[Dazrin]

I increased my goal to 30,000 pages this year, up from 27,000. I also wanted to read at least 8 books from the New Leaf Book Club. I did not miss any through September so met that goal as well. I still attempted the remaining 3 selections. I also completed the Bingo Reading Challenge from Goodreads on June 16.

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Page Goal: Read 30,000 pages in 2018.
Status as of December 31: 37,864 pages read, 111 books/short stories completed.
Page Goal Completed 9/22/2018.

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Final Charts:


Overall Summary Stats:

• Bingo: 300 points out of 300 possible. Completed 6/16/2018.
• Read 52 Books from 36 new authors
• Read 76 library books (67%)
• Read 34 books that either won or were shortlisted for a literary award
• Read books published in 45 different years
  • Highest from 2018 with 13
• Most read author: Elizabeth Moon with 9
• Re-read 20 books this year (18%)
• Read 35 different genres
• Read 27 audio books, totaling 178H
• Total pages read since 2011: 240,002
• Average pages/year went from 28,907 to 30,000, up 4%.

Book in Progress:

• The Dreaming Void (Void Trilogy 1) - Peter F. Hamilton

Completed books: Ordered by finish date

1. The Fellowship of the Ring (LOTR 1) - J.R.R. Tolkien
2. Terms of Enlistment - Marko Kloos
3. Whose Body? - Dorothy Sayers - MRBC January 2018 selection
4. Thief of Time (Discworld 26/Death 5) - Terry Pratchett
5. Short Story 1
6. The Two Towers (LOTR 2) - J.R.R. Tolkien
7. The Lost Gate - Orson Scott Card
8. The Furthest Station (Peter Grant 5.5) - Ben Aaronovitch
9. Foxglove Summer (Peter Grant 5) - Ben Aaronovitch
10. Passing - Nella Larsen - New Leaf Book Club February 2018 Selection
11. Stiff - Mary Roach - Audiobook
12. Hellbent (Orphan X 3) - Gregg Hurwitz
13. How to Camp Out - John Mead Gould
14. Rainbow Six (Jack Ryan 10) - Tom Clancy
15. Flesh and Bone (Body Farm 2) - Jefferson Bass - Audiobook
16. Black Magic Woman (Morris and Chastain 1) - Justin Gustainis
17. Stories of Your Life and Others - Ted Chiang - Audiobook
18. The Return of the King (LOTR 3) - J.R.R. Tolkien
19. The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway - New Leaf Book Club March 2018 Selection
20. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America - Erik Larson - Audiobook
21. Legion - Brandon Sanderson - Audiobook
22. Changes (Dresden 12) - Jim Butcher - Audiobook
23. Side Jobs: Aftermath (Dresden 12.1) - Jim Butcher - Set immediately after Changes
24. Archmage (Drizzt 28) - R.A. Salvatore
25. Double Star - Robert A. Heinlein
26. Ghost Story (Dresden 13) - Jim Butcher
27. Quarter Share (Golden Age 1) - Nathan Lowell
28. Making History - Stephen Fry - NLBC April 2018 Selection
29. Body Work (Rivers of London 4.5) - Ben Aaronovitch - Graphic novel
30. Cold Days (Dresden 14) - Jim Butcher
31. Concrete Planet - Robert Courland
32. All Systems Red (Murderbot 1) - Martha Wells
33. The Wild Adventure of Jasper Renn (Steampunk Chronicles 2.75) - Kady Cross
34. The Air Raid Killer - Frank Goldammer
35. Edge of Tomorrow / All You Need is Kill - Hiroshi Sakurazaka
36. Wool (Silo 1) - Hugh Howey
37. The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women - Kate Moore - NLBC May 2018 selection
38. The Engines of God - Jack McDevitt
39. Bellwether - Connie Willis
40. Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton
41. Kill Shot (Mitch Rapp 2) - Vince Flynn
42. Skin Game (Dresden 15) - Jim Butcher
43. Half Share (Golden Age 2) - Nathan Lowell
44. Full Share (Golden Age 3) - Nathan Lowell
45. Unseen Academicals (Discworld 37) - Terry Pratchett
46. Nightfall - Isaac Asimov
47. I, Cthulhu, or, What’s A Tentacle-Faced Thing Like Me Doing In A Sunken City Like This (Latitude 47° 9’ S, Longitude 126° 43’ W)? - Neil Gaiman from Tor.com
48. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas - NLBC June 2018 selection
49. Vindica - Ann Christy
50. Artificial Condition (Murderbot 2) - Martha Wells
51. Brief Cases (Dresden Anthology 2) - Jim Butcher
52. Transfer of Power (Mitch Rapp 3) - Vince Flynn
53. The Collectors (Camel Club 2) - David Baldacci
54. Trust No One - Greg Hurwitz
55. The Hanging Tree (Peter Grant 6) - Ben Aaronovitch
56. The Martian - Andy Weir
57. King of the Rats (Peter Grant 5.4) - Ben Aaronovitch
58. Island of the Blue Dolphins - Scott O'Dell
59. Foreigner (Foreigner 1) - C. J. Cherryh
60. Dandelion Wine - Ray Bradbury - NLBC July 2018 selection
61. The Amulet of Samarkand (Bartimeaus 1) - Jonathan Stroud
62. The Third Option (Mitch Rapp 4) - Vince Flynn
63. Dauntless (Lost Fleet 1) - Jack Campbell
64. Chivalry - Neil Gaiman - Episode #7 from Levar Burton Reads
65. The Paper Menagerie - Ken Liu - Episode #11 from Levar Burton Reads
66. Kin - Bruce McAllister - Episode #1 from Levar Burton Reads
67. The Flyers of Gy - Ursula K. LeGuin - from Levar Burton Reads
68. The Great Wide World Over There - Ray Bradbury - Episode #20 from Levar Burton Reads
69. The Second Bakery Attack - Haruki Murakami - Episode #8 from Levar Burton Reads
70. No Man's Guns - Elmore Leonard - Episode #12 from Levar Burton Reads
71. Rogue Protocol (Murderbot 3) - Martha Wells
72. The Great Halifax Explosion - John U. Bacon - NLBC August 2018 Selection
73. Executive Orders (Jack Ryan 9) - Tom Clancy
74. The Halfling's Gem (Drizzt 3) - R.A. Salvatore
75. The Assassin's Path (Scot Harvath 2) - Brad Thor
76. Shards of Honor (Vorkosigan Saga 1) - Lois McMaster Bujold
77. Trading in Danger (Vatta's War 1) - Elizabeth Moon
78. Marque and Reprisal (Vatta's War 2) - Elizabeth Moon
79. Engaging the Enemy (Vatta's War 3) - Elizabeth Moon
80. Command Decision (Vatta's War 4) - Elizabeth Moon
81. Victory Conditions (Vatta's War 5) - Elizabeth Moon
82. The Last American Vampire (Henry Sturges 2) - Seth Grahame-Smith
83. The Bear and the Dragon (Jack Ryan 11) - Tom Clancy
84. The Lady Astronaut of Mars (Lady Astronaut 2.5) - Mary Robinette Kowal
85. Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro - NLBC September 2018 selection
86. Multo - Samuel Marzioli - Episode #29 from Levar Burton Reads
87. The Magic of Recluce (Recluce 1) - L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
88. The Sheepfarmer's Daughter (Paksenarrion 1) - Elizabeth Moon
89. Divided Allegiance (Paksenarrion 2) - Elizabeth Moon
90. Oath of Gold (Paksenarrion 3) - Elizabeth Moon
91. A Blink of the Screen - Terry Pratchett - Short story collection
92. Exit Strategy (Murderbot 4) - Martha Wells
93. Steal the Stars - Mac Rogers - Podcast
94. The House on the Strand - Daphne du Maurier - NLBC October 2018
    • Abandoned - NOS4A2 - Joe Hill - no interest.
95. Lies of the Beholder (Legion 3) - Brandon Sanderson
96. Streams of Silver (Drizzt 2) - R.A. Salvatore
97. Dune - Frank Herbert
98. Solar Express - L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
99. Maestro (Drizzt 29) - R.A. Salvatore
100. Hero (Drizzt 30) - R.A. Salvatore
101. Timeless (Drizzt 31) - R.A. Salvatore
102. Wolverine: The Long Night - Marvel / Benjamin Percy - Podcast
     • Abandoned: Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood - NLBC November 2018 - I just can't do it
103. Skyward - Brandon Sanderson
104. The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut 1) - Mary Robinette Kowal
105. Lies Sleeping (Rivers of London 7) - Ben Aaronovitch
106. Alcatraz Vs. The Evil Librarians (Alcatraz 1) - Brandon Sanderson
107. The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut 2) - Mary Robinette Kowal
108. Magic Kingdom for Sale / Sold! (Landover 1) - Terry Brooks
109. Those Who Walk in Darkness (Paksenarrion 3.1) - Elizabeth Moon
110. The Future of Work: Compulsory - Martha Wells - A Murderbot short story
111. The Scarlett Pimpernel - Baroness Orczy - NLBC December 2018 selection
112. Christmas Eve (Dresden short story) - Jim Butcher - not included in stats

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New Leaf Book Club selections read: 10/11

• Passing - Nella Larsen - February 2018
• The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway - March 2018
• Making History - Stephen Fry - April 2018
• The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women - Kate Moore - May 2018
• The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas - June 2018
• Dandelion Wine - Ray Bradbury - July 2018
• The Great Halifax Explosion - John U. Bacon - August 2018
• Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro - September 2018
• The House on the Strand - Daphne du Maurier - October 2018
• Abandoned: Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood - November 2018
• The Scarlett Pimpernel - Baroness Orczy - December 2018

Also read 3 books that were nominated but not selected for the club.

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