How many of our Club Books have you read? Showing 351-400 of 1,698

[Tyrean]

27 already, but I'm looking forward to reading more.

[Michael]

Michael wrote (message 149): "Okay, I'll chime in now that I'm doing the challenge this year. It turns out I've read only 22 of the books, but I have 50 already on my to-read list. I need more time!
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The good news is that it will be easier for those of us with these lower numbers to double the number of books read!"

Looks like I'm at 63 out of 205 now. Almost triple the number I'd read from 2 years ago!

Reading the two currently-reading books now, so I should be at 65/207 after that = 31.4%. Can I reach 33%???

[Sarah]

Michael wrote: "Michael wrote (message 149): "Okay, I'll chime in now that I'm doing the challenge this year. It turns out I've read only 22 of the books, but I have 50 already on my to-read list. I need more time..."

Repeat after me: "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can".

[Michael]

: ) The bookshelf reads should help me this year, even though I keep saying I'm cutting back...

[Sarah]

Michael wrote: ": ) The bookshelf reads should help me this year, even though I keep saying I'm cutting back..."

It's very addictive. :)

[Richard]

My current count is 78. at message 250 on Page 5 of this discussion, I have detailed information on all 78, when I read them, and review links for those read in the last 2 years or so. I am down 1 SF and 3 FAN books so far this year, and I finished 3 so far this one, one of them on the older TBR I am maintaining for myself.

rwb

[Sarah]

I'm at 117. I'm hoping to hit 60% this year.

[AndrewP]

Currently 73

[Fabi NEEDS Email Notifications]

30...hmmm, that's not very many considering how much sci-fi I've read

[Emma]

49 and about 20 on my tbr list!

[Tessa]

Would one of the librarians add Ted Chiang's Stories of Your Life to the bookshelf? It really should be on there...or maybe add it to one of the monthly reads, if that is what needs to happen.

[Sarah]

Tessa wrote: "Would one of the librarians add Ted Chiang's Stories of Your Life to the bookshelf? It really should be on there...or maybe add it to one of the monthly reads, if that is what needs to happen."

The books on the bookshelf are the ones chosen for our monthly reads. They're chosen via nominations and then polls.

[Tessa]

Ok, thanks!

[Mike]

38

[Jordan]

58. Not bad considering I haven't been intentionally reading them.

[Hank]

Fabi wrote: "30...hmmm, that's not very many considering how much sci-fi I've read"

I thought the same think when I joined the group. First I was thinking I have read all the good ones, what kind of list do these people have? Then as I started reading the highest rated ones (I really miss the listopia list) I started thinking what have I been doing to miss so many great books?

I started the group having read about 60 and now I am up to 171. I think 90% is my final and achievable goal. That allows me to skip 1-2 a year once I catch up. The books for the most part have been fantastic.

[Tessa]

87

[Sterling]

I am new to the group I only have 20. That isn't very good. I have already read 41 books this year but I have only read 20 on this list. Man I have way to many books to read. Oh well at least I love to read.

[Edwin]

Three Parts Dead, just finished, gets me to 100.

[Sarah]

Edwin wrote: "Three Parts Dead, just finished, gets me to 100."

Woo hoo! That's an exciting milestone :)

[V.W.]

27. None of the others interest me, so that's it for now.

[Diane]

153

[Sarah]

Diane wrote: "153 "

You broke the 150 mark! Congrats :)

[Kim]

Diane wrote: "153 "

Nice work :)

[Edwin]

Diane wrote: "153 "

Wow, and good job. You are making some of us look like slackers.

[Coralie]

I also have just over 150 and, after 40 plus years of reading science fiction, I don't have to put much effort in adding to the number. I automatically added two this month as I had read both books and I have already read one of next month's - a nice, easy way to add to my tally (but I prefer to have something new to read with you all).

[Rob]

Hmm. I'm up to 74, which is pretty impressive considering I don't really have time to read along.

I love when books I've read already are picked so I can jump in on the discussion.

[Simon]

There are a number here that are on my TBR list. I've only done 35 as yet, but I imagine I won't be adding too many more for the moment as the top of my list is pretty empty of sci-fi and fantasy. (But since I have already read 'Starship Troopers', I might just squeeze it in for the coming month.)

[Richard]

Quick update as I have been trying to read more from the club's bookcase. Now upto 97, must push for 100.

[Roberta]

I've read 36 so far, most without trying to pick a book from the list. I saw a few other books that I've read, but it's been so long, or my memory of them is so fuzzy, that I didn't count them.

[Najaf]

28 and counting...

[Roberta]

I've looked at the list again, and realize that I've actually read 60.

[Maggie]

I am up to 124, but then again I have been in this group for a few years. I have 14 of the bookshelf books on my TBR

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

This group has a great bookshelf! I've read 32 (and I'm currently re-reading Ubik):
- Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell - 4 stars
- Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes - 4 stars
- The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien - 4 stars
- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - 3 stars
- The Martian by Andy Weir - 3 stars
- Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C Clarke - 3 stars
- Ubik by Philip K Dick - 4 stars
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley - 4 stars
- I Am Legend by Richard Matheson - 4 stars
- Magician by Raymond Feist - 4 stars
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - 2 stars
- A Scanner Darkly by Philip K Dick - 5 stars
- World War Z by Max Brooks - 3 stars
- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline - 4 stars
- A Clash of Kings by George R R Martin - 5 stars
- Swords and Deviltry by Fritz Lieber - 4 stars
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury - 3 stars
- The Man in the High Castle by Philip K Dick - 5 stars
- The Time Machine by H G Wells - 3 stars
- The Fellowship of the Ring by J R R Tolkien - 3 stars
- Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny - 4 stars
- The War of the Worlds by H G Wells - 3 stars
- The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury - 3 stars
- Childhood's End by Arthur C Clarke - 4 stars
- Watchmen by Alan Moore - 4 stars
- Neuromancer by William Gibson - 5 stars
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy - 5 stars
- The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett - 3 stars
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K Dick - 4 stars
- A Game of Thrones by George R R Martin - 5 stars
- Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card - 5 stars
- Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson - 5 stars

Of the rest of the books, I have 45 on my shelves waiting to be read, and 120 on my wish-list (or my "maybe" list) to buy and read, including sequels to books that are on the wish-list.

The only ones I hadn't heard of, or hadn't added to my lists:
- The Suicide Collectors by David Oppegaard
- Haze by L E Modesitt Jr
- Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles by Michael Moorcock
- Opening Atlantis by Harry Turtledove
- White Cat by Holly Black (I added this one to my Wish List)
- Machine Man by Max Barry (added to my "maybe" list)
- Dirk Gently's Holistic Dectective Agency by Douglas Adams
- Regarding Ducks and Universes by Neve Maslakovic (maybe)
- The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm - actually I used to own this, I read a couple to my daughter when she was little but I didn't really like it much so I gave it away
- The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter

If you're looking for suggestions, you might enjoy:
- The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
- Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
- Stardust by Neil Gaiman
- Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card
- A Storm of Swords by George R R Martin
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
- Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
- Idoru by William Gibson
- The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl and C M Kornbluth
- Gateway by Frederik Pohl
- Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
- Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
- Master of the Five Magics by Lyndon Hardy
- Elric of Melnibone by Michael Moorcock
- The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
- 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C Clarke
- Another Fine Myth by Robert Asprin
- The Mis-Enchanted Sword by Lawrence Watt-Evans
- 1984 by George Orwell

[Kim]

Randy wrote: "Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles by Michael Moorcock"

Don't do it, just don't. No one should have to suffer through it.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Kim wrote: "Randy wrote: "Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles by Michael Moorcock"

Don't do it, just don't. No one should have to suffer through it."

Ha! Thanks, I will skip it. :)

[Natacha]

I've just joined and I'm at 12 books. There are some books on the list that I would like to read, and some that I dont' want to read. And a lot that I have never heard of.

[Richard]

Welcome, Sifra. I have been a member since late 2013, and I have read less than half of the list. You don't have to read all of the books. In your case, you found 22 you have already read. That's fantastic. The books are generally available in bookstores across the United States as well as electronic vendors like Amazon. We are always glad to have new members join. If you find a book that you want to read, there are several ways to do that. Check out Sarah Anne or Michael, our moderators, who can give you more group information if you would like to know. Or you can just send me a note, and I will do the foot work for you.

[Michael]

Actually, I'm not a moderator, I'm just very opinionated. :p

Kim and Sarah Anne are the moderators, but usually there are a lot of people willing to answer questions around here if you ask.

[Kim]

I'm just quiet :)

[Sarah]

So am I... :P

[Alia]

Thirteen of the "read" list.

I feel inadequate.

[Lee]

I've read about 20 on the 'read' list.

[Sarah]

I think I started the group with 11 and I'm up to 134. There's some great stuff on there that I never would have found on my own.

[Valerie]

When I started the group I had only read 18. I am now u to 115.

[Michael]

Okay, you all convinced me to look at my stats. I joined 11/1/2012. Started with 18, read 47 since then (12 per year), for a total of 65.

Counting these can be odd. For example, I had already read Hitchhiker's Guide when I joined, but it wasn't on the bookshelf yet.

[Hank]

With Michael's comment I counted mine a bit differently. Since joining I have read 108 of the shelf books with 179 total and I am sure I only started out with 60 or so originally. That makes 10-ish books that I had already read but were voted on the shelf after the fact.

[Trike]

Trike wrote: "45/133 with Hyperion being one I abandoned. By the side of the road. After punching it in the nuts."

3 years and 3 months later I'm up to 76/213. Some I've read with the club, some I'd previously read and the club added them.

2013 percentage: 33%
2016 percentage: 35%

I'm gaining! Also currently reading 2 club picks, Nexus and Red Rising, so that will increase the percentage, too.

Edit addendum: I also added 12 to this year's challenge to read club books, with 2 down and 2 currently, so if I get anywhere near that goal it will boost my percentage.

[Sarah]

I'm trying to make 150 by the end of the year. It does help that things get voted in that I've already read. I've read The Passage, and given the way the polls are headed... actually, I've read The Children of Men, too, so whichever wins the polls gives me a freebie.

I joined 6/30/14. I'm such a newbie.

[Kim]

I count previously read books when looking at how many on the group shelf, I just don't count them towards the challenge unless I happened to read them within the same year.