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DrNefario · 12-07-2014, 04:26 PM

Keep ratio of new books to books read below 1.5:1

My 2:1 target for 2014 looks to have been met, so I'm stepping it up to 1.5:1. Maybe I'll actually get to reduce the TBR in 2016.

Added to TBR: 130 (100 paid)
Removed: 131
Net reduction: 1
Pages read: 36850

Books read:
1. Flesh and Blood - John Harvey (p) - 439p
2. Terms of Enlistment - Marko Kloos (k) - 334p +
3. Shadows Beneath - Writing Excuses (e) - 400p
4. The Way the Future Was - Frederik Pohl (e) - 249p
5. Tehanu - Ursula Le Guin (p) - 212p +
6. Call for the Dead - John le Carré (p) - 159p
7. The Great Bazaar and Brayan's Gold - Peter V Brett (k) - 129p
8. Throne of the Crescent Moon - Saladin Ahmed (i) - 367p
9. Galactic Patrol - E E "Doc" Smith (e) - 241p -
10. The Last Wish - Andrzej Sapkowski (k) - 279p
11. Songs of the Earth - Elspeth Cooper (k) - 466p
12. Lines of Departure - Marko Kloos (k) - 315p
13. The Green Hills of Earth - Robert A Heinlein (e) - 180p
14. Punishment - Anne Holt (k) - 402p
15. Winning Colors - Elizabeth Moon (e) - 316p
16. Inspector Zhang Gets His Wish (short) - Stephen Leather (k) - 27p
17. Traitor's Blade - Sebastien de Castell (k) - 384p
18. The Custodians - Richard Cowper (k) - 144p
19. The Prefect - Alastair Reynolds (k) - 512p +
20. Half the World - Joe Abercrombie (h) - 484p +
21. Pump Six and Other Stories - Paolo Bacigalupi (e) - 237
22. Lye Street (novella) - Alan Campbell (k) - 129
23. The Paper Magician - Charlie N Holmberg (k) - 214
24. Steelheart - Brandon Sanderson (k) - 384
25. City - Clifford D Simak (p) - 242
26. Yendi - Steven Brust (p) - 142
27. Lord Edgware Dies - Agatha Christie (p) - 351
28. Saint Rebor - Adam Roberts (k) - 175
29. The Emperor's Blades - Brian Staveley (e) - 492
30. Childhood's End - Arthur C Clarke (k) - 211
31. Stranger Things Happen - Kelly Link (e) - 189
32. One (novella) - Nancy Kress (e) - 58
33. A Window or a Small Box (short) - Jedediah Berry (e) - 31
34. Homecoming (short) - Susan Palwick (e) - 28
35. Among Thieves - Douglas Hulick (k) - 413
36. The Forgotten Planet - Murray Leinster (e) - 145
37. Over Sea, Under Stone - Susan Cooper (p) - 221
38. Freaks (short) - Tess Gerritsen (k) - 16
39. The Four Last Things - Timothy Hallinan (k) - 317
40. Battle Flag - Bernard Cornwell (p) - 465
41. Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie (p) - 347
42. The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes - Mike Ashley (ed) (e) - 455
43. Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel (k) - 650
44. Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong - David Walsh (k) - 441
45. His Last Bow - Arthur Conan Doyle (e) - 156
46. The Long Tomorrow - Leigh Brackett (k) - 252
47. The Copper Promise - Jen Williams (k) - 542
48. The Death of Grass - John Christopher (p) - 195
49. The Mammoth Book of Steampunk - Sean Wallace (ed) (k) - 490
50. The Magicians - Lev Grossman (k) - 402 +
51. The Midwich Cuckoos - John Wyndham (p) - 220
52. Why Didn't They Ask Evans? - Agatha Christie (p) - 192
53. The Mammoth Book of Nebula Awards SF - Kevin J Anderson (ed) (k) - 380
54. AI Unbound - Nancy Kress (k) - 126
55. The Heir of Night - Helen Lowe (k) - 435
56. Ancillary Sword - Ann Leckie (k) - 389 +
57. Sudden Blow - Liz Brady (e) - 297
58. The Poison Eaters and Other Stories - Holly Black (e) - 140
59. The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison (e) - 358
60. The Time Traders - Andre Norton (e) - 191
61. Beggars in Spain (novella) - Nancy Kress (e) - 71
62. The Lascar's Dagger - Glenda Larke (p) - 464
63. Mothers and Other Monsters - Maureen F McHugh (e) - 210
64. Three-Act Tragedy - Agatha Christie (h) - 206
65. The Red: First Light - Linda Nagata (e) - 277
66. Edge of Infinity - Jonathan Strahan (ed) (e) - 246
67. Ghost Stories of an Antiquary - M R James (k) - 116
68. Authority - Jeff VanderMeer (k) - 339
69. The Enemy Stars - Poultry Anderson (k) - 141
70. The Governess - Evelyn Hervey (HRF Keating) (k) - 256
71. Half a War - Joe Abercrombie (h) - 497
72. Zima Blue - Alastair Reynolds (p) - 404
73. Angles of Attack - Marko Kloos (k) - 337
74. The Ladies of Grace Adieu - Susanna Clarke (p) - 235
75. Servant of the Underworld - Aliette de Bodard (e) - 293
76. The Tomorrow People - Judith Merril (p) - 192
77. Little Machines - Paul McAuley (k) - 320
78. The Well of Ascension - Brandon Sanderson (e) - 670
79. Death in the Clouds - Agatha Christie (h) - 254
80. The Joy Makers - James Gunn (p) - 204
81. Hospital Station - James White (p) - 191
82. Deryni Rising - Katherine Kurtz (p) - 280
83. Marazan - Nevil Shute (p) - 224
84. The Fast Stuff - Mat Oxley (k) - 432
85. The Separation - Christopher Priest (p) - 405
86. The Moment of Eclipse - Brian Aldiss (p) - 206
87. Tooth and Claw - Jo Walton (k) - 310
88. Measures of Absolution (novella) - Marko Kloos (k) - 63
89. The Three-Body Problem - Cixin Liu (k) - 390
90. A Free Man of Color - Barbara Hambly (e) - 305
91. Gene Wolfe's Book of Days - Gene Wolfe (p) - 246
92. The Hero of Ages - Brandon Sanderson (e) - 666
93. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle (k) - 256
94. Shades of Milk and Honey - Mary Robinette Kowal (k) - 271
95. Magic for Beginners - Kelly Link (e) - 212
96. Lucky Thirteen (short) - Marko Kloos (k) - 14
97. Indemnity Only - Sara Paretsky (k) - 338
98. Timescape - Gregory Benford (k) - 411
99. The Last Kingdom - Bernard Cornwell (k) - 327
100. Some Kind of Fairy Tale - Graham Joyce (k) - 389
101. Star Surgeon - James White (p) - 156
102. The ABC Murders - Agatha Christie (p) - 331
103. Howard Who? - Howard Waldrop (p) - 234
104. Sabriel - Garth Nix (k) - 487
105. The Planet Buyer - Cordwainer Smith (p) - 156
106. Glamour in Glass - Mary Robinette Kowal (k) - 267
107. All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past - Howard Waldrop (p) - 125
108. The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch - Philip K Dick (p) - 230
109. Lyonesse II: The Green Pearl - Jack Vance (k) - 312
110. Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes (k) - 310
111. Shattered Sands - WG Saraband (k) - 445
112. Armored - John Joseph Adams (ed) (e) - 377
113. Murder in Mesopotamia - Agatha Christie (h) - 218
114. Tales from Earthsea - Ursula Le Guin (k) - 296
115. The Magician King - Lev Grossman (k) - 399 +
116. Space: Above and Beyond - Peter Telep (p) - 258
117. I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream - Harlan Ellison (e) - 123
118. Going Off Alarming - Danny Baker (k) - 263
119. Dangerous Women - George RR Martin & Gardner Dozois (eds) (k) - 784
120. The Death House - Sarah Pinborough (k) - 272
121. Syzygy - Michael G Coney (k) - 142
122. Pavane - Keith Roberts (k) - 292
123. Sun of China (short) - Cixin Liu (k) - 48
124. What Remains of Heroes - David Benem (k) - 475
125. Her Side (short) - Mur Lafferty & J R Blackwell (i) - 67
126. Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut (k) - 275
127. Outbound (short) - Brad R Torgersen (k) - 43
128. Cards on the Table - Agatha Christie (p) - 320
129. Exanastasis (short) - Brad R Torgersen (k) - 30
130. The Year of the Quiet Sun - Wilson Tucker (p) - 192
131. Marco and the Red Granny (novella) - Mur Lafferty (k) - 89

Monthly Breakdown:

Spoiler:

Additional Goals:

1. Omnibusters. Read at least 12 books from omnibuses. Finish at least 3 omnibuses. - TARGET REACHED
Read: 12 - Tehanu, Winning Colors, Yendi, The Forgotten Planet, Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, Servant of the Underworld, The Well of Ascension, Death in the Clouds, The Hero of Ages, Howard Who?, All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past, Lyonesse II: The Green Pearl
Finished: 5 - Earthsea Quartet, Heris Serrano, Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?/Death in the Clouds, Mistborn Trilogy, Strange Things in Close Up

2. BSFA award winners (at least 4). Ongoing challenge, which got sidelined in 2014. I have 21 remaining at the start of 2015. - TARGET REACHED

Spoiler:

3. The ABC Murders. Alphabetical challenge based on detective names. Third and final year of the challenge. There are 7 books remaining at the start of the year. - COMPLETE

Spoiler:

4. Named authors. Read a book by at least 12 of these writers: - TARGET REACHED

Spoiler:

5. A short story a day. Read at least 200 shorter works of fiction. - TARGET REACHED
Total: 376
January: 32
February: 30
March: 32
April: 30
May: 31
June: 30
July: 32
August: 31
September: 30
October: 31
November: 30
December: 37

6. Fifty Years of SF. 1950-1999. An ongoing challenge to read a book published in every year from 1950 to 1999, in order.

Spoiler:

Legend:
Book title: read 2013,read 2014,read,own,don't own
(p) paperback, (h) hardback, (k) kindle, (e) epub, (i) ibook/pdf, (a) audio
+ especially liked, - didn't much like

12-07-2014, 04:26 PM	#14
DrNefario Wizard Posts: 2,207 Karma: 12029046 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: UK Device: Kindle, Kobo Touch, Nook SimpleTouch	Keep ratio of new books to books read below 1.5:1 Keep ratio of new books to books read below 1.5:1 My 2:1 target for 2014 looks to have been met, so I'm stepping it up to 1.5:1. Maybe I'll actually get to reduce the TBR in 2016. Added to TBR: 130 (100 paid) Removed: 131 Net reduction: 1 Pages read: 36850 Books read: 1. Flesh and Blood - John Harvey (p) - 439p 2. Terms of Enlistment - Marko Kloos (k) - 334p + 3. Shadows Beneath - Writing Excuses (e) - 400p 4. The Way the Future Was - Frederik Pohl (e) - 249p 5. Tehanu - Ursula Le Guin (p) - 212p + 6. Call for the Dead - John le Carré (p) - 159p 7. The Great Bazaar and Brayan's Gold - Peter V Brett (k) - 129p 8. Throne of the Crescent Moon - Saladin Ahmed (i) - 367p 9. Galactic Patrol - E E "Doc" Smith (e) - 241p - 10. The Last Wish - Andrzej Sapkowski (k) - 279p 11. Songs of the Earth - Elspeth Cooper (k) - 466p 12. Lines of Departure - Marko Kloos (k) - 315p 13. The Green Hills of Earth - Robert A Heinlein (e) - 180p 14. Punishment - Anne Holt (k) - 402p 15. Winning Colors - Elizabeth Moon (e) - 316p 16. Inspector Zhang Gets His Wish (short) - Stephen Leather (k) - 27p 17. Traitor's Blade - Sebastien de Castell (k) - 384p 18. The Custodians - Richard Cowper (k) - 144p 19. The Prefect - Alastair Reynolds (k) - 512p + 20. Half the World - Joe Abercrombie (h) - 484p + 21. Pump Six and Other Stories - Paolo Bacigalupi (e) - 237 22. Lye Street (novella) - Alan Campbell (k) - 129 23. The Paper Magician - Charlie N Holmberg (k) - 214 24. Steelheart - Brandon Sanderson (k) - 384 25. City - Clifford D Simak (p) - 242 26. Yendi - Steven Brust (p) - 142 27. Lord Edgware Dies - Agatha Christie (p) - 351 28. Saint Rebor - Adam Roberts (k) - 175 29. The Emperor's Blades - Brian Staveley (e) - 492 30. Childhood's End - Arthur C Clarke (k) - 211 31. Stranger Things Happen - Kelly Link (e) - 189 32. One (novella) - Nancy Kress (e) - 58 33. A Window or a Small Box (short) - Jedediah Berry (e) - 31 34. Homecoming (short) - Susan Palwick (e) - 28 35. Among Thieves - Douglas Hulick (k) - 413 36. The Forgotten Planet - Murray Leinster (e) - 145 37. Over Sea, Under Stone - Susan Cooper (p) - 221 38. Freaks (short) - Tess Gerritsen (k) - 16 39. The Four Last Things - Timothy Hallinan (k) - 317 40. Battle Flag - Bernard Cornwell (p) - 465 41. Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie (p) - 347 42. The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes - Mike Ashley (ed) (e) - 455 43. Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel (k) - 650 44. Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong - David Walsh (k) - 441 45. His Last Bow - Arthur Conan Doyle (e) - 156 46. The Long Tomorrow - Leigh Brackett (k) - 252 47. The Copper Promise - Jen Williams (k) - 542 48. The Death of Grass - John Christopher (p) - 195 49. The Mammoth Book of Steampunk - Sean Wallace (ed) (k) - 490 50. The Magicians - Lev Grossman (k) - 402 + 51. The Midwich Cuckoos - John Wyndham (p) - 220 52. Why Didn't They Ask Evans? - Agatha Christie (p) - 192 53. The Mammoth Book of Nebula Awards SF - Kevin J Anderson (ed) (k) - 380 54. AI Unbound - Nancy Kress (k) - 126 55. The Heir of Night - Helen Lowe (k) - 435 56. Ancillary Sword - Ann Leckie (k) - 389 + 57. Sudden Blow - Liz Brady (e) - 297 58. The Poison Eaters and Other Stories - Holly Black (e) - 140 59. The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison (e) - 358 60. The Time Traders - Andre Norton (e) - 191 61. Beggars in Spain (novella) - Nancy Kress (e) - 71 62. The Lascar's Dagger - Glenda Larke (p) - 464 63. Mothers and Other Monsters - Maureen F McHugh (e) - 210 64. Three-Act Tragedy - Agatha Christie (h) - 206 65. The Red: First Light - Linda Nagata (e) - 277 66. Edge of Infinity - Jonathan Strahan (ed) (e) - 246 67. Ghost Stories of an Antiquary - M R James (k) - 116 68. Authority - Jeff VanderMeer (k) - 339 69. The Enemy Stars - Poultry Anderson (k) - 141 70. The Governess - Evelyn Hervey (HRF Keating) (k) - 256 71. Half a War - Joe Abercrombie (h) - 497 72. Zima Blue - Alastair Reynolds (p) - 404 73. Angles of Attack - Marko Kloos (k) - 337 74. The Ladies of Grace Adieu - Susanna Clarke (p) - 235 75. Servant of the Underworld - Aliette de Bodard (e) - 293 76. The Tomorrow People - Judith Merril (p) - 192 77. Little Machines - Paul McAuley (k) - 320 78. The Well of Ascension - Brandon Sanderson (e) - 670 79. Death in the Clouds - Agatha Christie (h) - 254 80. The Joy Makers - James Gunn (p) - 204 81. Hospital Station - James White (p) - 191 82. Deryni Rising - Katherine Kurtz (p) - 280 83. Marazan - Nevil Shute (p) - 224 84. The Fast Stuff - Mat Oxley (k) - 432 85. The Separation - Christopher Priest (p) - 405 86. The Moment of Eclipse - Brian Aldiss (p) - 206 87. Tooth and Claw - Jo Walton (k) - 310 88. Measures of Absolution (novella) - Marko Kloos (k) - 63 89. The Three-Body Problem - Cixin Liu (k) - 390 90. A Free Man of Color - Barbara Hambly (e) - 305 91. Gene Wolfe's Book of Days - Gene Wolfe (p) - 246 92. The Hero of Ages - Brandon Sanderson (e) - 666 93. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle (k) - 256 94. Shades of Milk and Honey - Mary Robinette Kowal (k) - 271 95. Magic for Beginners - Kelly Link (e) - 212 96. Lucky Thirteen (short) - Marko Kloos (k) - 14 97. Indemnity Only - Sara Paretsky (k) - 338 98. Timescape - Gregory Benford (k) - 411 99. The Last Kingdom - Bernard Cornwell (k) - 327 100. Some Kind of Fairy Tale - Graham Joyce (k) - 389 101. Star Surgeon - James White (p) - 156 102. The ABC Murders - Agatha Christie (p) - 331 103. Howard Who? - Howard Waldrop (p) - 234 104. Sabriel - Garth Nix (k) - 487 105. The Planet Buyer - Cordwainer Smith (p) - 156 106. Glamour in Glass - Mary Robinette Kowal (k) - 267 107. All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past - Howard Waldrop (p) - 125 108. The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch - Philip K Dick (p) - 230 109. Lyonesse II: The Green Pearl - Jack Vance (k) - 312 110. Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes (k) - 310 111. Shattered Sands - WG Saraband (k) - 445 112. Armored - John Joseph Adams (ed) (e) - 377 113. Murder in Mesopotamia - Agatha Christie (h) - 218 114. Tales from Earthsea - Ursula Le Guin (k) - 296 115. The Magician King - Lev Grossman (k) - 399 + 116. Space: Above and Beyond - Peter Telep (p) - 258 117. I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream - Harlan Ellison (e) - 123 118. Going Off Alarming - Danny Baker (k) - 263 119. Dangerous Women - George RR Martin & Gardner Dozois (eds) (k) - 784 120. The Death House - Sarah Pinborough (k) - 272 121. Syzygy - Michael G Coney (k) - 142 122. Pavane - Keith Roberts (k) - 292 123. Sun of China (short) - Cixin Liu (k) - 48 124. What Remains of Heroes - David Benem (k) - 475 125. Her Side (short) - Mur Lafferty & J R Blackwell (i) - 67 126. Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut (k) - 275 127. Outbound (short) - Brad R Torgersen (k) - 43 128. Cards on the Table - Agatha Christie (p) - 320 129. Exanastasis (short) - Brad R Torgersen (k) - 30 130. The Year of the Quiet Sun - Wilson Tucker (p) - 192 131. Marco and the Red Granny (novella) - Mur Lafferty (k) - 89 Monthly Breakdown: Spoiler: January Bought: 6 (£20.66) Free: 3 Borrowed: 1 Read: 14 (£18.00) Pages: 4172 February Bought: 13 (£25.99) Borrowed: 1 Read: 10 (£19.79) Pages: 2831 March Bought: 12 (£19.23) Borrowed: 1 Free: 2 Read: 13 (£23.67) Pages: 2698 April Bought: 7 (£8.65) Read: 7 (£13.04) Pages: 2681 May Bought: 6 (£9.96) Free: 1 Read: 9 (£16.85) Pages: 2829 June Bought: 3 (£9.32) Free: 1 Read: 11 (£14.27) Pages: 2886 July Bought: 12 (£39.70) Borrowed: 1 Free: 2 Read: 9 (£22.80) Pages: 2613 August Bought: 8 (£16.67) Borrowed: 1 Free: 2 Read: 10 (£19.42) Pages: 2873 September Bought: 5 (£6.42) Borrowed: 1 Free: 1 Read: 8 (£13.96) Pages: 2357 October Bought: 11 (£24.00) Borrowed: 1 Free: 6 Read: 11 (£21.31) Pages: 3471 November Bought: 9 (£14.44) Borrowed: 1 Free: 2 Read: 12 (£15.89) Pages: 3457 December Bought: 7 (£13.13) Borrowed: 1 Free: 2 Read: 17 (£23.73) Pages: 3972 Additional Goals: 1. Omnibusters. Read at least 12 books from omnibuses. Finish at least 3 omnibuses. - TARGET REACHED Read: 12 - Tehanu, Winning Colors, Yendi, The Forgotten Planet, Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, Servant of the Underworld, The Well of Ascension, Death in the Clouds, The Hero of Ages, Howard Who?, All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past, Lyonesse II: The Green Pearl Finished: 5 - Earthsea Quartet, Heris Serrano, Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?/Death in the Clouds, Mistborn Trilogy, Strange Things in Close Up 2. BSFA award winners (at least 4). Ongoing challenge, which got sidelined in 2014. I have 21 remaining at the start of 2015. - TARGET REACHED Spoiler: 1970 - The Jagged Orbit - John Brunner (k) 1971 - The Moment of Eclipse - Brian W. Aldiss (p) 1976 - Brontomek! - Michael G. Coney (k) 1977 - The Jonah Kit - Ian Watson (k) 1979 - The Unlimited Dream Company - J. G. Ballard (k) 1980 - Timescape - Gregory Benford (k) 1982 - Helliconia Spring - Brian W. Aldiss (k) 1983 - Tik-Tok - John Sladek (k) 1985 - Helliconia Winter - Brian W. Aldiss (k) 1987 - Grainne - Keith Roberts (k) 1993 - Aztec Century - Christopher Evans (p) 2000 - Ash: A Secret History - Mary Gentle (k) 2002 - The Separation - Christopher Priest (p) 2003 - Felaheen - Jon Courtenay Grimwood (k) 2004 - River of Gods - Ian McDonald (k) 2005 - Air - Geoff Ryman (p) 2006 - End of the World Blues - Jon Courtenay Grimwood (k) 2007 - Brasyl - Ian McDonald (k) 2008 - The Night Sessions - Ken MacLeod (k) 2011 - The Islanders - Christopher Priest (k) 2013 - Ack Ack Macaque - Gareth L Powell (e) 2014 - Ancillary Sword - Ann Leckie (k) 3. The ABC Murders. Alphabetical challenge based on detective names. Third and final year of the challenge. There are 7 books remaining at the start of the year. - COMPLETE Spoiler: A - John APPLEBY - Death at the President's Lodging (#1) - Michael Innes (p) B - Martin BECK - The Man Who Went up in Smoke (#2) - Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö (p) C - Inspector COCKRILL - London Particular (#5) - Christianna Brand (p) D - Adam DALGLIESH - A Taste for Death (#7) - PD James (p) E - Frank ELDER - Flesh and Blood (#1) - John Harvey (p) F - Gideon FELL - The Hollow Man (#6) - John Dickson Carr (p) G - Simeon GRIST - The Four Last Things (#1) - Timothy Hallinan (k) H - Nikki HEAT - Heat Wave (#1) - Richard Castle (k) I - Cal INNES - Saturday's Child (#1) - Ray Banks (k) J - Ben JANUARY - A Free Man of Color (#1) - Barbara Hambly (e) K - Louie KNIGHT - Last Tango in Aberystwyth (#2) - Malcolm Pryce (k) L - Skip LANGDON - New Orleans Mourning (#1) - Julie Smith (k) M - Kinsey MILLHONE - A is for Alibi (#1) - Sue Grafton (k) N - Cass NEARY - Generation Loss (#1) - Elizabeth Hand (e) O - Maggie O'DELL - A Perfect Evil (#1) - Alex Kava (p) P - Hercule POIROT - The Murder on the Links (#2) - Agatha Christie (p) Q - QUIRKE - Christine Falls (#1) - Benjamin Black (p) R - Lincoln RHYME - The Bone Collector (#1) - Jeffery Deaver (p) S - Kate SHUGAK - A Cold Day for Murder (#1) - Dana Stabenow (k) T - Tom THORNE - Sleepyhead (#1) - Mark Billingham (p) U - Harriet UNWIN - The Governess (#1) - Evelyn Hervey (aka HRF Keating) (k) V - Johanne VIK - Punishment (#1) - Anne Holt (k) W - V I WARSHAWKSI - Indemnity Only (#1) - Sara Paretsky (k) X - Angelique de XAVIA - The Sacred Art of Stealing (#2) - Christopher Brookmyre (p) Y - Jane YEATS - Sudden Blow (#1) - Liz Brady (e) Z - Miss ZUKAS - Miss Zukas and the Library Murders (#1) - Jo Dereske (k) 4. Named authors. Read a book by at least 12 of these writers: - TARGET REACHED Spoiler: Iain Banks Agatha Christie - Lord Edgware Dies Bernard Cornwell - Battle Flag Graham Joyce - Some Kind of Fairy Tale John Le Carré - Call for the Dead Ursula Le Guin - Tehanu L E Modesitt Jr. Christopher Priest - The Separation Alastair Reynolds - The Prefect Adam Roberts - Saint Rebor Brandon Sanderson - Steelheart Nevil Shute - Marazan Jack Vance - Lyonesse II: The Green Pearl Jo Walton - Tooth and Claw Gene Wolfe - Gene Wolfe's Book of Days 5. A short story a day. Read at least 200 shorter works of fiction. - TARGET REACHED Total: 376 January: 32 February: 30 March: 32 April: 30 May: 31 June: 30 July: 32 August: 31 September: 30 October: 31 November: 30 December: 37 6. Fifty Years of SF. 1950-1999. An ongoing challenge to read a book published in every year from 1950 to 1999, in order. Spoiler: 1950 - Galactic Patrol - E E "Doc" Smith 1951 - The Green Hills of Earth - Robert A Heinlein 1952 - City - Clifford D Simak 1953 - Childhood's End - Arthur C Clarke 1954 - The Forgotten Planet - Murray Leinster 1955 - The Long Tomorrow - Leigh Brackett 1956 - The Death of Grass - John Christopher 1957 - The Midwich Cuckoos - John Wyndham 1958 - The Time Traders - Andre Norton 1959 - The Enemy Stars - Poul Anderson 1960 - The Tomorrow People - Judith Merrill 1961 - The Joy Makers - James Gunn 1962 - A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle 1963 - Star Surgeon - James White 1964 - The Planet Buyer - Cordwainer Smith 1965 - The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch - Philip K Dick 1966 - Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes 1967 - I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream - Harlan Ellison 1968 - Pavane - Keith Roberts 1969 - Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut 1970 - The Year of the Quiet Sun - Wilson Tucker Legend: Book title: read 2013,read 2014,read,own,don't own (p) paperback, (h) hardback, (k) kindle, (e) epub, (i) ibook/pdf, (a) audio + especially liked, - didn't much like Last edited by DrNefario; 01-01-2016 at 07:47 AM.