Reading 1001 discussion

5 pts rolled over

YTD total = 5

The Diviners by Margaret Laurence, 3 Jan 23
2 pts Other, read and reviewed, 528 pages
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

YTD total = 7

The Recognitions by William Gaddis, 10 Jan 23
3 pts Other, read and reviewed, 976 pages
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

YTD total = 10

The Real Charlotte by Edith Œnone Somerville & Violet Martin, 14 Jan 23
1 pt TBR Takedown book 1

The Singapore Grip by J.G. Farrell, 15 Jan 23
2 pts Other, read and reviewed, 586 pages
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

YTD total = 13

H(A)PPY by Nicola Barker, 19 Jan 23
3 pts BOTM, read, discussed and reviewed

YTD total = 16

The Atrocity Exhibition by J.G. Ballard, 26 Jan 23
3 pts BOTM, read, discussed and reviewed

1 pt bonus for reading, discussing and reviewing both BOTMs this month

YTD total = 20

A Tale of a Tub by Jonathan Swift, 3 Feb 23
1 pt TBR Takedown book 2
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

YTD total = 21

The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat, 6 Feb 23
3 pts BOTM, read, discussed and reviewed

YTD total = 24

Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford, 23 Feb 23
12 pts Quarterly, read, discussed & reviewed

YTD total = 36

I hope I am not too late to claim for the February buddy read... I finished it today, March 1st.

The Cathedral by Oles Honchar, 1 Mar 23
3 pts read, discussed and reviewed

YTD total = 39

The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie, 8 Mar 23
2 pts TBR Takedown, book 3, read and reviewed
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Arcane 17 by André Breton, 9 Mar 23
3 pts BOTM, read, discussed and reviewed
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

YTD total = 44

Threepenny Novel by Bertolt Brecht, 15 Mar 23
3 pts BOTM, read, discussed and reviewed
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

1 pt bonus for reading both BOTMs this month

YTD total = 48

A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro, 25 Mar 23
2 pts Other, read and reviewed
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

YTD total = 50

Wittgenstein's Nephew by Thomas Bernhard, 2 Apr 23
3 pts BOTM, read, discussed and reviewed
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

YTD total = 53

Timbuktu by Paul Auster, 13 Apr 23
2 pts TBR Takedown, book 4
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

YTD total = 55

Correction by Thomas Bernhard, 26 Apr 23
3 pts BOTM read, discussed and reviewed

1 pt bonus for reading both BOTMs this month

YTD total = 59

Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike, 4 May 23
2 pts Other, read and reviewed, 429 pages
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

YTD total = 61

Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels, 11 May 23
3 pts TBR Takedown book 5
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

YTD total = 64

The Stechlin by Theodor Fontane, 18 May 23
3 pts BOTM read, discussed and reviewed
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

YTD total = 67

I'm Not Stiller by Max Frisch, 25 May 23
3 pts BOTM, read, discussed and reviewed

1 pt bonus for reading both BOTMs this month

YTD total = 71

The Living and the Dead by Patrick White, 2 June 23
2 pts Other, read and reviewed (358 pages)
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

YTD total = 73

The Immoralist by André Gide, finished 5 June 23
3 pts BOTM, read, discussed and reviewed
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, finished 6 June 23
3 pts BOTM, read, discussed and reviewed
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

1 pt bonus for reading both BOTMs this month

YTD total = 80

Silence by Shūsaku Endō, 13 June 23
3 pts TBR Takedown book 6
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

YTD total = 83

The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen, 26 Jun 23
2 pts Other, 330 pages
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

YTD total = 85

The Clay Machine-Gun by Victor Pelevin, 3 Jul 23
2 pts Other, 336 pages
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

La Celestina by Fernando de Rojas, 10 Jul 23
2 pts Other, 429 pages (of which about 230 are in English)
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

YTD total = 89

Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe, 11 Jul 23
3 pts BOTM, read, discussed and reviewed
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

YTD total = 92

The Green Hat by Michael Arlen, 16 Jul 23
3 pts BOTM, read, discussed and reviewed
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

1 pt bonus for reading both BOTMs this month

YTD total = 96

Epitaph of a Small Winner (aka The Posthumous Memoirs of Braz Cubas) by Machado de Assis, 19 Jul 23
4 pts TBR Takedown book 7, read and reviewed
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

YTD total = 100

The Hive by Camilo José Cela, 5 Aug 23
3 pts BOTM, read, discussed and reviewed
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

YTD total = 103

The Old Devils by Kingsley Amis, 26 Aug 23
4 pts TBR Takedown, book 8
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

YTD total = 107

The Book of Daniel by E.L. Doctorow, 7 Sept 2023
3 pts BOTM, read, discussed and reviewed
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

YTD total = 110

Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig, 7 Sept 2023
5 pts TBR Takedown book 9, read and reviewed
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

YTD total = 115

The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson, 16 Sep 23
2 pts Other, 224 pages
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

YTD total = 117

Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Maturin, 28 Sep 23
2 pts Other, 560 pages
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

YTD total = 119

Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata, 2 Oct 23
3 pts BOTM, read, discussed and reviewed
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

YTD total = 122

Eyeless in Gaza by Aldous Huxley, 11 Oct 23
3 pts BOTM, read, discussed and reviewed
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

1 pt bonus for reading both BOTMs this month

YTD total = 126

The Princess of Cleves by Madame de La Fayette, 18 Oct 23
5 pts TBR Takedown, book 10, read and reviewed
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

YTD total = 131

Foe by J.M. Coetzee, 20 Oct 23
2 pts Other, 157 pages, read and reviewed
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

YTD total = 133

Phineas Finn by Anthony Trollope, 7 Nov 23
3 pts Other, 752 pages, read and reviewed
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

YTD total = 136

Hallucinating Foucault by Patricia Duncker, 9 Nov 23
3 pts BOTM, read, discussed and reviewed
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

YTD total = 139

The Melancholy of Resistance by László Krasznahorkai, 17 Nov 23
5 pts TBR Takedown book 11, read and reviewed
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

YTD total = 144

The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll by Alvaro Mutis, 21 Nov 23
12 pts Quarterly, read, discussed and reviewed
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

YTD total = 156

War with the Newts by Karel Čapek, 20 Nov 23
2 pts Other, 241 pages, read and reviewed
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

YTD total = 158

A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham, 5 Dec 23
3 pts BOTM, read, discussed and reviewed

YTD total = 161

Spreadsheet updated 17th December 2023

Chaka by Thomas Mofolo, 21 Dec 23
2 pts Other, 168 pages, read and reviewed
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

YTD total = 163

The Siege of Krishnapur by J G Farrell, 22 Dec 23
2 pts Other, 344 pages, read and reviewed
Review thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

YTD total = 165

Amadis of Gaul Book I by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo, 26 Dec 23
3 pts BOTM, read, discussed and reviewed

Thank you Kristel for confirming I could claim this!

YTD total = 168