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Re: The 2021 Reading Challenge
Posted: Aug 12th, '21, 19:05
by AliceON
oh hey Amura! nice to see you back!
I'm doing something like this, without specific numbers, though. my aim is to read more in german and more literary fiction, in my case virtually more than 0. so far I've been keeping in my usual comfort zone of speculative literature in english but it's just a little more than half a year, I keep telling myself 
Re: The 2021 Reading Challenge
Posted: Aug 12th, '21, 21:37
by Amura
Hey Alice!
Nice to be back
I actually completed my 2021 challenge on GoodReads, and it's only August :|
But there are some kind of books that I've neglected recently, and I would like to make sure than in the next months I read more:
- books in Galician language
- classic books that I had never read before
- books about feminism
- books abouth Maths
Re: The 2021 Reading Challenge
Posted: Aug 14th, '21, 21:27
by Sanssouci
My goal is 20 books. I am currently at 14. But a few of them were really quick reads. Recently I finished Spindle's End by Robin McKinley, Adulthood Is a Myth
(Sarah's Scribbles #1) by Sarah Andersen, and Big Mushy Happy Lump (Sarah's Scribbles #2) by Sarah Andersen.
Re: The 2021 Reading Challenge
Posted: Aug 17th, '21, 17:51
by Amura
Wow, 14 out of 20 by August is quite a good pace!
I'm sure you'll manage to do it quickly.
Would you recommend any of the ones you mentioned?
Re: The 2021 Reading Challenge
Posted: Aug 17th, '21, 19:53
by Sanssouci
Yes, I liked them all!
I'm almost done with Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys now, which I am also liking a lot so far, so I'm hoping I like the ending too!
Re: The 2021 Reading Challenge
Posted: Aug 17th, '21, 21:02
by Amura
Looked them up.
Spindle's End may be interesting, retelling of classic tales are amusing at least.
In that subgenre I loved
Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik.
Between Shades of Gray is probably a bit more serious a read than I'm looking forward right now, but nonetheless the summary is interesting.
Re: The 2021 Reading Challenge
Posted: Aug 19th, '21, 02:14
by Sanssouci
I finished Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys. It was a really easy read in terms of language difficulty, but it was a kind of tough read in terms of subject matter. It's serious, and dark, and depressing. But I liked it, although I thought the ending was kind of meh. The book went into such detail about so many things, then it was almost like the author got sick of writing it because then it just jumps to an ending without really showing you how it came about.
Re: The 2021 Reading Challenge
Posted: Aug 19th, '21, 08:30
by Amura
That just happens too often.
Too quick ends, which are not up to the standards of the rest of the book.
May not be terrible but it's always a bit disapointing.
The one I'm reading is health divulgation.
I like the author's blog, he does a great job, but his books are meh.
Re: The 2021 Reading Challenge
Posted: Aug 19th, '21, 15:17
by Sanssouci
I started reading An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
Re: The 2021 Reading Challenge
Posted: Oct 4th, '21, 17:00
by Rubie
Finally got around to reading another book because I'm highly motivated to read now. Autumn has always been my good reading season. Winter as well.
Anyway, I started Valor by John Gwynne.
I know I won't hit my reading goal this year, but let's see how many more I'll complete in the next 3 months.