Lukerik's 2018 Challenge

My problem is that I get books quicker than I read them. This trend must reverse so I'll keep a record here of "ins" and "outs". Hopefully knowing people can see what's happening will help me keep to it.

Also, I see from my LT stats that I read mostly books by dead Englishmen. I'd like to broaden my outlook somewhat by reading at least twelve books by people from different nationalities / ethnic groups etc.

In

1. Pork: More Than 50 Heavenly Meals that Celebrate the Glory of Pig, Delicious Pig by Cree LaFavour
2. The MEATliquor Chronicles: Chapter and Verse by Yianni Papoutsis and Scott Collins
3. Tahafut Al -Tahafat by Averroes
4. Weight Watchers Perfect Pasta
5. Weight Watchers Meals in 30 Minutes
6. The Pocket Encyclopedia of Gardening by Peter McHoy
7. 200 Twenty-minute Meals My housemate buys me these little books...
...and then I discover a new second-hand bookshop...
8. The Concubine by Elechi Amadi
9. The Great Ponds by Elechi Amadi
10. Beka Lamb by Zee Edgell
11. In the Fog of the Season's End by Alex La Guma
12. One Day of Life by Manlio Argueta
13. Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops by Jen Campbell
14. Arabian Sands by Wilfred Thesiger
15. Haifa Fragments by khulud khamis
16. Weep Not, Child by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
17. Revival by Stephen King
18. The River Cottage Meat Book by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
19. The Fabliaux

Out

1. A History of Israel by John Bright
2. Plato: Complete Works
3. MEATliquor Chronicles. Pretentious crap. I bookcrossed it.
4. Acastos: Two Platonic Dialogues by Iris Murdoch
5. A Sentimental Journey & The Journal to Eliza by Laurence Sterne
6. Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops by Jen Campbell
7. Understanding Book-Collecting by Grant Uden
8. Valley of the Kings by John Romer

I am abandoning the above challenge at this point. At first it did actually make me stop and think before buying a book, but now I have come to enjoy putting my purchases on here. I'll continue with the challenge below as I can feel it doing me good.

Nationalities

1. American - John Bright
2. Jewish - Anonymous authors of Genesis
3. Ancient Greek - Anonymous author of Rival Lovers
4. English - Laurence Sterne
5. Irish - Iris Murdoch
6. Breton - Alain-Rene Le Sage Yeah, I'm counting him as Breton rather than French as I have another French author to read. I have a target to meet here!
7. French - Georges Contenau
8. Australian - Thomas Keneally
9. German - Heinrich Boll
10. Guinean - Camara Laye
11. Cameroonian - Mongo Beti
12. Kenyan - Ngugi wa Thiong'o

I shall carrry on as it's only June (and there was a bit of cheating)

13. Sicilian - Diodorus Siculus
14. Belgian - Juliette Dor

OK, so yesterday I got 16 books for bookcrossing from a woman on Freecycle... but I'm only counting two of them as I'm going to use them first.

>2 Lukerik: You'll have to tell us how the recipes work out!

Well let me know if you're coming over and I'll do something special.

>4 Lukerik: Sounds good. In the meantime, maybe we can enjoy the recipes vicariously here. :)

Sure. Get some carrots. Skin and slice them quite thin. Fry them on the lowest heat for half an hour. When they're done, push them to one side of the pan and turn the heat up to full. Pour in a tablespoon of mustard seeds. When they start to pop, pour over the juice of half a lemon and mix everything together. Serve immediately.

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Also, I see from my LT stats that I read mostly books by dead Englishmen.

:)

I'd like to broaden my outlook somewhat by reading at least twelve books by people from different nationalities / ethnic groups etc

My fave! I'll be curious to see which books/ethnicities you choose.

>6 Lukerik: That sounds yummy!