http://read50books.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Read 50 Books In One Year en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:05:46 GMT 2010-01-02T11:05:46Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977898797&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace As part of the new year's resolution, I set a goal of reading 50 books in 2009. See my post here: Book reading plan in 2009 . Now I gladly report that I reached this goal, and plan to do the same in . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:20:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977898797&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Ru Smiln 2010-01-01T19:20:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971647&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace 50 Physics Ideas You Really Need To Know By Joanne Baker I'm out of practice on physics, to this was a really handy review, covering everything from Newtonian motion to relativity to quantum . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:59:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971647&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Rick S. 2010-01-01T19:59:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971494&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Radar, Hula Hoops, and Playful Pigs: 67 Digestible Commentaries on the Fascinating Chemistry of Everyday Life by Dr. Joe Schwarcz Dr. Schwarcz presents "67 digestible commentaries on the fascinating . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:34:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971494&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Rick S. 2010-01-01T16:34:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970801&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Rescuing Sprite - Mark Levin Fooled by Randomness - Nassim Taleb Look Me in the Eye - John Robison The Last Chinese Chef - Nicole Mones Devil in the White City - Erik Larson Merle's Door - . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:05:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970801&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Janell R. 2009-12-31T23:05:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970664&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Todays the last day of the year and I'm posting my final results from the 50 books in a year challenge.  I fell short this year having read only 20 out of 50.  However, I did read a lot of manga . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:05:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970664&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Rebecca [Future Teacher] 2009-12-31T21:05:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970484&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Until this year, I had never kept track of the books I read . I knew it was unlikely that I would reach 50, but it would be interesting to see how the year would play out. My total number . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:34:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970484&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Pat D. 2009-12-31T18:34:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970268&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Well Gather faithful , I'm not going to make it ! Am I ashamed or downtrodden ? HECK NO ! This attempt has given rise to a new energy and interest in reading . After the Big C and colostomy ,I had . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:28:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970268&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace phil w. 2009-12-31T15:28:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970136&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Back at the beginning of December, I didn't anticipate making my goal of reading 50 books in 2009. I did think I could beat last year by 2-3 books though. Then along came PC Cast and the House of Night . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:40:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970136&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Marianne R. 2009-12-31T13:40:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968964&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace First, I apologize for posting to this group without a proper introduction. I have been a Gather member for quite a while, but only recently joined your group. Here's a excerpt from a recent press release . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:22:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968964&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Antoine D. 2009-12-30T18:22:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967587&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace The Cure is now available at online bookstores around the world. Below is a partial list: US and Canada: IndieBound Amazon.com Network (U.S., Canada, France, UK, Germany & Japan) . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:02:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967587&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Antoine D. 2009-12-29T20:02:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959761&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace   We all know that I read a lot. I mean A LOT. My usual genre is mystery/suspense with a classic or biography thrown in here and there, but when I came across The Happiness . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:35:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959761&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace CyberGwen ! 2009-12-23T04:35:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959423&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Rapture for the Geeks: When AI Outsmarts IQ By Richard Dooling Richard Dooling discusses the growing power of artificial intelligence and the possibility of the "singularity", the point at which . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:10:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959423&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Rick S. 2009-12-23T00:10:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958683&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace The Convent of the Pure By Sara M. Harvey This steampunk fantasy is centered around the relationship between Portia Gyony, a nephilim demon-slayer, and the ghost of her lover, Imogen. The . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:22:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958683&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Rick S. 2009-12-22T20:22:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953051&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace #18 the Outcast (50 books in a year) by Louise Cooper In the Outcast, Tarod is joined while frozen in time by Cyllan, a young horse drover, and Drachea, a self important Margrave’s . . . Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:20:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953051&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Lets not and say we did 2009-12-18T14:20:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977942929&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Aug 2009 32. Shaman’s Crossing #1 by Robin Hobb (fantasy) 33. Forest Magic #2 by Robin Hobb (fantasy) 34. Renegade’s Magic #3 by Robin Hobb (fantasy) . . . Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:03:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977942929&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Chick J. 2009-12-11T19:03:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977942568&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Been a long time since I posted here. So let see if I can read 50 books for 2009. Most books I am reading are coming off my TBRC ( To be read bookcase). June 2009 24. . . . Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:08:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977942568&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Chick J. 2009-12-11T15:08:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977939729&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Toward the end of each year, a few friends and I start an email thread about our favorite things in about a dozen different categories from the last 50 weeks or so. Books is a fixture on our best-of . . . Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:20:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977939729&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Chris Steib 2009-12-09T23:20:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977933755&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace After spending most of the year publishing other people's stuff, yours truly will be releasing her first full length book since September and Other Stories .  And for your reading pleasure, here . . . Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:41:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977933755&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Julie Ann Dawson 2009-12-06T20:41:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977934156&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace At RTE this week we have Twenty new crime fiction reviews:            http://www.reviewingtheevidence.com            Denise Mina in the . . . Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:45:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977934156&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Sharon K. 2009-12-07T02:45:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977932757&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace #17 the Road (50 books in a year) The Road is a 2006 novel by American writer Cormac McCarthy . It is a post-apocalyptic tale of a journey taken by a father and his young son . . . Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:05:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977932757&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Lets not and say we did 2009-12-06T03:05:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977932383&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace     (The first number is the total for the year and the last is the total for the month, NF stands for nonfiction) January 2009 1/1          . . . Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:38:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977932383&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace CyberGwen ! 2009-12-05T19:38:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977931541&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Triangulation: Dark Glass is a bizarre, energetic, disorienting, and engaging collection of speculative fiction. Each story is brilliantly written; full of wit and creativity. Each story in the collection . . . Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:20:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977931541&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Julie Ann Dawson 2009-12-05T01:20:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977930594&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace #16 the Initiate (50 books in a year) by Louise Cooper The seven gods of Order had ruled unchallenged for centuries, served by the adepts of the Circle in their bleak northern castle . . . Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:28:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977930594&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Lets not and say we did 2009-12-04T13:28:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977922304&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Zen Shorts By Jon J. Muth Comic book artist and fantasy illustrator Jon J. Muth goes for something a bit different here with a childrens picture book of stories based on Zen Buddhism. The . . . Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:16:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977922304&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Rick S. 2009-11-29T14:16:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977921183&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace In 1856 Abraham Lincoln was campaigning to firmly establish his new party, the Republican party, and promote the party’s presidential candidate. He was also trying to keep up his law practice . . . Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:17:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977921183&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace David K. 2009-11-28T10:17:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977916776&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Surprise! I love to read. You knew that already, right? Being a book lover is not just all about books though. Here are some things that just might be perfect for the reader in your life…. . . . Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:15:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977916776&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace CyberGwen ! 2009-11-25T06:15:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977909712&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Setting Suns by Elizabeth Donald This collection of horror and SF short stories opens with a bang: "Sisyphus" is a time travel story that manages to be horrifying and brilliantly clever at the . . . Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:53:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977909712&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Rick S. 2009-11-20T23:53:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977906021&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace China (Eyewitness Travel Guides) The Eyewitness series started out with brightly-illustrated children's books on science, nature, technology, and history, and expanded to include a variety of nonfiction . . . Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:43:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977906021&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Rick S. 2009-11-18T06:43:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977904071&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace To All, Book Readers Heaven has invited me to be a Spotlighted Author on there site. Check out my new interview: http://ipbookreviewer-bookreadersheaven.blogspot.com/2009/11/spotlighted-author-aaron-kuykendall.html . . . Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:23:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977904071&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace A.K. Kuykendall 2009-11-17T03:23:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977903151&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace #15 Emergency (50 books in a year) Anyone who lived through the Bush II years, as Strauss argues, ought to learn how to go it alone in a world gone mad. Hurricane Katrina proved our government . . . Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:09:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977903151&grpId=3659174697251718&nav=Groupspace Lets not and say we did 2009-11-16T16:09:54Z