PaperbackPirate goes for 42 for 42 in 2018!

I read 41 books in 2017 and I'm happy with that goal since I was 41 for most of the year. So this year I'm making my goal 42 now that I'm a year wiser.

Previous threads in case you're interested:

2017 (41 books)
2016 (43 books)
2015 (35 books)
2014 (33 books)
2013 (50 books)
2012 (43 books)
2011 (43 books)
2010 (42 books)

I hope you join me!

January-March
1. Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey - finished 1/3
2. The Road from Coorain by Jill Ker Conway - finished 1/26
3. Othello (Pulp! The Classics) by William Shakespeare - finished 1/29
4. The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe - finished 1/29
5. The Serpent of Venice: A Novel by Christopher Moore - finished 2/8
6. The Other Mother: A Novel by Carol Goodman - finished 2/17
7. Gangsterland: A Novel by Tod Goldberg - finished 3/15
8. The Bear and the Nightingale: A Novel by Katherine Arden - finished 3/25

April-June
9. Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela - finished 4/2
10. Cowboy and Wills by Monica Holloway - finished 4/6
11. Gather Together in My Name by Maya Angelou - finished 4/8
12. Holding the Line: Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983 by Barbara Kingsolver - finished 5/1
13. The Great Alone: A Novel by Kristin Hannah - finished 5/11
14. Dead Heat by William Murray - finished 5/27
15. Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris - finished 5/30
16. Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn - finished 6/3
17. The Gunslinger by Stephen King - finished 6/4
18. Stardust by Neil Gaiman - finished 6/9
19. Duma Key: A Novel by Stephen King - finished 6/19

July-September
20. The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood - finished 7/5
21. The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden - finished 7/10
22. The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King - finished 7/10
23. The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier - finished 7/14
24. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender - finished 7/18
25. The Heretic's Daughter: A Novel by Kathleen Kent - finished 8/5
26. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy - finished 8/19
27. The Forest Lover by Susan Vreeland - finished 9/2
28. Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah - finished 9/7
29. South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami - finished 9/10
30. The Sonder Review, Summer 2018 - finished 9/21
31. Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg - finished 9/23

October-December
32. Miss Scarlet's School of Patternless Sewing by Kathy Cano-Murillo - finished 10/4
33. Strange Sight: An Essex Witch Museum Mystery by Syd Moore - finished 10/10
34. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi - finished 11/1
35. The Waste Lands by Stephen King - finished 11/3
36. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick - finished 11/11
37. The Summer Before the War: A Novel by Helen Simonson - finished 11/24
38. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho - finished 11/24
39. Wesley the Owl by Stacey O'Brien - finished 12/1
40. The Drowning Tree by Carol Goodman - finished 12/14
41. Hark! The Herald Angels Scream by Christopher Golden - finished 12/26
42. Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas by Maya Angelou - finished 12/29
43. Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts by Lucy Dillon - finished 12/31
44. 365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne's Precepts by R. J. Palacio - finished 12/31

Inspired by rocketjk, I'm going to keep track of where my reading takes me in 2018 here:

USA
Alaska: The Great Alone: A Novel by Kristin Hannah
Arizona: Holding the Line: Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983 by Barbara Kingsolver
Miss Scarlet's School of Patternless Sewing by Kathy Cano-Murillo
California: Gather Together in My Name by Maya Angelou
Dead Heat by William Murray
Cowboy and Wills by Monica Holloway
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Wesley the Owl by Stacey O'Brien
Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas by Maya Angelou
Florida: Duma Key: A Novel by Stephen King
Massachusetts: The Heretic's Daughter: A Novel by Kathleen Kent
Missouri: Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Nevada: Gangsterland: A Novel by Tod Goldberg
New York: The Other Mother by Carol Goodman
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King
The Waste Lands by Stephen King
The Drowning Tree by Carol Goodman

Countries/Territories
Australia: The Road from Coorain by Jill Ker Conway
Canada: The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
The Forest Lover by Susan Vreeland
England: Strange Sight: An Essex Witch Museum Mystery by Syd Moore
The Summer Before the War: A Novel by Helen Simonson
Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts by Lucy Dillon
France: Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier
Ghana: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
India: The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
Italy: Othello by William Shakespeare
The Serpent of Venice by Christopher Moore
Japan: South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami
Rus': The Bear and the Nightingale: A Novel by Katherine Arden
The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden
South Africa: Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
Born A Crime by Trevor Noah
Spain: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

>4 frahealee: Thank you! Happy Reading in 2018!

Happy reading, 2018.

>6 Ameise1: Thank you! So far it's been great!

@PaperbackPirate- Good luck in 2018! 😎🤘

>8 Frank_the_ThinkTank: Thank you! Are you going to do a 50 book challenge too?

To a fellow 40-something (book count-wise!), happy trails on the way to your goal.

>10 Marcial87: Thank you! Happy reading trails to you too!

Yes, I'm on my 50 book journey right now. 4 checked off ✅ so far, and I'm currently reading 4 others simultaneously 😁

Wow! I'm honored! Happy reading, and remember, it's not how many, but how much fun that counts!

>12 Frank_the_ThinkTank: Go Frank_the_ThinkTank, Go! I sometimes read more than one book at a time too.

>13 rocketjk: Thanks for stopping by! Yes, fun first in reading always!

I like the idea of tracking where in the world your reading takes you in a year! I think I might do the same this year. Happy reading!

>16 arrianarose: Where do you keep track of your reading? I'd love to follow along!

>17 PaperbackPirate: I'm not sure if this is this is how to link to it, but my thread is here: https://www.librarything.com/topic/286202.

>18 arrianarose: Thank you for sharing!

6. The Other Mother by Carol Goodman opens with a real warning for women with postpartum OCD to not read this book. Even though it was included to prevent these women from killing their children, it set a spooky tone for me (a fur mom) as I read.

Daphne is a new mom struggling with postpartum depression and joins a support group for help. She makes a new friend in the group who inspires her to make some life changes, some of which have startling consequences.

I don't feel like I can say much more without giving the story away, but this book had twists that kept me up reading late at night. If you're a Carol Goodman fan you won't be disappointed.

We finished a quarter of a year of reading. What were your favorites?

My favorites in the order I read them:

Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey
The Road from Coorain by Jill Ker Conway
The Other Mother: A Novel by Carol Goodman
Gangsterland: A Novel by Tod Goldberg
The Bear and the Nightingale: A Novel by Katherine Arden

Today I'm celebrating my 10 year Thingaversary!

I first heard about chronicling books online in a scrapbook magazine. Someone made a page about their online library catalogue and I was intrigued. I found LibraryThing and decided I would add my 100 favorite books so that I could have a free account, but liked it so much I decided to become a paying member and have been here since.

I have met one LT friend in person and have plans to meet another in February. I love the online friends I've made here and the opportunity to discuss books with everyone. The only negative is that my tbr pile has grown out of control, but since we don't have any immediate plans to move and we still have the ability to freely move throughout the house I guess I should count it as a positive.

Thank you everyone for making my 10 years here fun and thought-provoking!

Another quarter finished and half the year gone! If you're wondering what my outstanding books from April-June are you're in luck because I made a list.

My favorite book this quarter was
Duma Key: A Novel by Stephen King

My 4 or 4.5 star honorable mentions are:

Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
Cowboy and Wills by Monica Holloway
Gather Together in My Name by Maya Angelou
Holding the Line: Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983 by Barbara Kingsolver
The Great Alone: A Novel by Kristin Hannah
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

What were your favorites this quarter?

Congrats on your tenth LT anniversary.

My favourite reading this year:

The Joy Luck Club
The Color Purple
The Miniaturist
Mercier and Camier
Love and Summer

second quater:
A World Gone Mad
Fingersmith
The Deportees
Waiting For Sunrise
Sons of Dust

>24 Ameise1: Thank you! It went by fast!

The Color Purple was on my favorites list last year. So uplifting.

>26 frahealee: Thank you for the handshakes! It's one of my favorite places to visit on the internet every day.

Once again the year is flying by. Still hoping I can get to my goal. I'm trying to tackle my space issue by reading the tbr but so many good options come along to entice me.

Another quarter done and, although it was busy, I finished a lot of books. My 5 favorite books read from July - September in the order I read them are:

The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden
The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King
The Forest Lover by Susan Vreeland
Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

What were your favorites?

Hi PP. Thanks for adding me to your "interesting libraries". You're getting close to your goal. Happy reading and holidays.

>29 Marcial87: Happy Holidays To You!

Yay! I reached my goal of 42! I'm reading a book of quotes every day so I'll get to 43, but I may even try to squeeze in one more and get to 44...

Congratulations to both PP and frahealee! I'm going for 52 next year.

>32 frahealee: Thank you! I'm so glad you had fun & "lifechanging" is such a nice word when used positively.
My birthday is in November too. If you did 53 this year, 54 seems like an attainable goal!
Happy New Year to you too!

>33 Marcial87: Thank you for the support! Good luck with 52!

I completed my Monthly Keyword Reading Challenge in 2018!
(read a book with one of these words in the title)
JAN- White, Year, Baby, Hat, Dance, Road: The Road from Coorain by Jill Ker Conway
FEB- Heart, Holiday, Long, Snow: Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
MAR- Great, Green, Into: Holding the Line: Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983 by Barbara Kingsolver
APR- Lily, Out, Gather, All, Cross: Gather Together in My Name by Maya Angelou
MAY- Flower, One, Dog, Mountain: Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
JUN- Bell, Bird, Bride: The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
JUL- Blue, Water, Desert, Wood, Stay: The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier
AUG- Sun, House: South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami
SEP- Always, Fall, School, Chase: Miss Scarlet's School of Patternless Sewing by Kathy Cano-Murillo
OCT- Witch, Black, Moon, Night, Mystery: Strange Sight: An Essex Witch Museum Mystery by Syd Moore
NOV- Food, Family, Dream, Town, Over: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
DEC- Red, Tree, Bell, Under: The Drowning Tree by Carol Goodman

All 12 of these books had been on my TBR for a long time, one since the 1990s! I'm going to join in again in 2019 and continue to tackle my TBR mountain.

My 5 favorites from October-December, in the order I read them, were:

Strange Sight: An Essex Witch Museum Mystery by Syd Moore
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
The Drowning Tree by Carol Goodman
Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas by Maya Angelou

What were your 4th Quarter favorites?

Congrats on reaching your targets, well done lady.

My 10 favorite books from 2018, in the order I read them, were:

Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey
Gangsterland: A Novel by Tod Goldberg
The Bear and the Nightingale & The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden - counting these as one since they're from the same series
Duma Key by Stephen King
The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King
Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas by Maya Angelou

What were your favorites?

My new thread is up here.

One more thing I wanted to share,,,
I almost finished the What's In A Name Challenge.
(read a book with these things in the title)
The word ‘the’ used twice: The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
A fruit or vegetable: The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
A shape: Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts by Lucy Dillon
A title that begins with Z
A nationality: Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
A season: The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson