My first book of the year:

Coach of Alva's books for 2014

Question Is a graphic stories collection, volume three of Neil Gaiman's Sandman. Does this count as a book?

Sure. I've got several on my stack to read and plan to count them.

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Is this how you start a thread on the 75 books challenge? If it isn't, then please, some kind person tell me how to.

Yep, this is how you do it! I add messages to my thread as I go to describe each book. Others will edit the first message to keep a list in one place. Some even use a mix of both methods! Browse around on some threads and you'll see some examples.

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January 2014 reading

2014-01-04 Neil Gaiman Sandman, Volume Three. Dream Country ****

2014-01-22 Ovid Metamorphoses, The Horace Gregory, Tr. ****

2014-01-26 Neil Gaiman Sandman, Volume Four, Season of Mists ****

2014-01-29 William Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing Lewis Theobald, editor *****

Oh my, I love *all* of those reads! I can't wait to see what else you'll be reading this year!

I suffer from having too many interests. I do love to read translations of the Greek and Latin classics. I've read 5 of the Metamorphoses, 6 of the Iliad, 4 of the Odyssey. Question: can you read them in the original languages?

I didn't read the instructions before I set up my thread. Is there some way I can re-title it?

>13 Coach_of_Alva:: I can and do. I'm a classicist by trade, so, well, yeah, it's just what I do. I frequently re-read them in translation, too, though. Do you have a favorite translator?

>14 Coach_of_Alva:: I don't think so, but I wouldn't worry about it, plus you'll have a chance to fix it, if you like, when you hit, 150-200 posts (somewhere in there), and then an option will pop up at the end of the thread for you to start a new thread, which you can re-name.

Alexander Pope and Augustan translators in general; Allen Mandelbaum; and Richmond Lattimore. The latter has a special fondness for me since I first began to love the Iliad while reading his version. By contrast, I hate Samuel Butler. His was the first translation of the Iliad I read, and I ended up thinking the epic was silly. What is your opinion in general of Victorian translators? Their work has become available on Amazon in cheap versions but I suspect they may not be worth getting at any price.

Oh, I am fond of Mandelbaum, too. And I have the same fondness for Lattimore and for the same reason!
I'd stay clear of the Victorians, honestly, for the archaic language. Stanley Lombardo is my absolute favorite translator of Homer, Vergil and Ovid.

I'll take your warning about Victorian translations of classical literature. I will admit that I like reading Edward Fitzgerald and Richard Burton. I know that Burton overwrote horribly but I still like reading him.

February 2014 reading:

2014-02-07 E-BOOK Caitlin Kiernan Red Delicious ***1/2
2014-02-16 BOOK Various Authors American Supernatural Tales S. T. Joshi, ed. ***1/2
2014-02-23 COMIC Rick Geary Lovers' Lane : the Hall-Mills mystery. ***
2014-02-26 E-BOOK Emile Zola Therese Raquin Edward Vizetelly, tr. ***
2014-02-26 AUDIOBOOK Emile Zola Therese Raquin Kate Winslet, nrt.; ****

2014-03-15 COMIC Karl Kesel, author; Terry Dodson, Pete Woods, artists Harley Quinn, Night and Day ****

(Yeah, that is all that I finished this month. I am a disgrace to this group.)

April 2014 Reading:

2014-04-03 E-BOOK Henry V William Shakespeare Lewis Theobald, ed ****
2014-04-13 COMIC Batman Detective Comics, Volume 3, Emperor Penguin John Layman, author Jason Fabok, Andy Clarke, ills. ***1/2
2014-04-26 AUDIOBOOK In the Woods Tana French Steven Crossley, nrt ****
2014-04-28 E-BOOK Julius Caesar William Shakespeare Lewis Theobald, ed ****1/2
2014-04-30 E-BOOK The Ghostly Tales of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu ****1/2

May 2014 Reading:
2014-05-12 E-BOOK The Egyptian Layton Green, ***
2014-05-23 E-BOOK As You Like It William Shakespeare Lewis Theobald, editor ****1/2
2014-05-23 E-BOOK The Diabolist Layton Green ***1/2
2014-05-25 COMIC Madison Square Tragedy: The Murder of Stanford White Rick Geary, author, artist ***1/2

June 2014 Reading
2014-06-04 E-BOOK Twelfth Night William Shakespeare, author Lewis Theobald, editor *****
2014-06-28 E-BOOK Ape's Wife and Other Stories Caitlin R. Kiernan, author ****1/2
2014-06-30 E-BOOK Hamlet William Shakespeare, author Lewis Theobald, editor *****

July 2014 Reading

2014-07-06 E-BOOK Merry Wives of Windsor William Shakespeare, author Lewis Theobald, editor ****

2014-07-12 E-BOOK Troilus and Cressida William Shakespeare, author Lewis Theobald, editor ****

2014-07-13 E-BOOK All's Well That Ends Well William Shakespeare, author Lewis Theobald, editor ***

2014-07-22 E-BOOK Measure For Measure William Shakespeare, author Lewis Theobald, editor ****

2014-07-27 E-BOOK Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick Joe Schreiber, author ***

August 2014 Reading

2014-08-04 Othello William Shakespeare Lewis Theobald, editor *****

2014-08-05 Alabaster Caitlin Kiernan ****1/2

2014-08-06 "A" Is for Alien Caitlin Kiernan ****1/2

2014-08-15 King Lear William Shakespeare Lewis Theobald, editor *****

2014-08-17 Macbeth William Shakespeare Lewis Theobald, editor *****

2014-08-18 Antony and Cleopatra William Shakespeare Lewis Theobald, editor ***1/2

2014-08-22 Coriolanus William Shakespeare Lewis Theobald, editor ****

2014-08-27 Timon of Athens William Shakespeare Lewis Theobald, editor ***

September 2014 Reading

2014-09-01 Pericles, Prince of Tyre William Shakespeare Lewis Theobald, editor **

2014-09-10 Cymbeline William Shakespeare Lewis Theobald, editor ****

2014-09-16 The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare Lewis Theobald, editor ***1/2

2014-09-21 The Tempest William Shakespeare Lewis Theobald, editor ****

2014-09-21 Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Shelley *****

2014-09-28 Henry VIII William Shakespeare Lewis Theobald, editor ***

2014-09-28 Ghost Stories of an Antiquary M. R. James *****

October 2014 Reading

More ghost stories of an antiquary M. R. James ****

Borderlines Archer Mayor ***1/2

Anna Dressed in Blood Kendare Blake *** 1/2

November / December 2014 Reading

Dream Cycle of H.P. Lovecraft: Dreams of Terror and Death H.P. Lovecraft ****

A Thin Ghost and Others M.R. James ****1/2

The Drowning Girl Caitlin R. Kiernan

Scent of Evil Archer Mayor ****1/2

Batman, the Long Halloween Jeph Loeb Tim Sale ****1/2