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Reading by the fire during the cold, snowy winter months is a pleasure; however, once the snow is gone and I'm spending more time working outside, my reading slows down, so I thought this would be a good idea to help keep the motivation going. I read for enjoyment, not to complete 'lists' but would like to get at least 50 books finished this year (hopefully more). Like so many others, I have book stacks everywhere and more in boxes, so I am trying to go through all my books to do a full inventory (and slowly enter them on LT).
Off to a slow start for the 2023 50-book challenge (Susan Bauer's book was excellent, but you have to stop often just to absorb the sheer amount of information she puts forward).
All the books read are from my personal library and I'm old-school; I don't do e-readers or audiobooks.
Jan. 2023:
(1) The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome (Susan Bauer)
(2) Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific (Robert Leckie)
Feb. 2023:
(3) In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors (Doug Stanton)
(4) 102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers (Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn)
(5) Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
(6) Guadalcanal Diary (Richard Tregaskis)
(7) Death in the White Mountains: Hiker Fatalities and How to Avoid Being One (Julie Boardman)
Mar. 2023:
(8) Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest (Stephen Ambrose)
(9) Currahee!: A Screaming Eagle at Normandy (Donald Burgett)
(10) War's End: An Eyewitness Account of America's Last Atomic Mission (Charles Sweeney)
(11) Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World (Chris Wallace)
(12) The Miracle of Dunkirk: The True Story of Operation Dynamo (Walter Lord)
(13) Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat (Giles Milton)
(14) A Storm in Flanders: The Ypres Salient, 1914-1918: Tragedy and Triumph on the Western Front (Winston Groom)
(15) Reclaiming the Salient: Resurrecting the Great War Battlegrounds of Flanders Fields (Roger Steward)
Apr. 2023: (too busy to read!)
(16) Composting Made Easy: Beginner's Guide to Quickly and Effortlessly Composting Kitchen Waste, Even in Your Apartment (Jacob A. Moore)
Currently reading: The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 (Alistair Horne) and In Flanders Fields: The 1917 Campaign (Leon Wolff)
Off to a slow start for the 2023 50-book challenge (Susan Bauer's book was excellent, but you have to stop often just to absorb the sheer amount of information she puts forward).
All the books read are from my personal library and I'm old-school; I don't do e-readers or audiobooks.
Jan. 2023:
(1) The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome (Susan Bauer)
(2) Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific (Robert Leckie)
Feb. 2023:
(3) In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors (Doug Stanton)
(4) 102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers (Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn)
(5) Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
(6) Guadalcanal Diary (Richard Tregaskis)
(7) Death in the White Mountains: Hiker Fatalities and How to Avoid Being One (Julie Boardman)
Mar. 2023:
(8) Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest (Stephen Ambrose)
(9) Currahee!: A Screaming Eagle at Normandy (Donald Burgett)
(10) War's End: An Eyewitness Account of America's Last Atomic Mission (Charles Sweeney)
(11) Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World (Chris Wallace)
(12) The Miracle of Dunkirk: The True Story of Operation Dynamo (Walter Lord)
(13) Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat (Giles Milton)
(14) A Storm in Flanders: The Ypres Salient, 1914-1918: Tragedy and Triumph on the Western Front (Winston Groom)
(15) Reclaiming the Salient: Resurrecting the Great War Battlegrounds of Flanders Fields (Roger Steward)
Apr. 2023: (too busy to read!)
(16) Composting Made Easy: Beginner's Guide to Quickly and Effortlessly Composting Kitchen Waste, Even in Your Apartment (Jacob A. Moore)
Currently reading: The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 (Alistair Horne) and In Flanders Fields: The 1917 Campaign (Leon Wolff)
