2017 Reading Year in Review
I read 48 individual works including: 22 novels/novellas, 13 short
stories, 5 plays, 1 collection of poems, 4 non-fiction books, 2 children’s
books, and The Bible. According to Goodreads these totaled 15,599 pages.
I read 17 novels from my 100 Greatest Novels Quest: Novels #76-92
(and nearing the finish)
Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky
The Heart of the Matter by Graham
Greene
Appointment in Samarra by John O’Hara
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace
Thackeray
The Golden Bowl by Henry James
The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne
A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh
All the King’s Men by Robert Penn
Warren
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar
Wilde
The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford
The Bridge of the San Luis Rey by
Thornton Wilder
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S.
Lewis
Remembrance of Things Past by Marcel
Proust
The Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal
Favorite: The Chronicles of Narnia
Close second: Les Miserables
Literary Bucket List: Remembrance of
Things Past – the longest novel in the world.
I completed all 12 Classics for the
Back to the Classics Challenge 2017,
And I completed the Pickwick Papers read along.
I also read the following that were
not part of my Quest:
Shakespeare
Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Other Fiction
Beowulf translated by J.R.R. Tolkien
Roverandom by J.R.R. Tolkien
Seven Gothic Tales by Isak Dinesen
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Pickwick Papers by Charles
Dickens
The Chimes by Charles Dickens
The Night Before Christmas by Nikolai
Gogol
Non-fiction
A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War
by Joseph Laconte
Mighty Fitz: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Michael Schumacher
Planet Narnia by Michael Ward
Guest Book Reviews by my
Grandchildren
The Very Bad Bunny – reviewed by my
Granddaughter Alathea
The Lorax – also reviewed by Alathea
New American Standard Bible - I try to read this every day. There were a total of 5 days this year that I was remiss.
Live justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with thy God.
Live justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with thy God.
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Wow, how exciting to be almost finished your list! I can't see the end of most of my lists, however the process is fun so I'll just concentrate on that. All the best to you in 2018, Joseph!! :-)
ReplyDeleteYep...I should finish sometime in 2018. Of course, I'll keep reading...just branch out a little more. Best wishes for you and yours in 2018.
DeleteNice wrap up! You read some great classics.
ReplyDeleteI am going to tackle Les Miserables in 2018. I might also try Proust. I know you found it a slog, but I am going to limit myself to the first book (unless I love it...who knows?).
I know you'll enjoy Les Mis. I wouldn't every discourage you from reading the First Book - Swann's Way, of Lost Time...but for me, as much as I didn't really care for the entire work...the final book did tie it all up, and I understood Proust's purpose a little better. I can't say it was worth the journey though. Yeah, good call, one book, see how you like it. Many love it, so who knows.
DeleteExcellent yearly wrap up! You had a great reading year. Such great titles on your list!
ReplyDeleteI read the NKJV, and I definitely missed more days than you did, but I do about five days a week of reading through my Bible, one chapter a week, plus a chapter from Proverbs or the Psalms.
Love your final words, too.
Happy New Year!
Thanks Ruth. Those final words, are from my favorite verse, Micah 6:8. Happy New Year to you too.
DeleteWow, well done! What a great year of reading.
ReplyDeleteThanks Rob.
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