{"id":3189,"date":"2016-01-18T15:04:31","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T15:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kevinmaschke.com\/en\/?p=3189"},"modified":"2021-08-26T16:47:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T16:47:40","slug":"literary-challenge-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevinmaschke.com\/en\/literary-challenge-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Literary Challenge 2016!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I always liked books. And I noticed that I have read a lot less since I went to Germany to the Navy. And even noticing this last year and pushing myself to read some of the books I had pending (Edge of Eternity by Ken Follet, The Complete Stories I and II by Isaac Asimov, The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kevinmaschke.com\/en\/books\/ready-player-one\/\">Ready Player One<\/a> and Armada by Ernest Cline and &#8220;La Zona&#8221; by Javier Negrete and Juan Miguel Aguilera) these only totaled 7. Seven! <strong>Seven books in a whole year, this isn\u00b4t right<\/strong>. I can do it better, and I want to read more. Therefore this year I made up my own literary challenge. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.book-eater.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I\u00b4m not as incredible as Beleth from Book-Eater<\/a><\/strong>, who can read 200 or more books a year, but I\u00b4d like to read more and slowly increase the books read every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year <strong>I decided to start with a simple number, 12<\/strong>. Yes, my challenge for this year is minimum 12 books, and I think it is more than possible by simply spending one hour per day and it should definitely not take 1 year. Obviously this is the minimum, and if I manage to surpass it even better. Currently I have 11 books to read at home, which you can see on the top image, and I will start with these by selecting some and start reading. Some of them are a must read this year for me while others do not have that much priority.&nbsp;This does not mean that I wont get new books. If I see any book I find interesting and\/or want in a book store I will buy it and add it to my list. So let\u00b4s see the books I already have:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hyperion, by Dan Simmons. (First part of the Hyperion Cantos)<\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Childhoods End, by&nbsp;Arthur C. Clarke.&nbsp;\u2714<\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Emperor\u00b4s Assassins, by&nbsp;Santiago Posteguillo. (First part of the Trajan trilogy)&nbsp;\u2714<\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dune, by&nbsp;Frank Herbert. (First Part of the Dune Chronicles)<\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Call of Agon, by&nbsp;Dean F. Wilson. (First part of the &#8220;The Children of Telm&#8221; series)<\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Half a King, by&nbsp;Joe Abercrombie. (First part of the &#8220;Shattered Sea&#8221; series)&nbsp;\u2714<\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">47 Ronin, by&nbsp;Shunsui Tamenaga.<\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">A little History of the World, by&nbsp;Gombrich.<\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">A little History of Philosophy, by&nbsp;Nigel Warburton.<\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Orcs, by&nbsp;Stan Nicholls. (This is a Trilogy published in one book)<\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Scrutator, by&nbsp;Ian Irvine. (Third part of the &#8220;The Well of Echoes&#8221; series&nbsp;&#8211; being a third part, I may want to read part 1 and 2 first)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I like to read book of all genres to have some variation but I admit that lately I science fiction book, mostly classics (Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke), have caught my attention more than others. I also like to read trilogies or series, which explains why my list contains a few first parts, because I\u00b4d like to read these series since I have had them in mind for quite some time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So this is it. <strong>This is my Literary Challenge for 2016, minimum 12 books<\/strong>. If possible, I will of course try to&nbsp;surpass this number. And if I feel like it I may even do a small entry on each book I read, even if it is a small review or opinion. If you have any book suggestion do not hesitate to leave a comment. I\u00b4d be happy to check it out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>And you , what are you reading?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I always liked books. And I noticed that I have read a lot less since I went to Germany to the Navy. 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