Here we go again. It's 2014 and time yet again to reset the book reading challenge. Let's all try to read one book a week this year, but if that's too much just list whatever you read because reading is fun. Yeah books!

1) Currently Reading - The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level - Chris Hardwick

Also, I have a large amount of books that I have already aquired and I think I might list them and have people suggest things to read. Hey, maybe we could read them at the same time. Who knows? Let me know if anyone is interested in that.

[Edited on January 1, 2014 at 1:40 PM. Reason : Mod, [ls move to Chit Chat. My bad wrong forum. ]

1/1/2014 1:38:56 PM

We need more culture in Sports Talk. Thread stays.

1/1/2014 1:53:20 PM

I'm going to read Personal Fouls. Some of yall might have heard of it...

1/1/2014 2:07:09 PM

Gruesome Sports Injuries Volumes I - VII

1/1/2014 2:18:27 PM

Oopsie

1/1/2014 3:06:22 PM

1/1/2014 3:24:53 PM

i read the natural. it's not like the movie.

1/1/2014 3:55:39 PM

In the book, the manager's mustache is even better.

1/1/2014 4:40:08 PM

1/1/2014 4:50:24 PM

I've been looking at Berenstain Bears covers for a while now. I didn't realize how much I learned from these guys.

You douchebags probably shoulda read more BB books.

1/1/2014 5:01:50 PM

You folks better have finished 1/7 of a book by now


[Edited on January 1, 2014 at 5:06 PM. Reason : ~14.3%]

1/1/2014 5:05:24 PM

1) Rapture of the Nerds --- Cory Doctorow and Charlie Stross (9/10)

^This was a lot of fun, genuinely funny and interesting. It reminded of Douglas Adams in a lot of ways

currently reading: Mo'Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove [sic] by Ahmir "Questlove" Thomspon and Ben Greenman

and

Odd Apocalypse by Dean Koontz

1/6/2014 3:20:35 PM

1) The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level - Chris Hardwick - 6/10
2) Currently Reading - Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter #1) - Thomas Harris

1/8/2014 6:12:29 PM

I want to try this for 2014

Breaking myself in with a few quick ones just to get in the rhythm

1. The Ruby in the Smoke, The Shadow in the North - Philip Pullman
2. The Tiger in the Well - Philip Pullman (currently)

1/8/2014 7:41:19 PM

Currently reading both of these, but I should be able to get caught up.

1. Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2. Michael Lewis - Moneyball

1/9/2014 2:05:40 AM

doesn't setting a goal of one book a week limit you to easier/shorter books?

1/9/2014 8:06:43 AM

It's a book a week on average. Sometimes you read short ones, sometimes longer ones.

1/9/2014 12:37:45 PM

If I want to do this I may have to let go of my Economist subscription. Great for being caught up with world news but it's quite a bit of reading each week on its own.

1/9/2014 12:45:11 PM

1) The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level - Chris Hardwick - 6/10
2) Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter #1) - Thomas Harris - 7/10
3) Currently Reading - The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter #2) - Thomas Harris

1/11/2014 6:37:06 PM

1) Rapture of the Nerds --- Cory Doctorow and Charlie Stross (9/10)
2) Odd Apocalypse --- Dean Koontz (6/10)
3) Finder Library volume 2 --- Carla Speed McNeil (8/10)

currently reading: Mo'Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove [sic] by Ahmir "Questlove" Thomspon and Ben Greenman

1/13/2014 8:43:37 AM

i finally read dune and holy shit that was a good book

1/13/2014 9:53:32 AM

currently reading

Jitterbug Perfume - Tom Robbins


anyone else read Tom Robbins? thoughts?

1/13/2014 9:58:43 AM

I've read all of his novels, and they're a blast to read. They're often hilarious, and I sort of love how crazy he gets with the language. Plus, he's one of few authors I can think of that doesn't shy away from sex in his books.

1/13/2014 10:30:19 AM

yeah, i really didn't know what to expect. a lady friend asked me to read it, so i picked it up without any kind of knowledge about the author or his writing style. but i'm definitely enjoying it.

1/13/2014 11:10:02 AM

1) The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level - Chris Hardwick - 6/10
2) Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter #1) - Thomas Harris - 7/10
3) The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter #2) - Thomas Harris - 8/10
4) Currently Reading - Hannibal Rising (Hannibal Lecter #0.5) - Thomas Harris

1/20/2014 8:30:44 PM

1. The Ruby in the Smoke, The Shadow in the North
2.-3. The Tiger in the Well
4. Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime

1/20/2014 10:03:53 PM

This week Humble Bundle is audiobooks. Pay what you want and get...



bttt:

1) Rapture of the Nerds --- Cory Doctorow and Charlie Stross (9/10)
2) Odd Apocalypse --- Dean Koontz (6/10)
3) Finder Library volume 2 --- Carla Speed McNeil (8/10)
4) Mo'Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove [sic] by Ahmir "Questlove" Thomspon and Ben Greenman (8/10)

currently reading:
Ghost Story --- Peter Straub
Snow Storm --- Danica Novgorodoff

1/21/2014 2:41:28 PM

^That's a great deal and I have acquired the bundle. Thanks!

1) The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level - Chris Hardwick - 6/10
2) Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter #1) - Thomas Harris - 7/10
3) The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter #2) - Thomas Harris - 8/10
4) Hannibal Rising (Hannibal Lecter #0.5) - Thomas Harris - 5/10
5) Currently Reading - On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality #1) - Piers Anthony

[Edited on January 25, 2014 at 2:54 PM. Reason : series]

1/25/2014 2:47:23 PM

5) On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality #1) - Piers Anthony - 6/10
6) Currently Reading - Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy

1/29/2014 6:11:49 PM

I have been recommended James Clavell's Shogun. Has anyone read it? I'm never really scared of page numbers but this seems like a daunting book.

1/31/2014 1:27:47 PM

I saw the miniseries back in the day, but I haven't read the book. Let us know how it is if you decide to try it.

1/31/2014 6:37:48 PM

MOAR CHEAP/FREE WRITING:

http://stupefyingstories.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/announcing-2014-campbellian-anthology.html

Quote :

"M. David Blake’s magnum opus, the 2014 Campbellian Anthology, is now available for download! This book attempts to collect in one volume representative works by most of the writers eligible for this year’s John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. We don’t have them all—there were a few we couldn’t get—but all the same, this book contains more than 860,000 words of fiction by 111 authors, and best of all, it’s not merely free, it's DRM-FREE."

2/3/2014 12:49:39 PM

1) The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level - Chris Hardwick - 6/10
2) Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter #1) - Thomas Harris - 7/10
3) The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter #2) - Thomas Harris - 8/10
4) Hannibal Rising (Hannibal Lecter #0.5) - Thomas Harris - 5/10
5) On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality #1) - Piers Anthony - 6/10
6) Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy - 8/10
7) Currently Reading - The Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie

2/5/2014 7:21:41 PM

1. The Twelve - Justin Cronin 7/10
2. The Art of Fielding - Chad Harbach 7/10
3. Picture This - Joseph Heller 5/10
4. A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson 10/10
5. Snuff - Chuck Palahniuk 7/10
6. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court - Mark Twain 8/10
Currently - To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design - Henry Petroski
Currently - From the Earth to the Moon - Jules Verne

2/5/2014 10:09:43 PM

1) The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level - Chris Hardwick - 6/10
2) Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter #1) - Thomas Harris - 7/10
3) The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter #2) - Thomas Harris - 8/10
4) Hannibal Rising (Hannibal Lecter #0.5) - Thomas Harris - 5/10
5) On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality #1) - Piers Anthony - 6/10
6) Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy - 8/10
7) The Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie - 9/10
8) Currently Reading - Shift Omnibus Edition: Shift 1-3 (Silo Saga #2) - Hugh Howey

I would have given The Satanic Verses 10 out of 10 except the end really frags on and on. However, the story lines are original and interwoven brilliantly. The writing style and vocabulary is also very impressive. I will definitely read more of Rushdie's work.

2/15/2014 12:36:12 PM

Fury is really great, speaking of Rushdie... Though I seem to be in the minority by liking it as much as I do, so take that with a grain of salt

I've been reading more books, but no longer on pace with one per week as I was earlier

I'll keep pushing on, anyway

Currently on Double Down: Game Change 2012

2/15/2014 9:48:28 PM

1) The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level - Chris Hardwick - 6/10
2) Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter #1) - Thomas Harris - 7/10
3) The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter #2) - Thomas Harris - 8/10
4) Hannibal Rising (Hannibal Lecter #0.5) - Thomas Harris - 5/10
5) On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality #1) - Piers Anthony - 6/10
6) Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy - 8/10
7) The Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie - 9/10
8) Shift Omnibus Edition: Shift 1-3 (Silo Saga #2) - Hugh Howey - 9/10
8) Currently Reading - Dust (Silo Saga #3) - Hugh Howey

2/22/2014 3:46:58 PM

1. The Twelve - Justin Cronin 7/10
2. The Art of Fielding - Chad Harbach 7/10
3. Picture This - Joseph Heller 5/10
4. A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson 10/10
5. Snuff - Chuck Palahniuk 7/10
6. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court - Mark Twain 8/10
7. To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design - Henry Petroski 7/10
8. From the Earth to the Moon - Jules Verne 6/10
9. Round the Moon - Jules Verne 4/10
10. The Prince and the Pauper - Mark Twain 7/10
11. The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World - AJ Jacobs 8/10
Currently - The Long Walk - Richard Bachman/Stephen King
Currently - Frankenstein - Mary Shelley

2/23/2014 1:13:36 PM

^are you really reading two at once? how are you able to divide your time between them?

2/26/2014 8:00:05 PM

1) The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level - Chris Hardwick - 6/10
2) Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter #1) - Thomas Harris - 7/10
3) The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter #2) - Thomas Harris - 8/10
4) Hannibal Rising (Hannibal Lecter #0.5) - Thomas Harris - 5/10
5) On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality #1) - Piers Anthony - 6/10
6) Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy - 8/10
7) The Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie - 9/10
8) Shift Omnibus Edition: Shift 1-3 (Silo Saga #2) - Hugh Howey - 9/10
9) Dust (Silo Saga #3) - Hugh Howey - 9/10
10) Currently Reading - American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis

3/2/2014 1:40:30 PM

10) American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis - 6/10
11) Currently Reading - Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive #2) - Brandon Sanderson

Whew, this is going to take a while. This is a long one.

3/4/2014 10:40:01 PM

Quote :

"^are you really reading two at once? how are you able to divide your time between them?"

It's pretty much always one paper book and one audiobook (yes, they count). All the classics or old books are audio from librivox.org. All the Twain, Verne, and Shelley books this year were audio. As well as Bryson, but his was a real audiobook, not a librivox recording.

Finished up Frankenstein, moving on to The Hunchback of Notre Dame. 22 hours here I come. Though that's still not much compared to the 53 hours of insufferable torture that was Atlas Shrugged a couple of years back.

[Edited on March 4, 2014 at 11:17 PM. Reason : ]

3/4/2014 11:15:13 PM

1) The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level - Chris Hardwick - 6/10
2) Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter #1) - Thomas Harris - 7/10
3) The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter #2) - Thomas Harris - 8/10
4) Hannibal Rising (Hannibal Lecter #0.5) - Thomas Harris - 5/10
5) On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality #1) - Piers Anthony - 6/10
6) Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy - 8/10
7) The Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie - 9/10
8) Shift Omnibus Edition: Shift 1-3 (Silo Saga #2) - Hugh Howey - 9/10
9) Dust (Silo Saga #3) - Hugh Howey - 9/10
10) American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis - 6/10
11) Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive #2) - Brandon Sanderson - 10/10
12) Currently Reading - The Yard - Alex Grecian

3/23/2014 1:53:16 PM

12) The Yard - Alex Grecian - 6/10
13) Currently Reading - The War of the Worlds - H. G. Wells

3/28/2014 8:31:54 PM

13) The War of the Worlds - H. G. Wells - 8/10
14) Currently Reading - Pandemic (Infected #3) - Scott Sigler

3/31/2014 8:49:14 PM

14) Pandemic (Infected #3) - Scott Sigler - 8/10
15) Currently Reading - A Dance of Cloaks (Shadowdance #1) - David Dalglish

4/12/2014 3:16:09 PM

15) A Dance of Cloaks (Shadowdance #1) - David Dalglish - 5/10
16) Currently Reading - Nocturnal - Scott Sigler

4/20/2014 5:01:21 PM

16) Nocturnal - Scott Sigler - 7/10
17) Currently Reading - The Puppet Masters - Robert Heinlein

5/2/2014 6:26:46 PM

Just got my new Kindle! Thanks Mom for the birthday gift! What to read what to read... obviously this was the first place I came.

5/2/2014 6:29:22 PM

What type of books do you read? What interests do you have?

5/2/2014 7:53:36 PM