Susan T 2019: Ready, Set, Go for 75!

[Susan]

Sticking with my 2018 goal of 75 books. Now that I've done it once, I want to keep up the pace!

Goals for the year: Read at least one book from each decade of the 20th century and include more prize winners in my list.

[Ann A]

Good luck!

[Tiffany, Administrator]

Susan wrote: "Sticking with my 2018 goal of 75 books. Now that I've done it once, I want to keep up the pace!

Goals for the year: Read at least one book from each decade of the 20th century and include more pri..."

Good luck with your 75! The "one from each decade" sounds especially interesting. I'm looking forward to see what you pick!

[Susan]

Jan 2019:
1. Winter by Ali Smith, Jan 3.
2. American by Day by Derek B. Miller, Jan 8.
3. The Girl in Green by Derek B. Miller, Jan 13.
4. Cold Granite by Stuart MacBride, Jan 20. (reread)
5. The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton, Jan 20. (2013 Man Booker Prize winner).
6. Transcription by Kate Atkinson, Jan 25.
7. If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin, Jan 27. (1974)

[Susan]

Feb 2019:
8. The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith, Feb 4.
9. Last Bus to Wisdom by Ivan Doig, Feb 5.
10. A SeparationKatie Kitamura, Feb 7.
11. Blood for Blood by Victoria Selman, Feb 8.
12. Kindred by Octavia E. Butler, Feb 10. (1979)
13. Inborn by Thomas Enger, Feb 14.
14. The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith, Feb 18.
15. Little Fires Everywhere, by Celeste Ng, Feb 26.
16. The Glass Forest by Cynthia Swanson, Feb 20.
17. Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith, Feb 28.

[Susan]

March
18. The Return: Fathers, Sons, and the Land in Between, Mar 2. (2016 Pulitzer)
19. Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger, Mar 3.
20. The Lost Man by Jane Harper, Mar 9.
21. Educated by Tara Westover, Mar 12.
22. Black Water Rising by Attica Locke, Mar 14.
23. Rage Against the Dying by Becky Masterman, Mar 18.
24. The Rook by Daniel O'Malley, Mar 23.

[Susan]

April...I tried and gave up on Circe, first time I've given up on a book in a while.
25. Alan ParksBloody January, Apr 3.
26. My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh, Apr 7.
27. Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, Apr 10.
28. February's Son by Alan Parks, Apr 15.
29. The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen, Apr 23. (Pulitzer 2015)
30. The Burning by Jane Casey, Apr 25.

[Susan]

May 2019:
31. Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell, May 2.
32. The Friend by Sigrid Nunez, May 4. (National Book Award 2015)
33. The Reckoning by Jane Casey, May 6.
34. The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai, May 12.
35. The Rope by Nevada Barr, May 15.
36. The Last Girl by Jane Casey, May 20.
37. The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers, May 24.
38. Ferocity by Nicola Lagioia, May 28.
39. The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens, May 30.

[Susan]

June 2019:
40. The Stranger You Know by Jane Casey, June 1.
41. The Kill by Jane Casey, June 4.
42. American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson, June 6.
43. After the Fire by Jane Casey, June 7.
44. Let the Dead Speak by Jane Casey, June 10.
45. Lethal White by Robert Galbraith, June 15.
46. Milkman by Anna Burns, June 20. (2018 Booker)
47. My Sister, the Serial Killer, by Oyinkan Braithwaite, June 25.

[Susan]

July 2019:
48. The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian, July 3.
49. Lab Girl by Hope Jahren, July 7.
50. The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey, July 12.
51. All That’s Dead by Stuart MacBride, July 17.
52. The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy, July 18.
53. A Nearly Normal Family, by M.T. Edvardsson, July 20.
54. The Cold Cold Ground by Adrian McKinty, July 25.
55. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides, July 31.
56. Washington Black by Esi Edugyan, July 22.
57. Nothing to Lose by Victoria Selman, July 27.
58. The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon, June 20. (Hugo Award 2007)
59. The Return: Fathers, Sons, and the Land in Between by Hisham Matar, May 2019.

[Susan]

Aug 2019:
Slowing down...semester begins!
60. Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday, Aug3.
61. Laidlaw by William McIlvanney, Aug 10.
62. Codename Villanelle by Luke Jennings, Aug 15.
63. Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, Aug 22. (Booker 1981)
64. Fear the Darkness by Becky Masterman, Aug 30.

[Susan]

Sept 2019:
65. Conviction by Denise Mina, Sept 3.
66. I Hear the Sirens in the Street by Adrian McKinty, Sept 5.
67. In the Morning I'll be Gone by Adrian McKinty, Sept 7.
68. Gun Street Girl by Adrian McKinty, Sept 10.
69. The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan, Sept 15.
70. Slow Horses by Mick Herron, Sept 20.
71. There There by Tommy Orange, Sept 22.
72. The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, Sept 29.

[Susan]

Oct 2019:
73. Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty, Oct 3.
74. All Involved by Ryan Gattis, Oct 7.
75. Tangerine by Christine Mangan< Oct 10.
76. Dead Lions byMick Herron, Oct 15.
77. A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum, Oct 20.
78. Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem, Oct 23.
79. Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly by Adrian McKinty, Oct 28.
80. Girl Jacked by Christopher Greyson, Oct 30.

[Susan]

1. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe, Nov 1.
82. November Road by Lou Berney, Nov 4.
83. Real Tigers by Mick Herron, Nov 9.
84. Leadership: In Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin, Nov 10.
85. The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld, Nov 20.
86. We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights by Adam Winkler, Nov 30.

[Susan]

Dec 2019:
87. The Thief by Fuminori Nakamura, Dec 3.
88. Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh, Dec 4.
89. The Long and Faraway Gone by Lou Berney, Dec 6.
90. The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey, Dec 8.
91. Mr. White's Confession by Robert Clark, Dec. 10.
92. Down Cemetery Road by Mick Herron, Dec. 17.
93. Spook Street by Mick Herron, Dec 23.