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DrNefario · 12-12-2024, 05:06 PM

Read more than I buy.

Bought: 56
Bundles: 1 (26 books)
Subscriptions: 1
Borrowed: 19
Free: 54

Read: 45
Expired/Returned: 3

Books read:
1. Ascend Online - Luke Chmilenko (k) - 634
2. Starstormers - Nicholas Fisk (k) - 109 r
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 r
10. Hounded - Kevin Hearne (k) - 289
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11. Pawn of Prophecy - David Eddings (p) - 258 r
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
15. On a Pale Horse - Piers Anthony (e) - 260 r
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16. King of Assassins - RJ Barker (k) - 445
17. Carl's Doomsday Scenario - Matt Dinniman (k) - 350
18. Dream. Believe. Achieve. - Jonathan Rea (k) - 302
19. The Last Echo of the Lord of Bells - John Bierce (k) - 750
20. Dragons of Autumn Twilight - Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman (e) - 405 r
21. The Bystander - Rob M Lastrel (k) - 291
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22. Mark of the Fool - J M Clarke (k) - 679
23. Beware of Chicken - CasualFarmer (k) - 366
24. NPCs - Drew Hayes (k) - 286
25. The Opening Night Murders - James Scott Byrnside (k) - 266
26. Player Manager - Ted Steel (k) - 524
27. What Does This Button Do? - Bruce Dickinson (k) - 367
28. 12 Miles Below 1: The Frozen Realm - Mark Arrows (k) - 528
29. The Assassin's Bride - Beth Alvarez (k) - 300
30. Dungeon Diving 102 - Bruce Sentar (k) - 281
31. Pit Fighter - Plum Parrot (k) - 323
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32. Murder in the Crooked House - Soji Shimada (p) - 351
33. The Quantum Thief - Hannu Rajaniemi (e) - 331
34. The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan (e) - 377
35. The Primal Hunter - Zogarth (k) - 699
36. Ruined City - Nevil Shute (p) - 219
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37. The Postman - David Brin (p) - 321 r
38. The Blacktongue Thief - Christopher Buehlman (k) - 413
39. Mercy - Jussi Adler-Olsen (k) - 489
40. The Sorcerer's House - Gene Wolfe (e) - 300
41. The Warrior's Apprentice - Lois McMaster Bujold (p) - 311 r
42. A Blackbird in Silver - Freda Warrington (k) - 302 r
43. The Immortality Thief - Taran Hunt (k) - 460
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44. Strange Pictures - Uketsu (k) - 236
45. The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble's Braids - Michael McClung (k) - 186

Monthly Breakdown:

Spoiler:

Achievements:

1. Buy It, Read It. Start at least 50% of the books I buy.
Current total: 11/56 (20%)

2. King of the Mountains. My 5 longest books should total over 3000 pages.
Current total: 3294 - COMPLETED

Spoiler:

3. Paper Chase. Reduce my unread paper book collection.
Out: 3
In: 5
Net reduction: -2

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. COMPLETED
Ruined City - Nevil Shute

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:

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 also track here.
Last completed year: 1986

Spoiler:

8. Alphablast. Read a novel whose title begins with each letter of the alphabet, in order.
Last completed letter: T

Spoiler:

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

12-12-2024, 05:06 PM	#7
DrNefario Wizard Posts: 2,207 Karma: 12029046 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: UK Device: Kindle, Kobo Touch, Nook SimpleTouch	Read more than I buy Read more than I buy. Bought: 56 Bundles: 1 (26 books) Subscriptions: 1 Borrowed: 19 Free: 54 Read: 45 Expired/Returned: 3 Books read: 1. Ascend Online - Luke Chmilenko (k) - 634 2. Starstormers - Nicholas Fisk (k) - 109 r 3. Blood of Tyrants - Naomi Novik (k) - 485 4. Concrete Desert - Jon Talton (e) - 208 5. Dragon Keeper - Robin Hobb (k) - 493 --- 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 r 10. Hounded - Kevin Hearne (k) - 289 --- 11. Pawn of Prophecy - David Eddings (p) - 258 r 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 15. On a Pale Horse - Piers Anthony (e) - 260 r --- 16. King of Assassins - RJ Barker (k) - 445 17. Carl's Doomsday Scenario - Matt Dinniman (k) - 350 18. Dream. Believe. Achieve. - Jonathan Rea (k) - 302 19. The Last Echo of the Lord of Bells - John Bierce (k) - 750 20. Dragons of Autumn Twilight - Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman (e) - 405 r 21. The Bystander - Rob M Lastrel (k) - 291 --- 22. Mark of the Fool - J M Clarke (k) - 679 23. Beware of Chicken - CasualFarmer (k) - 366 24. NPCs - Drew Hayes (k) - 286 25. The Opening Night Murders - James Scott Byrnside (k) - 266 26. Player Manager - Ted Steel (k) - 524 27. What Does This Button Do? - Bruce Dickinson (k) - 367 28. 12 Miles Below 1: The Frozen Realm - Mark Arrows (k) - 528 29. The Assassin's Bride - Beth Alvarez (k) - 300 30. Dungeon Diving 102 - Bruce Sentar (k) - 281 31. Pit Fighter - Plum Parrot (k) - 323 --- 32. Murder in the Crooked House - Soji Shimada (p) - 351 33. The Quantum Thief - Hannu Rajaniemi (e) - 331 34. The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan (e) - 377 35. The Primal Hunter - Zogarth (k) - 699 36. Ruined City - Nevil Shute (p) - 219 --- 37. The Postman - David Brin (p) - 321 r 38. The Blacktongue Thief - Christopher Buehlman (k) - 413 39. Mercy - Jussi Adler-Olsen (k) - 489 40. The Sorcerer's House - Gene Wolfe (e) - 300 41. The Warrior's Apprentice - Lois McMaster Bujold (p) - 311 r 42. A Blackbird in Silver - Freda Warrington (k) - 302 r 43. The Immortality Thief - Taran Hunt (k) - 460 --- 44. Strange Pictures - Uketsu (k) - 236 45. The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble's Braids - Michael McClung (k) - 186 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: 21 Read: 5 (£6.52) Pages: 1687 April Bought: 9 (£33.91) Subscriptions: 1 (£3.99) Borrowed: 8 Free: 3 Read: 6 (£3.99) Pages: 2543 May Bought: 10 (£8.93) Borrowed: 9 Free: 12 Expired/Returned: 1 Read: 10 Pages: 3920 June Bought: 6 (£5.73) Borrowed: 1 Free: 5 Expired/Returned: 2 Read: 5 (£0.99) Pages: 1977 July Bought: 14 (£44.50) Free: 8 Read: 7 (£6.84) Pages: 2596 August Bought: 1 (£5.99) Read: 2 (£0.99) Pages: 422 Achievements: 1. Buy It, Read It. Start at least 50% of the books I buy. Current total: 11/56 (20%) 2. King of the Mountains. My 5 longest books should total over 3000 pages. Current total: 3294 - COMPLETED Spoiler: 750 - Last Echo of the Lord of Bells - John Bierce 699 - The Primal Hunter - Zogarth 679 - Mark of the Fool - J M Clarke 634 - Ascend Online - Luke Chmilenko 532 - Imager's Intrigue - L E Modesitt Jr 3. Paper Chase. Reduce my unread paper book collection. Out: 3 In: 5 Net reduction: -2 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. COMPLETED Ruined City - Nevil Shute 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 Dragonlance (Mar 2025) - £14.27 - Read: 1 - Cost per book read: £14.27 - Value: Poor Humble Modesitt (Sep 2023) - £14.42 - Read: 1 - Cost per book read: £14.42 - 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 also track here. Last completed year: 1986 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 1983 - On a Pale Horse - Piers Anthony 1984 - Dragons of Autumn Twilight - Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman 1985 - The Postman - David Brin 1986 - A Blackbird in Silver - Freda Warrington 8. Alphablast. Read a novel whose title begins with each letter of the alphabet, in order. Last completed letter: T 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 K - King of Assassins - RJ Barker L - The Last Echo of the Lord of Bells - John Bierce M - Mark of the Fool - J M Clarke N - NPCs - Drew Hayes O - The Opening Night Murders - James Scott Byrnside P - Player Manager - Ted Steel Q - The Quantum Thief - Hannu Rajaniemi R - Ruined City - Nevil Shute S - The Sorcerer's House - Gene Wolfe T - The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble's Braids - Michael McClung Legend: (p) paperback, (h) hardback, (k) kindle, (e) epub, (i) ibook, (f) pdf, (a) audio, (w) web, r reread On target, Off target, Completed Last edited by DrNefario; 08-05-2025 at 03:41 AM.