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Categories for the year:
Category #1. Everything I've checked out / started / currently reading / was about to read / took off my bookshelf to read from last year. | = started, ( = Library book, * = ebook, ^ = audiobook, ! = world lit
Finished:
The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold A Cottage Wedding by Leigh Duncan, The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg, A Dry White Season by Andre Brink, Four Ways to Forgiveness by Ursula K Le Guin, Collected Twilight Stories by Marjorie Bowen, The Birthday of the World and Other Stories by Ursula K Le Guin, The Telling by Ursula K Le Guin, The Trojan Women and Other Plays by Euripides, Penric's Progress by Lois McMaster Bujold, Nightwood by Djuna Barnes
Started:
!|*Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong
College Library:
(Various Plays by Euripides (since finished)
|(Anglo-Saxon Poetry by SAJ Bradley (since finished)
Currently: 3
Category #1. Everything I've checked out / started / currently reading / was about to read / took off my bookshelf to read from last year. | = started, ( = Library book, * = ebook, ^ = audiobook, ! = world lit
Finished:
Started:
!|*Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong
College Library:
(Various Plays by Euripides (since finished)
|(Anglo-Saxon Poetry by SAJ Bradley (since finished)
Currently: 3
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Category #1
-Finished The Hallowed Hunt, did not start anything else
-Finished A Cottage Wedding, did not start anything else
-Finished The Three Musketeers, ditto
-Finished Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (1 star -_-), Started Death in Holy Orders to replace the audiobook
-Finished A Dry White Season, did not start anything else
-Started / Finished The Taming of the Shrew, finished Four Ways to Forgiveness
-Finished Collected Twilight Stories
-Finished The Birthday of the World
-Finished The Telling
-DNF'd A Master of Djinn and dropped the series. Wasn't pleased by the novellas either and shouldn't force myself to 'finish up' series like this - the author is just going to publish more books and then I'll be trapped.
-Put Ironweed back on the shelf because it's #3 in a series and I don't have the other two (didn't realize).
-Finished The Trojan Women and Other Plays by Euripides
-Started and DNF'd two of the PDK Award winners, started and finished Far from the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson, returned This Mournable Body to the library. I do want to read it but it scares me.
-Decided I am not going to read Winter's Tale - life is too short.
-Finished Penric's Problems
-Finished Nightwood
-Finished The Hallowed Hunt, did not start anything else
-Finished A Cottage Wedding, did not start anything else
-Finished The Three Musketeers, ditto
-Finished Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (1 star -_-), Started Death in Holy Orders to replace the audiobook
-Finished A Dry White Season, did not start anything else
-Started / Finished The Taming of the Shrew, finished Four Ways to Forgiveness
-Finished Collected Twilight Stories
-Finished The Birthday of the World
-Finished The Telling
-DNF'd A Master of Djinn and dropped the series. Wasn't pleased by the novellas either and shouldn't force myself to 'finish up' series like this - the author is just going to publish more books and then I'll be trapped.
-Put Ironweed back on the shelf because it's #3 in a series and I don't have the other two (didn't realize).
-Finished The Trojan Women and Other Plays by Euripides
-Started and DNF'd two of the PDK Award winners, started and finished Far from the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson, returned This Mournable Body to the library. I do want to read it but it scares me.
-Decided I am not going to read Winter's Tale - life is too short.
-Finished Penric's Problems
-Finished Nightwood
3DeltaQueen50
Good luck with paring down your list!
4rabbitprincess
That's a big list! I imagine it will be satisfying to pare it down though.
7mathgirl40
Just catching up with your thread and I see you're already making good progress with your first category!
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Thank you! 22 left, have to finish This Mournable Body because it's due soon but putting it off. Suspect it'll be a difficult read, emotionally.
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Made this note to myself several times but I keep losing it. :|
Plays by Euripides I haven't read: Cyclops, Orestes, Iphigenia at Aulis, Heracleidae, Suppliants, Ion, Iphigenia in Tauris, The Phoenician Women, and Rhesus
Currently have: Heracles and Other Plays: Alcestis, Heracles, Children of Heracles, and Cyclops.
That leaves: Orestes, Iphigenia at Aulis, Suppliants, Ion, Iphigenia in Tauris, The Phoenician Women, and Rhesus
https://www.librarything.com/work/2840896
Iphigenia among the Taurians ; Bacchae ; Iphigenia at Aulis ; Rhesus / Euripides ; translated with explanatory notes by James Morwood ; with introduction by Edith Hall.
PA3975 .A2 1999
https://www.librarything.com/work/8534015
Ion ; Orestes ; Phoenician women ; Suppliant women / Euripides ; translated by Robin Waterfield ; introduction by Edith Hall ; notes by James Morwood.
PA3975 .A2 2001
If I check out these that's all of them.
Using this to update:
Plays by Euripides I haven't read: Orestes, Heracleidae, Ion, and The Phoenician Women
Plays by Euripides I haven't read: Cyclops, Orestes, Iphigenia at Aulis, Heracleidae, Suppliants, Ion, Iphigenia in Tauris, The Phoenician Women, and Rhesus
Currently have: Heracles and Other Plays: Alcestis, Heracles, Children of Heracles, and Cyclops.
That leaves: Orestes, Iphigenia at Aulis, Suppliants, Ion, Iphigenia in Tauris, The Phoenician Women, and Rhesus
https://www.librarything.com/work/2840896
Iphigenia among the Taurians ; Bacchae ; Iphigenia at Aulis ; Rhesus / Euripides ; translated with explanatory notes by James Morwood ; with introduction by Edith Hall.
PA3975 .A2 1999
https://www.librarything.com/work/8534015
Ion ; Orestes ; Phoenician women ; Suppliant women / Euripides ; translated by Robin Waterfield ; introduction by Edith Hall ; notes by James Morwood.
PA3975 .A2 2001
If I check out these that's all of them.
Using this to update:
Plays by Euripides I haven't read: Orestes, Heracleidae, Ion, and The Phoenician Women
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Getting bored with my options even though I haven't even started some of those books so gonna open up some new categories. Combining this with some prompts from a Goodreads challenge (Seasonal Reading Challenge) because I like the prompts, without actually participating properly in the Goodreads challenge.
Category #1: Started Series
Category #2: Owned Books
Category #3: Classical/Medieval Lit/Related
Category #4: Global Literature
Category #5: Classic SFF by Women
Category #6: Virago or NYRB Classics
Category #7: Michael Arlen, Mervyn Peake, Hilary Mantel, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Ralph Ellison, Wole Soyinka, or Yoko Ogawa
Category #8: Lengthy TBR's
Category #9: Books on the "BBC Believes You've..." or "100 Must-Read African-American Books" lists
Category #10: Translated Books by Women
Task 5.1: Author whose first name starts with D.
Category #1 (Series): EEG by Dasa Drndic (since finished)
(owned)Category #2 (Owned): Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe (since finished)
Category #3 (Class/Med): Purgatorio by Dante.
Category #4 (Global): Lives and Legends of the Georgian Saints by David Marshall Lang
Category #5 (SFF): Star Rider by Doris Piserchia (since finished)
(owned)Category #6 (Publishers): The Wedding by Dorothy West
Category #7 (Liked Authors): None of these start with D so subbing Death and the King's Horseman, a title that starts with D.
Category #8 (TBR): Nightwood by Djuna Barnes
Category #9 (Lists): The Living is Easy by Dorothy West
Category #10 (Translated): Doppelganger by Dasa Drndic (since finished)
Category #1: Started Series
Category #2: Owned Books
Category #3: Classical/Medieval Lit/Related
Category #4: Global Literature
Category #5: Classic SFF by Women
Category #6: Virago or NYRB Classics
Category #7: Michael Arlen, Mervyn Peake, Hilary Mantel, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Ralph Ellison, Wole Soyinka, or Yoko Ogawa
Category #8: Lengthy TBR's
Category #9: Books on the "BBC Believes You've..." or "100 Must-Read African-American Books" lists
Category #10: Translated Books by Women
Task 5.1: Author whose first name starts with D.
Category #1 (Series): EEG by Dasa Drndic (since finished)
(owned)Category #2 (Owned): Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe (since finished)
Category #5 (SFF): Star Rider by Doris Piserchia (since finished)
(owned)Category #6 (Publishers): The Wedding by Dorothy West
Category #9 (Lists): The Living is Easy by Dorothy West
Category #10 (Translated): Doppelganger by Dasa Drndic (since finished)
11rabbitprincess
Good way to refresh your options, and good luck with the Dante!
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Finished some but am in a major reading rut for me. Don't think refreshing my choices will help - I don't think it has anything to do with the books themselves, more so other life stuff.
(Authors whose books or names start with D)
Backlist author:
Death and the King's Horseman by Wole Soyinka. Following the death of the king, the King's Horseman is required to commit ritual suicide. Think this defies simplistic interpretation of the sort that I'm capable of coming up with. Brain kinda blanks. Would love to be part of a discussion group that reads this.
Lengthy TBR:
Nightwood by Djuna Barnes. I'd first checked this out of a library 10+ years ago, so it's a very lengthy TBR. Let myself be so overly intimidated by it I returned it without reading, but it wasn't nearly as difficult to follow as I expected. Yet again, my brain also kinda blanks. I've been trying to get away from writing about books as good/bad, but it's likely that if I want to have anything else to say I need to take notes.
Global Literature:
Slave Song by David Dabydeen. Graphic poem songs related the brutality of life as a slave on a sugar cane plantation. The poems are followed by author commentary explaining their meaning + translations. The author finishes their postscript by saying, "Finally, the apparatus of notes and translations was an attempt to be poet, editor and translator, to resist the commerce of consuming 'third-world' produce. But I was young and idealistic and silly then. After twenty-one years of meagre royalties, I'm ripe for exploitation, so please buy this book." Ouch.
(Authors whose books or names start with D)
Backlist author:
Death and the King's Horseman by Wole Soyinka. Following the death of the king, the King's Horseman is required to commit ritual suicide. Think this defies simplistic interpretation of the sort that I'm capable of coming up with. Brain kinda blanks. Would love to be part of a discussion group that reads this.
Lengthy TBR:
Nightwood by Djuna Barnes. I'd first checked this out of a library 10+ years ago, so it's a very lengthy TBR. Let myself be so overly intimidated by it I returned it without reading, but it wasn't nearly as difficult to follow as I expected. Yet again, my brain also kinda blanks. I've been trying to get away from writing about books as good/bad, but it's likely that if I want to have anything else to say I need to take notes.
Global Literature:
Slave Song by David Dabydeen. Graphic poem songs related the brutality of life as a slave on a sugar cane plantation. The poems are followed by author commentary explaining their meaning + translations. The author finishes their postscript by saying, "Finally, the apparatus of notes and translations was an attempt to be poet, editor and translator, to resist the commerce of consuming 'third-world' produce. But I was young and idealistic and silly then. After twenty-one years of meagre royalties, I'm ripe for exploitation, so please buy this book." Ouch.
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(Authors whose names start with D)
Global Literature:
Lives and Legends of the Georgian Saints (selected and translated from the original texts) by David M. Lang. Some of the things I thought were interesting were the prominence of female 'characters' (based on historical people) w/ political importance and strong senses of morality, the sense of change and overhaul of ideas that seems to be going on, and how many different cities / places are name-dropped (Jerusalem, Baghdad, Constantinople, Tbilisi, Abkhazia, Mount Olympus, etc.).
Global Literature:
Lives and Legends of the Georgian Saints (selected and translated from the original texts) by David M. Lang. Some of the things I thought were interesting were the prominence of female 'characters' (based on historical people) w/ political importance and strong senses of morality, the sense of change and overhaul of ideas that seems to be going on, and how many different cities / places are name-dropped (Jerusalem, Baghdad, Constantinople, Tbilisi, Abkhazia, Mount Olympus, etc.).
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Struggling again with starting too many books because everything looks interesting then getting choice paralysis.
(mostly notes to myself)
Did a "currently reading" reformat. The stuff I'm reading now or have checked out falls into five categories: Old Stuff, Anthologies, Owned Books, Series Books, or Global Literature. I think I'm going to turn away for a bit from reading SFF award winners - I have plenty of SFF in series I've already started and I've been having bad luck with SFF recently.
Old stuff is a particularly difficult category for me because I want to read certain stuff before other stuff, but also want to read everything at once and don't want to wait. So I start stuff then hold off on it because I haven't finished a work that's influenced it. Made an ordered list.
#1. Finish the Old Testament and Anglo-Saxon Poetry. Do not start the New Testament.
#2. Finish Paradiso. Do not start Vita Nuova.
#3. Finish Orestes and other Plays. Do not start anything by Aristophanes.
#4. Finish Three Kingdoms
... Then move on to Journey to the West, The Scholars and the new translation of Jin Ping Mei before starting the New Testament or any more Classical / European stuff.
Anthologies. Continue with The Norton Anthology of World Literature. Return the other anthologies to the library.
Owned Books. Not too much in this category that isn't in other categories, but 1 book is enough. Ranking this one because I'm a decent chunk into #1.
#1. Moll Flanders
#2. Complete Novels of Jean Rhys (since finished)
Series. Bunch of stuff I checked out from the library.
Tales from Watership Down, The Prince and the Pilgrim, EEG (since finished), A God in Ruins, Time and the Gods (since finished), The Hidden Palace (DNF), The Road Back (since finished), The Winged Histories (DNF), Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman (since finished)
Global Literature. Ranking this one because I'm further into certain books than others.
#1. The Slynx (since finished)
#2. Selected Poems by Maria Tsvetayeva
#3. Kamouraska (since finished)
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So to summarize that makes my currently reading:
Old Stuff: Paradiso / Anglo-Saxon Poetry (both since finished)
Anthologies: The Norton Anthology of World Literature
Owned Books: -
Series: EEG (since finished)
Global: The Slynx (since finished)
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Finished the actual Old Testament, still want to read the appendices but want a break from it.
Finished Tales from Watership Down, decided to read Moll Flanders next, then EEG.
Read 2/3 of Moll Flanders, remembered I started EEG because it was a series book (shifted it to the series category), decided to read some of The Slynx
Got a copy of the Old Testament from a library, decided to read Selected Poems by Marina Tsvetayeva instead of The Big Green Tent, decided not to read Diary of a Syrian Gentleman right now.
Finished Moll Flanders, want to finish some stuff in other categories before I start more Owned Books.
Finished the Old Testament. Ha. That was a lot of difficult reading. Not sure if I want to move onto Paradiso today or reward myself by reading a lighter work. EEG (series) is in a difficult place because it's taking up the series slot while being the opposite of light reading - I'm not sure if I'll get to it any time soon. I don't want to go for a walk because it's raining.
Started Selected Poetry by Maria Tsvetayeva but wasn't concentrating on it very well so read The Prince and the Pilgrim by Mary Stewart instead. Think I'm going to finish the poetry then finish EEG since it's taking up the series spot.
Finished the poetry - want to give EEG a good 30m and see if I can handle it today. Think I'm making good progress. Want to get down to 1 book in each category except series. For that goal I only need to read 2 more canonical books and 1 more global literature books.
Finished Orestes and Other Plays - which I wasn't planning on starting but had to catch up to my buddy reader
(mostly notes to myself)
Did a "currently reading" reformat. The stuff I'm reading now or have checked out falls into five categories: Old Stuff, Anthologies, Owned Books, Series Books, or Global Literature. I think I'm going to turn away for a bit from reading SFF award winners - I have plenty of SFF in series I've already started and I've been having bad luck with SFF recently.
Old stuff is a particularly difficult category for me because I want to read certain stuff before other stuff, but also want to read everything at once and don't want to wait. So I start stuff then hold off on it because I haven't finished a work that's influenced it. Made an ordered list.
#2. Finish Paradiso. Do not start Vita Nuova.
... Then move on to Journey to the West, The Scholars and the new translation of Jin Ping Mei before starting the New Testament or any more Classical / European stuff.
Anthologies. Continue with The Norton Anthology of World Literature. Return the other anthologies to the library.
Owned Books. Not too much in this category that isn't in other categories, but 1 book is enough. Ranking this one because I'm a decent chunk into #1.
#2. Complete Novels of Jean Rhys (since finished)
Series. Bunch of stuff I checked out from the library.
Global Literature. Ranking this one because I'm further into certain books than others.
#1. The Slynx (since finished)
#3. Kamouraska (since finished)
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So to summarize that makes my currently reading:
Old Stuff: Paradiso / Anglo-Saxon Poetry (both since finished)
Anthologies: The Norton Anthology of World Literature
Owned Books: -
Series: EEG (since finished)
Global: The Slynx (since finished)
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Finished the actual Old Testament, still want to read the appendices but want a break from it.
Finished Tales from Watership Down, decided to read Moll Flanders next, then EEG.
Read 2/3 of Moll Flanders, remembered I started EEG because it was a series book (shifted it to the series category), decided to read some of The Slynx
Got a copy of the Old Testament from a library, decided to read Selected Poems by Marina Tsvetayeva instead of The Big Green Tent, decided not to read Diary of a Syrian Gentleman right now.
Finished Moll Flanders, want to finish some stuff in other categories before I start more Owned Books.
Finished the Old Testament. Ha. That was a lot of difficult reading. Not sure if I want to move onto Paradiso today or reward myself by reading a lighter work. EEG (series) is in a difficult place because it's taking up the series slot while being the opposite of light reading - I'm not sure if I'll get to it any time soon. I don't want to go for a walk because it's raining.
Started Selected Poetry by Maria Tsvetayeva but wasn't concentrating on it very well so read The Prince and the Pilgrim by Mary Stewart instead. Think I'm going to finish the poetry then finish EEG since it's taking up the series spot.
Finished the poetry - want to give EEG a good 30m and see if I can handle it today. Think I'm making good progress. Want to get down to 1 book in each category except series. For that goal I only need to read 2 more canonical books and 1 more global literature books.
Finished Orestes and Other Plays - which I wasn't planning on starting but had to catch up to my buddy reader
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Another reordering.
Currently Reading / Cued (Started)
Old Stuff
*Anglo-Saxon Poetry*, *Three Kingdoms*, Amadis of Gaul, Tirant lo Blanc, Fabilaux, Canterbury Tales, Arthurian Romances
Slightly Less Old Stuff
The Rover, Sylph, History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless, School for Widows,
Owned Books
*Complete Novels of Jean Rhys*
Global Literature
Kamouraska,Love in a Fallen City, In the Pond, *The Norton Anthology of World Literature*
Series (mostly cued)
Time and the Gods, Quantum War, The Road Back
SFF
A Billion Days of Earth, Babel-17, Mage Heart, Fire Heart, Aramaya, The Baker's Boy, Master and Fool
Other
Cosmic Diaspora, Three Plays by August Wilson (since finished)
Order:
Batch 1:Jean Rhys #4 / Amadis of Gaul Book 1/2 / 40c 3 Kingdoms / Kamouraska / Cosmic Diaspora (all since finnished)
Batch 2:Jean Rhys #5 / Amadis of Gaul Book 3/4 / 60c 3 Kingdoms (since finished) / School for Widows / Love in a Fallen City / Fire Heart / August Wilson 1 (since finished)
Batch 3: Owned /Time and the Gods / Fire Heart / Fabilaux / 80c 3 Kingdoms / History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless 1 / In the Pond / Aramaya / August Wilson 2 (since finished)
Batch 4: Owned /Quantum War / Tirant lo Blanc / 100c 3 Kingdoms / History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless 2 / Global / The Baker's Boy / August Wilson 3 (since finished)
Batch 5: Owned / Series / Arthurian Romances / 3 Kingdoms / History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless 3 / Global / A Man Betrayed
Currently Reading / Cued (Started)
Old Stuff
Slightly Less Old Stuff
Owned Books
*Complete Novels of Jean Rhys*
Global Literature
Kamouraska,
Series (mostly cued)
SFF
Other
Order:
Batch 1:
Batch 2:
Batch 3: Owned /
Batch 4: Owned /
Batch 5: Owned / Series / Arthurian Romances / 3 Kingdoms / History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless 3 / Global / A Man Betrayed
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Haven't posted in this is a while but my currently reading book list is out of control. Sorry aware this probably isn't very interesting to read but typing it out helps me organize my thoughts and all my books.
Trying to break this into categories where I'm likely to just start another book if I finish what I'm reading. For example, if I finish the 'audiobook' category I'm going to immediately start another audiobook. Same for ebooks and paper books. If I finish a 'brick' I'll 'reward' myself by starting another brick.
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Nonfiction Textbook: World in the Making by Bonnie G Smith, Time's Monster by Priya Satia
By Genre / Category
Ancient Stuff: The Witchcraft Series Maqlu
Classical Antiquity: Aristophanes: The Complete Plays
CE Classics: Four Plays: Ben Johnson, The Riverside Chaucer, Medieval Welsh Lyrics, North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell,The Voices of Medieval English Lyric, The Ecclesiastical History of the English People by Bede, Clelia by Madeliene de Scudery, A Sicilian Romance by Ann Radcliffe, The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales, Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong, Roxana by Daniel Defoe
Classic Women's Lit: Clelia by Madeliene de Scudery,A Sicilian Romance by Ann Radcliffe, North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
SFF / related: The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales,Flight in Yiktor by Andre Norton, A Sicilian Romance by Ann Radcliffe, Secret Weavers: Stories of the Fantastic by Women Writers of Argentina and Chile, Bienvenidos a la Casa de la Muerte by RL Stine, Forty Thousand in Gehenna by CJ Cherryh, High Deryni by Katherine Kurtz, Voyager in Night by CJ Cherryh
Started Series:Forty Thousand in Gehenna by CJ Cherryh, High Deryni by Katherine Kurtz, Trieste by Dasa Drndic, Voyager in Night by CJ Cherryh
Translated / International:Kamouraska by Anne Hebert, Secret Weavers: Stories of the Fantastic by Women Writers of Argentina and Chile, The Queen's Tiara by Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Trieste by Dasa Drndic, Sacred Vows by U Sam Oeur
Spanish: Bienvenidos a la Casa de la Muerte by RL Stine
Buddy Reads:
Anthology:The Voices of Medieval English Lyric, Medieval Welsh Lyrics, Secret Weavers: Stories of the Fantastic by Women Writers of Argentina and Chile
By Difficulty
Lighter Stuff: The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales, Roxana by Daniel Defoe,Flight in Yiktor by Andre Norton, High Deryni by Katherine Kurtz, A Sicilian Romance by Ann Radcliffe, Forty Thousand in Gehenna by CJ Cherryh, Voyager in Night by CJ Cherryh
Moderate The Witchcraft Series Maqlu, Aristophanes: The Complete Plays, Medieval Welsh Lyrics, North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell,The Voices of Medieval English Lyric, The Ecclesiastical History of the English People by Bede, Secret Weavers: Stories of the Fantastic by Women Writers of Argentina and Chile, Trieste by Dasa Drndic, Kamouraska by Anne Hebert, The Queen's Tiara by Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Sacred Vows by U Sam Oeur
DifficultClelia by Madeliene de Scudery, Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong, Bienvenidos a la Casa de la Muerte by RL Stine, Four Plays: Ben Johnson, The Riverside Chaucer
By Length
Short:Flight in Yiktor by Andre Norton, The Witchcraft Series Maqlu, Bienvenidos a la Casa de la Muerte by RL Stien, A Sicilian Romance by Ann Radcliffe, Voyager in Night by CJ Cherryh, Sacred Vows by U Sam Oeur
Moderate: Roxana by Daniel Defoe,High Deryni by Katherine Kurtz, Medieval Welsh Lyrics, The Voices of Medieval English Lyric, The Ecclesiastical History of the English People, Secret Weavers: Stories of the Fantastic, Trieste by Dasa Drndick, The Queen's Tiara by Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Forty Thousand in Gehenna by CJ Cherryh
Bricks: Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong, The Riverside Chaucer, Aristophanes: The Complete Plays, The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales, North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell, Four Plays: Ben Johnson
By Format:
Audiobooks:High Deryni by Katherine Kurtz
Ebooks: Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong Aristophanes: The Complete Plays, The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Witchcraft Series Maqlu, Medieval Welsh Lyrics, The Ecclesiastical History of the English People by Dede, Clelia by Madeliene de Scudery,Flight in Yiktor by Andre Norton, Secret Weavers: Stories of the Fantastic by Women Writers of Argentina and Chile, Bienvenidos a la Casa de ala Muerte by RL Stine, The Queen's Tiara by Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Sacred Vows by U Sam Oeur
Paper, Library Books: North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell,A Sicilian Romance by Ann Radcliffe, Forty Thousand in Gehenna by CJ Cherryh, The Voices of Medieval English Lyric, Trieste by Dasa Drndic, Kamouraska by Anne Hebert, Four Plays: Ben Johnson, Voyager in Night by CJ Cherryh
Paper, Owned: Roxana by Daniel Defoe, The Riverside Chaucer
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Shorter Term Goals:
-FinishForty Thousand in Gehenna (and Voyager in Night) and High Deryni. Fill up the audiobook slot for additional Alliance-Union novels.
-Finish4 3 2 library books then check out Kamouraska, Trieste, and Secret Weavers in paper form
-FinishKamouraksa, and Trieste
-Finish Medieval Welsh Lyrics,Flight in Yiktor, The Witchcraft Series Maqlu, and The Queen's Tiara in ebook form
-Finish The Ecclesiastical History of the English People
-Read 1 play by Aristophanes
-Read 1 fragment of The Canterbury Tales
-Read 20 Grimm's Fairy Tales
-Read some of at least one of the bricks every single day
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Long Term Goal: Get down to 9 currently-reading.
Trying to break this into categories where I'm likely to just start another book if I finish what I'm reading. For example, if I finish the 'audiobook' category I'm going to immediately start another audiobook. Same for ebooks and paper books. If I finish a 'brick' I'll 'reward' myself by starting another brick.
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Nonfiction Textbook: World in the Making by Bonnie G Smith, Time's Monster by Priya Satia
By Genre / Category
Ancient Stuff: The Witchcraft Series Maqlu
Classical Antiquity: Aristophanes: The Complete Plays
CE Classics: Four Plays: Ben Johnson, The Riverside Chaucer, Medieval Welsh Lyrics, North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell,
Classic Women's Lit: Clelia by Madeliene de Scudery,
SFF / related: The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales,
Started Series:
Translated / International:
Spanish: Bienvenidos a la Casa de la Muerte by RL Stine
Buddy Reads:
Anthology:
By Difficulty
Lighter Stuff: The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales, Roxana by Daniel Defoe,
Moderate The Witchcraft Series Maqlu, Aristophanes: The Complete Plays, Medieval Welsh Lyrics, North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell,
DifficultClelia by Madeliene de Scudery, Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong, Bienvenidos a la Casa de la Muerte by RL Stine, Four Plays: Ben Johnson, The Riverside Chaucer
By Length
Short:
Moderate: Roxana by Daniel Defoe,
Bricks: Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong, The Riverside Chaucer, Aristophanes: The Complete Plays, The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales, North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell, Four Plays: Ben Johnson
By Format:
Audiobooks:
Ebooks: Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong Aristophanes: The Complete Plays, The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Witchcraft Series Maqlu, Medieval Welsh Lyrics, The Ecclesiastical History of the English People by Dede, Clelia by Madeliene de Scudery,
Paper, Library Books: North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell,
Paper, Owned: Roxana by Daniel Defoe, The Riverside Chaucer
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Shorter Term Goals:
-Finish
-Finish
-Finish
-Finish Medieval Welsh Lyrics,
-Finish The Ecclesiastical History of the English People
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-Read 1 fragment of The Canterbury Tales
-Read some of at least one of the bricks every single day
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Long Term Goal: Get down to 9 currently-reading.
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-Finished Forty Thousand in Gehenna, that gets me 1/3 books on one short term goal, and 1/4 on another. Down to 19 currently reading.
-Also finished The Acharnians, so finished that short term goal.
-Picked up A Sicilian Romance, finished A Sicilian Romance, gets me 2/4 on a short term goal. Down to 18 currently reading.
-Want to read a Ben Jonson play tonight. -Editorial content of the Ben Jonson collection I have is unacceptable, need to find another version. -Switched from the Oxford World's Classics to New Mermaids Anthologies, seems to be much better.
-Decided to drop Fairy Tale by Stephen King at 60%, find it really dull. 17 currently reading.
-Started another nonfiction so back to 18 currently reading.
-Finished Flight in Yiktor by Andre Norton
-Changed my mind about what the audiobook read will be - think I want to continue w/ a cozy mystery series I'm reading in the audiobook slot and read Cherryh novels in paper form.
-Read a good chunk of North and South
-Returned some library books and checked out Trieste
-Checked out Voyager in Night, Kamouraska, and Four Plays by Ben Jonson
-Finished High Deryni, I read all the short light ones and let the heavy long ones sit lol. That is fine. Also checked out Voyager in Night so still 17 currently-reading I think.
-Read a good chunk of the Goosebumps book, started a cozy mystery as an audiobook
-Also finished The Acharnians, so finished that short term goal.
-Picked up A Sicilian Romance, finished A Sicilian Romance, gets me 2/4 on a short term goal. Down to 18 currently reading.
-Want to read a Ben Jonson play tonight. -Editorial content of the Ben Jonson collection I have is unacceptable, need to find another version. -Switched from the Oxford World's Classics to New Mermaids Anthologies, seems to be much better.
-Decided to drop Fairy Tale by Stephen King at 60%, find it really dull. 17 currently reading.
-Started another nonfiction so back to 18 currently reading.
-Finished Flight in Yiktor by Andre Norton
-Changed my mind about what the audiobook read will be - think I want to continue w/ a cozy mystery series I'm reading in the audiobook slot and read Cherryh novels in paper form.
-Read a good chunk of North and South
-Returned some library books and checked out Trieste
-Checked out Voyager in Night, Kamouraska, and Four Plays by Ben Jonson
-Finished High Deryni, I read all the short light ones and let the heavy long ones sit lol. That is fine. Also checked out Voyager in Night so still 17 currently-reading I think.
-Read a good chunk of the Goosebumps book, started a cozy mystery as an audiobook
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Repost bc it was getting messy - sorry this isn't very interesting to read but it's helping me organize my reading
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Nonfiction Textbook: World in the Making by Bonnie G Smith, Time's Monster by Priya Satia
By Genre / Category
Older classics:The Voices of Medieval English Lyric, The Complete Plays of Aristophanes, The Witchcraft Series Maqlu, Ecclesiastical History of the English People, Hittite Myths
Newer Classics: Roxana, Three Kingdoms, North and South
SFF / related: The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales, Bienvenidos a la Casa de la Muerte,Kamouraska
Started Series: Chopping Spree
Translated / International: Saman, Trieste, The Queen's Tiara, Secret Weavers
Spanish: Bienvenidos a la Casa de la Muerte
Buddy Reads:
Anthology: The Voices of Medieval English Lyric
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Short Term Goals:
-Read Vol 1 of Three Kingdoms (longest currently-reading)
-Read Kamouraska (2nd longest currently-reading)
-Read The Voices of Medieval English Lyric
-Read 100 Grimm's Fairy Tales
-Read 200p of Roxana
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Nonfiction Textbook: World in the Making by Bonnie G Smith, Time's Monster by Priya Satia
By Genre / Category
Older classics:
Newer Classics: Roxana, Three Kingdoms, North and South
SFF / related: The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales, Bienvenidos a la Casa de la Muerte,
Started Series: Chopping Spree
Translated / International: Saman, Trieste, The Queen's Tiara, Secret Weavers
Spanish: Bienvenidos a la Casa de la Muerte
Buddy Reads:
Anthology: The Voices of Medieval English Lyric
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Short Term Goals:
-Read Vol 1 of Three Kingdoms (longest currently-reading)
-Read 100 Grimm's Fairy Tales
-Read 200p of Roxana
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Trying a new game to try to winnow down the currently reading - alternate 5 chapters of Three Kingdoms w/ chunks of the other currently-reading chosen by random number (100p of a novel or anthology, 1 play, or 10% of the goosebumps book)
-Random number'd Grimm's Fairytales, read 100p
-Read Three Kingdoms up to c36
-Finished Voyager in Night bc it was only 155p, this is what always happens lol
-Read Three Kingdoms up to c41
-Currently reading The Voices of Medieval English Lyric
-Read a bunch more of Three Kingdoms and finished Kamouraska, Sticks & Scones, and Clouds
-Read the first volume of Kingdoms (70c), finished Sticks & Stones, and The Voices of Medieval English Lyric
-Random number'd Grimm's Fairytales, read 100p
-Read Three Kingdoms up to c36
-Finished Voyager in Night bc it was only 155p, this is what always happens lol
-Read Three Kingdoms up to c41
-Currently reading The Voices of Medieval English Lyric
-Read a bunch more of Three Kingdoms and finished Kamouraska, Sticks & Scones, and Clouds
-Read the first volume of Kingdoms (70c), finished Sticks & Stones, and The Voices of Medieval English Lyric
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>18 Settings: No need to apologize about the content of your posts! I too use my thread mainly to keep track of what I've read and if people like to stop in and comment on the books, that's great but not an expectation. :)
