As the organizer of this, it is rather unfortunate that I’ve not yet finished even one book on the year. With trying to find a new job, writing, trying to start a business, and so, so many video games, I’ve just not found myself lost in a book yet. My reading ebbs and flows, however.
If you’re new here and scrolled back, you’ll have noticed that I used to write a lot about beer when I first started this up. I’m in the process of trying to open a specialty beer store which would be a dream for me. It is rather daunting, but the thrill is too much to let pass me by. This Tuesday, the 22nd, I turn 28 and am driving to Portland to meet some people in beer businesses down there, as well as participate in Tap It Tuesday at Cascade Brewery. I get to pound a tap into a live barrel of beer. It will spray beer everywhere, be a ridiculous show, and be a ton of fun.
Best of all, they broadcast it live over their G+ hangout. Feel free to tune in.
Of course, that means another night of not getting any reading done. Then include probably the coolest birthday present I’ve ever gotten, and I’m betting I’ll be cutting it close to finish a first book by next week. What is the present, you ask? Oh, only the LEGO Star Wars Death Star. I’ve definitely sat around all day building LEGO and watching cartoon network. Not even an ounce of shame in that.
Where’s everyone else stand on meeting their goals? Anyone have any real standout reads they’d like to suggest to others? Throw it in the comments and get some discussion going. Also, if you see any mistakes, please inform me. This is a lot of data for me to attempt to organize by hand and I am but one man.
Progress List:
Melissa P: 9 books, 7084 pages
Martin U: 11 books, 6069 pages
Emily J: 12 books, 4360 pages
Josh C: 9 books, 3987 pages
Anya Y: 10 books, 3280 pages
Bryan C: 11 books, 3241 pages
Madeline G: 9 books, 3148 pages
Garrett M: 4 books, 3087 pages
Andy D: 6 books, 2958 pages
John T: 7 books, 2854 pages
Ben S: 5 books, 2590 pages
Brittney C: 7 books, 2576 pages
Casey O: 10 books, 2571 pages
Tyler M: 4 books, 2551 pages
CJ C: 8 books, 2435 pages
Elin L: 7 books, 2332 pages
Sam S: 8 books, 2139 pages
Tim G: 4 books, 2048 pages
Jayden D: 4 books, 1963 pages
Brenda M: 4 books, 1953 pages
Eric N: 2 books, 1946 pages
Melanie N: 8 books, 1946 pages
Katie C: 4 books, 1944 pages
Aaron N: 5 books, 1858 pages
Carly G: 6 books, 1775 pages
Alexandra P: 6 books, 1721 pages
Aditya D: 4 books, 1651 pages
Aimee P: 4 books, 1631 pages
Liz S. 6 books, 1609 pages
Dawn D: 4 books, 1599 pages
Ryan S: 6 books, 1581 pages
Jennifer T: 3 books, 1484 pages
Steve P: 3 books, 1431 pages
Rebecca T: 3 books, 1426 pages
Justin H: 5 books, 1377 pages
Daniel J: 6 books, 1342 pages
Laura R: 5 books, 1333 pages
Austin S: 5 books, 1310 pages
Ryan C: 6 books, 1280 pages
David T: 4 books, 1258 pages
Ashley T: 5 books, 1255 pages
Rachel E: 3 books, 1245 pages
Nathan C: 2 books, 1213 pages
Joey V: 4 books, 1196 pages
Kevin S: 4 books, 1136 pages
Laura G: 4 books, 1076 pages
Ted G: 3 books, 1075 pages
Jacob K: 1 books, 1060 pages
Mesha D: 3 books, 1046 pages
Nita Z: 3 books, 1017 pages
Fred F: 3 books, 1016 pages
Andrew M: 1 books, 976 pages
Joelle B: 3 books, 976 pages
Ali M: 4 books, 929 pages
Garrett A: 2 books, 928 pages
Tina G: 2 books, 891 pages
Maggie T: 3 books, 870 pages
YW Liao: 1 books, 850 pages
Jennifer P: 1 books, 814 pages
Nanni B: 2 books, 806 pages
Mark R: 3 books, 804 pages
Tyler T: 2 books, 767 pages
Scarlette de C: 1 books, 757 pages
Nichole G: 2 books, 752 pages
Samantha B: 2 books, 677 pages
Brooks R: 3 books, 654 pages
Steve S: 1 books, 619 pages
James N: 2 books, 610 pages
Taylor C: 1 books, 576 pages
Latalia W: 2 books, 564 pages
Angie B: 1 books, 512 pages
Jesse K: 2 books, 511 pages
Mike D: 2 books, 508 pages
Andrew L: 2 books, 494 pages
Scott C: 1 books, 466 pages
Sophia Y: 2 books, 464 pages
Elizabeth B: 2 books, 463 pages
Joe C: 2 books, 455 pages
Melissa F: 1 books, 425 pages
Alexa R: 1 books, 415 pages
Jamie L: 1 books, 357 pages
Aisling F: 1 books, 354 pages
Ryan M: 2 books, 347 pages
Greg Z: 1 books, 344 pages
Ben G: 1 books, 288 pages
M Lin: 1 books, 259 pages
Juan dP: 1 books, 228 pages
Katelyn L: 1 books, 180 pages
Alex H: 3 books, 742 pages
Eric M: 1 books, 128 pages
Tyler W: 1 books, 110 pages
Sean Q: 1 books, 30 pages
Michael A: 0 books, 0 pages
Andrew H: 0 books, 0 pages
Joe I: 0 books, 0 pages
Jerry V: 0 books, 0 pages
Cullen R: 0 books, 0 pages
Irene H: 0 books, o pages
Aaron K: 0 books, 0 pages
Ben G: 0 books, 0 pages
Barton G: 0 books, 0 pages
Matt C: 0 books, 0 pages
Adam J: 0 books, 0 pages
Jaime M: 0 books, 0 pages
Shane C: 0 books, 0 pages
Sofia F: 0 books, 0 pages
Joe H: 0 books, 0 pages
Swati P: 0 books, 0 pages
Mat W: 0 books, 0 pages
Riccardo C: 0 pages, 0 books
Happy early Birthday!! Hope it’s a blast! I am so jealous that you got a Lego Death Star. If they weren’t so damn expensive I would get one for myself.
I’ve been reading the Wheel of Time series and it has been awesome. I think I am starting to get a little burned out on it though. I’m on Book 9 and it has been a struggle to stay motivated enough to keep with it. I am excited to get to the Sanderson books though, and I’m super excited to get to the final book, which I’ve only heard good things about so far. If anyone here has read A Memory of Light I’d love to hear what you think of it. It might help motivate me to get through books 9-11!
The only other book I’ve read so far this year was Ready Player One and I would definitely recommend it to anyone who grew up in the 80s. I loved it and have been trying to get everyone I know to read it (with no luck yet).
Ready Player One was easily my favorite book of last year. Absolutely an amazing read.
Hi! I just finished A Memory of Light last week and I have to say it really made the slog through the last few books worth it with a very exciting and heartfelt conclusion (I will say this, book 10 is absolutely horrible and I feel sorry for when you get to it but it does pick up again quite a bit in book 11).
A really good book for anyone looking to get a little freaked out is Penpal.
(http://www.amazon.com/Penpal-Dathan-Auerbach/dp/098554550X/)
It was written by a fellow redditor in the r/nosleep subreddit, who then got it published through kickstarter. It is very interesting and I had a hard time putting it down when I started to get to the meat of the story.