75 in 2017: ParringtonWright pretends to know what she's doing...

...but does not expect to convince anyone. Hello, my name is Sharon and this is my first time participating in the 75 books challenge. I hope I can keep up! I'm a librarian working in a mid-size public library in New England. I live with my husband and my cat, both of whom are willing to hide my books if they don't feel like they're getting enough attention. Gahhh! They're lucky they're so cute.

For the challenge, my goal is to read at least one book a month that ties in to a monthly theme or reading challenge and pull the rest from my embarrassingly long list of holds at my library. I spend a lot of time commuting, so I'll be including audiobooks on my list as well. This year I'm hoping to step out of my comfort zone and read more graphic novels, so I would appreciate any suggestions! I'm excited to be here and I look forward to reading as many of your threads as I can!

Happy reading in 2017, Sharon!

Theme/Challenge books read in January:

1. The Hare with Amber Eyes (Non-Fiction: Prizewinners)


Other books read in January:

2. The Name of the Wind


3. My Name is Lucy Barton


4. Pandemic


5. Wool


6. Lumberjanes: Beware the Kitten Holy


7. Monstress: Volume 1


8. Lumberjanes Vol. 2: Friendship To The Max


9. Lumberjanes Vol. 3: A Terrible Plan


10. The Mothers


11. Pirates of Barbary: Corsairs, Conquests and Captivity in the Seventeenth-Century Mediterranean


12. The Best American Mystery Stories 2016


13. Human Acts


14. The First Bad Man


15. Today Will Be Different

Total books read in 2017: 15

What a great beginning to January!! Fabulous book!

Just wandering around looking for good places to drop a star and... The Name of the Wind is your first read!? Fantastic! I hope you enjoy the next in the series as well. I had a fantastic time reading them last year until I found out that I was going to have to wait for the third in the series.

Looking forward to seeing what other books you have in store!

Welcome, Sharon!

I am part of the group.
I love being part of the group.
I love the friendships bestowed upon my by dint of my membership of this wonderful fellowship.
I love that race and creed and gender and age and sexuality and nationality make absolutely no difference to our being a valued member of the group.

Thank you for also being part of the group.

Great Moniker Sharon and welcome to the group. xx

Welcome. The cats always let me know when I'm not paying enough attention to them. In fact, I just had to take a break to be "kneaded" and "bathed" by one of them. Lots of us include audiobooks on our threads.

Hi Sharon- yay! My first newbie! Every year I try to find a few new people to keep up with, and I often fail to properly do that, but I aim to try.
Welcome to the group, happy reading, I look forward to seeing what you complete!

Happy New Year! (dropping a star)

Welcome to the group, Sharon.

Hi, Sharon, and welcome to the group!

Welcome! Name of the Wind was really good!

Welcome to the group, Sharon!

Thank you all for the warm welcome!

Welcome to the group!!

I've heard such good things about The Name of the Wind

Theme/Challenge books read in February:

1. Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places (Non-Fiction: Voyages of Exploration)

Other books read in February:

2. Skinny Dip


3. The Spy


4. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016


5. Enchanted Islands


6. The Fifth Season


7. A Walk in the Woods


8. Funny Girl


9. The Obelisk Gate


10. The Revenant


11. The Vegetarian

Total books read in 2017: 26

OOOh, is #3 a collection of short stories? Any good?

It is! I particularly enjoyed "Three Bodies at Mitanni" and "Ambiguity Machines," but it's a fun collection overall

Theme/Challenge books read in March:

1. The Monster of Florence (Non-Fiction: Heroes and Villains)

Other books read in March:

2. The Language of Flowers


3. How to Be Human: A Novel


4. The Art of Rivalry


5. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)


6. New Boy (Hogarth Shakespeare)


7. So You've Been Publicly Shamed

Total books read in 2017: 33

Other books read in April:

1. Nutshell: A Novel


2. His Bloody Project


3. Norse Mythology


4. Sleeping Giants

Total books read in 2017: 37

Books read in May:

1. The Last Days of Café Leila: A Novel


2. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry


3. Waking Gods: Book 2 of The Themis Files

Total books read in 2017: 40

Hi, Sharon. I just found your thread and dropped a star. You've been reading some really great books. You have several on your list that I've been meaning to get around too, like Wool which I purchased either earlier this year or late last, and The Fifth Season which I have reserved at the library. I just recently started reading Bill Bryson and I've got one or two of his in my line-up to read as well.

How was My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry? I really enjoyed A Man Called Ove earlier this year and have the other on my wishlist. Does it stand up to Ove?

And...my 12-year-old son and I like to read graphic novels together and brought home Lumberjanes from the library the other day.

A belated welcome to the group!

Thank you! I didn't enjoy My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry nearly as much as A Man Called Ove or Britt-Marie Was Here, but you might have better luck with it. I feel that Backman is better with adult narrators than children, but I liked the concept of the story.

I hope you and your son love the Lumberjanes series! It's a lot of fun.

Books read in June:

1. Dark Matter: A Novel


2. Beartown: A Novel


3. My Life with Bob


4. The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial
   
5. Atomic Blonde: The Coldest City


6. Gwendy's Button Box


7. Into the Water

Total books read in 2017: 47

>26 LibraryStuntwoman: That's too bad about the Backman. I don't think I was in the right frame of mind when I read Lumberjanes - it was recommended by so many people, but I read it one evening when I wasn't in the greatest of moods, and it really didn't do anything for me. I think I'll have to try it again when I'm in a different frame of mind.

Books read in July:

1. The End of Men


2. Reading with Patrick


3. Persons Unknown


4. Magpie Murders


5. One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter


6. Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter

Total books read in 2017: 53

Books read in August:

1. The Lying Game


2. The Stone Sky


3. The Punch Escrow

Total books read in 2017: 56

Books read in September:

1. The Wise Man's Fear


2. When the English Fall


3. Commonwealth


4. Miss Kopp's Midnight Confessions


5. Little Fires Everywhere


6. The Salt Line


7. The Girls

Total books read in 2017: 63

Somebody else was tooting about The Punch Escrow the other day. How was it?

I had a great time reading it, but a friend thought it was boring so ymmv! I'd be interested to know what you think

Books read in October:

1. Troublemaker


2. What the Hell Did I Just Read


3. Annihilation


4. Sourdough


5. The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History


6. Between the World and Me


7. Literally Me

Total books read in 2017: 70

Books read in November:

1. Version Control


2. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance


3. Evicted


4. Manhattan Beach


5. Provenance


6. Artemis

Total books read in 2017: 76

It is that time of year again, between Solstice and Christmas, just after Hanukkah, when our thoughts turn to wishing each other well in whatever language or image is meaningful to the recipient. So, whether I wish you Happy Solstice or Merry Christmas, know that what I really wish you, and for you, is this:

Wishing you all good things this holiday season and beyond.

>35 LibraryStuntwoman: Congratulations on reaching 75, Sharon!

Thank you! I've really enjoyed this challenge

Books read in December:

1. Ender's Shadow


2. Final Girls


3. The Night Circus


4. See What I Have Done


5. The Circle


6. Hillbilly Elegy


7. Seven Days of Us

Total books read in 2017: 83

I saw Seven Days of Us the other day and put it on my TBR pile. It looks interesting.