[JPK]

Macros, on 06 January 2017 - 07:30 PM, said:

I think it might have been booted about before. But what about a book club idea.

throw out a book idea, you have like 5/6 weeks to read, but can post opinions and dicussion points (spoilered) at any times

I'd be interested in something like this around here.

[Abyss]

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3. I bounced off Tigana twice (What is wrong with that book)

Would you like a list?

https://forum.malaza...00#entry1167500
https://forum.malaza...29#entry1106029
https://forum.malaza...404#entry986404
https://forum.malaza...342#entry917342

[Andorion]

Abyss, on 07 January 2017 - 10:44 AM, said:

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3. I bounced off Tigana twice (What is wrong with that book)

Would you like a list?

https://forum.malaza...00#entry1167500
https://forum.malaza...29#entry1106029
https://forum.malaza...404#entry986404
https://forum.malaza...342#entry917342

Why do I get the feeling that you have these links saved somewhere, ready to deploy upon need?

[Macros]

it was impressively speedy.

but yeah tigana sucked balls

[Tatterdemalion]

.........soooooooo I came here to report that my reading goal for 2017 is to read Tigana. I'm not even fucking joking.

So, uh, there's that. ANYWAY


On my phone I will finish Graham Austin-King's Fae: The Great Hunt, and then I will read Laura Hughes's 'Danse Macabre' novelette before starting and finishing one of the following:

Peter Newman - The Vagrant
Michael R. Fletcher - Beyond Redemption
Brian Staveley - The Emperor's Blades
Dyrk Aston - Paternus
Daniel Potter - Off Leash

Physical books, I'm going to read Tigana first, then hopefully two of the following:
Fall of Light (I know, I know, shut up it's scary dense and I have new children and am busy and tired)
Malice - John Gwynne
American Gods - Gaiman
Thousand Names - Django Wexler
Sharp Ends - Abercrombie

[Mentalist]

*bump*

Update thread name to 2018

Mentalist, on 02 January 2017 - 04:22 AM, said:

2017 list:

French Books
-Once again, attempt to finish the first 2 dark tower books ( Start this again in Jan)


Russian Books
-Re-read Bks 1 & 2 of "Godsdoom -2", and read the other 4 Need to order/hunt down the last 2 books
-Read the second "Enclaves" spin-off, and look for more; -Once I purchase an e-reader, get back to the "Secret City" E-reader is the Holiday purchase plan, so will get on this
-Vasiliy Yan's "Mongol Trilogy"
Re-read "War and Peace"
-Read Gogol's "the Dead Souls"
-Read Saltykov-Schedrins "Tale of one city"

Non fiction
-Western Civilization on Trial
-Thomas Carlyle's History of French Revolution
Jared Diamond: "Guns Germs and Steel"
prior to reading Fukuyama's latest, re-read "End of History and the last man". Also Read "trust"
Francis Fukuyama: "Origins of Political order", "Political order and Political Decay


English
Continue reading Moorcock's works:
-Finish "Eternal Champion" cycle (A few books left)
-Finish "Colonel Pyat" Quartet
-Read the "London Novels" (Need to buy)
Hamilton- Read "Judas Unchained" and then the rest of the Commonwealth Books
Corey/ Abraham
-Get caught up with the Expanse
-Read the "Dagger and Coin" books
Gene Wolfe- Do a full Solar cycle read of all New and Long Sun
Tolkien do a full read of Hobbit LOTR and Silmarillion
Dan Simmons
-read "The Terror"
-Read "Drood"
Read "Angels and Demons" at some point
Read "Anubis Gates"
Read "Shantaram"
Read "World War Z"
Read More Ian Mackdonald (Read Brasyl; Bought "New Moon)"
Read "Vellum"
Read "Blood Meridian"
Read "Shogun"
Buy Kay's latest once its in MMPB
Read "Seveneves"
Read the "Lovecraft book I bought last year
Read "The worm ouroborous"
Read "Who Fears Death"
Read "The Gone-Away world"
Read "Liar's Key". Get Osheim when in mmpb, most likely (read both)
Read "Blindsight"
Read "Crooked little Vein"
-Buy and read the 2nd Recoletta novel by Carrie Patel
-Read more John Brunner
-Read Bakker's Second Apocalypse.
Read Asher's "Prador Moon"

Series where I need to check out first books
-Cameron Hurley "Mirror Empire ( Liked a lot, read Bk 2 as well
-Brian Staveley "Chronicls of the Unhewn throne (liked ok, will follow at some point)
-Jay Kristoff "Stormdancer" (liked okay, may follow)
-Sebastien De Castell "Greatcoats" (Liked a lot, book 2 purchased)
-Miles Cameron "Traitor Son"
--Patrick lee-the Breach
-Kim Stanley Robinson - Mars trilo, 2352? Shaman?
-Tom Lloyd's new series
-David Hair: "Moontide Quartet"
-Brent Weeks- "Black Prism
-John Gwynne- "the Faithful and the Fallen"
-N.K. Jemisin - Inheritance trilogy (Liked, will buy more)
-Kate Elliot "Crown of the Stars"
-Glen Cook- Instrumentalities of the Night
-Chung Kuo series (when I get an e-reader)
-Elzabeth Bear (When I get an e-reader, since it's impossible to find her stuff in print
-Stover's Caine books (when I get an e-reader)
-Brust's Vlad Taltos book s(When I get an e-reader)
-check out more of Reynolds' works. (Read the short stories, need more)
-Circus of the Stars

Series to Finish
-Powder Mage
-Jean Le Flambeur
-Milkweed tryptich
-Far-Called Sequence (Book 3 bought)
Morgan - "A land not fit for heroes"

Series to continue when books go mmpb
-Alex Marshall's "Crimson Empire" (liked Book 2)
-Ken Liu "Dandelion dynasty" (book 2 bought)
-Charles Stross Laundry ("Nightmare stacks" bought)
-Charles Stross new Merchant Princes
-Dresden Files
-Stormlight Archives
-Gentlemen Bastards
Asher's "Dark Intelligence" (Book 2 bought)

Series where I will be reading more books in, but no specific goals
Ilona Andrews- Kate Daniels books (almost caught up)
-Iron Druid books (maybe?) (Probably dropping after Book 3)
Robin Hobb- the Eldering series (planning to buy Book 3 soon)
Django Wexler - "Shadow Campaigns" (Looking for Book 4)
Belcher's "Golgotha" books
Any more Abercrombie's First law books
Dalglish and Durerre's "Dawn of Swords" books
Janny Wurts - "Wars of Light and shadow"
Ken scholes' "Psalms of Isaac"
Marc Turner's "Chronicles of the Exile
John Scalzi's "Old man's war" books
Lovegrove's Godpunk books

... ok, I think that's everything.

list for 2018

French Books
-Same as always, the first 2 Dark Tower novels

Russian
-Get a hold of the last 2 "Godsdoom-2" books
-Now that I have an E-reader (or rather Kindle on my phone) go through Vadim Panov's "Secret City" books.
-Try to read the 3 books by Ana Rubina that my grandparents gave me
-aim to re-read "War and Peace"
-Read Gogol's "Dead Souls"
- read Glukhovsky's Metro trilogy

Ukrainian Lit
-read the 2 novels I bought last year- "ДНК" + "Дізнавач"
-Read the novel by Panas Myrny

Non-Fiction
-Fukuyama: re-read "End of History"; Read "Trust"
-Jared Diamond- Look into getting "The Collapse"
-Thomas Carlyle- History of the French Revolution
-The new War of the Roses book I bought
-"A Crate of Vodka"


English major series (aka, "projects")
-re-read the 3 "Psalms of Isaac" novels- I have 4th in e-book and the last was released in December
-Read the first 2 Solar Cycles by Gene Wolfe
-Make progress with Janny Wurts' Wars of Light and Shadow
-Re-read/read the 5 core Tolkien works
-Do the Abraham/Corey catch-up of the Expanse + Dagger & Coin


Series/trilogies to finish
-Stephen Hunt- "Far-Called Sequence"
-Alex Marshall- "Crimson Empire"
-Cameron Hurley- "Worldbreakers" (delayed until 2019)
-Also reading the Bel Dame books 2/3 read
Ian Tregillis- "Mikweed Tryptych"
Glen Cook - Instrumentalities of the Night
The last Forewold novel (all the side-stuff can be looked into in e-book)
Asher's "Dark Intelligence"

Series to continue when books go mmpb
-Ken Liu "Dandelion dynasty" (book 2 bought)
-Charles Stross' Laundry read "Delirium Brief
-Charles Stross' new Merchant Princes
-Dresden Files
-Stormlight Archives
-Gentlemen Bastards


Series where I will be reading more books in, but no specific goals
Ilona Andrews- Kate Daniels books (read everything but the last one. Have Gunmetal magic to read
Django Wexler - "Shadow Campaigns" (need to read bk 5 in e-book) Book 4 was good but the ending has me worried
Belcher's "Golgotha" books
Any more Abercrombie's First law books
Dalglish and Durerre's "Dawn of Swords" books
Marc Turner's "Chronicles of the Exile
John Scalzi's "Old man's war" books (caught up now)
Lovegrove's Godpunk books
Staveley's Unhewn throne
Robin Hobb's Eldering series (Completed the 1st Trilogy)
De Castell's "Greatcoats" (read BK 2)
Ian Bank's Culture novels
More of Reynolds' works


Miscelaneous books
Continue reading Moorcock's works:
-Finish "Eternal Champion" cycle
-Read the "London Novels"
Hamilton-Read "Judas Unchained" and then the rest of the Commonwealth Books
Dan Simmons
-read "The Terror"
-Read "Drood"
Read "Angels and Demons" at some point
Read "Anubis Gates"
Read "Shantaram"
Read "World War Z"
Read More Ian Macdonald (Read "Dervish House" )
Read "Vellum" and "Ink"
Read "Blood Meridian"
Read "Shogun"
Buy Kay's latest once its in MMPB
Read the Lovecraft book I bought last year
Read "The worm ouroborous"
Read "Who Fears Death"
Read "The Gone-Away world"
Read "Blindsight"
Read "Crooked little Vein"
-Buy and read the 2nd Recoletta novel by Carrie Patel
-Read more John Brunner
-Read Asher's "Prador Moon"
-Read "Kings of the Wyld"
-Buy and read N. K. Jemisin's "Dreamblood duology"

Authors to check out still
--Miles Cameron "Traitor Son" -Read, liked, the series in on my "must read" list now
--Patrick lee-the Breach
-Kim Stanley Robinson - Mars trilo, 2352? Shaman?
-Tom Lloyd's new series
-David Hair: "Moontide Quartet"
-Brent Weeks- "Black Prism (Liked okay. Will read more)
-John Gwynne- "the Faithful and the Fallen"
-Kate Elliot "Crown of the Stars" (Bought Bk 1 in ebook)
-Chung Kuo series (ebooks)
-Elzabeth Bear-
-Stover's Caine books (ebooks) Liked. "Blade of Tyshalle" bought
"Farlander" (read, felt kinda meh)
-Brust's Vlad Taltos book s(ebook)
-Theatre of the Gods
-A. J. Smith - "Chronicles of the Long War" Read. I'm interested where this is going, will pick up bk2
-"Ninefox Gambit"
-Alex Verus Series (Liked 1st 2 books; will probably read more)
-Felix Castor Series wasn't particularity impressed with Bk1. Will wait for ebook sale for more
-Max Gladstone series
-Catherynne Valente
-Robert Jackson Bennet
-Chris Willrich
Michael R Fletcher
-K.V. Johansen
-Bryan Lee Durfee
-Anthony Ryan
-Daniel Polansky
-Josiah Bancroft
-Maark's "Ageless"
mcKinley's "gates of the world" books Read Bks1 & 2, enjoyed, bk3 already bought

Books I've heard of /Bought during the year that add to the TRP
-Bradley Beaulieu
-Sean Rodden
Steph Swainston (Year of our war) Read, liked will read more
Melissa Scott
Kent Jasper
Arianne "Tex" Thompson
Daniel O'malley
Lindsay Buroker
David Mealing
Joshua Palmatier
Elise Kova

The real big goal this year will be to go back to my Goodreads "to-read" list and start ticking off books from the start of that list (some of which have been there for almost 5 years now). With me making the move to Kindle, that should now be a distinct possibility.

This post has been edited by Mentalist: 14 December 2018 - 03:38 AM

[Andorion]

Andorion, on 02 January 2017 - 08:49 AM, said:

Andorion, on 10 January 2016 - 04:23 AM, said:

My entire TBR would take too long to put down here

Start and finish Bakker
Finally read Mark Lawrence.
Read more of GGK
Finish Black Company

Also a bunch of other series and authors which I will copy over from Goodreads

Quite unexpectedly I totally blew these

1. I did not finish Bakker. Only two books of his first trilogy.
2. I read one trilogy by Lawrence, not the second one.
3. I bounced off Tigana twice (What is wrong with that book)
4. Haven't touched Glen Cook

So keeping this in mind, time for my more detailed 2017 breakdown

A. Read and complete my Classics Challenge: Done

• Gone With the Wind -Margaret Mitchell
• Bleak HouseCharles - Dickens
• The Idiot - Dostoevsky
• The Divine Comedy - Dante
• Ivanhoe - Walter Scott
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smity
• Emma - Jane Austen
• Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
• The Godfather - Mario Puzo
• How Green was my Valley - Richard Llewellyn
• To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
• The Unbearable Lighness of Being - Milan Kundera
• Razor's Edge - Somerset Maugham
• Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes
• Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
• Aenid - Virgil
• The Color Purple - Alice Walker
• The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank
• Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
• The Picture of Dorian Grey - Oscar Wilde
• Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
• Slaughterhouse 5 - Kurt Vonnegut
• Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
• Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck

B. Target Specific Authors

• Finish Janny Wurts' Wars of Light and Shadow. (This is a big one) Done
• Finish Bakker Done
• Read at least another three books of Black Company Nope
• Read at least two books of Ursula K Leguin Nope
• Read at least two books of GG Kay One Done - Tigana
• Finish Mark Lawrence's second trilogy Done
• Finish Tad Williams' Memory Sorrow and Thorn Done
• Finish Alastair Reynolds' Poseidon's Children trilogy Done
• Read at least one book by China Mieville Nope

C. Existing series:

Read and finish 23 books coming out in 2017 as continuations to existing reads Done


D. TBR

Finish at least 10% of TBR: Currently means 21 books. Nope

This went well for the most part, will edit with this years plan

[worry]

I have simple goals this year:
The final Fitz trilogy from Robin Hobb
Book of Dust and the misc. HDM novellas
Red Sister
R. Scott Bakker's Second Apocalypse (does this series have miscellany scattered about?)
After that, who knows?

I also vow -- on Salt Man Z's very reputation I swear this -- that I will not buy any books in 2018, solely concentrating on my TRP. If I fail in this, may it be a stain on Salt Man Z's name for all time.

[Chance]

I need to get through the top of my reading pile at least.
Godblind - Anna Stephens
Dread Empire - Glen Cook
Ian C. Esslemont most of it.
Persepolis Rising - James S.A. Corey
Master of Rome
Uprooted
Victious
A War in Crimson Embers - Alex Marsall
Traitor Baru Comorant - Seth Dickinson
A Closed and Common Orbit - Becky Chambers
Raven Strategem - Yoon Ha Lee
The Library at Mount Char
Warmaster
Re-read Dies in the Fire and its zillion sequels as I haven't read the last 4-5 or so.

Then there are some books that will likely arrive in 2018 that will enter at the top or high in the pile
The Infernal Battalion - Django Wexler
Thin Air - Richard Morgan
Wrath of Empire - Brian McClellan
Emergence - CJ Cherry
Marked - Benedict Jacka
Grey Sister - Mark Lawrence
Lies SLeping - Ben Aaranovitch

And probably some more that I don't yet know about. Someone with info on 2018 should start a what will appear in the bookstores 2018 tread.

A good start but the goal is to exceed 2017's 76 books by at least one or two.

This post has been edited by Chance: 13 December 2018 - 07:08 AM

[Macros]

I nearly did it last year.

this year is to be a year of no rereads.

also, attempting to get further than the first chapter of the never ending story in its native german (die unendlich geschichte)

[Abyss]

worry, on 03 January 2018 - 06:49 AM, said:

...I also vow -- on Salt Man Z's very reputation I swear this -- that I will not buy any books in 2018, solely concentrating on my TRP. If I fail in this, may it be a stain on Salt Man Z's name for all time.

I give him six months. Who wants in?

[QuickTidal]

worry, on 03 January 2018 - 06:49 AM, said:

I also vow -- on Salt Man Z's very reputation I swear this -- that I will not buy any books in 2018, solely concentrating on my TRP. If I fail in this, may it be a stain on Salt Man Z's name for all time.

Because of the costs of daycare, and prospective house buying....I will also attempt to not buy ANYTHING new this year (aside from the one book I purchased yesterday for fear it would go out of print), and just trudge through my already unwieldy To-Read pile...since books are my main "extravagance" and I have plenty of books in the TRP to occupy me for a year.

Getting books for my birthday form others that I request...is fine though. Just to give it a silver lining.

We will see how long I last. I hope to make it.

[Abyss]

Abyss, on 04 January 2018 - 05:25 PM, said:

worry, on 03 January 2018 - 06:49 AM, said:

...I also vow -- on Salt Man Z's very reputation I swear this -- that I will not buy any books in 2018, solely concentrating on my TRP. If I fail in this, may it be a stain on Salt Man Z's name for all time.

I give him six months. Who wants in?

QuickTidal, on 04 January 2018 - 05:38 PM, said:

worry, on 03 January 2018 - 06:49 AM, said:

I also vow -- on Salt Man Z's very reputation I swear this -- that I will not buy any books in 2018, solely concentrating on my TRP. If I fail in this, may it be a stain on Salt Man Z's name for all time.

Because of the costs of daycare, and prospective house buying....I will also attempt to not buy ANYTHING new this year (aside from the one book I purchased yesterday for fear it would go out of print), and just trudge through my already unwieldy To-Read pile...since books are my main "extravagance" and I have plenty of books in the TRP to occupy me for a year.

Getting books for my birthday form others that I request...is fine though. Just to give it a silver lining.

We will see how long I last. I hope to make it.

Three months, tops.
I'd even take decent odds on six weeks.

[worry]

I can't believe you think so little of SMZ's honor.

[Abyss]

worry, on 04 January 2018 - 07:28 PM, said:

I can't believe you think so little of SMZ's honor.

You're right.

Two months.

[Salt-Man Z]

I worry that I will again buy way too many ebooks in 2018.

[Macros]

I'd fire a tenner on a double, both to fail within 3 months

[Abyss]

Salt-Man Z, on 04 January 2018 - 08:02 PM, said:

I worry that I will again buy way too many ebooks in 2018.

Same same, only along with ebooks include earbooks, ecomics/GNs, and dead tree stuff i will never, ever, ever, ever, get to.

Fucking Humble/Book/Comic Bundle will get me at least twice.
Six+ idiots on this forum will mercilessly pressure me into buying some crap i won't get to for at least a year.
Audible will haunt me with expiring credits and 2-for-1 promos.
Kindle will have sales.
So will kobo but fuck that site they're too slow.
Authors on my pre-order list will publish new stuff.
Collected editions of comics i follow will be released.
I will pass by random second hand bookstores and decide to 'just have a look around'.
Friends who still read dead tree will pass me crates of stuff i want to read but will struggle to get to and remain awake during.

...and then there's all that whiskey....

[Salt-Man Z]

Abyss, on 04 January 2018 - 08:28 PM, said:

Six+ idiots on this forum will mercilessly pressure me into buying some crap i won't get to for at least a year.

Read faster, slowpoke.

[End of Disc One]

You guys are trying not to buy books, meanwhile I just accidentally bought a book that I already have. My resolution is to not get any more senile...