I read two 1000+ pages books in my defense

what did you read

AFFC and ADWD :kanyeshrug:
Easily some of the best I read this year, George prose is immaculate
Edit: Actually three since I read ASOS at the very beginning of this year so I'm more than satisfied

i'm glad you added this was george martin because I had no idea what those abbreviations were

Finished my 45 book goal for this year

Now I can finally stop game-ifying my reading and just read what I want

impressive

gonna make a thread at the start of December unless somebody else does about top 10 reads of the year, would love to see your list

yea that's why this year I didn't put a numerical goal. I've read less books, but have chosen some longer ones and it didn't feel like a race

still not taking notes, reading big challenges, or reading more non-fiction like I wanted to tho

ya I'd love that!

I love finding a book w/ notes in it but I never make notes in my own. And I never read non fiction. Do you have something non fiction waiting on your list?

I've been meaning to read more history books. got a book about each World War and also wanna read History of the Peloponnesian War

next year is the year lol

actually read the damn commie manifesto and The Republic

Manifests are for terrorists, why not read das kapital instead?

looking to leap back into fiction, i miss getting lost into universes and getting attached to characters etc.

read over 30 books this year

i read 31 books this year, and it's the most i ever read in my life

Niggas speedrunning books itt just to sound intelectual saying they read x number of books

new title for the new year, same thread

2023 looking like it's gonna be a busy year for me so not gonna set any numerical goals and just hope I can find time to read

here are some general goals it would be cool to reach

read more

Cormac
Toni Morrison
Dostoevsky

read some authors I've seen recommended/discussed in this section

Don Carpenter
Mikhail Bulgakov
Herman Melville

read more non fiction

1 book about WWI, 1 book about WWII
Isabel Wilkerson
Hanif Abdurraqib

read more in spanish

keep reading Bolaño and work my way up to 2666
Mario Vargas Llosa
Borges
Fernanda Melchor

definitely need to read more non-fiction, at least 20 books.

Will update shortly

My reading habits for 2022 were abysmal. Gotta do better 20233

I read 30 in 2022 so my goal will be to just read the same or more than that

Hopefully will finally read the brothers karamazov and mason & dixon

Also got gifted the entire dark tower series today so maybe that will be a fun thing to chip away at 🫢

Damn, I definitely need to read more cormac mccarthy this year too. And more nabokov

12 books planned for the year but I'd like to read more of course. The number isn't as important as just the habit of always having a book in rotation.

These are my 12 books (1 a month minimum):
Outliers (Malcolm Gladwell)
Adulthood Rites & Imago (Octavia Butler)
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoesvsky)
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Collected Fictions (Jorges Luis Borges)
Sula (Toni Morrison)
100 Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir)
Dhahlgren (Samuel R. Delany)
Black Buck (Mateo Askaripour)

Now this is the solidified list but I'd like make room for more stuff when I finish these up.

Stephen King
Leo Tolstoy
Roberto Bolano
Brandon Sanderson
Evan Winter
NK Jemisin

Other Goals:

Don't buy more books than I'm reading.

Only allowing myself one major book haul to start the year.

Utilize the local library more.

Mainly use second hand bookshops or Independent (specifically Black-Owned) Bookstores

Avoid Barnes&Noble and Amazon (If possible)

Read at least one self-published author (preferably unknown)

Use my kindle more

read 5-10 books next year!

my goal is one book

I’ll say 40 books and just go from there. It will probably be a lot of poetry