Jimbookbuff1963's first 75ers thread

Good morning!

Joining a 75 Books read a year challenge thread when I average about 40-50 books read a year; and in 2009 read an all-time personal-best 65 books; is rather daunting, but I think that the journey is more important than the destination. Therefore I am setting up my thread for 2021. I have read 24 books this year so far.

January, 2021:

1. Travels on a Greyhound Bus (published 2013) by Beckie Henderson. E-book; Kindle Edition; ASIN B00CO9N2IW; 157 pages; finished January 3.
2. Emma (1815) by Jane Austen (1775-1817). E-book; Kindle Edition; from an anthology, 50 Masterpieces You Have To Read Before You Die (Golden Deer Classics); ASIN B01M28QE45; 441 pages; finished January 16.
3. The Education of Henry Adams (1918) by Henry Adams (1838-1918). E-book; Kindle Edition; ASIN B000FC239Y; 321 pages; finished January 31.

February, 2021:

4. The Call of the Wild (1903) by Jack London (1876-1916). E-book; Kindle Edition; from Jack London: Complete Novels ASIN B01I7K6FNU. 172 pages (paperback edition); finished February 11.
5. Season On the Brink (1987) by John Feinstein. Paperback; ISBN: 0671646567 (ISBN13: 9780671646561). 353 pages; finished February 11.
6. Death on the Nile (1929) by Agatha Christie (1890-1976). E-book; Kindle Edition; Alternate cover edition of ASIN B000FCK9D6. 333 pages; finished February 15.
7. Wonder (2012) by R.J. Palacio. E-book; Kindle Edition; ASIN: B0051ANPZQ. 316 pages; finished February 19.

Hi, Jim! Welcome to the group!

Thank you, Scaifea!

March, 2021:

8. Ballparks: A Journey Through the Fields of the Past, Present, and Future (2018) by Eric Enders. E-book of the hardcover edition; ISBN: 0785836160 (ISBN13: 9780785836162); 304 pages; finished March 1.
9. Pride and Prejudice (1813) by Jane Austen (1775-1817). E-book; Kindle Edition; ASIN:B008476HBM; 446 pages; finished March 12.
10. The Radetsky March (1932) by Joseph Roth (1894-1939). E-book; Kindle Edition; ASIN: B00XBMNAT2; 355 pages; finished March 15.
11. The Name of the Rose (1980) by Umberto Eco (1932-2016). E-book; Kindle Edition of hardcover; ISBN: 9780547575148; 512 pages; finished March 31.

Welcome to the group, Jim. Don't worry about the reading numbers over here - fairly incidental and we make those reading 500 books a year (believe me there are a couple) and those who manage 15 equally welcome.

Thank you, PaulCranswick!

April, 2021:

12. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (2009) by Olga Tokarczuk. E-book; Kindle Edition; ASIN: B07KNV4RC3; 285 pages; Finished April 5. Translated from the Polish.
13. Procrastination: How To Overcome Procrastination and Start Doing What Truly Matters (2019) by Brian Mitchell. E-book; no ASIN; 35 pages; finished April 6. From Google Play Books.
14. 50 Moments That Rocked the Classical Music World (2013) by Darren Henley and Sam Jackson. E-book; Kindle Edition; ASIN: B00HXYDBOS; 240 pages; finished April 9.
15. 101 Things You May Not Have Known About Baseball (2012) by John David Thomas White. E-book; ISBN: 9781909143036; 43 pages; finished April 10.
16. 1,000 Things To Love About America (2010) by Brent Bowers, Barbara Bowers, Agnes Hooper Gottlieb, and Henry Gottlieb. E-book; ISBN: 0061997897 (ISBN13: 9780061997891); 320 pages; finished April 14.
17. Luna & The Magical Piano (2020) by Kaia Verheyen. E-book edition of hardcover; ISBN13: 9798560895044; 108 pages; finished April 20.
18. Dance Night (1930) by Dawn Powell (1895-1965. Hardcover; from a Library of America anthology, Novels, 1930-1942: Dance Night/Come Back To Sorrento/Turn, Magic Wheel/Angels on Toast/A Time to Be Born; ISBN: 1931082014 (ISBN13: 9781931082013); 204 pages; finished April 23.

Welcome! Like Paul said, everyone’s welcome, no matter how many books they read.

Two things you might not have found yet:

- I keep a directory of folks’ thread in our Threadbook at https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/2021_Threadbook

- we also have a directory of important group threads like pointers to our group reads and monthly challenges at https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/Groups:75booksin2021

Both of these links are always in the intro section of our group home page.

By the way, I’m a Jim too!

May, 2021:

19. Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty (2020) by Jeff Pearlman. E-book; Kindle Edition; ASIN: B081TTYZ6B; 432 pages; finished May 25.
20. Asteroids, Meteors, Meteorites, and Comets (2019) by Nicholas Faulkner and Erik Gregersen. E-book edition of hardcover; ISBN: 1680488740 (ISBN13: 9781680488746); 128 pages; finished May 31.
21. Hank Aaron and the Home Run That Changed America: Hank Aaron and the Pursuit of a Dream (2004) by Tom Stanton. E-book; Kindle Edition; ASIN: B000FC1PO8; 288 pages; finished May 31.

June, 2021:

22. The Inner Planets (2019) by Nicholas Faulkner and Erik Gregersen. E-book edition of hardcover; ISBN: 150810607X (ISBN13: 9781508106074); 128 pages; finished June 2.
23. Life is Short (No Pun Intended): Love, Laughter, and Learning to Enjoy Every Moment (2015) by Jennifer Arnold, MD and Bill Klein. Hardcover; ISBN: 9781476794709; 261 pages; finished June 2.
24. The Outer Planets (2019) by Nicholas Faulkner and Erik Gregersen. E-book edition of hardcover; ISBN: 1508105987 (ISBN13: 9781508105985); 128 pages; finished June 4.

Hi Jim. Welcome to this group. Enjoy your reading!