TBB Annual Reading Challenge 2017 - Book Lives Matter

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mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

I was out for 2016 and had the worst year in recorded memory. As alms to the future, I'm back in for 2017.

Year-long goal: 100

And count me in for booklord, too. Let's do this thing.

1. Jerusalem

# ¿ Jan 2, 2017 15:42

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 12:47

mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

Mr. Squishy posted:

How's the Heller? In my stabs it just seemed to prove the truth in the jibe that he never wrote anything as good as Catch 22, "neither did anyone else" notwithstanding.

Ha, that's my view on it as well. But I can't blame the guy for "only" having written one great book when that book is as great as it is.

# ¿ Jan 4, 2017 20:36

mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

1. Jerusalem - Alan Moore^{7, 17}
2. A Billion Wicked Thoughts - Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam^{3, 22}
3. Herman (The Game Warden, The Death of a Craft) - Laszlo Krasznahorkai⁹
4. The Atrocity Exhibition - J.G. Ballard^{8, 18}
5. The Last Wolf - Laszlo Krasznahorkai⁹
6. The Kingdom of This World - Alejo Carpentier^{3, 9, 12}
7. Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey^{3, 8}
8. Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel^{2, 12, 13}
9. Destruction and Sorrow Beneath the Heavens - Laszlo Krasznahorkai^{9, 10}
10. Sudden Death - Alvaro Enrigue⁹
11. Caligula for President - Cintra Wilson^{2, 19}
12. The Dark Highlander - Karen Marie Moning^{2, 22}
----end of January
13. Universal Harvester - John Darnielle^{7, 21?}

_{1) Read some books. Set a number and go hog wild. 7/100

2) Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by women. 1/20

3) Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by someone non-white. 3/20

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!) --> Human Acts - Han Kang^{2, 3, 9, 12}

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.}

mdemone fucked around with this message at 19:20 on Feb 9, 2017

# ¿ Jan 9, 2017 00:24

mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

I'm gonna need a ruling on how many booklord items Wolf Hall fulfills. I say historical and biographical but I will bow to the thread's consensus.

# ¿ Jan 10, 2017 00:00

mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

Franchescanado posted:

It was mentioned that the goal is for each book to qualify as one criteria except for non-white and female authors.

Curses, foiled! Not that I'll struggle to fulfill it either way.

# ¿ Jan 10, 2017 00:47

mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

Aw crap, I'm doing well on non-white authors but falling behind on women authors. Luckily I have a few coming up in the pipeline, including three by Kathy Acker who I've always wanted to dig into.

Somebody wild-card me!

# ¿ Jan 23, 2017 16:49

mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

Franchescanado posted:

If anyone needs more female authors, the answer is Flannery O'Conner and Carson McCullers.

Yeah but I already plowed through the Library of America's volume of complete O'Connor. Making a note of McCullers.

Corrode posted:

Human Acts by Han Kang. I read it recently and it's v. good.

Excellent! Added to the pile which is growing faster than I'm reading them. Which I guess has always been true.

# ¿ Jan 23, 2017 17:57

mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

Tiggum posted:

The Cipher by Kathe Koja.

gently caress yeah, great throw. That one'll bung you up but good.

# ¿ Jan 31, 2017 04:36

mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

1. Jerusalem - Alan Moore^{7, 17}
2. A Billion Wicked Thoughts - Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam^{3, 22}
3. Herman (The Game Warden, The Death of a Craft) - Laszlo Krasznahorkai⁹
4. The Atrocity Exhibition - J.G. Ballard^{8, 18}
5. The Last Wolf - Laszlo Krasznahorkai⁹
6. The Kingdom of This World - Alejo Carpentier^{3, 9, 12}
7. Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey^{3, 8}
8. Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel^{2, 12, 13, 17}
9. Destruction and Sorrow Beneath the Heavens - Laszlo Krasznahorkai^{9, 10}
10. Sudden Death - Alvaro Enrigue^{3, 9, 23}
11. Caligula for President - Cintra Wilson^{2, 19}
12. The Dark Highlander - Karen Marie Moning^{2, 22}
----end of January
13. Universal Harvester - John Darnielle⁷
14. The Plague - Albert Camus^{5, 8, 9}
15. The Prophet: The Life of Leon Trotsky - Isaac Deutscher^{8, 11, 13, 17}
16. A Temple of Texts: Essays - William H. Gass
17. The Child To Come: Life After the Human Catastrophe - Rebekah Sheldon^{2, 7}
18. We Are Legion (We Are Bob) - Dennis E. Taylor^{7, 24}
19. The Poetics of Space - Gaston Bachelard^{8, 9}

_{1) Read some books. Set a number and go hog wild. 13/100

2) Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by women. 2/20

3) Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by someone non-white. 4/20

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!) --> Human Acts - Han Kang^{2, 3, 9, 12}

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.}

mdemone fucked around with this message at 02:41 on Feb 27, 2017

# ¿ Feb 9, 2017 20:16

mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

Franchescanado posted:

How was Universal Harvester?

I liked Wolf in White Van, but I'm trying to hold off from buying new books, unless I should stop everything for it.

I read it in an hour. My first Darnielle, he's a decent stylist, good pacing and a feel for place. I quite enjoyed it, but it's a bit more of a soul excavation than it is a horror vehicle (like the cover blurb might mildly suggest).

Worthwhile, if only because it's undemanding and smooth enough to be a quick and satisfying read. If I were you I might wait for the paperback unless you find a good sale; it won't make the year's ten best.

It felt very much like Richard Powers' The Echo Maker, although not as plunging or well-styled as Powers.

# ¿ Feb 9, 2017 21:10

mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

Franchescanado posted:

It's $15 for a hardback on Amazon, which might be worth it since I like the hardback's holographic cover (it is holographic right?), or $12 for Kindle.

I'm sure it'll take me more than an hour to read, but I dunno if I wanna throw down the money. $15 can get me anywhere from 5-7 used books.

Yeah, I wouldn't pay more than ten bucks for it, but I'm a cheapskate. (I got mine out of the library.)

# ¿ Feb 9, 2017 22:53

mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

Well I somehow never did read The Plague, although I've always been fond of The Stranger, and here I've just unearthed a classy Modern Library edition I didn't even know I had...

...so I guess this is my BOTM link-up. I'm on a loving roll and I might just kill this before the weekend.

Also you goons should read Sudden Death by Alvaro Enrigue, I'm halfway through and I keep stopping and going on to other reads because I don't want it to end.

# ¿ Feb 10, 2017 02:22

mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

1. Jerusalem - Alan Moore^{7, 17}
2. A Billion Wicked Thoughts - Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam^{3, 22}
3. Herman (The Game Warden, The Death of a Craft) - Laszlo Krasznahorkai⁹
4. The Atrocity Exhibition - J.G. Ballard^{8, 18}
5. The Last Wolf - Laszlo Krasznahorkai⁹
6. The Kingdom of This World - Alejo Carpentier^{3, 9, 12}
7. Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey^{3, 8}
8. Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel^{2, 12, 13, 17}
9. Destruction and Sorrow Beneath the Heavens - Laszlo Krasznahorkai^{9, 10}
10. Sudden Death - Alvaro Enrigue^{3, 9, 23}
11. Caligula for President - Cintra Wilson^{2, 19}
12. The Dark Highlander - Karen Marie Moning^{2, 22}
----end of January
13. Universal Harvester - John Darnielle⁷
14. The Plague - Albert Camus^{5, 8, 9}
15. The Prophet: The Life of Leon Trotsky - Isaac Deutscher^{8, 11, 13, 17}
16. A Temple of Texts: Essays - William H. Gass
17. The Child To Come: Life After the Human Catastrophe - Rebekah Sheldon^{2, 7}
18. We Are Legion (We Are Bob) - Dennis E. Taylor^{7, 24}
19. The Poetics of Space - Gaston Bachelard^{8, 9}
-----end of February
20. Fight Club 2 - Chuck Palahniuk, Cameron Stewart^{7, 19}
21. Songs of a Dead Dreamer & Grimscribe - Thomas Ligotti^{16, 21, 22}
22. The Emergence of Social Space - Kristin Ross^{2, 11, 12}
23. The Black Monday Murders, Volume 1 - Jonathan Hickman, Tomm Coker⁷
24. Aquarium - David Vann²¹

_{1) Read some books. Set a number and go hog wild. 16/100

2) Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by women. 2/20

3) Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by someone non-white. 4/20

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!) --> Human Acts - Han Kang^{2, 3, 9, 12}

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.}

mdemone fucked around with this message at 03:23 on Mar 20, 2017

# ¿ Mar 5, 2017 20:43

mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

Groke posted:

Huh, the idea never even crossed my mind of counting the perspective of multiple branching copies of a computer simulation of a dead human brain controlling self-replicating interstellar space probes as "non-human". I guess that says something about my own internalized attitudes toward what is or is not "human".

Yeah I pondered a bit about that one. But to my thinking, the two most crucial factors that make a mind "human" are being embodied, and being mortal.

Although it must be said that the Bobs generally do think and speak in a very human way, despite being derived from an engineer's brain.

# ¿ Mar 6, 2017 14:40

mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

ulvir posted:

Rosencrantz was gifted to me during the secret santa last year, I had never read it before and it was pretty funny. it reminded me of Waiting for Godot in a way, with the way Ros and Guil interacted with eachother.

Certainly not an accident; R&G was Stoppard's explicit homage to Beckett. Bit players in a drama they can barely glimpse and have no hope of understanding, fixated on themes like repetition and doom, powerless to affect even their own actions.

# ¿ Mar 31, 2017 15:02

mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

1. Jerusalem - Alan Moore^{7, 17}
2. A Billion Wicked Thoughts - Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam^{3, 22}
3. Herman (The Game Warden, The Death of a Craft) - Laszlo Krasznahorkai⁹
4. The Atrocity Exhibition - J.G. Ballard^{8, 18}
5. The Last Wolf - Laszlo Krasznahorkai⁹
6. The Kingdom of This World - Alejo Carpentier^{3, 9, 12}
7. Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey^{3, 8}
8. Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel^{2, 12, 13, 17}
9. Destruction and Sorrow Beneath the Heavens - Laszlo Krasznahorkai^{9, 10}
10. Sudden Death - Alvaro Enrigue^{3, 9, 23}
11. Caligula for President - Cintra Wilson^{2, 19}
12. The Dark Highlander - Karen Marie Moning^{2, 22}
----end of January
13. Universal Harvester - John Darnielle⁷
14. The Plague - Albert Camus^{5, 8, 9}
15. The Prophet: The Life of Leon Trotsky - Isaac Deutscher^{8, 11, 13, 17}
16. A Temple of Texts: Essays - William H. Gass
17. The Child To Come: Life After the Human Catastrophe - Rebekah Sheldon^{2, 7}
18. We Are Legion (We Are Bob) - Dennis E. Taylor^{7, 24}
19. The Poetics of Space - Gaston Bachelard^{8, 9}
-----end of February
20. Fight Club 2 - Chuck Palahniuk, Cameron Stewart^{7, 19}
21. Songs of a Dead Dreamer & Grimscribe - Thomas Ligotti^{16, 21, 22}
22. The Emergence of Social Space - Kristin Ross^{2, 11, 12}
23. The Black Monday Murders, Volume 1 - Jonathan Hickman, Tomm Coker⁷
24. Aquarium - David Vann²¹
25. The Master of Mankind - Aaron Dembski-Bowden^{7, 20}
26. At Swim-Two-Birds - Flann O'Brien⁸
27. Sleeping Giants - Sylvain Neuvel⁷
-----end of March
28. Waking Gods - Sylvain Neuvel⁷
29. Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich - Norman Ohler^{7, 12, 22}
30. The Last Night: Anti-Work, Atheism, Adventure - Federico Campagna^{11, 22, 23}
31. Remainder - Tom McCarthy
32. The Circle Game - Margaret Atwood^{2, 8, 14}
33. Star Wars: Thrawn - Timothy Zahn^{7, 24}
34. Buddha - Karen Armstrong^{2, 12, 13}
-----end of April
35. Wormwood, Gentleman Corpse: Omnibus Edition - Ben Templesmith^{19, 24}
36. The Zen in Modern Cosmology - Chi-sing Lam^{3, 23}
37. The Great and Holy War - Philip Jenkins^{12, 12a}
38. The Player of Games - Iain M. Banks²⁴

_{1) Read some books. Set a number and go hog wild. 32/100

2) Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by women. 4/20

3) Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by someone non-white. 5/20

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!) --> Human Acts - Han Kang^{2, 3, 9, 12}

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.}

mdemone fucked around with this message at 03:31 on May 29, 2017

# ¿ Apr 3, 2017 03:03

mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

1. Jerusalem - Alan Moore^{7, 17}
2. A Billion Wicked Thoughts - Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam^{3, 22}
3. Herman (The Game Warden, The Death of a Craft) - Laszlo Krasznahorkai⁹
4. The Atrocity Exhibition - J.G. Ballard^{8, 18}
5. The Last Wolf - Laszlo Krasznahorkai⁹
6. The Kingdom of This World - Alejo Carpentier^{3, 9, 12}
7. Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey^{3, 8}
8. Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel^{2, 12, 13, 17}
9. Destruction and Sorrow Beneath the Heavens - Laszlo Krasznahorkai^{9, 10}
10. Sudden Death - Alvaro Enrigue^{3, 9, 23}
11. Caligula for President - Cintra Wilson^{2, 19}
12. The Dark Highlander - Karen Marie Moning^{2, 22}
----end of January
13. Universal Harvester - John Darnielle⁷
14. The Plague - Albert Camus^{5, 8, 9}
15. The Prophet: The Life of Leon Trotsky - Isaac Deutscher^{8, 11, 13, 17}
16. A Temple of Texts: Essays - William H. Gass
17. The Child To Come: Life After the Human Catastrophe - Rebekah Sheldon^{2, 7}
18. We Are Legion (We Are Bob) - Dennis E. Taylor^{7, 24}
19. The Poetics of Space - Gaston Bachelard^{8, 9}
-----end of February
20. Fight Club 2 - Chuck Palahniuk, Cameron Stewart^{7, 19}
21. Songs of a Dead Dreamer & Grimscribe - Thomas Ligotti^{16, 21, 22}
22. The Emergence of Social Space - Kristin Ross^{2, 11, 12}
23. The Black Monday Murders, Volume 1 - Jonathan Hickman, Tomm Coker⁷
24. Aquarium - David Vann²¹
25. The Master of Mankind - Aaron Dembski-Bowden^{7, 20}
26. At Swim-Two-Birds - Flann O'Brien⁸
27. Sleeping Giants - Sylvain Neuvel⁷
-----end of March
28. Waking Gods - Sylvain Neuvel⁷
29. Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich - Norman Ohler^{7, 12, 22}
30. The Last Night: Anti-Work, Atheism, Adventure - Federico Campagna^{11, 22, 23}
31. Remainder - Tom McCarthy
32. The Circle Game - Margaret Atwood^{2, 8, 14}
33. Star Wars: Thrawn - Timothy Zahn^{7, 24}
34. Buddha - Karen Armstrong^{2, 12, 13}
35. The Great and Holy War - Philip Jenkins^{12, 12a}
-----end of April
36. The Terror of Evidence - Marcus Steinweg⁹
37. Prisons We Choose To Live Inside - Doris Lessing^{2, 12, 21}
38. Literature Class - Julio Cortazar^{3, 9}
39. The Player of Games - Iain M. Banks^24?
40. October - China Mi�ville^{11, 12}

_{1) Read some books. Set a number and go hog wild. 33/100

2) Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by women. 5/20

3) Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by someone non-white. 4/20

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!) --> Human Acts - Han Kang^{2, 3, 9, 12}

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.}

mdemone fucked around with this message at 17:02 on May 30, 2017

# ¿ May 1, 2017 13:36

mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

1. Jerusalem - Alan Moore^{7, 17, 23}
2. A Billion Wicked Thoughts - Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam^{3, 22}
3. Herman (The Game Warden, The Death of a Craft) - Laszlo Krasznahorkai⁹
4. The Atrocity Exhibition - J.G. Ballard^{8, 18}
5. The Last Wolf - Laszlo Krasznahorkai⁹
6. The Kingdom of This World - Alejo Carpentier^{3, 9, 12}
7. Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey^{3, 8}
8. Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel^{2, 12, 13, 17}
9. Destruction and Sorrow Beneath the Heavens - Laszlo Krasznahorkai^{9, 10}
10. Sudden Death - Alvaro Enrigue^{3, 9, 23}
11. Caligula for President - Cintra Wilson^{2, 19}
12. The Dark Highlander - Karen Marie Moning^{2, 22}
----end of January
13. Universal Harvester - John Darnielle⁷
14. The Plague - Albert Camus^{5, 8, 9}
15. The Prophet: The Life of Leon Trotsky - Isaac Deutscher^{8, 11, 13, 17}
16. A Temple of Texts: Essays - William H. Gass
17. The Child To Come: Life After the Human Catastrophe - Rebekah Sheldon^{2, 7}
18. We Are Legion (We Are Bob) - Dennis E. Taylor^{7, 24}
19. The Poetics of Space - Gaston Bachelard^{8, 9}
-----end of February
20. Fight Club 2 - Chuck Palahniuk, Cameron Stewart^{7, 19}
21. Songs of a Dead Dreamer & Grimscribe - Thomas Ligotti^{16, 21, 22}
22. The Emergence of Social Space - Kristin Ross^{2, 11, 12}
23. The Black Monday Murders, Volume 1 - Jonathan Hickman, Tomm Coker⁷
24. Aquarium - David Vann²¹
25. The Master of Mankind - Aaron Dembski-Bowden^{7, 20}
26. At Swim-Two-Birds - Flann O'Brien⁸
27. Sleeping Giants - Sylvain Neuvel⁷
-----end of March
28. Waking Gods - Sylvain Neuvel⁷
29. Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich - Norman Ohler^{7, 12, 22}
30. The Last Night: Anti-Work, Atheism, Adventure - Federico Campagna^{3, 11, 22, 23}
31. Remainder - Tom McCarthy
32. The Circle Game - Margaret Atwood^{2, 8, 14}
33. Star Wars: Thrawn - Timothy Zahn^{7, 24}
34. Buddha - Karen Armstrong^{2, 12, 13}
35. Literature Class - Julio Cortazar^{3, 9}
-----end of April
36. Wormwood, Gentleman Corpse: Omnibus Edition - Ben Templesmith^{19, 24}
37. The Zen in Modern Cosmology - Chi-sing Lam^{3, 23}
38. The Great and Holy War - Philip Jenkins^{12, 12a}
39. Prisons We Choose To Live Inside - Doris Lessing^{2, 8, 11}
40. The Player of Games - Iain M. Banks²⁴
41. October - China Mieville^{11, 12, 12a}
-----end of May
42. The Complete Short Stories, Volume 1, 1944-1953 - Roald Dahl^{8, 16, 19}
43. The Carrion Throne: Vaults of Terra #1 - Chris Wraight^{7, 24}
44. Being Insomniac: How Sleeplessness Alarmed Modernity - Lee Scrivner¹²
45. Are Prisons Obsolete? - Angela Davis^{2, 3, 11}
46. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - J.K. Rowling²
47. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling²
48. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling²
49. The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin - Masha Gessen^{2, 11, 12, 13}
50. Black Chalk - Christopher Yates
-----end of June
51. The Multiversity - Grant Morrison et al.²⁴
52. Sekret Machines: Chasing Shadows (Book 1) - A.J. Hartley & Tom DeLonge^{7, 17}
53. The History of Sexuality: Volume 1 - Michel Foucault^{4, 8, 9, 12}
54. Sewer, Gas, and Electric: The Public Works Trilogy - Matt Ruff^{19, 23}
55. Hitler's American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law - James Q. Whitman^{11, 12}
56. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling²
57. The American People: Search For My Heart (Vol. 1) - Larry Kramer^{4, 19}
-----end of July
58. IBM and the Holocaust - Edwin Black^{11, 12}
59. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling²
60. The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life - Sheldon Solomon et al.²¹

_{1) Read some books. Set a number and go hog wild. 49/100

2) Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by women. 11/20

3) Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by someone non-white. 8/20

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!) --> Human Acts - Han Kang^{2, 3, 9, 12}

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.}

mdemone fucked around with this message at 03:11 on Aug 14, 2017

# ¿ Jun 7, 2017 03:15

mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

1. Jerusalem - Alan Moore^{7, 17, 23}
2. A Billion Wicked Thoughts - Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam^{3, 22}
3. Herman (The Game Warden, The Death of a Craft) - Laszlo Krasznahorkai⁹
4. The Atrocity Exhibition - J.G. Ballard^{8, 18}
5. The Last Wolf - Laszlo Krasznahorkai⁹
6. The Kingdom of This World - Alejo Carpentier^{3, 9, 12}
7. Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey^{3, 8}
8. Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel^{2, 12, 13, 17}
9. Destruction and Sorrow Beneath the Heavens - Laszlo Krasznahorkai^{9, 10}
10. Sudden Death - Alvaro Enrigue^{3, 9, 23}
11. Caligula for President - Cintra Wilson^{2, 19}
12. The Dark Highlander - Karen Marie Moning^{2, 22}
----end of January
13. Universal Harvester - John Darnielle⁷
14. The Plague - Albert Camus^{5, 8, 9}
15. The Prophet: The Life of Leon Trotsky - Isaac Deutscher^{8, 11, 13, 17}
16. A Temple of Texts: Essays - William H. Gass
17. The Child To Come: Life After the Human Catastrophe - Rebekah Sheldon^{2, 7}
18. We Are Legion (We Are Bob) - Dennis E. Taylor^{7, 24}
19. The Poetics of Space - Gaston Bachelard^{8, 9}
-----end of February
20. Fight Club 2 - Chuck Palahniuk, Cameron Stewart^{7, 19}
21. Songs of a Dead Dreamer & Grimscribe - Thomas Ligotti^{16, 21, 22}
22. The Emergence of Social Space - Kristin Ross^{2, 11, 12}
23. The Black Monday Murders, Volume 1 - Jonathan Hickman, Tomm Coker⁷
24. Aquarium - David Vann²¹
25. The Master of Mankind - Aaron Dembski-Bowden^{7, 20}
26. At Swim-Two-Birds - Flann O'Brien⁸
27. Sleeping Giants - Sylvain Neuvel⁷
-----end of March
28. Waking Gods - Sylvain Neuvel⁷
29. Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich - Norman Ohler^{7, 12, 22}
30. The Last Night: Anti-Work, Atheism, Adventure - Federico Campagna^{3, 11, 22, 23}
31. Remainder - Tom McCarthy
32. The Circle Game - Margaret Atwood^{2, 8, 14}
33. Star Wars: Thrawn - Timothy Zahn^{7, 24}
34. Buddha - Karen Armstrong^{2, 12, 13}
35. Literature Class - Julio Cortazar^{3, 9}
-----end of April
36. Wormwood, Gentleman Corpse: Omnibus Edition - Ben Templesmith^{19, 24}
37. The Zen in Modern Cosmology - Chi-sing Lam^{3, 23}
38. The Great and Holy War - Philip Jenkins^{12, 12a}
39. Prisons We Choose To Live Inside - Doris Lessing^{2, 8, 11}
40. The Player of Games - Iain M. Banks²⁴
41. October - China Mieville^{11, 12, 12a}
-----end of May
42. The Complete Short Stories, Volume 1, 1944-1953 - Roald Dahl^{8, 16, 19}
43. The Carrion Throne: Vaults of Terra #1 - Chris Wraight^{7, 24}
44. Being Insomniac: How Sleeplessness Alarmed Modernity - Lee Scrivner¹²
45. Are Prisons Obsolete? - Angela Davis^{2, 3, 11}
46. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - J.K. Rowling²
47. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling²
48. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling²
49. The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin - Masha Gessen^{2, 11, 12, 13}
50. Black Chalk - Christopher Yates
-----end of June
51. The Multiversity - Grant Morrison et al.²⁴
52. Sekret Machines: Chasing Shadows (Book 1) - A.J. Hartley & Tom DeLonge^{7, 17}
53. The History of Sexuality: Volume 1 - Michel Foucault^{4, 8, 9, 12}
54. Sewer, Gas, and Electric: The Public Works Trilogy - Matt Ruff^{19, 23}
55. Hitler's American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law - James Q. Whitman^{11, 12}
56. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling²
57. The American People: Search For My Heart (Vol. 1) - Larry Kramer^{4, 19}
-----end of July
58. IBM and the Holocaust - Edwin Black^{11, 12}
59. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling^{2, 17}
60. The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life - Sheldon Solomon et al.²¹
61. The Dwarf - Par Lagerkqvist^{8, 9}
62. Cosmic Trigger (Vol. 1), Final Secrets of the Illuminati - Robert Anton Wilson^{8, 19}
63. Black Legion (WH40K) - Aaron Dembski-Bowden⁷
-----end of August
64. Hegel: A Reinterpretation - Walter Kaufmann⁸
65. Lincoln in the Bardo - George Saunders^{7, 12, 13}
66. Black Skin, White Masks - Frantz Fanon^{3, 8, 11, 12}
67. Small Gods - Terry Pratchett¹⁹
-----end of September
68. "Exterminate All The Brutes" - Sven Lindqvist^{11, 12}
69. Burnt Tongues - edited by Chuck Palahniuk^{16, 19}
70. Audition - Ryu Murakami^{3, 9}
71. The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness - Erich Fromm^{13, 22}
72. The Black Jacobins - C.L.R. James^{3, 12}

_{1) Read some books. Set a number and go hog wild. 60/100

2) Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by women. 11/20

3) Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by someone non-white. 11/20

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!) --> Human Acts - Han Kang^{2, 3, 9, 12}

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.}

mdemone fucked around with this message at 14:37 on Oct 17, 2017

# ¿ Sep 16, 2017 00:53

mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

Radio! posted:

This sounds interesting, how was it?

Really interesting look at how IBM's automated card-sorting systems allowed the emerging Nazi regime to identify and target individual people on a much more precise level, such that instead of saying "hey there's a Jewish community, let's send a bunch of guys to go figure out who's Jewish and kick them out to the east", they could instead say "this guy living on this street is Jewish and here's how we know".

Thomas Watson, IBM's founder who had quite a cult of personality in the company, was a self-made millionaire and total jerkoff who would do anything for a buck, including setting up a Polish IBM subsidiary called Dehomag that made a poo poo-ton of money for many years, especially once the Final Solution really got underway.

Basically IBM made countless millions helping the Nazis commit genocide more efficiently. And they've never denied it, they just say that all the records were destroyed in the war and they actually did turn over lots of surviving information to independent reviewers, especially in recent decades.

# ¿ Sep 16, 2017 17:28

mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

1. Jerusalem - Alan Moore^{7, 17, 23}
2. A Billion Wicked Thoughts - Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam^{3, 22}
3. Herman (The Game Warden, The Death of a Craft) - Laszlo Krasznahorkai⁹
4. The Atrocity Exhibition - J.G. Ballard^{8, 18}
5. The Last Wolf - Laszlo Krasznahorkai⁹
6. The Kingdom of This World - Alejo Carpentier^{3, 9, 12}
7. Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey^{3, 8}
8. ~~Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel~~^{2, 12, 13, 17}
9. Destruction and Sorrow Beneath the Heavens - Laszlo Krasznahorkai^{9, 10}
10. Sudden Death - Alvaro Enrigue^{3, 9, 23}
11. Caligula for President - Cintra Wilson^{2, 19}
12. The Dark Highlander - Karen Marie Moning^{2, 22}
----end of January
13. Universal Harvester - John Darnielle⁷
14. The Plague - Albert Camus^{5, 8, 9}
15. ~~The Prophet: The Life of Leon Trotsky - Isaac Deutscher~~^{8, 11, 13, 17}
16. A Temple of Texts: Essays - William H. Gass
17. ~~The Child To Come: Life After the Human Catastrophe - Rebekah Sheldon~~^{2, 7}
18. We Are Legion (We Are Bob) - Dennis E. Taylor^{7, 24}
19. ~~The Poetics of Space - Gaston Bachelard~~^{8, 9}
-----end of February
20. Fight Club 2 - Chuck Palahniuk, Cameron Stewart^{7, 19}
21. Songs of a Dead Dreamer & Grimscribe - Thomas Ligotti^{16, 21, 22}
22. ~~The Emergence of Social Space~~ - Kristin Ross^{2, 11, 12}
23. The Black Monday Murders, Volume 1 - Jonathan Hickman, Tomm Coker⁷
24. Aquarium - David Vann²¹
25. The Master of Mankind - Aaron Dembski-Bowden^{7, 20}
26. At Swim-Two-Birds - Flann O'Brien⁸
27. Sleeping Giants - Sylvain Neuvel⁷
-----end of March
28. Waking Gods - Sylvain Neuvel⁷
29. Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich - Norman Ohler^{7, 12, 22}
30. The Last Night: Anti-Work, Atheism, Adventure - Federico Campagna^{3, 11, 22, 23}
31. Remainder - Tom McCarthy
32. The Circle Game - Margaret Atwood^{2, 8, 14}
33. Star Wars: Thrawn - Timothy Zahn^{7, 24}
34. Buddha - Karen Armstrong^{2, 12, 13}
35. Literature Class - Julio Cortazar^{3, 9}
-----end of April
36. Wormwood, Gentleman Corpse: Omnibus Edition - Ben Templesmith^{19, 24}
37. The Zen in Modern Cosmology - Chi-sing Lam^{3, 23}
38. The Great and Holy War - Philip Jenkins^{12, 12a}
39. Prisons We Choose To Live Inside - Doris Lessing^{2, 8, 11}
40. The Player of Games - Iain M. Banks²⁴
41. October - China Mieville^{11, 12, 12a}
-----end of May
42. The Complete Short Stories, Volume 1, 1944-1953 - Roald Dahl^{8, 16, 19}
43. The Carrion Throne: Vaults of Terra #1 - Chris Wraight^{7, 24}
44. ~~Being Insomniac: How Sleeplessness Alarmed Modernity - Lee Scrivner~~¹²
45. Are Prisons Obsolete? - Angela Davis^{2, 3, 11}
46. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - J.K. Rowling²
47. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling²
48. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling²
49. The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin - Masha Gessen^{2, 11, 12, 13}
50. Black Chalk - Christopher Yates
-----end of June
51. The Multiversity - Grant Morrison et al.²⁴
52. Sekret Machines: Chasing Shadows (Book 1) - A.J. Hartley & Tom DeLonge^{7, 17}
53. The History of Sexuality: Volume 1 - Michel Foucault^{4, 8, 9, 12}
54. Sewer, Gas, and Electric: The Public Works Trilogy - Matt Ruff^{19, 23}
55. Hitler's American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law - James Q. Whitman^{11, 12}
56. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling²
57. The American People: Search For My Heart (Vol. 1) - Larry Kramer^{4, 19}
-----end of July
58. IBM and the Holocaust - Edwin Black^{11, 12}
59. ~~Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling~~^{2, 17}
60. The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life - Sheldon Solomon et al.²¹
61. The Dwarf - Par Lagerkqvist^{8, 9}
62. Cosmic Trigger (Vol. 1), Final Secrets of the Illuminati - Robert Anton Wilson^{8, 19}
63. Black Legion (WH40K) - Aaron Dembski-Bowden⁷
-----end of August
64. Hegel: A Reinterpretation - Walter Kaufmann⁸
65. Lincoln in the Bardo - George Saunders^{7, 12, 13}
66. Black Skin, White Masks - Frantz Fanon^{3, 8, 11, 12}
67. Small Gods - Terry Pratchett¹⁹
-----end of September
68. "Exterminate All The Brutes" - Sven Lindqvist^{11, 12}
69. Burnt Tongues - edited by Chuck Palahniuk^{16, 19}
70. Audition - Ryu Murakami^{3, 9}
71. The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness - Erich Fromm^{13, 22}
72. The Black Jacobins - C.L.R. James^{3, 12}
------end of October
73. The Lords of the Ghostland - Edgar Saltus^{8, 12}
74. Origin - Dan Brown⁷
75. Skullcrack City - Jeremy Robert Johnson
76. The Anatomy of Evil - Michael H. Stone, M.D.
77. ~~The 9/11 Wars - Jason Burke~~
78. Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power - Steve Coll
79. The Trial of Gilles de Rais - Georges Bataille^{9, 12, 22}
80. The Seventh Function of Language - Laurent Binet^{7, 9, 12}
81. On Physics and Philosophy - Bernard d'Espagnat^{9, 17, 23}
------end of November
82. Organ Grinder - Alan Fishbone
83. The Destruction of Black Civilization - Chancellor Williams^{3, 12}
84. We Should All Be Feminists - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie^{2, 3, 11}
85. My Teaching - Jacques Lacan⁹
86. Rock & Roll - Tom Stoppard¹⁵
87. Toussaint Louverture - Philippe Girard
88. Misreadings - Umberto Eco^{9, 16, 19}
89. Too Like the Lightning - Ada Palmer^{2, 7, 24}
90. Sekret Machines: Gods, Man, and War (Vol. 1) - Tom DeLonge and Peter Levenda^{7, 18, 21}
91. Seven Surrenders - Ada Palmer^{2, 7}
92. Drilling Through Hard Boards - Alexander Kluge^{9, 11}
93. The Anatomy of Negation - Edgar Saltus^{8, 12, 24}
94. The Philosophy of Disenchantment - Edgar Saltus^{8, 12, 24}

_{1) Read some books. Set a number and go hog wild. 84/100

2) Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by women. 14/20

3) Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by someone non-white. 14/20

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!) --> Human Acts - Han Kang^{2, 3, 9, 12}

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.}

mdemone fucked around with this message at 06:09 on Dec 26, 2017

# ¿ Nov 15, 2017 18:13

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 12:47

mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

Final tally: 89 out of 100, but I met most of the other goals. That's pretty good for a year in which I got divorced, got custody of my kids, changed jobs and became a teacher at an inner-city school. Next year ought to be easier to hit 100.

1. Jerusalem - Alan Moore^{7, 17, 23}
2. A Billion Wicked Thoughts - Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam^{3, 22}
3. Herman (The Game Warden, The Death of a Craft) - Laszlo Krasznahorkai⁹
4. The Atrocity Exhibition - J.G. Ballard^{8, 18}
5. The Last Wolf - Laszlo Krasznahorkai⁹
6. The Kingdom of This World - Alejo Carpentier^{3, 9, 12}
7. Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey^{3, 8}
8. ~~Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel~~^{2, 12, 13, 17}
9. Destruction and Sorrow Beneath the Heavens - Laszlo Krasznahorkai^{9, 10}
10. Sudden Death - Alvaro Enrigue^{3, 9, 23}
11. Caligula for President - Cintra Wilson^{2, 19}
12. The Dark Highlander - Karen Marie Moning^{2, 22}
----end of January
13. Universal Harvester - John Darnielle⁷
14. The Plague - Albert Camus^{5, 8, 9}
15. ~~The Prophet: The Life of Leon Trotsky - Isaac Deutscher~~^{8, 11, 13, 17}
16. A Temple of Texts: Essays - William H. Gass
17. ~~The Child To Come: Life After the Human Catastrophe - Rebekah Sheldon~~^{2, 7}
18. We Are Legion (We Are Bob) - Dennis E. Taylor^{7, 24}
19. ~~The Poetics of Space - Gaston Bachelard~~^{8, 9}
-----end of February
20. Fight Club 2 - Chuck Palahniuk, Cameron Stewart^{7, 19}
21. Songs of a Dead Dreamer & Grimscribe - Thomas Ligotti^{16, 21, 22}
22. The Emergence of Social Space- Kristin Ross^{2, 11, 12}
23. The Black Monday Murders, Volume 1 - Jonathan Hickman, Tomm Coker⁷
24. Aquarium - David Vann²¹
25. The Master of Mankind - Aaron Dembski-Bowden^{7, 20}
26. At Swim-Two-Birds - Flann O'Brien⁸
27. Sleeping Giants - Sylvain Neuvel⁷
-----end of March
28. Waking Gods - Sylvain Neuvel⁷
29. Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich - Norman Ohler^{7, 12, 22}
30. The Last Night: Anti-Work, Atheism, Adventure - Federico Campagna^{3, 11, 22, 23}
31. Remainder - Tom McCarthy
32. The Circle Game - Margaret Atwood^{2, 8, 14}
33. Star Wars: Thrawn - Timothy Zahn^{7, 24}
34. Buddha - Karen Armstrong^{2, 12, 13}
35. Literature Class - Julio Cortazar^{3, 9}
-----end of April
36. Wormwood, Gentleman Corpse: Omnibus Edition - Ben Templesmith^{19, 24}
37. The Zen in Modern Cosmology - Chi-sing Lam^{3, 23}
38. The Great and Holy War - Philip Jenkins^{12, 12a}
39. Prisons We Choose To Live Inside - Doris Lessing^{2, 8, 11}
40. The Player of Games - Iain M. Banks²⁴
41. October - China Mieville^{11, 12, 12a}
-----end of May
42. The Complete Short Stories, Volume 1, 1944-1953 - Roald Dahl^{8, 16, 19}
43. The Carrion Throne: Vaults of Terra #1 - Chris Wraight^{7, 24}
44. ~~Being Insomniac: How Sleeplessness Alarmed Modernity - Lee Scrivner~~¹²
45. Are Prisons Obsolete? - Angela Davis^{2, 3, 11}
46. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - J.K. Rowling²
47. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling²
48. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling²
49. The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin - Masha Gessen^{2, 11, 12, 13}
50. Black Chalk - Christopher Yates
-----end of June
51. The Multiversity - Grant Morrison et al.²⁴
52. Sekret Machines: Chasing Shadows (Book 1) - A.J. Hartley & Tom DeLonge^{7, 17}
53. The History of Sexuality: Volume 1 - Michel Foucault^{4, 8, 9, 12}
54. Sewer, Gas, and Electric: The Public Works Trilogy - Matt Ruff^{19, 23}
55. Hitler's American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law - James Q. Whitman^{11, 12}
56. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling²
57. The American People: Search For My Heart (Vol. 1) - Larry Kramer^{4, 19}
-----end of July
58. IBM and the Holocaust - Edwin Black^{11, 12}
59. ~~Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling~~^{2, 17}
60. The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life - Sheldon Solomon et al.²¹
61. The Dwarf - Par Lagerkqvist^{8, 9}
62. Cosmic Trigger (Vol. 1), Final Secrets of the Illuminati - Robert Anton Wilson^{8, 19}
63. Black Legion (WH40K) - Aaron Dembski-Bowden⁷
-----end of August
64. Hegel: A Reinterpretation - Walter Kaufmann⁸
65. Lincoln in the Bardo - George Saunders^{7, 12, 13}
66. Black Skin, White Masks - Frantz Fanon^{3, 8, 11, 12}
67. Small Gods - Terry Pratchett¹⁹
-----end of September
68. "Exterminate All The Brutes" - Sven Lindqvist^{11, 12}
69. Burnt Tongues - edited by Chuck Palahniuk^{16, 19}
70. Audition - Ryu Murakami^{3, 9}
71. The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness - Erich Fromm^{13, 22}
72. The Black Jacobins - C.L.R. James^{3, 12}
------end of October
73. The Lords of the Ghostland - Edgar Saltus^{8, 12}
74. Origin - Dan Brown⁷
75. Skullcrack City - Jeremy Robert Johnson
76. The Anatomy of Evil - Michael H. Stone, M.D.
77. ~~The 9/11 Wars - Jason Burke~~
78. Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power - Steve Coll
79. The Trial of Gilles de Rais - Georges Bataille^{9, 12, 22}
80. The Seventh Function of Language - Laurent Binet^{7, 9, 12}
81. On Physics and Philosophy - Bernard d'Espagnat^{9, 17, 23}
------end of November
82. Organ Grinder - Alan Fishbone
83. The Destruction of Black Civilization - Chancellor Williams^{3, 12}
84. We Should All Be Feminists - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie^{2, 3, 11}
85. My Teaching - Jacques Lacan⁹
86. Rock & Roll - Tom Stoppard¹⁵
87. Toussaint Louverture - Philippe Girard
88. Misreadings - Umberto Eco^{9, 16, 19}
89. Too Like the Lightning - Ada Palmer^{2, 7, 24}
90. Sekret Machines: Gods, Man, and War (Vol. 1) - Tom DeLonge and Peter Levenda^{7, 18, 21}
91. Seven Surrenders - Ada Palmer^{2, 7}
92. Drilling Through Hard Boards - Alexander Kluge^{9, 11}
93. The Anatomy of Negation - Edgar Saltus^{8, 12, 24}
94. The Philosophy of Disenchantment - Edgar Saltus^{8, 12, 24}
95. The Will to Battle - Ada Palmer^{2, 7}

_{1) Read some books. Set a number and go hog wild. 89/100

2) Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by women. 16 out of 89

3) Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by someone non-white. 14 out of 89

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!) --> Human Acts - Han Kang^{2, 3, 9, 12}

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.}

# ¿ Dec 28, 2017 15:17

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