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drjd · 12-03-2016, 04:41 AM

Reserving a seat here. Will decide and post my targets soon.

Edit : I've decided my targets. I plan to read 100 books in 2017. I have reduced my annual readings from 120 which I finished in 2016, because I know my possible busy schedules in 2017, and I know well that I may even fail to achieve this target.

I've successfully reduced my TBR to 970 this year, and I'll try my best to keep it below 1000 in 2017. I've also succeeded in limiting my ebook buying during 2016 which I promise to keep in control this year too.

Book rating system will be the same:

***** - Excellent.
**** - Very good.
*** - Average, pretty good.
** - Not too good.
* - Bad. Not to my taste.

Statistics (B/F from 31.12.2016)

TBR - 969 Ebooks, 21 Pbooks, 38 in Wish list.
Books bought this year - Ebooks 0, Pbooks 0, Freebies 0.

January

1. Vimana - Mainak Dhar - ***
2. Under the Dragon's Tail - Maureen Jennings - **
3. Shadow Tag - Raymond Khoury and Steve Berry - ***
4. Black Alibi - Cornell Woolrich - **
5. Pacific Vortex! - Clive Cussler - ****
6. The End Game - Raymond Khoury - ****
7. Danse Macabre: A Daniel Jacobus Mystery - Gerald Elias - ***
8. The King's Deception - Steve Berry - ****
9. Sleeping Bones - Katherine V. Forrest - ***

February

10. Private Delhi - James Patterson and Ashwin Sanghi - ****
11. No Place to Hide Edward Snowden - the NSA and the Surveillance State - Glenn Greenwald - ***
12. Life of Pi - Yann Martel - ***
13. The Atlantis Plague - A.G. Riddle - **
14. Nothing Lasts Forever - No Secret Can Stay Buried - Vish Dhamija - ****
15. Tau Zero - Issac Asimov - ****
16. He won't need it now - James Hadley Chase - ***
17. The Elegant Universe - Brian Green - ***

March

18. Living in Italy: The Real Deal - Stef Smulders - ****
19. Another Fine Myth - Robert Aspirin - *
20. Emails from an Asshole - John Lindsay - ****
21. No Orchids for Miss Blandish - James Hadley Chase - ***
22. The Rise and Decline of the American "Empire" - Geir Lundestad - ***
23. The Dead Stay Dumb - James Hadley Chase - *
24. The Bethleham Scroll - Bill Thompson - ***
25. Ancient - Bill Thompson - ****
26. The Strangest Thing - Bill Thompson - ***

April

27. The Bones in the Pit - Bill Thompson - ****
28. Heat and Dust - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - ****
29. Liberty Square - Katherine V. Forrest - ***
30. The Sialkot Saga - Ashwin Sanghi - ***
31. Finders Keepers - Craig Childs - *****
32. Private Royals - James Patterson - ****
33. Goodbye to Berlin - Christopher Isherwood - ***
34. Night Has a Thousand Eyes - Cornell Woolrich - ****
35. Everything Hurts - Bill Scheft - *

May

36. Missing: A Private Novel - James Patterson and Kathryn Fox - ****
37. Street of the Five Moons - Elizabeth Peters - ***
38. Send No More Roses - Eric Ambler - ***
39. Atlantis Gate - Bob Mayer - ***
40. Immortal - Krishna Udayshankar - *
41. The Atlantis Plague - A.G. Riddle - ***
42. Written in My Own Heart's Blood - Diana Gabaldon - ***
43. The Castle - Franz Kafka - ***
44. At Betram's Hotel - Agatha Christie - ****
45. Lady, Here's Your Wreath - James Hadley Chase - ***

June

46. 12 Chinks and a woman - James Hadley Chase - **
47. Noah - Sebastian Fitzek - ***
48. Khushwantnama - Khushwant Singh - ****
49. The Shroud Key - Vincent Zandri - ***
50. The Sunset Club - Khushwant Singh - *****
51. Chase Baker And The Golden Condor - Vincent Zandri - ***
52. The Genesis Key - James Barney - ***

July

53. The Kukulkan Manuscript - James Steimle - **
54. The Elegant Universe - Brian Green - *****
55. Chase Baker And The Lincoln Curse - Vincent Zandri - *
56. Chase Baker and the Da Vinci Divinity - Vincent Zandri - ****
57. The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt edited - Ian Shaw - ****

August

58. The Hunt for Vulcan...And How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet, Discovered Relativity, and Deciphered the Universe - Thomas Levenson - *****
59. Chase Baker and the God Boy - Vincent Zandri - ***
60. The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture: The Indo-Aryan Migration Debate - Edwin Bryant - *****
61. The Crock Of Gold - Mary Roberts Rinehart - ***
62. The Seven Minutes - Irving Wallace - ***

September

63. Something Wicked this Way Comes - Ray Bradbury - **
64. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury - ***
65. Dandelion Wine - Ray Bradbury - ***
66. The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury - ****
67. A Graveyard for Lunatics - Ray Bradbury - **
68. Death is a Lonely Business - Ray Bradbury - ***

October

November

69. Origin - Dan Brown - ****
70. Just My Type - Simon Garfield - ***
71. The Man Who Folded Himself - David Gerrold - ***
72. Maidless in Mumbai - Payal Kapadia - ***
73. The Kukulkan Manuscript - James Steimle - ****
74. Murder In A Minute - Shouvik Bhattacharya - ***
75. Rebellion - Morgan, Kass - **

December

76. The Complete Yes Minister - Jonathan Lynn & Antony Jay - *****
77. Yes Prime Minister - Jonathan Lynn & Antony Jay - ****
78. The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister - Erle Stanley Gardner - ****
79. The Case of the Daring Decoy - Erle Stanley Gardner - ****
80. The Case of the Bigamous Spouse - Erle Stanley Gardner - ***
81. The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands - Erle Stanley Gardner - ***
82. The Case of the Crimson Kiss - Erle Stanley Gardner - ****
83. The Case Of The Daring Divorcee - Erle Stanley Gardner - ****

TBR - 889 Ebooks, 18 Pbooks, 36 in Wish list.
Books bought this year - Ebooks 6, Pbooks 0, Freebies 5.

12-03-2016, 04:41 AM	#22
drjd The Couch Potato Posts: 34,509 Karma: 230999999 Join Date: Aug 2015 Device: Kobo Glo, Kobo Touch, Archos 9, Onyx Boox C67ML Carta	Reserving a seat here. Will decide and post my targets soon. Edit : I've decided my targets. I plan to read 100 books in 2017. I have reduced my annual readings from 120 which I finished in 2016, because I know my possible busy schedules in 2017, and I know well that I may even fail to achieve this target. I've successfully reduced my TBR to 970 this year, and I'll try my best to keep it below 1000 in 2017. I've also succeeded in limiting my ebook buying during 2016 which I promise to keep in control this year too. Book rating system will be the same: *** - Excellent. - Very good. * - Average, pretty good. ** - Not too good. * - Bad. Not to my taste. Statistics (B/F from 31.12.2016) TBR - 969 Ebooks, 21 Pbooks, 38 in Wish list. Books bought this year - Ebooks 0, Pbooks 0, Freebies 0. January 1. Vimana - Mainak Dhar - ******* 2. Under the Dragon's Tail - Maureen Jennings - ** 3. Shadow Tag - Raymond Khoury and Steve Berry - ******* 4. Black Alibi - Cornell Woolrich - ** 5. Pacific Vortex! - Clive Cussler - ******** 6. The End Game - Raymond Khoury - ******** 7. Danse Macabre: A Daniel Jacobus Mystery - Gerald Elias - ******* 8. The King's Deception - Steve Berry - ******** 9. Sleeping Bones - Katherine V. Forrest - ***** February** 10. Private Delhi - James Patterson and Ashwin Sanghi - ******** 11. No Place to Hide Edward Snowden - the NSA and the Surveillance State - Glenn Greenwald - ******* 12. Life of Pi - Yann Martel - ******* 13. The Atlantis Plague - A.G. Riddle - ** 14. Nothing Lasts Forever - No Secret Can Stay Buried - Vish Dhamija - ******** 15. Tau Zero - Issac Asimov - ******** 16. He won't need it now - James Hadley Chase - ******* 17. The Elegant Universe - Brian Green - ***** March** 18. Living in Italy: The Real Deal - Stef Smulders - ******** 19. Another Fine Myth - Robert Aspirin - * 20. Emails from an Asshole - John Lindsay - ******** 21. No Orchids for Miss Blandish - James Hadley Chase - ******* 22. The Rise and Decline of the American "Empire" - Geir Lundestad - ******* 23. The Dead Stay Dumb - James Hadley Chase - * 24. The Bethleham Scroll - Bill Thompson - ******* 25. Ancient - Bill Thompson - ******** 26. The Strangest Thing - Bill Thompson - ***** April** 27. The Bones in the Pit - Bill Thompson - ******** 28. Heat and Dust - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - ******** 29. Liberty Square - Katherine V. Forrest - ******* 30. The Sialkot Saga - Ashwin Sanghi - ******* 31. Finders Keepers - Craig Childs - ***** 32. Private Royals - James Patterson - ******** 33. Goodbye to Berlin - Christopher Isherwood - ******* 34. Night Has a Thousand Eyes - Cornell Woolrich - ******** 35. Everything Hurts - Bill Scheft - * May 36. Missing: A Private Novel - James Patterson and Kathryn Fox - ******** 37. Street of the Five Moons - Elizabeth Peters - ******* 38. Send No More Roses - Eric Ambler - ******* 39. Atlantis Gate - Bob Mayer - ******* 40. Immortal - Krishna Udayshankar - * 41. The Atlantis Plague - A.G. Riddle - ******* 42. Written in My Own Heart's Blood - Diana Gabaldon - ******* 43. The Castle - Franz Kafka - ******* 44. At Betram's Hotel - Agatha Christie - ******** 45. Lady, Here's Your Wreath - James Hadley Chase - ***** June** 46. 12 Chinks and a woman - James Hadley Chase - ** 47. Noah - Sebastian Fitzek - ******* 48. Khushwantnama - Khushwant Singh - ******** 49. The Shroud Key - Vincent Zandri - ******* 50. The Sunset Club - Khushwant Singh - ***** 51. Chase Baker And The Golden Condor - Vincent Zandri - ******* 52. The Genesis Key - James Barney - ***** July** 53. The Kukulkan Manuscript - James Steimle - ** 54. The Elegant Universe - Brian Green - ***** 55. Chase Baker And The Lincoln Curse - Vincent Zandri - * 56. Chase Baker and the Da Vinci Divinity - Vincent Zandri - ******** 57. The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt edited - Ian Shaw - ****** August** 58. The Hunt for Vulcan...And How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet, Discovered Relativity, and Deciphered the Universe - Thomas Levenson - ***** 59. Chase Baker and the God Boy - Vincent Zandri - ******* 60. The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture: The Indo-Aryan Migration Debate - Edwin Bryant - ***** 61. The Crock Of Gold - Mary Roberts Rinehart - ******* 62. The Seven Minutes - Irving Wallace - ***** September** 63. Something Wicked this Way Comes - Ray Bradbury - ** 64. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury - ******* 65. Dandelion Wine - Ray Bradbury - ******* 66. The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury - ******** 67. A Graveyard for Lunatics - Ray Bradbury - ** 68. Death is a Lonely Business - Ray Bradbury - ***** October November** 69. Origin - Dan Brown - ******** 70. Just My Type - Simon Garfield - ******* 71. The Man Who Folded Himself - David Gerrold - ******* 72. Maidless in Mumbai - Payal Kapadia - ******* 73. The Kukulkan Manuscript - James Steimle - ******** 74. Murder In A Minute - Shouvik Bhattacharya - ******* 75. Rebellion - Morgan, Kass - December** 76. The Complete Yes Minister - Jonathan Lynn & Antony Jay - ***** 77. Yes Prime Minister - Jonathan Lynn & Antony Jay - ******** 78. The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister - Erle Stanley Gardner - ******** 79. The Case of the Daring Decoy - Erle Stanley Gardner - ******** 80. The Case of the Bigamous Spouse - Erle Stanley Gardner - ******* 81. The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands - Erle Stanley Gardner - ******* 82. The Case of the Crimson Kiss - Erle Stanley Gardner - ******** 83. The Case Of The Daring Divorcee - Erle Stanley Gardner - ******** TBR - 889 Ebooks, 18 Pbooks, 36 in Wish list. Books bought this year - Ebooks 6, Pbooks 0, Freebies 5. Last edited by drjd; 01-02-2018 at 09:57 AM. Reason: Added recently read..