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I'll have a go. 26 books + the challenge. Also comics and RPG books don't count, because I read loads of those anyway.
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Sandwolf posted:What's everyone's first book of the year? Mine's God Knows by Joseph Heller, read Catch 22 last year for the first time and fell in love with it, so I'm trying Heller's foray in religion. I'm starting off with The Good Immigrant in hard copy, which is a collection of essays about being an immigrant in Britain, and The Collected Works of Kahlil Gibran on the Kindle.
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mdemone posted:Right then: Don't mind me, just stealing your system. 1. The Good Immigrant; Nikesh Shukla (ed.) 2. The Three-Body Problem; Cixin Liu 3. The Complete Works of Kahlil Gibran 1) Read some books. Set a number and go hog wild. 1/26 2) Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by women. 0/6 3) Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by someone non-white. 1/6 4) Read at least one book by an LGBT author. 5) Read at least one TBB BoTM and post in the monthly thread about it. 6) Read a book someone else in the thread recommends (a wildcard!) 7) Read something that was recently published (anything from after 1st January 2016). 8) Read something which was published before you were born. 9) Read something in translation. 10) Read something from somewhere you want to travel. 11) Read something political. 12) Read something historical. 12a) Read something about the First World War. 13) Read something biographical. 14) Read some poetry. 15) Read a play. 16) Read a collection of short stories. 17) Read something long (500+ pages). 18) Read something which was banned or censored. 19) Read a satire. 20) Read something about honour. 21) Read something about fear. 22) Read something about one (or more!) of the seven sins. 23) Read something that you love. 24) Read something from a non-human perspective.
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Finished off The Three-Body Problem over the weekend. I enjoyed it! I thought the beginning (where it seemed to be leaning more towards cosmic horror than science fiction) was stronger than the end, but that might just be the thing I do where I read something with a really strong premise and think 'if I'd been smart enough to have this beginning, I'd have taken it this way...'. Still, the ideas were big and the writing rolled along well enough, which is a nice departure from the usual garbage scifi I read. (The Complete Works of Kahlil Gibran, meanwhile, has turned into something of a slog, although my Kindle reckons I'm about 85% done so by God I'm going to read the rest of it.) 1. The Good Immigrant; Nikesh Shukla (ed.) 2. The Three-Body Problem; Cixin Liu 3. The Complete Works of Kahlil Gibran 4. The Blind Assassin; Margaret Atwood 1) Read some books. Set a number and go hog wild. 2/26 2) Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by women. 0/6 3) Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by someone non-white. 2/6 4) Read at least one book by an LGBT author. 5) Read at least one TBB BoTM and post in the monthly thread about it. 6) Read a book someone else in the thread recommends (a wildcard!) 7) Read something that was recently published (anything from after 1st January 2016). 8) Read something which was published before you were born. 10) Read something from somewhere you want to travel. 11) Read something political. 12) Read something historical. 12a) Read something about the First World War. 13) Read something biographical. 14) Read some poetry. 15) Read a play. 16) Read a collection of short stories. 17) Read something long (500+ pages). 18) Read something which was banned or censored. 19) Read a satire. 20) Read something about honour. 21) Read something about fear. 22) Read something about one (or more!) of the seven sins. 23) Read something that you love. 24) Read something from a non-human perspective.
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