Red Mosquito

durdencommatyler wrote:1 page is not a book.

That would be Goodreads and their stupid page system. There was a short story that I read but because it was on the Internet - instead of an actual printed page - it was one "page".

F-ing ridiculous.

theplatypus wrote:Also am I misreading it or are you counting individual issues of comic books as books?!

No, I only count collected graphic novels. I know someone who does that and always ends up with >400 'books' at the end of the year. Unless I missed one...Or are you wondering about the #'s in the titles?

dimejinky99 wrote:IVe done tons of audiobooks this past year just for ease and time compatibility and it’s just not the same. Even when it’s done well.

Podcasts have taken over and ruined me in terms of the time I spend and how I engage. Reading has taken a major hit. I need to fix that.

I only slightly agree with you on the audiobook issue, and that's because it's easier to stop a book and think about a paragraph, or to re-read a particularly well-crafted sentence. Otherwise they're just as good.

And yes, podcasts have become the surplus of my entertainment. I have at least pared some down because the content/guests were becoming boring.

dimejinky99 wrote:Some posters have a blind spot when it comes to LV. Yet your trees and the like get dragged over coals for the same thing.

It’s a bit odd.

but you said you don’t know who tree is

The Argonaut wrote:LV should settle down, too. he attac

The response seemed disproportionate but I haven't been keeping up if it's stuff spilling out from other threads

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:Some posters have a blind spot when it comes to LV. Yet your trees and the like get dragged over coals for the same thing.

It’s a bit odd.

but you said you don’t know who tree is

I really don’t other than seeing him/her getting castigated regularly. I’m not even sure why or if it’s deserved. Nor do I care.

Here was my reading challenge from Goodreads for 2018

20 / 20

1. The Mist - Stephen King
2. Magic: The Final Fantasy Collection - Isaac Asimov
3. 1776 - David McCullough
4. Tree of Smoke - Denis Johnson
5. Train Dreams - Denis Johnson (reread)
6. The Largesse of the Sea Maiden - Denis Johnson
7. The Wright Brothers - David McCullough
8. Annoying: The Science of What Bugs Us - Joe Palca
9. Uncommon Type - Tom Hanks
10. The Unpersuadables: Adventures with the Enemies of Science - Will Storr
11. Avenue of Mysteries - John Irving
12. A Warp in Time (Horizon #3) - Jude Watson (daughter wanted me to read this to discuss)
13. Joyland - Stephen King
14. Deadzone (Horizon #2) - Jennifer Nielsen (daughter wanted me to read this to discuss)
15. Horizon (Horizon #1) - Scott Westerfeld) (daugher .....)
16. The Buried Giant - Kazuo Ishiguro
17. Mister Memory - Marcus Sedgwick
18. The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories - Ken Liu
19. The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America - Andres Resendez
20. The Fireman - Joe Hill

Also, how do you guys read so many books?

blueviper wrote: 5. Train Dreams - Denis Johnson

This is such a good book even though it's incredibly, incredibly sad (probably so good because it's such a downer). I woke my wife up while reading to show her the saddest passage in the book....see if you can guess which it is!

We need a 2019 thread.

bada wrote:We need a 2019 thread.

Umm

http://forums.theskyiscrape.com/viewtop ... =7&t=13161

opps!

blueviper wrote:Also, how do you guys read so many books?

They do a ton of audiobooks an they count comic books, too.

Not comic books, graphic novels.

*pushes up glasses*

My apologies.

I don't do audiobooks and went with one graphic novel. But I don't have kids, and I have summers off. Those things feel like significant advantages. Even then, I had to put in a lot of work to get to 53 books.

Simple Torture wrote:

blueviper wrote: 5. Train Dreams - Denis Johnson

This is such a good book even though it's incredibly, incredibly sad (probably so good because it's such a downer). I woke my wife up while reading to show her the saddest passage in the book....see if you can guess which it is!

argh, you're putting me on the spot. My memory is pretty foggy; it's been a few months since I've read it.

maybe...

Spoiler: show

his dog dying, or the wolf girl interaction?

Stardog Champion wrote:I don't do audiobooks and went with one graphic novel. But I don't have kids, and I have summers off. Those things feel like significant advantages. Even then, I had to put in a lot of work to get to 53 books.

Oddly enough 28 of the books I read were either with my son or because of his interest in the book made me want to read it too.

And if you have kids and you haven't read Mr. and Mrs. Bunny to them you're missing out.

bune wrote:

Stardog Champion wrote:I don't do audiobooks and went with one graphic novel. But I don't have kids, and I have summers off. Those things feel like significant advantages. Even then, I had to put in a lot of work to get to 53 books.

Oddly enough 28 of the books I read were either with my son or because of his interest in the book made me want to read it too.

And if you have kids and you haven't read Mr. and Mrs. Bunny to them you're missing out.

This definitely speaks to my lack of knowledge with parenting because I never would have thought of the possibility that some of these books could be read with one's kids. I love this approach.