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message 1: by Melaslithos (last edited Jan 01, 2016 09:10AM) (new)

Melaslithos | 1645 comments Happy new year everyone! I wish you all a great 2016, with lots of great reading!

So, what are your plans for this first month of this new year?

For my part, I would like to read:
El-L'Ben by Georges Galunaud The Ten Thousand Things by Maria Dermoût Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher, #1) by Kerry Greenwood Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Death and the Kings Horseman by Wole Soyinka


message 2: by Ana (last edited Jan 01, 2016 12:33PM) (new)

Ana (anaslair) | 2312 comments Mod
Honestly, at this point I just want to get Probably Monsters by Ray Cluley over and done with.

Even though I re-signed up for the Netgalley challenge, I would also like to read a paperback this month, not sure sure which yet.
I am hesitating between Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury , The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North and my latest purchase The Man from Primrose Lane A Novel by James Renner .

Would anyone be up for a buddy read of any of those? It would definitely help me decide hehe.

I have a few books I got for free from Tony Bertauski newsletter, need to get on those sometime soon since I have really enjoyed his Halfskin trilogy.

Oh and I got The Ice Twins by S.K. Tremayne from Netgalley a while back, I have heard good things about that one so might be a good choice from Netgalley. Everytime I browse through my list of books from them all I can do is sigh. Feels like more of the same, you know? Hard to pick something.

Alas, too many plans, too little time. I'll probably only manage 2 or 3 books again so no use getting my hopes up.
Would be nice to do a buddy read though, I always enjoy those.


message 3: by Melaslithos (new)

Melaslithos | 1645 comments I love Fahrenheit 451! Unfortunately, I lent my copy to someone ages ago, and he never gave it back to me... Since then, I moved and we kind of lost contact. I'll probably not join in a buddy read of it because I already have a lot planed, but I can only recommend it.


message 4: by Ana (new)

Ana (anaslair) | 2312 comments Mod
Eh, oki. Sorry you lost your book! Sounds like a great classic, I keep hearing about it.


message 5: by Kandice (new)

Kandice I have been struggling through Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell for over a month so just want to finish that!

No other plans.


message 6: by Melaslithos (last edited Jan 31, 2016 09:11AM) (new)

Melaslithos | 1645 comments The month is not finished yet, but I am leaving tomorrow night for, so I thought it was a good time for me to do a summary of this month's reading.

I have been in quite a slump all January, with very little energy, including for reading. So I managed to read only the two first books mentionned in my first post above. Although I will have a long flight on the 31st, and I might cram a little bit more reading in there.

So for now, my tally for this month is:
El-L'Ben by Georges Galunaud The Ten Thousand Things by Maria Dermoût

edit: I couldn't sleep much in the plane, so took a little time to read. Which means I am adding these books to the list above:
Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher, #1) by Kerry Greenwood Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe


message 7: by Ana (last edited Jan 31, 2016 12:38PM) (new)

Ana (anaslair) | 2312 comments Mod
Wow you read the same amount of books in a day than the rest of the month. Nice!

I have been very tired as well with little time to read. When I do get a few minutes, my focus is affected from tiredness, so I feel I am not getting the most of them.

I still managed to read 5, which I for one think is pretty good, considering the month I had:

Probably Monsters by Ray Cluley Halfskin (The Vignettes) by Tony Bertauski Astrum Divinus by John D. Christopher The Red Mohawk by Anonymous Lock In A Novel of the Near Future by John Scalzi


message 8: by Melaslithos (new)

Melaslithos | 1645 comments Ana wrote: "Wow you read the same amount of books in a day than the rest of the month. Nice!

That's what happened when you are stuck in a tiny space in the air, with nowhere to go, nothing else to do (I never watch the movies on the planes, I find the sound & video quality far too bad for that) and that you are too incomfortable to sleep!


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