Yesterday I finished my 900th book, counting back from the time when my wife gave me a barcode scanner and a book database and I started keeping track of such things, back in 2015. My 900th book (as usual discounting comic books and graphic novels from my ‘official’ count, of which I’ve read some 118 …
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1000 Books (not really)
In the beginning was the word …. Well, in fact those words come well over halfway through this, The Book. I started reading a little bit each day just over a year ago, as sort of a 2022 project, and have just finished the last chapter of The Revelation of Saint John the Divine this …
800 Books
Three days ago, I should note, I finished my 800th book, counting from the time when I started keeping track of such things, back in 2015. You’ve heard of the book, maybe read it, likely seen the movie at least. (I haven’t done the latter yet, having wanted to read the book prior to seeing …
Book List: 700 Books
As I told you almost six months ago, I finished book #700—that is, the 700th book since I began tracking my reading back in June of 2015. At that time I foolishly mused that I’d be getting you the full list and perhaps even an analysis of the books read in a matter of “days” …
700 Books
Late yesterday morning I finished reading the 700th book since beginning to track such things way back in the middle of 2015, back in the Before Time before the latest Before Time. The book in question was the delighting collection of surrealist poetry and prose, The Milk Bowl of Feathers: Essential Surrealist Writings. Edited by …
Briefly Noted
Yesterday At 11:50 AM While doing taxes I finished reading my 700th book And the closing Tzara poem Could not make me forget Soupault’s Georgia (written today)
Monday Book Report: Fear to Tread
Fear to Tread, by Michael Gilbert Michael Gilbert has proven to be one of the most consistent, most versatile, and most surprising writers of thrillers and suchlike dark fiction. Not that his books are dark—far from it. At their core is an almost quaint sensibility of the power of human goodness, even as recognition that …
Analysis: The 6th Hundred Books
Many months have now passed since I promised some sort of data analysis of the most recent hundred books read, and that promise itself was in a listing of those selfsame books, posted more than a month after my initial notification that I had passed the self-imposed milestone of having finished 600 books. What can …
700 Books (not really)
As I have said many times before, when counting the number of books I have read since I started tracking in a foolish though somewhat satisfying project I’ve maintained since 2015, I do not include in my ‘official’ count items classified (by me) as comics or graphic novels. This includes, by the way, books about …
Book List: 600 Books
As I mentioned just over a month ago, I recently finished book #600—the 600th book, that is, since I began tracking my reading back in June of 2015. When I announced this milestone at the very cusp of the new year, I had only barely finished my analysis of the 5th hundred books read. I …