Matthew’s Comments (group member since Mar 08, 2015)

Matthew’s comments from the Reading List Completists group.

Oooh - a new list! Thanks Courtney! I like this one as there is not a lot of repetition with other lists.

I have read 16 of these so far.

Matthew wrote: "Up to 43 after 2017.."

I only count 44 now - I cannot believe only one new one after a whole year!

Matthew wrote: "I have read 32 of these now - and, I think the list changes from time to time . . ."

Only up to 34 - two more in one year is no so good!

The Big Read Poll:

It came down to The Name of the Wind and The World According to Garp with Midnight's Children making a last minute push. But the final result is:

January to March 2019 - The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

The next poll will come in March for our April to June selection.

The January 2019 Poll:

This ended in a tie, so it will be our January and February 2019 Poll.

January 2019 - The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
February 2019 - The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

Our next poll will be in February for March 2019.

I am up to 73 now

It looks like I have made no progress on this list - Daria has some pretty unique selections!

Matthew wrote: "Now 18 from the Board list and 35 from the Reader's list"

I am now up to 21 on the Board List - I am not sure what happened to the Readers List, but it is not at that link anymore . . .

Matthew wrote: "went through the whole list of 623 . . . and I have only read 75!"

I finally went through this list again for the first time since 2015 and I am up from 75 - I am now at 126! So, it has been a good few years.

The is the thread where you can discuss our January 2019 Completist Book Selection

This is the thread to discuss our February 2019 Completist Book Selection

This thread will be for general discussion about our January to March 2019 Big Read Selection. There may be more specific discussion threads added later.

Well - I tried to send the links again in an message to the group, and it shortened them and is linking to some old, unrelated poll! Sorry everyone!

Well - I tried to send the links again in an message to the group, and it shortened them and is linking to some old, unrelated poll! Sorry everyone!

NancyJ wrote: "Matthew wrote: "Thank you for the list - it will now be a part of this group's journey.

I think I have read around 60, but that is mainly based around the fact that I am not 100% sure how to count..."

Thanks for the info, Nancy - I will check it out!

Thank you for the list - it will now be a part of this group's journey.

I think I have read around 60, but that is mainly based around the fact that I am not 100% sure how to count the ones listed as series. In several cases I have just read the first book. I wonder about this, too, because some of these would take a serious commitment to complete the series (I am looking at you, Wheel of Time!). Thoughts?

NancyJ wrote: "Brooklyn wrote: "Does anyone have any feedback on different versions of this book? I found an old copy in my library from pyramid books which I probably bought in high school which is under 200 pag..."

Feel free to share that list with a post in the list discussion folder. I would like to see it and maybe use some of the titles in a future poll.

Big Read Poll is now up!

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Working on the Big Read Poll for January-March 2019. Keep you eye out for it soon!

January 2019 - Completist Selection Poll - Time 100

For January 2019, we are going back to where it all began - the Time 100 book list. That was the very first list suggested for completion when this book began. All eight options are from that list. Some might even seem a bit obscure!

Please vote - even if you don't plan to participate - it is always interesting to see what the group is feeling.

Reminder - any books not receiving votes in the first 24 hours will be removed from the poll.

Click here for the poll