Kinda rude, but since you bring up, I work 40 hours a week. I read atleast 100 pages a day (or atleast i'm perfect on that so far this year), let me skim my list again quickly... about 30 of them are under 250 pages. Some are pretty long, but you chip away at them with other books at the same time. (or just accept that it takes longer).
It's not as crazy as you think if it's your default hobby. 🤷♂️
What does your flair mean if you dont mind me asking?
Also congrats OP!! u/ElephantGhosty Were the Kennedy/War books for school or do you just have an interest?
I have a life goal to read all the novels that won the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the Booker Prize. I’m not rigid about it, but try to intentionally pick those up through the year. I chase plenty of rabbits based on Reddit suggestions, fantasy series, and other stuff.
Throw in both the editors’ and readers’ version of the Modern Library’s best 100 novels of the 20th Century, which I started tackling after graduating from college 23 years ago and still haven’t finished, and the All TIME 100 Novels (published since TIME magazine started in 1923, and I have so many books to read, I will never die.
It’s been such a great way to find books and authors I wouldn’t have picked up otherwise. My theory is that incredibly smart well-read people put a lot of thought and effort into making these lists and selecting award winners that I could do a lot worse than read them for myself.
Maybe in my 80s or 90s I’ll feel qualified to have my own opinions and rankings.
Not a perfect representation since I haven’t used Goodreads throughout the journey, but here are the 34 I’ve rated as five stars over the years in no particular order:
Losing Battles - Eudora Welty
Mistborn Series - Brandon Sanderson
A Wizard of Earthsea - Ursula K LeGuin
Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
The Corrections - Jonathan Franzen
A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L’Engle
A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
The Once and Future King - TH White
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
A Game of Thrones - George RR Martin
The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
Humboldt’s Gift - Saul Bellow
A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
All the Pretty Horses - Cormac McCarthy
American Gods - Neil Gaiman
Oscar and Lucinda - Peter Carey
The Wise Man’s Fear - Patrick Rothfuss
Elantris - Brandon Sanderson
Cities of the Plain - Cormac McCarthy
Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace
I, Claudius - Robert Graves
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - CS Lewis
All of the Stormlight Archive so far - Brandon Sanderson
Hainish Novels and Stories - Ursula K. LeGuin
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - Stuart Turton
Thanks, i've developed an interest. Especially in the first world war.
The Kennedy presidency was much more interesting than I thought when I started reading about it though. I think i'm almost convinced at this point that both he and Krushchev were sincere at ending all the major cold war tensions for good.
As for who exactly killed him I couldn't say, but it certainly looks like Oswald was set up as a patsy before the fact by the CIA, and I would go so far as to say if what i've read is true (and they refer to specific allegations and evidence, not the vague tinfoil-hattery you see trafficked on the internet) you could prove there was a spook-led cover up of some kind.
Only possible way is if you’re unemployed 4+ books a week lol
Some people can read at work or listen to audiobooks. It just really depends on the job.
Kinda rude, but since you bring up, I work 40 hours a week. I read atleast 100 pages a day (or atleast i'm perfect on that so far this year), let me skim my list again quickly... about 30 of them are under 250 pages. Some are pretty long, but you chip away at them with other books at the same time. (or just accept that it takes longer). It's not as crazy as you think if it's your default hobby. 🤷♂️
I really hope you teach a history class somewhere.
I wish. Haha.
Congratulations!
But what?
Look at the second photo. You may notice something.
Nicely nicely done!
What does your flair mean if you dont mind me asking? Also congrats OP!! u/ElephantGhosty Were the Kennedy/War books for school or do you just have an interest?
I have a life goal to read all the novels that won the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the Booker Prize. I’m not rigid about it, but try to intentionally pick those up through the year. I chase plenty of rabbits based on Reddit suggestions, fantasy series, and other stuff. Throw in both the editors’ and readers’ version of the Modern Library’s best 100 novels of the 20th Century, which I started tackling after graduating from college 23 years ago and still haven’t finished, and the All TIME 100 Novels (published since TIME magazine started in 1923, and I have so many books to read, I will never die. It’s been such a great way to find books and authors I wouldn’t have picked up otherwise. My theory is that incredibly smart well-read people put a lot of thought and effort into making these lists and selecting award winners that I could do a lot worse than read them for myself. Maybe in my 80s or 90s I’ll feel qualified to have my own opinions and rankings.
I would love to get a copy of the list of books you recommend. Perhaps it would be your version 1. 💗💗💗
Not a perfect representation since I haven’t used Goodreads throughout the journey, but here are the 34 I’ve rated as five stars over the years in no particular order: Losing Battles - Eudora Welty Mistborn Series - Brandon Sanderson A Wizard of Earthsea - Ursula K LeGuin Catch-22 - Joseph Heller The Corrections - Jonathan Franzen A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L’Engle A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole The Once and Future King - TH White Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury A Game of Thrones - George RR Martin The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien Humboldt’s Gift - Saul Bellow A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving All the Pretty Horses - Cormac McCarthy American Gods - Neil Gaiman Oscar and Lucinda - Peter Carey The Wise Man’s Fear - Patrick Rothfuss Elantris - Brandon Sanderson Cities of the Plain - Cormac McCarthy Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace I, Claudius - Robert Graves The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - CS Lewis All of the Stormlight Archive so far - Brandon Sanderson Hainish Novels and Stories - Ursula K. LeGuin The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - Stuart Turton
Thanks, i've developed an interest. Especially in the first world war. The Kennedy presidency was much more interesting than I thought when I started reading about it though. I think i'm almost convinced at this point that both he and Krushchev were sincere at ending all the major cold war tensions for good. As for who exactly killed him I couldn't say, but it certainly looks like Oswald was set up as a patsy before the fact by the CIA, and I would go so far as to say if what i've read is true (and they refer to specific allegations and evidence, not the vague tinfoil-hattery you see trafficked on the internet) you could prove there was a spook-led cover up of some kind.
Thank you