2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

My goal for 2022 is to read 2 books a month, 1 fiction and 1 non-fiction.
Last year I managed to read 14 books, so I'm setting my hopes up for this year!

Good luck to everyone with their 2022 reading goals!

1. The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin

Best of luck with your reading challenge! What did you think of The Three-Body Problem? It's been on my TBR for quite a while, but haven't gotten around to it.

I really liked it, i gave it 4 stars. If you are into hard sci-fi, it's for you!

2. Pleased to Meet Me: Genes, Germs, and the Curious Forces That Make Us Who We Are by Bill Sullivan
It was an interesting book, but didn't live up to my expectations. 3/5

3. Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez
A short but fascinating story. 4/5

4. Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The writing is magnificent, the story heartbreaking. One of the best books I have ever read. 5/5
Also, I read it in english, which isn't my mother tongue, so I learned a lot of beautiful english words!

5. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
It is a retelling of Iliad, focusing on the relationship of Achilles and Patroclus. To be honest, I wasn't immeadiately hooked, but by the time the book gets to Troy, I was deeply immersed in their story. Their relationship was so beautiful and their love for each other was unconditional. I was crying by the end. 5/5

I know my original plan was to read 1 fiction and 1 non-fiction every month, but right now I'm much more interested in fiction, so I'll set aside the non-fiction books for now, but I think later in the year I'll get back to them.

Books of 2022:


1) The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
2) Pleased to Meet Me: Genes, Germs, and the Curious Forces That Make Us Who We Are by Bill Sullivan
3) Chronicle of a Death Foretold78] by Gabriel García Márquez
4) Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
5) The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
6) The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order by
7) Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
8) Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

I've managed to read 3 books since my last post, so I am back on track!

6. The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order by Samuel P. Huntington
This was a particularly difficult book, with a lot of thought-provoking ideas. It's content is still pertinent to this day, definitely worth reading. 4/5

7. Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
This book is considered his masterpiece, and I couldn't agree more. It just made me realize how much I love russian literature. 4/5

8. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
It is considered one of the greatest novels off all time, and with a good reason. I was captivated by this book, and I just never wanted it to end. (And with almost 1000 pages, it took me some time to read it.) It was a long time ago, when I last felt this way about a book. Tolstoy was a genius, and we have a lot to learn from him about human nature and society.
If you want to read only one book this year, it must be Anna Karenina. 5/5

In the last two months I didn't have as much time to read as I wished, due to work and university responsbilities, but I still managed to read 3 books:

9. Games People Play by Eric Berne
Interesting book, I recognised some 'games' I also play sometimes. 3/5

10. Normal People by Sally Rooney
This was my first book from this author, and I really enjoyed it. The writing style of the dialogues took some time to get used to though. The story was interesting, and felt real, as if it could be about anyone. In the future I defenetely plan to read more of her books. 5/5

11. Kerozene by Adeline Dieudonné
I got this book for my birthday. I really liked it' absurdity. Every story was a bit different, yet distressing in a similar way. 5/5