Gonna try and keep it active this time but no promises.

What are you currently reading?

Did you set a reading goal for yourself this year?

"The Trail", by Ethan Gallogley.  A novel about a young man hiking the John Muir Trail with an old friend of his deceased father at the behest of his mother.

Just started a book called Forever Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Crossing Paths: A Pacific Crest Trailside Reader

I just read the Communist Manifesto for the first time.

Rousseau's Social Contract: An Interpretive Essay by Lester Crocker

The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

Visser.

yelp talk.

Bridget, sounds like a good read. Crossing Paths re PCT collective stories.

I've been very slowly working on a re-read of a fascinating book, "A Fascination for Fish". Partly discusses the concept and build of Monterey Bay Aquarium and the early days of scuba.

Last night I finally finished my re-read of A Fascination for Fish!! I have Endurance to read quick and get back to the person who loaned it to me. Then I have Good for a Girl on loan from the library.

The Deep by Nick Cutter

Bourdain's Medium Raw

A Promised Land - Barack Obama

Whoops forgot to answer my own question that my reading goal is 50 books this year. I'm doing pretty well. Don't usually make what I set my goal to but lol it's worth a try.
I've been trying to finish my re read of my fav series when I was a weird little kid, animorphs.

#YelpBookClub

Feeling spooky so I am re reading Dracula.

Ever read Interview with the Vampire Jenny?

Yes! I meant to read other Anne Rice books but never got around to it.

Men in Rage by Paul Sayer

Beren & Lúthien

Good Omens again

Consumer Reports

Eldorado by Bayard Taylor. This is a fascinating account of California during the Gold Rush. It was originally supposed to be a series of stories for Horace Greeley's newspaper but Taylor chose to make it a book instead. I highly recommend it.

The Colour of Magic.

You can just start at #1.

Roman missal, 1962.

First Blood by David Morrell

1000 Places To See Before You Die: by Patricia Schultz

Kathy Reichs "Flash and Bones". I liked the "Bones" series. Now I enjoy reading the books that inspired them.

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe

Finally finished that Bourdain book. Hmmmm what to read next...

Tony was such a good writer. I miss him.

I'm reading a collection of short stories by Agustina Bazterrica called Nineteen Claws and a Blackbird. She is an Argentine horror author who wrote Tender is the Flesh, one of the most fucked up books I've ever read. Do not read it unless you are a seasoned horror reader. It is one of the reasons I became vegetarian and the prose is incredibly effective.

I did meet my reading goal in 2023. 55 books.
Set my 2024 goal at 50.

Did anyone else have any reading goals this year?

The audio version of War & Peace I downloaded this week is staring at me.

^ what an absolute coward. That is all.

#goeffyourself

^ A very brave user who is fighting in the yelp talk wars. Soldier on, keep that chin held high. It is okay to cry if you need to. LMK if you need any book recs, I got em.

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Surprisingly enough, I have yet to read the Hobbit or the LOTR series and I guess I'll tackle that.

You're not alone Jackie. I've also never seen the movies.

Just got a copy of "Termination Shock" by Neal Stephenson.  Looks like a good read for wintry evenings.

Re: LOTR...I first read Tolkien in college.  For several years, I'd reread them ever other year.   Tolkien was the first epic fantasy author. He pretty much created the genre.   However, over time, some of the characteristics of his book have become standard archetypes. I no longer reread them because of this.

The movies are well-done and I enjoy rewatching them. Bridget, you should catch them to see paces in New Zealand.

Tolkien is a difficult read for me, but a rewarding one. I seem to appreciate his works more as I age. I only just finished The Silmarillion last year, and I had to take a lot of notes to keep things straight. Just like school, lol. I would like to read one of his translations next. Beowulf would be cool.

Discworld is my fantasy to do for the foreseeable future.

I am currently reading Mary by Nat Cassidy, for my Gory Story book club.

I wonder if my library card still works...

They want you to go in and verify address once a year to renew library cards.

Careers in Art by Blythe Camenson

Minor Detail by Adania Shibli, translated by Elisabeth Jaquette

The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett

Some nonsense that Yelp just wrote... Sacramento was shunned yelp.com/article/top-25-…

The Red Prussian

^Well this is some comedy

MTG is that you sliding onto Yelp Talk?

I am unfamiliar with the works of one "Steven" King.

If You Believed Moses (Vol 2): the conversion of the Jews at the close of history by Fr James Mawdsley.

Starting with Rousseau by James Delaney

Salt Houses by Hala Alyan

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

Sorcery by Terry Pratchett