2013 Reading Challenge/Goal

Orlion · Last edited by Orlion on Sat Oct 10, 2020 4:11 pm; edited 1 time in total

So, because I liked the previous 50 books in 50 weeks thread, I decided to revive it, brand new, for 2013! Of course, there is one key difference: You decide on your goal. It could be a specific list, or a specific amount, in either case post your book goal(s) for this year in this thread!
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Orlion · Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 3:52 am Post subject:

My goal(s) this year: Read 60 books. This would include my grand re-read of Thomas Covenant before the release of the final Thomas Covenant book and my Spanish language books.

60 Books Goal:
1)The Storyteller- Mario Vargas Llosa
2) A Storm of Swords- George R. R. Martin
3) The Hero of Ages- Brandon Sanderson
4) Elantris- Brandon Sanderson
5) The Left Hand of Darkness- Author unknown.
6) A Farewell to Arms- Ernest Hemingway
7) The Neverending Story- Michael Ende
Cool

A Short History of England- Simon Jenkins
9) For Whom the Bell Tolls- Ernest Hemingway
10) The Old Man and the Sea- Ernest Hemingway
11) Death of a Revolutionary: Che Guevara's Last Mission- Richard L. Harris
12) The Sound and the Fury- William Faulkner
13) Consider Phlebas- Iain M. Banks
14) Life of Pi- Yann Martel
15) The Eye in the Pyramid- Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson.
16) The Deep- John Crowley
17) Time's Arrow- Martin Amis
1 Cool

Beasts- John Crowley
19) The Golden Apple- Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson
20) Engine Summer- John Crowley
21) The Solitudes- John Crowley
22) Love & Sleep- John Crowley
23) Daemonomania- John Crowley
24) Endless Things- John Crowley
25) Killing Floor- Lee Child
26) The Alloy of Law- Brandon Sanderson
27) The Emperor's Soul- Brandon Sanderson
2 Cool

Blood and Bone- Ian C Esslemont
29) The Illustrated Man- Ray Bradbury
30) Song of the Beast- Carol Berg
31) Tuf Voyaging- George RR Martin
32) Dubliners- James Joyce
33) A Question of Upbringing- Anthony Powell
34) The Player of Games- Iain M. Banks
35) A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies- Bartolome de las Casas
36) The Last Dark- Stephen R Donaldson
37) The Devil's Dictionary- Ambrose Bierce
3 Cool

The Stranger- Albert Camus

Shakespeare Goal:
1) King Henry the Sixth Part 1
2) King Henry the Sixth Part 2
3) King Henry the Sixth Part 3
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'Tis dream to think that Reason can
Govern the reasoning creature, man.
- Herman Melville

I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all!

"All creation is a huge, ornate, imaginary, and unintended fiction; if it could be deciphered it would yield a single shocking word."
-John Crowley

sgt.null · Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 4:44 am Post subject:

to read more often period. finish the Dome and start on Gravity's Rainbow...
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Avatar · Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 5:49 am Post subject:

I will read every book I lay my hands on over the course of the year. Very Happy

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I'm Murrin · Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 7:19 am Post subject:

Better be careful not to run your hand over the spines while looking for things in the bookshop, then. Wink

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deer of the dawn · Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 3:40 pm Post subject:

Continue the Grand Re-Read with 2nd Chronicles and Last.

Read more nonfiction. Starting with Over the Edge of The World, about Magellan's voyage.

Read more big, thick sci-fi/fantasy books, especially Stephen King's Dark Tower, and the Stand; the Song of Fire and Ice, stuff like that.
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I'm Murrin · Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 6:11 pm Post subject:

#BookAWeek. That's my goal. Keep it going all year.
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Avatar · Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2013 4:47 am Post subject:

Linna Heartbooger · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:15 pm Post subject:

Finish the Last Chronicles... I'm still enjoying hammering away on Runes.

For me, get back into reading Christian non-fiction.
First one on that list is reading through a sorta ecclesiology book:
"Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands: People in Need of Change Helping People in Need of Change" by the end of April.
It's very readable and, from what I've seen, has inspiring stories & well-done metaphors, which I love.
The only problem is I'm not picking it up... perhaps I fear change. Rolling Eyes

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Orlion · Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 6:52 pm Post subject:

And just so things are not too simple, I'm going to attempt to read all of Shakespeare's plays this year as well... in addition to the 60 books.

Semper Fi!
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'Tis dream to think that Reason can
Govern the reasoning creature, man.
- Herman Melville

I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all!

"All creation is a huge, ornate, imaginary, and unintended fiction; if it could be deciphered it would yield a single shocking word."
-John Crowley

Avatar · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 4:37 am Post subject:

Have fun.

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deer of the dawn · Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 12:28 pm Post subject:

Linna Heartbooger · Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 9:12 pm Post subject:

Shaun das Schaf · Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 9:19 pm Post subject:

I'm going for 50 books. I've never kept track of how many books I read in a year so this'll be interesting. 50 sounds like an attainable goal and the ever-helpful goodreads tells me I'm roughly on pace.

I'm Murrin · Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 10:12 pm Post subject:

My full list for the year so far, including comics, has 25 things on it. Some of those comics are very short (one is 46 pages), some are much longer (Bone is over 1300 pages). If I only count prose books, I'm at 13. But I actually consider myself 1 book behind schedule because I didn't count the book of essays I read as one of my books-a-week.
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I'm Murrin · Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 5:08 pm Post subject:

The year is halfway gone! How is everyone getting on with their reading goals?

I think I'm still one or two books behind on my book-a-week; I've entirely given up on the weekly reviews.
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Orlion · Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 6:20 pm Post subject:

The John Crowley phase has set me back by about five books, but I should recover that just fine.

The Shakespeare goal is probably in an indefinite comatose right now.

Need to get started on my TC re-read and reading my Spanish language books as well.

*sigh* A reader's work is never done.
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'Tis dream to think that Reason can
Govern the reasoning creature, man.
- Herman Melville

I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all!

"All creation is a huge, ornate, imaginary, and unintended fiction; if it could be deciphered it would yield a single shocking word."
-John Crowley

Avatar · Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 4:59 am Post subject:

26 weeks, 87 books. 3.34 per week.

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I'm Murrin · Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 7:09 am Post subject:

Looked at the actual numbers last night. In 26 weeks I've read 25 books, and 30 comic volumes or graphic novels.
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