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1- The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things in Motion
2-Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living
3-Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words
4-Nature and Walking
5-Information Doesn't Want to Be Free: Laws for the Internet Age
6-The Doors of Perception
7-The American Scholar; Self-Reliance. Compensation
8-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
9-Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations
10-The Waste Land & Four Quartets
11-Alice in Wonderland
12-YOUCAT: The Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church
13-YOUCAT Confirmation Book: Student Book
14-Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
15-A Wrinkle in Time
16-The Call of the Wild
17-The BFG
18-The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
19-Night
20-Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
21-Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay
22-The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future
23-Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
24-The Prince
25-Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges
26-Norse Mythology
27-The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children
28-HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People
29-Oh, the Meetings You'll Go To!: A Parody
30-Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy
31-The Andromeda Strain
32-TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking
33-Organize Tomorrow Today: 8 Ways to Retrain Your Mind to Optimize Performance at Work and in Life
34-Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE
35-The Leadership Moment: Nine True Stories of Triumph and Disaster and Their Lessons for Us All
36-If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Happy?
37-Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want
38-The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor
39-You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life
40-The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck: How to Stop Spending Time You Don't Have with People You Don't Like Doing Things You Don't Want to Do
41-The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding From You
42-What Do Women Want?: Adventures in the Science of Female Desire
43-The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure
44-Learning Leadership: The Five Fundamentals of Becoming an Exemplary Leader
45-Write It Down, Make It Happen: Knowing What You Want And Getting It
46-Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin Is Changing Money, Business, and the World
47-Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
48-Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
49-The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
50-How to Have a Good Day: Harness the Power of Behavioral Science to Transform Your Working Life
51-Carrots and Sticks: Unlock the Power of Incentives to Get Things Done
52-When Breath Becomes Air
53-Stretch: How to Future-Proof Yourself for Tomorrow's Workplace
54-Singletasking: Get More Done One Thing at a Time
55-Business Execution for RESULTS: A Practical Guide for Leaders of Small to Mid-Sized Firms
56-How to Run the World: Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance
57-Leading: Learning from Life and My Years at Manchester United
58-Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation into Space
59-The Best Place to Work: The Art and Science of Creating an Extraordinary Workplace
60-Unlimited Power : The New Science Of Personal Achievement
61-Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World
62-Winning
63-You Can't Read This Book: Censorship in an Age of Freedom
64-Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead
65-Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
66-What Would Google Do?
67-Why Is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality
68-When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management
69-Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator
70-The 100-Year Life: Living and working in an age of longevity
71-Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More Without Settling for Less
72-The Art of Happiness
73-The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
74-Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable
75-18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done
76-The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
77-Less Doing, More Living: Make Everything in Life Easier
78-Dangerously Sleepy: Overworked Americans and the Cult of Manly Wakefulness
79-Accidental Genius: Using Writing to Generate Your Best Ideas, Insight, and Content
80-The Happiness Equation: The Surprising Economics of Our Most Valuable Asset
81-The War on Journalism
82-Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions
83-Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing
84-Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity
85-Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman
86-Weird Ideas That Work: How to Build a Creative Company
87-The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential
88-Peers Inc: How the Collaborative Economy is Creating Radical Prosperity
89-The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever
90-Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
91-Super Brain: Unleashing the Explosive Power of Your Mind to Maximize Health, Happiness, and Spiritual Well-Being
92-Ego Is the Enemy
93-30 Ways to Reboot Your Body: A Complete User Manual for Getting the Most Out of the Human Body
94-The Myth of the Strong Leader: Political Leadership in the Modern Age
95-The Economic Singularity: Artificial intelligence and the death of capitalism
96-Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success
97-Under New Management: How Leading Organizations Are Upending Business as Usual
98-Content Inc: How entrepreneurs use content to build massive audiences and create radically successful businesses
99-Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention
100-Bourbon Empire: The Past and Future of America's Whiskey
101-Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
102-Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
103-Beat Sugar Addiction Now!
104-Focus
105-Wait: The Art and Science of Delay
106-The Orderly Conversation
107-A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
108-Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work
109-Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose
110-Millennial Money: How Young Investors Can Build a Fortune
111-Free Will
112-Emotional Intelligence 2.0
113-The Case Against Sugar
114-10 Days to Faster Reading
115-Attitude Reflects Leadership
116-Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
117-Your Best Just Got Better: Work Smarter, Think Bigger, Make More
118-Winners: And How They Succeed
119-15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management: The Productivity Habits of 7 Billionaires, 13 Olympic Athletes, 29 Straight-A Students, and 239 Entrepreneurs
120-Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
121-Get Momentum: How to Start When You're Stuck
122-A History of the World in 6 Glasses
123-Invisible Influence: The Power to Persuade Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere
124-Maximizing Your Potential
125-The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal
126-Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
127-Doing the Right Things Right: How the Effective Executive Spends Time
128-The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done
129-Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else
130-End the Insomnia Struggle: A Step-by-Step Guide to Help You Get to Sleep and Stay Asleep
131-Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative
132-The Grid: Electrical Infrastructure for a New Era
133-The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable
134-Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
135-The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You
136-Maximizing Your Potential
137-Brainfluence: 100 Ways to Persuade and Convince Consumers with Neuromarketing
138-The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
139-Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work
140-Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
141-Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
142-Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1
143-Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #2
144-Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #4
145-Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #3
146-Batman: A Death in the Family
147-The Final Night (1996-) #3
148-The Final Night (1996-) #2
149-The Final Night (1996-) #4
150-The Final Night (1996-) #1
151-Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe
152-Flashpoint

Total so far- 152/150

I am a complete rookie to this group, however, being a voracious reader, I think this challenge is up my alley.

2016 was my most successful TBR clearing yet. However, I still have over 2000 TBR books waiting between physical and kindle mediums.

I suppose my only downfall is that I don't pick small books. The three volume set of Arabian nights will be my first attempt for 2017. I also use goodreads to track books I read and enjoy with my children. I won't be including those in this challenge.

Giddy up.

Steven wrote: "I am a complete rookie to this group, however, being a voracious reader, I think this challenge is up my alley.

2016 was my most successful TBR clearing yet. However, I still have over 2000 TBR bo..."

Welcome, Steven! Good luck with all those big books! Hope to see you atop Olympus when I get there!

Thanks Bev, looking forward to an ambitious year!

At three books a week, I wonder how many "War and Peace"-length books one can accomplish! ;-)

I plan on splicing less challenging books in-between, don't you worry!

The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things in Motion



An outstanding book clearly ahead of its time. It espouses the use of pull based platforms rather than push based ones and speaks of challenges that would face individuals, companies and societies who did not adjust.

While not prophetic, the book presents a concise understanding of how platforms and networks work to tame the increasing pace of change and complexity in the modern world.

Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living


Another outstanding book to start off the new year. This drives deep into the religion and science border I am so enthralled with these days.

Beyond that it deals with modern spirituality and the human condition with guest stars from a variety of disciplines. I will be reading this again.

Nature and Walking

****

A classic in its own right. This book has influenced so many generations of intellectuals and speaks to the relationship between man, nature, science and religion.

Of note is the trends of minimalism, and abolitionist thinking which were fundamental in the pages of history at different eras.

It had to resort to Wikipedia biographies of both authors to satisfy a curiosity these two select works didn't satisfy.

Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words

***

Great concept, love the author. The oversimplification took a lot away from this novel book.m I get the concept of explain it to me like I am five, but calling oil fire water just over complicated things when combustion engines were introduced.

Information Doesn't Want to Be Free: Laws for the Internet Age

****

A real gem, far outdid my expectations. A refreshing primer on net neutrality, copy-write law, and art/commerce duality.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

****
The concept was delivered really well, however, it felt a bit to rushed. This is one of the few cases where I enjoyed the movie more than the book. Still worth a read.

Zooming along pretty good for a rookie, Steven! You've been secretly training. ;-)

Thanks for the kind words Bev. Let's hope I can keep up the pace :).

How are you managing on your climb?

Steven wrote: "Thanks for the kind words Bev. Let's hope I can keep up the pace :).

How are you managing on your climb?"

I'm working on #8 at the moment. It's a cozy mystery and ought to be quick--but it's kindof dragging.

Steven wrote: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

****
The concept was delivered really well, however, it felt a bit to rushed. This is one of the few cases where I enjoyed the movie more than the..."

I'm behind on so many classics, and I find now that I'm well past my degree-earning years (sigh), I have less patience with them! But I need to fill a few holes, and you just reminded me that I have yet to read Great Gatsby, and by God I'm going to read that this year.

Steven wrote: "Thanks for the kind words Bev. Let's hope I can keep up the pace :).

How are you managing on your climb?"

I've been fortunate this year. I've had some good picks from my shelf, but I assume i'll run into one of those dragging novels sooner or later. I'm looking at you "Go Set a Watchman". :(

Bev wrote: "Steven wrote: "Thanks for the kind words Bev. Let's hope I can keep up the pace :).

How are you managing on your climb?"

I'm working on #8 at the moment. It's a cozy mystery and ought to be quick..."

Some classics flow a lot better than others. There is something about a Russian novel that compares to a Spartan race.....

Alice in Wonderland

****

It's a classic for a reason. Utter nonsense, yet, wonderful imaginative narratives.

Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There

****

I prefer the first novel, although some major characters in this made this book much better then it was.

Love Alice in Wonderland. And I see you've finished A Wrinkle in Time as well. It's been ages since read that--but I adored it when I was in junior high.

Just added "Nature and Walking" to my "want to read" list.

Love wrinkle in time :). Had to revisit it this year.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay



I expected this book to m mediocre, but it was actually fairly endearing. It has skin deep character development, but the medium suits its story.

The Call of the Wild

****

An outstanding book. I did not go into this expecting the richness of the story and the subtleties of its metaphors.

A Wrinkle in Time



My second time reading this book. I love the concepts and the characters.

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

***
I had higher hopes for this one, but it was disjointed and lacked the punch to drive home the main premise. A decent read, but could use a major edit from the author.

Night



Words are so feeble compared to what this man and others went through......

The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds

****

A book from my favorite author about another favorite author. Loved it.

The BFG

****

I'm new to Dahl, but as a Dad with small children, it's never too late to enjoy some of the great children's works. Good book!

I loved Night. It is a disturbingly real view of a horrible time.
You are doing great on your goal !

Time-wise, I underestimated both my capacity and desire to post individual reviews here. I got behind in the reviews, but not necessarily in my reading.

It will be a real challenge to hit 150, but i'm going for it.

Quirkyreader wrote: "Steven,

Just keep on going. You can hit 150."

Thanks :)

Blew past Mt. Everest! On the way to the summit.

Steven wrote: "Blew past Mt. Everest! On the way to the summit."

Congratulations!

Thanks!

Only 5 books to the peak!

153-Change the Culture, Change the Game: The Breakthrough Strategy for Energizing Your Organization and Creating Accountability for Results
154-The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
155-The Art of Rivalry: Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in Modern Art
156-Batman: The Killing Joke
157-This is Service Design Thinking: Basics �� Tools �� Cases
158-All-New X-Men, Volume 1: Yesterday's X-Men
159-All-New X-Men, Volume 2: Here to Stay

160-All-New X-Men, Volume 3: Out of Their Depth

Reached the summit, and with time to spare! Quite the climb.

Nice job!!

Quirkyreader wrote: "Welcome to the air up here.

I wonder who our third guest will be?"

Won't be me :( I'm reading my TBR mountain in order I acquired them, and lately all the books have either been ginormous (currently reading a 600 pager) or else nonfiction that's a little dense (i.e. The Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs) so I'm climbing slow & probably won't make even Mt. Everest.