djryan's 75 books for 2013

My first time to give this a go. So far I've done:

1. January
   Blood on the Streets: 1916 and the Battle for Mount Street Bridge


2. 5 Centimetres per Second


3. Homeland


4. My Misspent Youth


5. Superior Spider-Man, Volume 1: My Own Worst Enemy


6. Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls


7. Do Improvise: Less Push. More Pause. Better Results. A New Approach to Work (and Life)


8. Creeks & Kitchens: A Childhood Memoir


9. Lifted


10. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk


11. Walden & On the Duty of Civil Disobedience


12. Halo


13. 2 B R 0 2 B


14. Password Incorrect


15. Carrie


16. Siddhartha


17. February
    Stationary Bike


18. Folk Devils and Moral Panics


19. Under This Terrible Sun


20. The Phoenix Project


21. Mad Mobs and Englishmen? Myths and realities of the 2011 riots


22. BANG! The Great Somali Goat Bubble


23. Ulysses


24. Below Mercury


25. UR


26. March
    Howl's Moving Castle, Volume 1


27. Howl's Moving Castle, Volume 2


28. The Princess Bride


29. Superior Spider-Man, Volume 2: A Troubled Mind


30. Just a Geek


31. Dancing Barefoot


32. Faking Smart


33. Happiness


34. Crossing: A Memoir


35. You Are Not So Smart


36. The Last Girlfriend on Earth: And Other Love Stories


37. After Dark


38. The King in Yellow


39. Codex seraphinianus


40. Hamlet


41. April
    Home Before Night


42. No Second Chances


43. London Falling


44. CliffsNotes on Joyce's Ulysses


45. The Trillion Year Spree


46. The Saga of Rex


47. Superior Spider-Man, Volume 5: The Superior Venom


48. Superior Spider-Man, Volume 6: Goblin Army


49. May
    Twelve Days of Fast Fiction


50. The Manhattan Projects, Volume 3: Building


51. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid


52. Git Pocket Guide


53. The Manhattan Projects, Volume 4: The Four Disciplines


54. A Search for Meaning: The Story of Rex


55. East of West, Volume 2: We Are All One

Welcome! That first one looks interesting...

It definitely was. I didn't study history beyond the age of 15 so it's nice to have a nuanced view of the Rising. I need to track down his other work.

That's January done with and 16 books read. At this rate, I'll be finished everything I have to read by my third lifetime ;-)

Just stumbled upon your list which includes several books which I have enjoyed in the past, including one of my all time favorites (Walden), so I guess I'll have to randomly check in to see if you're reading books that I ought to be reading! Definitely a fan of Kurt Vonnegut, but I only read 2 B R 0 2 B because it was free on kindle... Also super impressed with the fact that you've already got 16 books read!

It might be a bit of a cheat since most of them were quite short. It really helps having an hour and a half commute though.

Love Vonnegut - he's so cynical but funny at the same time

Finally finished Ulysses. I think I enjoyed it, but it's such a dense book that I don't think I'll ever grasp it entirely.

After finishing up March with Hamlet we're a third of the way through the year and over half way. Just as well, a new job means my commute has gone from three hours a day to twenty minutes. Where will I read without distractions now?