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I finally finished Ready Player One. Great time - lots of 80s love in there.

https://www.wheredreamsescape.com/post/ready-player-one

1. The Ship that Sailed to Mars by William Timlin
2. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
3. The City on the Edge of Forever by Harlan Ellison
4. Double Star by Robert Heinlein
5. Paradise Lost by John Milton
6. Sometimes the Magic Works by Terry Brooks
7. Flags in the Dust by William Faulkner
8. Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
9. Noble House by James Clavell
10. The Brother’s Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
11. Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
12. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

So it ended up being number 13 as a big book. Just knocked out the Bible and have already started over. Thoughts here:

https://www.wheredreamsescape.com/post/the-holy-bible

1. The Ship that Sailed to Mars by William Timlin
2. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
3. The City on the Edge of Forever by Harlan Ellison
4. Double Star by Robert Heinlein
5. Paradise Lost by John Milton
6. Sometimes the Magic Works by Terry Brooks
7. Flags in the Dust by William Faulkner
8. Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
9. Noble House by James Clavell
10. The Brother’s Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
11. Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
12. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
13. The Holy Bible by various authors

Sharecrow wrote: ↑08 Jun 2022 12:49 So it ended up being number 13 as a big book. Just knocked out the Bible and have already started over. Thoughts here:
13. The Holy Bible by various authors

You mentioned in the blog that your first read was KJV and your second was NIV. Are you planning on taking a different translation for a spin this time around?

Kong Wen wrote: ↑08 Jun 2022 15:11

Sharecrow wrote: ↑08 Jun 2022 12:49 So it ended up being number 13 as a big book. Just knocked out the Bible and have already started over. Thoughts here:
13. The Holy Bible by various authors

You mentioned in the blog that your first read was KJV and your second was NIV. Are you planning on taking a different translation for a spin this time around?

I thought about it but I don’t think so. The Bible I’d had for around thirty years, which was NIV, started falling apart during this read through so I bought an NIV study Bible about halfway through. I want to read the extra stuff in it as I go. I also considered reading a version with the apocryphal books but maybe the next time.

Fun fact: my King James Bible started falling apart, too, during my first read. It was only about twelve years old I think.

As part of my COVID treatment I reread my favorite Céline book, Journey to the End of the Night. I’m going to probably go back to this Yaa Gyasi book now.

https://www.wheredreamsescape.com/post ... -the-night

1. The Ship that Sailed to Mars by William Timlin
2. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
3. The City on the Edge of Forever by Harlan Ellison
4. Double Star by Robert Heinlein
5. Paradise Lost by John Milton
6. Sometimes the Magic Works by Terry Brooks
7. Flags in the Dust by William Faulkner
8. Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
9. Noble House by James Clavell
10. The Brother’s Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
11. Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
12. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
13. The Holy Bible by various authors
14. Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline

I finished Homegoing on Kong’s recommendation. Great book - more thoughts here

https://www.wheredreamsescape.com/post/homegoing

1. The Ship that Sailed to Mars by William Timlin
2. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
3. The City on the Edge of Forever by Harlan Ellison
4. Double Star by Robert Heinlein
5. Paradise Lost by John Milton
6. Sometimes the Magic Works by Terry Brooks
7. Flags in the Dust by William Faulkner
8. Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
9. Noble House by James Clavell
10. The Brother’s Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
11. Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
12. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
13. The Holy Bible by various authors
14. Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
15. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Finished Little Women about a week ago. Loved it though it took awhile to grow on me.

https://www.wheredreamsescape.com/post/little-women

1. The Ship that Sailed to Mars by William Timlin
2. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
3. The City on the Edge of Forever by Harlan Ellison
4. Double Star by Robert Heinlein
5. Paradise Lost by John Milton
6. Sometimes the Magic Works by Terry Brooks
7. Flags in the Dust by William Faulkner
8. Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
9. Noble House by James Clavel
10. The Brother’s Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
11. Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
12. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
13. The Holy Bible by various authors
14. Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
15. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
16. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

I read through Le Morte D’Arthur. 900 pages? No problem!

https://www.wheredreamsescape.com/post/ ... e-d-arthur

1. The Ship that Sailed to Mars by William Timlin
2. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
3. The City on the Edge of Forever by Harlan Ellison
4. Double Star by Robert Heinlein
5. Paradise Lost by John Milton
6. Sometimes the Magic Works by Terry Brooks
7. Flags in the Dust by William Faulkner
8. Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
9. Noble House by James Clavell
10. The Brother’s Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
11. Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
12. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
13. The Holy Bible by various authors
14. Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
15. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
16. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
17. Le Morte D’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory

I recently re-read the delightful yet depressing “Anna Karenina.” Am reading Joyce’s “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” next.

More thoughts here:
https://www.wheredreamsescape.com/post/anna-karenina

1. The Ship that Sailed to Mars by William Timlin
2. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
3. The City on the Edge of Forever by Harlan Ellison
4. Double Star by Robert Heinlein
5. Paradise Lost by John Milton
6. Sometimes the Magic Works by Terry Brooks
7. Flags in the Dust by William Faulkner
8. Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
9. Noble House by James Clavell
10. The Brother’s Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
11. Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
12. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
13. The Holy Bible by various authors
14. Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
15. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
16. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
17. Le Morte D’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory
18. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Knocked out Joyce’s “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” in just a few days. Short but somewhat difficult read. Not sure yet which book I’ll pick up next…

More thoughts here:
https://www.wheredreamsescape.com/post ... -young-man

1. The Ship that Sailed to Mars by William Timlin
2. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
3. The City on the Edge of Forever by Harlan Ellison
4. Double Star by Robert Heinlein
5. Paradise Lost by John Milton
6. Sometimes the Magic Works by Terry Brooks
7. Flags in the Dust by William Faulkner
8. Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
9. Noble House by James Clavell
10. The Brother’s Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
11. Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
12. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
13. The Holy Bible by various authors
14. Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
15. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
16. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
17. Le Morte D’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory
18. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
19. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce