Here’s a tweet I just sent in answer to this question over there:
The Queen’s Gambit by W Tevis is the standout so far.
Normally I gallop through books to see what happens, but with this, I kept putting it down after each chapter to savour the language and make it last longer.
For a quiet, enjoyable read, Olive, Mabel and Me by
@MrAndrewCotter
I was just notified that The Queen’s Gambit is waiting for me at the library. I was inspired to read it because of your description of the writing. Thanks!
Retirement Reading Quest – Reading my way to ‘free’ council rates.
I’m on a quest to borrow and read enough books to, in effect, cancel out the cost of my council rates per year.
It’s outlined in this post.
Year 8: 2018/2019 – $1,800
I may as well continue back-tracking. I moved here in 2016, so I’ll chip away at all the rates I paid up till then.Â
Running Total – $390
Year 7: I’m already a year ahead on my rates, so I’m taking a reader’s suggestion and I’m going to go back and start covering the rates from the year before I started. I may as well.Â
Year 7: Total needed: 2019/2020…$1,800
Finished! 12/12/2025
Year 6 (2025/2026) $2,590 AREADY COVERED!!!!!!
10/08/2015 – I won’t have another rates notice until August 2026, so I have time to kill. Let’s knock over a previous year’s rates, just for fun.
Year 5 (2024/2025) $2,339 and dog rego ($63) = $2,435.
Finished it before I even had the new rates notice ready.
Year 4 (2023/2024)Â $2,413.
Success! Not sure exactly when I passed the total, because I was waiting on the dog registrations to come through. But yes – I blitzed it.
Year 3: (2022/2023) $2,350
12/01/2023 FINISHED! Not working gives me heaps more reading time – I recommend it!
Cheers to living your retirement by your own rules! Keep it up 🙂
Well, you wouldn’t want to live it by anyone else’s rules!
That’s the point of retirement – your rules!
Damn, girl! 20 books! IM.PRESS.IVE!
I just finished Ready Player Two, I devoured it. Its better than Ready Player One.
Of the mighty 20, what has been your favorite(s)?
Here’s a tweet I just sent in answer to this question over there:
The Queen’s Gambit by W Tevis is the standout so far.
Normally I gallop through books to see what happens, but with this, I kept putting it down after each chapter to savour the language and make it last longer.
For a quiet, enjoyable read, Olive, Mabel and Me by
@MrAndrewCotter
I was just notified that The Queen’s Gambit is waiting for me at the library. I was inspired to read it because of your description of the writing. Thanks!
Ooo! I hope you like it.
I just picked up 3 more books from the library, all from recommendations I saw on Twitter.
Sounds wonderful!!
It wouldn’t be wonderful forever – nothing else would ever get done! – but it’s pretty good right now.
🙂