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sun surfer · 12-29-2012, 06:14 AM

Goal: Read 4,000 pages in the second half of 2013 including Ulysses by James Joyce
Progress- 5955/4000 pages, 1/1 Ulysses, completed!
Beginning with the most recent,

Guests of the Nation by Frank O'Connor, short story, 17 pages, ✭✭✭✭✭
Dubliners by James Joyce, 224 pages, ✭✭✭✭✫
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, 99 pages, ✭✭✭✫✫
My Oedipus Complex and Other Stories by Frank O'Connor, 1963 version, 239 pages, ✭✭✭✭✫
Ulysses by James Joyce, 758 pages, ✭✭✭✭✭
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, translated by Robin Buss, 1223 pages, ✭✭✭✫✫
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton, 141 pages, ✭✭✭✫✫
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, 305 pages, ✭✭✭✫✫
The Secret River by Kate Grenville, 345 pages, ✭✭✭✭✫
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury, 272 pages, ✭✭✭✫✫
Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey, 297 pages, ✭✭✭✫✫
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis, 533 pages, ✭✭✫✫✫
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, 193 pages, ✭✭✭✭✭
Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann, 662 pages, ✭✭✭✫✫
Fanny and Stella: The Young Men Who Shocked Victorian England by Neil McKenna, 416 pages, ✭✭✫✫✫
Ironweed by William Kennedy, 231 pages, ✭✭✭✫✫

Goal: Read 4,000 pages in the first half of 2013
Progress- 4298/4000 pages, completed!
Beginning with the most recent,

August: Osage County by Tracy Letts, 138 pages, ✭✭✭✫✫
after the quake by Haruki Murakami, 151 pages, ✭✭✭✫✫
A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin, 1142 pages, ✭✭✭✫✫
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks, 367 pages, ✭✭✫✫✫
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith, 223 pages, ✭✭✭✭✫
A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin, 903 pages, ✭✭✫✫✫
Chess by Stefan Zweig, translated by Anthea Bell, 83 pages, ✭✭✭✭✫
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle, 147 pages, ✭✭✫✫✫
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins, 398 pages, ✭✭✭✭✭
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark, 150 pages, ✭✭✭✭✭
A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute, 329 pages, ✭✭✭✫✫
As a Man Thinketh by James Allen, 55 pages, ✭✭✭✭✭
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, 213 pages, ✭✭✭✭✭

Key:
✭✫✫✫✫ - Disliked
✭✭✫✫✫ - So-so
✭✭✭✫✫ - Good
✭✭✭✭✫ - Excellent
✭✭✭✭✭ - Favourite

12-29-2012, 06:14 AM	#31
sun surfer languorous autodidact ✦ Posts: 4,235 Karma: 44667380 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: smiling with the rising sun Device: onyx boox poke 2 colour, kindle voyage	Goal: Read 4,000 pages in the second half of 2013 including Ulysses by James Joyce Progress- 5955/4000 pages, 1/1 Ulysses, completed! Beginning with the most recent, *Guests of the Nation* by Frank O'Connor, short story, 17 pages, ✭✭✭✭✭ *Dubliners* by James Joyce, 224 pages, ✭✭✭✭✫ *A Christmas Carol* by Charles Dickens, 99 pages, ✭✭✭✫✫ *My Oedipus Complex and Other Stories* by Frank O'Connor, 1963 version, 239 pages, ✭✭✭✭✫ *Ulysses* by James Joyce, 758 pages, ✭✭✭✭✭ *The Count of Monte Cristo* by Alexandre Dumas, translated by Robin Buss, 1223 pages, ✭✭✭✫✫ Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton, 141 pages, ✭✭✭✫✫ *Ender's Game* by Orson Scott Card, 305 pages, ✭✭✭✫✫ *The Secret River* by Kate Grenville, 345 pages, ✭✭✭✭✫ *Something Wicked This Way Comes* by Ray Bradbury, 272 pages, ✭✭✭✫✫ *Queen Victoria* by Lytton Strachey, 297 pages, ✭✭✭✫✫ Doomsday Book by Connie Willis, 533 pages, ✭✭✫✫✫ *Things Fall Apart* by Chinua Achebe, 193 pages, ✭✭✭✭✭ *Buddenbrooks* by Thomas Mann, 662 pages, ✭✭✭✫✫ *Fanny and Stella: The Young Men Who Shocked Victorian England* by Neil McKenna, 416 pages, ✭✭✫✫✫ *Ironweed* by William Kennedy, 231 pages, ✭✭✭✫✫ Goal: Read 4,000 pages in the first half of 2013 Progress- 4298/4000 pages, completed! Beginning with the most recent, *August: Osage County* by Tracy Letts, 138 pages, ✭✭✭✫✫ *after the quake* by Haruki Murakami, 151 pages, ✭✭✭✫✫ *A Storm of Swords* by George R. R. Martin, 1142 pages, ✭✭✭✫✫ *World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War* by Max Brooks, 367 pages, ✭✭✫✫✫ *The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency* by Alexander McCall Smith, 223 pages, ✭✭✭✭✫ A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin, 903 pages, ✭✭✫✫✫ Chess by Stefan Zweig, translated by Anthea Bell, 83 pages, ✭✭✭✭✫ A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle, 147 pages, ✭✭✫✫✫ Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins, 398 pages, ✭✭✭✭✭ The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark, 150 pages, ✭✭✭✭✭ A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute, 329 pages, ✭✭✭✫✫ As a Man Thinketh by James Allen, 55 pages, ✭✭✭✭✭ The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, 213 pages, ✭✭✭✭✭ Key: ✭✫✫✫✫ - Disliked ✭✭✫✫✫ - So-so ✭✭✭✫✫ - Good ✭✭✭✭✫ - Excellent ✭✭✭✭✭ - Favourite Last edited by sun surfer; 12-31-2013 at 01:08 PM.