|OT| The 2026 Metacouncil Reading Challenge

[NarohDethan]

By popular demand (three guys).

Similar to the Finished Games thread, here’s an space to share and discuss the books we have read this year.

There’s no criteria to what counts as finished other than you being done with the book, but I’d encourage to set a goal of books to read.

 

[NarohDethan]

Personal goal: 12 books (so I should read at least one each month).

Currently reading:

This is Amiko, do you copy? by Natsuko Imamura
Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu
Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan

Finished:

1. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams 5/5
2. Abroad In Japan by Chris Broad 1.5/5

 

[QFNS]

I'm following a genre fiction podcast (Shelved by Genre -- check them out) and they usually do units of like 2-3 months on a series of books or comics or whatever. This time they are doing the mainline Tolkien books (Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Silmarillion -- in that order). And planning a leisurely pace. So my goal is at least those before end of the year. Hopefully add several more too.

 

[Knurek]

Mind you, I'm counting comics that have GR entries there (and plan to read a bunch of Amazing Spider-Man this year, that's why the number is so high)
My completion rates for previous years are:
2023 (88) - 24 'proper' books
2024 (228) - 23 'proper' books
2025 (185) - 44 'proper' books

 

[Jav]

Personal goal: My challenge for this year is 15 books (I'm not counting comics or manga but I'll comment on them anyway).

Currently reading: What I Ate in One Year from Stanley Tucci. My mom recommended this to me and I don't know why but I'm actually reading it

 

[Stevey]

I try to read every night.

Currently reading Mortis. It's 40K, The Siege Of Terra Series (continuation of Horus Heresy)

Mortis (Novel) - Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum

wh40k.lexicanum.com

 

[Hektor]

Book 1:

Incestous Incelcore about a guy addicted to liveleak footage.
Harrowing, real and tragic in all the right ways.

 

[Hektor]

Book 2:

Kinda nice to read of the exact circumstances that lead to the writing of his books, but nothing particularily mindblowing.

 

[Stevey]

Finished Mortis.
Not great IMO, didnt really get into a lot of the characters except returning ones from the earlier books in the series.

Onto Warhawk

 

[lashman]

Finished Mortis.

tis

 

[Jav]

Personal goal: My challenge for this year is 15 books (I'm not counting comics or manga but I'll comment on them anyway).

Currently reading: What I Ate in One Year from Stanley Tucci. My mom recommended this to me and I don't know why but I'm actually reading it

Finished.

It's a shame because I enjoyed his previous book in a way, which I considered recommendable despite not being my usual genre.

This is merely a diary of film shoots and luxury trips, a far cry from those intimate moments of childhood and the culinary culture of the children of immigrants from the previous one. In this book, he seems much more accustomed to a life of luxury, and his snobbery has risen several notches, complaining about every little thing related to food, hotels, or travel.

On top of all this, for some reason, the man can't stop making jokes and insinuating that his wife is unfaithful to him during his “business trips,” which makes the whole experience even stranger.

I don't recommend it.

 

[Knurek]

I wish the book stayed sf - the beginning when is strong but turns into weird psychological musings midway through to its detriment
Book 1:

It's a weird series, world building is amazing, there's almost no plot to speak of (although that changes in this volume). Translation quality/writing is bad bordering on terrible, but improves from volume to volume.
Let's see where it goes in next part, in a few months time. I've had my fill of Myne for now.

Book 2:

I wish the book stayed sf - the beginning when is strong but turns into weird psychological musings midway through to its detriment