Once again my main goal is to reduce my overall TBR, with a special extra requirement to reduce my paper TBR by at least 7. For extra credit, I'd like to reduce (or not increase) the TBR in every individual month of the year. It's going to be much tougher now I've dropped my daily short story requirement.
TBR:
Removed: 103
Added: 120 (69 paid)
Net reduction: -17
Pages read: 32447
Paper TBR:
Removed: 22
Added: 14 (14 paid)
Net Reduction: 8
Books read:
1. Europe at Midnight - Dave Hutchinson (e) - 384
2. The Half Killed - Quenby Olson (k) - 275
3. Orbital Resonance - John Barnes (p) - 214
4. Steal the Sky - Megan E O'Keefe (k) - 323
5. Points of Impact - Marko Kloos (k) - 297
6. The Story of the Commodore Amiga in Pixels - Chris Wilkins & Roger M Kean (i) - 283
7. Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo (k) - 462
8. The Hollow - Agatha Christie (h) - 252
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9. The Red Knight - Miles Cameron (k) - 648
10. End of the World Blues - Jon Courtenay Grimwood (k) - 342
11. Seven Forges - James A Moore (k) - 268
12. Transference Station (novella) - Stephen Hunt (k) - 93
13. Taken at the Flood - Agatha Christie (p) - 220
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14. Nice Dragons Finish Last - Rachel Aaron (k) - 287
15. Greenwitch - Susan Cooper (h) - 94
16. Fools - Pat Cadigan (k) - 299
17. Killing Gravity (novella) - Corey J White (e) - 192
18. Eight Skilled Gentlemen - Barry Hughart (e) - 217
19. Crooked House - Agatha Christie (p) - 302
20. Write Free - Julie Smith (k) - 121
21. Witches of Lychford (novella) - Paul Cornell (e) - 79
22. Cult Sci-Fi Movies - Danny Peary (k) - 127
23. Brasyl - Ian McDonald (k) - 411
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24. Sufficiently Advanced Magic - Andrew Rowe (k) - 609
25. The Case with Nine Solutions - J J Connington (k) - 280
26. The Princess Bride - William Goldman (k) - 336
27. Ammonite - Nicola Griffith (k) - 417
28. Between Silk and Cyanide: A Code Maker's War - Leo Marks (e) - 573
29. Lost Lore (anthology) - Various (k) - 381
30. All Systems Red (novella) - Martha Wells (e) - 83
31. The Crimson Queen - Alec Hutson (k) - 419
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32. A Murder is Announced - Agatha Christie (p) - 237
33. The Rift - Nina Allan (k) - 400
34. Grainne - Keith Roberts (k) - 175
35. Now We Are Ten (anthology) - Ian Whates (ed) (k) - 253
36. The Palace Job - Patrick Weekes (k) - 423
37. Effendi - Jon Courtenay Grimwood (k) - 376
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38. Lyonesse: Madouc - Jack Vance (k) - 330
39. The Centauri Device - M John Harrison (p) - 199
40. They Came to Baghdad - Agatha Christie (p) - 221
41. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen - Alan Garner (p) - 284
42. The Story of US Gold - Chris Wilkins & Roger M Kean (i) - 230
43. Station Eleven - Emily St John Mandel (k) - 352
44. Making Story: Twenty-One Writers on How they Plot - Timothy Hallinan (ed) (k) - 192
45. Monterra's Deliciosa & Other Tales & (collection) - Anna Tambour (k) - 264
46. Sweats (short) - Keith Brooke (k) - 29
47. On the Shoulders of Titans - Andrew Rowe (k) - 698
48. The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps - Kai Ashante Wilson (e) - 131
49. Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer (k) - 352
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50. The Engines of God - Jack McDevitt (k) - 524
51. Alanna: The First Adventure - Tamora Pierce (k) - 230
52. The Night Sessions - Ken MacLeod (k) - 368
53. In the Hand of the Goddess - Tamora Pierce (k) - 223
54. Europe in Winter - Dave Hutchinson (p) - 295
55. Twelve Kings - Bradley P Beaulieu (k) - 580
56. Mrs McGinty's Dead - Agatha Christie (p) - 335
57. Bad Pharma - Ben Goldacre (k) - 449
58. Felaheen - Jon Courtenay Grimwood (k) - 356
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59. Pandemonium: The Rite of Spring (anthology) - Jared Shurin (ed) (k) - 28
60. The Obelisk Gate - N K Jemisin (p) - 391
61. Blood, Sweat and Tea - Tom Reynolds (k) - 274
62. 13 Minutes - Sarah Pinborough (k) - 404
63. The Terminal Experiment - Robert J Sawyer (p) - 333
64. Unsouled - Will Wight (k) - 292
65. They Do it with Mirrors - Agatha Christie (p) - 218
66. Remnant Population - Elizabeth Moon (p) - 360
67. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte (e) - 489
68. Get Started in Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy - Adam Roberts (k) - 224
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69. Kings of the Wyld - Nicholas Eames (k) - 528
70. Fool's War - Sarah Zettel (e) - 388
71. Grey Sister - Mark Lawrence (e) - 377
72. You've Got to Read This - Simon Cheshire (k) - 220
73. Dreaming in Smoke - Tricia Sullivan (h) - 290
74. Pilgrimage to Skara - Jonathan S Pembroke (k) - 289
75. Going on the Turn - Danny Baker (k) - 258
76. The Black Echo - Michael Connelly (k) - 459
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77. Teranesia - Greg Egan (p) - 248
78. Death March - Phil Tucker (k) - 310
79. A Calculated Life - Anne Charnock (k) - 195
80. The Tethered Mage - Melissa Caruso (p) - 434
81. After the Funeral - Agatha Christie (p) - 378
82. The Ballad of Black Tom (novella) - Victor LaValle (e) - 88
83. The Traitor - Seth Dickinson (k) - 401
84. Memesis (collection) - Keith Brooke (k) - 144
85. Dauntless - Jack Campbell (k) - 350
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86. Nightmare Keep - Phil Tucker (k) - 265
87. The Undoing Project - Michael Lewis (k) - 352
88. A Gentleman's Game - Greg Rucka (e) - 310
89. Crucible of Gold - Naomi Novik (k) - 323
90. Segue: Into the Strange (collection) - Keith Brooke (k) - 177
91. Ocean: The History - Chris Wilkins & Roger M Kean (i) - 260
92. A Pocket Full of Rye - Agatha Christie (p) - 219
93. Judas Unchained - Peter F Hamilton (k) - 1236
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94. Killer Dungeon - Phil Tucker (k) - 331
95. The Rainbow and the Rose - Nevil Shute (h) - 306
96. The Grand Tour - Patricia C Wrede & Caroline Stevermer (k) - 469
97. Ninefox Gambit - Yoon Ha Lee (k) - 384
98. Destination Unknown - Agatha Christie (k) - 191
99. Service Games - Sam Pettus (e) - 385
100. Imager's Challenge - L E Modesitt Jr (k) - 460
101. Classic Scrapes - James Acaster (k) - 302
102. The Black Fires of Heaven (novella) - J Y Yang (e) - 141
103. Dogs of War - Adrian Tchaikovsky (k) - 262
Monthly Breakdown:
Additional Goals:
1. BSFA award winners. Ongoing challenge. 6 left at the start of the year. I'd like to complete the set this year.
Books remaining: 0
2. Fifty Years of SF. 1950-1999. An ongoing challenge to read a book published in every year from 1950 to 1999, in order. I intend to complete the challenge this year.
Last year completed: 1999
3. King of the Mountains. My 5 longest books should total over 2500 pages. (Not really a goal this year, but I enjoyed tracking it last year.)
Current total: 3771
4. Follow the Money. I have around 30 unread ebooks that cost more than £3. I'd like to read at least 7 of them. Only books owned at the start of the year can count.
Current total: 8
5. That's Numberwang. Read books with consecutive numbers in the title, in order, at a rate of one per month. Started from 0 in July 2017. I'm currently hoping to get to 13 before I run out of options.
Last number read: 13
6. David Gemmell Morningstar Award. Ongoing challenge to read everything ever shortlisted. I'm not sure what my 2018 target is yet, but I might as well carry on tracking. May: I think I'll try to at least tread water with 5 books.
Current total: 5
Legend:
Book title:
read 2015,
read 2016,
read 2017,
read,own,
don't own
(p) paperback, (h) hardback, (k) kindle, (e) epub, (i) ibook/pdf, (a) audio
+ especially liked, - didn't much like