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Read more than I buy

Read more than I buy.

Bought: 16
Bundles: 1 (26 books)
Borrowed: 1
Free: 23

Read: 14

Books read:
1. Ascend Online - Luke Chmilenko (k) - 634
2. Starstormers - Nicholas Fisk (k) - 109
3. Blood of Tyrants - Naomi Novik (k) - 485
4. Concrete Desert - Jon Talton (e) - 208
5. Dragon Keeper - Robin Hobb (k) - 493
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6. Elysium Fire - Alastair Reynolds (k) - 407
7. Farthing - Jo Walton (k) - 318
8. The Gift - Alison Croggon (e) - 465
9. Downbelow Station - C J Cherryh (p) - 477
10. Hounded - Kevin Hearne (k) - 289
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11. Pawn of Prophecy - David Eddings (p) - 258
12. Imager's Intrigue - L E Modesitt Jr (e) - 532
13. Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen - Terrance Dicks (k) - 142
14. Jade City - Fonda Lee (k) - 495

Monthly Breakdown:
Spoiler:
January
Bought: 7 (£21.91)
Free: 2
Read: 5 (£8.63)
Pages: 1929

February
Bought: 6 (£10.94)
Borrowed: 1
Free: 3
Read: 5 (£3.59)
Pages: 1956

March
Bought: 3 (£3.97)
Bundles: 1 (26 books @ £14.27)
Free: 18
Read: 4 (£6.52)
Pages: 1427


Achievements:

1. Buy It, Read It. Start at least 50% of the books I buy.
Current total: 5/16 (31%)

2. King of the Mountains. My 5 longest books should total over 3000 pages.
Current total: 2639
Spoiler:

634 - Ascend Online - Luke Chmilenko
532 - Imager's Intrigue - L E Modesitt Jr
495 - Jade City - Fonda Lee
493 - Dragon Keeper - Robin Hobb
485 - Blood of Tyrants - Naomi Novik


3. Paper Chase. Reduce my unread paper book collection.
Out: 1
In: 2
Net reduction: -1

4. Never Gonna Be Respectable. Read a classic or literary-award-adjacent book.

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.

6. 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
Poisoned Pen (Feb 2012) - £5.94 - Read: 2 - Cost per book read: £2.97 - 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
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
Humble Dragonlance (Mar 2025) - £14.27 - Read: 0 - Cost per book read: infinite - Value: Poor


7. The Wonder Years. Re-read 1 formative SF/F work published in each year from 1970. An exercise I am doing elsewhere that I think I will track here.
Last completed year: 1982
Spoiler:

Read in 2024:
1970 - Nine Princes in Amber - Roger Zelazny
1971 - Trillions - Nicholas Fisk
1972 - An Alien Heat - Michael Moorcock
1973 - Rendezvous with Rama - Arthur C Clarke (not reread)
1974 - Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion - Terrance Dicks
1975 - Crisis on Conshelf Ten - Monica Hughes
1976 - Gate of Ivrel - C J Cherryh
1977 - Gateway - Frederik Pohl
1978 - The Moon Raiders - Patrick Moore

Read in 2025:
1979 - The 2000ad Annual 1980 - Various
1980 - Starstormers - Nicholas Fisk
1981 - Downbelow Station - C J Cherryh
1982 - Pawn of Prophecy - David Eddings


8. Alphablast. Read a novel whose title begins with each letter of the alphabet, in order.
Last completed letter: J
Spoiler:
A - Ascend Online - Luke Chmilenko
B - Blood of Tyrants - Naomi Novik
C - Concrete Desert - Jon Talton
D - Dragon Keeper - Robin Hobb
E - Elysium Fire - Alastair Reynolds
F - Farthing - Jo Walton
G - The Gift - Alison Croggon
H - Hounded - Kevin Hearne
I - Imager's Intrigue - L E Modesitt Jr
J - Jade City - Fonda Lee


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

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