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DrNefario · 12-04-2023, 06:05 AM

Read twice as many books as I buy. (May: Excluding Bundles)
Revised targets: Gold = 2x, Silver = 1.5x, Bronze = 1x

Bought: 57
Bundles: 1.5 (125 + 6 books - the 0.5 bundle is mixed media)
Borrowed: 21
Free: 52

Read: 70 - BRONZE
Expired: 2

Books read:
1. The Last Blade Priest - W P Wiles (k) - 547
2. Titanium Noir - Nick Harkaway (k) - 261
3. The Winter King - Bernard Cornwell (k) - 488
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4. Blackstone Fortress - Darius Hinks (e) - 244
5. Hell Bent - Leigh Bardugo (h) - 478
6. Roboteer - Alex Lamb (k) - 425
7. Master of the Five Magics - Lyndon Hardy (k) - 410
8. Newcomer - Keigo Higashino (p) - 322
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9. Home from the Sea - Mercedes Lackey (e) - 311
10. The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories - Angela Carter (k) - 167
11. The Rook - Daniel O'Malley (k) - 481
12. The Thief - Megan Whalen Turner (k) - 218
13. Round the Bend - Nevil Shute (h) - 362
14. The Siege of Skyhold - John Bierce (k) - 463
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15. The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga (k) - 275
16. The Justice of Kings - Richard Swan (k) - 413
17. Provenance - Ann Leckie (k) - 438
18. The Spirit Thief - Rachel Aaron (k) - 352
19. Tokyo Express - Seicho Matsumoto (k) - 149
20. The Green Man's Foe - Juliet E McKenna (k) - 366
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21. Decision at Thunder Rift - William H Keith Jr (e) - 302
22. The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - Stuart Turton (e) - 402
23. The Gathering Storm - Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (k) - 825
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24. Wool 4: The Unraveling (novella) - Hugh Howey (k) - 125
25. Wool 5: The Stranded (novella) - Hugh Howey (k) - 181
26. Sorcerer to the Crown - Zen Cho (k) - 378
27. The Mill House Murders - Yukito Ayatsuji (k) - 247
28. Board Games in 100 Moves - Ian Livingstone & James Wallis (h) - 169
29. The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi - Shannon Chakraborty (e) - 415
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30. Mercenary's Star - William H Keith Jr (e) - 378
31. The Village of Eight Graves - Seishi Yokomizo (k) - 349
32. Nine Princes in Amber - Roger Zelazny (p) - 190 (reread)
33. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August - Claire North (k) - 404
34. Trillions - Nicholas Fisk (k) - 99
35. Moonstorm - Yoon Ha Lee (e) - 352
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36. Tongue Eater - John Bierce (k) - 504
37. Wine of Violence - Priscilla Royal (e) - 218
38. The Knight of the Swords - Michael Moorcock (p) - 193 (reread)
39. Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman (k) - 432
40. Incursion - Sarah Hawke (k) - 240
41. An Alien Heat - Michael Moorcock (k) - 178 (reread)
42. Bound (short) - Mark Lawrence (k) - 44
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43. Reign & Ruin - J D Evans (k) - 395
44. Dragonfall 5 and the Empty Planet - Brian Earnshaw (w) - 96
45. Green for Danger - Christianna Brand (k) - 245
46. Dungeon Diving 101 - Bruce Sentar (k) - 393
47. Goodnight Irene - James Scott Byrnside (k) - 249
48. The Black Lizard - Edogawa Rampo (k) - 176
49. Beast in the Shadows - Edogawa Rampo (k) - 100
50. Road Racer - Michael Dunlop (k) - 277
51. Atlas Alone - Emma Newman (k) - 305
52. The Atlas Six - Olivie Blake (k) - 373
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53. The Price of Glory - William H Keith Jr (e) - 332
54. Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion - Terrance Dicks (k) - 156
55. Bullet Train - Kotaro Isaka (k) - 451
56. Crisis on Conshelf Ten - Monica Hughes (w) - 143
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57. The Curse of the Mistwraith - Janny Wurts (i) - 800
58. Godkiller - Hannah Kaner (e) - 290
59. The Last Devil to Die - Richard Osman (h) - 417
60. Alien Clay - Adrian Tchaikovsky (k) - 388
61. Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth (k) - 142
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62. Siege and Storm - Leigh Bardugo (k) - 382
63. Gate of Ivrel - CJ Cherryh (w) - 191
64. Some Desperate Glory - Emily Tesh (k) - 436
65. The Inugami Curse - Seishi Yokomizo (k) - 316
66. Street Cultivation - Sarah Lin (k) - 390
67. Defiant - Brandon Sanderson (k) - 413
68. Gateway - Frederik Pohl (p) - 276
69. Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City - K J Parker (k) - 376
70. The Moon Raiders - Patrick Moore (p) - 124

Monthly Breakdown:

Spoiler:

Achievements:

1. Buy It, Read It. Start at least 75% of the books I buy.
Revised targets: Gold 75%, Silver 66%, Bronze 50%
Current total: 29/57 (51%) - BRONZE

2. King of the Mountains. My 5 longest books should total over 3000 pages.
Current total: 3164 - COMPLETED

Spoiler:

3. Paper Chase. Reduce my unread paper book collection.
Out: 6
In: 5
Net reduction: 1 - COMPLETED

4. Never Gonna Be Respectable. Read a classic or literary-award-adjacent book.
COMPLETED
The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga - Booker winner, 2008

5. He Scores. Read a book by Nevil Shute. This is a bit of an annual tradition since I inherited my father's collection, so I thought I would make it official. COMPLETED
Round the Bend - Nevil Shute (h) - 362

6. And Then. Series points challenge. 1 point for a sequel, 2 points if it's a serial rather than a disconnected sequel, 3 points for the last book in a serial or defined set. -1 for the first book in a series. 0 for the first book in a sub-series. Target: 15 points.
Current total: 9 - FAILED

Spoiler:

7. Comic On. Bonus graphic novel challenge. I don't usually track my graphic novels and comics here, but I need to catch up a bit. Read 10 comics on paper and 10 digital comics.
Paper total: 10 - COMPLETED
Digital total: 10 - COMPLETED

Spoiler:

8. Bundleer - Ongoing attempt to get value-for-money from bundles by spreading the cost over books read. OK is under £5 (the price of an average ebook), Good is under £2 per book.

Spoiler:

Legend:
(p) paperback, (h) hardback, (k) kindle, (e) epub, (i) ibook, (f) pdf, (a) audio, (w) web
On target, Off target, Completed

12-04-2023, 06:05 AM	#5
DrNefario Wizard Posts: 2,207 Karma: 12029046 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: UK Device: Kindle, Kobo Touch, Nook SimpleTouch	Read twice as many books as I buy. (May: Excluding Bundles) Revised targets: Gold = 2x, Silver = 1.5x, Bronze = 1x Bought: 57 Bundles: 1.5 (125 + 6 books - the 0.5 bundle is mixed media) Borrowed: 21 Free: 52 Read: 70 - BRONZE Expired: 2 Books read: 1. The Last Blade Priest - W P Wiles (k) - 547 2. Titanium Noir - Nick Harkaway (k) - 261 3. The Winter King - Bernard Cornwell (k) - 488 --- 4. Blackstone Fortress - Darius Hinks (e) - 244 5. Hell Bent - Leigh Bardugo (h) - 478 6. Roboteer - Alex Lamb (k) - 425 7. Master of the Five Magics - Lyndon Hardy (k) - 410 8. Newcomer - Keigo Higashino (p) - 322 --- 9. Home from the Sea - Mercedes Lackey (e) - 311 10. The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories - Angela Carter (k) - 167 11. The Rook - Daniel O'Malley (k) - 481 12. The Thief - Megan Whalen Turner (k) - 218 13. Round the Bend - Nevil Shute (h) - 362 14. The Siege of Skyhold - John Bierce (k) - 463 --- 15. The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga (k) - 275 16. The Justice of Kings - Richard Swan (k) - 413 17. Provenance - Ann Leckie (k) - 438 18. The Spirit Thief - Rachel Aaron (k) - 352 19. Tokyo Express - Seicho Matsumoto (k) - 149 20. The Green Man's Foe - Juliet E McKenna (k) - 366 --- 21. Decision at Thunder Rift - William H Keith Jr (e) - 302 22. The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - Stuart Turton (e) - 402 23. The Gathering Storm - Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (k) - 825 --- 24. Wool 4: The Unraveling (novella) - Hugh Howey (k) - 125 25. Wool 5: The Stranded (novella) - Hugh Howey (k) - 181 26. Sorcerer to the Crown - Zen Cho (k) - 378 27. The Mill House Murders - Yukito Ayatsuji (k) - 247 28. Board Games in 100 Moves - Ian Livingstone & James Wallis (h) - 169 29. The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi - Shannon Chakraborty (e) - 415 --- 30. Mercenary's Star - William H Keith Jr (e) - 378 31. The Village of Eight Graves - Seishi Yokomizo (k) - 349 32. Nine Princes in Amber - Roger Zelazny (p) - 190 (reread) 33. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August - Claire North (k) - 404 34. Trillions - Nicholas Fisk (k) - 99 35. Moonstorm - Yoon Ha Lee (e) - 352 --- 36. Tongue Eater - John Bierce (k) - 504 37. Wine of Violence - Priscilla Royal (e) - 218 38. The Knight of the Swords - Michael Moorcock (p) - 193 (reread) 39. Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman (k) - 432 40. Incursion - Sarah Hawke (k) - 240 41. An Alien Heat - Michael Moorcock (k) - 178 (reread) 42. Bound (short) - Mark Lawrence (k) - 44 --- 43. Reign & Ruin - J D Evans (k) - 395 44. Dragonfall 5 and the Empty Planet - Brian Earnshaw (w) - 96 45. Green for Danger - Christianna Brand (k) - 245 46. Dungeon Diving 101 - Bruce Sentar (k) - 393 47. Goodnight Irene - James Scott Byrnside (k) - 249 48. The Black Lizard - Edogawa Rampo (k) - 176 49. Beast in the Shadows - Edogawa Rampo (k) - 100 50. Road Racer - Michael Dunlop (k) - 277 51. Atlas Alone - Emma Newman (k) - 305 52. The Atlas Six - Olivie Blake (k) - 373 --- 53. The Price of Glory - William H Keith Jr (e) - 332 54. Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion - Terrance Dicks (k) - 156 55. Bullet Train - Kotaro Isaka (k) - 451 56. Crisis on Conshelf Ten - Monica Hughes (w) - 143 --- 57. The Curse of the Mistwraith - Janny Wurts (i) - 800 58. Godkiller - Hannah Kaner (e) - 290 59. The Last Devil to Die - Richard Osman (h) - 417 60. Alien Clay - Adrian Tchaikovsky (k) - 388 61. Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth (k) - 142 --- 62. Siege and Storm - Leigh Bardugo (k) - 382 63. Gate of Ivrel - CJ Cherryh (w) - 191 64. Some Desperate Glory - Emily Tesh (k) - 436 65. The Inugami Curse - Seishi Yokomizo (k) - 316 66. Street Cultivation - Sarah Lin (k) - 390 67. Defiant - Brandon Sanderson (k) - 413 68. Gateway - Frederik Pohl (p) - 276 69. Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City - K J Parker (k) - 376 70. The Moon Raiders - Patrick Moore (p) - 124 Monthly Breakdown: Spoiler: January Free: 2 Read: 3 (£2.78) Pages: 1296 February Bought: 6 (£5.73) Borrowed: 3 Free: 2 Read: 5 (£5.27) Pages: 1879 March Free: 7 Read: 6 (£3.96) Pages: 2002 April Bought: 4 (£3.77) Bundles: 1 (125 books @ £23.78) Free: 1 Read: 6 (£7.28) Pages: 1993 May Bought: 7 (£71.98) Borrowed: 1 Read: 3 (£5.49) Pages: 1529 June Bought: 8 (£13.22) Borrowed: 1 Read: 6 (£18.00) Pages: 1515 July Bought: 7 (£12.45) Read: 6 (£7.96) Pages: 1772 August Bought: 4 (£7.96) Borrowed: 10 Free: 1 Read: 7 (£1.65) Pages: 1809 September Bought: 3 (£5.97) Borrowed: 5 Free: 4 Read: 10 (£2.99) Expired: 2 Pages: 2611 October Bought: 11 (£19.34) Free: 4 Read: 4 (£3.19) Pages: 1082 November Bought: 1 (£0.99) Borrowed: 1 Free: 30 Read: 5 (£2.19) Pages: 2037 December Bought: 6 (£9.94) Free: 1 Read: 9 (£11.34) Pages: 2804 Achievements: 1. Buy It, Read It. Start at least 75% of the books I buy. Revised targets: Gold 75%, Silver 66%, Bronze 50% Current total: 29/57 (51%) - BRONZE 2. King of the Mountains. My 5 longest books should total over 3000 pages. Current total: 3164 - COMPLETED Spoiler: 825 - The Gathering Storm - Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson 800 - The Curse of the Mistwraith - Janny Wurts 547 - The Last Blade Priest - W P Wiles 504 - Tongue Eater - John Bierce 488 - The Winter King - Bernard Cornwell 3. Paper Chase. Reduce my unread paper book collection. Out: 6 In: 5 Net reduction: 1 - COMPLETED 4. Never Gonna Be Respectable. Read a classic or literary-award-adjacent book. COMPLETED The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga - Booker winner, 2008 5. He Scores. Read a book by Nevil Shute. This is a bit of an annual tradition since I inherited my father's collection, so I thought I would make it official. COMPLETED Round the Bend - Nevil Shute (h) - 362 6. And Then. Series points challenge. 1 point for a sequel, 2 points if it's a serial rather than a disconnected sequel, 3 points for the last book in a serial or defined set. -1 for the first book in a series. 0 for the first book in a sub-series. Target: 15 points. Current total: 9 - FAILED Spoiler: -1 - The Last Blade Priest - W P Wiles - Last Blade Priest #1 -1 - The Winter King - Bernard Cornwell - Warlord Chronicles #1 -1 - Blackstone Fortress - Darius Hinks - Blackstone Fortress #1 of 2, Warhammer 40K 1 - Hell Bent - Leigh Bardugo - Ninth House #2 -1 - Master of the Five Magics - Lyndon Hardy - Magic by the Numbers #1 1 - Newcomer - Keigo Higashino - Detective Kaga #2 (#6) -1 - Home from the Sea - Mercedes Lackey - Elemental Masters #7 (first read) -1 - The Rook - Daniel O'Malley - Chequy Files #1 -1 - The Thief - Megan Whalen Turner - Queen's Thief #1 2 - The Siege of Skyhold - John Bierce - Mage Errant #5 of 7 -1 - The Justice of Kings - Richard Swan - Empire of the Wolf #1 of 3 -1 - The Spirit Thief - Rachel Aaron - Eli Monpress #1 1 - The Green Man's Foe - Juliet E McKenna - Green Man #2 -1 - Decision at Thunder Rift - William H Keith Jr - Gray Death Legion #1 of 3 2 - The Gathering Storm - Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson - Wheel of Time #12 of 14 2 - Wool 4: The Unraveling - Hugh Howey - Wool #4 of 5 (Silo #0.8 of 3) 3 - Wool 5: The Stranded - Hugh Howey - Wool #5 of 5 (Silo #1 of 3) -1 - Sorcerer to the Crown - Zen Cho - Sorcerer to the Crown #1 1 - The Mill House Murders - Yukito Ayatsuji - Mansion Murders #2 2 - Mercenary's Star - William H Keith Jr - Gray Death Legion #2 of 3 1 - The Village of Eight Graves - Seishi Yokomizo - Kindaichi #3 -1 - Moonstorm - Yoon Ha Lee - Lancers #1 2 - Tongue Eater - John Bierce - Mage Errant #6 of 7 -1 - Wine of Violence - Priscilla Royal - Medieval Mysteries #1 -1 - Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman - Dungeon Crawler Carl #1 of ? -1 - Incursion - Sarah Hawke - The Lost Fleet #1 of 4(?) -1 - Reign & Ruin - J D Evans - Mages of the Wheel #1 of 6 1 - Green for Danger - Christianna Brand - Inspector Cockrill #2 -1 - Dungeon Diving 101 - Bruce Sentar - Dungeon Diving #1 of ? -1 - Goodnight Irene - James Scott Byrnside - Impossible Crimes #1 -1 - The Black Lizard - Edogawa Rampo - Kogoro Akechi 3 - Atlas Alone - Emma Newman - Planetfall #4 of 4 -1 - The Atlas Six - Olivie Blake - Atlas Six #1 of ? 3 - The Price of Glory - William H Keith Jr - Gray Death Legion #3 of 3 1 - Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion - Terrance Dicks - Doctor Who -1 - Bullet Train - Kotaro Isaka - Hitman -1 - The Curse of the Mistwraith - Janny Wurts - Wars of Light and Shadow #1 of 11 -1 - Godkiller - Hannah Kaner - Godkiller #1 of 3 1 - The Last Devil to Die - Richard Osman - Thursday Murder Club #4 1 - Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth - Terrance Dicks - Doctor Who 2 - Siege and Storm - Leigh Bardugo - Grisha #2 of 3 1 - The Inugami Curse - Seishi Yokomizo - Kindaichi #4 -1 - Steet Cultivation - Sarah Lin - Street Cultivation #1 3 - Defiant - Brandon Sanderson - Skyward #4 of 4 -1 - Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City - K J Parker - Siege #1 of 3 7. Comic On. Bonus graphic novel challenge. I don't usually track my graphic novels and comics here, but I need to catch up a bit. Read 10 comics on paper and 10 digital comics. Paper total: 10 - COMPLETED Digital total: 10 - COMPLETED Spoiler: Paper: Die vol 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker - Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans w0rldtr33 vol 1: Terminal - James Tynion IV, Fernando Blanco Fine Print vol 1 - Stjepan Sejic Bad Machinery vol 2: The Case of the Good Boy - John Allison Rat Queens vol 1: Sass and Sorcery - Kurtis J Weibe, Roc Upchurch Hellboy Omnibus vol 1: Seed of Destruction - Mike Mignola Moonshine vol 1 - Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso Lazarus X+66 - Greg Rucka, Michael Lark, Various Once & Future vol 2: Old English - Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora Gideon Falls vol 1: The Black Barn - Jeff Lemire, Andrea Sorrentino Digital: Scott Pilgrim vol 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour - Bryan Lee O’Malley Astonishing X-Men vol 1 - Joss Whedon, John Cassaday X-23: The Complete Collection vol 1 - Various Superman: Birthright - Mark Waid, Leinil Yu Courtney Crumrin vol 1: The Night Things - Ted Naifeh The Tea Dragon Society - Kay O'Neill Nikolai Dante vol 1: Too Cool to Kill - Robbie Morrison, Simon Fraser et al Hellboy vol 3: The Chained Coffin and Others - Mike Mignola Eden - Alain Bismut & Abel Ferry, Christopher Sebela, Marc Laming Absalom vol 1: Ghosts of London - Gordon Rennie, Tiernen Trevallion 8. Bundleer - Ongoing attempt to get value-for-money from bundles by spreading the cost over books read. OK is under £5 (the price of an average ebook), Good is under £2 per book. Spoiler: Storybundle Video Games (Dec 2020) - £23.24 - Read: 12 - Cost per book read: £1.94 - Value: Good Storybundle Video Games 2 (Feb 2022) - £11.50 - Read: 5 - Cost per book read: £2.30 - Value: OK Humble SF (Jul 2014) - £7.24 - Read: 3 - Cost per book read: £2.41 - Value: OK Humble Post-Apocalypse (Mar 2015) - £10.43 - Read: 4 - Cost per book read: £2.60 - Value: OK Humble 1 (Oct 2012) - £9.66 - Read: 3 - Cost per book read: £3.22 - Value: OK Humble 2 (Jul 2013) - £6.87 - Read: 2 - Cost per book read: £3.44 - Value: OK Poisoned Pen (Feb 2012) - £5.94 - Read: 1 - Cost per book read: £5.94 - Value: Poor Humble Battletech (Apr 2024) - £23.78 - Read: 3 - Cost per book read: £7.92 - Value: Poor Young Wizards (Jan 2012) - £21.55 - Read: 2 - Cost per book read: £10.78 - Value: Poor Humble Modesitt (Sep 2023) - £14.42 - Read: 1 - Cost per book read: £14.42 - Value: Poor Legend: (p) paperback, (h) hardback, (k) kindle, (e) epub, (i) ibook, (f) pdf, (a) audio, (w) web On target, Off target, Completed Last edited by DrNefario; 01-01-2025 at 11:15 AM.