishmael by Daniel Quinn (5/14)
26. Lock in by John Scalzi (5/26)
27. The Story of B by Daniel Quinn (5/26)
28. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl (6/7)
29. Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank Gilbreth (6/9)
30. Wired by Douglas Richards (6/12)
31. Way Station by Clifford Simak (6/22)
32. My Ishmael by Daniel Quinn (6/25)

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Re: 50 Books in 2016
« Reply #406 on: June 25, 2016, 02:13:14 PM »


Books read in 2016:
1.  11/22/63 by Stephen King
2.  The Martian by Andy Weir
3. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
4. The New Good Life: Living Better in an Age of Less by John Robbins
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
6. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
7. My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
8. Wool (omnibus edition) by Hugh Howey
9. Shift by Hugh Howey
10. Dust by Hugh Howey
11.  Mythmaker:  The Life of J.R.R. Tolkien, by Anne Neimark
12.  Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood, by Lisa Damour
13. My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
14. Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison by Lois Lenski
15. Sand (omnibus edition) by Hugh Howey
16. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
17.  The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown
18. Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
19. The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
20. The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
21. Corridors of the Night by Anne Perry
22. Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters by Matt Ridley

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Re: 50 Books in 2016
« Reply #407 on: June 28, 2016, 08:40:48 PM »
Completed:
1. The Wealthy Barber Returns: Significantly Older and Marginally Wiser, Dave Chilton Offers His Unique Perspectives on the World of Money - Dave Chilton
2. The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival - John Vaillant
3. Leviathan Wakes - James S.A. Corey
4. Oh, The Places You'll Go - Dr. Seuss
5. His Majesty's Dragon - Naomi Novik
6. Throne of Jade - Naomi Novik
7. The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
8. The Obstacle is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials Into Triumph - Ryan Holiday
9. Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It - Gabriel Wyner
10. The Wise Man's Fear - Patrick Rothfuss
11. Rising Strong: The Reckoning, the Rumble, the Revolution - Brené Brown
12. Black Powder War - Naomi Novik
13. Wealthing Like Rabbits: An Original Introduction to Personal Finance - Robert R. Brown
14. The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
15. The Language Hoax: Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language - John H. McWhorter
16. Uprooted - Naomi Novik
17. The Martian - Andy Weir
18. 101 Tax Secrets for Canadians: Smart Strategies That Can Save You Thousands! - Timothy J. Cestnick
19. You're Never Weird on the Internet (almost): A Memoir - Felicia Day
20. White Dog Fell from the Sky - Eleanor Morse
21. The Slow Regard of Silent Things - Patrick Rothfuss
22. Level up your Life: How to Unlock Adventure and Happiness by Becoming the Hero of your Own Story - Steve Kamb
23. All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
24. The Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It - Kelly McGonigal
25. The Girl on The Train - Paula Hawkins
26. Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things - Jenny Lawson
27. The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
28. The Art of Non-Conformity: Set your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World - Chris Guillebeau
29. An Ember in the Ashes - Sabaa Tahir
30. Death on the Barrens: A True Story of Courage and Tragedy in the Canadian Arctic - George James Grinnell
31. Wild by Nature: From Siberia to Australia, Three Years Alone in the Wilderness on Foot - Sarah Marquis
32. Caliban's War - James S.A. Corey
33. 1984 - George Orwell
34. Fluent in 3 Months: The Radical New Way That Anyone, at Any Age, Can Learn to Speak Any Language From Anywhere in the World - Benny Lewis
35. Abaddon's Gate - James S.A. Corey
36. Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for A Fantastic Future - Ashlee Vance
37. An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude - Ann Vanderhoof
38. Discovering Eden: A Lifetime of Paddling Arctic Rivers - Alex M. Hall
39. Cyberstorm - Matthew Mather
40. The Magic of Thinking Big: Acquire the Secrets of Success ... Achieve Everything You've Always Wanted - David J. Schwartz
41. The Alchemist: a Fable About Following your Dream - Paulo Coelho
42. Originals: How Non-conformists Move the World - Adam Grant
43. Neverwhere: Author's Preferred Text - Neil Gaiman
44. The Map Thief - Michael Blanding
45. Cibola Burn - James S.A. Corey
46. The Joy of Not Working: A book for the retired, unemployed, and overworked - Ernie J. Zelinski
47. Empire of Ivory - Naomi Novik
48. Nexus: Mankind gets an Upgrade - Ramez Naam
49. Road Trip Rwanda: A Journey into the New Heart of Africa - Will Ferguson
50. The Lost Art of Finding Our Way - John Edward Huth
51. The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win your Inner Creative Battles - Steven Pressfield
52. The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins
53. Nemesis Games - James S.A. Corey
54. Down the Wild River North - Constance Helmericks

Currently reading:
55. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - JK Rowling
56. Harry Potter y la Piedra Filosofal - JK Rowling
57. Expedition Canoeing: A Guide to Canoeing Wild Rivers in North America - Cliff Jacobson
58. Scraping Heaven: A Family's Journey Along the Continental Divide - Cindy Ross
59. Song of the Paddle: An Illustrated Guide to Wilderness Camping - Bill Mason

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Re: 50 Books in 2016
« Reply #408 on: June 29, 2016, 12:38:12 PM »
1.  Leviathan Wakes - James S.A. Corey
2.  Caliban's War - James S.A. Corey
3.  Abaddon's Gate - James S.A. Corey
4.  Cibola Burn - James S.A. Corey
5. Nemesis Games - James S.A. Corey
6. Once Upon a Time in the North - Philip Pullman
7. Moneyball - Michael Lewis
8. Zodiac - Neal Stephenson
9. The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
10. The Three-Body Problem -  Liu Cixin
11. A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
12. Arkwright - Allen Steele
13. The Dark Forest -  Liu Cixin
14. Diary of a Madman and other stories - Nikolai Gogol
15. The Devil in the White City - Erik Larson
16. Olympos - Dan Simmons
17. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle
18. The Gunslinger - Stephen King
19. The Drawing of the Three - Stephen King

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Re: 50 Books in 2016
« Reply #409 on: June 29, 2016, 09:02:38 PM »
1. Liza Marklund: Lifetime
2. Liza Marklund: Last will
3. Liza Marklund: Exposed
4. Liza Marklund: The long shadow
5. Liza Marklund: The bomber
6. Rhys Bowen: Away in a manger
7. There's trouble brewing
8. Outrage by A Indridason
9. Mycroft Holmes
10.Hypothermia: A Indridason
11.Widow's tears by SW Albert

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Re: 50 Books in 2016
« Reply #410 on: June 30, 2016, 05:53:54 AM »
1. Unwind by Neal Shusterman (finished 1/1/2016)
2. Golden Son by Pierce Brown (1/4)
3. The Most Good You Can Do by Peter Singer (1/8)
4. Three Cups of Deceit by Jon Krakauer (1/9)
5. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (1/11)
6. Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (1/12)
7. Alone on the Wall by Alex Honnold (1/15)
8. Nexus by Ramez Naam (1/23)
9. Level up your Life by Steven Kamb (1/24)
10. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King (1/31)
11. Crux by Ramez Naam (2/11)
12. Abundance: The Future is better than you think by Peter Diamandis (2/12)
13. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2/21)
14. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2/28)
15. The Blue Zones Solution (3/1)
16. Apex by Ramez Naam (3/12)
17. Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban (3/21)
18. Morning Star by Pierce Brown (3/26)
19. The Bird Box by Josh Malerman (4/4)
20. The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg (4/11)
21. Earth Abides by George Stewart (4/26)
22. The Girl with all the Gifts by M.R. Carey (5/1)
23.  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (5/10)
24.  One Second After by William Forstchen (5/14)
25.  Ishmael by Daniel Quinn (5/14)
26. Lock in by John Scalzi (5/26)
27. The Story of B by Daniel Quinn (5/26)
28. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl (6/7)
29. Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank Gilbreth (6/9)
30. Wired by Douglas Richards (6/12)
31. Way Station by Clifford Simak (6/22)
32. My Ishmael by Daniel Quinn (6/25)
33. End of Watch by Stephen King (6/29)

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Re: 50 Books in 2016
« Reply #411 on: July 02, 2016, 02:39:29 PM »
50. Runaways by V.C. Andrews (a reread from my youth, also one off my bookshelf).

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Re: 50 Books in 2016
« Reply #412 on: July 04, 2016, 09:34:32 AM »
Slowly trucking along.

1. Casino Royale by Ian Flemming
2. Gray Mountain by John Grisham
3: Dr. No by Ian Flemming
4: On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Flemming
5. Jesus the One and Only by Beth Moore
6. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
7. The catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
8. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by: Robert Louis Stevenson
9. The Paris Option by Robert Ludlum and Gayle Lynds
10. The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
11. UnPhiltered The way I see it by Phil Robertson and Mark Schlabach

12. The Battle plan for prayer by Stephan & Alex Kendrick

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Re: 50 Books in 2016
« Reply #413 on: July 05, 2016, 03:28:10 AM »
1."Economics on the tram"
2. Clockwork Angel - Cassandra Clare
3. The Twelve Clues of Christmas - Rhys Bowen (audiobook)
4. The Amulet vol 1-4 (graphic novels)
5-11. Septimus Heap vol 1-7 by Angie Sage (audiobooks. Childrens books but so hilarious!)
12-14. Secret Breakers vol 1-3 by H.L. Dennis (childrens books)
15-17. The Luck Uglies 1-3 by Paul Durham (great fun, I enjoy the nice and varied new children's books out there)
18. The Spook's Apprentice by Joseph Delaney (audiobook, really didn't care for this one)
19. "The Black Viking" - Bergsveinn Birgisson (very interesting)
20. "Unimaginable rich": a story about the Norwegian oil fond. (great read)
21-22. TodHunter Moon #1 and 2 by Angie Sage
23. Archie Greene and the magical museum by D.D. Everest (audiobook)
24-26. Hunger Games 1-3 by Suzanne Collins (audiobooks)
27. Red Queen - Victoria Aveyard
28. The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow - Katherine Woodfine
29. Indoor kitchen gardening by Elizabeth Millard (very informative)
30. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefwater (audiobook)
31. "All you want to know about Economics but never dared ask" (current)
32. Uprooted by Naomi Novik (current)
33. The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefwater (audiobook, current)

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Re: 50 Books in 2016
« Reply #414 on: July 08, 2016, 09:56:14 AM »
Jan -1. Call the Midwife: Farewell to the East End  by Jennifer Worth
2. Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
3.  I am Scout: The Biography of Harper Lee by Charles J. Shields
Feb - 4. The Umbrella Man and Other Stories bu Roald Dahl
5.  Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
6.  A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby & the Great Betrayal  by Ben Macintyre
7.  Resistance by Barry Lopez
Mar - 8.  The Plague by Albert Camus
9.  The BFG by Roald Dahl
10. Above by Isla Morley
11. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
12.  The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
13.  Rediscover Jesus: An Invitation by Matthew Kelly
14.  See Me by Nicholas Sparks
15.  Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
Apr - 16.  Billy Straight by Jonathan Kellerman
17.  Momnipotent: The Not-So Perfect Woman's Guide to Catholic Motherhood by Danielle Bean
18.  Still Life by Louise Penny
19.  In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume
20.  The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
21.  When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
22.  Blink:  The Power of Thinking Without Thinking  by Malcolm Gladwell
23.  The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom
May - 24.  Eat Move Sleep: How Small Choices Lead to Big Changes by Tom Rath
25.  What Alice Forgot By Liane Moriarty
26.  Demon Dentist by David Walliams
27.  Paper Towns by John Green
28.  The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Jun - 29.  Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty
30. Acedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks and a Writer's Life by Kathleen Norris
31.  Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee
32.  Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman

My reading slows down in the summer as I spend more time outside, traveling (and I don't read much on vacation), putting up the harvest and staying outside late.

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Re: 50 Books in 2016
« Reply #415 on: July 08, 2016, 10:25:03 AM »
1.  Leviathan Wakes - James S.A. Corey
2.  Caliban's War - James S.A. Corey
3.  Abaddon's Gate - James S.A. Corey
4.  Cibola Burn - James S.A. Corey
5. Nemesis Games - James S.A. Corey
6. Once Upon a Time in the North - Philip Pullman
7. Moneyball - Michael Lewis
8. Zodiac - Neal Stephenson
9. The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
10. The Three-Body Problem -  Liu Cixin
11. A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
12. Arkwright - Allen Steele
13. The Dark Forest -  Liu Cixin
14. Diary of a Madman and other stories - Nikolai Gogol
15. The Devil in the White City - Erik Larson
16. Olympos - Dan Simmons
17. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle
18. The Gunslinger - Stephen King
19. The Drawing of the Three - Stephen King
20. Pandora's Star - Peter F. Hamilton

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Re: 50 Books in 2016
« Reply #416 on: July 08, 2016, 08:18:32 PM »
Just got A simple path to wealth by JL Collins, will only be like my 10th book to read this year? So I'm definitely not going to be aiming for 50.

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Re: 50 Books in 2016
« Reply #417 on: July 09, 2016, 07:03:36 AM »
So long since I updated - I'm going to have to log some major reading to complete this list by Dec 31. I have 19 more books to complete this month - not going to happen, but I'll give it my best!


 PopSugar 2016 book challenge list for the rest of the year (bolded text shows newly completed book):

1. A book based on a fairy tale - The Robber Bride - Margaret Atwood 3/2/16
2. A National Book Award winner - Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates. - so good. I am thankful that I read this book; I could say so much more but then I would be droning on and just . . EVERYONE SHOULD READ THIS!! Not only is it important because of the subject, but his writing is also beautiful.
3. A YA bestseller - Uglies by Scott Westerfeld 3/13/16 Pretties by Scott Westerfeld and also Specials by Scott Westerfeld. Trilogies kill me but I can't stop at just the first book. Apparently there was also a 4th book- Extras - read that too
4. A book you haven't read since high school -  Knight in Shining Armour - Jude Deveraux 3/16/2016 - this was a hoot to reread!
5. A book set in your home state A Girl Named Zippy - Haven Kimmel 4/20/16 Growing up in a small town in Indiana was pretty boring, reading this book about growing up in a small town in Indiana was also sort of boring. Ahh well.
6. A book translated to English  The Master and Margarita - Bulgakov 4/1/16
7. A romance set in the future - Devoted in Death- JD Robb 4/8/16 I've been reading the In Death series for the like the last 20 years so very happy the latest paperback fit into a category on this list.
8. A book set in Europe - The Vatican Princess by C.W. Gortner - it was fine. For some reason I can read endless HistFics about the Tudors and Plantagenets but for some reason I feel like books about the Borgias are all the same
9. A book under 150 pages - The Buddha in the Attic - Julie Otsuka 4/10/16 This was a beautiful book and a quick read and I highly recommend it. The story of Japanese "picture brides" who emigrated in the early 1900's - the book follows them to the WWII internment camps and was actually very timely.
10. A New York Times bestseller - Prince Lestate by Anne Rice - this book was actually awful. I've read most of the vampire chronicles and enjoyed the first several but should have remembered how blah the more recent ones were.
11. A book that's becoming a movie this year - You before Me by Jojo Moyes and Miss Peregrine's School for Peculiar Children (can't remember the author). I genuinely enjoyed Miss Peregrine's and will read the rest of the series and the Moyes was sort of fun in that it weirdly inverted the Manic Pixie Dreamgirl trope - but I don't know if it did that on purpose
12. A book recommended by someone you just met
13. A self-improvement book - All Joy No Fun by Jennifer Senior
14. A book you can finish in a day - In a dark, dark wood by Ruth Ware
15. A book written by a celebrity - Mindy Kaling Is everybody Hanging Out without Me?
16. A political memoir
17. A book at least 100 years older than you
18. A book that's more than 600 pages :Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Unset 2/24/16
19. A book from Oprah's Book Club
20. A science-fiction novel
21. A book recommended by a family member: Home by Marylin Robinson  2/20/16
22. A graphic novel
23. A book that is published in 2016 The Madwoman Upstairs by Catherine Lowell
24. A book with a protagonist who has your occupation
25. A book that takes place during Summer
26. A book and its prequel
27. A murder mystery
28. A book written by a comedian
29. A dystopian novel
30. A book with a blue cover
31. A book of poetry
32. The first book you see in a bookstore
33. A classic from the 20th century
34. A book from the library The White Queen by Phillipa Gregory
35. An autobiography Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
36. A book about a road trip
37. A book about a culture you're unfamiliar with
38. A satirical book
39. A book that takes place on an island: A Year of Ravens by Various Authors (takes place in Roman Britain) 1/5/16
40. A book that's guaranteed to bring you joy
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« Reply #418 on: July 10, 2016, 12:12:22 AM »
50. Runaways by V.C. Andrews (a reread from my youth, also one off my bookshelf).
51. Murder in Paradise (Kate William)

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« Reply #419 on: July 12, 2016, 01:34:42 PM »
50. Runaways by V.C. Andrews (a reread from my youth, also one off my bookshelf).
51. Murder in Paradise (Kate William)
52. Galapagos (Kurt Vonnegut)

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« Reply #420 on: July 14, 2016, 02:21:18 PM »
1.  Leviathan Wakes - James S.A. Corey
2.  Caliban's War - James S.A. Corey
3.  Abaddon's Gate - James S.A. Corey
4.  Cibola Burn - James S.A. Corey
5. Nemesis Games - James S.A. Corey
6. Once Upon a Time in the North - Philip Pullman
7. Moneyball - Michael Lewis
8. Zodiac - Neal Stephenson
9. The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
10. The Three-Body Problem -  Liu Cixin
11. A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
12. Arkwright - Allen Steele
13. The Dark Forest -  Liu Cixin
14. Diary of a Madman and other stories - Nikolai Gogol
15. The Devil in the White City - Erik Larson
16. Olympos - Dan Simmons
17. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle
18. The Gunslinger - Stephen King
19. The Drawing of the Three - Stephen King
20. Pandora's Star - Peter F. Hamilton
21. Seveneves - Neal Stephenson

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« Reply #421 on: July 14, 2016, 06:17:25 PM »
50. Runaways by V.C. Andrews (a reread from my youth, also one off my bookshelf).
51. Murder in Paradise (Kate William)
52. Galapagos (Kurt Vonnegut)
53. Falling (Christopher Pike)

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Re: 50 Books in 2016
« Reply #422 on: July 16, 2016, 09:21:06 AM »


Books read in 2016:
1.  11/22/63 by Stephen King
2.  The Martian by Andy Weir
3. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
4. The New Good Life: Living Better in an Age of Less by John Robbins
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
6. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
7. My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
8. Wool (omnibus edition) by Hugh Howey
9. Shift by Hugh Howey
10. Dust by Hugh Howey
11.  Mythmaker:  The Life of J.R.R. Tolkien, by Anne Neimark
12.  Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood, by Lisa Damour
13. My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
14. Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison by Lois Lenski
15. Sand (omnibus edition) by Hugh Howey
16. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
17.  The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown
18. Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
19. The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
20. The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
21. Corridors of the Night by Anne Perry
22. Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters by Matt Ridley

23. How not to die by Michael Greger
24. Spark Joy by Marie Kondo

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« Reply #423 on: July 19, 2016, 06:17:52 AM »
1.  Leviathan Wakes - James S.A. Corey
2.  Caliban's War - James S.A. Corey
3.  Abaddon's Gate - James S.A. Corey
4.  Cibola Burn - James S.A. Corey
5. Nemesis Games - James S.A. Corey
6. Once Upon a Time in the North - Philip Pullman
7. Moneyball - Michael Lewis
8. Zodiac - Neal Stephenson
9. The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
10. The Three-Body Problem -  Liu Cixin
11. A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
12. Arkwright - Allen Steele
13. The Dark Forest -  Liu Cixin
14. Diary of a Madman and other stories - Nikolai Gogol
15. The Devil in the White City - Erik Larson
16. Olympos - Dan Simmons
17. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle
18. The Gunslinger - Stephen King
19. The Drawing of the Three - Stephen King
20. Pandora's Star - Peter F. Hamilton
21. Seveneves - Neal Stephenson
22. The Waste Lands - Stephen King

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Re: 50 Books in 2016
« Reply #424 on: July 19, 2016, 01:20:26 PM »
1. Casino Royale by Ian Flemming
2. Gray Mountain by John Grisham
3: Dr. No by Ian Flemming
4: On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Flemming
5. Jesus the One and Only by Beth Moore
6. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
7. The catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
8. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by: Robert Louis Stevenson
9. The Paris Option by Robert Ludlum and Gayle Lynds
10. The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
11. UnPhiltered The way I see it by Phil Robertson and Mark Schlabach
12. The Battle plan for prayer by Stephan & Alex Kendrick

13. The Revenant by Michael Punke

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« Reply #425 on: July 19, 2016, 07:30:10 PM »
First 50
http://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/throw-down-the-gauntlet/50-books-in-2016/msg1134955/#msg1134955

51. The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win your Inner Creative Battles - Steven Pressfield
52. The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins
53. Nemesis Games - James S.A. Corey
54. Down the Wild River North - Constance Helmericks
55. Scraping Heaven: A Family's Journey Along the Continental Divide - Cindy Ross
56. The Water Is Wide: A Memoir - Pat Conroy
57. Victory of Eagles - Naomi Novik

58. Song of the Paddle: An Illustrated Guide to Wilderness Camping - Bill Mason


Currently reading:
59. Your Money or your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming your Relationship With Money and Achieving Financial Independence - Vicki Robin
60. The Dragon Book: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy - Various Authors
61. The Amulet of Samarkand - Jonathan Stroud
62. The Other End of the Leash: Why We Do What We Do Around Dogs - Patricia B. McConnell

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« Reply #426 on: July 20, 2016, 02:36:45 AM »
1."Economics on the tram"
2. Clockwork Angel - Cassandra Clare
3. The Twelve Clues of Christmas - Rhys Bowen (audiobook)
4. The Amulet vol 1-4 (graphic novels)
5-11. Septimus Heap vol 1-7 by Angie Sage (audiobooks. Childrens books but so hilarious!)
12-14. Secret Breakers vol 1-3 by H.L. Dennis (childrens books)
15-17. The Luck Uglies 1-3 by Paul Durham (great fun, I enjoy the nice and varied new children's books out there)
18. The Spook's Apprentice by Joseph Delaney (audiobook, really didn't care for this one)
19. "The Black Viking" - Bergsveinn Birgisson (very interesting)
20. "Unimaginable rich": a story about the Norwegian oil fond. (great read)
21-22. TodHunter Moon #1 and 2 by Angie Sage
23. Archie Greene and the magical museum by D.D. Everest (audiobook)
24-26. Hunger Games 1-3 by Suzanne Collins (audiobooks)
27. Meet me in Atlantis by Mark Adams (audiobook)
28. Red Queen - Victoria Aveyard
29. The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow - Katherine Woodfine
30. Indoor kitchen gardening by Elizabeth Millard (very informative)
31. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefwater (audiobook)
32. Uprooted by Naomi Novik
33. The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefwater (audiobook)
34. Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefwater (audiobook, current)
35. The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson (current)
36. "All you want to know about Economics but never dared ask" (current)
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Re: 50 Books in 2016
« Reply #427 on: July 20, 2016, 11:45:09 AM »
1. Looking For Alaska by John Green
2. Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
3. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
4. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
5. Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
6. Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
7. Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
8. Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
9. Room by Emma Donoghue
10. Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (for probably the 5th time)
11. A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin (FINALLY finished this)
12. Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick (ugh, talk about the movie being better than the book)
13. Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
14. Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
15. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
16. All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
17. Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
18. The Awakening by Kate Chopin
19. The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin
20. From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris

Getting ready to start Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris

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« Reply #428 on: July 21, 2016, 03:27:15 AM »
1. The Human Age - Diane Ackerman
2. Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer
3. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
4. The Lincoln Lawyer - Michael Connelly
5. The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde (reread)
6. Lost in a Good Book - Jasper Fforde (reread)
7. The Well of Lost Plots - Jasper Fforde (reread)
8. The Angels Game - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
9. The Partner - John Grisham
10. The Racketeer - John Grisham
11. Something Rotten - Jasper Fforde (reread)
12. First Among Sequels - Jasper Fforde (reread)
13. Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell

Currently reading Ghostwritten by David Mitchell. I have no aim at reaching 50, just to read more in general.

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« Reply #429 on: July 21, 2016, 06:47:45 AM »
1. Unwind by Neal Shusterman (finished 1/1/2016)
2. Golden Son by Pierce Brown (1/4)
3. The Most Good You Can Do by Peter Singer (1/8)
4. Three Cups of Deceit by Jon Krakauer (1/9)
5. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (1/11)
6. Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (1/12)
7. Alone on the Wall by Alex Honnold (1/15)
8. Nexus by Ramez Naam (1/23)
9. Level up your Life by Steven Kamb (1/24)
10. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King (1/31)
11. Crux by Ramez Naam (2/11)
12. Abundance: The Future is better than you think by Peter Diamandis (2/12)
13. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2/21)
14. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2/28)
15. The Blue Zones Solution (3/1)
16. Apex by Ramez Naam (3/12)
17. Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban (3/21)
18. Morning Star by Pierce Brown (3/26)
19. The Bird Box by Josh Malerman (4/4)
20. The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg (4/11)
21. Earth Abides by George Stewart (4/26)
22. The Girl with all the Gifts by M.R. Carey (5/1)
23.  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (5/10)
24.  One Second After by William Forstchen (5/14)
25.  Ishmael by Daniel Quinn (5/14)
26. Lock in by John Scalzi (5/26)
27. The Story of B by Daniel Quinn (5/26)
28. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl (6/7)
29. Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank Gilbreth (6/9)
30. Wired by Douglas Richards (6/12)
31. Way Station by Clifford Simak (6/22)
32. My Ishmael by Daniel Quinn (6/25)
33. End of Watch by Stephen King (6/29)
34.  Amped by Douglas Richards (7/19)

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« Reply #430 on: July 21, 2016, 10:37:49 AM »
Forgot one

1. The Human Age - Diane Ackerman
2. Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer
3. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
4. The Lincoln Lawyer - Michael Connelly
5. The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde (reread)
6. Lost in a Good Book - Jasper Fforde (reread)
7. The Well of Lost Plots - Jasper Fforde (reread)
8. The Angels Game - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
9. The Partner - John Grisham
10. The Racketeer - John Grisham
11. Something Rotten - Jasper Fforde (reread)
12. First Among Sequels - Jasper Fforde (reread)
13. Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
14. The Woman who Died a Lot - Jasper Fforde

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« Reply #431 on: July 21, 2016, 11:08:52 AM »
I don't think I'm going to get to 50 this year. Here is where I am now.

1. A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin
2. The Wright Brothers - David McCullough
3. The Corrections - Jonathan Franzen
4. Gray Mountain - John Grisham
5. Go Set a Watchman - Harper Lee
6. Memory Man - David Baldacci
7. The Martian - Andy Weir
8. Basic Keelboat - US Sailing Association
9. A Walk Across America - Peter Jenkins
10. The Single Best Investment - Lowell Miller
11. Fooled by Randomness - Nicholas Nassim Taleb
12. Margin of Safety: Seth Klarman
13. Freedom - Jonathan Franzen
14. I Didn't Know I Could Do That - Tony Perrone
15. The Elegance of the Hedgehog - Muriel Barbery
16. City of Thieves - David Benioff
17. The Arm: Inside the Billion Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports - Jeff Passan
18. Purity - Jonathan Franzen
19. A Dance with Dragons - George R.R. Martin


I decided to focus more on page #s rather than # of books. This way I could read what I wanted to read instead of focusing on books I could finish in a week. So I switched to shooting for 16k pages, which would be an average of a 320 page book per week.

Now reading: Nexus - Ramez Naam

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« Reply #432 on: July 21, 2016, 01:55:48 PM »


Books read in 2016:
1.  11/22/63 by Stephen King
2.  The Martian by Andy Weir
3. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
4. The New Good Life: Living Better in an Age of Less by John Robbins
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
6. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
7. My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
8. Wool (omnibus edition) by Hugh Howey
9. Shift by Hugh Howey
10. Dust by Hugh Howey
11.  Mythmaker:  The Life of J.R.R. Tolkien, by Anne Neimark
12.  Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood, by Lisa Damour
13. My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
14. Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison by Lois Lenski
15. Sand (omnibus edition) by Hugh Howey
16. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
17.  The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown
18. Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
19. The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
20. The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
21. Corridors of the Night by Anne Perry
22. Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters by Matt Ridley
23. How not to die by Michael Greger
24. Spark Joy by Marie Kondo
25.  Circling the Sun by Paula McLain

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« Reply #433 on: July 21, 2016, 09:23:03 PM »
50. Runaways by V.C. Andrews (a reread from my youth, also one off my bookshelf).
51. Murder in Paradise (Kate William)
52. Galapagos (Kurt Vonnegut)
53. Falling (Christopher Pike)
54. The Heart of the Canyon (Elisabeth Hyde)
55. The Diviners (Libba Bray)

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« Reply #434 on: July 22, 2016, 04:23:42 PM »
For anyone interested in a young adult fiction author, Libba Bray is excellent IMO. She is able to write in different genres and different time periods quite well. She has written about a dozen or so books, among which, there are two trilogies.

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« Reply #435 on: July 23, 2016, 12:52:30 PM »
1. Casino Royale by Ian Flemming
2. Gray Mountain by John Grisham
3: Dr. No by Ian Flemming
4: On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Flemming
5. Jesus the One and Only by Beth Moore
6. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
7. The catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
8. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by: Robert Louis Stevenson
9. The Paris Option by Robert Ludlum and Gayle Lynds
10. The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
11. UnPhiltered The way I see it by Phil Robertson and Mark Schlabach
12. The Battle plan for prayer by Stephan & Alex Kendrick
13. The Revenant by Michael Punke

14. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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« Reply #436 on: July 23, 2016, 03:51:36 PM »

 PopSugar 2016 book challenge list for the rest of the year (bolded text shows newly completed book):

1. A book based on a fairy tale - The Robber Bride - Margaret Atwood 3/2/16
2. A National Book Award winner - Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates. - so good. I am thankful that I read this book; I could say so much more but then I would be droning on and just . . EVERYONE SHOULD READ THIS!! Not only is it important because of the subject, but his writing is also beautiful.
3. A YA bestseller - Uglies by Scott Westerfeld 3/13/16 Pretties by Scott Westerfeld and also Specials by Scott Westerfeld. Trilogies kill me but I can't stop at just the first book. Apparently there was also a 4th book- Extras - read that too
4. A book you haven't read since high school -  Knight in Shining Armour - Jude Deveraux 3/16/2016 - this was a hoot to reread!
5. A book set in your home state A Girl Named Zippy - Haven Kimmel 4/20/16 Growing up in a small town in Indiana was pretty boring, reading this book about growing up in a small town in Indiana was also sort of boring. Ahh well.
6. A book translated to English  The Master and Margarita - Bulgakov 4/1/16
7. A romance set in the future - Devoted in Death- JD Robb 4/8/16 I've been reading the In Death series for the like the last 20 years so very happy the latest paperback fit into a category on this list.
8. A book set in Europe - The Vatican Princess by C.W. Gortner - it was fine. For some reason I can read endless HistFics about the Tudors and Plantagenets but for some reason I feel like books about the Borgias are all the same
9. A book under 150 pages - The Buddha in the Attic - Julie Otsuka 4/10/16 This was a beautiful book and a quick read and I highly recommend it. The story of Japanese "picture brides" who emigrated in the early 1900's - the book follows them to the WWII internment camps and was actually very timely.
10. A New York Times bestseller - Prince Lestate by Anne Rice - this book was actually awful. I've read most of the vampire chronicles and enjoyed the first several but should have remembered how blah the more recent ones were.
11. A book that's becoming a movie this year - You before Me by Jojo Moyes and Miss Peregrine's School for Peculiar Children (can't remember the author). I genuinely enjoyed Miss Peregrine's and will read the rest of the series and the Moyes was sort of fun in that it weirdly inverted the Manic Pixie Dreamgirl trope - but I don't know if it did that on purpose
12. A book recommended by someone you just met
13. A self-improvement book - All Joy No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenting by Jennifer Senior - great book. Was in the self help section at my library but not really a self help book.

Say Goodbye to Survival Mode by Crystal Paine - no good. Lots of bland and contradictory tips for being a mom , ie "stop trying to do it all", "Manage the Homefront", and "Discipline is not a bad word" - homemaker advice from a Christian perspective - not my jam.

14. A book you can finish in a day
15. A book written by a celebrity
16. A political memoir
17. A book at least 100 years older than you
18. A book that's more than 600 pages :Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Unset 2/24/16
19. A book from Oprah's Book Club
20. A science-fiction novel
21. A book recommended by a family member: Home by Marylin Robinson  2/20/16
22. A graphic novel
23. A book that is published in 2016
24. A book with a protagonist who has your occupation
25. A book that takes place during Summer
26. A book and its prequel
27. A murder mystery
28. A book written by a comedian
29. A dystopian novel
30. A book with a blue cover
31. A book of poetry
32. The first book you see in a bookstore
33. A classic from the 20th century
34. A book from the library
35. An autobiography
36. A book about a road trip
37. A book about a culture you're unfamiliar with City of Thorns by Ben Rawlence - about the largest refugee camp in the world (in Kenya) - sad but well structured book about two generations of refugees who seem to be forgotten by the rest of world
38. A satirical book
39. A book that takes place on an island: A Year of Ravens by Various Authors (takes place in Roman Britain) 1/5/16
40. A book that's guaranteed to bring you joy The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan - surprisingly well written chick lit by the authors of one of my favorite blogs.


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« Reply #437 on: July 23, 2016, 08:50:15 PM »
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1. The Legacy Journey by Dave Ramsey
2. The Undercover Economist by Tim Harford (chapter on price-targeting was particularly useful)
3. Books in My Baggage by Lawrence Clark Powell
4. Reading for the Love of It: Best Books for Young Readers by Michele Landsberg
5. Teach Your Own by John Holt & Pat Farenga
6. Your Money or Your Life by Robin & Dominguez
7. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
8. The Country Child by Allison Uttley
9. Plain and Simple: A Woman's Journey to the Amish by Sue Bender
10. Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and the Fall of Cars by Sam Schwartz
11. Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life by Richard Louv
12. The Nourishing Homestead by Ben Hewitt
13. Home Grown: Adventures in Parenting off the Beaten Path, Unschooling, and Reconnecting with the Natural World by Ben Hewitt
14. Saved: How I quit worrying about money and became the richest guy in the world by Ben Hewitt
15. Divorce Your Car! by Katie Alvord
16. The Resilient Farm and Homestead by Ben Falk
17. Top-Bar Beekeeping by Les Crowder
18. The Modern Survival Manual: Surviving the Economic Collapse by Fernando "Ferfal" Aguirre
19. The Water Is Wide by Pat Conroy
20. Down to Earth: A Guide to Simple Living by Rhonda Hetzel - excellent. Australian books are sometimes more appropriate for California topics than are "American" books.
21. No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Education by Abigail and Stephen Thernstrom
22. Beyond the Classroom: Why School Reform Has Failed and What Parents Need to Do by Laurence Steinberg
23. Helping Children Succeed by Paul Tough
24. Keeping Track: How Schools Structure Inequality by Jeannie Oakes
25. Real Education by Charles Murray

26. Rich Kid, Smart Kid by Robert Kiyosaki --> a very worthy financial-awareness review text for a grownup as well, intersects nicely with a lot of the unschooling philosophy I've read as well.
27. Rich Dad's Conspiracy of the Rich: The 8 New Rules of Money by Robert Kiyosaki
28. Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki
29. Finding Dollars for Family Fun: Creating Happy Memories on a Budget by Gwen Weising
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« Reply #438 on: July 24, 2016, 05:54:55 PM »

14. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

This one of my all-time favourite books!

Excellent book

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« Reply #439 on: July 24, 2016, 06:02:24 PM »
50. Runaways by V.C. Andrews (a reread from my youth, also one off my bookshelf).
51. Murder in Paradise (Kate William)
52. Galapagos (Kurt Vonnegut)
53. Falling (Christopher Pike)
54. The Heart of the Canyon (Elisabeth Hyde)
55. The Diviners (Libba Bray)
56. J-Cat & Other Stories (Charlie Souby)
I am editing this 200 page book, in addition to the beginning chapters (so far) of another book by the same author, this.one a novel.

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Re: 50 Books in 2016
« Reply #440 on: July 27, 2016, 02:22:48 PM »
Since Jan 1:

1. A Storm of Swords - George R.R. Martin
2. A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin
3. Dance of Dragons - George R.R. Martin
4. Barbarians of the Steppes - Audio lecture, The Great Courses
5. Vikings - Audio lecture, The Great Courses
6. Ancient Civilizations - Audio Lecture, The Great Courses
7. A Random Walk Down Wall Street - Burton Gordon Malkiel
8. Four Pillars of Investing - Williams J. Bernstein (reading now)
9. The Generals  - Thomas Ricks (next)
10. The Millionaire Next Door - Thomas J. Stanley (next)
11. Your Money or your Life - Vicki Robin (next)

Still need to read The Generals and Your Money or your Life.  Got interrupted by about 600 pages of professional journal articles since May. If I added those to this counter I'd be up to #30.  Adding the Big Short and Margin Call after reading the thread down in the Reading section.

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Re: 50 Books in 2016
« Reply #441 on: July 31, 2016, 09:47:33 PM »
Jan -1. Call the Midwife: Farewell to the East End  by Jennifer Worth
2. Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
3.  I am Scout: The Biography of Harper Lee by Charles J. Shields
Feb - 4. The Umbrella Man and Other Stories bu Roald Dahl
5.  Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
6.  A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby & the Great Betrayal  by Ben Macintyre
7.  Resistance by Barry Lopez
Mar - 8.  The Plague by Albert Camus
9.  The BFG by Roald Dahl
10. Above by Isla Morley
11. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
12.  The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
13.  Rediscover Jesus: An Invitation by Matthew Kelly
14.  See Me by Nicholas Sparks
15.  Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
Apr - 16.  Billy Straight by Jonathan Kellerman
17.  Momnipotent: The Not-So Perfect Woman's Guide to Catholic Motherhood by Danielle Bean
18.  Still Life by Louise Penny
19.  In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume
20.  The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
21.  When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
22.  Blink:  The Power of Thinking Without Thinking  by Malcolm Gladwell
23.  The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom
May - 24.  Eat Move Sleep: How Small Choices Lead to Big Changes by Tom Rath
25.  What Alice Forgot By Liane Moriarty
26.  Demon Dentist by David Walliams
27.  Paper Towns by John Green
28.  The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Jun - 29.  Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty
30. Acedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks and a Writer's Life by Kathleen Norris
31.  Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee
32.  Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman
Jul- 33. Stuart Little by E.B. White
34.  The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl
35.  Jumping Fire: A Smokejumper's Memoir of Fighting Wildfire by Murry A. Taylor
36.  Life of Pi by Yann Martel
 If I don't count the chapter books I read aloud to my children (and believe me, I don't count all of them since we've read about 20 Magic Treehouse books this year - I only count those that I picked for our bedtime reading), I'm at 30 for the year.

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Re: 50 Books in 2016
« Reply #442 on: August 01, 2016, 10:23:22 PM »
19. "The Black Viking" - Bergsveinn Birgisson (very interesting)
20. "Unimaginable rich": a story about the Norwegian oil fond. (great read)

I couldn't find any info on these, are they available in English?

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Re: 50 Books in 2016
« Reply #443 on: August 02, 2016, 01:29:19 PM »
50. Runaways by V.C. Andrews (a reread from my youth, also one off my bookshelf).
51. Murder in Paradise (Kate William)
52. Galapagos (Kurt Vonnegut)
53. Falling (Christopher Pike)
54. The Heart of the Canyon (Elisabeth Hyde)
55. The Diviners (Libba Bray)
56. J-Cat & Other Stories (Charlie Souby)
I am editing this 200 page book, in addition to the beginning chapters (so far) of another book by the same author, this.one a novel.
57. The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins)

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Re: 50 Books in 2016
« Reply #444 on: August 03, 2016, 09:02:38 AM »
My goal was 26 for the year.. Better start some serious reading!
In no specific order, my reads for 2016, so far:

1. Svetlana Alexievich - wars unwomanly face
2. Jean M Auel - the land of the painted caves
3. Richard McGill - Omamori
4. Haruki Murakami - the colorless Tsukuru Tazaki
5. Garrison Keiller - Lake Wobegon days

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Re: 50 Books in 2016
« Reply #445 on: August 03, 2016, 11:03:09 AM »
1. Looking For Alaska by John Green
2. Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
3. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
4. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
5. Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
6. Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
7. Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
8. Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
9. Room by Emma Donoghue
10. Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (for probably the 5th time)
11. A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin (FINALLY finished this)
12. Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick (ugh, talk about the movie being better than the book)
13. Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
14. Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
15. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
16. All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
17. Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
18. The Awakening by Kate Chopin
19. The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin
20. From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
21. Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
22. Notorious RBG by Shana Knizhnik and Irin Carmon
23. The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin

Currently reading Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

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Re: 50 Books in 2016
« Reply #446 on: August 04, 2016, 07:13:59 PM »
1."Economics on the tram"
2. Clockwork Angel - Cassandra Clare
3. The Twelve Clues of Christmas - Rhys Bowen (audiobook)
4. The Amulet vol 1-4 (graphic novels)
5-11. Septimus Heap vol 1-7 by Angie Sage (audiobooks. Childrens books but so hilarious!)
12-14. Secret Breakers vol 1-3 by H.L. Dennis (childrens books)
15-17. The Luck Uglies 1-3 by Paul Durham (great fun, I enjoy the nice and varied new children's books out there)
18. The Spook's Apprentice by Joseph Delaney (audiobook, really didn't care for this one)
19. "The Black Viking" - Bergsveinn Birgisson (very interesting)
20. "Unimaginable rich": a story about the Norwegian oil fond. (great read)
21-22. TodHunter Moon #1 and 2 by Angie Sage
23. Archie Greene and the magical museum by D.D. Everest (audiobook)
24-26. Hunger Games 1-3 by Suzanne Collins (audiobooks)
27. Meet me in Atlantis by Mark Adams (audiobook)
28. Red Queen - Victoria Aveyard
29. The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow - Katherine Woodfine
30. Indoor kitchen gardening by Elizabeth Millard (very informative)
31. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefwater (audiobook)
32. Uprooted by Naomi Novik
33. The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefwater (audiobook)
34. Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefwater (audiobook)
35. The Fog Diver by Joel N Ross
36. The Mystery of the Jewelled Moth by Katherine Woodfine
37. The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson (current)
38. The Raven King by Maggie Stiefwater (audiobook, current)
39. "All you want to know about Economics but never dared ask" (current)

19. "The Black Viking" - Bergsveinn Birgisson (very interesting)
20. "Unimaginable rich": a story about the Norwegian oil fond. (great read)

I couldn't find any info on these, are they available in English?
I'm afraid not. The first I do believe will (eventually) be translated. The last I imagine never will, even though it makes for a very informative and not-dull read on economics.
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Re: 50 Books in 2016
« Reply #447 on: August 09, 2016, 11:16:51 AM »
1. Looking For Alaska by John Green
2. Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
3. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
4. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
5. Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
6. Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
7. Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
8. Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
9. Room by Emma Donoghue
10. Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (for probably the 5th time)
11. A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin (FINALLY finished this)
12. Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick (ugh, talk about the movie being better than the book)
13. Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
14. Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
15. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
16. All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
17. Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
18. The Awakening by Kate Chopin
19. The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin
20. From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
21. Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
22. Notorious RBG by Shana Knizhnik and Irin Carmon
23. The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
24. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling (not really) (also not impressed)

Currently reading American Heiress

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Re: 50 Books in 2016
« Reply #448 on: August 10, 2016, 12:14:55 PM »
1. Casino Royale by Ian Flemming
2. Gray Mountain by John Grisham
3: Dr. No by Ian Flemming
4: On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Flemming
5. Jesus the One and Only by Beth Moore
6. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
7. The catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
8. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by: Robert Louis Stevenson
9. The Paris Option by Robert Ludlum and Gayle Lynds
10. The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
11. UnPhiltered The way I see it by Phil Robertson and Mark Schlabach
12. The Battle plan for prayer by Stephan & Alex Kendrick
13. The Revenant by Michael Punke
14. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

15. Dracula by Bram Stoker

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Re: 50 Books in 2016
« Reply #449 on: August 15, 2016, 09:54:20 AM »
50. Runaways by V.C. Andrews (a reread from my youth, also one off my bookshelf).
51. Murder in Paradise (Kate William)
52. Galapagos (Kurt Vonnegut)
53. Falling (Christopher Pike)
54. The Heart of the Canyon (Elisabeth Hyde)
55. The Diviners (Libba Bray)
56. J-Cat & Other Stories (Charlie Souby)
I am editing this 200 page book, in addition to the beginning chapters (so far) of another book by the same author, this.one a novel.
57. The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins)
58. Cream Puff Murder (Joanne Fluke)
59. Whisper of Death (Christopher Pike)