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message 1: by Ben (last edited Dec 31, 2017 12:19PM) (new)
Mar 02, 2017 08:58PM

Ben (befaster) I'm planning on reading 20 books this year, up by 5 from last year. It is actually a conservative number as I think I can reach it easily since I've started using Audible for my commute. It's more about reading consistently and reading a variety of works this year than just reaching a number. I gave away half my bookshelf last summer before moving, so I'm focusing on reading what I want to read (as in not forcing myself through bad reads) and also being open to suggestions of books outside my normal reading area.

You can see my challenge here: https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/...

2017 READING CHALLENGE

May: upped my reading challenge from 20 to 30. Audible on the commute is paying off!
August: upped again from 30 to 40!

43/40 - Reading Challenge 2017

1. The River of Doubt Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard (Audible) Review
2. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (re-read; Audible) Review
3. A Passage to Shambhala (The Explorers Guild #1) by Jon Baird Review
4. A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout Review
5. Ruby Red (Ruby Red, #1) by Kerstin Gier (Audible) Review
6. Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis (Audible) Review
7. Pocket Atlas of Remote Islands Fifty Islands I Have Not Visited and Never Will by Judith Schalansky Review
8. Hell Before Breakfast America's First War Correspondents Making History and Headlines, from the Battlefields of the Civil War to the Far Reaches of the Ottoman Empire by Robert H. Patton Review
9. A Murder in Time (Kendra Donovan, #1) by Julie McElwain (Audible) Review
10. Off to Be the Wizard by Scott Meyer (Audible) Review
11. Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Review
12. Above All Things by Tanis Rideout (Audible) Review
13. Spell or High Water (Magic 2.0, #2) by Scott Meyer (Audible) Review
14. The Very First Damned Thing (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #0.5) by Jodi Taylor (Audible) Review
15. Just One Damned Thing After Another (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #1) by Jodi Taylor (Audible) Review
16. Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1) by Elizabeth Wein (Audible) Review
17. A Symphony of Echoes by Jodi Taylor (Audible) Review
18. Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat by Giles Milton Review
19. We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1) by Dennis E. Taylor (Audible)
20. Lucky 666 The Impossible Mission by Bob Drury (Audible) Review
21. An Unwelcome Quest (Magic 2.0 #3) by Scott Meyer (Audible) Review
22. A Second Chance (The Chronicles of St. Mary's, #3) by Jodi Taylor (Audible) Review
23. Roman Holiday (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #3.5) by Jodi Taylor (Audible)
24. When a Child is Born (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #2.5) by Jodi Taylor (Audible)
25. Dido's Crown by Julie K. Rose Review
26. Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan (Audible) Review
27. Fight and Flight (Magic 2.0, #4) by Scott Meyer (Audible) Review
28. The Martian by Andy Weir (Audible) Review
29. Back Channel by Stephen L. Carter Review
30. Whispers Under Ground (Peter Grant, #3) by Ben Aaronovitch Review
31. Endurance Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing (audible) Review
32. Leviathan Wakes (Expanse, #1) by James S.A. Corey (Audible) Review
33. The Forgotten 500 The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II by Gregory A. Freeman (Audible) Review
34. Finding Gobi A Little Dog with a Very Big Heart by Dion Leonard Review
35. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (Audible)
36. The Girls of Atomic City The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II by Denise Kiernan (Audible) Review
37. Broken Homes (Peter Grant, #4) by Ben Aaronovitch Review
38. Foxglove Summer (Peter Grant, #5) by Ben Aaronovitch Review
39. Uncommon Type Some Stories by Tom Hanks (Audible) Review
40. The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer Review
41. The Furthest Station (Peter Grant, #5.7) by Ben Aaronovitch (Audible) Review
42. An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield (Audible) Review
43. The Bastard of Fort Stikine The Hudson's Bay Company and the Murder of John McLoughlin, Jr. by Debra Komar (Audible) Review

Should be a good year!


message 2: by Lisa (new)
Apr 03, 2017 09:03AM

Lisa Grønsund | 6163 comments 2017 is the year for great reading goals! You're off to a great start, Ben :)
Good luck and happy reading.


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