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A biweekly post updated every other Wednesday detailing my current reading projects and what new titles I’ve added to my to-read list. Title links go to Goodreads, and if you have an account there feel free to friend me! I’d love to see what you’re reading and/or planning to read.
Books Obtained: 1
Books Finished: 1
Title: Kushiel’s Dart
Series Title: Phèdre’s Trilogy
Author: Jacqueline Carey
Date Added: February 21, 2012
Date Started: August 23, 2019
Media: Hardback (Library)
Well I did it. I finished a book I shelved as DNF years ago, and I’m glad I did. I wound up using my last library renewal, though I managed to finish before the 21st. I still didn’t return it because I worked from home that day, so. I also bought this book AND the second one, because I loved it. Whatever issue I had prior didn’t bother me now, and while it does have a long denouement, it makes sense for the scale of the story.
Title: Vita Nostra
Series: Метаморфозы (Metamorphoses)
Author: Marina & Sergey Dyachenko
Date Added: December 22, 2018
Date Started: September 23, 2019
Media: eBook/Kindle
Progress: 54%
I should’ve put this up last week, but I completely forgot. My BFF put me onto this, and it’s honestly riveting. It’s described as a more mature Harry Potter, but the only thing they really have in common is that it’s about school students, so I think that’s a bit of a lazy description. I have a feeling that what’s going on is akin to The Matrix idea about the spoon, but I’m waiting to see.
Title: Faust
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Date Added: August 24, 2014
Date Started: September 1, 2019
Media: eBook/Kindle
Progress: 35%
I don’t think I’ve had much time to read this, though I’m hoping to still finish it soon. It’s not that long and is fairly interesting.
Title: The Hero With a Thousand Faces
Author: Joseph Campbell
Date Added: April 24, 2014
Date Started: December 3, 2018
Media: Hardback
Progress: 68%
The final chapters are pretty short like three pages apiece. Even though it says 68%, I believe I’m closer to 90% done, since there’s about a hundred pages of indexes and appendices.
There are less than ten days left in Preptober and I’ve done zero prep. At least I finished my essay *grumble* I’m also a book behind in my reading challenge with five books left. I can probably finish the ones I’m currently reading, but I haven’t started my next physical novel, which is what Kushiel replaced for a time. I should try to read something shorter, but my next planned one is Tad Williams’ magnum opus, which is currently sitting on my shelf. That’ll probably span into next year though. I suppose we shall see.
Are you planning to set a reading challenge for 2020? Will it be the same as the one you had this year? Will you have more or less books?
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I’ll probably do a reading challenge in 2020 with the same amount of books. I like aiming low, then feeling awesome when I achieve more, haha 😁
Also, I’m doing NaNao this year. Decided to run a daily challenge on my blog for November (posts scheduled now), abandon social media that month (too distracting), and just focus on making my story happen.
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That’s how I look at it! I aim low so if I exceed it, I feel like I really accomplished something 🙂
Ahhh, that’s awesome! I’m so glad you’re participating this year 😀 I really need to finish up my prep. I only have a few more days to get it done o.O
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I look forward to your review on Kushiel’s Dart. 🙂
I think I’m going to extend my reading challenge only by five books in 2020. I didn’t read nearly as many fat epics as I had planned and it was really nice not stressing out about not meeting my goal. I’m too competitive, even with myself. :3
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That’s my problem, too. I wanted to read more fat epics this year, too, but Kushiel and Tigana were really the only two. I am SO behind in my reviews lol. I need to play a lot of catch up.
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