Greedy reader's log 2019

[Em*Greedy* (Iniya)]

I'm going to be going to try to be more disciplined in 2019 in terms of reading... Have note decided challenges to be part of yet.

Am making some resolutions for the coming year.

- Read paperbacks - Atleast 10.
- Reduce reading in mobile phone
- Don't juggle too many books. This was not fair to all those books I left ignored in my CR shelf.

This is the list of books I plan to chose from for reading in 2019..

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

I'll probably read 50% out of this list, and read all other books, which I randomly jump into BR's.

Currently Reading:
David Copperfield - page 425/882
Homegoing - 30%

[Em*Greedy* (Iniya)]

Read 10 classics:

1. David Copperfield
2. Anna Karenina
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[Em*Greedy* (Iniya)]

Complete 5 series which are already started:
1. Kate Daniels
2. Wheel of time
3. Dresden files
4. Stormlight Archive
5. All souls Trilogy

[Em*Greedy* (Iniya)]

New Genres which I don't generally Favor:

1. Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin
2. The Kaoboys & R&AW: Down Memory Lane
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[Em*Greedy* (Iniya)]

Read 10 paperbacks:

1. David Copperfield
2. Norse Mythology
3. King Solomon's Mines
4. Anna Karenina
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[Em*Greedy* (Iniya)]

Clean-up oldest books from TBR: Target 10.

1. Poirot Investigates
2. Murder on the Orient Express
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[Em*Greedy* (Iniya)]

Favorite Quotes:

[Em*Greedy* (Iniya)]

Favorite Quotes part 2:

[Em*Greedy* (Iniya)]

DNF's

[Em*Greedy* (Iniya)]

Mystery/Thriller:

1. The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
2. The Guns of Navarone
3. Sometimes I Lie
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[Em*Greedy* (Iniya)]

Books by Indian Authors:

1. Myth = Mithya: A Handbook of Hindu Mythology
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[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

*reserves a spot for self*

all the best Ini! :D

[Em*Greedy* (Iniya)]

Recording the books read for Bingo Challenge:

1. #ownvoices - Homegoing
2. Genre you never read - Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin
3. Standalone - The Wall of Winnipeg and Me
4. Finish a series - Kate Daniels
5. Book in TBR for 2+ years - Poirot Investigates
6. Book gifted by someone - Norse Mythology
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[Utkarsh]

Good luck Ini!
I wish i could plan my reading like you guys. Sighs. It never works out 😂

[Em*Greedy* (Iniya)]

Utkarsh wrote: "Good luck Ini!
I wish i could plan my reading like you guys. Sighs. It never works out 😂"

Thanks Utkarsh :-) My plan also doesn't work out mostly:-P I planned a lot this year, and read entirely different books which were not in the list :-P

[Ahtims]

He he.. Greedy Ini.. all the best .

[Ahtims]

@ Utkarsh... Show me one person in OR whose plan has worked out 😂

[Kru]

Iniya wrote: "DNF's"

Seriously!! I wish this post remains clean like now :D

Happy Reading <3

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

Kru wrote: "Iniya wrote: "DNF's"

Seriously!! I wish this post remains clean like now :D

Happy Reading <3"

+1

[Ahtims]

Ini... Re name your self Greedy Em...
We can be 3 Em's in our Booketeer thread

[dely]

All the best, Ini!

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

Em*bedded-in-books* wrote: "Ini... Re name your self Greedy Em...
We can be 3 Em's in our Booketeer thread"

lolss!! three booketeers creating havoc in IR. ;)

[Em*Greedy* (Iniya)]

Kru wrote: "Iniya wrote: "DNF's"

Seriously!! I wish this post remains clean like now :D

Happy Reading <3"

Hopefully :-) :-D Thanks Kru :-)

[Em*Greedy* (Iniya)]

dely wrote: "All the best, Ini!"

Thanks Dely,,,!

[Kavitha]

All the best, Ini :) Nice organization :)

[Misha]

All the best IniMini :)

[Em*Greedy* (Iniya)]

Kavitha wrote: "All the best, Ini :) Nice organization :)"

Thanks Kavitha :-)

[Em*Greedy* (Iniya)]

Misha wrote: "All the best IniMini :)"

Thank you so much Misha baby :-) How are you?

[Em*Greedy* (Iniya)]

January is going to start with my long forgotten David copperfield, which I've been dragging bcos of paperback since 2017. I am starting this again this year, and hoping to read continuously.

Also starting A wrinkle in time - BR With Hp buddy...

[Ahtims]

All the best.. To you and buddy.

[Srividya]

All the best Ini! :)

[Em*Greedy* (Iniya)]

Thank you smi amd sri😀😀

[Girish, The Good cop]

Happy reading Ini! :)

[Gorab, TheGunman]

so the madness of voracious 2018 reading continues! All the best Ini :)

[Vikas]

Happy New Year and All the Best for the Reading Challenge.

[Em*Greedy* (Iniya)]

Thank you Gorab, Girish and Vikas :-)

[Em*Greedy* (Iniya)]

January books:

January has been good so far interms of the books I read. No five starrers, but still no DNF's.

1. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - My first book to finish this year, and it was very sad to read the life of chinese women and the cruel fate of Snowflower... 4 stars

2. A Wrinkle in Time - 2 stars. Too childish for me, and I expected more from it on account of being Scientific fiction.

3. East - 4 stars. Lovely retelling of Beauty and the beast. This was better than the other retelling(court of thorns and roses) which I read last year.

4. Geekerella - 4 stars - BR with manu. Cute Geek romance, a retelling of Cinderella,

5. The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - 4 stars. IR BOTM, BR-ed with smi and manu. Interesting Mystery thriller told in a intriguing way. Love reading this.

6. The Kiss Thief - 3 stars, BR with manu, light and fast romance.

7. Vicious - Another fast romance read, by the same author as the previous book above. 3 stars again

8. The Wicked King - Second book of Folk of the air series, Much interesting than the first one, and the ending was unexpected..!! 4 stars.

9. Circe - 3.75 stars. my 2nd Greek mythology read, and this was full of Gods, godesses, demigods, nymphs. Nice tale, but was slow at times.

10. 99 Percent Mine - A fast romance. and okayish. 3 stars

[Em*Greedy* (Iniya)]

On list for Feb month:

1. David Copperfield - pending from Jan
2. The Pillars of the Earth
3. The Guns of Navarone
4. Cold Days
5. Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin
6. Great Expectations

[Em*Greedy* (Iniya)]

Feb books:

11. Homegoing - This story spans the life of 2 half-sisters, who were brought up in different households. The author tells the story of the multiple generations of the the 2 sisters. Early part of the book, I felt some sort of missing connectivity since each of the story was abruptly finished, and mostly there are not much mention of the earlier generations. Loved how the author connected the dots later in the second half. Reading about the slavery and miseries of the Africans was very sad. 5 stars

12. Win Some, Lose Some - BR with manu, A cute fast read. 3 stars

13. The Cad and the Co-Ed - Another romance read to get out from the grim mood of reading Homegoing. 3 stars

14. The Wall of Winnipeg and Me - Valentine's day BR with manu. Was as lovely as ever

15. The Guns of Navarone - 4 stars, BR with HP.. This was a tough read throughout. 5 men-each a specialist in dealing with death, are being sent to the island of Navarone, to destroy the famous and fatal Guns of Navarone. They are going with the skill of mountain climbing, and the knowledge of the Map got from someone who knows Navarone and the surroundings. It was thrilling to read the details of the operation and how these 5 men succeed in doing what the navy were not able to achieve...

16. The Pillars of the Earth - 3 stars. This took most of my February... Full of church politics, and architecture of cathedrals.. This was overwhelming, yet interesting.

17. Magic Shifts - 8th book in KD series. and this was fast read as usual though without much action...

That's Februrary for me.. Hope to read more in March...

[Em*Greedy* (Iniya)]

March wishlist:

1. David Copperfield - Still here ;-)
2. Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin
3. Poirot Investigates
4. Cold Days
5. The Storyteller
6. Winter's Heart

[Em*Greedy* (Iniya)]

March update:

The highlight has been that I finally completed David Copperfield which has been in my CR for almost 2 years... Apart from that, March has been a rich reading month for me..

18, 19. Magic Binds, Magic Triumphs - Final two books of the KD series.. and I loved them ...

20. Iron and Magic - first book in the Iron Covenant series.. This shows the other side of Hugh, who had been a prominent villain in a couple of books in the KD series... 5 stars

21. Poirot Investigates - Collection of short stories about Hercule poirot and his cases.. After reading the full length novels where Poirot solves the cases using his grey cells, this had not been fully satisfying to read.. The storiCold Dayses felt too short, and the mysteries too simple...

22. Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin - This was a tough one... Had too many details about the killer.. and some of it felt unnecessary

23. Cold Days -

24. The Dance

25. Myth = Mithya: A Handbook of Hindu Mythology

26. An Exaltation of Larks

27. Beard Science

28. David Copperfield

29. Skin Game

30. Murder on the Orient Express