Andrew's 100 in 2017 - now better than ever!

[Andrew]

Here are the goals:

VOLUME RELATED

1. Read 100 books for the first time. (Have hit that every year for the past 3 years.)

2. Read 25,000 pages of books for the first time. (Have hit that every year for the past 3 years.)

3. Re-read 17 books. No page count requirement but I am curious what the total will be.

THE ROY G. BIV CHALLENGE
I made this up. Specific books to be added as I complete the challenge. Hopefully no romance novels are needed...

Red


planning on reading His Majesty's Dragon

Orange


Yellow


Green


Blue


Indigo


Violet


SPECIFIC TOPICS & BOOKS TO READ

Some of these are new, some are re-reads; some I own, others I don't; etc., etc. This list may grow with time.

Biography
Sally Ride: America’s First Woman in Space

Christianity
Why I Am a Christian
Jonathan Edwards' Resolutions: And Advice to Young Converts

History
The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau

Science of all types

Walk on Water: The Miracle of Saving Children's Lives

Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void

Fantasy
Shadows Linger (Book 2 of the Chronicles of the Black Company)

[Andrew]

First book completed this year


The Hunter Killers: The Extraordinary Story of the First Wild Weasels, the Band of Maverick Aviators Who Flew the Most Dangerous Missions of the Vietnam War

[Tiffany, Administrator]

Ooh, I like your challenges, especially the Roy G. Biv one (although I thought the titles were going to have to have colors in them. Hmmm... that sounds like a good challenge for me to tackle ... :) ).

Good luck on your year!

[Andrew]

Tiffany wrote: "Ooh, I like your challenges, especially the Roy G. Biv one (although I thought the titles were going to have to have colors in them..."

Yeah, there was no way that I could read titles for indigo and violet without reading romance, so I decided to stick with the colors of the covers.

Glad you know who Roy is!

[Tiffany, Administrator]

Andrew wrote: "Yeah, there was no way that I could read titles for indigo and violet without reading romance, so I decided to stick with the colors of the covers. ..."

:)

[Andrew]

Horrible book you should skip:

100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings: How to Get By Without Even Trying

My review is here

[Andrew]

Re-read #1

Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year One, Vol. 2

[Andrew]

Injustice: Gods Among Us Year 2 was fun, but a lot of the action was focused around the Green Lanterns and associated folks which I don't follow.

[Andrew]

Note that I am coordinating one of the February group reads. Check out the discussion page for Trigger Mortis.

[Andrew]

Re-read #2

Hawkeye, Volume 1: My Life as a Weapon

[Andrew]

Re-reads 3 and 4

Hawkeye, Vol. 2: Little Hits - absolutely great

Hawkeye, Volume 3: L.A. Woman - cheesier than I remembered but still fun

[Andrew]

Re-read #5

Hawkeye, Volume 4: Rio Bravo

[Andrew]

Re-read #6

Hawkeye vs. Deadpool - silly but fun

[Andrew]

Re-read #7


Hawkeye, Volume 5: All-New Hawkeye

[Andrew]

Re-read #8
Batman & Robin: Batman Reborn

I liked it a lot better the second time around.

[Andrew]

Updated the Roy G. Biv challenge above

[Andrew]

The Roy G. Biv challenge is complete!

Also, this book should have been great but it was awful:

The Crash Detectives: Investigating the World's Most Mysterious Air Disasters

[Andrew]

Almost halfway through the year...

Fifty-seven new books (10,357 pages) read.

Re-read #9
James Bond, Vol. 1: VARGR

[Andrew]

Re-read #10

Superman/Wonder Woman, Volume 1: Power Couple

[Andrew]

Re-read # 11

The Eternal Tide

[Andrew]

Re-read #12

Wonder Woman, Volume 7: War-Torn

Five more until I hit my goal of 17 re-reads...

[Andrew]

Amazing hard SF book

The Three-Body Problem

[Andrew]

Re-read #13

Black Widow: The Name of the Rose

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Re-read #14

X-23, Vol. 1: The Killing Dream
OK but not great.

#15
By the Emperor's Hand
Dated but fun.

[Andrew]

Re-reads

#16


#17 (re-read goal met!)


#18


#19