andrewreads 75 books in 2018

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(edit: for now = forever, apparently)

A 2017 books-related post, when I get to it.

(edit: never got to it :-/ )

*Denotes a BOMB (book of my bookshelf)
˜Denotes a re-read
^Denotes a book read on my Kindle (mostly I'm just curious about how much I use it)
#Denotes an audiobook

January
1. Shyness and Dignity* by Dag Solstad - finished January 6th, 176 pages
2. Lords and Ladies# by Terry Pratchett - finished January 9th, 384 pages
3. Anna and the Swallow Man* by Gavriel Savit - finished January 25th, 256 pages
4. Men at Arms# by Terry Pratchett - finished January 26th, 432 pages
5. No Time to Spare by Ursula K. Le Guin - finished January 30th, 215 pages

February
6. A Pale View of Hills* by Kazuo Ishiguro - finished February 3rd, 183 pages
7. Soul Music# by Terry Pratchett - February 4th, 432 pages
8. Turtles all the Way Down by John Green - finished February 11th, 304 pages
9. The Weight of Things by Marianne Fritz - finished February 17th, 138 pages
10. Interesting Times# by Terry Prachett - finished February 25th, 416 pages
11. Provenance by Ann Leckie - finished February 27th, 439 pages

March
12. Maskerade# by Terry Pratchett - finished March 8th, 368 pages
13. Triangle* by Hisaki Matsuura - finished March 19th, 204 pages
14. Feet of Clay# by Terry Pratchett - finished March 19th, 400 pages

April
15. Hogfather# by Terry Pratchett - finished April 3rd, 384 pages
16. Jingo# by Terry Pratchett - finished April 26th, 464 pages

May
17. Winesburg, Ohio^ by Sherwood Anderson - finished May 13th, 160 pages

June
18. The Sleep Garden by Jim Krusoe - finished June 5th, 342 pages
19. Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami - finished June 13th, 228 pages
20. The Largesse of the Sea Maiden by Denis Johnson - finished June 17th, 207 pages
21. Like Life* by Lorrie Moore - finished June 26th, 178 pages
22. The Last Continent# by Terry Pratchett - finished June 28th, 400 pages

July
23. The Beauty* by Jane Hirshfield - finished July 1st, 108 pages
24. My Darling Detective by Howard Norman - finished July 3rd, 256 pages
25. Carpe Jugulum# by Terry Pratchett - finished July 19th, 378 pages
26. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee - finished July 24th, 484 pages
27. The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick - finished July 28th, 233 pages

August
28. The Fifth Elephant# by Terry Pratchett - finished August 11th, 464 pages
29. The Snoring Bird* by Bernd Heinrich, finished August 14th, 480 pages

September
30. The Truth# by Terry Pratchett- finished September 2nd, 368 pages
31. A Personal Matter* by Kenzaburo Oë - finished September 12th, 165 pages
32. Nimona by Noelle Stevenson - finished September 17th, 272 pages
33. Thief of Time# by Terry Pratchett - finished September 25th, 432 pages

October
34. The Last Hero# by Terry Pratchett - finished October 5th, 2018, 176 pages
35. The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents# by Terry Pratchett - finished October 12th, 368 pages
36. Letters from the Earth* by Mark Twain - finished October 18th, 336 pages
37. Night Watch# by Terry Pratchett - finished October 24th, 432 pages
38. A Walk in the Woods* by Bill Bryson - finished October 24th, 276 pages
39. Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany - finished October 28th, 219 pages
40. Empire Star by Samuel R. Delany - finished October 30th, 92 pages

November
41. The Wee Free Men# by Terry Pratchett - finished November 7th, 325 pages
42. The Round House by Louise Erdrich - finished November 7th, 321 pages
43. Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami - finished November 20th, 681 pages
44. Monstrous Regiment# by Terry Pratchett - finished November 23rd, 496 pages
45. Florida by Lauren Groff - finished November 25th, 275 pages
46. Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata - finished November 26th, 163 pages

December
47. The Cloud Walker* by Edmund Cooper - finished December 3rd, 223 pages
48. A Hat Full of Sky# by Terry Pratchett - finished December 5th, 400 pages
49. Calypso by David Sedaris - finished December 5th, 272 pages
50. An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green - finished December 10th, 352 pages
51. The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa - finished December 13th, 277 pages
52. Going Postal# by Terry Pratchett - finished December 17th, 480 pages
53. Forward the Foundation by Isaac Asimov - finished December 18th, 434 pages
54. Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days by Jeanette Winterson - finished December 27th, 292 pages
55. Awayland by Ramona Ausubel - finished December 29th, 225 pages

11 BOMBs so far in 2018
0 re-reads so far in 2018
1 books read on my Kindle so far in 2018
20 audiobooks "read" so far in 2018

Welcome back!

Hope you have a great year of reading.

I gave up on you! I started following @lilisin to talk about contemporary Japanese fiction. :D

I read A Pale View of Hills back in 2007 and reviewed it here on LT.

My son just got back from his third trip to Japan. Again he went to Komiket and also visit gaming arcades. He never left Tokyo this visit (an easy thing to do because that city is so huge) although previously he'd been thinking about visiting Hiroshima. This visit, though, he traveled with a friend, visited a friend who moved to Japan, and met up with a friend who was in Japan on business. For me, he brought me back a variety of different flavors of Kit Kat only made in Japan. They were fun to try.

Good luck with your reading challenge this year!