2015 Reading Challenges Update and Projected April Reads
So we are almost a third of the way through April and I guess it’s time to update my Reading Challenges status and update the list of books I hope to finish this month!!! First yesterday I finished book 15 for 2015 Woo Hoo! To put this minor accomplishment in perspective I finished book 15 in 2014 on August 17th! I actually believe that having a plan and the reading challenges have helped me keep up this great pace!! (and not working full-time help just a wee little bit!)
Book 15 for the year was On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King. The book was a Christmas gift from my wife along with two other books on writing. On Writing Well by William Zinsser and The Elements of Style by Strunk and White. Do you think she’s trying to tell me something??? Anyway, the book was good and although it was written or those writing fiction, I did pick up some tips. I will be writing a more detailed review tomorrow. The book counts towards my 2015 Nonfiction Reading Challenge bringing the total in that challenge to 2 on a goal of 11.
Earlier in the week I finished The Chessmen by Peter May, that book goes in the 2015 Cloak and Dagger reading challenge bringing the total in that challenge to 9 on a goal of 23! .
I am still reading The President’s War and I WILL finish that book this month! Or maybe not. because I have some other really interesting books piled up for April ….. here are my proposed reads…..
2015 Nonfiction Reading Challenge
I saw this book the other day when I discovered The Next System.com. Both out political and economic systems are not working well so maybe it;s time to start looking for a new system that can create a sustainable future for all.
.2015 Cloak & Dagger Reading Challenge
Book 2 in the Odd Singsaker series. Set in Norway Odd is again chasing a murderer. The killer’s first victim had her larynx cut out and replaced by a music box, that plays a lullaby that no one has ever heard before!!
2015 TBR Pile Reading Challenge
A while back I wrote I want to increase my happiness level by reading something funny. Well, it was between this on or the Tim Dorsey book on my TBR pile. This one wins!! Maybe Dorsey will win next month!!!
2015 Science Fiction and Fantasy Reading Challenge
Okay I like hard science fiction and these are two of the best at the sub-genre. When I read the following I knew I had to read this book……
“What would you expect when two of the all-time greatest hard science fiction writers collaborate on a novel? Nothing less than this masterful, mind-expanding book. I am in awe.” – Robert J, Sawyer, author of Triggers
Switching back and forth between this book and the Christopher Moore book – going from the sublime to the ridiculous and back don’t you think?? Should be fun!! Anyone care to join me??
Here’s my updated chart……
| Reading Challenge | From TBR Pile | Buy/Library | Total | Goal | %complete |
| 2015 Nonfiction Reading Challenge | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 18% |
| 2015 Cloak & Dagger Reading Challenge | 4 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 39% |
| 2015 Historical Fiction Reading Challenge | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 40% |
| 2015 Science Fiction/Fantasy Challenge | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 17% |
| Totals | 6 | 9 | 15 | 51 | 29% |
| Currently Reading | Challenge | From | Page | Total | %complete |
| The President’s War | Nonfiction | Library | 154 | 316 | 49% |
| What Then Must We Do-Gar Alperowitz | Nonfiction | Library | 0 | 156 | 0% |
| Bowl of Heaven – Benford and Niven | Science Fiction | Library | 0 | 412 | 0% |
| Dreamless – Jorgen Brekke | Cloak & Dagger | Library | 44 | 308 | 14% |
| Island of the Squined Love Nun – Christopher Moore | Fiction | TBR Pile | 24 | 325 | 7% |
