Read twice as many books as I buy.
Revised goals after bundle purchase: Gold = 2x, Silver = 1.5x, Bronze = 1x
Bought: 65
Borrowed: 8
Free: 29
Read: 65 - COMPLETE (BRONZE)
Discarded/Expired: 0
Books read:
1. Classic Game Covers - Mike Winterbauer (f) - 121
2. The Ruin of Kings - Jenn Lyons (k) - 686
3. The Man Who Died Twice - Richard Osman (p) - 420
4. Kingdoms at War - Lindsay Buroker (k) - 521
5. Shelter - Dave Hutchinson (k) - 342
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6. Babel - R F Kuang (k) - 542
7. The Jewels of Aptor - Samuel R Delany (p) - 159
8. Malice - Keigo Higashino (p) - 313
9. Critical Hits (anthology) - Zoe Jellicoe (ed) (e) - 134
10. Blood Song - Anthony Ryan (k) - 576
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11. A Desolation Called Peace - Arkady Martine (p) - 480
12. The Raven Boys - Maggie Stiefvater (k) - 464
13. Before Mars - Emma Newman (k) - 338
14. Isha's Lament (novella) - Thomas Parrott (e) - 85
15. And Away... - Bob Mortimer (e) - 229
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16. The Shadow of Saganami - David Weber (e) - 728
17. The Golden Enclaves - Naomi Novik (k) - 402
18. Requiem for a Wren - Nevil Shute (p) - 253
19. The Alloy of Law - Brandon Sanderson (k) - 325
20. Designers & Dragons: The '80s - Shannon Appelcline (f) - 358
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21. Alif the Unseen - G Willow Wilson (k) - 432
22. He Who Fights with Monsters 2 - Shirtaloon/Travis Deverell (k) - 820
23. The Decagon House Murders - Yukito Ayatsuji (k) - 227
24. A Natural History of Dragons - Marie Brennan (k) - 334
25. Acceptance - Jeff VanderMeer (k) - 338
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26. The Story of the ZX Spectrum in Pixels - Chris Wilkins (f) - 233
27. Magic's Price - Mercedes Lackey (k) - 333
28. Meantime - Frankie Boyle (k) - 353
29. Strong Female Character - Fern Brady (k) - 284
30. Uncanny Collateral - Brian McClellan (k) - 145
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31. Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell (k) - 529
32. Blood of Assassins - RJ Barker (k) - 389
33. Children of Memory - Adrian Tchaikovsky (k) - 480
34. Can I Have My Ball Back? - Richard Herring (k) - 293
35. The Honjin Murders - Seishi Yokomizo (k) - 189
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36. The Steerswoman - Rosemary Kirstein (k) - 243
37. Terminal World - Alastair Reynolds (k) - 487
38. Thank You for the Days - Mark Radcliffe (k) - 320
39. The Mystery of the Yellow Room - Gaston Leroux (e) - 199
40. Jews Don’t Count - David Baddiel (k) - 131
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41. Nettle and Bone - T Kingfisher (k) - 240
42. The Devotion of Suspect X - Keigo Higashino (k) - 379
43. She Who Became the Sun - Shelley Parker-Chan (k) - 410
44. The Spare Man - Mary Robinette Kowal (k) - 387
45. Thinking About it Only Makes it Worse - David Mitchell (k) - 307
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46. City of Last Chances - Adrian Tchaikovsky (k) - 540
47. Hammer of Darkness - L E Modesitt Jr (e) - 306
48. Legends and Lattes - Travis Baldree (k) - 306
49. Sunreach (novella) - Brandon Sanderson & Janci Patterson (k) - 160
50. The Bullet that Missed - Richard Osman (h) - 408
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51. Of Blood and Fire - Ryan Cahill (k) - 521
52. Sea of Tranquility - Emily St John Mandel (e) - 255
53. Death on Gokumon Island - Seishi Yokomizo (k) - 317
54. He Who Fights with Monsters 3 - Shirtaloon/Travis Deverell (k) -712
55. The Rise (novella) - Ian Rankin (k) - 82
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56. ReDawn - Brandon Sanderson & Janci Patterson (k) - 210
57. Warsphere (short) - Darius Hinks (e) - 14
58. The Warp's Curse (short) - Michael J Hollows (e) - 19
59. Kushiel's Avatar - Jacqueline Carey (k) - 686
60. Sharpe's Command - Bernard Cornwell (k) - 299
61. Evershore - Brandon Sanderson & Janci Patterson (k) - 210
62. The Magic of Fabulous (novella) - Michelle Lang (k) - 51
63. Miranda in Milan (novella) - Katharine Duckett (e) - 113
64. Inspector Imanishi Investigates - Seicho Matsumoto (k) - 359
65. Sisters of the Vast Black (novella) - Lina Rather (e) - 83
Monthly Breakdown:
Achievements:
1.
Buy It, Read It. Start at least 75% of the books I buy.
Revised after bundle purchase: Gold = 75%, Silver = 66%, Bronze = 50%
Current total: 33/65 (51%) - COMPLETE (BRONZE)
2.
King of the Mountains. My 5 longest books should total over 3000 pages.
Current total: 3632 - COMPLETE
3.
Paper Chase. Reduce my unread paper book collection.
Out: 6
In: 3
Net reduction: 3
4.
Never Gonna Be Respectable. Read a classic or literary-award-adjacent book.
COMPLETE
Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell (Booker Shortlist)
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.
COMPLETE
Requiem for a Wren - Nevil Shute
6.
And Then. Series points challenge. 1 point for a sequel, 2 points if it's a serial rather than a disconnected sequel, 3 points for the last book in a serial or defined set. -1 for the first book in a series. 0 for the first book in a sub-series. Target: 15 points.
Current total: 20
Legend:
(p) paperback, (h) hardback, (k) kindle, (e) epub, (i) ibook, (f) pdf, (a) audio
On target,
Off target,
Completed