Sing a Song of Sixes....
I ‘borrowed’ this idea from several places:
Six authors I am looking forward to reading more of
Edward Marston
Andy Weir
Robert Goddard
Agatha Christie
Natalie Haynes
Madeline Miller
Six series of books read or started
Foundation series by Isaac Asimov
Dune series by Frank Herbert
Maze Runner series by James Dashner
Ghost series by George Mann
Destroyermen series by Taylor Anderson
Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell
Six books I really want to buy in the next six months
If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals about Human Stupidity by Justin Gregg
The Jill Tars: Seven Remarkable Accounts of Female Sailors Who Served and Fought Disguised as Men by Rachel Beatty
Superspy Science: Science, Death and Tech in the World of James Bond by Kathryn Harkup
When Giants Ruled the Sky: The Brief Reign and Tragic Demise of the American Rigid Airship by John J. Geoghegan
Magnificent Women and Flying Machines: The First 200 Years of British Women in the Sky by Sally Smith
Snow Widows: The Untold History of Scott’s Fatal Antarctic Expedition Through the Eyes of the Women They Left Behind by Katherine MacInnes
Six books recently added to my Wish List
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
Island Dreams: Mapping an Obsession by Gavin Francis
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
Tourists: How the British Went Abroad to Find Themselves by Lucy Lethbridge
The Quiet Before: On the unexpected origins of radical ideas by Gal Beckerman
Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them by John Yorke
Six classics I have yet to read
Hard Times by Charles Dickens
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist by Robert Tressell
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Six books on my Wish List that have sport as their major theme
Little Wonder: The Extraordinary Story of Lottie Dod, the World's First Female Sports Superstar by Sasha Abramsky
Five O'Clock Lightning: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and the Greatest Baseball Team in History, the 1927 New York Yankees by Harvey Frommer
Raise a Fist, Take a Knee: Race and the Illusion of Progress in Modern Sports by John Feinstein and Doug Williams
The Betrayal: The 1919 World Series and the Birth of Modern Baseball by Charles Fountain
The Games: A Global History of the Olympics by David Goldblatt
Berlin 1936: Sixteen Days in August by Oliver Hilmes and Jefferson Chase
12 comments:
Ooh! I'm starting East of Eden next month. At least, that's the plan. Along with A Study in Scarlet and Light in August. I've seriously overcommitted myself but I might be getting a head start this coming week on some of them. :P I hear nothing but good things about East of Eden, so I'm counting on it to be the "read of the year." :)
The Jill Tars sounds interesting. I’ve got too many books awaiting reading for me to get anymore before these are read. (She says this while contemplating buying another book she heard discussed on NPR today.) We saw the Oppenheimer movie today. Good except slow in the middle. We saw Barbie too. I’m surprised Mattel allowed it to be made, enjoyable enough.
@ Marian: I won't be reading 'Eden' for a little while yet. I need to fatten up my review pile first with a few more quickies. I'm 'planning' (if everything goes well that is) to start 'Scarlet' probably on Tuesday 1st or shortly after - depending when my previous read ends. I imagine it'll take 2-3 days to finish at my present sluggish reading speed.
@ V V: 'Jill Tars' sounds VERY interesting doesn't it? It's always interesting reading about (largely) forgotten women from other eras/cultures breaking through the barriers of their age (plus the larger reaction to them doing so).
A friend & me saw 'Oppenheimer' on Friday. Apart from a few bits I liked it more than I thought I would, The 3 hours flew by far faster than expected. I knew *some* of the story but not so much all the shit he had to put up with afterwards. I'm eager to find out more now. No intention of seeing 'Barbie' [lol]
All kinds of interesting titles here! Surprised to see the sport titles, though! I think "When Giants Ruled the Sky" is on my goodreads TBR. Very interested in Jill Tars and the flying women, as well as the books on minimalism and stories.
The only books you've mentioned here that I've read are East of Eden and Keep the Aspidistra Flying, both of which I enjoyed. You've got lots of interesting books on your wish list!
Oooooh...this could be dangerous!
@ Stephen: I thought you might find some things of interest there! I added the Sport list to surprise people - although I did struggle a bit to get to 6. I developed an 'interest' in Baseball after reading several books which mentioned it. I was intrigued by the statistical side of things (as well as the Race aspects). 'Jar Tars' sounds VERY interested. I think women did lots more in past ages than people today give them credit for. Hardly anything is all that 'new'.
@ Helen: I'm definitely looking to read much more Orwell in the next few years. I think he had a lot of interesting things to say about the world. I think my next one of his will be 'Wigan Pier' - especially as I spent my formative years living a mere 7 miles from there!! My Wish List is WAY out of control. [lol] I tried to keep it in check, but then Amazon took the counter off... So I have ZERO idea now just how many books are on there... [grin]
@ Sarah: Yeah, sorry about that... [grin]
I've just seen this on a few other blogs and am going to post my own version (which has a couple of your questions) on Wednesday.
Cool.
I cribbed from the original list here:
https://josbookjourney.wordpress.com/2022/06/17/six-in-six-2022-edition/
I see, you finally did it. Great list. Of course, I have read none of your books except for three of the classic ones.
I'm (almost) always late to these things! [grin] It actually took more effort than I expected - but the plus is that I discovered that one of the books listed had been reduced by 80% in price so I snapped it up! Most of the books listed are presently unbought.... Maybe one day.. [lol]
Doesn't matter when ... better late than never.
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