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My reading progress so far this year (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Fredselfish@lemmy.world to c/books@lemmy.world
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  1. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
  2. Parasite by Mira Grant
  3. Symbiont by Mira Grant
  4. Chimera by Mira Grant
  5. How Civil Wars Start and How to Stop Them by Barbara P Walter.
  6. Animal Farm by George Orwell
  7. Just After Sunset by Stephen King
  8. The Murder At The Vicarage by Agatha Christie
  9. Feed by Mira Grant
  10. It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
  11. In The Company of Witches by Auralee Wallace
  12. Deadline by Mira Grant
  13. Countdown by Mira Grant
  14. The Maze Runner by James Dashner
  15. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
  16. Blackout by Mira Grant
  17. Elevation by Stephen King
  18. The Woman In Me by Britney Spears
  19. It's Ok To Be Angry About Capitalism by Bernie Sanders
  20. Murder On The Orient Express by Agatha Christie
  21. The Firm by John Grisham
  22. Sitting Pretty The View From My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig
  23. It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover
  24. The Last Stand Of The California Browncoats by Mira Grant
  25. In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune
  26. My French Whore by Gene Wilder
  27. The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg
  28. The Scorch Trials by James Dashner
  29. The Grownup by Gillian Flynn
  30. Nightmares & Dreamscapes by Stephen King
  31. The Mysterious Affair At Styles by Agatha Christie
  32. Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
  33. Verity by Colleen Hoover
  34. The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
  35. The Exchange by John Grisham
  36. Double Homicide: Santa Fe, Boston by Jonathan & Faye Kellerman
  37. The Pelican Brief by John Grisham
  38. No Time Like The Future by Michale J. Fox 39.The Death Cure by James Dashner
  39. The Kill Order by James Dashner
  40. The Fever Code by James Dashner
  41. Dolly Parton Songteller by Dolly Parton with Robert K. Dermann
  42. Mean Baby by Selma Blair
  43. 1984 by George Orwell
  44. The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told by Alex Haley
  45. A Funny Thing Happened on The Way to The Future by Michael J. Fox
  46. Wildflower by Drew Barrymore
  47. The Book of Hope by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams
  48. Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes
  49. Throttle by Joe Hill and Stephen King
  50. The Fold by Peter Clines
  51. Full Throttle by Joe Hill
  52. Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin
  53. The Hollow Places b y T. King Fisher
  54. Something Wicked This Way Come by Ray Bradbury
  55. Her Little Flowers by Shannon Morgan
  56. The Fireman by Joe Hill
  57. The Nightmare Man by J.H. Markert
  58. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
  59. Theodore Boone Kid Lawyer by John Grisham
  60. Theodore Boone The Abduction by John Grisham
  61. Yes Man by Danny Wallace
  62. Theodore BooneThe Accused by John Grisham
  63. Theodore Boone The Activist by John Grisham
  64. The Soul Thief by Charles Baxter
  65. Theodore BooneThe Fugitive by John Grisham
  66. Theodore Boone The Scandal by John Grisham
  67. The Assault On Reason by Al Gore
  68. Theodore BooneThe Accomplice
  69. Gerald's Game by Stephen King
  70. Sooley by John Grisham
  71. Her Daughter's Eyes by Jessica Barksdale Inclan
  72. Mr. Was by Pete Hautman
  73. Witch Upon A Star by Angela M. Sanders
  74. Christine by Stephen King
  75. She's Not Sorry by Mary Kubica
  76. How Green This Land, How Blue This Sea by Mira Grant
  77. When the Crow's Away by Auralee Wallace
  78. Neil Patrick Harris Choose Your Own Autobiography
  79. Bait and Witch by Angela M. Sanders
  80. Seven-Year Witch by Angela M. Sanders
  81. Fifth Avenue 5AM by Sam Wasson
  82. Calico Joe by John Grisham
  83. Ford County by John Grisham
  84. Witch and Famous by Angela M. Sanders
  85. Gone With the Witch by Angela M. Sanders
  86. The King of Torts by John Grisham
  87. The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer
  88. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
  89. The Ghost Orchid by Jonathan Kellerman
  90. How To Win Friends and Influnce People by Dale Carnegie
  91. Strange Weather by Joe Hill
  92. Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill
  93. You Like It Darker by Stephen King
  94. Zoey is too Drunk for this Dystopia by Jason Pargin
  95. Mondy Mourning by Kathy Reichs
  96. Envy by Gregg Olsen
  97. The Green Man Tales from the Mythic Forest Edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
  98. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
  99. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
  100. Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind
  101. Everything Must Go by Jenny Fran Davis
  102. Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
  103. Raptor Red by Robert T. Bakker
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[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Napkin math: So slightly less than two books a week? Like 280 pages or so per book, two per week, so 80 pages a day? Roughly?

That's great, I'm happy for you. But hey, if you have a machine that puts more hours into a day, please share with the rest of us, we're dying out here.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

I can read over 200 pages in a day. Far as time honestly I read a majority of those at work. When we are slow and I am waiting for customers I read. I am lucky to have a boss that allows that.

He used to gripe but I quit if he took my books away and besides I do my job and it doesn't get in the way of doing that. Gasp he also allows me to seat on a stoll but it isn't the most comfortable.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I've read about the same number this year, and work full time. But we hardly watch anything on TV and don't go to movies.

Edit: I thought I saw it was 44 books, but I see it's 104, so that's way more than me. Not someone who works full time, I'd guess.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I do work full-time, I have the privilege of reading at work and also I have always been a face reader.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Wow, that's neat! Do you mind me asking what kind of work you do that let's you read?

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Customer service, I sort am like a cashier but don't work in retail.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Oh, okay, that makes sense. I've seen security guards reading, but always wonder if the bosses are okay with that.

By the way, Lemmy is trying to make your asterisks into italics formatting and it's messing up your number formatting halfway down.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Okay I take them out then I was wondering why it kept doing that.

Edit well that didn't work what else could do that. When I go to edit it is all in line correctly but when I post it does that.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If you start a line with an asterisk and a space, it will make a bullet. If you put a word or words between asterisks, it will make them italics. If you put them between pairs of asterisks (no space) it will make them bold.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

But I took out the asterisks do I need to delete and resubmit the text for it to work?

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What is there between the "Grisham" at the end of line 63 and the beginning of 64?

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Figure it out needed spaces between the numbers and period and next text.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Oh, wait, I see: some of your numbers appear to have a space between the number and the period, so they aren't counting as a numbered list. At least, vi think that's it. Or no space between the period and the next word.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It’s my personal pet peeve when they put movie characters on the cover of a book.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Tell me about it. Why I prefer physical books and hardcover if I can.get them, but I have been using Libby for my ebooks and every Kindle book does that.

[–] misericordiae@literature.cafe 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Dang.

Would love to know more. What are the starred ones? Which did you like most or least?

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Stared one are the physical copies. How I kept ebooks from physical organized. The Maze Runner series would be the least favorite. I truly love all the John Grisham novels, and obviously Stephen King. I also surprisingly enjoyed the Witch Way Librarian Mystery series. Also highly recommend In The Lives of Puppets. Also can never go wrong reading Jason Pargin.

[–] misericordiae@literature.cafe 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Awesome, thanks!

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Also if you haven't read it before I highly recommend The Wizard First Rule. It reminded me of a combination of Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings.

It is a massive world the author has created and this book by Terry Goodkind is just the first of a very large series called the Sword of Truth.

I have bought the next three books in the series and look forward to reading them.

Also I am huge murder mystery fan but I normally reading Agatha Christie or Jonathan Kellerman for my fix. But after reading Monday Morning and realized it was book 7 in the Tempe Brennan series I ordered and received the first in the series Deja Dead.

Depending on how you enjoy your books csn use Libby for ebooks or buy books from Thriftbooks.com

Also I found several great novels at Goodwill.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I read Sword of Truth series when I was pretty young and new to fantasy, so liked it a lot, but as you go further, there are many issues with the series. The author also has a unique point of view about fantasy, and his work vs other fantasy works, but that's a separate thing.

I would love to hear your thoughts about it once you have read a few more books in the series.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Thanks will save this comment and would love to dicuss the series. I will reach out once I finish the next three books.

[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm just trying to finish(?) The Wandering Inn.

Nice reading!

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Thanks my goal was 100 books this year I surpass that so my next goal is 200 by end of year.

Not sure I'll get it done the Sword of Truth series is large. The first book was over 800 the next three in the series are just as large. But going give it one hell of a go.

[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Coo! Sounds like your enjoying yourself. What's your current Best/worst?

For me, I've been reading off of royal road this last year or so.

A bit of a sidenote. Bookwyrm made it a bit easier to track and follow other people's books, but it's pretty alpha.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

It took a lot for me to get through the Maze Runner series. I finished 5 of the books but they just weren't that good to me but I read them anyway because I was hoping for a better ending that I never got.

[–] adam_y@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I'm sure this is true.

However, if someone else offered that list I'd call complete bullshit.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

He's mine (all ebooks, so no pictures)

  • The Cloud Roads, Wells
  • Passage, Willis
  • Gods of Risk, Corey
  • Sundiver, Brin
  • Transition State, Leckie
  • The Serpent Sea, Wells
  • Abaddon’s Gate, Corey
  • Hominids, Sawyer
  • The Time Ships, Baxter
  • Beggars in Spain, Kress
  • Humans, Sawyer
  • Blindsight, Watts
  • Startide Rising, Brin
  • The Churn, Corey
  • Leech, Ennes
  • The Siren Depths, Wells
  • Starter Villain, Scalzi
  • The Host, Meyer
  • Provenance, Leckie
  • Nona the Ninth, Muir
  • Perdido Street Station, Meiville
  • The Watchmen, Moore
  • How to live safely in a science fictional universe, Yu
  • The City & The City, Mieville
  • The Sirens of Titan, Vonnegut
  • Neptune's Brood, Stross
  • The Scar, Meiville
  • The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, Chambers
  • Children of Time, Tchaikovsky
  • Rule 34, Stross
  • Consider Phlebas, Banks
  • The Fifth Season, Jemison
  • Never Let Me Go, Ishiguro
  • Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory, Wells
  • The Saint of Bright Doors, CHANDRASEKERA
  • The Player of Games, Banks
  • Children of Ruin, Tchaikovsky
  • The Edge of Worlds, Wells
  • 17776, Bois
  • Echopraxia, Watts

Some of those are novellas, but some of them are really long, so probably balances out. When I'm not working and my chores are done, I'm usually reading.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

See you read Children of Time. You read the rest of the series?

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

I've read the second, which I liked tremendously, but haven't gotten to the third yet.

[–] ManosTheHandsOfFate@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How did you read Watchmen without pictures?

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

It was on Kindle with pictures. In fact, part of my reason for reading it was to see how that was. It was actually good - I was on a tablet, so not too tiny.

[–] adam_y@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sure, but like, weird flex.

I mean that could be complete bullshit, who would know? I'm more inclined to think the sort of person that lists all the books they have supposedly read is probably the same sort of person that is trying to show off and therefore likely to exaggerate a bit.

Either way, good for you if you enjoyed them. Weird to think anyone else would care.

Maybe take one book and talk about how it made you feel, or something.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Not sure how anyone would consider it a brag, any more than listing movies that you watched or whatever. I have the list handy because I make notes about each book so that I can refer back and they don't blur together. I was just saying it doesn't seem unbelievable to me.

I did post my list to the SF community here after I had a year's worth, along with my notes, in case it would help someone else with their reading list, which a number of people said it did. Still not a brag, just info.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Forgot this is the internet and people do lie on here. I have read all those books of course a lot of the Kindle ones are short stories but I still believe they count.

I list my books I read at end of the year as a tradition. Started for me on Reddit just go look up my user name on there and you will see. Only reason I posted now instead of end of year because this the first time since childhood that I read 100 books.

Why this is possible is two fold I am fast reader always have been, and second my job finally allows me to read at work. Second job that allows this.

But I am always reading weather during my lunch break, or just relaxing at home on the weekend.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

The only ones of those I've read are The Book Thief, 1984, Fahrenheit 451, and I may have read The Firm. All good books.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's a pretty great list. Congratulations on crossing 100 books count, and good luck with your goal of 200 books this year!

You might be interested in our Book Bingo ( https://lemmy.world/post/14905693 ). Links are on the sidebar. Also, we have a weekly thread about what you have been reading, or what you have read since you last posted. Would love to follow your journey there.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Thanks I seen the thread on what your reading this week and I posted a comment couple of times but I read sometimes 1 to 2 books in a day depending on how long they are. Only two books took me a week on that list and it was the Fireman by Joe Hill and The Wizards First Rule by Terry Goodkind. But I will try to post more often.

Not sure on Bingo though.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 3 points 4 months ago

Nothing wrong with posting 10-12 books in a post. You can just do a small review of everything you read since last week and give a small review. That can be interesting. Or you can just post the names as you read them. Whatever works for you.

Also, Bingo is just a way to gamify your reading, and can help you go out of your comfort zone and read something different. But of course, if you don't care about it, nothing wrong with it.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh, and Happy Cake Day!

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Wow really is it been a year already? Thank you.

[–] Elextra@literature.cafe 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Of all of the books listed, which has been your favorite?

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

That's hard choice but I say Zoye to Drunk for this Dystopia and the Fireman were excellent books. But so was Heart-shaped Box. But a couple of the non fictions I really enjoyed. Black Like Me and The Killers of the Flower Moon were greats reads.