75 Books...More or Less! discussion

2008 edition
2009 edition
2010 edition
2011 edition
2012 edition
2013 edition

2015 edition
2016 edition
2017 edition

Paper books/ebooks:
1. Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga by Hunter S. Thompson, finished January 7.
2. Systems Thinking: Coping with 21st Century Problems by John T. Boardman and Brian Sauser, finished January 19.
3. Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon, finished February 10.
4. The Tinkerers: The Amateurs, DIYers, and Inventors Who Make America Great by Alec Foege, finished February 18.
5. Rich Mullins: A Devotional Biography: An Arrow Pointing to Heaven by James Bryan Smith, finished February 18.
6. Reamde by Neal Stephenson, finished February 26.
7. A Field Guide to Your Own Back Yard: A Seasonal Guide to the Flora & Fauna of the Eastern U.S. by John Hanson Mitchell, finished March 22.
8. The Finished Scholar by William H. Murray, finished March 24.
9. Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States by George R. Stewart, finished March 24.
10. The Divine Invasion by Philip K. Dick, finished March 29.
11. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed, finished April 16.
12. The Transhumanist Wager by Zoltan Istvan, finished April 25.
13. Counting from Zero by Alan B. Johnston, finished April 27.
14. A Sand County Almanac with Other Essays on Conservation from Round River by Aldo Leopold, finished April 27.
15. Microserfs by Douglas Coupland, finished May 3.
16. Galveston by Nic Pizzolatto, finished May 5.
17. The Journals of Lewis and Clark, finished June 14.
18. Peachtree Creek: A Natural and Unnatural History of Atlanta's Watershed by David R. Kaufman, finished June 17.
19. The Wild Places by Robert Macfarlane, finished June 25.
20. A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit, finished June 29.
21. Sword Art Online: Aincrad by Reki Kawahara, finished July 10.
22. Wildwood by Colin Meloy, finished July 16.
23. Wildwood: A Journey through Trees by Roger Deakin, finished July 21.
24. Sightlines: A Conversation with the Natural World by Kathleen Jamie, finished July 24.
25. The Longest Walk: An Odyssey of the Human Spirit by George Meegan, finished July 28.
26. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman, finished July 31.
27. Sword Art Online: Aincrad, Vol. 2 by Reki Kawahara, finished September 11.
28. Trail Magic and the Art of Soft Pedaling: Mountain biking 3,000 miles along the Continental Divide by Scott Thigpen, finished September 17.
29. Under Wildwood by Colin Meloy, finished September 23.
30. Wildwood Imperium by Colin Meloy, finished September 27.
31. Keeping a Nature Journal: Discover a Whole New Way of Seeing the World Around You by Clare Walker Leslie and Charles E. Roth, finished September 28.
32. My 80 Years in Atlanta by Sara Huff, finished October 7.
33. Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream by Andrés Duany, finished October 22.
34. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, finished November 14.
35. Shift by Hugh Howey, finished November 16.
36. Dust by Hugh Howey, finished November 20.
37. The Life Engineered by J-F Dubeau, finished November 25.
38. Coraline by Neil Gaiman, finished November 26.
39. Seeing Further: Ideas, Endeavours, Discoveries and Disputes — The Story of Science Through 350 Years of the Royal Society edited by Bill Bryson, finished November 30.
40. Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv, finished November 30.
41. Augie and the Green Knight by Zachary Weiner, finished December 1.
42. Sword Art Online Fairy Dance by Reki Kawahara, finished December 18.
43. Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout by Philip Connors, read for the Nature Literature group, finished December 25.

Audio books:
1. The Yosemite by John Muir, finished January 16.
2. The Biography of a Grizzly by Ernest Thompson Seton, finished January 22.
3. Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin by Maurice Leblanc, finished January 25.
4. Walden by Henry David Thoreau, finished February 24.
5. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, finished March 17.
6. The Legend of Drizzt: The Collected Stories by R.A. Salvatore, finished November 4.
7. The Martian by Andy Weir, finished November 5.
8. Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker by Kevin D. Mitnick, finished November 17.
9. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out by Richard P. Feynman, finished November 30.

Art books:
1. Walking the Line by Richard Long, finished January 11.
2. Landmarks of a New Generation: User's Manual by The Getty Conservation Institute, finished January 23.
3. Árbol Caído by Miguel Ángel Blanco, finished January 23.
4. Ansel Adams in the National Parks, finished February 10.
5. Andy Goldsworthy: A Collaboration with Nature by Andy Goldsworthy, finished April 4.
6. Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Through the Gates and Beyond by Jan Greenberg, finished April 11.
7. Land Art by Michael Lailach, finished June 15.
8. World of Environmental Design: Landscape Art, finished June 17.
9. Art & Place: Site-Specific Art of the Americas, finished June 29.
10. Holloway by Robert Macfarlane, Stanley Donwood, & Dan Richards, finished July 7.

Favorite fiction book: The Martian by Andy Weir
Favorite nonfiction book: The Wild Places by Robert Macfarlane
Favorite audio book: The Martian by Andy Weir
Favorite art book: Walking the Line by Richard Long

I guess my goal for this year is 50. Last year I only read 7, so I think I'll be doing better than that anyway!

Good luck! Make this the year to read more! :)

Mollie, Happy New Year! Good luck to you on your goal. I had a very low number of books last year (only 8) so I'm right there with you.

1. Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga by Hunter S. Thompson, finished January 7.

2. Walking the Line by Richard Long, finished January 11.

3. The Yosemite by John Muir, finished January 16.

4. Systems Thinking: Coping with 21st Century Problems by John T. Boardman and Brian Sauser, finished January 19.

5. The Biography of a Grizzly by Ernest Thompson Seton, finished January 22.

6. Landmarks of a New Generation: User's Manual by The Getty Conservation Institute, finished January 23.

7. Árbol Caído by Miguel Ángel Blanco, finished January 23.

8. Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin by Maurice Leblanc, finished January 25.

You're off to a great start, Mollie! Good luck making it to 50!

Thanks!

9. Ansel Adams in the National Parks, finished February 10.

10. Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon, finished February 10.

11. The Tinkerers: The Amateurs, DIYers, and Inventors Who Make America Great by Alec Foege, finished February 18.
12. Rich Mullins: A Devotional Biography: An Arrow Pointing to Heaven by James Bryan Smith, finished February 18.

I have a cold, so I suspect I'll finish a lot of books this week.

13. Walden by Henry David Thoreau, finished February 24.

...Or maybe not a "lot", thanks to this enormous one:

14. Reamde by Neal Stephenson, finished February 26.

15. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, finished March 17.

16. A Field Guide to Your Own Back Yard: A Seasonal Guide to the Flora & Fauna of the Eastern U.S. by John Hanson Mitchell, finished March 22.

17. The Finished Scholar by William H. Murray, finished March 24.

I think I started this in 2013. Finally finished!

18. Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States by George R. Stewart, finished March 24.

19. The Divine Invasion by Philip K. Dick, finished March 29.

I am sooooo cheating this year with all the art books :P

20. Andy Goldsworthy: A Collaboration with Nature by Andy Goldsworthy, finished April 4.

21. Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Through the Gates and Beyond by Jan Greenberg, finished April 11.

22. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed, finished April 16.

23. The Transhumanist Wager by Zoltan Istvan, finished April 25.

24. Counting from Zero by Alan B. Johnston, finished April 27.

25. A Sand County Almanac with Other Essays on Conservation from Round River by Aldo Leopold, finished April 27.

26. Microserfs by Douglas Coupland, finished May 3.

I don't often re-read books, but I guess I could more often. I read this one about 10 years ago, and I remembered liking it, but the only thing I remembered about it was that it was partially set at Microsoft (kinda obvious from the title) and that most of the story wasn't at Microsoft. That's all I remembered.

27. Galveston by Nic Pizzolatto, finished May 5.

28. The Journals of Lewis and Clark, finished June 14.

29. Land Art by Michael Lailach, finished June 15.

30. World of Environmental Design: Landscape Art, finished June 17.

31. Peachtree Creek: A Natural and Unnatural History of Atlanta's Watershed by David R. Kaufman, finished June 17.

Hi, Mollie! Looks like you are well on track for hitting your personal goal of 50 books this year. You certainly have covered a lot of ground with your book selections this year - different genres and topics. Most interesting!

Thanks! There's been a sort of nature theme, but the books that aren't in that theme are all over the place, it's true. I'm glad you're enjoying my reading list :)

Also, I should note that my new goal is to read 50 books, not including the art books.

32. The Wild Places by Robert Macfarlane, finished June 25.

Mollie wrote: "Thanks! There's been a sort of nature theme, but the books that aren't in that theme are all over the place, it's true...

Also, I should note that my new goal is to read 50 books, not including the art books..."

Good luck on your NEW goal - I'm sure you can make it!

33. A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit, finished June 29.

34. Art & Place: Site-Specific Art of the Americas, finished June 29.

35. Holloway by Robert Macfarlane, Stanley Donwood, & Dan Richards, finished July 7.

36. Sword Art Online: Aincrad by Reki Kawahara, finished July 10.

37. Wildwood by Colin Meloy, finished July 16.

38. Wildwood: A Journey through Trees by Roger Deakin, finished July 21.

Yes, I did just read two books named Wildwood. I found that one while looking for this one.

Go Molly go!

39. Sightlines: A Conversation with the Natural World by Kathleen Jamie, finished July 24.

40. The Longest Walk: An Odyssey of the Human Spirit by George Meegan, finished July 28.