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In making 2023 goals I almost want to read the next book in every series I have already started. BUT I don't add whole series at once to my list so I wouldn't be getting anywhere lol
2023 now starting book 5. I guess I missed this goal but I will trudge on.
1) Longest-sitting fiction and nonfiction on TBR2) Really look at whole TBR and organize it
3) 4 WoT (5 6 7 8)
4) Read 20k pages (not counting audio)
I read the longest-sitting non-fictions (Bottleneckers and On the Wings of an Eagle) this year. Next year the longest sitting non-fic will be The Inner Life of Animals BUT the longest-sitting book is fiction: Crime and Punishment. I will either read it or remove it from my list in 2023!
Picked back up months later with #4 and finished it. Started reading #5 (only about 10% through def won't make it in 2022) and enjoying the series again. I will probably finish this series but not as quickly as I had hoped.
Periodic Tales read w a buddy read+428
The Royal Art of Poison also a buddy read
+304
A Taste for Poison, same person buddy read
+304
A Short History of Russia
+224
The Nineties
+384
A Thousand Brains
+288
The Shadow Rising (WoT #4)
+1007
The Cartographers *****
+392
Bottleneckers
+372+
Lord of the Flies
+182
The Violinist's Thumb
+401
Longitude
+184
Ranger Confidential
+256
Out Cold
+272
The Philosopher and the Druids
+221
Hour of the Witch
+406
You're Not Listening *****
+278
The Professor and the Madman
+288
The Power of Geography
+360
Shop Class as Soulcraft *****
+241
+6571 Total
=14,850 pages this year
Syria's Secret Library: Reading and Redemption in a Town Under Siege by Mike Thomson
This was read with the NFBC for a BotM May 2022.
320 Pages (+7959=8,279)
On Wings of Eagles by Ken Follett
Buddy Read NFBC April 2022
416 Pages (+7543=7,959 Pages)
This is my reading through the end of April.
My goal of 20k pages for the year means that each 1/3 of the year (every 4 months) I need to read 6.666 pages. I am ahead of schedule! Let's see how it goes now that I'm starting my new job!
Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time by Jeff Speck
Read as a Buddy Read with NFBC April 2022
321 Pages (+7122=7,543 Pages)
Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson
Read as a Buddy Read (NFBC) April 2022
365 Pages (+6757=7,122 Pages)
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics by Tim Marshall
Read as a Buddy Read (NFBC) April 2022
256 Pages (+6,501=6,757 pages)
In the middle of #4...struggling a little bit.I think the ending will ramp up a bit but the middle of a 1,000 page book is a looong middle. THEN that book is only #4 of like 14 books so it's a very long middle, indeed.
I'm wanting less battle and more about the mythology of the world in the different cultures. I know there's a lot of story left but we still don't have a great grasp on the characterization of the white and yellow ajahs. I like the Aiel/Way of the Leaf split that came up.
OMG! I need to quit reading the bibliography and suggested reading sections of books...I bet I've added 80 books this year!
Finished #3 wasn't as good as #1 and #2Did listen to a few chapters but counted them all as 'read' since it was only a few chapters just to see how the audio is. It's okay but I really feel that I got more 'into it' with real reading.
Will continue on to #4 but have 4 buddy read commitments over next 3 weeks will focus on those.
The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan
624 pages (+5877=6,501 pages read in 2022; slightly ahead of goal)
The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe by Matthew Gabriele
Read with NonFiction Book Club Feb 2022 Buddy Read
307 pages (+5570=5,877 pages)
The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design by Roman Mars
Read with Non Fiction Book Club March Buddy Read
384 pages (+3186= 5570 pages)
Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber
Read w Non Fiction Book Club buddy read Feb 2022
534 pages (+ 2652 = 3186)
3186 cumulative pages read 2022...on track for goal but barely
