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This year's challenge is to read a book published in every year I've been on this planet. Wish me luck.

GoodReads Discussion on my challenge for this year. Pop by and give me a recommendation for an incomplete year. 2013 appreciated greatly.

Useless Statistics

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The list of books read

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Abbreviation and Rating Guide

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12-31-2012, 08:06 AM	#37
HomeInMyShoes Ginormous Intergalactic Posts: 10,404 Karma: 34151574 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: junkyard Device: Kindle3	HomeInMyShoes Challenge List: A Year in the Life This year's challenge is to read a book published in every year I've been on this planet. Wish me luck. GoodReads Discussion on my challenge for this year. Pop by and give me a recommendation for an incomplete year. 2013 appreciated greatly. Useless Statistics Spoiler: Years Completed: 36/44 Books Read: 39 Pages Read: 11,589 Distinct Authors: 39 New Authors: 25 Paper Books: 35 E-Books: 4 The list of books read Spoiler: 1970: 9p James Dickey, Deliverance 1971: 2p Charles Bukowski, Post Office 1972: 7p Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree 1973: 5p J.G. Ballard, Crash 1974: 7p Philip K. Dick, Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said 1975: 6e Andre Norton, Perilous Dreams 1976: 6p Paul Theroux, The Great Railway Bazaar 1977: 7p Bruce Chatwin In Patagonia 1978: 7p Ismail Kadare Broken April 1979: 7p Roald Dahl, Tales of the Unexpected 1980: 6p Alfred Bester, Golem100 1981: 6p Frederik Pohl, The Cool War 1982: 5p P.C. Jersild, After the Flood 1983: 7p Thomas Bernard, The Loser 1984: 6p William Gibson, Neuromancer 1985: 1986: 7p Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World 1987: 1988: 4p Upamanyu Chatterjee, English, August 1989: 5p Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club 1990: 8p Terry Pratchett, Eric 1991: 1992: 7p Mary Kurcinka, Raising Your Spirited Child 1993: 8p Lewis Shiner, Glimpses 1994: 6p Tom Robbins, Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas 1995: 8p Nick Hornby, High Fidelity 1996: 9p Roddy Doyle, The Woman Who Walked into Doors 1997: 1998: 8p Philip Gourevtich, We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda 1999: 7p Haruki Murakami, After the Quake 2000: 8p Steven Galloway, Finnie Walsh 2001: 6p Junot Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 2001: ?e Neil Gaiman, American Gods 2002: 8p Michael Frayn, Spies 2002: 7e Diane Duane, A Wizard Alone 2003: ?p Dean Koontz, Odd Thomas 2004: 8p Alan Cooper, The Inmates are Running the Asylum 2005: 7p Neil Gaiman, Anansi Boys 2005: 8p Catherynne M. Valente, Yume No Hon: The Book of Dreams 2006: 7p Mark Haddon, A Spot of Bother 2007: 2008: 8p Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger 2008: 7p Sue Johnson, Hold Me Tight 2009: 7p Anthony Flint, Wrestling with Moses 2010: 2011: 8p Charles Stross, Rule 34 2012: 7p Blaine Harden, Escape from Camp 14 2013: Abbreviation and Rating Guide Spoiler: The arbitrary rating system 9 Press buy now. 8 Definitely worth more than the price of admission. 7 Pick this up. 6 Pretty reasonable. 5 An option if you're stuck in the airport with no Internet access. 4 Meh. 3 I could have had a V8! 2 I can't believe the ink stuck to the paper. 1 Ugh. Legend e e-book p paper book __________________ Reading Lists: 2011 \| 2012 \| 2013 “Reading one book is like eating one potato chip.” - Diane Duane Last edited by HomeInMyShoes; Today at 09:24 AM.