Here is an update on my Goodreads 2017 Reading Challenge. I made the commitment to read 52 for the year, figuring a book a week. So far I’ve read 44. I figure I’ll read the remaining 8 by the end of May.
This hasn’t been an overpowering challenge for me. If nothing else, Goodreads is a great place to keep track of books. But I like the challenge enough to make a mental commitment to double the number and go for 100 for the year. As long as don’t watch the news, I’ll have plenty of time to do so.
Here the list for March and April and a slideshow of some of the books. The book I just finished, A Book of American Martyrs, had over 700 pages. Well worth the time.
March 2017
Eileen, by Ottessa Moshfegh
La Bella Lingua, by Dianne Hales
Do Not Say we have Nothing, by Madeleine Thien
Flight of the Sparrow, Amy Belding Brown
The Geography of Genius, by Eric Weiner
A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety, Jimmy Carter
Today Will Be Different, Maria Semple
A Tale for Time Being, Ruth Ozeki
Morning Glory, Sarah Jio
April 2017
The Jesus Style, Galye D. Erwin
Death in Florence: The Medici, Savonarola, and the Battle for the
Soul of a Renaissance City, Paul Strarthern
The Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles
In the Name of the Family, Sarah Dunant
The Lowells of Massachusetts, Nina Sankovitch
The Undoing Project, Michael Lewis
A Book of American Martyrs, Joyce Carol Oates
This hasn’t been an overpowering challenge for me. If nothing else, Goodreads is a great place to keep track of books. But I like the challenge enough to make a mental commitment to double the number and go for 100 for the year. As long as don’t watch the news, I’ll have plenty of time to do so.
Here the list for March and April and a slideshow of some of the books. The book I just finished, A Book of American Martyrs, had over 700 pages. Well worth the time.
March 2017
Eileen, by Ottessa Moshfegh
La Bella Lingua, by Dianne Hales
Do Not Say we have Nothing, by Madeleine Thien
Flight of the Sparrow, Amy Belding Brown
The Geography of Genius, by Eric Weiner
A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety, Jimmy Carter
Today Will Be Different, Maria Semple
A Tale for Time Being, Ruth Ozeki
Morning Glory, Sarah Jio
April 2017
The Jesus Style, Galye D. Erwin
Death in Florence: The Medici, Savonarola, and the Battle for the
Soul of a Renaissance City, Paul Strarthern
The Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles
In the Name of the Family, Sarah Dunant
The Lowells of Massachusetts, Nina Sankovitch
The Undoing Project, Michael Lewis
A Book of American Martyrs, Joyce Carol Oates