Re: Another Book Thread
So my total each year tends to fall between 175-195, though I set my goal each year at 150, the page counts remain pretty consistent around 65,000 the number varies based on number of e books as opposed to number of 700-1,000 page novels.
I have a 20 page list of books to read. They are broken down into fiction authors I like, this totals about 80 most of whom I have read most or all of their books and are waiting for new ones, it does include a bunch of deceased authors like Vince Flynn, Mario Puzo etc. Authors I want to try, I take them from a variety of sources M&D who have similar tastes for fiction, some co- workers who read a lot, my fellow history geeks for non fiction.
I use the goodreads recommendation section but my issue with that is they don't filter out authors/books you have read so they might have 50 recommendations based on one of my shelves, any author who I have read more than 5 books by gets their own shelf and I also have generic categories for fiction and non fiction, but I've read 20-25 of them already. I break down my non fiction by category not author, US History, European History, Other History, Crime, Sports, Travel, Politics, Biography's. For these a lot of times they are broken out more by subject than author though if their are multiple books on a subject I will do a little checking on goodreads prior to reserving a specific book.
I tend to reserve the older, non new releases, prior to getting to the library, I'm obsessed with reading in exact order, then I look at new releases to get another 2-4 off those shelves. My one hard and fast rule is 1 book per author per trip to the library, so I don't overkill a series or author. The only real exception is Patterson who doesn't really write most of his anyway.
IN regards to Cussler the older books are muuuuch better, their was a major addition/plot twist about 10 books ago that I wasn't crazy about. Also his son Dirk Cussler is his co writer on the Pitt books now, he is like 80+ years old, so I'm not sure how much is him and how much is his son. His other series's which he doesn't write I'm sure, are okay. I enjoy the Oregon series about good mercenaries and the Bell and Fargo series's are okay. The Austen series is probably my least favorite because it is so much like the Pitt series.
For Historical fiction I really like Bernard Cornwell, his Sharpe and Starbuck series are very good but I really love the Saxon Chronicles, First Kingdom on BBC/Netflix is based on it. The Hornblower series is also really good. For whatever reason I wasn't crazy about the first couple of the Aubrey/Matin series so I switched to Boltholio which I like but the first few were really short, like finished in less than a day short, so I hope the next 25 or so get a little longer.
So my total each year tends to fall between 175-195, though I set my goal each year at 150, the page counts remain pretty consistent around 65,000 the number varies based on number of e books as opposed to number of 700-1,000 page novels.
I have a 20 page list of books to read. They are broken down into fiction authors I like, this totals about 80 most of whom I have read most or all of their books and are waiting for new ones, it does include a bunch of deceased authors like Vince Flynn, Mario Puzo etc. Authors I want to try, I take them from a variety of sources M&D who have similar tastes for fiction, some co- workers who read a lot, my fellow history geeks for non fiction.
I use the goodreads recommendation section but my issue with that is they don't filter out authors/books you have read so they might have 50 recommendations based on one of my shelves, any author who I have read more than 5 books by gets their own shelf and I also have generic categories for fiction and non fiction, but I've read 20-25 of them already. I break down my non fiction by category not author, US History, European History, Other History, Crime, Sports, Travel, Politics, Biography's. For these a lot of times they are broken out more by subject than author though if their are multiple books on a subject I will do a little checking on goodreads prior to reserving a specific book.
I tend to reserve the older, non new releases, prior to getting to the library, I'm obsessed with reading in exact order, then I look at new releases to get another 2-4 off those shelves. My one hard and fast rule is 1 book per author per trip to the library, so I don't overkill a series or author. The only real exception is Patterson who doesn't really write most of his anyway.
IN regards to Cussler the older books are muuuuch better, their was a major addition/plot twist about 10 books ago that I wasn't crazy about. Also his son Dirk Cussler is his co writer on the Pitt books now, he is like 80+ years old, so I'm not sure how much is him and how much is his son. His other series's which he doesn't write I'm sure, are okay. I enjoy the Oregon series about good mercenaries and the Bell and Fargo series's are okay. The Austen series is probably my least favorite because it is so much like the Pitt series.
For Historical fiction I really like Bernard Cornwell, his Sharpe and Starbuck series are very good but I really love the Saxon Chronicles, First Kingdom on BBC/Netflix is based on it. The Hornblower series is also really good. For whatever reason I wasn't crazy about the first couple of the Aubrey/Matin series so I switched to Boltholio which I like but the first few were really short, like finished in less than a day short, so I hope the next 25 or so get a little longer.
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