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I deleted my last comment because copy and paste on a smart phone is nearly impossible, as well as being in the wrong thread.

This is my 12 + 4 for 2022. It includes some books that I never got around to reading, as well as some new ones, and will probably be different than in previous years.

Because of the wonky add book search feature, I won't use any links.

The Dirty Dozen:
1. The Pioneers by James Fenimore Cooper
2. A Pirate Looks at Fifty by Jimmy Buffett Finished 7 March 2022.
3. Five Equations That Changed The World by Michael Guillen Finished 31 January 2022.
4. The Man Who Loved Only Numbers by Paul Hoffman Finished 16 January 2022.
5. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas Finished 17 June 2022.
6. The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
7. The Odyssey by Homer
8. Chart Toppers by Bob Brunning
9. Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle
10. History of the United States by Charles A. and Mary R. Beard
11. A Girl's Ride in Iceland by Ethel Brilliana Alec-Tweedy Finished 2 June 2022.
12. Paradise Lost by John Milton

The Filthy Four Alternates:
A1. Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
A2. The Best of Richard Matheson by Richard Matheson
A3. My Philadelphia by Larry Kane
A4. The Fog by Rich Shapero

Jim

Great list, Jim! Glad you joined this challenge! I’ve heard of Paradise Lost and Three Musketeers and know of them. Great luck with your challenge! 🐾

Interesting, unusual selections! From what I can infer, those books look like they'll take close to a month each in some cases.

I've read the Deerslayer by Cooper and have Last of the Mohicans on my bookshelf. Good luck with The Pioneers. I enjoyed Clan of the Cave Bear many years ago. I've only read I Am Legend by Matheson and enjoyed so should try more of his writing. I hope you enjoy your selections. You seem to have an interesting mix.

What a great list. I've read The Three Musketeers, The Odyssey, and Paradise Lost and enjoyed them all. I've also technically read The Clan of the Cave Bear, but it was before GR, and I don't remember much about it, so I never count it! Happy reading!

I'm so glad you decided to redo your list and do the challenge, Jim

Good luck and happy reading

I updated my list to reflect my first book read in 2022; namely, The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdős and the Search for Mathematical Truth by Paul Hoffman, an oral biography of Hungary's most prolific mathematician. The book isn't as dry as the title would make it seem; Hoffman peppers it with humor so that the text, which details the subject's brilliance at maths but utter helplessness at anything else, doesn't dehydrate the reader. A number geek, I loved it, a book I bought at a place called The Bookyard for $US3.00.

I've updated my list to reflect finishing A Pirate Looks at Fifty by the singer Jimmy Buffett (born 25 December 1946 in Pascagoula, MS USA). This is a memoir about the "Man From Margaritaville's" ("Margaritaville", from his 1977 album *Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes*, is inarguably his most famous song) 50th birthday year. A licensed pilot, Buffett talks about fishing, his home, the sea and seaplanes. The title is a play on the title of one of his greatest songs, "A Pirate Looks At Forty", from his 1974 album, *A1A*. I gave it 5 stars. After finishing it, I listened to his first eleven albums on YouTube.

I didn't binge on maths after finishing Michael Guillen's Five Equations That Changed the World (4 stars), but I did pull out one of my college textbooks and try a few problems.