Books you read in 2020?

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What about you guys?

West Coast Dreamgirl

That is a really nice selection of books @Pap I wouldn't mind reading quite a few of those myself.

I have books by Kafka but I like the onion head book cover.  Is the happiness book any good? I'm actually thinking of requesting lots of copies of that book for World Book Night next year.

Im sure I've read more than one book this year but this is the one I really enjoyed:

tish

The most boring textbook ever which shall remain nameless.

West Coast Dreamgirl

tish said:

The most boring textbook ever which shall remain nameless.

Oh, what are ya studying @tish?

Natashapearljamfan

West Coast Dreamgirl said:

That is a really nice selection of books @Pap I wouldn't mind reading quite a few of those myself.

I have books by Kafka but I like the onion head book cover.  Is the happiness book any good? I'm actually thinking of requesting lots of copies of that book for World Book Night next year.

Im sure I've read more than one book this year but this is the one I really enjoyed:

I enjoyed this book too! 

Natashapearljamfan

Pap said:

@pap I read both Friends books too. Both interesting reads about the background behind the show. Hiw was Happiness your route map to inner joy? That looks good. 

I'll have to remember the books I've read. Earlier in the year I caught the train to and from work and spent around 4 hrs a day travelling I read lots of books in that time  

Pap

West Coast Dreamgirl said: I have books by Kafka but I like the onion head book cover.  Is the happiness book any good? I'm actually thinking of requesting lots of copies of that book for World Book Night next year.

Kafka's book was a Matt Cameron's recommendation for World Book Day 2017.

I wouldn't say that I'm into self-development/self-motivational books that much, but from the few that I've already read I really like Andy Cope's style of writing. His books are positive and funny. I would recommend you also order one called The Art of Being Brilliant.

Pap

West Coast Dreamgirl said:

tish said:

The most boring textbook ever which shall remain nameless.

Oh, what are ya studying @tish?

Yeah, what is it?

Pap

Natashapearljamfan said: How was Happiness your route map to inner joy? That looks good.

I found it very interesting and it left me a sense of optimism. All of his books are intelligible and though they seem repetitive (topic-wise) at times, they always include some hidden gems in their pages. Also, he presents his positive psychology themes in such a funny way that it is guaranteed to make you laugh.

tish

West Coast Dreamgirl said:

tish said:

The most boring textbook ever which shall remain nameless.

Oh, what are ya studying @tish?

Master of Education 

Edit: Thanks for the book ideas! I'll give Honeyman and Penn a try.

brianlux

I keep a list to remind myself what I've been reading and a card file with mini reviews.  Here's this years list:

2020

January

Williams, Brooke:  Open Night

Hoskyns, Barney:  Small Town Talk

 February

Heyerdahl, Thor:  Kon-Tiki

Franco, James:  Palo Alto

 March

D’Ambrosio, Antonino:  A Heartbeat & a Guitar; Johnny Cash & Making of Bitter Tears

Forester, C. S.:  Beat to Quarters

Forester, C. S.: Midshipman Hornblower

 April

Streissguth, Michael:  Ring of Fire; The Johnny Cash Reader

Wilson, Brian:  I am Brian Wilson

 May

Szwed, John:  Space is the Place; The Lives and Times of Sun Ra

Allen, James:  As Man Thinketh

 June

Haggard, Merle:  Sing Me Back Home

Haggard, Merle:  My House of Memories

Viesturs, Ed:  K2

 July

Manning, Richard:  Food’s Frontier

Hentoff, Nat:  Listen to the Stories

Taylor, Aurther:  Notes and Tones

 August

Bouton, Jim:  Ball Four (and Five and Six)

 September

Krakauer, Jon:  Classic Krakauer

Camus, Albert:  The Stranger

 October

Garner, James:  The Garner Files

 November

Vieturs, Ed:  The Mountain; My Time on Everest

Berry, Wendell:  Hannah Coulter

December

Hentoff, Nat: At the Jazz Band Ball: Sixty Years on the Jazz Scene

Pap

^ Wow! That's such an impressive reading list Brian!

brianlux

Pap said:

^ Wow! That's such an impressive reading list Brian!

Thanks, Pap.

It's fun to keep track of what I've read and how many books I've read each year.  I've been keeping my reading card file going since 1979.  Looking at my cards, I notice my reading has been pretty consistent over the last 6 years averaging about 23 books a year.  But before that, it was all over the place- I only read 1 book in 1999, but in 2013 I read 42 books.  In the  41 yeas since I started keeping track I've averaged 17 books a year. 

My father got me started off doing the card file years ago and in recent years I started keep a list on my computer as well .  Fun to do if you like that sort of thing!  

West Coast Dreamgirl

Pap said:

West Coast Dreamgirl said: I have books by Kafka but I like the onion head book cover.  Is the happiness book any good? I'm actually thinking of requesting lots of copies of that book for World Book Night next year.

Kafka's book was a Matt Cameron's recommendation for World Book Day 2017.

I wouldn't say that I'm into self-development/self-motivational books that much, but from the few that I've already read I really like Andy Cope's style of writing. His books are positive and funny. I would recommend you also order one called The Art of Being Brilliant.

I have heard of that and I'm really interested in reading the books you have mentioned, so thanks @Pap

@Tish Good luck with your masters degree. It's good to learn.

@brianlux I've heard of people cataloguing their books, films, games, music, etc. But cataloguing your reading material sounds really motivational and I guess would give you a good overview on reflection. I love collecting books and at the moment I tend to collect more than I am actually reading. I liketo read gripping books which I cant put down.

brianlux

West Coast Dreamgirl said:

Pap said:

West Coast Dreamgirl said: I have books by Kafka but I like the onion head book cover.  Is the happiness book any good? I'm actually thinking of requesting lots of copies of that book for World Book Night next year.

Kafka's book was a Matt Cameron's recommendation for World Book Day 2017.

I wouldn't say that I'm into self-development/self-motivational books that much, but from the few that I've already read I really like Andy Cope's style of writing. His books are positive and funny. I would recommend you also order one called The Art of Being Brilliant.

I have heard of that and I'm really interested in reading the books you have mentioned, so thanks @Pap

@Tish Good luck with your masters degree. It's good to learn.

@brianlux I've heard of people cataloguing their books, films, games, music, etc. But cataloguing your reading material sounds really motivational and I guess would give you a good overview on reflection. I love collecting books and at the moment I tend to collect more than I am actually reading. I liketo read gripping books which I cant put down.

"Motivational" sounds so much better than another term people have used to describe my organizing fetishes... "anal retentive", lol.

As far as collecting more than you are reading, I think that's great!  It's nice to have a selection of books at the ready for you next read, especially if you like a variety of subjects or genres and are never quite sure what you'll be in the mood for next.

My one area that I would call a "true collection"- that is, books that I collect but don't expect to read many of them- are these Golden Guides and Observers Guides.  They're fun and they're really small, so you can have a big collection on a small shelf:

Pap

brianlux said: In the  41 yeas since I started keeping track I've averaged 17 books a year. 

That's a pretty good number!

West Coast Dreamgirl

"Motivational" sounds so much better than another term people have used to describe my organizing fetishes... "anal retentive", lol.

> @brianlux

As far as collecting more than you are reading, I think that's great!  It's nice to have a selection of books at the ready for you next read, especially if you like a variety of subjects or genres and are never quite sure what you'll be in the mood for next.

> Exactly, the Japanese have a word for this but I cant remember what it is!

My one area that I would call a "true collection"- that is, books that I collect but don't expect to read many of them- are these Golden Guides and Observers Guides.  They're fun and they're really small, so you can have a big collection on a small shelf:

> I like your bookcase @brianlux have you ever considered colour coordinating the bottom three shelves into a rainbow ombre?

I agree with @pap, reading 17 good books a year is really good going

brianlux

West Coast Dreamgirl said:

"Motivational" sounds so much better than another term people have used to describe my organizing fetishes... "anal retentive", lol.

> @brianlux

As far as collecting more than you are reading, I think that's great!  It's nice to have a selection of books at the ready for you next read, especially if you like a variety of subjects or genres and are never quite sure what you'll be in the mood for next.

> Exactly, the Japanese have a word for this but I cant remember what it is!

My one area that I would call a "true collection"- that is, books that I collect but don't expect to read many of them- are these Golden Guides and Observers Guides.  They're fun and they're really small, so you can have a big collection on a small shelf:

> I like your bookcase @brianlux have you ever considered colour coordinating the bottom three shelves into a rainbow ombre?

I agree with @pap, reading 17 good books a year is really good going

That's a cool idea, Dreamgirl.  My natural instinct to organize alphabetically (the colorful Golden Guides) or numerically (the mostly white-spined Observers guides) which is a very left-brained way to do things.  In other ways, I'm more right brained and my interests are lean far more to the creative than to logical.  So maybe that blows up the whole left-brain/right-brain theory, lol.

What this photo does show me is that I need move the larger Observers guides to the bottom and move the smaller Golden guides upward.  Let's see how that looks...

Better?

West Coast Dreamgirl

Yes, this is preferable but I'd love to see a ombre rainbow selection.

West Coast Dreamgirl

Did you photochop them or move physical copies? 

brianlux

West Coast Dreamgirl said:

Did you photochop them or move physical copies? 

When I took the first photo and looked at it, seeing the books in a photo led me to think they would looked better with the Observer guides at the bottom, so I physically  re-arranged them.  One on these days I'll try the rainbow effect, but C. is telling me it's time to go walking.  I'm taking the day off and I really don't feel like walking, but we're trying to keep at it every day.  Gotta stay young, ya know? 

West Coast Dreamgirl

C is right, go for your walk. I hope you have a lovely time as some fresh air does the world of good. I used to think I was taking the dog out for a nice walk but I'm kind of thinking now I get to have a nice walk too.  Where I am it's bedtime so night night x

West Coast Dreamgirl

brianlux said:

West Coast Dreamgirl said:

"Motivational" sounds so much better than another term people have used to describe my organizing fetishes... "anal retentive", lol.

> @brianlux

As far as collecting more than you are reading, I think that's great!  It's nice to have a selection of books at the ready for you next read, especially if you like a variety of subjects or genres and are never quite sure what you'll be in the mood for next.

> Exactly, the Japanese have a word for this but I cant remember what it is!

My one area that I would call a "true collection"- that is, books that I collect but don't expect to read many of them- are these Golden Guides and Observers Guides.  They're fun and they're really small, so you can have a big collection on a small shelf:

> I like your bookcase @brianlux have you ever considered colour coordinating the bottom three shelves into a rainbow ombre?

I agree with @pap, reading 17 good books a year is really good going

That's a cool idea, Dreamgirl.  My natural instinct to organize alphabetically (the colorful Golden Guides) or numerically (the mostly white-spined Observers guides) which is a very left-brained way to do things.  In other ways, I'm more right brained and my interests are lean far more to the creative than to logical.  So maybe that blows up the whole left-brain/right-brain theory, lol.

What this photo does show me is that I need move the larger Observers guides to the bottom and move the smaller Golden guides upward.  Let's see how that looks...

Better?

This looks more soothing @Brianlux
I like the rainbow effect as I'm quite big on colour therapy these days.

Pap

West Coast Dreamgirl said: Where I am it's bedtime so night night x

I'm about to go to bed too. Sleep tight WCD!

West Coast Dreamgirl

Night @Pap

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