tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post1410796793776978885..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: Half a Century of BooksStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-52924966402621092942014-07-04T02:41:46.915+01:002014-07-04T02:41:46.915+01:00I'm nicely at the hallway point, having review...I'm nicely at the hallway point, having reviewed 51 years' worth, with some waiting to be discussed. Like Claire, I suspect some of these will be very brief reviews...<br /><br />Some years have more than one representative, but I only count the first one in my total - the others are "bonus" reviews, as it were.<br /><br />I'm noticing a worrisome theme with a lot of blanks in the later decades (I'm doing 1900 to 1999 for my 100-year term). I had a good time with the early decades, and seem stuck in the 1960s, with loads of double-ups. It may be time for some more deliberate planning regarding filling in those not-so-popular years.<br /><br />Here's my breakdown so far:<br /><br />1900-1909: 10 (with 7 extra - wow! I was obviously finding this decade a thrill.)<br />1910-1919: 4 (plus 1 extra)<br />1920-1929: 4 (plus 1 extra)<br />1930-1939: 5 (plus 1 extra)<br />1940-1949: 9 (plus 6 extra - another good decade)<br />1950-1959: 6 (plus 1 extra)<br />1960-1969: 6 (plus 5 extra)<br />1970-1979: 2<br />1980-1989: 1<br />1990-1999: 4 (plus 1 extra)<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-73285981510232991382014-07-03T14:14:11.706+01:002014-07-03T14:14:11.706+01:00I have to count up and see where I am halfway thro...I have to count up and see where I am halfway through the year! Like Claire, I have a few read and unreviewed as yet, so once those are added in I should look a little better numerically! Enjoying my finds though, so all is good.Melwykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04885378201188978664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-5628277160757154722014-07-01T15:11:36.287+01:002014-07-01T15:11:36.287+01:00Good show! I'm at an even 50 now. What is cu...Good show! I'm at an even 50 now. What is currently a bit daunting is that I've only review 35 of those so far. Lots of brief reviews in my future, I suspect. Claire (The Captive Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07430380065718826213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-76089146262029976612014-07-01T13:30:40.750+01:002014-07-01T13:30:40.750+01:00Really good post .I would like to introduce a new ...Really good post .I would like to introduce a new upcoming book and the name of book is "Inside the god father". If you want to have this book then kindly see the site http://insidethegodfather.com<br />you can see the promo too:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdgicX1rurw<br /><br />ThanksAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08631280624433878895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-64923037715586911322014-07-01T13:26:08.802+01:002014-07-01T13:26:08.802+01:00Well done Simon - and good old Agatha! I am *not* ...Well done Simon - and good old Agatha! I am *not* doing this challenge, but it has spurred me on to actually record the years of the books I read out of curiosity - it will be interesting to see the spread at the end of the year!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-48884914109961231192014-07-01T08:33:49.330+01:002014-07-01T08:33:49.330+01:00Oh gosh - typed "Sartre" incorrectly - i...Oh gosh - typed "Sartre" incorrectly - if you can edit comments, please edit that one!Liz Dexterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16896796668856635371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-65757680933817522122014-07-01T08:32:41.673+01:002014-07-01T08:32:41.673+01:00Here's my list: http://librofulltime.wordpress...Here's my list: http://librofulltime.wordpress.com/about/a-century-of-books/ I've done 17 so far and am reading two at the moment if you count the scary Iris Murdoch "Sartre" one. <br /><br />1914-1923: 1<br />1924-1933: 1<br />1934-1943: 1<br />1944-1953: 0<br />1954-1963: 1<br />1964-1973: 1<br />1974-1983: 1<br />1984-1993: 1<br />1994-2003: 7<br />2004-2013: 4<br /><br />so an interesting weighting there - but of course at the moment I'm just doing it "naturally" although I have gone out looking for early ones and downloaded some e-books (ones I wanted to read anyway - hooray). I have quite a few on the TBR at the moment: <br /><br />1914-1923: 4<br />1924-1933: 1<br />1934-1943: 3<br />1944-1953: 4<br />1954-1963: 0<br />1964-1973: 0<br />1974-1983: 4<br />1984-1993: 3<br />1994-2003: 1<br />2004-2013: 4<br /><br />so I can see I'm doing really badly at the mid-century at the moment and when I've read all these, I might just have to start looking around for stuff I might want to read that might have been published then. I'm trying not to have more than one by each author, but I reckon I'm allowed Iris Murdoch's "Sattre" and one novel ... <br /><br />I am enjoying it, though - and was thrilled when a random purchase of 4 books the other day yielded 3 new Century years!Liz Dexterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16896796668856635371noreply@blogger.com