75 Books Challenge

Hi all, I am an avid reader and I have increased my reading in the past two years or so as I have come realize that there are so many books and so little time! Goal Achieved on 5/21/23 has been a mixture of reading for pleasure with my 6 years old, works of fiction by Michael Connelly and Jack Carr as well as non-fictional works often related to my travels or what's going on in the world at this point in time.

Welcome, and congrats for hitting the goal!

Welcome Thanesh!

Books Read in June

76.1. Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography by Rob Lowe
77.2. 5-Minute Princess Stories (5-Minute Stories) by Disney Book Group
78.3. The Spite House: A Novel by Johnny Compton
79.4. The Queen's Gambit: A Novel by Walter Tevis
80.5. Klara and the Sun: A novel by Kazuo Ishiguro
81.6. I'm Over All That: And Other Confessions by Shirley MacLaine
82.7. A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel by Amor Towles
83.8. The Philosophy of Modern Song by Bob Dylan
84.9. Veronica Mars: An Original Mystery by Rob Thomas - The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line
85.10. Graveyard Shift: and Other Stories from Night Shift by Stephen King
86.11. The Party Crasher: A Novel by Sophie Kinsella
87.12. The Hunger Games: Special Edition by Suzanne Collins
88.13. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
89.14. Love, Pamela: A Memoir of Prose, Poetry, and Truth by Pamela Anderson
90.15. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
91.16. Hello, Molly!: A Memoir by Molly Shannon

5 Non-Fiction and 11 Fiction
2 Books by Kazuo Ishiguro

Huh. The Dylan book caught my eye - had no idea he’s written it. Onto the TBR pile!

>5 drneutron: Yeah was a great read but keep your phone handy to play the songs that he references from Youtube, made the experience all the more special for me!

Books Read in July

92.1. Survive the Night: A Novel by Riley Sager
93.2. Paris: The Memoir by Paris Hilton
94.3. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
95.4. Chronicles: Volume One by Bob Dylan
96.5. The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece: A novel by Tom Hanks
97.6. Mockingjay: The Hunger Games, Book 3 by Suzanne Collins
98.7. Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt
99.8. Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
100.9. Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones
101.10. The Paris Apartment: A Novel by Lucy Foley102.
102.11. The Curator by Owen King
103.12. From the Streets to the Suites: Words + Music | Vol. 36 by Snoop Dogg
104.13. Catching Fire |Hunger Games|2 by Suzanne Collins
105.14. The King of Kindergarten by Derrick Barnes
106.15. I'm Not Scared, You're Scared by Seth Meyers
107.16. Rosie Revere, Engineer (The Questioneers) by Andrea Beaty
108.17. Julius, the Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes
109.18. Memoirs of an Elf (Memoirs Of...) by Devin Scillian
110.19. Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall
111.20. My Brother Charlie by Holly Robinson Peete
112.21. Being Frank by Donna W. Earnhardt
113.22. The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
114.23. Bossypants by Tina Fey

5 Non-Fiction and 18 Fiction
2 Books by Suzanne Collins completing the Hunger Games Trilogy

Books read in August

115.1. How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
116.2. She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran
117.3. The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
118.4. Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon by Malcolm Gladwell
119.5. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
120.6. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
121.7. Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
122.8. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

2 Non-Fiction and 6 Fiction
Finally got around to reading the all-time American Classic Gone with the Wind
After listening to Snoop Dogg Words and Music last month I attended his concert last week

Books read in September

123.1. Paul McCartney: The Life
124.2. Small Mercies: A Novel
125.3. Berry in the Big City (Strawberry Shortcake)
126.4. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
127.5. The Velveteen Rabbit: The Classic Children's Book
128.6. How to Stop Feeling Like Sh*t: 14 Habits that Are Holding You Back from Happiness
129.7. Foundation (Apple Series Tie-in Edition)
130.8. Gymnastics Superstar Simone Biles
131.9. The Wife: A Novel
132.10. My Little Pony: Foil Wonders
133.11. Mystic River: A Novel
134.12. 5-Minute Princess Stories
135.13. An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943
136.14. Holly
137.15. Trident K9 Warriors: My Tale From the Training Ground to the Battlefield with Elite Navy SEAL Canines
138.16. Wind/Pinball: Two Novels
139.17. No True Believers

5 Non-Fiction and 12 Fiction

Books read in October

140.1. Lee Child: Die Trying (Jack Reacher Book 2)
141.2. Kathy Oxley: Meet the Sight Words - Level 1
142.3. Annie Dillard: The Writing Life
143.4. Greg McKeown: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
144.5. Baroness Orczy: The Scarlet Pimpernell
145.6. Jennifer Grey: Out of the Corner: A Memoir
146.7. Jhumpa Lahiri: Interpreter of Maladies
147.8. Kazuo Ishiguro: The Remains of the Day
148.9. The Wife: A Novel
149.10. Nita Prose: The Maid: A Novel (Molly the Maid)
150.11. Lisa Bullard: Hailey's Halloween
151.12. Kazuo Ishiguro: The Buried Giant

3 Non-Fiction and 9 Fiction, 2 other books started in Oct but DNF

>10 thanesh: Congratulations on reaching 2 x 75!

Thank you, it's been an awesome journey!

Books read in November

152.1. Peekaboo: Pumpkin (Peekaboo You)
by Camilla Reid)
153.2. King: A Life
by Jonathan Eig
154.3. Rememberings
by Sinéad O'Connor
155.4. Killing the Legends: The Lethal Danger of Celebrity
by Bill O'Reilly
156.5. Daisy Jones & The Six: A Novel
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
157.6. The Only Good Indians: A Novel
by Stephen Graham Jones
158.7. The Serious Goose
by Jimmy Kimmel
159.8. Seven Golden Rings
by Rajani LaRocca
160.9. Harold Snipperpot's Best Disaster Ever
by Beatrice Alemagna
161.10. The Night Before Freedom: A Juneteenth Story
by Glenda Armand
162.11. The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor by Keegan-Michael Key
163.12. Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact by Liz Wiseman
164.13. Thicker than Water: A Memoir
by Kerry Washington
165.14. Music and the Brain
by Aniruddh D. Patel
166.15. Hello Beautiful (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel
by Ann Napolitano
167.16. Night Film: A Novel
by Marisha Pessl
168.17. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
169.18. Jaws
by Peter Benchley
170.19. Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned
by Walter Mosley

8 Non-Fiction and 11 Fiction, an unexpected visit to a library helped boost my books read this month.