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The Ig's list for 2020

1Ignatius777
Edited: Feb 8, 2020, 6:21 am

Definitely getting closer ...

2016/17: https://www.librarything.com/topic/212975
2018: https://www.librarything.com/topic/280916
2019: https://www.librarything.com/topic/309753

-l Library
-k Kindle
-r Repeat reading

Jan

1. Moods of Future Joys: Riding into Africa Pt. 1: Round the World by Alastair Humphreys -r -k
2. Captain Francis Crozier: Last Man Standing? by Michael Smith -k
3. Into the Sunrise: Cycling the World, Part Two: Sydney to Mori by Chris Pountney -k
4. Twilight by William Gay -l
5. The Platform by D G Jones -k
6. Confessions of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell -l
7. Encircle Africa by Ian M. Packham -k

2Ignatius777
Edited: Feb 22, 2020, 3:47 pm

Feb

8. 86'd: A Novel by Dan Fante -k
9. Young Skins by Colin Barrett -l
10 Finally, Some Good News by Delicious Tacos -k
11. Graffiti Stories by Nick Gerrard -k
12. The Free by Willy Vlautin
13. Dreaming of Babylon by Richard Brautigan -r -k
14. We Live in Water by Jess Walter -l

3Ignatius777
Edited: Mar 28, 2020, 7:11 am

March.

15. The Motel Life by Willy Vlautin -r -l
16. Fourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson -l
17. Citizen Vince by Jess Walter -l
18. The Cold by Rich Hawkins -k
19. The Last Plague (The Plague Series Book 1) by Rich Hawkins -k
20. She Hunts in the Woods: A Horror Story by Rich Hawkins -k

4Ignatius777
Edited: Jun 5, 2020, 3:18 pm

Apr.

21. The Last Outpost by Rich Hawkins-k
22. The Plague Winter by Rich Hawkins -k
23. Maniac Gods by Rich Hawkins -k
24. The Bookshop From Hell by David Haynes -k
25. Dead Crow by David Haynes -k
26. Monkspike: You Are Not Forgiven by Sarah England -k
27. Ashes and Entropy by Laird Barron and others -k

Gave up on : Punk in the Gym by Andy Pollitt - too repetitive, if you knew the climbs you might enjoy more.

6Ignatius777
Edited: Jun 29, 2020, 4:51 pm

Jun.

34. Life Lessons by Shaun Attwood -k
35. Amerzonia: A Savage Journey Through The Americas by Mark Walters -k (reviewed here: https://www.librarything.com/work/24864446)
36. Behold!: Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders by Clive Barker and others -k

A good collection - certainly more hit than miss.

37. India(ish) by Mark Walters -k

Another amusing, well written travelogue.

38. The Railway to Heaven by Matthew Woodward -k

Well observed travelogue from British guy taking the Trans-Siberitan from Edinburgh to Tibet and back to Hkong.

39. How Rich People Think by Steve Siebold -k
40. Living with a Seal: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet by Jesse Itzler -k

7Ignatius777
Edited: Jul 25, 2020, 12:29 pm

July.

41. Everything's Eventual - Stephen King -r
42. RESET: How to Restart Your Life by David Sawyer -k
43. Fup ("Rebel Inc") by Jim Dodge - r
44. Scar City by Joel Lane
45. Rust and Bones -- Stories by Craig Davidson

8Ignatius777
Edited: Nov 3, 2020, 2:04 pm

Aug.

46. Almost Heaven: Travels Through the Backwoods of America by Martin Fletcher
47. Sir John Franklins Erebus and Terror Expedition by Gillian Hutchinson -l
48. Diamond-Cut Abs by Danny Kavadlo -r -k
49. My Brother's Gun: A Novel of Disposable Lives, Immediate Fame by Ray Loriga
50. Your Money and Your Brain: Become a Smarter, More Successful Investor by Jason Zweig
51. Brown by Franck Pavloff -r
52. Jernigan by David Gates
53. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
54. How to Use Your Enemies (Penguin Little Black Classics) by Baltasar Gracián
55. The Worst-case Scenario Travel Handbook by David Borgenicht -r
56. The Financial Lives of the Poets by Jess Walter

9Ignatius777
Edited: Aug 8, 2022, 3:48 pm

Sep.

57. Letters to Rollins by R. K. Overton
58. Only When the Sun Shines Brightly by Magnus Mills -r
59. Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons by Timothy Ferriss
60. Use Once, Then Destroy: Stories by Conrad Williams
61. Human Resources by Brad Carter -k
62. Song of the Outcasts: An Introduction to Flamenco by Robin Totton
63. Jolly Lad (Strange Attractor Press) by John Doran
64. The Sinaloa Story (Rebel Inc) by Barry Gifford
65. Get in the Van by Henry Rollins -r -k

10Ignatius777
Edited: Oct 31, 2020, 7:39 am

Oct.

66. The Adventures of Upcote and Smythe: Two Middle-Aged Men on a Mission by A R Lowe -k
67. All Exclusive by Hugh Morrison -k
68. Africa's Lost Vinyl Record Factory by Gordon Wallis -k
69. Scribe by Devon De'Ath -k
70. Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds by David Goggins -k
71. My Fence is Electric: and Other Stories by Mark Newman -k
72. Spanish Journals - The Posthumous Diary of an Expat: Part One -…by A R Lowe -k
73. Spanish Journals - The Posthumous Diary of an Expat: Part Two -…by A R Lowe -k
74. Wyrd and Other Derelictions by Adam Nevill -k - Review: https://www.librarything.com/work/25604201/reviews/191484875

11Ignatius777
Edited: Aug 8, 2022, 3:47 pm

Nov.

75. Hasty for the Dark: Selected Horrors - Adam Nevill -k -r
76. Spanish Journals: The Posthumous Diary of an Expat - Part Three:…by A R Lowe -k
77. Spanish Journals: The Posthumous Diary of an Expat: Part Four - Conclusion by A R Lowe -k
78. Barry Braithwaite's Last Life by A R Lowe -k
Reviewed:https://www.librarything.com/work/13098956/reviews/191928136

79. The Life and Times of Gemell by D G Jones -k
80. The Age of Decayed Futurity: The Best of Mark Samuels by Mark Samuels -k
81. Black Pine Creek by David Haynes -k
82. Mask of the Macabre by David Haynes -k
83. Tokyo Doesn't Love Us Anymore by Ray Loriga
84. Slow Apocalypse by John Varley
85. The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break by Steven Sherrill -l

12Ignatius777
Edited: Aug 8, 2022, 3:47 pm

Dec.

86. Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West -k
87. Gold by Dan Rhodes -l
88. The Casebook of Carnacki the Ghost Finder by William Hope Hodgson -k
89. Pasodoble (The Moreno Mysteries Book 1) by Martin Cross -k
90. Matanza (The Moreno Mysteries Book 2) by Martin Cross -k
91. The Last Soldier (The Plague Series Book 3) by Rich Hawkins -k
92. Black Star, Black Sun by Rich Hawkins -k
93. The Walking Types Omnibus by Grant Hutchison -k
94. We're Working Out: A Zen Approach to Everyday Fitness by Al Kavadlo -k
95. The Road - Jack London -k
96. Confessions of a Curious Bookseller: A Novel by Elizabeth Green -k

11 Repeats, 9 Library, 72 on Kindle.