I read a lot. I've been keeping a book log since the beginning of 1999. I've read 2193 books since then (about 82 books per year).
Below is the list for this year. See complete list.
Currently Reading
Nymphenburg: Palace, Park and Pavilions
by Bayerische Schlosserverwaltung Siqi and I went to the Nymphenburg Palace and walked around in the gardens, but didn't buy tickets to go into the palace or pavilions. Bought this book in the gift shop.
by Bayerische Schlosserverwaltung Siqi and I went to the Nymphenburg Palace and walked around in the gardens, but didn't buy tickets to go into the palace or pavilions. Bought this book in the gift shop.
A Room with a View
by E.M. Forster Read this with the Hungry Hundred Book Club previously. Reading it again because I am reading Forster's novels in order of publication.
by E.M. Forster Read this with the Hungry Hundred Book Club previously. Reading it again because I am reading Forster's novels in order of publication.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter 2)
by J.K. Rowling Reading this with my husband, who has never read the series.
by J.K. Rowling Reading this with my husband, who has never read the series.
Finished Reading
| Title and Author (Series) | Finished | |
| Eagle's Nest: Obersalzberg in a Historical View
by NA | 20-Dec-24 | |
| Guide to Munich
by NA | 20-Dec-24 | |
| Reader, Come Home
by Maryanne Wolf | 20-Dec-24 | |
| The Longest Journey by E.M. Forster | 19-Dec-24 | |
| Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett | 13-Dec-24 | |
| A Short History of Chinese Philosophy
by Fung Yu-Lan edited by Derk Bodde | 12-Dec-24 | |
| Where Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. Forster | 09-Dec-24 | |
| A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens | 05-Dec-24 | |
| Science Writing for Non-native Speakers of English by Hilary Glasman-Deal | 25-Nov-24 | |
| Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things
by George Lakoff | 09-Nov-24 | |
| The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle | 26-Oct-24 | |
| The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett | 05-Oct-24 | |
| A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett | 01-Oct-24 | |
| Catriona (David Balfour 2) by Robert Louis Stevenson | 29-Sep-24 | |
| Scientific Writing for Chinese Researchers by Olen Rambow | 27-Sep-24 | |
| Kidnapped (David Balfour 1) by Robert Louis Stevenson | 25-Sep-24 | |
| The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson | 20-Sep-24 | |
| Black Beauty by Anna Sewell | 19-Sep-24 | |
| Democracy in America: Part 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville, translated by Henry Reeve | 16-Sep-24 | |
| Democracy in America: Part 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville, translated by Henry Reeve | 27-Aug-24 | |
| The Red and the Black by Stendhal | 14-Jul-24 | |
| #ERROR# by #ERROR# | 06-Jul-24 | |
| Suzhou Museum
by Suzhou Museum | 10-Jun-24 | |
| #ERROR# by #ERROR# | 09-Jun-24 | |
| #ERROR# by #ERROR# | 24-May-24 | |
| Never Grow Up
by Jackie Chan, with Zhu Mo translated by Jeremy Tiang | 20-May-24 | |
| What's Our Problem? by Tim Urban | 18-May-24 | |
| Robinson Crusoe (and The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe) by Daniel Defoe | 11-May-24 | |
| The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
by Thomas S. Kuhn | 01-May-24 | |
| Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss | 20-Apr-24 | |
| Childhood's End
by Arthur C. Clarke | 31-Mar-24 | |
| Poster Girl by Veronica Roth | 30-Mar-24 | |
| Passionate Persistence
by Eve Sprunt | 29-Mar-24 | |
| Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
by Simon Winchester | 20-Mar-24 | |
| The Shepherd's Crown (Tiffany Aching 5) by Terry Pratchett | 14-Feb-24 | |
| I Shall Wear Midnight (Tiffany Aching 4) by Terry Pratchett | 13-Feb-24 | |
| Wintersmith (Tiffany Aching 3) by Terry Pratchett | 11-Feb-24 | |
| A Hat Full of Sky (Tiffany Aching 2) by Terry Pratchett | 10-Feb-24 | |
| The Wee Free Men (Tiffany Aching 1) by Terry Pratchett | 08-Feb-24 | |
| The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Discworld 28) by Terry Pratchett | 07-Feb-24 | |
| The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science
by Scott L. Montgomery | 05-Feb-24 | |
| Heidi by Johanna Spyri | 17-Jan-24 | |
| Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
by Steven Pinker | 10-Jan-24 |
43 books finished so far.
14,818 pages in the selected books (an average of about 344 pages each).
Fiction books: 23 (53%)
Non-fiction books: 20 (47%)
