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“Reading gives us some place to go when we have to stay where we are” - Mason Cooley

Research shows that regular reading:
improves brain connectivity.
increases your vocabulary and comprehension.
empowers you to empathize with other people.
aids in sleep readiness.
reduces stress.
lowers blood pressure and heart rate.
fights depression symptoms.
prevents cognitive decline as you age.












Find out why Nanase Nishino, Nana Komatsu, Mugi Kadowaki, Haruka Kudo,
Mayu Watanabe, Maria Makino, Mizuki Fukumura, Minami Hoshino, and
Mana Ashida all love reading!

1. Make a post, preferably stating a goal of how many books you want to read this year.
2. Edit that post as you read throughout the year, slowly adding to the list of books you've read. Sorting the list by month is recommended.
3. Don't create additional posts, just keep editing your original post. Graphic novels count as .25 (in other words, 4 graphic novels = one book)

A link to the 2020 thread: http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=45814.0
« Last Edit: January 01, 2021, 07:44:14 AM by muppet »

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My goal for 2021: 24 books


Past Performance:
2011: 26 books read - goal 50 books
2012: 24 books read- goal 50 books
2013: 26 books read - goal 35 books
2014: 14 books read - goal 30 books
2015: 30 books read - goal 28 books
2016: 21 books read- goal 32 books
2017: 17 books read- goal 30 books
2018: 13 books read - goal 20 books
2019: 16 books read - goal 15 books
2020: 23 books read - goal 20 books
2021: 19 books read - goal 24 Books

Jan 2021: (2)
The Road to Wanting (Wendy Law-Yone)

Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Tales from the Cafe (Toshikazu Kawaguchi)
[Translated from the Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot]

Feb 2021:(2)
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (Ocean Vuong)
Interior Chinatown (Charles Yu)

Mar 2021:(1)
Braised Pork (An Yu)

Apr 2021:(2)

How Much of These Hills is Gold (C Pam Zhang)

Bullet Train (Kotaro Isaka)
[Translated from the Japanese by Sam Malissa]

May 2021: (1)
The Sentinel (Lee Child and Andrew Child)

June 2021: (1)
The Memory Police (Yoko Ogawa)
[Translated From the Japanese by Stephen Snyder]

July 2021 : (2)
The Three-Body Problem (Cixin Liu)
[Translated by Ken Liu]

Earthlings (Sayaka Murata)
[Translated from the Japanese by Ginny Tapley Takemori]

August 2021:(1)

Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro)

September 2021: (1)

White Ivy (Susie Yang)

October 2021: (1)

Fate: Death Notice II (Zhao Haohui)
[Translated from the Chinese by Zac Haluza]

November 2021:(2)
Whereabouts (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Fair Warning (Michael Connelly)

December 2021:(3)
Death Notice (Zhou Haohui)
[Translated from the Chinese by Zac Haluza]

The Borrowed (Chan Ho-Kei)
[translated by Jeremy Tiang]

The Cat Who Saved Books (Sosuke Natsukawa)
[Translated by Louise Heal Kawai]

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