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DrNefario · 12-01-2015, 04:37 PM

Reduce TBR. Reduce paper TBR by at least 7.

TBR:
Removed: 115
Added: 111 (73 paid)
Net reduction: 4
Pages read: 35507

Paper TBR:
Removed: 34
Added: 21 (20 paid)
Net Reduction: 13

Books read:
1. King of Thorns - Mark Lawrence (k) - 597
2. Luna: New Moon - Ian McDonald (k) - 392
3. Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman (k) - 370
4. Dumb Witness - Agatha Christie (p) - 255
5. Aztec Century - Christopher Evans (p) - 352
6. The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury (k) - 236
7. Priest - Matthew Colville (k) - 436
8. Dinosaur Beach - Keith Laumer (e) - 161
9. Without a Summer - Mary Robinette Kowal (e) - 231
10. Horus Rising - Dan Abnett (i) - 412
11. Rogues - George R R Martin & Gardner Dozois (eds) (k) - 832
12. Death on the Nile - Agatha Christie (p) - 416
13. Daggerspell - Katharine Kerr (p) - 528
14. Beyond Apollo - Barry Malzberg (h) - 138
15. Ack-Ack Macaque - Gareth L Powell (e) - 259
16. Legends II: Stories in Honour of David Gemmell - Ian Whates (ed) (k) - 230
17. The Slow Regard of Silent Things (novella) - Patrick Rothfuss (e) - 86
18. The Cardinal's Blades - Pierre Pevel (h) - 370
19. The Man Who Folded Himself - David Gerrold (e) - 116
20. The Last Witness (novella) - KJ Parker (e) - 68
21. The Magician's Land - Lev Grossman (k) - 401
22. The Quiet War - Paul McAuley (k) - 439
23. Fearsome Journeys - Jonathan Strahan (ed) (e) - 334
24. Mitosis (novella) - Brandon Sanderson (e) - 32
25. Hawkwood's Voyage - Paul Kearney (e) - 337
26. The First Family of Racing - Earl Hayden & Danny May (k) - 208
27. The Heretic Kings - Paul Kearney (e) - 280
28. Killing the Top Ten Sacred Cows of Publishing - Dean Wesley Smith (e) - 84
29. Appointment with Death - Agatha Christie (h) - 252
30. The Mote in God's Eye - Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle (p) - 560
31. Wastelands - John Joseph Adams (ed) (e) - 376
32. Promise of Blood - Brian McClellan (k) - 545
33. Hercule Poirot's Christmas - Agatha Christie (p) - 335
34. Million Dollar Productivity - Kevin J Anderson (e) - 39
35. The Wind's Twelve Quarters - Ursula K Le Guin (e) - 248
36. Chains of Command - Marko Kloos (k) - 369
37. Murder at the Kinnen Hotel (novella) - Brian McClellan (k) - 75
38. Deep Wizardry - Diane Duane (e) - 226
39. Future Visions - Jennifer Henshaw & Allison Lynn (eds) (e) - 199
40. Europe in Autumn - Dave Hutchinson (e) - 317
41. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - George R R Martin (e) - 355
42. The Crystal Shard - R A Salvatore (k) - 326
43. Man Plus - Frederik Pohl (p) - 215
44. Luminous - Greg Egan (p) - 295
45. Teckla - Steven Brust (p) - 153
46. The Valley of Fear - Arthur Conan Doyle (e) - 147
47. Rave and Let Die - Adam Roberts (k) - 272
48. Stories from the Quiet War - Paul McAuley (k) - 186
49. Heir to the Empire - Timothy Zahn (e) - 361
50. The Forgotten Beasts of Eld - Patricia A McKillip (p) - 217
51. In the Ocean of Night - Gregory Benford (k) - 333
52. Apocalypses & Apostrophes - John Barnes (p) - 349
53. The Stone Road - G R Matthews (k) - 316
54. Murder is Easy - Agatha Christie (p) - 180
55. In the Hall of the Martian Kings - John Varley (p) - 316
56. Retribution Falls - Chris Wooding (k) - 482
57. Air - Geoff Ryman (p) - 390
58. The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle (e) - 196
59. Kushiel's Chosen - Jacqueline Carey (k) - 678
60. Kindred - Octavia E Butler (k) - 295
61. And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie (p) - 179
62. Barnacle Bill the Spacer and Other Stories - Lucius Shepard (p) - 292
63. The Garden of Stones - Mark T Barnes (k) - 484
64. Manhattan in Reverse - Peter F Hamilton (k) - 260
65. Thatcher Stole My Trousers - Alexei Sayle (e) - 273
66. Uglies - Scott Westerfeld (k) - 405
67. Grazing the Long Acre - Gwyneth Jones (k) - 293
68. Elantris - Brandon Sanderson (k) - 615
69. The White Mountains - John Christopher (p) - 144
70. Sad Cypress - Agatha Christie (p) - 189
71. Uprooted - Naomi Novik (e) - 377
72. Sword of Destiny - Andrzej Sapkowski (k) - 374
73. Riddley Walker - Russell Hoban (k) - 220
74. The Innocence of Father Brown - G K Chesterton (e) - 365
75. Path of Flames - Phil Tucker (k) - 614
76. The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination - John Joseph Adams (ed) (e) - 380
77. Crystal Rain - Tobias S Buckell (e) - 364
78. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe - Agatha Christie (h) - 252
79. The House of Shattered Wings - Aliette de Bodard (k) - 398
80. Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories - Agatha Christie (k) - 870
81. The City of Gold and Lead - John Christopher (p) - 152
82. The Straight Razor Cure - Daniel Polansky (k) - 369
83. Windhaven - George R R Martin & Lisa Tuttle (p) - 381
84. The Pursuit of Perfection and How it Harms Writers - Kristine Kathryn Rusch (e) - 41
85. Sharp Ends - Joe Abercrombie (k) - 287
86. Headtaker - David Guymer (p) - 411
87. The Unlimited Dream Company - J G Ballard (k) - 223
88. Senlin Ascends - Josiah Bancroft (k) - 359
89. Beasts and Super-Beasts - Saki (k) - 312
90. Escape from Bythos (novella) - Phil Tucker (k) - 46
91. Trustee from the Toolroom - Nevil Shute (h) - 312
92. Million Dollar Professionalism - Kevin J Anderson & Rebecca Moesta (e) - 74
93. The Children of the Sky - Vernor Vinge (h) - 444
94. Drawing on the Power of Resonance in Writing - David Farland (e) - 54
95. On the Map - Simon Garfield (p) - 443
96. Transformation - Carol Berg (p) - 506
97. After the End: Recent Apocalypses - Paula Guran (ed) (e) - 364
98. Evil Under the Sun - Agatha Christie (p) - 189
99. Just a Geek - Wil Wheaton (e) - 222
100. Helliconia Spring - Brian W Aldiss (k) - 451
101. Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch (k) - 390
102. Limits - Larry Niven (e) - 217
103. The Jonah Kit - Ian Watson (k) - 217
104. The 100 Most Pointless Arguments in the World... Solved - Alexander Armstrong & Richard Osman (h) - 324
105. The Black Company - Glen Cook (k) - 217
106. The Sea - John Banville (k) - 195
107. Firefight - Brandon Sanderson (h) - 416
108. Machine of Death - Ryan North, Matthew Bennardo & David Malki (eds) (e) - 440
109. The Drowning City - Amanda Downum (e) - 377
110. Janissaries - Jerry Pournelle (p) - 255
111. How to Do Things with Videogames - Ian Bogost (e) - 165
112. Arm of the Sphinx - Josiah Bancroft (k) - 367
113. N or M? - Agatha Christie (p) - 304
114. The Best of Hal Clement - Hal Clement (e) - 322
115. The Brick Moon: Orbit and Re-entry - Edward Everett Hale & Adam Roberts (k) - 109

Monthly Breakdown:

Spoiler:

Additional Goals:

1. BSFA award winners. Ongoing challenge. Progress has been slow because of other challenges, which I'm intending to cut down on this year. 18 left at the start of the year. I'd like to read at least 6.

Spoiler:

2. A short story a day. To make it easier to record this year I'm just going to count days missed, of which I'd like there to be fewer than 36.

3. Fifty Years of SF. 1950-1999. An ongoing challenge to read a book published in every year from 1950 to 1999, in order.

Spoiler:

Legend:
Book title: read 2015,read,own,don't own
(p) paperback, (h) hardback, (k) kindle, (e) epub, (i) ibook/pdf, (a) audio
+ especially liked, - didn't much like

12-01-2015, 04:37 PM	#15
DrNefario Wizard Posts: 2,099 Karma: 11315768 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: UK Device: Kindle, Kobo Touch, Nook SimpleTouch	Reduce TBR. Reduce paper TBR by at least 7. TBR: Removed: 115 Added: 111 (73 paid) Net reduction: 4 Pages read: 35507 Paper TBR: Removed: 34 Added: 21 (20 paid) Net Reduction: 13 Books read: 1. King of Thorns - Mark Lawrence (k) - 597 2. Luna: New Moon - Ian McDonald (k) - 392 3. Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman (k) - 370 4. Dumb Witness - Agatha Christie (p) - 255 5. Aztec Century - Christopher Evans (p) - 352 6. The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury (k) - 236 7. Priest - Matthew Colville (k) - 436 8. Dinosaur Beach - Keith Laumer (e) - 161 9. Without a Summer - Mary Robinette Kowal (e) - 231 10. Horus Rising - Dan Abnett (i) - 412 11. Rogues - George R R Martin & Gardner Dozois (eds) (k) - 832 12. Death on the Nile - Agatha Christie (p) - 416 13. Daggerspell - Katharine Kerr (p) - 528 14. Beyond Apollo - Barry Malzberg (h) - 138 15. Ack-Ack Macaque - Gareth L Powell (e) - 259 16. Legends II: Stories in Honour of David Gemmell - Ian Whates (ed) (k) - 230 17. The Slow Regard of Silent Things (novella) - Patrick Rothfuss (e) - 86 18. The Cardinal's Blades - Pierre Pevel (h) - 370 19. The Man Who Folded Himself - David Gerrold (e) - 116 20. The Last Witness (novella) - KJ Parker (e) - 68 21. The Magician's Land - Lev Grossman (k) - 401 22. The Quiet War - Paul McAuley (k) - 439 23. Fearsome Journeys - Jonathan Strahan (ed) (e) - 334 24. Mitosis (novella) - Brandon Sanderson (e) - 32 25. Hawkwood's Voyage - Paul Kearney (e) - 337 26. The First Family of Racing - Earl Hayden & Danny May (k) - 208 27. The Heretic Kings - Paul Kearney (e) - 280 28. Killing the Top Ten Sacred Cows of Publishing - Dean Wesley Smith (e) - 84 29. Appointment with Death - Agatha Christie (h) - 252 30. The Mote in God's Eye - Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle (p) - 560 31. Wastelands - John Joseph Adams (ed) (e) - 376 32. Promise of Blood - Brian McClellan (k) - 545 33. Hercule Poirot's Christmas - Agatha Christie (p) - 335 34. Million Dollar Productivity - Kevin J Anderson (e) - 39 35. The Wind's Twelve Quarters - Ursula K Le Guin (e) - 248 36. Chains of Command - Marko Kloos (k) - 369 37. Murder at the Kinnen Hotel (novella) - Brian McClellan (k) - 75 38. Deep Wizardry - Diane Duane (e) - 226 39. Future Visions - Jennifer Henshaw & Allison Lynn (eds) (e) - 199 40. Europe in Autumn - Dave Hutchinson (e) - 317 41. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - George R R Martin (e) - 355 42. The Crystal Shard - R A Salvatore (k) - 326 43. Man Plus - Frederik Pohl (p) - 215 44. Luminous - Greg Egan (p) - 295 45. Teckla - Steven Brust (p) - 153 46. The Valley of Fear - Arthur Conan Doyle (e) - 147 47. Rave and Let Die - Adam Roberts (k) - 272 48. Stories from the Quiet War - Paul McAuley (k) - 186 49. Heir to the Empire - Timothy Zahn (e) - 361 50. The Forgotten Beasts of Eld - Patricia A McKillip (p) - 217 51. In the Ocean of Night - Gregory Benford (k) - 333 52. Apocalypses & Apostrophes - John Barnes (p) - 349 53. The Stone Road - G R Matthews (k) - 316 54. Murder is Easy - Agatha Christie (p) - 180 55. In the Hall of the Martian Kings - John Varley (p) - 316 56. Retribution Falls - Chris Wooding (k) - 482 57. Air - Geoff Ryman (p) - 390 58. The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle (e) - 196 59. Kushiel's Chosen - Jacqueline Carey (k) - 678 60. Kindred - Octavia E Butler (k) - 295 61. And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie (p) - 179 62. Barnacle Bill the Spacer and Other Stories - Lucius Shepard (p) - 292 63. The Garden of Stones - Mark T Barnes (k) - 484 64. Manhattan in Reverse - Peter F Hamilton (k) - 260 65. Thatcher Stole My Trousers - Alexei Sayle (e) - 273 66. Uglies - Scott Westerfeld (k) - 405 67. Grazing the Long Acre - Gwyneth Jones (k) - 293 68. Elantris - Brandon Sanderson (k) - 615 69. The White Mountains - John Christopher (p) - 144 70. Sad Cypress - Agatha Christie (p) - 189 71. Uprooted - Naomi Novik (e) - 377 72. Sword of Destiny - Andrzej Sapkowski (k) - 374 73. Riddley Walker - Russell Hoban (k) - 220 74. The Innocence of Father Brown - G K Chesterton (e) - 365 75. Path of Flames - Phil Tucker (k) - 614 76. The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination - John Joseph Adams (ed) (e) - 380 77. Crystal Rain - Tobias S Buckell (e) - 364 78. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe - Agatha Christie (h) - 252 79. The House of Shattered Wings - Aliette de Bodard (k) - 398 80. Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories - Agatha Christie (k) - 870 81. The City of Gold and Lead - John Christopher (p) - 152 82. The Straight Razor Cure - Daniel Polansky (k) - 369 83. Windhaven - George R R Martin & Lisa Tuttle (p) - 381 84. The Pursuit of Perfection and How it Harms Writers - Kristine Kathryn Rusch (e) - 41 85. Sharp Ends - Joe Abercrombie (k) - 287 86. Headtaker - David Guymer (p) - 411 87. The Unlimited Dream Company - J G Ballard (k) - 223 88. Senlin Ascends - Josiah Bancroft (k) - 359 89. Beasts and Super-Beasts - Saki (k) - 312 90. Escape from Bythos (novella) - Phil Tucker (k) - 46 91. Trustee from the Toolroom - Nevil Shute (h) - 312 92. Million Dollar Professionalism - Kevin J Anderson & Rebecca Moesta (e) - 74 93. The Children of the Sky - Vernor Vinge (h) - 444 94. Drawing on the Power of Resonance in Writing - David Farland (e) - 54 95. On the Map - Simon Garfield (p) - 443 96. Transformation - Carol Berg (p) - 506 97. After the End: Recent Apocalypses - Paula Guran (ed) (e) - 364 98. Evil Under the Sun - Agatha Christie (p) - 189 99. Just a Geek - Wil Wheaton (e) - 222 100. Helliconia Spring - Brian W Aldiss (k) - 451 101. Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch (k) - 390 102. Limits - Larry Niven (e) - 217 103. The Jonah Kit - Ian Watson (k) - 217 104. The 100 Most Pointless Arguments in the World... Solved - Alexander Armstrong & Richard Osman (h) - 324 105. The Black Company - Glen Cook (k) - 217 106. The Sea - John Banville (k) - 195 107. Firefight - Brandon Sanderson (h) - 416 108. Machine of Death - Ryan North, Matthew Bennardo & David Malki (eds) (e) - 440 109. The Drowning City - Amanda Downum (e) - 377 110. Janissaries - Jerry Pournelle (p) - 255 111. How to Do Things with Videogames - Ian Bogost (e) - 165 112. Arm of the Sphinx - Josiah Bancroft (k) - 367 113. N or M? - Agatha Christie (p) - 304 114. The Best of Hal Clement - Hal Clement (e) - 322 115. The Brick Moon: Orbit and Re-entry - Edward Everett Hale & Adam Roberts (k) - 109 Monthly Breakdown: Spoiler: January Bought: 6 (£7.85) Borrowed: 2 Read: 9 (£10.86) Pages: 3030 February Bought: 5 (£7.97) Borrowed: 3 Free: 2 Read: 11 (£9.66) Pages: 3455 March Bought: 5 (£8.46) Borrowed: 3 Free: 2 Read: 9 (£10.33) Pages: 2367 April Bought: 3 (£12.09) Borrowed: 1 Free: 3 Read: 8 (£8.31) Pages: 2547 May Bought: 3 (£5.97) Borrowed: 2 Free: 1 Read: 9 (£17.35) Pages: 2233 June Bought: 2 (£1.99) Borrowed: 1 Read: 10 (£13.18) Pages: 3011 July Bought: 11 (£17.33) Borrowed: 2 Free: 1 Read: 8 (£18.12) Pages: 2770 August Bought: 11 (£10.48) Borrowed: 1 Free: 1 Read: 9 (£12.64) Pages: 2890 September Bought: 10 (£17.91) Borrowed: 1 Free: 2 Read: 8 (£16.52) Pages: 3495 October Bought: 5 (£8.23) Borrowed: 1 Free: 2 Read: 9 (£8.01) Pages: 2429 November Bought: 7 (£11.77) Borrowed: 1 Free: 3 Read: 12 (£16.32) Pages: 3666 December Bought: 5 (£10.81) Borrowed: 2 Free: 1 Read: 13 (£7.98) Pages: 3368 Additional Goals: 1. BSFA award winners. Ongoing challenge. Progress has been slow because of other challenges, which I'm intending to cut down on this year. 18 left at the start of the year. I'd like to read at least 6. Spoiler: 1970 - The Jagged Orbit - John Brunner (k) 1976 - Brontomek! - Michael G. Coney (k) 1977 - The Jonah Kit - Ian Watson (k) 1979 - The Unlimited Dream Company - J. G. Ballard (k) 1982 - Helliconia Spring - Brian W. Aldiss (k) 1983 - Tik-Tok - John Sladek (k) 1985 - Helliconia Winter - Brian W. Aldiss (k) 1987 - Grainne - Keith Roberts (k) 1993 - Aztec Century - Christopher Evans (p) 2000 - Ash: A Secret History - Mary Gentle (k) 2003 - Felaheen - Jon Courtenay Grimwood (k) 2004 - River of Gods - Ian McDonald (k) 2005 - Air - Geoff Ryman (p) 2006 - End of the World Blues - Jon Courtenay Grimwood (k) 2007 - Brasyl - Ian McDonald (k) 2008 - The Night Sessions - Ken MacLeod (k) 2011 - The Islanders - Christopher Priest (k) 2013 - Ack Ack Macaque - Gareth L Powell (e) 2015 - The House of Shattered Wings - Aliette de Bodard (k) 2. A short story a day. To make it easier to record this year I'm just going to count days missed, of which I'd like there to be fewer than 36. 3. Fifty Years of SF. 1950-1999. An ongoing challenge to read a book published in every year from 1950 to 1999, in order. Spoiler: 1950 - Galactic Patrol - E E "Doc" Smith 1951 - The Green Hills of Earth - Robert A Heinlein 1952 - City - Clifford D Simak 1953 - Childhood's End - Arthur C Clarke 1954 - The Forgotten Planet - Murray Leinster 1955 - The Long Tomorrow - Leigh Brackett 1956 - The Death of Grass - John Christopher 1957 - The Midwich Cuckoos - John Wyndham 1958 - The Time Traders - Andre Norton 1959 - The Enemy Stars - Poul Anderson 1960 - The Tomorrow People - Judith Merrill 1961 - The Joy Makers - James Gunn 1962 - A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle 1963 - Star Surgeon - James White 1964 - The Planet Buyer - Cordwainer Smith 1965 - The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch - Philip K Dick 1966 - Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes 1967 - I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream - Harlan Ellison 1968 - Pavane - Keith Roberts 1969 - Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut 1970 - The Year of the Quiet Sun - Wilson Tucker 1971 - Dinosaur Beach - Keith Laumer 1972 - Beyond Apollo - Barry Malzberg 1973 - The Man Who Folded Himself - David Gerrold 1974 - The Mote in God's Eye - Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle 1975 - The Wind's Twelve Quarters - Ursula K Le Guin 1976 - Man Plus - Frederik Pohl 1977 - In the Ocean of Night - Gregory Benford 1978 - In the Hall of the Martian Kings - John Varley 1979 - Kindred - Octavia E Butler 1980 - Riddley Walker - Russell Hoban 1981 - Windhaven - George R R Martin & Lisa Tuttle 1982 - Helliconia Spring - Brian W Aldiss Legend: Book title: read 2015,read,own,don't own (p) paperback, (h) hardback, (k) kindle, (e) epub, (i) ibook/pdf, (a) audio + especially liked, - didn't much like Last edited by DrNefario; 12-31-2016 at 07:49 AM.