View Single Post
Old 08-23-2015, 04:18 PM   #62
issybird
o saeclum infacetum
issybird ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.issybird ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.issybird ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.issybird ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.issybird ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.issybird ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.issybird ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.issybird ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.issybird ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.issybird ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.issybird ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
issybird's Avatar
 
Posts: 21,357
Karma: 235166015
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: New England
Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5
OK, I'll play, too, and expand my post and up my stats a bit, as I only included books where I participated in the discussion and not total read, i.e., the books that I didn't reread because they were too long or because I didn't like them enough. In a few cases, I didn't reread, but remembered the book well enough to discuss it anyway.

2015 - I read and discussed six of eight so far. I mentioned especially enjoying Our Man in Havana and The Age of Innocence, which was a reread and so good I upped my stars to five at GR as a result. West with the Night and Cannery Row were rereads that I still didn't like much.

2014 - I read seven of twelve, but didn't reread/discuss The Grapes of Wrath (not a Steinbeck fan, see above and unlike Cannery Row, it's long). Several others were rereads; new to me was On the Trail of Genghis Khan and it was one of my books-of-the-year.

2013 - I read nine of twelve, but it was kind of a dud year. A reread of Persuasion is always lovely, but dreadful books included A Town Like Alice (I didn't reread this, but remembered it well enough to discuss, no doubt because of my loathing.), Dr. Izard and 20,000 Leagues under the Sea. I think this is why my participation was down the next year.

2012 - I read ten of twelve, which includes several rereads. The good:Tender is the Night (my single favorite book with the club). The bad: Shutter Island and Cloud Atlas. The latter really surprised me, as I had loved The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by the same author.

2011 - I read nine of twelve, including rereads. Best new-to-me was The Island of Dr. Moreau; no real duds that year. (I was lucky; I knew Hal Spacejock wasn't for me so I didn't even try. )

That brings me up to 41 out of 56, of which I discussed 35.
issybird is online now   Reply With Quote