Today I finished reading “Ranma 1/2 #16” by Rumiko Takahashi
Reading
I made it a goal in 1985 to read one book a week.
Generally I have managed to stick to that goal for the most part.
Some years I couldn't get as much reading done as I wanted to.
My GoodReads list shows that I have a smidgen under 3,500 books that I have read.
And there are at least 300 books on my GoodReads list I have yet to tackle.
So much to read. So slow a reader.
Due to dyslexia I am not a particularly fast reader.
I plod through books at a pedestrian pace. I am jealous of people who can read quickly and I have no clue how people are able to speed read and retain all that information.
It's only dogged persistence that lets me get through a book some days.
Read – The Wind in the Willows
Today I finished reading “The Wind in the Willows” by Kenneth Grahame
Read – The Sun Also Rises
Today I finished reading “The Sun Also Rises” by Ernest Hemingway
Read – To the Lighthouse
Today I finished reading “To the Lighthouse” by Virginia Woolf
Read – Psmith, Journalist
Today I finished reading “Psmith, Journalist” by P.G. Wodehouse
Read – Brave New World Revisited
Today I finished reading “Brave New World Revisited” by Aldous Huxley
Read – Graphics Gems II
Today I finished reading “Graphics Gems II” by James Arvo
Read – How Green Was My Valley
Today I finished reading “How Green Was My Valley” by Richard Llewellyn
Read – Mrs. Dalloway
Today I finished reading “Mrs. Dalloway” by Virginia Woolf
Read – Cat In The Rain
Today I finished reading “Cat In The Rain” by Ernest Hemingway
Read – Awaken the Giant Within
Today I finished reading “Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny!” by Anthony Robbins
Read – The Garden of Rama
Today I finished reading “The Garden of Rama” by Arthur C. Clarke
Read – Murphy
Today I finished reading “Murphy” by Samuel Beckett
Read – The Unvanquished
Today I finished reading “The Unvanquished” by William Faulkner
Read – Ranma 1/2 #10
Today I finished reading “Ranma 1/2 #10” by Rumiko Takahashi
Read – Diggers
Today I finished reading “Diggers” by Terry Pratchett
Read – Essential System Administration
Today I finished reading “Essential System Administration” by Eileen Frisch
Read – The Dragon Reborn
Today I finished reading “The Dragon Reborn” by Robert Jordan
Read – Hercule Poirot’s Christmas
Today I finished reading “Hercule Poirot’s Christmas” by Agatha Christie
Read – Finnegans Wake
Today I finished reading “Finnegans Wake” by James Joyce
Read – The Complete Stories Vol 1
Today I finished reading “The Complete Stories Vol 1” by Isaac Asimov
Read – AMIGA Hardware Reference Manual
Today I finished reading “AMIGA Hardware Reference Manual” by Commodore-Amiga, Inc
Read – AMIGA ROM Kernel Reference Manual: Includes And Autodocs
Today I finished reading “AMIGA ROM Kernel Reference Manual: Includes And Autodocs” by Commodore-Amiga, Inc
Read – The Sandman #9: The Kindly Ones
Today I finished reading “The Sandman #9: The Kindly Ones” by Neil Gaiman
Read – Death in the Afternoon
Today I finished reading “Death in the Afternoon” by Ernest Hemingway
Read – Carry on, Jeeves
Today I finished reading “Carry on, Jeeves” by P.G. Wodehouse
Read – Heads
Today I finished reading “Heads” by Greg Bear
Read – Ghost in the Shell
Today I finished reading “Ghost in the Shell” by Masamune Shirow
Read – Last Chance to See
Today I finished reading “Last Chance to See” by Douglas Adams
Read – Blandings Castle
Today I finished reading “Blandings Castle” by P.G. Wodehouse
Read – Jacob’s Room
Today I finished reading “Jacob’s Room” by Virginia Woolf
Read – Thank You, Jeeves
Today I finished reading “Thank You, Jeeves” by P.G. Wodehouse
Read – The Deeper Meaning of Liff
Today I finished reading “The Deeper Meaning of Liff” by Douglas Adams
Read – Absalom, Absalom!
Today I finished reading “Absalom, Absalom!” by William Faulkner
Read – Something Fresh
Today I finished reading “Something Fresh” by P.G. Wodehouse
Read – Souvenirs de Famille
Today I finished reading “Souvenirs de Famille” by Jean Roba
Read – The Difference Engine
Today I finished reading “The Difference Engine ” by William Gibson
Read – Tank Girl
Today I finished reading “Tank Girl” by Alan Martin
Read – Burmese Days
Today I finished reading “Burmese Days” by George Orwell
Read – The Quran
Today I finished reading “The Quran” by Anonymous
I hesitate to say anything negative about this book because of all the violent religious nutjobs who take offense to the slightest thing. Some parts were good advice for clean living. Other parts were outright hateful.
Read – Programming Windows 3
Today I finished reading “Programming Windows 3” by Charles Petzold
Read – The Sandman, Vol. 6: Fables and Reflections
Today I finished reading “The Sandman, Vol. 6: Fables and Reflections” by Neil Gaiman
Read – De Profundis and Other Writings
Today I finished reading “De Profundis and Other Writings” by Oscar Wilde
Read – Mein Kampf
Today I finished reading “Mein Kampf” by Adolf Hitler
You can see the inklings of his descent in to a degenerate outlook of humanity when you read this. The theme runs throughout the two volumes and by the end of it you can basically say he hated Jews (and Marxism) with such vehemence that putting this man in any position of power would be bad policy to anybody he considered undesirable.
The book is so laden with propaganda it was exhausting just to wade through. If Mein Kampf were written by anyone today you would dismiss them as a crackpot, or if in a position of power, a dangerous crackpot. Hopefully, “steps would be taken.”
Hess was his editor but bloody hell, talk about run on sentences. I cannot imagine what the book was like before the edit.
Read – AMIGA ROM Kernel Reference Manual: Devices
Today I finished reading “AMIGA ROM Kernel Reference Manual: Devices” by Commodore-Amiga, Inc
Read – Men Like Gods
Today I finished reading “Men Like Gods” by H.G. Wells
Read – The Divine Comedy
Today I finished reading “The Divine Comedy” by Dante Alighieri
Read – The Lost City of Zork
Today I finished reading “The Lost City of Zork” by Robin Wayne Bailey
Read – 2001 Nights #9
Today I finished reading “2001 Nights #9” by Yukinobu Hoshino
Read – Mike and Psmith
Today I finished reading “Mike and Psmith” by P.G. Wodehouse