Reading 1001 discussion

1. TBR lists must be posted for the year by December 25. If you missed getting your list posted, you still can. Just complete your list omitting the months that have already been called.
2. You must read your TBR in the month that it is picked. January book cannot be started until January 1 and it must be finished by the end of the month to receive the points. If you miss a month you must start over in point counting.
3. Points received for completed books are;

1 point each for reading 1st and 2nd book
2 points each for 3rd and 4th book
3 points each for 5th and 6th book
4 points each for 7th and 8th book
5 points each for books 9-12

4. After June's book you are able to reset your list before the July book is called. It is the only time for a reset. If you accidentally read a book early your choice is to reread the book or to start over in the point counting.

Look what I found at the bottom of Santa's sack! It's a #4! What will you be reading from your TBR shelf to start 2025?

Season’s greetings everyone! I will be reading Possession by AS Byatt for my #4. I’ve started it twice before and only read the first few pages, so let’s hope 2025 is the year I crack it!

I found The Heather Blazing will be starting off my TBR takedown. Merry Christmas everyone.

Heather Blazing has been on my shelf since 2010 and I think it has been on the TBR for many years. Time to get it read!

My #4 is City Primeval one of my favorite authors really looking forward to this one.

I will be reading 10:04 by Ben Lerner, which is also on the NYT "100 Best Books of the Century" list. So killing two birds with one stone.

I've read City Primeval, Wayne. I have 10:04 but haven't readit yet, Jane.

4. Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker

My #4 is the Betrothed. It has been on my TBR shelf forever. So much for getting a head start on Genji or The Idiot. Why I have a 720 page book on my TBR shelf is beyond me but I really do want to read this book.

My #4 is If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino

Gail wrote: "My #4 is the Betrothed. It has been on my TBR shelf forever. So much for getting a head start on Genji or The Idiot. Why I have a 720 page book on my TBR shelf is beyond me but I really do want to ..."

Nothing like a time crunch to spur you on. Good luck.

It's the 13th month in a row that the randomiser does not pick a French book for me, despite having 6 on my list last year and 8 this year. The probability of such a bad streak happening is 0.46% or about 1 in 218...

Anyway, my #4 is To The North by Elizabeth Bowen.

Gail wrote: "My #4 is the Betrothed. It has been on my TBR shelf forever. So much for getting a head start on Genji or The Idiot. Why I have a 720 page book on my TBR shelf is beyond me but I really do want to ..."

This pretty much assures that The Betrothed will be a quarterly read next year. That book has been nominated every year.

Maddy wrote: "My #4 is If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino"

Good luck with this! I struggled with it, but it was an interesting exercise in writing and reading.

Starting 2025 with Joseph von Eichendorff and his Life of a Good-for-Nothing. It's a novella, but I'll be reading it in the original so it will probably take me the full month. I'm glad. I've read only in English in 2024, and I really want to maintain my other languages, so this is starting the year right.

I have 4. Les Enfants Terribles - Jean Cocteau. I have this in English, although Penguin have kept the French title.

Looks like I will be starting the year with Ficciones, by Jorge Luis Borges.

Kristel wrote: "Gail wrote: "My #4 is the Betrothed. It has been on my TBR shelf forever. So much for getting a head start on Genji or The Idiot. Why I have a 720 page book on my TBR shelf is beyond me but I reall..."

I thought that also Kristel.

How are those New Year's resolutions going? Still sticking with them? If doing the TBR challenge is one of them, then you will be reading your #14 in February. Which book will it be?

My #14 is Summer by Edith Wharton.

14 seems like the perfect number for February :) I have the Old Devils, which may also be very apropos

My #14 is The 39 Steps

My #14 is American Pastoral by Philip Roth. There are quite a few by Roth on the list so it will be good to cross one off.

Well, #14 as in 14th month in a row without a book to read in French from the TBR challenge. 0.298% chance of happening (1 in 335). My #14 is Cigarettes by Harry Matthews.

My 14 is Dr. Zhivago which has been on my tbr for many years. Guess it's time.

Jenna wrote: "14 seems like the perfect number for February :) I have the Old Devils, which may also be very apropos"

I read that one last year as a tbr takedown. I will look forward to your thoughts.

Patrick wrote: "Well, #14 as in 14th month in a row without a book to read in French from the TBR challenge. 0.298% chance of happening (1 in 335). My #14 is Cigarettes by Harry Matthews."

This is crazy!!

My #14 is Margaret Atwood's Surfacing. It sounds dark and depressing, so perfect for February.

My 14 is The Artamonov Business by Maxim Gorky. Looking forward to it!

The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble. I have had this book on my list for years.

Pamela wrote: "My #14 is American Pastoral by Philip Roth. There are quite a few by Roth on the list so it will be good to cross one off."

Pamela this is my favorite Roth. I hope you like it.

My number 14 is Martin Eden by Jack London. I didn't even know I had that book, so I will have to hunt it down!
ETA: I have it in audio - a freebie, I think.

My book for #14 is Suite Francaise, by Irene Nemirovsky. I just found this book at a bag-of-books sale in October, and know nothing about it.

Jamie wrote: "My book for #14 is Suite Francaise, by Irene Nemirovsky. I just found this book at a bag-of-books sale in October, and know nothing about it."

She is a wonderful writer. Enjoy the book.

Jamie wrote: "My book for #14 is Suite Francaise, by Irene Nemirovsky. I just found this book at a bag-of-books sale in October, and know nothing about it."

It is a good one. A nice find.

Several of my favorite books being read this month! I also liked the Nemirovsky. And Dr Zhivago is great - this was an early pandemic read for me, which was perfect. And I love all of Edith Wharton and all the early Atwood (although college was so long ago, I can't actually remember much of Surfacing, lol).

Happy reading everyone :)

My # 14 is Simon and the Oaks. A good one for a short month, especially after my 720 page # 4 for January.

Gail wrote: "My # 14 is Simon and the Oaks. A good one for a short month, especially after my 720 page # 4 for January."

I hope you enjoy Simon and the Oaks. I still remember that book so vividly. Congratulations on reading a 720 page book in a month!

The TBR number for March is #12. What has luck brought you for your reading pleasure?

Shirley by Charlotte Brontë is my #12.

12 for me is Death in Venice. I'm excited for it. It's another one I have in the original German, so it will be a bit of a challenge.

#12 is The Glimpses of the Moon. It will be a second reading for me but I am on a bit of a Wharton kick anyway so all is good.

12. The Passion by Jeanette Winterson

My #12 is The Lambs of London. A welcome break from Genji for a week or so.

My #12 is Coming Up For Air by Orwell.

My #12 is Pastoralia by George Saunders. Short stories will be a nice departure from my recent reads.

My #12 is Snow by Orhan Pamuk.

I have 10:04 by Ben Lerner. I'm intrigued by this one. I know very little about it or the author.

My #12 is The Robber Bride. I have finished both my Jan and Feb books, so hopefully March will be good too even though the book is a bit on the longer side.

My #12 is the Dictionary of the Khazars by Pavic, which I will read... IN FRENCH! Finally, after 15 months, the randomiser picks one of my TBR books in French. Let's see whether this is the beginning of a new streak!