My overall goal, as always, is to end the year with fewer unread books. Since I failed to do this in 2018, my stretch goal is to reverse my 2018 deficit (17 books).
I'm also keeping my extra requirement to reduce my paper TBR by at least 7.
TBR:
Removed: 107 (14 deleted)
Added: 148 (58 paid)
Net reduction: -41
Pages read: 28736
Paper TBR:
Removed: 31
Added: 18 (15 paid)
Net Reduction: 13
Books read:
1. The Healers' Road - S E Robertson (k) - 278
2. Cybill Disobedience - Cybill Shepherd & Aimee Lee Ball (k) - 320
3. Fool's Run - Patricia McKillip (p) - 252
4. Hickory Dickory Dock - Agatha Christie (h) - 192
5. The Only Harmless Great Thing (short) - Brooke Bolander (e) - 51
6. Colours in the Steel - K J Parker (p) - 503
7. Rhapsody in Black - Brian Stableford (k) - 160
8. San Diego 2014: Last Stand of the California Browncoats (novella) - Mira Grant (i) - 82
9. Georgia on My Mind and Other Places (coll) - Charles Sheffield (e) - 340
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10. Banewreaker - Jacqueline Carey (k) - 488
11. Columbus Day - Craig Alanson (k) - 253
12. Trinity Rising - Elspeth Cooper (k) - 488
13. The Black Prince - Adam Roberts (h) - 300
14. Dead Man's Folly - Agatha Christie (k) - 233
15. The Grey King - Susan Cooper (h) - 119
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16. Europe at Dawn - Dave Hutchinson (k) - 317
17. Blackwing - Ed McDonald (k) - 360
18. Agent of Change - Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (e) - 256
19. Sowing - Angie Grigaliunas (k) - 370
20. Sole Sacrifice (novella) - K C May (e) - 48
21. 4.50 from Paddington - Agatha Christie (h) - 209
22. Level Up - Craig Anderson (k) - 290
23. Esther May Morrow's Buy or Borrow (coll) - Robert Appleton (k) - 73
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24. Bring Up the Bodies - Hilary Mantel (k) - 407
25. Melodies of the Heart (novella) - Michael Flynn (k) - 133
26. Black Wolves - Kate Elliott (k) - 804
27. Holy Sister - Mark Lawrence (e) - 353
28. Ordeal by Innocence - Agatha Christie (p) - 218
29. Speed: The One Genuinely Modern Pleasure - Mat Oxley (h) - 177
30. Elite: Docking is Difficult - Gideon Defoe (h) - 162
31. The Gods of Men - Barbara Kloss (k) - 439
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32. Twenty Trillion Leagues Under the Sea - Adam Roberts (h) - 306
33. The Black Cauldron - Lloyd Alexander (e) - 180
34. Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen - Lois McMaster Bujold (k) - 352
35. Ruthless Magic - Megan Crewe (k) - 341
36. The Nursing Home Murder - Ngaio Marsh (p) - 235
37. Ritualist - Dakota Krout (k) - 374
38. Drawing for the Absolute Beginner - Mark & Mary Willenbrink (k) - 128
39. The Stone Sky - N K Jemisin (p) - 398
40. A Closed and Common Orbit - Becky Chambers (k) - 364
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41. Marvel Comics: The Untold Story - Sean Howe (k) - 432
42. We Ride the Storm - Devin Madson (k) - 444
43. How I Made Over $42,000 in 1 Month Selling My Kindle eBooks - Cheryl Kaye Tardif (k) - 98
44. Raven Stratagem - Yoon Ha Lee (k) - 400
45. Cat Among the Pigeons - Agatha Christie (p) - 352
46. The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion (novella) - Margaret Killjoy (e) - 78
47. Black Sun Rising - C S Friedman (p) - 586
48. Planetfall - Emma Newman (k) - 320
49. Passing Strange (novella) - Ellen Klages (e) - 125
50. In Shadows We Fall (novella) - Devin Madson (e) - 108
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51. Blade & Rose - Miranda Honfleur (k) - 648
52. Blackcollar - Timothy Zahn (e) - 272
53. Poison - Sarah Pinborough (h) - 202
54. The Pale Horse - Agatha Christie (p) - 188
55. Into the Labyrinth - John Bierce (k) - 178
56. Freeware - Rudy Rucker (p) - 262
57. Silver on the Tree - Susan Cooper (h) - 188
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58. Rosewater - Tade Thompson (k) - 287
59. A Taste of Honey (novella) - Kai Ashante Wilson (e) - 91
60. The Fire Sermon - Francesca Haig (k) - 418
61. Raven Black - Ann Cleeves (p) - 376
62. Jewel of the Endless Erg - John Bierce (k) - 246
63. Dreams Before the Start of Time - Anne Charnock (k) - 210
64. The Lion of Senet - Jennifer Fallon (p) - 535
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65. The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side - Agatha Christie (h) - 256
66. Too Like the Lightning - Ada Palmer (k) - 522
67. Age of Assassins - RJ Barker (k) - 432
68. The Black Spectacles - John Dickson Carr (p) - 190
69. An Informal History of the Hugos - Jo Walton (e) - 604
70. The Calculating Stars - Mary Robinette Kowal (k) - 421
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71. Charm - Sarah Pinborough (h) - 218
72. Beyond the Black Stump - Nevil Shute (h) - 297
73. The Gray House - Mariam Petrosyan (k) - 722
74. The Clocks - Agatha Christie (p) - 384
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75. Nightflyers and Other Stories (coll) - George R R Martin (k) - 384
76. The Black Prism - Brent Weeks (k) - 626
77. A Memory Called Empire - Arkady Martine (h) - 448
78. A Traitor in Skyhold - John Bierce (k) - 309
79. A Fabulous Creation - David Hepworth (k) - 323
80. Shockwave - Lindsay Buroker (k) - 338
81. Beauty - Sarah Pinborough (h) - 212
82. A Caribbean Mystery - Agatha Christie (h) - 167
83. The Woman Who Rides Like a Man - Tamora Pierce (k) - 154
84. Down Among the Sticks and Bones (novella) - Seanan McGuire (e) - 116
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85. The Fated Sky - Mary Robinette Kowal (k) - 372
86. Lioness Rampant - Tamora Pierce (k) - 202
87. The Black Ice - Michael Connelly (k) - 388
88. Crooked Kingdom - Leigh Bardugo (p) - 538
89. The Catcher in the Rye - J D Salinger (p) - 220
90. Swordspoint - Ellen Kushner (k) - 286
91. At Bertram's Hotel - Agatha Christie (h) - 192
92. The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers - John Szczepaniak (k) - 526
93. Amberlough - Lara Elena Donnelly (k) - 394
Monthly Breakdown:
Additional Goals:
1. The Worm that Turned. At least 60% of my books should be by women. Stretch goal: reverse my percentage from 2018 (which was 33.2%, so 66.8%). Updated monthly, probably.
Current: (58/93) 62.4%
2. Always be Closing. Conversion rate better than 2018. The conversion rate is the proportion of new books I start. The target is 0.325. Updated monthly, probably.
Current: (47/149) 0.315
3. King of the Mountains. My 5 longest books should total over 3000 pages.
Current total: 3404
4. Morningstar Crescent. An ongoing challenge to read all books shortlisted for the David Gemmell Morningstar Award. Since I have fewer other targets this year, I'm aiming for at least 10 books.
Current total: 3
5. Paint it Black. Read a book with "Black" in the title every month.
Last month completed: December
Legend:
Book title:
read,own,
don't own
(p) paperback, (h) hardback, (k) kindle, (e) epub, (i) ibook/pdf, (a) audio
+ especially liked, - didn't much like