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Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
Posted: Tue January 01, 2019 10:09 pm
Mind Your Tanners
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 6:03 pm Posts: 9359 Location: Washington State
durdencommatyler wrote:
1 page is not a book.
That would be Goodreads and their stupid page system. There was a short story that I read but because it was on the Internet - instead of an actual printed page - it was one "page".
F-ing ridiculous.
theplatypus wrote:
Also am I misreading it or are you counting individual issues of comic books as books?!
No, I only count collected graphic novels. I know someone who does that and always ends up with >400 'books' at the end of the year. Unless I missed one...Or are you wondering about the #'s in the titles?
dimejinky99 wrote:
IVe done tons of audiobooks this past year just for ease and time compatibility and it’s just not the same. Even when it’s done well.
Podcasts have taken over and ruined me in terms of the time I spend and how I engage. Reading has taken a major hit. I need to fix that.
I only slightly agree with you on the audiobook issue, and that's because it's easier to stop a book and think about a paragraph, or to re-read a particularly well-crafted sentence. Otherwise they're just as good.
And yes, podcasts have become the surplus of my entertainment. I have at least pared some down because the content/guests were becoming boring.
Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
Posted: Thu January 03, 2019 6:15 pm
Future Drummer
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 2:03 pm Posts: 3222
Here was my reading challenge from Goodreads for 2018
20 / 20
1. The Mist - Stephen King 2. Magic: The Final Fantasy Collection - Isaac Asimov 3. 1776 - David McCullough 4. Tree of Smoke - Denis Johnson 5. Train Dreams - Denis Johnson (reread) 6. The Largesse of the Sea Maiden - Denis Johnson 7. The Wright Brothers - David McCullough 8. Annoying: The Science of What Bugs Us - Joe Palca 9. Uncommon Type - Tom Hanks 10. The Unpersuadables: Adventures with the Enemies of Science - Will Storr 11. Avenue of Mysteries - John Irving 12. A Warp in Time (Horizon #3) - Jude Watson (daughter wanted me to read this to discuss) 13. Joyland - Stephen King 14. Deadzone (Horizon #2) - Jennifer Nielsen (daughter wanted me to read this to discuss) 15. Horizon (Horizon #1) - Scott Westerfeld) (daugher .....) 16. The Buried Giant - Kazuo Ishiguro 17. Mister Memory - Marcus Sedgwick 18. The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories - Ken Liu 19. The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America - Andres Resendez 20. The Fireman - Joe Hill
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Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
Posted: Thu January 03, 2019 6:22 pm
I Have A Third Nipple
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 7:41 am Posts: 19741 Location: Cumberland, RI
blueviper wrote:
5. Train Dreams - Denis Johnson
This is such a good book even though it's incredibly, incredibly sad (probably so good because it's such a downer). I woke my wife up while reading to show her the saddest passage in the book....see if you can guess which it is!
Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
Posted: Fri January 04, 2019 1:45 pm
likes rhythmic things that butt up against each other
Joined: Sun January 06, 2013 6:05 pm Posts: 745
I don't do audiobooks and went with one graphic novel. But I don't have kids, and I have summers off. Those things feel like significant advantages. Even then, I had to put in a lot of work to get to 53 books.
Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
Posted: Fri January 04, 2019 2:24 pm
Future Drummer
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 2:03 pm Posts: 3222
Simple Torture wrote:
blueviper wrote:
5. Train Dreams - Denis Johnson
This is such a good book even though it's incredibly, incredibly sad (probably so good because it's such a downer). I woke my wife up while reading to show her the saddest passage in the book....see if you can guess which it is!
argh, you're putting me on the spot. My memory is pretty foggy; it's been a few months since I've read it.
Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
Posted: Fri January 04, 2019 4:24 pm
Mind Your Tanners
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 6:03 pm Posts: 9359 Location: Washington State
Stardog Champion wrote:
I don't do audiobooks and went with one graphic novel. But I don't have kids, and I have summers off. Those things feel like significant advantages. Even then, I had to put in a lot of work to get to 53 books.
Oddly enough 28 of the books I read were either with my son or because of his interest in the book made me want to read it too.
And if you have kids and you haven't read Mr. and Mrs. Bunny to them you're missing out.
Post subject: Re: 2018 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books & 50 Movies in One Year
Posted: Fri January 04, 2019 4:45 pm
likes rhythmic things that butt up against each other
Joined: Sun January 06, 2013 6:05 pm Posts: 745
bune wrote:
Stardog Champion wrote:
I don't do audiobooks and went with one graphic novel. But I don't have kids, and I have summers off. Those things feel like significant advantages. Even then, I had to put in a lot of work to get to 53 books.
Oddly enough 28 of the books I read were either with my son or because of his interest in the book made me want to read it too.
And if you have kids and you haven't read Mr. and Mrs. Bunny to them you're missing out.
This definitely speaks to my lack of knowledge with parenting because I never would have thought of the possibility that some of these books could be read with one's kids. I love this approach.
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