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2017 Plans
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My I-gonna-pretend-I'm-done-when-i'm-actually-not Plan
Finished Number 38!! Yeah! 38 - A Novel Inspired by a Work of Literature.
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Yeah! I finished "Multiple Perspectives". I'm surprisingly on target. Well this will probably only last the first month but I really want to get 4 books done. :)
Thank you! They are ambitious books but I hope to at least read 5 more. :) Thanks for commenting on my post.
CELESTE.
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir is hilarious - I love her honesty. I'm probably going to read her other some time this year.
I love your title I had some technical difficulties with my computer also - OFTEN in fact!! ;) You have some great books on your list I adored the book thief and the poison wood bible!!! And enjoyed memoirs of a geshia!!! I am so looking forward to let's pretend this didn't happen since I loved Jenny Lawson's other book!!!! And we are both reading Hidden Figures and some other book I have already forgotten!!! Lol!! Happy reading!!!
Oh the mothers I am doing that one right now!! ;)
Kelly wrote: "Oh the mothers I am doing that one right now!! ;)":) Thanks! Hopefully I'll be able to read the mothers too. What is it about? Mother-Daughter relationships like the joy luck club? short stories?
Jody wrote: "Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir is hilarious - I love her honesty. I'm probably going to read her other some time this year."I just hope my library has her because her title sounds exactly like my life. :) Thanks!
The Book Thief is fantastic. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
Samantha wrote: "The Book Thief is fantastic. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!":) Me too!
Although I did hear it was haunting (worse than the movie) and I am not the best with scary. 0.0
I haven't seen the movie but I didn't find the book "scary" per se. Definitely not like reading horror or anything.I honestly thought the Underground Railroad was scarier, or rather.. more gruesome. There were times where I had to put it down and just step away.
Celeste wrote: "Kelly wrote: "Oh the mothers I am doing that one right now!! ;)":) Thanks! Hopefully I'll be able to read the mothers too. What is it about? Mother-Daughter relationships like the joy luck club? ..."
ya know... I am not really sure what it is about!!! LOL somewhow i just stumbled upon it. Just on chapter 2 think it is about a young woman... not sure where the book will go guessing she will eventually lead to a mother part of the story but i haven't gotten there yet! sure I will be finding out soon enough!
Kelly wrote: "Celeste wrote: "Kelly wrote: "Oh the mothers I am doing that one right now!! ;)":) Thanks! Hopefully I'll be able to read the mothers too. What is it about? Mother-Daughter relationships like the..."<
Oh I think the title "the Mothers" refers to the women of the African American church congregation where the girl has grown up attending.
Aahhh ... when I was feeling ambitious. Reading one book a week is too much. Woe (u.u) oh Well. (^.^)
Just have fun reading shouldn't be a chore! ;)
I want to put
somewhere on this map but I worry that then I would have too many graphic novels on this list. However considering I LOOOVE!! manga it could be put under fav-sub genre. ;) Graphic Novel: Fiction -> History Sorry for my rambling. I just want to figure out how to get my plan on the first page. Is it comments? ( >c<) (sorry if this is too selfish for you (o.0 ))
Thank yuu. Celeste. :)
Celeste wrote: "Thank you! They are ambitious books but I hope to at least read 5 more. :) Thanks for commenting on my post.
CELESTE."
Murphy! I am currently reading 3 or 4. Hope I can get them done by year's end.
CELESTE.
Basically just fitting the list to the random books I am reading. ^_^
Reading: BossyPants - almost done with
Ancillary Justice - just started
My Brilliant Friend - have been reading, but it's slow right now(mom was right).
... and more
Finished The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson. A sweet little story.
Finished
Very funny but I was surprised by the amount of people who have read it. At times "vulgar". ;)
Yeah! L(^v^)J I finished Changing Planes!
I am very happy that I finished five books. Very happy that I stuck with it. I usually give up or forget after 2 weeks. :) (^ _ ^) CELESTE.
Way to go Celeste! Some people read what they like then find a prompt the book fits instead if the other way around. HTH
Anastasia wrote: "Way to go Celeste! Some people read what they like then find a prompt the book fits instead if the other way around. HTH"
Thank you!!! :) Although I must admit I do try and find a prompt that fits the book I am reading but also a book that fits the prompt. (^o^)
CELESTE.
Finished finally (couldn't find it) the Villain's Journey. Have been reading about the artistic duel between Michael Angelo and Leonardo de Vinci, and Pride and Prejudice.
Finished a book of small stories but with probably the most pages within and the shortest time per page.
Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies is a collection of stories that sober my thoughts on romantic love. Giving us stories of Indian descendants in America and how their traditions of old chosen marriages intertwine with romanticized notions of fairytale love. At times I go, Darn it! but other times I am glad that such things happened in her stories.
I feel I depreciate in level of academically strong reading as I have now chosen almost all books with either illustrations or less than 200 pages. As of now I am reading books tossed out by my quick-reading mother. Lots of legal thrillers (John Grisham) and murder mysteries. Excellent beach reads. CELESTE.
Read a nice poetry collection by Robert Service. A family friend from Canada gave it. Although he was Scottish, the few years Service was in Canada, he began a prolific career writing ballads. Service was actually able to live off those earnings while in the upper North. Pretty cool. CELESTE.
Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything was a random audio book I chose for all the planned and unexpected roadtrips I had. It was informative but of course not as funny as the actual Seinfeld (tv show). Thanks, CELESTE.
Antigone, sister and daughter of Oedipus. A tragic family story with only the essence of the Gods not the entity.
Cut out Huckleberry Finn 'cause I was never gonna finish it! (>.<) Sorry English 3! Other than that I got creative with what I could fit for my manga and such. Felt a little guilty and two to three down if I felt it wouldn't have technically equaled an entire "book" (which is how much?). :)
CELESTE.
HaHa! https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1...Hunter X Hunter is very funny! Even though it is a Japanese comic based in somewhere in a world similar to ours, they don't know JAPON's secret food SUSHI!!! ;D I laughed very hard when I saw that absurdity.
:) I don't know how to show the images. Boo hoo. :D
CELESTE.
Finished the John Grisham books my mom gave me at the beginning of the month. Forgot to check them off. :)
Both of the time travel / split time frame books need to be changed. The books I put down don't fit clearly in these categories. CELESTE.
Got them from the library. 1)Ei8ht - sfy ; usually not my thing but the author is Brazilian so...
2)Marie Kondo's book of magical spark-joy. Amazing.
3)Blue - A quasi-love story between two complicated high school girls with extreme baggage and complexes.
Just filling up the last of my books. Like always I eat too much with my eyes and bite off more than I can chew. But I had fun and read some unique titles that got me more interested in subjects I use to just tolerate. ;) CELESTE.
How many more books do you have left?
Evidently I deleted 40? ->40. A book published in 2017 I don't know how but I still read. Don't worry :D 
Celeste wrote: "Just filling up the last of my books. Like always I eat too much with my eyes and bite off more than I can chew. But I had fun and read some unique titles that got me more interested in subjects I ..."... I haven't inventory all of the books I read yet but I know some categories like 2016 GR award and 2017 movie are not (probably ever, as I cannot concentrate for more than 2 sec.) going to finished. So...? Probably 15 categories and at least 5, probably 10 themes I am for sure not gonna get done.
Sorry for my confusing explanation. (*-*)
CELESTE.
If you haven't before you could read Anne of Green Gables for movie in 2017 and one of the shortest books on the GR awards list.
... I am glad a genius like you is on this site. :D. Thank you I will do as you recommend.
I'm reading one of the poetry books for the GR awards!
Celeste wrote: "Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies is a collection of stories that sober my thoughts on romantic love. Giving us stories of Indian descendants in America and how their traditions o..."I am reading this book for 2018 challenge.. looking forward to it. I really enjoyed the authors nonfiction book about her experience learning Italian. Did you know that she has chosen to write exclusively in Italian now? Fascinating!
I think that's such an interesting creative choice she made. I read her book in Italian (translated back to English of course!). Very cool.
Katie wrote: "I think that's such an interesting creative choice she made. I read her book in Italian (translated back to English of course!). Very cool."For Jhumpa Lahiri? How exotic. It must be interesting to see her work before in English, then translated to Italian and now... in Italian, and translated back to English. How different certain words would change in Italian and then no translation back into English. WoW. (OwO)
Got 3 books from the library! Kids' Books! I decided to go with the easiest route for the Goodreads prize.
I never realized how big picture books were getting. These were actually incredibly thick with more than a paragraph per page. Wow. Pretty soon the comic strip will be the only thing left that I can complete. :P
Haha, don't worry, there are still short picture books with few text for the smallest kids :D
Around the Year in 52 Books
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Red Lion, Vol. 1 (other topics)ラクダ使いと王子の夜 [Rakuda Tsukai to Ouji no Yoru] (other topics)
Worm Loves Worm (other topics)
School's First Day of School (other topics)
Happy Birthday, Madame Chapeau: A Picture Book (other topics)
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→ = Reading 30*/52 subjects *Plus 40#
1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016 (link)2. A book with at least 2 perspectives3. A book you meant to read in 20164. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E"5. A historical fiction.5X6. A book being released as a movie in 2017 No... on the 2017 but episodes in a tv series did come out for a couple mangas and there's a movie that came out in 2016.
7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title8. A book written by a person of color9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list10. A dual-timeline novel11. A category from another challenge: Read a Superhero Comic with a Female Lead- from Book Riot's "Read Harder" ChallengeRed Lion, Vol. 112. A book based on a mythRed Lion, Vol. 1 and others on the list...13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors14. A book with a strong female character15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland)16. A mystery17. A book with illustrations18. A really long book (600+ pages)19. A New York Times best-sellerYeah I read New York Times best sellers but they're not the the hard-hitting murder mysteries etc. that you usually see on the front of The Book Review.20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read22. A book by an author you haven't read beforeX23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list (link) Okay now this one I can't give a half star flimsy to.
24. A book written by at least two authors25. A book about a famous historical figureYes ... but since the book wasn't based on that historical figure just mentioned him(only him's in the books I read) and some slightly important significance to the plot but a minor character ... I wouldn't really consider it. Oh, except for Billie Mayes of course. And Thomas Jefferson...26. An adventure book27. A book by one of your favorite authorsChise Ogawa ... slowly getting obsessed with.28. A non-fictionThere are some graphic novels I have read this year that could technically qualify, but I personally consider those historical fiction. And any/all science and cookbooks aren't really what I call non-fiction either I put them in their own categories.29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre) - check all the editionsX30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books (link) another one I can't be flimsy on.
31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre: Manga :: Yaoi32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle)33. A magical realism novelX34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere Reading Zorro but for next challenge ;P x_x
35. A book where one of the main characters is royaltyThis one ... there are a couple books and series where SYMBOLICALLY a main character is a sort "prince" type of character, where everybody else in the story is astounded by their popularity etc. but no one is actually related to a prince ... although now that I think ... ラクダ使いと王子の夜 Rakuda Tsukai to Ouji no Yoru does have "a prince" however I don't remember if this status is because of a)lineage b) wealth or c) government magistrate position. It may be a combination of all three.
→36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee Ancillary Justice This book is, man I don't know, it's good but at the same time killing me. I really have regressed as a reader because I know if I were 12, I would have been done in two weeks. But of course I wouldn't remember the book at all, just that I read it.
37. A book you choose randomly38. A novel inspired by a classic39. An epistolary fiction41. A book with an unreliable narrator42. A best book of the 21st century (so far)43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold)44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next" (link)45. A book with a one-word title46. A time travel novelEi8ht is seriously the perfect example of all time related tasks in this challenge. I don't think, unless it's romance, that I am going to read another book involving time travel in 2017. I don't read a lot of sci-fi and I stick to almost exclusively graphic novels, short stories, and plays. Actually even though I didn't read a lot versus a ton of other people here, I have read way more than I have been lately in what I call "real books". :D47. A past suggestion that didn't win: A book from a genre you don't normally read48. A banned bookIn many countries and cities across America, the type of manga that I read would be considered indecent. However if the people that speak out about these type of things said anything, I'm sure the manga community would pounce just as quickly as those into romance novels. ^-^ But don't worry because the Internet is a manga lover's best friend in this situation.49. A book from someone else's bookshelf→50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any edition Pride and Prejudice I don't think I'm going to finish this by the deadline as I slightly forgot about it after September ... (>o<) but it's nice, one of those fairy tale endings where everybody seems to live happily ever after with their soulmate of sorts. Even Lydia ... (-.-)
51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays)About half of my books.52. A book set in a fictional location