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I finally finished Golden Witchbreed today and it‘s most likely going to be my last #tbrbingo book of the year. I have a bunch of new library books that I‘m way more interested in! Still trying to decide what to do for next year. I have twelve physical #TBR books on my shelf but otherwise I‘d like to just read whatever I want for a bit after finishing the #modernlibrarytop100. Stay tuned to see what happens!

James Joyce can K.M.A. honestly. 20% done with Ulysses! #modernlibrarytop100

Here we go!

This is the number one book on the #modernlibrarytop100 list, and I‘ve finally gotten to this point over a decade after starting to read from the bottom of The List.

Only read five pages of very tiny font and already exhausted, but I‘m trying to keep an open mind.

This year‘s #tbrbingo has been going a lot better than my efforts in previous years. I‘m just over halfway done as of the halfway mark in the year.

If you look closely, you‘ll see that I skipped one of my #bookclub books. Also: I‘m only one book away from the end of the #modernlibrarytop100 ‼️

Always tend to have a couple books going at a time, so I‘m starting The Grapes of Wrath to read alongside Black Powder War. This is my next #modernlibrarytop100 book. Jacques and I were cuddled up on the couch together for a bit but I started getting sleepy so I had to get up and move around. #catsoflitsy

#tbrbingo for 2020! I just started Black Powder War a little before midnight last night.

This one was a great big “meh” for me. It‘s the story of Ernest Pontifex, who emerges from a childhood of startling abuse to become a pastor and then gets imprisoned due to a misunderstanding. It‘s an attack on Victorian hypocrisy but like.. you better know your Victorian hypocrisy REALLY well to catch the attack part. I hate to say it, but I‘m not sure this is all that relevant to a modern reader. #modernlibrarytop100

A few hours in to holiday reading extravaganza and I haven‘t made much progress because I needed to take a nap 😳🥱 Next up: snack, some gaming, and then back to my books.

I have to say, if not for my #modernlibrarytop100 project I would‘ve put this book down a long time ago.

1984 is a good book and a classic for a reason - it‘s packed full of interesting ideas. On the other hand, it‘s a bit frustrating. There‘s a textbook section in the middle that brings the whole thing to a crashing halt.

This was actually a reread (for my #modernlibrarytop100 challenge). I initially read it about 13 years ago, and as always with reading a book again, it was interesting to see which things stuck with me.