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1theoriginaljz
Greetings to my fellow readers.
I bought a Kindle early April, it has increased my rate of reading. I anticipate reaching 100 books in 2011 :)
I'm an English/Math High School Teacher (I occasionally use both sides of my brain) and have diverse interests. I have divided my reading thus far in 2011 between young adult, classics, and fantasy series.
I hope to possibly connect with others of similar taste in this group and find some good books to read as my summer break is coming up.
January
February
1. The Gathering Storm
2. The King's Buccaneer
3. The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
March
4. East of Eden
5. Vampire Academy
6. Zombie Spaceship Wasteland
7. The Hound of the Baskervilles
8. The Hunger Games
9.Frostbite
10. Neverwhere
11. Shadow Kiss
12. Night Masks
13. Blood Promise
14. Spirit Bound
15. The Fallen Fortress
16. The Sirens of Titan
17. Whales on Stilts
April
18. World War Z
19. Benjamin Franklin: The Autobiography and Other Writings
20. Catching Fire
21. Mockingjay
22. Night
23. Valis
24. Dark Lover
25. Happy Birthday Wanda June
26. The Art of War
27. Portnoy's Complaint
28. The Sea of Monsters
29. Grapes of Wrath
30. Flowers for Algernon
31. Mrs. Dalloway
32. The Alchemist
33. Lover Eternal
34. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
35. Lover Awakened
36. The Big Sleep
37. Siddhartha
38. Dead in the Family
May
39. Anna Karenina
40. Lover Revealed
41. Lover Unbound
42. Lover Enshrined
43. The Titan's Curse
44. Last Sacrifice
45. The Time Traveler's Wife
46. The Battle of the Labyrinth
June
47. Dead Reckoning
48. Last Olympian
49. Tropic of Cancer
50. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
51. The Secret Garden
52. The Idiot
I bought a Kindle early April, it has increased my rate of reading. I anticipate reaching 100 books in 2011 :)
I'm an English/Math High School Teacher (I occasionally use both sides of my brain) and have diverse interests. I have divided my reading thus far in 2011 between young adult, classics, and fantasy series.
I hope to possibly connect with others of similar taste in this group and find some good books to read as my summer break is coming up.
January
February
1. The Gathering Storm
2. The King's Buccaneer
3. The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
March
4. East of Eden
5. Vampire Academy
6. Zombie Spaceship Wasteland
7. The Hound of the Baskervilles
8. The Hunger Games
9.Frostbite
10. Neverwhere
11. Shadow Kiss
12. Night Masks
13. Blood Promise
14. Spirit Bound
15. The Fallen Fortress
16. The Sirens of Titan
17. Whales on Stilts
April
18. World War Z
19. Benjamin Franklin: The Autobiography and Other Writings
20. Catching Fire
21. Mockingjay
22. Night
23. Valis
24. Dark Lover
25. Happy Birthday Wanda June
26. The Art of War
27. Portnoy's Complaint
28. The Sea of Monsters
29. Grapes of Wrath
30. Flowers for Algernon
31. Mrs. Dalloway
32. The Alchemist
33. Lover Eternal
34. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
35. Lover Awakened
36. The Big Sleep
37. Siddhartha
38. Dead in the Family
May
39. Anna Karenina
40. Lover Revealed
41. Lover Unbound
42. Lover Enshrined
43. The Titan's Curse
44. Last Sacrifice
45. The Time Traveler's Wife
46. The Battle of the Labyrinth
June
47. Dead Reckoning
48. Last Olympian
49. Tropic of Cancer
50. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
51. The Secret Garden
52. The Idiot
2LovingLit
Hi! I think it might be me finding some good book ideas from your list, I can already see 4 there that I want to read. Welcome.
3drneutron
Welcome! I don't think you'll have any trouble connecting with folks reading YA, classics and fantasy. Those seem to be big hitters with the 75ers! We have "What You're Reading" threads for each of those categories and there's a pretty good collection of group read threads you may want to check out, all listed on the group wiki here:
http://www.librarything.com/wiki/index.php/Groups:75booksin2011
http://www.librarything.com/wiki/index.php/Groups:75booksin2011
4theoriginaljz
Thanks for the welcomes, I am checking those out now.
5KiwiNyx
Welcome, there's some good books on your list so far for the year. Will be interested to see what you read next.
6ronincats
Welcome to the group, Jeff. Yes, there are a lot of us reading fantasy and YA and the combination, as well as the classics. You can also put a title in the "Search" field, and any discussions in the threads about that book will pop up.
7theoriginaljz
52. The Idiot
My second Dostoevsky after Crime and Punishment. This one had a lot more comedy in it but it was rather dark as it exposed the flaws of mankind, how far we fall short of ideals, and what people consider important qualities in a person.
This book caused me to reflect on the idea of originality and mans fruitless striving for it. It is interesting to think that someone ignorant of their inadequacies is happy to believe they are certain qualities while someone knowledgeable of their relative averageness does not have the same confidence.
Just finished, I'm still taking it all in.
My second Dostoevsky after Crime and Punishment. This one had a lot more comedy in it but it was rather dark as it exposed the flaws of mankind, how far we fall short of ideals, and what people consider important qualities in a person.
This book caused me to reflect on the idea of originality and mans fruitless striving for it. It is interesting to think that someone ignorant of their inadequacies is happy to believe they are certain qualities while someone knowledgeable of their relative averageness does not have the same confidence.
Just finished, I'm still taking it all in.
8theoriginaljz
Finished 53. Artemis Fowl and 54. Naked Lunch
Artemis Fowl was interesting but had rather shallow characters. It's geared more towards the children end of the spectrum than young adult and therefore not really my cup of tea. I may or may not read more of the series.
Naked Lunch was shocking at times with how depraved some of the scenes were. I have read other books about drugs and sex and combinations of the two but never one written by someone so out of their mind on junk as he calls it. The structure and style do a pretty effective job of portraying the life of a junkie, however its quite an unpleasant thing to consider.
Artemis Fowl was interesting but had rather shallow characters. It's geared more towards the children end of the spectrum than young adult and therefore not really my cup of tea. I may or may not read more of the series.
Naked Lunch was shocking at times with how depraved some of the scenes were. I have read other books about drugs and sex and combinations of the two but never one written by someone so out of their mind on junk as he calls it. The structure and style do a pretty effective job of portraying the life of a junkie, however its quite an unpleasant thing to consider.
9alcottacre
Welcome to the group, Jeff!
I read The Idiot last year and very much enjoyed it. I am glad to see you did too.
I read The Idiot last year and very much enjoyed it. I am glad to see you did too.
10theoriginaljz
55. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
My first James Joyce. I read the first 20 pages of this a few years ago and put it down because I was intimidated by the number of footnotes and slang I didn't understand. I gave it another chance and I enjoyed it.
There are a number of themes I appreciated related to the boys growing up. Naive arrogance, apologetic debates, questioning previously accepted authority figures, and the nature of art and what an artist ought to attempt to portray.
Most of all I liked the progression of maturity and style which is developed and mocked.
My first James Joyce. I read the first 20 pages of this a few years ago and put it down because I was intimidated by the number of footnotes and slang I didn't understand. I gave it another chance and I enjoyed it.
There are a number of themes I appreciated related to the boys growing up. Naive arrogance, apologetic debates, questioning previously accepted authority figures, and the nature of art and what an artist ought to attempt to portray.
Most of all I liked the progression of maturity and style which is developed and mocked.
