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Re: The 2019 Reading Challenge

Posted: Sep 13th, '19, 08:18
by LittleJulez
Thank you for the birthday wishes <3

Alice, I know exactly what you mean. I sometimes have that feeling as well. Sometimes even reading is too exhausting, especially if it is some high literature or even something related to linguistics. Or in any other language than German or English.

Yay for getting a lot of reading done :) I finished a book when I was on vacation and started another one.

Re: The 2019 Reading Challenge

Posted: Sep 13th, '19, 18:11
by Sanssouci
I finished The Gunslinger. I won another book from GoodReads. It's called Crossings.

Re: The 2019 Reading Challenge

Posted: Sep 13th, '19, 18:54
by LittleJulez
How can you win a book on goodreads? Congrats though!

Re: The 2019 Reading Challenge

Posted: Sep 13th, '19, 23:01
by Sanssouci
They have a whole giveaways section where you can browse pages and pages of books, and you can enter for a chance to win any of the books that sound interesting to you.

Re: The 2019 Reading Challenge

Posted: Sep 15th, '19, 08:18
by LittleJulez
Oh that's a really cool thing, I didn't know :)

Re: The 2019 Reading Challenge

Posted: Sep 16th, '19, 20:25
by AliceON
it's nice to see everyone finishing books! saying this as someone with books started in january or even last year that aren't even close to being finished :mcheh:

the year somehow flies by when you measure it by bi-monthly reading plans... :mcmeh: for the next two months I'm just piling everything that ever was on my list this year. removed a few things but other than that it's the same list I had at the beginning of 2019. isn't it weird that when you have zero time, you finish 24 books and when you have all the time in the world, you can't even do 5?

in august I finished the second book in that series I wasn't sure about. now I'm sure I won't be reading the other (12) books. while this one was significantly better, I still have problems with it, so. there are too many satisfying books out there to give something you don't like another try


wulfilalice wrote:list till 31.08.
Spoiler

'Красное на красном'
by Вера Камша



'Artful'
by Ali Smith



'Sea of Rust'
by C. Robert Cargill



'Moscow 2042'
by Vladimir Voinovich



Algorithms to Live By
by Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths



The Fifth Season
N.K. Jemisin



'Memoirs of Lady Trent'
by Marie Brennan



~

actually read:


'Красное на красном'
by Вера Камша



'От войны до войны'
by Вера Камша



list till 31.10.
Spoiler

'Spinning Silver'
by Naomi Novik



'That Inevitable Victorian Thing'
by E.K. Johnston



'Circe'
by Madeline Miller



'Artful'
by Ali Smith



'Sea of Rust'
by C. Robert Cargill



'The Enchanted Forest Chronicles'
by Patricia C. Wrede



'A Night in the Lonesome October'
by Roger Zelazny



'Jamaica Inn'
by Daphne du Maurier



'Moscow 2042'
by Vladimir Voinovich



'Memoirs of Lady Trent'
by Marie Brennan



~


Re: The 2019 Reading Challenge

Posted: Sep 16th, '19, 22:18
by jacobgrey
I just finished another book and cancelled my Kindle Unlimited so it won't roll over and charge me. Now I have about two weeks left... and I have a whole ton of books on my Unlimited reading list. I don't know what to do first D:

Re: The 2019 Reading Challenge

Posted: Sep 16th, '19, 22:39
by Sanssouci
Now I'm reading a book called Tell Me Lies by Jennifer Crusie. I babysit two days a week now, and I usually read about 75 pages on average on each of my workdays, so I'm moving along at a pretty good pace for me.

Re: The 2019 Reading Challenge

Posted: Sep 17th, '19, 08:08
by LittleJulez
Alice, that's a good idea to delete a few books from your list and just pile up everything you have left so far :)

I actually finished my aim for this year which was 15. I think I am at 17 already. I think I can make it up to 20 :)

I started reading "Linguistics - why it matters" by Geoffrey K. Pullum. Need to remind myself why I am going through all the trouble studying it xD

Re: The 2019 Reading Challenge

Posted: Sep 21st, '19, 01:52
by Sanssouci
I finished Tell Me Lies and started Crossings.