The 2024 Annual Reading Challenge List Thread

pdurrant · 12-04-2023, 02:07 AM

2024 Reading Challenge List Thread

Welcome to our 15th Annual Reading Challenge!

The Annual Reading Challenge is not a race, nor an “exclusive club”, anyone can join! This is just a fun activity that some of us have enjoyed doing in the past. Many of us have found reading challenges to be an entertaining way to set goals for ourselves, get ideas for books, and see what others are reading.

This thread is for you to keep a running tally for your chosen challenge. Please state your goals at the top of your post (in the title line if you can), and then start your list in the body of your post. As you read books, edit your post to update your list of books read, or other challenge status.

Please Remember: No discussion posts in this thread. Please use the other thread for that. Non-List posts will be deleted or moved to the other thread.

Discussions & Ideas can be found here:

2024 Annual Reading Challenge Discussion Thread

Post #2 of this thread is dedicated to a Table of Contents for all participants in this thread. Names will be added to this TOC in alphabetical order with a link to that individual’s post number from this thread.

Previous threads were for
2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010

pdurrant · 12-04-2023, 02:08 AM

Table of Participants

afv011 - Post #17
astrangerhere - Post #6
bookaho!ic - Post #20
CAFlanny - Post #10
Dazrin - Post #11
DrNefario - Post #5
HLS - Post #14
Hollow Man - Post #16
Indio777 - Post #15
issybird - Post #7
jbcohen - Post #8
JSWolf - Post #19
library addict - Post #13
Musicman - Post #18
Paperbackstash - Post #12
pdurrant - Post #3
Tarana - Post #9
Uncle Robin - Post #4
Waylander - Post #21
- Post #22
- Post #23
- Post #24
- Post #25
- Post #26
- Post #27
- Post #28
- Post #29

19 Participants

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pdurrant · 12-04-2023, 02:12 AM

Once again, my goal is to buy fewer books than I read.
Last year I managed to reduce my TBR pile by 22 books!

I start 2024 with 681 books on my TBR pile.

Books removed from TBR

Read and Reading

December 30th: The Cosmic Perspective by Brian Stableford - £1.35 - 3/5 - 135pp
An interesting but odd mixture of SF, fantasy and folk tale.
January 1st: One Salt Sea by Seanan McGuire - £0.55 - 5/5 - 323pp
The series is really getting into its stride now.
January 3rd: Undertow by Elizabeth Bear - £2.47 - 2/5 - 256pp
Interesting, but not convincing.
January 7th: To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis - £0.99 - 4/5 - 475pp
A lot less grim than her other time travel book. One historical inaccuracy that I noticed.
January 10th: Demon Daughter by Lois McMaster Bujold - £2.49 - 5/5 - 112pp
Good new Penric&Desdemona tale
January 11th: The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson - £0.99 - 5/5 - 539pp
Excellent. Makes me want to do a re-read
January 13th: The Book of Lost Tales 1 by J R R Tolkien - £0.99 - 2/5 - 434pp
[ABANDONED]Interesting, but not enough for me.
January 14th: The Fire Engine That Disappeared by Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö - £0.99 - 3/5 - 226pp
It was OK
January 20th: Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes - £0.99 - 5/5 - 292pp
Excellent
January 23rd: A Sultry Month by Alethea Hayter - £9.99 - 2/5 - 296pp
Very dry, doesn't really bring characters to life, and doesn't follow own conceit
January 26th: The Real Deal by Caitlin Devlin - Free - 3/5 - 271pp
Brilliant idea, and rather well done. But I didn't like the ending.
January 28th: The Bad Weather Friend by Dean Koontz - Free - 4/5 - 336pp
A little too whimsical in places, but fun.
January 31st: Death Beside the Seaside by T. E. Kinsey - £0.99 - 5/5 - 247pp
Fun, and never too serious
February 2nd: Galaxy's Edge Issue 8 edited by Mike Resnick - £0.40 - 4/5 - 233pp
Some good original short stories.
February 3rd: The Venetian Game by Philip Gywnne Jones - £2.99 - 4/5 - 235pp
A decent mystery/thriller set in Venice
February 5th: Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Steve Hockensmith - £0.79 - 4/5 - 306pp
Fun, but I would have liked it to be more like Jane Austen and less Steve Hockensmith
February 7th: Midnight Blue-Light Special by Seanan McGuire - £0.55 - 5/5 - 305pp
Fun with cryptids
February 9th: Half-off Ragnarok by Seanan McGuire - £0.55 - 5/5 - 300pp
New protagonist, still great fun
February 10th: Master of the Five Magics by Lyndon Hardy - £0.78 - 5/5 - 524pp
Great magic systems, fun.
February 11th: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury - £0.99 - 4/5 - 138pp
Brilliant ideas. Didn't like some of the execution. Good foreword.
February 14th: Dawnshard by Brandon Sanderson - £0.99 - 5/5 - 170pp
Wow. Excellent.
February 16th: The Monkey and the Tiger by Robert van Gulik - £0.68 - 5/5 - 104pp
Two excellent little mysteries with Judge Dee
February 17th: Vengeance in Venice by Philip Gwynne Jones - £4.99 - 5/5 - 245pp
An enjoyable story set in Venice
February 18th: The Collapsium by Will McCarthy - £3.78 - 5/5 - 346pp
Enjoyable almost science space opera
February 20th: The Willow Pattern by Robert Van Gulik - £0.68 - 5/5 - 152pp
Another fine mystery
February 21st: The Wellstone by Will McCarthy - £1.18 - 4/5 - 195pp
Good, but lost a star for "the everything told from far future" wrapper
February 23rd: Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey - £0.58 - 5/5 - 210pp
February 24th: Arrow's Flight by Mercedes Lackey - £0.58 - 5/5 - 237pp
February 25th: Arrow's Fall by Mercedes Lackey - £0.58 - 5/5 - 238pp
All three great fun, and the first published Valdemar stories
February 26th: Lost in Transmission by Will McCarthy - £1.18 - 4/5 - 350pp
Good, but lost one star for the framing
February 29th: Goodnight, Mr James & Other Stories by Clifford D Simak - £1.59 - 5/5 - 240pp
Excellent eclectic mix of stories
March 3rd: Uprising by Justin Kemppainen - £0.49 - 2/5 - 312pp
Almost abandoned. Too much going on, not well enough done.
March 7th: To Crush the Moon by Will McCarthy - £1.78 - 4/5 - 312pp
The framing became the story. Good.
March 9th: The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers - £0.67 - 5/5 - 283pp
A good mystery, with an interesting background
March 12th: One Virgin Too Many by Lindsey Davis - £0.99 - 5/5 - 351pp
Excellent misdirection
March 15th: The Tiger in the Attic by Edith Milton - Free - 2/5 - 216pp
[ABANDONED. Interesting, but the discussion of her psychic powers was too much]
March 19th: The Hanging Gardens by Ian Rankin - £0.99 - 5/5 - 349pp
Very good indeed. Edinburgh's underworld.
March 23rd: Re-read: Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton - £0.99 - 5/5 - 247pp
Even better than I remembered
March 26th: The Hanson-Yudkowsky AI-Foom Debate - Free - - 539pp
[ABANDONED: Fact-free unedited waffle]
March 27th: The Complete Short Stories: The 1950s by Brian Aldiss - £0.99 - 2/5 - 826pp
[ABANDONED: Too downbeat. Too 1950s]
April 6th: The Demon Awakes by R. A. Salvatore - Free - 2/5 - 560pp
[ABANDONED: Trite]
April 7th: The Merry Men by Robert Louis Stevenson - £0.02 - 3/5 - 219pp
[ABANDONED. No enthusiasm for it.]
April 9th: To End in Fire by David Weber and Eric Flint - £3.97 - 5/5 - 668pp
Good continuation of the grand story
April 13th: A New Clan by David Weber and Jane Lindskold - £3.97 - 5/5 - 319pp
Fun prequel adventures
April 15th: Against a Dark Background by Iain M. Banks - £0.99 - 3/5 - 452pp
A bit dull. A technological civilisation several thousand years old, but dull.
April 23rd: Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker - £3.99 - - 345pp

Books added to TBR

Freebies (Unread)

January 26th: The Real Deal by Caitlin Devlin
January 26th: The Bad Weather Friend by Dean Koontz
March 3rd: The Tiger in the Attic by Edith Milton
March 27th: The Mouse on Wall Street by Leonard Wibberley
April 19th: A Cat's Guide to Bonding with Dragons/ by Chris Behrsin
April 19th: A Cat's Guide to Meddling with Magic by Chris Behrsin
April 19th: A Cat's Guide to Saving the Kingdom by Chris Behrsin

Bought (Unread)

January (7/£19.43): A Fire at the Exhibition, The Book of Lost Tales 1, To Say Nothing of the Dog, Demon Daughter, Stone Blind, A Sultry Month, The Venetian Game
February (8/£14.70): Dawn of the Dreadfuls, Dreadfully Ever After, Master of the Five Magics, Fatal Legacy, Dawnshard, Vengeance in Venice, The Collapsium, Goodnight, Mr James & Other Stories
March (22/£21.30): Rapture Of The Nerds, Lost Cause, Lawful Interception, Homeland, Poesy The Monster Slayer, Canadian Miracle, Little Brother, For The Win, Attack Surface, Red Team Blues, Walkaway, Eastern Standard Tribe, Party Discipline, Pirate Cinema, Radicalized, Makers, Someone Comes To Town—Someone Leaves Town, Down And Out In The Magic Kingdom, Bleeding Heart Yard, The Ghost of a Model T, Dusty Zebra, The Thing in the Stone
April (6/£18.88): Against a Dark Background, The Left Hand of Darkness, A New Clan, To End in Fire, A Girl Called Justice, Murder in Williamstown, Why We Sleep, I Am Crying All Inside
May (0/£0.00):
June (0/£0.00):
July (0/£0.00):
August (0/£0.00):
September (0/£0.00):
October (0/£0.00):
November (0/£0.00):
December (0/£0.00):

Analysis
TBR: 684
Books read: 45 (including 4 freebies, 1 re-reads)
Books otherwise removed from TBR pile: 0 (0 read previously, 0 discarded)

Books removed from TBR pile: 44
Books added to TBR pile: 47 (including 7 freebies, 0 omnibuses counted as 0)
Removed/Added: 1.00
Net reduction for 2023: -3

Non-free books read: 40 (including 1 re-read)
Total cost of books read: £61.51
Average cost of books read: £1.54

Non-free books bought: 45 (include 5 not added to TBR, 0 omnibuses counted as 0)
Total cost of books bought: £74.31
Average cost of books bought: £1.62

Rating System:
1: Bad.
2: Poor. (Or just not to my taste.)
3: Satisfactory.
4: Good.
5: Excellent.

Pages are as given by the ADE algorithm in Calibre, or from the Amazon web page.

Uncle Robin · 12-04-2023, 03:05 AM

Primary goals:

Read no more than 210 books

Read no fewer than 36 nonfiction books.

Ten of them will be my picks for the 2024 StoryGraph Reads the World Challenge (my picks in the screenshot) DONE

Complete the MobileRead Users 2024 TBR Reduction Challenge

Read at least the two non-English books in the screenshot

DrNefario · 12-04-2023, 06:05 AM

Read twice as many books as I buy.

Bought: 9
Borrowed: 3
Free: 12

Read: 19

Books read:
1. The Last Blade Priest - W P Wiles (k) - 547
2. Titanium Noir - Nick Harkaway (k) - 261
3. The Winter King - Bernard Cornwell (k) - 488
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4. Blackstone Fortress - Darius Hinks (e) - 244
5. Hell Bent - Leigh Bardugo (h) - 478
6. Roboteer - Alex Lamb (k) - 425
7. Master of the Five Magics - Lyndon Hardy (k) - 410
8. Newcomer - Keigo Higashino (p) - 322
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9. Home from the Sea - Mercedes Lackey (e) - 311
10. The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories - Angela Carter (k) - 167
11. The Rook - Daniel O'Malley (k) - 481
12. The Thief - Megan Whalen Turner (k) - 218
13. Round the Bend - Nevil Shute (h) - 362
14. The Siege of Skyhold - John Bierce (k) - 463
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15. The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga (k) - 275
16. The Justice of Kings - Richard Swan (k) - 413
17. Provenance - Ann Leckie (k) - 438
18. The Spirit Thief - Rachel Aaron (k) - 352
19. Tokyo Express - Seicho Matsumoto (k) - 149

Monthly Breakdown:

Spoiler:

Achievements:

1. Buy It, Read It. Start at least 75% of the books I buy.
Current total: 6/9 (67%)

2. King of the Mountains. My 5 longest books should total over 3000 pages.
Current total: 2457

Spoiler:

3. Paper Chase. Reduce my unread paper book collection.
Out: 3
In: 2
Net reduction: 1

4. Never Gonna Be Respectable. Read a classic or literary-award-adjacent book.
COMPLETED
The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga - Booker winner, 2008

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. COMPLETED
Round the Bend - Nevil Shute (h) - 362

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: -5

Spoiler:

7. Comic On. Bonus graphic novel challenge. I don't usually track my graphic novels and comics here, but I need to catch up a bit. Read 10 comics on paper and 10 digital comics.
Paper total: 3
Digital total: 4

Spoiler:

Legend:
(p) paperback, (h) hardback, (k) kindle, (e) epub, (i) ibook, (f) pdf, (a) audio
On target, Off target, Completed

astrangerhere · 12-04-2023, 07:59 AM

These are my provisional 2024 goals:

Length Goals:

Total Books: 50 (stretch goal of 75)
Total Pages: 15,000 (stretch of 20,000)
Read 25 books from my ETBR (stretch of 50)
Read from Print-TBR: 10

Substantive Goals:

Read at least 51% non-American authors
Read more female/nonbinary authors than male authors
Read at least 52 short stories
Read at least 52 poems
Read at least 10 books across all our collections that are selected by my wife. It's a great way to read things I would not ordinarily do, and I almost always end up enjoying them. List of books will be added as soon as my wife selects them.

Completed Books : Storygraph List

Short Stories:

"Eyes, The" by Wharton, Edith
"Jolly Corner, The" by James, Henry
"That's Marriage" by Ferber, Edna

Poems:
1. "Burning the New Year" by Naomi Shihab Nye, 1995
2. 'What rage or madness drives you?' by Jay Hulme, 2023
3. "Winter Song" by Wilfred Owen, 1917
4. "If Night You Were a City" by Adam Wiedewitsch, 2024
5. From “The Land” 'Shepherds and stars are quiet with the hills' by Vita Sackville-West 1926
6. "A Line-storm Song" by Robert Frost 1915
7. "Her Kind" by Anne Sexton 1962
8. "Justice Denied in Massachusetts" by Edna St. Vincent Millay 1927

issybird · 12-04-2023, 08:08 AM

Only three themes this year plus my benchmark for total books. So here they are; I link to my relevant GR threads.

jbcohen · 12-04-2023, 09:51 AM

Last year was more sucessful for me than the previous year so I will start with a goal of 120, which is about where I finished 2023.

1) Order of Deamon Hunters volume one Order of Deamon Hunters by Eric Vall
2) Frontier Summoner volume three Fronieer Summoner 3 by Jack Bryce
3) Cullinary King volume one Cullinary King by Logan Jacobs
4) How to Hunt Ghosts and Get Girls volume two How to Hunt Ghosts and get Girls 2 by Logan Jacobs
5) Summoner School volume eight Summoner School 8 by Eric Vall
6) Prosecution Force volume one First Strike by Logan Ryles
7) Satan's Sorority Girls volume four Satan's Sorority Girls 4 by Eric Vall
8) Sherlock Homes and Lucy James volume one Last Moriarty by Charles Velley
9) Cullinary King volume two Cullinary King 2 by Logan Jacobs
10) Fear the Reaper volume one Tooth and Nail by Mark Allen
11) Time Pirate volume four Time Pirate 4 by Eric Vall
12) Dino Rider volume one Dino Rider
13) Frontier Summoner volume 6 Frontier Summoner 6 by Jack Bryce
14) Frontier Summoner volume 7 Frontier Summoner 7 by Jack Bryce
15) Jason Trapp volume four Depth Charge by Jack Slater
16) Ink Warrior volume two Ink Warrior 2 by Jack Logan
17) Looting the 13th Floor volume 8 Looting the 13th Floor 8 by Eric Vall
18) Jason Trapp volume three Flash Point by Jack Slater
19) Princess Master volume six Princess Master 6 by Eric Vall
20) Fury of the Shifter volume one Fury of the Shif by Logan Jscobs
21) Spellforge volume one Spell Forge by Logan Jacobs
22) Spellforge volume two Spellforg 2 by Logan Jacobs
23) King of Superheros volume five King of Superheros 5 by Logan Jacobs

December

Summoner School volume eight summoner school $8 - total $8
Frontier Summoner volume three Fronteer Summoner 3 by Jack Bryce - $13 - total $21
How to hunt ghosts and get girls volume two How to hunt ghosts and Get girls 2 by Logan Jacobs $8 - total $29
Court of the Shifter volume one Court of the Shifter by Logan Jacobs - $8 - total $37
Page Keeper volume two Page Keeper 2 by Dante King - $8 - total $45
Order of Deamon Hunters volume one Order of Deamon Hunters by Eric Vall - $8 - total $53
Harry Baur volume twelve Blood of the Innocent by Blake Banner - $8 - total $61
Dragon Spirit Hunter volume one Dragon Spirit Hunter - $8 - total $69

January

Frontier Summoner volume four Frontier Summoner 4 by Jack Bryce by Jack Bryce - $13 - total $13
Prosecution files volume one First Strike by Logan Ryles - $19 - total $33
Prosecution files volume two first strike by Logan Ryles - $19 - total $51
Culinary King volume two Culinary King 2 by Logan Jacobs - $8 - total $59
Satan's Sorority Girls volume four Satan's Sororty Girls 4 by Eric Vall - $8 - total $67
A Sherlock Homes and Lucy James Mstery volume one The Last Moriarty - $16 - total $83
Jack Nobel volume two A Deadly Distance by LT Ryan - $20 - total $103
Fear the Reaper volume one Tooth and Nail by Mark Allen - $8 - total $111
Jason Trapp volume one Dark State by Jack Slater - $13 - total $124
Fear the Reaper volume two Center Mass by Brent Townes - $13 - total $137
Jason Trapp volume two False Flag by Jack Slater - $13 - total $150

February

Noah Wolf volume twenty-two Rogue Wolf by David Archer and Vince Vogek - $14 - total $14
Frontier Summoner volume five Frontier Summoner 5 by Jack Bryce - $8 - total $21
Stone World by Logan Jacobs - $8 - total $29
Time Pirate volume four Time Pirate 4 by Eric Vall - - $8 - total $37
The Extractor volume eleven the impersonator by Mike Ryan - $8 - total $45
Dino Riders volume one Dino Riders by Eric Vall - $8 - total $53
Prosecution Task Force volume two First Strike by Logan Ryles - $ 19 - total $72
Ard's Oath volume one Magic's Mantle by Bruce Sentar - $15 - total $87
Frontier Summoner volume 6 Frontier Summoner 6 by Jack Brtuce $8 - total $75

March

Princes Master volume six Princess Master 6 vy Eric Vall $8 - total $8

Tarana · 12-04-2023, 10:15 AM

2024 Goals

60 books: 20
20,000 pages: 6,217+250
Storygraph Mobile Reads Challenge: 3/12
4 books over 600 pages: 0

TBR Down 10 for each category:
Ebooks: +26
Audiobooks: -5
Magazines:

Magazines Read So Far: 0

Spoiler:

2023 Purchases Read:
Bought: 47 Read: 0
Free: 25 Read: 1

Spoiler:

Short Stories: 0

Spoiler:

Books

Spoiler:

TBR as of 1/1/24
Audiobooks 1,349
Ebooks&magazines 1,950

CAFlanny · 12-04-2023, 10:18 AM

Goals for 2024:

Read 20,000 pages

StoryGraph Mobileread Reading Challenge

Reduce TBR

I start the year with a TBR of 240.

Pages Read: 9,479/20,000
Current TBR: 237

TBR: 7
Kindle Unlimited: 12
Kobo Plus: 6
Library: 3
Borrowed:
Freebie: 3

MR StoryGraph Challenge:

January: Completed

February: Completed

March: Completed

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Dazrin · 12-04-2023, 11:41 PM

Same goal for 2024 at 12,000 pages. It's been a good fit for the last couple years because it pushes me just a little, even though I finished in October, but isn't so much that I stress over it.

Page Goal:: Read 12,000 Pages in 2024
Status as of April 23: 4,746 pages read, 31 books/short stories completed (15,237 projected)

2024 Stats:

Novels/Novellas (>50 pages): 13 (42% books / 92% pages)
Short Stories (< 50 pages): 18 (58% books / 8% pages)
Audiobooks: 19 (61%)
Library Books: 11 (35%)

Current and upcoming books:

The Devil in the White City - Erik Larson - Read by Scott Brick
The Black Company (Black Company 1) - Glen Cook
Magician: Apprentice (Riftwar 1) - Raymond E. Feist
Academ's Fury (Codex Alera 2) - Jim Butcher
Smallworld: A Science Fiction Adventure Comedy - Dominic Green

Spoiler:

Completed books, ordered by finish date:

Waystation City - A.T. Greenblatt - Read by LeVar Burton
The Most Dangerous Game - Richard Connell - Read by B.J. Harrison (Link)
System Collapse (Murderbot Diaries 7) - Martha Wells - Read by Kevin R. Free
Bears Discover Fire - Terry Bisson (Link)
The Captain of the Pole-Star - Arthur Conan Doyle - Read by B.J. Harrison
Winter's Gifts (Rivers of London 9.5) - Ben Aaronovitch - Read by Penelope Rawlins
Demon Daughter (Penric 12) - Lois McMaster Bujold
The Olympian Affair (Cinder Spires 2) - Jim Butcher
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Read by B.J. Harrison
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Read by B.J. Harrison
Defiant (Skyward 4) - Brandon Sanderson
To Build a Fire - Jack London - Read by B.J. Harrison (Link)
For We Are Many (Bobiverse 2) - Dennis E. Taylor
The Destroyer - Tara Isabella Burton - Read by LeVar Burton (Link)
Folk Hero Motifs in Tales Told by the Dead - K.T. Bryski - Read by LeVar Burton (Link)
The Better Part of Valor (Confederation 2) - Tanya Huff
A Rare Book of Cunning Device (Rivers of London 6.1) - Ben Aaronovitch - Read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
All These Worlds (Bobiverse 3) - Dennis E. Taylor
Quarropts Can't Dance - Rodrigo Culagovski - Read by LeVar Burton
An Interview with Penric & Desdemona - Lois McMaster Bujold (Link)
Referent - Ray Bradbury - Read by B.J. Harrison
The Heart of Valor (Confederation 3) - Tanya Huff
Valor's Trial (Confederation 4) - Tanya Huff
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves - Unknown - Read by B.J. Harrison
Contact Procedures - T.F. Meacker (Link)
The Hidden Forests of Earth and Mars - Anna Zumbro - Read by LeVar Burton (Link)
Lone Wolf (Orphan X 9) - Gregg Hurwitz
The Last Watch (The Divide 1) - J.S. Dewes - Read by Andrew Eiden (Narrator), Nicol Zanzarella
Leave it to Jeeves - P.G. Wodehouse - Read by B.J. Harrison (Link)
The Coffin Maker - AnaMaria Curtis - Read by LeVar Burton (Link)
A Voyage to Lilliput - Jonathan Swift - Read by B.J. Harrison

My lists: 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024

Paperbackstash · 12-04-2023, 11:54 PM

In again.

Primary goals - (Again) more Amazon Themed Short story collections
Select author goals
Finish re-read of Chronicles of Narnia in audio
Read and possible remove more physical shelves for Horror, Gothic, Category Romance, some chunkster romance, mysteries
5 Maritime setting, 5 space setting
Catch up on borrowed nonfiction and bio
Digital Library Borrow Catch-up log (it's ridiculous #)
Comic and graphic novel exploration
More progress on owned audiobooks already have or have to borrow

library addict · 12-05-2023, 01:04 AM

Sign me up!

I have a mix of reading goals for 2024, but mainly to put another "big" dent in my TBR. They include:

Read complete series by new-to-me author already in TBR mounatin.
Pick two autobuy authors to finish backlist including all psedonyms (books already in TBR).
Pick 10 “Must Read” books for the year from my huge digital TBR mountain (not including any new releases)

January 2024
Read 35 books.

February 2024
Read 38 books.
Finished the Tried-and-True Challenge Round One.

March 2024
Read 52 books.
Finished the Tried-and-True Challenge Round Two.

April 2024

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December 2024

HLS · 12-05-2023, 11:26 AM

I want to participate. I have big books I want to knock out so I am going by page count not book count. Let's say 20,000 pages So probably 40-60 books depending on how big they are. I have a ton of big page count books in my library I been avoiding I need to read. I will still read small books as a break in-between the big chunky ones. Since I am going by page count I will not feel guilty if I need to DNF a book.

1) Being Henry(246pg) -Henry Winkler

2) The Dark Forest(513pg)( Three Bodied Problem)

3) Needful Things(817pg)- S. King

4) Hurricane Wars-(477 pg) DNF I could not get into it. stopped around page 106

5) Cold Storage-(304 pg) David K.

6) Tom Lake (278 pg)

7) A Day of Fallen Night. 865 pgs

8) The Atlas Six(408 pgs)

9) Starter Villain (272 pgs) DNF around page 135

10) The Atlas Paradox (pgs. 399)

11) Red Rabbit(447 pages)

12) The Atlas Complex(477 pgs)

13) Crescent City 1 (804 pages)

14) A Fate Inked in Blood DNF but read the first 211 pages

15) The Passage 787 pg

16) The Burning Girls (352 pg)

17) The Atlas Complex (480)

18) Cresent Series book 2 what ever the name is around 820pg

19) The Salt grows heavy 81 pg

Indio777 · 12-09-2023, 06:13 PM

Usual goal of reading a lot. Started to investigate Central/Eastern literature. Will continue that. Also continuing investigation of Central/Eastern European history, etc. Balkans and/or Central Asia might be next. Trying to limit "fun" reading (i.e. sci-fi, people like Stephen King, Robert Galbraith, etc.) to when I am on vacation. Did pretty well with this last year.

Konstantin Paustovsky - The Story of a Life (Books 1-3) (trans. Douglas Smith)
A. Wess Mitchell - The Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire
Antanas Škėma - White Shroud (trans. Karla Gruodis)
Dalia Grinkevičiūtė - Shadows on the Tundra (trans. Delija Valiukenas)
George Packer - The Unwinding
Giedra Radvilavičiūtė - Those Whom I Would Like to Meet Again (trans. Elizabeth Novickas)
Alexander Watson - Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary in World War I
Simon Shuster - The Showman: Inside the invasion that shook the world and made a leader

of Volodymyr Zelensky

Alexander Watson - The Fortress: The Siege of Przemyśl and the Making of Europe's Bloodlands
Jurgis Kunčinas - Tūla (trans. Elizabeth Novickas)
Bohumil Hrabal - All My Cats (trans. Paul Wilson)
Derek Sayer - The Coast of Bohemia: A Czech History
Bohumil Hrabal - Mr. Kafka and Other Tales From the Time of the Cult (trans. Paul Wilson)
Bohumil Hrabal - Too Loud a Solitude (trans. Michael Henry Heim)
Bohumil Hrabal - Closely Watched Trains (trans. Edith Pargeter)
Jiří Gruša - The Questionnaire (trans. Peter Kussi)
Jáchym Topol - Angel Station (trans. Alex Zucker)
Patrik Ouřednik - Case Closed (trans. Alex Zucker)
Patrik Ouřednik - The Opportune Moment, 1855 (trans. Alex Zucker)
Peter Demetz - Prague in Black and Gold: the History of a City
Derek Sayer - Prague: Crossroads of Europe
Jaroslav Pánek, Oldřich Tůma, et alii. - A History of the Czech Lands (Second Edition)
Kevin McDermott - Communist Czechoslovakia, 1945-89: a Political and Social History
Mary Heimann - Czechoslovakia: the State That Failed
Franz Kafka - The Trial (trans. Mike Mitchell)
Angelo Maria Ripellino - Magic Prague (trans. David Newton Marinelli; edit. Michael Henry Heim)
Jaroslav Hašek - The Good Soldier Švejk (trans. Cecil Parrott)
Franz Kafka - The Castle (trans. Anthea Bell)
Stephen King - Just After Sunset (ebook)
Stephen King - Night Shift (ebook)
Alastair Reynolds - Revenger (Revenger Universe 01)
Alastair Reynolds - Shadow Captain (Revenger Universe 02)
Alastair Reynolds - Bone Silence (Revenger Universe 03)
Stephen King - Nightmares and Dreamscapes (ebook)

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12-04-2023, 02:07 AM	#1
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 71,510 Karma: 306214458 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Voyage	The 2024 Annual Reading Challenge List Thread 2024 Reading Challenge List Thread Welcome to our 15th Annual Reading Challenge! The Annual Reading Challenge is not a race, nor an “exclusive club”, anyone can join! This is just a fun activity that some of us have enjoyed doing in the past. Many of us have found reading challenges to be an entertaining way to set goals for ourselves, get ideas for books, and see what others are reading. This thread is for you to keep a running tally for your chosen challenge. Please state your goals at the top of your post (in the title line if you can), and then start your list in the body of your post. As you read books, *edit your post to update your list of books read, or other challenge status. Please Remember:* No discussion posts in this thread. Please use the other thread for that. Non-List posts will be deleted or moved to the other thread. Discussions & Ideas can be found here: 2024 Annual Reading Challenge Discussion Thread Post #2 of this thread is dedicated to a Table of Contents for all participants in this thread. Names will be added to this TOC in alphabetical order with a link to that individual’s post number from this thread. Previous threads were for 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010 Last edited by pdurrant; 12-04-2023 at 02:16 AM.

12-04-2023, 02:08 AM	#2
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 71,510 Karma: 306214458 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Voyage	Table of Participants afv011 - Post #17 astrangerhere - Post #6 bookaho!ic - Post #20 CAFlanny - Post #10 Dazrin - Post #11 DrNefario - Post #5 HLS - Post #14 Hollow Man - Post #16 Indio777 - Post #15 issybird - Post #7 jbcohen - Post #8 JSWolf - Post #19 library addict - Post #13 Musicman - Post #18 Paperbackstash - Post #12 pdurrant - Post #3 Tarana - Post #9 Uncle Robin - Post #4 Waylander - Post #21 - Post #22 - Post #23 - Post #24 - Post #25 - Post #26 - Post #27 - Post #28 - Post #29 19 Participants . Last edited by pdurrant; 01-01-2024 at 04:00 AM.

12-04-2023, 02:12 AM	#3
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 71,510 Karma: 306214458 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Voyage	To Reduce my TBR Once again, my goal is to buy fewer books than I read. Last year I managed to reduce my TBR pile by 22 books! I start 2024 with 681 books on my TBR pile. Books removed from TBR Read and Reading December 30th: The Cosmic Perspective by Brian Stableford - £1.35 - 3/5 - 135pp An interesting but odd mixture of SF, fantasy and folk tale. January 1st: One Salt Sea by Seanan McGuire - £0.55 - 5/5 - 323pp The series is really getting into its stride now. January 3rd: Undertow by Elizabeth Bear - £2.47 - 2/5 - 256pp Interesting, but not convincing. January 7th: To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis - £0.99 - 4/5 - 475pp A lot less grim than her other time travel book. One historical inaccuracy that I noticed. January 10th: Demon Daughter by Lois McMaster Bujold - £2.49 - 5/5 - 112pp Good new Penric&Desdemona tale January 11th: The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson - £0.99 - 5/5 - 539pp Excellent. Makes me want to do a re-read January 13th: The Book of Lost Tales 1 by J R R Tolkien - £0.99 - 2/5 - 434pp [ABANDONED]Interesting, but not enough for me. January 14th: The Fire Engine That Disappeared by Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö - £0.99 - 3/5 - 226pp It was OK January 20th: Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes - £0.99 - 5/5 - 292pp Excellent January 23rd: A Sultry Month by Alethea Hayter - £9.99 - 2/5 - 296pp Very dry, doesn't really bring characters to life, and doesn't follow own conceit January 26th: The Real Deal by Caitlin Devlin - Free - 3/5 - 271pp Brilliant idea, and rather well done. But I didn't like the ending. January 28th: The Bad Weather Friend by Dean Koontz - Free - 4/5 - 336pp A little too whimsical in places, but fun. January 31st: Death Beside the Seaside by T. E. Kinsey - £0.99 - 5/5 - 247pp Fun, and never too serious February 2nd: Galaxy's Edge Issue 8 edited by Mike Resnick - £0.40 - 4/5 - 233pp Some good original short stories. February 3rd: The Venetian Game by Philip Gywnne Jones - £2.99 - 4/5 - 235pp A decent mystery/thriller set in Venice February 5th: Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Steve Hockensmith - £0.79 - 4/5 - 306pp Fun, but I would have liked it to be more like Jane Austen and less Steve Hockensmith February 7th: Midnight Blue-Light Special by Seanan McGuire - £0.55 - 5/5 - 305pp Fun with cryptids February 9th: Half-off Ragnarok by Seanan McGuire - £0.55 - 5/5 - 300pp New protagonist, still great fun February 10th: Master of the Five Magics by Lyndon Hardy - £0.78 - 5/5 - 524pp Great magic systems, fun. February 11th: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury - £0.99 - 4/5 - 138pp Brilliant ideas. Didn't like some of the execution. Good foreword. February 14th: Dawnshard by Brandon Sanderson - £0.99 - 5/5 - 170pp Wow. Excellent. February 16th: The Monkey and the Tiger by Robert van Gulik - £0.68 - 5/5 - 104pp Two excellent little mysteries with Judge Dee February 17th: Vengeance in Venice by Philip Gwynne Jones - £4.99 - 5/5 - 245pp An enjoyable story set in Venice February 18th: The Collapsium by Will McCarthy - £3.78 - 5/5 - 346pp Enjoyable almost science space opera February 20th: The Willow Pattern by Robert Van Gulik - £0.68 - 5/5 - 152pp Another fine mystery February 21st: The Wellstone by Will McCarthy - £1.18 - 4/5 - 195pp Good, but lost a star for "the everything told from far future" wrapper February 23rd: Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey - £0.58 - 5/5 - 210pp February 24th: Arrow's Flight by Mercedes Lackey - £0.58 - 5/5 - 237pp February 25th: Arrow's Fall by Mercedes Lackey - £0.58 - 5/5 - 238pp All three great fun, and the first published Valdemar stories February 26th: Lost in Transmission by Will McCarthy - £1.18 - 4/5 - 350pp Good, but lost one star for the framing February 29th: Goodnight, Mr James & Other Stories by Clifford D Simak - £1.59 - 5/5 - 240pp Excellent eclectic mix of stories March 3rd: Uprising by Justin Kemppainen - £0.49 - 2/5 - 312pp Almost abandoned. Too much going on, not well enough done. March 7th: To Crush the Moon by Will McCarthy - £1.78 - 4/5 - 312pp The framing became the story. Good. March 9th: The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers - £0.67 - 5/5 - 283pp A good mystery, with an interesting background March 12th: One Virgin Too Many by Lindsey Davis - £0.99 - 5/5 - 351pp Excellent misdirection March 15th: The Tiger in the Attic by Edith Milton - Free - 2/5 - 216pp [ABANDONED. Interesting, but the discussion of her psychic powers was too much] March 19th: The Hanging Gardens by Ian Rankin - £0.99 - 5/5 - 349pp Very good indeed. Edinburgh's underworld. March 23rd: Re-read: Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton - £0.99 - 5/5 - 247pp Even better than I remembered March 26th: The Hanson-Yudkowsky AI-Foom Debate - Free - - 539pp [ABANDONED: Fact-free unedited waffle] March 27th: The Complete Short Stories: The 1950s by Brian Aldiss - £0.99 - 2/5 - 826pp [ABANDONED: Too downbeat. Too 1950s] April 6th: The Demon Awakes by R. A. Salvatore - Free - 2/5 - 560pp [ABANDONED: Trite] April 7th: The Merry Men by Robert Louis Stevenson - £0.02 - 3/5 - 219pp [ABANDONED. No enthusiasm for it.] April 9th: To End in Fire by David Weber and Eric Flint - £3.97 - 5/5 - 668pp Good continuation of the grand story April 13th: A New Clan by David Weber and Jane Lindskold - £3.97 - 5/5 - 319pp Fun prequel adventures April 15th: Against a Dark Background by Iain M. Banks - £0.99 - 3/5 - 452pp A bit dull. A technological civilisation several thousand years old, but dull. April 23rd: Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker - £3.99 - - 345pp Books added to TBR Freebies (*Unread) January 26th: The Real Deal* by Caitlin Devlin January 26th: The Bad Weather Friend by Dean Koontz March 3rd: The Tiger in the Attic by Edith Milton March 27th: The Mouse on Wall Street by Leonard Wibberley April 19th: A Cat's Guide to Bonding with Dragons/ by Chris Behrsin April 19th: *A Cat's Guide to Meddling with Magic* by Chris Behrsin April 19th: *A Cat's Guide to Saving the Kingdom* by Chris Behrsin Bought (*Unread) January (7/£19.43): A Fire at the Exhibition, The Book of Lost Tales 1, To Say Nothing of the Dog, Demon Daughter, Stone Blind, A Sultry Month, The Venetian Game February (8/£14.70): Dawn of the Dreadfuls, Dreadfully Ever After, Master of the Five Magics, Fatal Legacy, Dawnshard, Vengeance in Venice, The Collapsium, Goodnight, Mr James & Other Stories* March (22/£21.30): Rapture Of The Nerds, Lost Cause, Lawful Interception, Homeland, Poesy The Monster Slayer, Canadian Miracle, Little Brother, For The Win, Attack Surface, Red Team Blues, Walkaway, Eastern Standard Tribe, Party Discipline, Pirate Cinema, Radicalized, Makers, Someone Comes To Town—Someone Leaves Town, Down And Out In The Magic Kingdom, Bleeding Heart Yard, The Ghost of a Model T, Dusty Zebra, The Thing in the Stone April (6/£18.88): Against a Dark Background, The Left Hand of Darkness, A New Clan, To End in Fire, *A Girl Called Justice, Murder in Williamstown, Why We Sleep, I Am Crying All Inside* May (0/£0.00): June (0/£0.00): July (0/£0.00): August (0/£0.00): September (0/£0.00): October (0/£0.00): November (0/£0.00): December (0/£0.00): Analysis TBR: 684 Books read: 45 (including 4 freebies, 1 re-reads) Books otherwise removed from TBR pile: 0 (0 read previously, 0 discarded) Books removed from TBR pile: 44 Books added to TBR pile: 47 (including 7 freebies, 0 omnibuses counted as 0) Removed/Added: 1.00 Net reduction for 2023: -3 Non-free books read: 40 (including 1 re-read) Total cost of books read: £61.51 Average cost of books read: £1.54 Non-free books bought: 45 (include 5 not added to TBR, 0 omnibuses counted as 0) Total cost of books bought: £74.31 Average cost of books bought: £1.62 Rating System: 1: Bad. 2: Poor. (Or just not to my taste.) 3: Satisfactory. 4: Good. 5: Excellent. Pages are as given by the ADE algorithm in Calibre, or from the Amazon web page. Last edited by pdurrant; Yesterday at 02:07 AM. Reason: Bought I Am Crying All Inside

12-04-2023, 03:05 AM	#4
Uncle Robin Diligent dilettante Posts: 3,417 Karma: 48736498 Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: in my mind Device: Kobo Sage; Kobo Libra H2O	Primary goals: Read no more than 210 books Read no fewer than 36 nonfiction books. Ten of them will be my picks for the 2024 StoryGraph Reads the World Challenge (my picks in the screenshot) DONE Complete the MobileRead Users 2024 TBR Reduction Challenge Read at least the two non-English books in the screenshot Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Uncle Robin; 02-02-2024 at 09:12 PM.

12-04-2023, 06:05 AM	#5
DrNefario Wizard Posts: 2,100 Karma: 11315768 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: UK Device: Kindle, Kobo Touch, Nook SimpleTouch	Read twice as many books as I buy. Bought: 9 Borrowed: 3 Free: 12 Read: 19 Books read: 1. The Last Blade Priest - W P Wiles (k) - 547 2. Titanium Noir - Nick Harkaway (k) - 261 3. The Winter King - Bernard Cornwell (k) - 488 --- 4. Blackstone Fortress - Darius Hinks (e) - 244 5. Hell Bent - Leigh Bardugo (h) - 478 6. Roboteer - Alex Lamb (k) - 425 7. Master of the Five Magics - Lyndon Hardy (k) - 410 8. Newcomer - Keigo Higashino (p) - 322 --- 9. Home from the Sea - Mercedes Lackey (e) - 311 10. The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories - Angela Carter (k) - 167 11. The Rook - Daniel O'Malley (k) - 481 12. The Thief - Megan Whalen Turner (k) - 218 13. Round the Bend - Nevil Shute (h) - 362 14. The Siege of Skyhold - John Bierce (k) - 463 --- 15. The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga (k) - 275 16. The Justice of Kings - Richard Swan (k) - 413 17. Provenance - Ann Leckie (k) - 438 18. The Spirit Thief - Rachel Aaron (k) - 352 19. Tokyo Express - Seicho Matsumoto (k) - 149 Monthly Breakdown: Spoiler: January Free: 2 Read: 3 (£2.78) Pages: 1296 February Bought: 6 (£5.73) Borrowed: 3 Free: 2 Read: 5 (£5.27) Pages: 1879 March Free: 7 Read: 6 (£3.96) Pages: 2002 April Bought: 3 (£2.97) Free: 1 Read: 5 (£5.29) Pages: 1627 Achievements: 1. Buy It, Read It. Start at least 75% of the books I buy. Current total: 6/9 (67%) 2. King of the Mountains. My 5 longest books should total over 3000 pages. Current total: 2457 Spoiler: 547 - The Last Blade Priest - W P Wiles 488 - The Winter King - Bernard Cornwell 481 - The Rook - Daniel O'Malley 478 - Hell Bent - Leigh Bardugo 463 - The Seige of Skyhold - John Bierce 3. Paper Chase. Reduce my unread paper book collection. Out: 3 In: 2 Net reduction: 1 4. Never Gonna Be Respectable. Read a classic or literary-award-adjacent book. COMPLETED The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga - Booker winner, 2008 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. COMPLETED Round the Bend - Nevil Shute (h) - 362 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: -5 Spoiler: -1 - The Last Blade Priest - W P Wiles - Last Blade Priest #1 -1 - The Winter King - Bernard Cornwell - Warlord Chronicles #1 -1 - Blackstone Fortress - Darius Hinks - Blackstone Fortress #1 of 2, Warhammer 40K 1 - Hell Bent - Leigh Bardugo - Ninth House #2 -1 - Master of the Five Magics - Lyndon Hardy - Magic by the Numbers #1 1 - Newcomer - Keigo Higashino - Detective Kaga #2 (#6) -1 - Home from the Sea - Mercedes Lackey - Elemental Masters #7 (first read) -1 - The Rook - Daniel O'Malley - Chequy Files #1 -1 - The Thief - Megan Whalen Turner - Queen's Thief #1 2 - The Siege of Skyhold - John Bierce - Mage Errant #5 of 7 -1 - The Justice of Kings - Richard Swan - Empire of the Wolf #1 of 3 -1 - The Spirit Thief - Rachel Aaron - Eli Monpress #1 7. Comic On. Bonus graphic novel challenge. I don't usually track my graphic novels and comics here, but I need to catch up a bit. Read 10 comics on paper and 10 digital comics. Paper total: 3 Digital total: 4 Spoiler: Paper: Die vol 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker - Kieron Gillan, Stephanie Hans w0rldtr33 vol 1: Terminal - James Tynion IV, Fernando Blanco Fine Print vol 1 - Stjepan Sejic Digital: Scott Pilgrim vol 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour - Bryan Lee O’Malley Astonishing X-Men vol 1 - Joss Whedon, John Cassaday X-23: The Complete Collection vol 1 - Various Superman: Birthright - Mark Waid, Leinil Yu Legend: (p) paperback, (h) hardback, (k) kindle, (e) epub, (i) ibook, (f) pdf, (a) audio On target, Off target, Completed Last edited by DrNefario; 04-23-2024 at 04:33 AM.

12-04-2023, 07:59 AM	#6
astrangerhere Professor of Law Posts: 3,640 Karma: 65925980 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Device: Kobo Elipsa, Kobo Libra H20, Kobo Aura One, KoboMini	These are my provisional 2024 goals: Length Goals: Total Books: 50 (stretch goal of 75) Total Pages: 15,000 (stretch of 20,000) Read 25 books from my ETBR (stretch of 50) Read from Print-TBR: 10 Substantive Goals: Read at least 51% non-American authors Read more female/nonbinary authors than male authors Read at least 52 short stories Read at least 52 poems Read at least 10 books across all our collections that are selected by my wife. It's a great way to read things I would not ordinarily do, and I almost always end up enjoying them. List of books will be added as soon as my wife selects them. Completed Books : Storygraph List Short Stories: "Eyes, The" by Wharton, Edith "Jolly Corner, The" by James, Henry "That's Marriage" by Ferber, Edna Poems: 1. "Burning the New Year" by Naomi Shihab Nye, 1995 2. 'What rage or madness drives you?' by Jay Hulme, 2023 3. "Winter Song" by Wilfred Owen, 1917 4. "If Night You Were a City" by Adam Wiedewitsch, 2024 5. From “The Land” 'Shepherds and stars are quiet with the hills' by Vita Sackville-West 1926 6. "A Line-storm Song" by Robert Frost 1915 7. "Her Kind" by Anne Sexton 1962 8. "Justice Denied in Massachusetts" by Edna St. Vincent Millay 1927 Last edited by astrangerhere; 01-22-2024 at 10:11 AM.

12-04-2023, 08:08 AM	#7
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 20,230 Karma: 222235366 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: H2O, Aura One, PW5	Ancient; US history; Victorian and earlier. Only three themes this year plus my benchmark for total books. So here they are; I link to my relevant GR threads. Ancient World Pre-20th century American history Pre-20th century fiction 120 books Last edited by issybird; 01-01-2024 at 08:38 AM.

12-04-2023, 09:51 AM	#8
jbcohen Wizard Posts: 3,025 Karma: 11196738 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Piper College Device: Samsung A21	Last year was more sucessful for me than the previous year so I will start with a goal of 120, which is about where I finished 2023. 1) Order of Deamon Hunters volume one Order of Deamon Hunters by Eric Vall 2) Frontier Summoner volume three Fronieer Summoner 3 by Jack Bryce 3) Cullinary King volume one Cullinary King by Logan Jacobs 4) How to Hunt Ghosts and Get Girls volume two How to Hunt Ghosts and get Girls 2 by Logan Jacobs 5) Summoner School volume eight Summoner School 8 by Eric Vall 6) Prosecution Force volume one First Strike by Logan Ryles 7) Satan's Sorority Girls volume four Satan's Sorority Girls 4 by Eric Vall 8) Sherlock Homes and Lucy James volume one Last Moriarty by Charles Velley 9) Cullinary King volume two Cullinary King 2 by Logan Jacobs 10) Fear the Reaper volume one Tooth and Nail by Mark Allen 11) Time Pirate volume four Time Pirate 4 by Eric Vall 12) Dino Rider volume one Dino Rider 13) Frontier Summoner volume 6 Frontier Summoner 6 by Jack Bryce 14) Frontier Summoner volume 7 Frontier Summoner 7 by Jack Bryce 15) Jason Trapp volume four Depth Charge by Jack Slater 16) Ink Warrior volume two Ink Warrior 2 by Jack Logan 17) Looting the 13th Floor volume 8 Looting the 13th Floor 8 by Eric Vall 18) Jason Trapp volume three Flash Point by Jack Slater 19) Princess Master volume six Princess Master 6 by Eric Vall 20) Fury of the Shifter volume one Fury of the Shif by Logan Jscobs 21) Spellforge volume one Spell Forge by Logan Jacobs 22) Spellforge volume two Spellforg 2 by Logan Jacobs 23) King of Superheros volume five King of Superheros 5 by Logan Jacobs December Summoner School volume eight summoner school $8 - total $8 Frontier Summoner volume three Fronteer Summoner 3 by Jack Bryce - $13 - total $21 How to hunt ghosts and get girls volume two How to hunt ghosts and Get girls 2 by Logan Jacobs $8 - total $29 Court of the Shifter volume one Court of the Shifter by Logan Jacobs - $8 - total $37 Page Keeper volume two Page Keeper 2 by Dante King - $8 - total $45 Order of Deamon Hunters volume one Order of Deamon Hunters by Eric Vall - $8 - total $53 Harry Baur volume twelve Blood of the Innocent by Blake Banner - $8 - total $61 Dragon Spirit Hunter volume one Dragon Spirit Hunter - $8 - total $69 January Frontier Summoner volume four Frontier Summoner 4 by Jack Bryce by Jack Bryce - $13 - total $13 Prosecution files volume one First Strike by Logan Ryles - $19 - total $33 Prosecution files volume two first strike by Logan Ryles - $19 - total $51 Culinary King volume two Culinary King 2 by Logan Jacobs - $8 - total $59 Satan's Sorority Girls volume four Satan's Sororty Girls 4 by Eric Vall - $8 - total $67 A Sherlock Homes and Lucy James Mstery volume one The Last Moriarty - $16 - total $83 Jack Nobel volume two A Deadly Distance by LT Ryan - $20 - total $103 Fear the Reaper volume one Tooth and Nail by Mark Allen - $8 - total $111 Jason Trapp volume one Dark State by Jack Slater - $13 - total $124 Fear the Reaper volume two Center Mass by Brent Townes - $13 - total $137 Jason Trapp volume two False Flag by Jack Slater - $13 - total $150 February Noah Wolf volume twenty-two Rogue Wolf by David Archer and Vince Vogek - $14 - total $14 Frontier Summoner volume five Frontier Summoner 5 by Jack Bryce - $8 - total $21 Stone World by Logan Jacobs - $8 - total $29 Time Pirate volume four Time Pirate 4 by Eric Vall - - $8 - total $37 The Extractor volume eleven the impersonator by Mike Ryan - $8 - total $45 Dino Riders volume one Dino Riders by Eric Vall - $8 - total $53 Prosecution Task Force volume two First Strike by Logan Ryles - $ 19 - total $72 Ard's Oath volume one Magic's Mantle by Bruce Sentar - $15 - total $87 Frontier Summoner volume 6 Frontier Summoner 6 by Jack Brtuce $8 - total $75 March Princes Master volume six Princess Master 6 vy Eric Vall $8 - total $8 Last edited by jbcohen; 04-17-2024 at 05:24 PM.

12-04-2023, 10:15 AM	#9
Tarana Wizard Posts: 3,982 Karma: 38840460 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Minneapolis Device: PWSE, Voyage, K3, HDX, KBasic 7 & 8, Nook Glo3, Echos, Nanos	2024 Goals 60 books: 20 20,000 pages: 6,217+250 Storygraph Mobile Reads Challenge: 3/12 4 books over 600 pages: 0 TBR Down 10 for each category: Ebooks: +26 Audiobooks: -5 Magazines: Magazines Read So Far: 0 Spoiler: 1. 2023 Purchases Read: Bought: 47 Read: 0 Free: 25 Read: 1 Spoiler: January 1. Dead End - Cynthia Harrod-Eagles $2.13 2. Death Watch - Cynthia Harrod-Eagles $2.13 3. Necrochip - Cynthia Harrod-Eagles $4.99 4. In the Presence of the Enemy - Elizabeth George $2.27 5. Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett $3.23 6. Nettle and Bone - T Kingfisher $2.13 7. A Bone of Contention - Susanna Gregory $3.20 8. To Kill or Cure - Susanna Gregory $3.20 9. The Killer of Pilgrims - Susanna Gregory $3.20 10. Shadow of Night - Deborah Harkness $3.20 February 11. Defending Elysium - Brandon Sanderson $1.61 12. Gai-Un - James Clavel (audio) $7.56 13. King Rat - James Clavel (audio) $7.56 14. Noble House - James Clavel (audio) $7.56 15. Farilane - Michael J Sullivan (audio) 6.48 16. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky (audio) $6.48 17. Killing Time - Jodi Taylor (audio) $6.48 18. House of Odysseus - Claire North (audio) $6.48 19. The Long Walk - Stephen King $2.15 20. A Grave Concern - Susanna Gregory $3.24 21. Silent Tower - Barbara Hambly $2.15 22. A Masterly Murder - Susanna Gregory $3.24 23. Hark - Ed McBain $2.15 24. Fat Ollie's Book - Ed McBain $2.15 25. The Devil's Disciples - Susana Gregory $2.15 26. Pyramids - Terry Pratchett $2.15 March 27. Rebellion - Simon Scarrow $2.15 28. Night Over Water - Ken Follett $2.15 29. The Two Towers - J R R Tolkien $2.15 30. The Return of the King - J R R Tolkien $2.15 31. Puzzle House - Duncan Ralston (audio) $2.15 32. The Tarnished Chalice - Susanna Gregory $2.92 33. Summer of Discontent - Susanna Gregory $2.92 April 34. The Bastard Prince - Katherine Kurtz $2.15 35. Deryni Checkmate - Katherine Kurtz $.01 36. The Coldest War - Ian Tragillis $3.20 37. Necessary Evil - Ian Tragillis $3.20 38. Forsaken Soul - Priscilla Royal $3.20 39. Valley of the Dry Bones - Priscilla Royal $3.20 40. Killing Season - Priscilla Royal $3.20 41. Sanctity of Hate - Priscilla Royal $3.20 42. Covenant with Hell - Priscilla Royal $3.20 43. Satan's Lullaby - Priscilla Royal $3.20 44. Land of Shadows - Priscilla Royal $3.20 45. The Proud Sinner - Priscilla Royal $3.20 46. Wild Justice - Priscilla Royal $3.20 47. The Masterly Murder - Susanna Gregory $2.15 Free 1. The Bad Weather Friend - Dean Koontz (Amazon First) 2. Almost Surely Dead - Armina Akhtar (Amazon First) 3. Glass Dolls - D E White (Joffrey) 4. The Cold Call Killer - Emmy Ellis (Joffrey) 5. Seven Days to Die - Michelle Kidd (Joffrey) 6. Of Silence and Slow Time - Catherine Bruton (Joffrey) 7. To Run a Little Faster (Joffrey) 8. Folly - Stella Cameron (Joffrey) 9. Raven's Mark - Christine Newport (Joffrey) 10. Cast From The Sea - Gerald Baum (Joffrey) 11. Guilty Man - Helen Durant (Joffrey) 12. Squadron Scramble - Robert Jackson (Joffrey) 13. Deadly Trio - Emma Jameson (Joffrey) 14. Cast from the Sea - Gerald Baum (Joffrey) 15. The Monastery - Fred Majdalany (Joffrey) 16. Close to Her - Elizabeth Gunn (Joffrey) 17. Rule of Threes - Jeffrey Deaver (Amazon First) 18. Murder in the Abbey - Susan Kiernan-Lewis 19. Tied to Murder - Brian Battison (Joffrey) 20. Mars: A Traveler's Guide - Ruth Nestvold 21. Without a Trace - Malcolm Forsythe (Joffrey) 22. Divided Empire - Brian Kitchen (Joffrey) 23. Matterhorn - Christopher Reich (Amazon First) 24. Lovers at the Museum: A short story - Isabel Allende (Amazon First) 25. Mosquito Squadron - Robert Jackson (Joffrey) 26. Deadly Errand - Christine Green (Joffrey) 27. Winter Girls - Roger Stelljes (Joffrey) Short Stories: 0 Spoiler: 01. 1 Books Spoiler: January 01. 5 The Crystal Cave - Mary Stewart (ebook+audiobook) Really got into this. Looking forward to next book. 02. 2 King City - Lee Goldberg (audio) Couldn't warm up to plot 03. 3 History of Britain in 50 Events - Stephan Weaver (ebook) Concise - surprisingly I knew most of these events. 04. 4 The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury (audio) Excellent narration by Mark Boyett. Enjoyed! 05. 3 The Flu - Jacqueline Druga (ebook + audio) Good story but sortof fizzled about 80% through. February 06. 4 Bride of the Rat God - Barbara Hambly (ebook) Good story set in the 20s. 07. 3 Lorelei of the Red Mist - Leigh Brackett/Ray Bradbury (ebook) Out of body experience. 08. 4 The Hook - Don Westlake (audio) Good murder mystery with great twist at end. 09. 5 Doom and Bloom - Elizabeth Spann Craig Very much enjoyed. 10. 5 Starship Vectors - Allan Kaster ed. (audio) Excellent selection of stories. March 11. 5 Orchestrated Death - Cynthia Harrod Eagles (ebook) Excellent beginning. 12. 5 The Cell - (ebook+audiobook) Great story, good pace 13. 4 A Wild Fright in Deadwood - Ann Charles (audio) Good story. 14. 3 A Date With Murder - Jessica Fletcher, Donald Bain, Jon Landon (audio) Good story but not outstanding. 15. 5 Live and Let Die - Ian Flemming (audio+ebook) Excellent story! 16. 3 Sixth Column - Robert Heinlein (audio) Good book but I got a bit confused towards the end. April 17. 2 God Save the Mark - Donald Westlake (audio+ebook) Disappointment. Forgettable plot. Excellent narrator. 18. 5 The Eagle's Conquest - Simon Scarrow (ebook) Great story. Moves along well. 19. 4 Rule of Threes - Jeffrey Deaver (ebook) A good story with a surprising twist. 20. 4 Festive in Death - J D Robb (ebook) Good story. 21. TBR as of 1/1/24 Audiobooks 1,349 Ebooks&magazines 1,950 Last edited by Tarana; Yesterday at 05:42 PM.

12-04-2023, 10:18 AM	#10
CAFlanny Connoisseur Posts: 57 Karma: 2332848 Join Date: May 2021 Device: Kobo Libra H2O, Meebook P78 Pro, Kindles: PW5, Voyage, & Keyboard	Goals for 2024: Read 20,000 pages StoryGraph Mobileread Reading Challenge Reduce TBR I start the year with a TBR of 240. Pages Read: 9,479/20,000 Current TBR: 237 TBR: 7 Kindle Unlimited: 12 Kobo Plus: 6 Library: 3 Borrowed: Freebie: 3 MR StoryGraph Challenge: January: Completed February: Completed March: Completed April May June July August September October November December Last edited by CAFlanny; 04-25-2024 at 11:11 PM.

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12-04-2023, 11:41 PM	#11
Dazrin Wizard Posts: 2,631 Karma: 73864785 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: PDXish Device: Kindle Voyage, various Android devices	Goal: Read 12,000 pages in 2024 Same goal for 2024 at 12,000 pages. It's been a good fit for the last couple years because it pushes me just a little, even though I finished in October, but isn't so much that I stress over it. Page Goal:: Read 12,000 Pages in 2024 Status as of April 23: 4,746 pages read, 31 books/short stories completed (15,237 projected) 2024 Stats: Novels/Novellas (>50 pages): 13 (42% books / 92% pages) Short Stories (< 50 pages): 18 (58% books / 8% pages) Audiobooks: 19 (61%) Library Books: 11 (35%) Current and upcoming books: The Devil in the White City - Erik Larson - Read by Scott Brick The Black Company (Black Company 1) - Glen Cook Magician: Apprentice (Riftwar 1) - Raymond E. Feist Academ's Fury (Codex Alera 2) - Jim Butcher Smallworld: A Science Fiction Adventure Comedy - Dominic Green Spoiler: Completed books, ordered by finish date: Waystation City - A.T. Greenblatt - Read by LeVar Burton The Most Dangerous Game - Richard Connell - Read by B.J. Harrison (Link) System Collapse (Murderbot Diaries 7) - Martha Wells - Read by Kevin R. Free Bears Discover Fire - Terry Bisson (Link) The Captain of the Pole-Star - Arthur Conan Doyle - Read by B.J. Harrison Winter's Gifts (Rivers of London 9.5) - Ben Aaronovitch - Read by Penelope Rawlins Demon Daughter (Penric 12) - Lois McMaster Bujold The Olympian Affair (Cinder Spires 2) - Jim Butcher The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Read by B.J. Harrison The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Read by B.J. Harrison Defiant (Skyward 4) - Brandon Sanderson To Build a Fire - Jack London - Read by B.J. Harrison (Link) For We Are Many (Bobiverse 2) - Dennis E. Taylor The Destroyer - Tara Isabella Burton - Read by LeVar Burton (Link) Folk Hero Motifs in Tales Told by the Dead - K.T. Bryski - Read by LeVar Burton (Link) The Better Part of Valor (Confederation 2) - Tanya Huff A Rare Book of Cunning Device (Rivers of London 6.1) - Ben Aaronovitch - Read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith All These Worlds (Bobiverse 3) - Dennis E. Taylor Quarropts Can't Dance - Rodrigo Culagovski - Read by LeVar Burton An Interview with Penric & Desdemona - Lois McMaster Bujold (Link) Referent - Ray Bradbury - Read by B.J. Harrison The Heart of Valor (Confederation 3) - Tanya Huff Valor's Trial (Confederation 4) - Tanya Huff Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves - Unknown - Read by B.J. Harrison Contact Procedures - T.F. Meacker (Link) The Hidden Forests of Earth and Mars - Anna Zumbro - Read by LeVar Burton (Link) Lone Wolf (Orphan X 9) - Gregg Hurwitz The Last Watch (The Divide 1) - J.S. Dewes - Read by Andrew Eiden (Narrator), Nicol Zanzarella Leave it to Jeeves - P.G. Wodehouse - Read by B.J. Harrison (Link) The Coffin Maker - AnaMaria Curtis - Read by LeVar Burton (Link) A Voyage to Lilliput - Jonathan Swift - Read by B.J. Harrison My lists: 2011 \| 2012 \| 2013 \| 2014 \| 2015 \| 2016 \| 2017 \| 2018 \| 2019 \| 2020 \| 2021 \| 2022 \| 2023 \| 2024 Last edited by Dazrin; 04-23-2024 at 01:20 PM. Reason: Updated book list

12-04-2023, 11:54 PM	#12
Paperbackstash Wizard Posts: 1,592 Karma: 20086276 Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Central Florida Device: Oasis 3, PW 3, 4, 5, Fire HD 2012, Fire HD 8 (8th Gen)	In again. Primary goals - (Again) more Amazon Themed Short story collections Select author goals Finish re-read of Chronicles of Narnia in audio Read and possible remove more physical shelves for Horror, Gothic, Category Romance, some chunkster romance, mysteries 5 Maritime setting, 5 space setting Catch up on borrowed nonfiction and bio Digital Library Borrow Catch-up log (it's ridiculous #) Comic and graphic novel exploration More progress on owned audiobooks already have or have to borrow Last edited by Paperbackstash; 12-05-2023 at 12:50 PM.

12-05-2023, 01:04 AM	#13
library addict Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,883 Karma: 35535698 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: USA Device: Nexus 7 2, Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8" (retired=Sony PRS650, Kobo Mini)	Sign me up! I have a mix of reading goals for 2024, but mainly to put another "big" dent in my TBR. They include: Read complete series by new-to-me author already in TBR mounatin. Pick two autobuy authors to finish backlist including all psedonyms (books already in TBR). Pick 10 “Must Read” books for the year from my huge digital TBR mountain (not including any new releases) January 2024 Read 35 books. February 2024 Read 38 books. Finished the Tried-and-True Challenge Round One. March 2024 Read 52 books. Finished the Tried-and-True Challenge Round Two. April 2024 May 2024 June 2024 July 2024 August 2024 September 2024 October 2024 November 2024 December 2024 Last edited by library addict; 03-31-2024 at 06:40 PM.

12-05-2023, 11:26 AM	#14
HLS Wizard Posts: 2,028 Karma: 15107670 Join Date: May 2017 Device: Sage, Scribe, Boox Note 2 Plus, iPad Pros and Samsungs S6,S7,S8	I want to participate. I have big books I want to knock out so I am going by page count not book count. Let's say 20,000 pages So probably 40-60 books depending on how big they are. I have a ton of big page count books in my library I been avoiding I need to read. I will still read small books as a break in-between the big chunky ones. Since I am going by page count I will not feel guilty if I need to DNF a book. 1) Being Henry(246pg) -Henry Winkler 2) The Dark Forest(513pg)( Three Bodied Problem) 3) Needful Things(817pg)- S. King 4) Hurricane Wars-(477 pg) DNF I could not get into it. stopped around page 106 5) Cold Storage-(304 pg) David K. 6) Tom Lake (278 pg) 7) A Day of Fallen Night. 865 pgs 8) The Atlas Six(408 pgs) 9) Starter Villain (272 pgs) DNF around page 135 10) The Atlas Paradox (pgs. 399) 11) Red Rabbit(447 pages) 12) The Atlas Complex(477 pgs) 13) Crescent City 1 (804 pages) 14) A Fate Inked in Blood DNF but read the first 211 pages 15) The Passage 787 pg 16) The Burning Girls (352 pg) 17) The Atlas Complex (480) 18) Cresent Series book 2 what ever the name is around 820pg 19) The Salt grows heavy 81 pg Last edited by HLS; 04-12-2024 at 06:01 PM.

12-09-2023, 06:13 PM	#15
Indio777 Addict Posts: 208 Karma: 1503568 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Washington, DC Device: Mobile Phone, Kindle (rarely), but mostly still read paper	Usual goal of reading a lot. Started to investigate Central/Eastern literature. Will continue that. Also continuing investigation of Central/Eastern European history, etc. Balkans and/or Central Asia might be next. Trying to limit "fun" reading (i.e. sci-fi, people like Stephen King, Robert Galbraith, etc.) to when I am on vacation. Did pretty well with this last year. Konstantin Paustovsky - The Story of a Life (Books 1-3) (trans. Douglas Smith) A. Wess Mitchell - The Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire Antanas Škėma - White Shroud (trans. Karla Gruodis) Dalia Grinkevičiūtė - Shadows on the Tundra (trans. Delija Valiukenas) George Packer - The Unwinding Giedra Radvilavičiūtė - Those Whom I Would Like to Meet Again (trans. Elizabeth Novickas) Alexander Watson - Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary in World War I Simon Shuster - The Showman: Inside the invasion that shook the world and made a leader of Volodymyr Zelensky Alexander Watson - The Fortress: The Siege of Przemyśl and the Making of Europe's Bloodlands Jurgis Kunčinas - Tūla (trans. Elizabeth Novickas) Bohumil Hrabal - All My Cats (trans. Paul Wilson) Derek Sayer - The Coast of Bohemia: A Czech History Bohumil Hrabal - Mr. Kafka and Other Tales From the Time of the Cult (trans. Paul Wilson) Bohumil Hrabal - Too Loud a Solitude (trans. Michael Henry Heim) Bohumil Hrabal - Closely Watched Trains (trans. Edith Pargeter) Jiří Gruša - The Questionnaire (trans. Peter Kussi) Jáchym Topol - Angel Station (trans. Alex Zucker) Patrik Ouřednik - Case Closed (trans. Alex Zucker) Patrik Ouřednik - The Opportune Moment, 1855 (trans. Alex Zucker) Peter Demetz - Prague in Black and Gold: the History of a City Derek Sayer - Prague: Crossroads of Europe Jaroslav Pánek, Oldřich Tůma, et alii. - A History of the Czech Lands (Second Edition) Kevin McDermott - Communist Czechoslovakia, 1945-89: a Political and Social History Mary Heimann - Czechoslovakia: the State That Failed Franz Kafka - The Trial (trans. Mike Mitchell) Angelo Maria Ripellino - Magic Prague (trans. David Newton Marinelli; edit. Michael Henry Heim) Jaroslav Hašek - The Good Soldier Švejk (trans. Cecil Parrott) Franz Kafka - The Castle (trans. Anthea Bell) Stephen King - Just After Sunset (ebook) Stephen King - Night Shift (ebook) Alastair Reynolds - Revenger (Revenger Universe 01) Alastair Reynolds - Shadow Captain (Revenger Universe 02) Alastair Reynolds - Bone Silence (Revenger Universe 03) Stephen King - Nightmares and Dreamscapes (ebook) 2023 list Last edited by Indio777; 04-21-2024 at 10:28 AM.