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DrNefario · 11-29-2025, 10:37 AM

Read more than I buy.

Bought: 17
Bundles: 1 (40 books)
Free: 23

Read: 27

Books read:
1. The Thief of Legacy - Andrew Simpson (k) - 590 b
2. Charmed Life - Diana Wynne Jones (k) - 215
3. Facing the Music - Hannah Spearritt (p) - 223
4. The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood (k) - 522
5. Zero Car - Alex Knowles (k) - 352
6. The Warrior Who Carried Life - Geoff Ryman (k) - 214
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7. Mage Tank - Cornman (k) - 736
8. The Mammoth Book of Warriors and Wizardry (anthology) - Sean Wallace (ed) (k) - 504
9. Warrior: En Garde - Michael A Stackpole (e) - 342
10. The Magicians of Caprona - Diana Wynne Jones (k) - 213
11. Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things? - Pierre Novellie (k) - 291 b
12. Bloodmage - Stephen Aryan (k) - 482
13. The Warhog Paladins - Jer Patch (k) - 350
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14. The Bride of the Blue Wind (novella) - Victoria Goddard (e) - 56
15. The Warrior of the Third Veil (novella) - Victoria Goddard (e) - 80
16. Antimage - Alexander Olson (k) - 530
17. Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space - Terrance Dicks (k) - 143
18. The Sentinel Mage - Emily Gee (e) - 509
19. The Magician of Tiger Castle - Louis Sachar (k) - 296
20. The Grand Game - Tom Elliot (k) - 327
21. The Tokyo Zodiac Murders - Soji Shimada (k) - 279
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22. You - Austin Grossman (k) - 380
23. Xenos - Dan Abnett (e) - 314
24. Witch Week - Diana Wynne Jones (k) - 218
25. Shadeslinger - Kyle Kirrin (k) - 634
26. Buried Deep and Other Stories (collection) - Naomi Novik (k) - 427
27. Victories Greater than Death - Charlie Jane Anders (e) - 318
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Monthly Breakdown:

Spoiler:

Achievements:

1. Buy It, Read It. Start at least 50% of the books I buy.
Current total: 4/17 (24%)

2. King of the Mountains. My 5 longest books should total over 3000 pages.
Current total: 3012 - COMPLETED

Spoiler:

3. Paper Chase. Reduce my unread paper book collection.
Out: 1
In: 0
Net reduction: 1

4. Never Gonna Be Respectable. Read a classic or literary-award-adjacent book. COMPLETED
The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood - Booker winner

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:

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: 1987

Spoiler:

8. Return of Alphablast. Read a novel whose title begins with each letter of the alphabet, in reverse order, Z-A.
Last completed letter: V

Spoiler:

9. 2025 Catch-up. I failed my main purchase goals for 2025, so I'm going to attempt a catch-up in 2026. Read 25 books purchased in 2025.
Books read: 13/25

Spoiler:

2026 changes: No longer recording Borrowed and Expired counts, and will instead mark borrowed books with a b when read.

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

11-29-2025, 10:37 AM	#6
DrNefario Wizard Posts: 2,273 Karma: 12083538 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: UK Device: Kindle, Kobo Touch, Nook SimpleTouch	Read more than I buy. Bought: 17 Bundles: 1 (40 books) Free: 23 Read: 27 Books read: 1. The Thief of Legacy - Andrew Simpson (k) - 590 b 2. Charmed Life - Diana Wynne Jones (k) - 215 3. Facing the Music - Hannah Spearritt (p) - 223 4. The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood (k) - 522 5. Zero Car - Alex Knowles (k) - 352 6. The Warrior Who Carried Life - Geoff Ryman (k) - 214 --- 7. Mage Tank - Cornman (k) - 736 8. The Mammoth Book of Warriors and Wizardry (anthology) - Sean Wallace (ed) (k) - 504 9. Warrior: En Garde - Michael A Stackpole (e) - 342 10. The Magicians of Caprona - Diana Wynne Jones (k) - 213 11. Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things? - Pierre Novellie (k) - 291 b 12. Bloodmage - Stephen Aryan (k) - 482 13. The Warhog Paladins - Jer Patch (k) - 350 --- 14. The Bride of the Blue Wind (novella) - Victoria Goddard (e) - 56 15. The Warrior of the Third Veil (novella) - Victoria Goddard (e) - 80 16. Antimage - Alexander Olson (k) - 530 17. Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space - Terrance Dicks (k) - 143 18. The Sentinel Mage - Emily Gee (e) - 509 19. The Magician of Tiger Castle - Louis Sachar (k) - 296 20. The Grand Game - Tom Elliot (k) - 327 21. The Tokyo Zodiac Murders - Soji Shimada (k) - 279 --- 22. You - Austin Grossman (k) - 380 23. Xenos - Dan Abnett (e) - 314 24. Witch Week - Diana Wynne Jones (k) - 218 25. Shadeslinger - Kyle Kirrin (k) - 634 26. Buried Deep and Other Stories (collection) - Naomi Novik (k) - 427 27. Victories Greater than Death - Charlie Jane Anders (e) - 318 --- Monthly Breakdown: Spoiler: January Bought: 1 (£0.99) Free: 4 Read: 6 (£4.62) Pages: 2116 February Bought: 5 (£4.73) Bundles: 1 (40 books @ £13.02) Free: 4 Read: 7 (£9.69) Pages: 2918 March Bought: 5 (£9.15) Free: 11 Read: 8 (£5.16) Pages: 2220 April Bought: 5 (£11.22) Free: 3 Read: 6 (£10.68) Pages: 2292 May Bought: 1 (£0.99) Free: 1 Achievements: 1. Buy It, Read It. Start at least 50% of the books I buy. Current total: 4/17 (24%) 2. King of the Mountains. My 5 longest books should total over 3000 pages. Current total: 3012 - COMPLETED Spoiler: 736 - Mage Tank - Cornman 634 - Shadeslinger - Kyle Kirrin 590 - The Thief of Legacy - Andrew Simpson 530 - Antimage - Alexander Olson 522 - The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood 3. Paper Chase. Reduce my unread paper book collection. Out: 1 In: 0 Net reduction: 1 4. Never Gonna Be Respectable. Read a classic or literary-award-adjacent book. COMPLETED The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood - Booker winner 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 1 (Oct 2012) - £9.66 - Read: 4 - Cost per book read: £2.42 - 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 2 (Jul 2013) - £6.87 - Read: 2 - Cost per book read: £3.44 - Value: OK Humble Battletech (Apr 2024) - £23.78 - Read: 4 - Cost per book read: £5.95 - Value: Poor Young Wizards (Jan 2012) - £21.55 - Read: 2 - Cost per book read: £10.78 - Value: Poor Humble Martha Wells (Aug 2025) - £13.37 - Read: 1 - Cost per book read: £13.37 - 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 Humble Forgotten Realms (Feb 2026) - £13.02 - Read: 0 - Cost per book read: infinite - Value: Poor Humble Tchaikovsky (Dec 2025) - £13.63 - 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 also track here. Last completed year: 1987 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 1987 - Wolf in Shadow - David Gemmell Read in 2026: 8. Return of Alphablast. Read a novel whose title begins with each letter of the alphabet, in reverse order, Z-A. Last completed letter: V Spoiler: Z - Zero Car - Alex Knowles Y - You - Austin Grossman X - Xenos - Dan Abnett W - Witch Week - Diana Wynne Jones V - Victories Greater than Death - Charlie Jane Anders U T S R Q P O N M L K J I H G F E D C B A 9. 2025 Catch-up. I failed my main purchase goals for 2025, so I'm going to attempt a catch-up in 2026. Read 25 books purchased in 2025. Books read: 13/25 Spoiler: Charmed Life - Diana Wynne Jones Facing the Music - Hannah Spearritt The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood Mage Tank - Cornman Mammoth Book of Warriors and Wizardry - Sean Wallace (ed) Magicians of Caprona - Diana Wynne Jones Bloodmage - Stephen Aryan Antimage - Alexander Olson Magician of Tiger Castle - Louis Sachar Tokyo Zodiac Murders - Soji Shimada Xenos - Dan Abnett Witch Week - Diana Wynne Jones Shadeslinger - Kyle Kirrin 2026 changes: No longer recording Borrowed and Expired counts, and will instead mark borrowed books with a b when read. Legend: (p) paperback, (h) hardback, (k) kindle, (e) epub, (i) ibook, (f) pdf, (a) audio, (w) web, r reread, b borrowed On target, Off target, Completed Last edited by DrNefario; Yesterday at 04:38 AM.