{"id":545,"date":"2024-01-03T16:31:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T22:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andy-thomson.net\/?p=545"},"modified":"2024-01-03T11:17:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T17:17:45","slug":"reading-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andy-thomson.net\/index.php\/2024\/01\/03\/reading-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since I&#8217;ve made a concerted effort to begin reading again, I&#8217;ve really enjoyed the almost gamification that Goodreads provides. Setting reading targets and giving ratings etc. has added a fun element to my reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/user\/year_in_books\/2023\/125419381\">Here is my reading in 2023.<\/a> It was pleasing to beat the target I set myself at the start of last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So now I set myself new targets, after exceeding my goals last year, a target of a book a week seems achievable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also want to set a TBR (to be read) list to hit throughout the year, so in no order here it is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Hobbit<\/strong> by JRR Tolkien (was reading this over the New Year, now complete)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Lord Of The Rings<\/strong> by JRR Tolkien\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Fellowship of The Ring<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Two Towers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Return of The King<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wind and Truth<\/strong> by Brandon Sanderson (Stormlight Archive 5)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Kingfountain<\/strong> Series by Jeff Wheeler\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Queen&#8217;s Poisoner (currently reading)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Thief&#8217;s Daughter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The King&#8217;s Traitor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Hollow Crown<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Silent Shield<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Forsaken Throne<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Legends Of Muirwood<\/strong> by Jeff Wheeler\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Wretched Of Muirwood<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Scourge Of Muirwood<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Blight Of Muirwood<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Twilight Kingdom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Covenant Of Muirwood<\/strong> by Jeff Wheeler\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Banished Of Muirwood<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Ciphers Of Muirwood<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Void Of Muirwood<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Lost Abbey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The First Argentines<\/strong> by Jeff Wheeler\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Knight&#8217;s Ransom<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Warrior&#8217;s Ransom<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lady&#8217;s Ransom<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fate&#8217;s Ransom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Dawning Of Muirwood<\/strong> by Jeff Wheeler\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Druid<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Hunted<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Betrayed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dungeon Crawler Carl <\/strong>by Matt Dinniman\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Carl&#8217;s Doomsday Scenario<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Dungeon Anarchist&#8217;s Cookbook<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Gate of the Feral Gods<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Butcher&#8217;s Masquerade<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Eye of the Bedlam Bride<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>He Who Fights with Monsters<\/strong> by Shirtaloon (at least book 2)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Will of the Many<\/strong> by James Islington<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Wheel of Time<\/strong> by Robert Jordan\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Fires of Heaven<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lord of Chaos<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Crown of Swords<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Path of Daggers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Winter&#8217;s Heart<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Crossroads of Twilight<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Knife of Dreams<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Gathering Storm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Towers of Midnight<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Memory of Light<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Vlad Taltos<\/strong> series by Steven Brust<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bronze Rank Brewer<\/strong> by James Ghoul<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Bound and the Broken Series<\/strong> by Ryan Cahill<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Iron Flame<\/strong> by Rebecca Yarros<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Riyria Revelations Series<\/strong> by Michael J. Sullivan (already read books 1 &amp; 2)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Discworld<\/strong> by Sir Terry Pratchett<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Earthseed Series <\/strong>by Octavia E. Butler<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Red Rising Series<\/strong> by Pierce Brown<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Riftwar Saga<\/strong> by Raymond E. Feist (already read Magician: Apprentice)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Warformed: Stormweaver Series<\/strong> by Bryce O&#8217;Connor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the books at the top of the list are on Kindle Unlimited, which I have a deal on until March. I doubt I will make it through all of them before then but hey, they&#8217;re essentially free books!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have a feeling that this list is a little on the long side, and at the moment only really features <em>fantasy fiction <\/em>books. So I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ll add a few palette cleansers in between. I&#8217;m also fairly sure I won&#8217;t make it through all of Jeff Wheeler&#8217;s books before March. My one goal for the year is to finally complete Wheel of Time, it&#8217;s a miracle I haven&#8217;t spoiled the ending of the story before now but that&#8217;s a significant amount of reading in itself (they&#8217;re not short books).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since I&#8217;ve made a concerted effort to begin reading again, I&#8217;ve really enjoyed the almost&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,41],"tags":[40,39],"class_list":["post-545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-reading","tag-plans","tag-reading"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andy-thomson.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/andy-thomson.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/andy-thomson.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andy-thomson.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andy-thomson.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/andy-thomson.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":546,"href":"https:\/\/andy-thomson.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions\/546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andy-thomson.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andy-thomson.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andy-thomson.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}