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Jan 03, 2014 07:59AM
Last year I read 85 books. This year I would like to read a minimum of 86 and a max of 104. I've estimated that will be two books a week. Good luck everyone!
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Currently listening to Dreams of Joy by Lisa See and reading Untold by Sarah Reese Brennan. Ongoing: Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
Completed Dreams of Joy by Lisa See. Began Entwined by Heather Dixon. Still reading Untold by Sarah Reese Brennan and Les Miserables by Victor Hugo.
Finished Untold by Sarah Rees Brennan. Began The House of Hades by Rick Riordan. Listening to Entwined by Heather Dixon and Beautiful Redemption by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl.
Finished The House of Hades by Rick Riordan. Started reading Behind the Shattered Glass by Tasha Alexander. Still listening to Entwined by Heather Dixon, Beautiful Redemption by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, and Starters by Lissa Price.
Finished Behind the Shattered Glass by Tasha Alexander. Began Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman.
Finished Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. Began Allegiant by Veronica Roth.
Bmmueting wrote: "Finished Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. Began Allegiant by Veronica Roth."How did you like Neverwhere? I have it upstairs just waiting to be read. I just haven't been able to get to it yet! Too many books to read.
I'm a little loathe to say anything negative about anything Neil Gaiman writes. I've really enjoyed his books for children. That being said, I found Neverwhere formulaic. The characters all fit into specific tropes that only had the veneer of originality from the macabre fantasy setting. And even that felt "shocking" only for the sake of shock value. That being said, I am one person in a sea of people who have loved this book so I would say read it for yourself and take my opinion of it with a grain of salt. I hope it's the book for you that it wasn't for me!
Finished Allegiant by Veronica Roth and Starters by Lissa Price.
So I've been adding my books recently and I feel like I'm cheating. I read a lot of manga. An absurd amount and in my personal records I only count a series towards my reading goals when the series is finished. Well goodreads doesn't have that option for completed series so I've been adding the manga volumes as I go. I feel like this has grossly expanded the legitimate number or books I've read. Am I right in this concern or am I just nitpicking?
anything counts!! Even manga. I dont read it, but I know a lot of others do
