KrisM's 75 books challenge for 2016

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KrisM's 75 books challenge for 2016

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1KrisM
Edited: Feb 18, 2016, 5:15 am

Hi,
last year I read 71 books. My challenge is to add 4 more this year. I usually read Dutch & English fiction and try to catch up with some of the classics. For the first time I created a list of 10 books I want to read in the current year. It's a list of classics of a certain size that have been in my TBR list for some time, some of them for many years. About 65 smaller size books will be read as side dishes. At least, that is the plan.
So, here's the to-read-in-2016 list:
Keep the aspidistra flying - George Orwell
De vernuftige edelman Don Quichot van La Mancha - Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra (that one, yes)
Doctor Faustus - Thomas Mann
A Brief History of Seven Killings - Marlon James
Jozef en zijn broers - Thomas Mann
Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace
In Europa - Geert Mak
The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman - Laurence Sterne
Homage to Catalonia - George Orwell
Metamorphosen - Publius Ovidius Naso
I'll try to update regularly.

2drneutron
Feb 10, 2016, 2:04 pm

Welcome! Looks like a good start.

3KrisM
Edited: Feb 18, 2016, 5:19 am

So, here's the result of January: 10 books, incl 1 of the to-read-in-2016 list:
1 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick
2 Pogingen iets van het leven te maken - Hendrik Groen
3 De Jonge Bruid - Alessandro Baricco
4 Vlaanderen 2055 - Jonathan Holslag
5 De Brug - Geert Mak
6 Marcel - Erwin Mortier
7 Langs Moederszijde - Erik Vlaminck
8 Langs Vaderszijde - Erik Vlaminck
9 Langs Schrijverszijde - Erik Vlaminck
10 Keep the Aspidistra Flying - George Orwell -> from the list!

Currently reading from the list (Feb 10):
Jozef en zijn broers - Thomas Mann
Homage to Catalonia - George Orwell

4scaifea
Feb 11, 2016, 6:36 am

Hi, and welcome!

7KrisM
Sep 1, 2016, 4:38 am

Hi,
meanwhile read 46 books, including
Keep the aspidistra flying - George Orwell
De vernuftige edelman Don Quichot van La Mancha - Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra (that one, yes)
Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace
In Europa - Geert Mak
Homage to Catalonia - George Orwell

currently reading:
The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman - Laurence Sterne
Doctor Faustus - Thomas Mann
Jozef en zijn broers - Thomas Mann

to start:
Metamorphosen - Publius Ovidius Naso
A Brief History of Seven Killings - Marlon James

8KrisM
Nov 9, 2016, 9:49 am