January 22, 2017

  • A Post About Books

    I try to keep track of the books I read throughout the year. After I read a book, I write its title in the back of my current journal and add a rating of 1-5 stars. I have 30 books listed that I read last year, although I'm pretty sure I forgot to write down a few while I was on all those road trips. Of the 30 I listed, only a few got ratings of 4 or more stars. Here are the books I enjoyed reading the most in 2016:

    • Walt Disney: An American Original (four stars)
    • Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (four stars)
    • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (five stars)
    • Washington's Secret Six (four stars)

    That's it - only four books that I classified as "great reads." Most books fell in the 2.5-3.5, "good reads" range. A couple were "okay reads," and one was "not worth finishing."

    I'm starting out 2017 with several "great reads." I've finished Hidden Figures and am in various stages of reading The Fifty Year Mission (about the development and growth of Star Trek), The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher, and three or four other books. I don't have my current journal downstairs with me to remind myself. I have many books stacked on my headboard and downloaded on my Kindle. This is the year I will finally read On the Road by Jack Kerouac, and if I ever get caught up on the books I've never read before, I will re-read the Mrs. Pollifax series. It's going to be a great year for escaping into good books!

    What are the best books you've read recently?

Comments (4)

  • I'm sorry to say that I haven't read any books so far in 2017. In 2016 there weren't any great reads... I'll have to check out the Walt Disney book. The Star Trek book sounds interesting too.

  • Disney is high on my list.
    10 days in a Madhouse was very good. (I think that was a 2016 read.)
    I also liked "Go Set a Watchman" - although I know that you were less taken with it.

    • I enjoyed Go Set a Watchman; I was just disappointed in the ending. I think I gave it 4 or 5 stars, but I read it in 2015 so it wasn't on this year's list.

  • The best book I read in 2016 was Woman with a Blue Pencil by Gordon McAlpine. The best book I read in 2015 was Hammett Unwritten by Gordon McAlpine. I'm sensing a trend here. The best book I've read so far in 2017 is an unpublished manuscript.

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