2019 Reading Challenge List Thread
Welcome to our 10th Annual Reading Challenge!The Annual Reading Challenge is neither a race, contest, 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,
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My goal is to buy fewer books than I read. And so end up with fewer unread books.
I start 2019 with 1014 books on my TBR pile.
Well, an adjusted 1018 thanks to expanding omnibuses
Books removed from TBRRead and Reading- December 26th: Asimov's SF, January/February 2019 edited by Sheila Williams - £2.49 - 4/5 - 298pp
Not one of the best. Several stories I thought were a bit weak.
- January 3rd: One Enchanted Evening by Anton du Beke - £0.99 - 4/5 - 335pp
An enjoyable 1936 period romance. One star off for getting the weather wrong.
- January 5th: Grantville Gazette #81 edited by Bjorn Hasseler - £3.41 - 4/5 - 168pp
Perhaps it was me, but not quite as fun as usual.
- January 10th: The Sister Paradox by Jack Campbell - £0.99 - 3/5 - 150pp
OK, but too much of a YA for me, with unrealistic character development.
- January 12th: Closer to Home by Mercedes Lackey - £0.79 - 5/5 - 305pp
Excellent as usual, and a complete story arc, even though in a series.
- January 12th: F&SF Jan/Feb 2019 edited by C. C. Finlay - £3.58 - 5/5 - 242pp
Very good fantasy and SF as usual.
- January 14th: Uncompromising Honor by David Weber - £4.69 - 5/5 - 910pp
A slow start, but it delivers in the end.
- January 17th: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline - £0.99 - 5/5 - 410pp
Great fun. I've added his other books to my watch list.
- January 20th: The Third Nero by Lindsey Davis - £0.99 - 4/5 - 342pp
Wrapped up a little too quickly, but fun.
- January 22nd: The Monastery Murders by E. M. Powell - £0.99 - 5/5 - 250pp
An excellent 12th century mystery.
- January 24th: The Quiet Gentleman by Georgette Heyer - £1.20 - 5/5 - 271pp
Another excellent regency romance.
- January 25th: To Love and be Wise by Josephine Tey - £0.99 - 5/5 - 182pp
Wonderful detective story. Absolutely excellent.
- January 29th: The Furthest Station by Ben Aaronovitch - £0.99 - 5/5 - 92pp
Good smaller story in the PC Grant universe.
- January 31st: The Lords of the North by Bernard Cornwell - £0.99 - 5/5 - 262pp
Nicely sliding into the gaps in history.
- February 3rd: The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks - £0.99 - 5/5 - 279pp
Very good indeed. Most enjoyable.
- February 8th: Knife's Children by Lois McMaster Bujold - £3.05 - 5/5 - 137pp
An excellent side story.
- February 9th: Galaxy's Edge #1 edited by Mike Resnick - £0.41 - 4/5 - 197pp
Good new stories and excellent reprints.
- February 11th: Paddington's Finest Hour by Michael Bond - £0.99 - 3/5 - 72pp
An odd mixture of old and new that don't quite gel. Not as good as the early books, especially with the call backs to previous similar stories.
- February 12th: Last Seen Wearing by Colin Dexter - £0.50 - 4/5 - 263pp
Good, but still has a way to go to be great. Not quite to Morse we know yet.
- February 16th: Grumbles from the Grave by Robert A. Heinlein - £3.33 - 3/5 - 249pp
Interesting, but I didn't like the way the leters had been edited and arranged.
- February 19th: Paddington at Work by Michael Bond - £0.99 - 4/5 - 71pp
Much better than the later one.
- February 25th: The Holy Thief by Ellis Peters - £0.99 - 5/5 - 238pp
Another splendid tale
- February 25th: Asimov's SF, March/April 2019 edited by Sheila Williams - £2.49 - 5/5 - 310pp
Most enjoyable.
- February 27th: The Demons of Paris by Eric Flint et al. - £1.61 - 4/5 - 297pp
Fun, and a quick read, but not as brilliant as I'd hoped.
- March 4th: Grantville Gazette #82 edited by Bjorn Hasseler - £3.43 - 5/5 - 157pp
Splendid fun as usual. And two excellent SF stories in the 'annex'.
- March 6th: The Real James Herriot by Jim Wight - £0.99 - 4/5 - 503pp
A very good book for content. 4* for style, but worth reading.
- March 9th: Analog SFF, March/April 2019 edited by Trevor Quachri - £2.49 - 5/5 - 344pp
Up to the usual standard.
- March 11th: The Man in the Queue by Josephine Tey - £1.99 - 4/5 - 207pp
A little uneven, but overall, very good. Showing its age in parts.
- March 16th: The Golden One by Elizabeth Peters - £0.84 - 5/5 - 388pp
Splendid, as usual.
- March 24th: The Sword Song by Bernard Cornwell - £0.99 - 5/5 - 260pp
Excellent, as usual
- March 29th: The Angel of Death by Paul Doherty - £0.99 - 3/5 - 138pp
OK, but mentioning the Dome of St Pauls in 1296 is a rookie's mistake.
- March 30th: Alcatraz and the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson - £0.90 - 4/5 - 201pp
An amusing YA fantasy
- April 2nd: God is not Great by Christopher Hitchens - £1.19 - 2/5 - 295pp
Dull for those who agree with him, and won't convince others. Abandoned.
- April 4th: Krondor: Tear of the Gods by Raymond E. Feist - £4.04 - 5/5 - 261pp
Splendid fantasy fun. Seeing how characters first met.
- April 5th: the Spend Game by Jonathan Gash - £0.99 - 4/5 - 197pp
Lovejoy being Lovejoy - violent and self-deceiving.
- April 7th: The Hunt for the Red Cardinal by Bradley Sinor - £1.59 - 2/5 - 274pp
Not up to the standard of most of the other Ring of Fire books. Poor plotting, poor characters, poor story pacing. A shame.
- April 8th: Brother Cadfael's Penance by Ellis Peters - £0.99 - 5/5 - 232pp
Splendid. Although the murder mystery is the least part of the story.
- April 9th: Honored Enemy by Raymond E. Feist - £4.30 - 5/5 - 285pp
An excellent side tale of the rift wars
- April 12th: The Quantum Magician by Derek Kunsken - £1.99 - 4/5 - 363pp
Good SF, but some plotting seemed to go nowhere.
- April 14th: F&SF, March/April 2019 edited by C. C. Finlay - Free - 5/5 - 245pp
Another excellent issue.
- April 20th: Oblivion by Steve White and Charles E. Gannon - £2.80 - 5/5 - 303pp
Excellent MilSF/Space Opera fun.
- April 21st: Julius Katz and Archie by Dave Zeltserman - Free - 5/5 - 204pp
A most enjoyable murder mystery
- April 24th: Asimov's SF, May/June 2019 edited by Sheila Williams - £2.49 - 5/5 - 300pp
A good issue. I liked all the stories, and some were excellent.
- April 26th: Children of the Storm by Elizabeth Peters - £0.84 - 5/5 - 360pp
Good stuff. Where will the next villain come from?
- April 28th: Analog SFF, May/June 2019 edited by Trevor Quachri - £2.49 - 5/5 - 356pp
Excellent, as usual.
- May 7th: Head On by John Scalzi - £0.99 - 5/5 - 220pp
SF and FBI Procedural. Good stuff.
- May 9th: F&SF, May/June 2019 edited by C. C. Finlay - £4.99 - 4/5 - 244pp
Good, but I didn't enjoy all the stories as much as usual.
- May 9th: Grantville Gazette #83 edited by Bjorn Hasseler - £3.63 - 5/5 - 165pp
Splendid fun as usual. And some excellent SF stories in the 'annex'.
- May 14th: The Shield of Time by Poul Anderson - £1.49 - 5/5 - 400pp
Good time travel adventure.
- May 20th: Deeply Odd by Dean Koontz - £0.99 - 5/5 - 280pp
Another excellent odd adventure
- May 22nd: Pandora's Boy by Lindsay Davis - £0.99 - 5/5 - 330pp
Investigations in ancient Rome. Good stuff.
- May 25th: A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey - £1.99 - 4/5 - 201pp
Splendid, except for the racism of the time.
- May 27th: Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C. S. Forester - £0.33 - 4/5 - 188pp
Very good, but no great exploits yet
- May 30th: Contact by Carl Sagan - £0.99 - 3/5 - 365pp
OK, but a bit waffly
- June 2nd: Lieutenant Hornblower by C. S. Forester - £0.33 - 4/5 - 200pp
Very good, but not as good as it gets later
- June 4th: Hornblower and the Hotspur by C. S. Forester - £0.33 - 5/5 - 255pp
And here we finally get the inner Hornblower.
- June 5th: The Zig Zag Girl by Elly Griffiths - £0.99 - 4/5 - 233pp
An interesting mystery set in post-WWII England.
- June 7th: Gamble by Felix Francis - £0.99 - 5/5 - 255pp
A very pleasant surprise. A most enjoyable racing-related thriller.
- June 8th: Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb - £1.99 - 5/5 - 742pp
A splendid fantasy. Most enjoyable.
- June 10th: Mad Ship by Robin Hobb - £1.99 - 5/5 - 744pp
Excellent, but clearly the middle of a trilogy, so straight on to...
- June 13th: Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb - £1.99 - 5/5 - 742pp
A satisfying ending to the trilogy
- June 18th: The History of the Hobbit by John Rateliff - £1.99 - 5/5 - 1149pp
Fascinating analysis and original material carefully transcribed.
- July 6th: Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian by Eoin Colfer - £1.99 - 4/5 - 238pp
Fun stuff, but even for a children's book, it underplays the consequences of events.
- July 7th: Asimov's SF, July/August 2019 edited by Sheila Williams - £2.49 - 5/5 - 311pp
Another good selection of stories. Not a duff one there.
- July 8th: A Different Kind of Evil by Andrew Wilson - £0.99 - 5/5 - 292pp
A nice mystery inserted into Agatha Christie's life.
- July 12th: A Fistful of Elven Gold by Alex Stewart - £1.35 - 3/5 - 296pp
OK, but just an average readable fantasy world with no real world-building of its own
- July 14th: Grantville Gazette #84 edited by Bjorn Hasseler - £3.61 - 4/5 - 154pp
Still fun, although I found one story had an ending that was too good to be true. And the issues seem to be getting shorter, which is bad since they're one of my most expensive purchases.
- July 16th: Crisis by Felix Francis - £0.99 - 5/5 - 270pp
Great stuff. I shall certainly be looking out for the rest.
- July 18th: Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks - £0.99 - 3/5 - 422pp
Very good, but not compelling, and a bit depressing.
- July 19th: Murder in LaMut by Raymond E. Feist - £4.30 - 4/5 - 255pp
An enjoyable murder mystery side adventure.
- July 21st: The Orphans of Raspay by Lois MvMaster Bujold - £2.49 - 5/5 - 120pp
Brilliant, as expected
- July 24th: Monster Hunter Siege by Larry Correia - £1.93 - 4/5 - 354pp
Getting unnecessarily messianic
- July 27th: Monster Hunter Memoirs: Sinners by John Ringo and Larry Correia - £3.87 - 4/5 - 262pp
OK, but a bit repetitive. I suspect the trilogy would have been better as a single novel.
- July 31st: Analog SFF, July/August 2019 edited by Trevor Quachri - £2.49 - 4/5 - 351pp
Pretty good. But there were one or two that were just OK.
- August 5th: The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie - £0.99 - 4/5 - 231pp
I love the universe. I understand why it's written the way it is. But making the reader appear to be one of the characters in the story just didn't really work for me. I didn't like being constantly told what I did in the story.
- August 8th: Monster Hunter Memoirs: Saints by John Ringo and Larry Correia - £3.00 - 4/5 - 262pp
Not a bad conclusion, but the ending felt a bit rushed.
- August 9th: Smoke and Mirrors by Elly Griffiths - £0.99 - 5/5 - 224pp
Another excellent mystery set in post-war Brighton
- August 12th: Marque of Caine by Charles E. Gannon - £3.00 - 3/5 - 509pp
OK, but not compelling. I think I'll drop this series.
- August 18th: When Marnie Was There by Joan G Robinson - £0.99 - 5/5 - 224pp
What a splendid novel. Highly recommended.
- August 19th: F&SF, July/August 2019 edited by C. C. Finlay - £5.00 - 4/5 - 251pp
There were a couple of stories I didn't like this month, so just 4/5
- August 19th: The Stranger from the Sea by Winston Graham - £0.99 - 5/5 - 360pp
Fun melodrama, set ten years after the last book.
- August 23rd: The Volga Rules by Eric Flint et al. - £2.89 - 5/5 - 335pp
Fun in 1630s Russia. Nice advances of main plot points.
- August 26th: The Serpent on the Crown by Elizabeth Peters - £0.84 - 5/5 - 280pp
The usual fun in early 20th century Egypt.
- August 29th: the Blood Card by Elly Griffiths - £0.99 - 5/5 - 250pp
Excellent mystery with Max and Edgar
- August 31st: The Burning Land by Bernard Cornwell - £1.99 - 5/5 - 260pp
Excellent historical fiction with our fictional hero of the days of King Alfred.
- September 3rd: Grantville Gazette #85 edited by Bjorn Hasseler - £3.61 - 4/5 - 154pp
OK, but short. And less Grantville content than expected.
- September 5th: Analog SFF Sep-Oct 2019 edited by Trevor Quachri - £2.49 - 5/5 - 344pp
Back on form. Good stories throughout.
- September 7th: Asimov's SF edited by Sheila Williams - £2.49 -5/5 - 313pp
Also a good month for Asimov's. Most enjoyable.
- September 10th: The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey - £0.99 - 5/5 - 237pp
Good stuff, for once a mystery, not a murder mystery!
- September 11th: F&SF, Sep/Oct 2019 edited by C. C. Finlay - £5.00 - 5/5 - 255pp
A most satisfactory 70th aniversary issue.
- September 13th: Sharpe's Enemy by Bernard Cornwell - £0.99 - 5/5 - 290pp
Excellent fun Military Historical Fiction.
- September 14th: Sharpe's Honour by Bernard Cornwall - £0.99 - 5/5 - 276pp
Excellent fun Military Historical Fiction.
- September 15th: Sharpe's Regiment by Bernard Cornwall - £0.99 - 5/5 - 272pp
Excellent fun Military Historical Fiction.
- September 17th: The Blood of the Fifth Knight by E. M. Powell - £0.99 - 5/5 - 279pp
Most enjoyable historical drama
- September 19th: The Lord of Ireland by E. M. Powell - £0.99 - 5/5 - 278?pp
Most enjoyable historical drama
- September 21st: The Disappeared by Kristine Kathryn Rusch - Free - 4/5 - 267pp
Interesting universe, although not enough made of the moon setting, IMO.
- September 23rd: The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn by Colin Dexter - £0.49 - 4/5 - 223pp
Some of the Morse we know coming through.
- September 26th: The Fairy's Tale by F. D. Lee - £0.99 - 3/5 - 329pp
Got better after a dodgy start. I might look out for the next one.
- September 28th: The African Queen by C. S. Forester - £0.99 - 4/5 - 168pp
Very good indeed, although I wasn't expecting the ending.
- October 1st: Tyger Burning by T. C. McCarthy - £1.35 - 3/5 - 296pp
Decent enough Mil SF.
- October 2nd: Paddington takes the Air by Michael Bond - £0.99 - 4/5 - 78pp
The usual Paddington mishaps, only occasionally cringe-worthy.
- October 5th: The Tomb of the Golden Bird by Elizabeth Peters - £0.84 - 5/5 - ???pp
A most enjoyable finish to the series. Highly recommended.
- October 7th: Paddington goes to Town by Michael Bond - £0.99 - 5/5 - 86pp
Most enjoyable classic Paddington tales.
- October 7th: Duplicate Death by Georgette Heyer - £1.20 - 5/5 - 241pp
An enjoyable murder mystery with some old characters. Good stuff.
- October 9th: The Thief of Kalimar by Graham Diamond - Free - 2/5 - 375pp
[ABANDONED - Not for me. Not taken by the characters.] - October 10th: Hornblower and the Atropos by C. S. Forester - £0.33 - 5/5 - 247pp
Excellent, as expected
- October 11th: The Happy Return by C. S. Forester - £0.33 - 5/5 - 209pp
Excellent, as expected
- October 13th: A Ship of the Line by C. S. Forester - £0.33 - 5/5 - 220pp
And continuing excellent.
- October 16th: Hidden Steel by Doranna Durgin - Free - 3/5 - 172pp
An OK to good Action Romance, but I don't feel to read any more like it.
- October 17th: Sandition (unfinished) by Jane Austen - Free - 3/5 - 50pp
Just introduces the main characters, but no real plot in the completed chapters.
- October 20th: Starswarm by Jerry Pournelle - £2.22 - 4/5 - 296pp
A fun YA SF story.
- October 21st: Cybill Disobedience By Cybill Shepherd - Free - 3/5 - 267pp
Competent and readable celebrity autobiography.
- October 24th: Sharpe's Christmas by Bernard Cornwell - £0.99 - 5/5 - 72pp
A splendid Sharpe short story.
- October 25th: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling - £5.42 - 5/5 - 515pp (re-read)
- October 29th: Asimov's SF, Nov/Dec 2019 edited by Sheila Williams - £2.49 - 5/5 - 321pp
Another good issue.
- November 1st: Grantville Gazette #86 edited by Bjorn Hasseler - £3.61 - 5/5 - ???pp
Good Grantville stories, but excellent Honor Harrington short story by David Carrico.
- November 3rd: Blood Monster by Neil Gaiman - £0.58 - 2/5 - 6pp
Short Graphic Story.No, not my kind of thing.
- November 3rd: Manuscript Found in a Milkbottle by Neil Gaiman - £0.58 - 4/5 - 11pp
An amusing early short story.
- November 6th: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J K Rowling - £5.52 - 5/5 - 671pp (re-read)
I must admit, it's much better on a re-read than I'd expected.
- November 8th: Analog SFF, Nov/Dec 2019 edited by Trevor Quachri - £2.49 - 5/5 - 345pp
Another good issue.
- November 11th: This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone - £0.99 - 5/5 - 149pp
Excellent. Highly recommended. Although not at all what I was expecting.
- November 15th: F&SF, Nov/Dec 2019 edited by C. C. Finlay - £5.00 - 5/5 - 249pp
Another excellent issue.
- November 20th: The Vanishing Box by Elly Griffiths - £0.99 - 5/5 - 230pp
Another excellent mystery
- November 23rd: The King's Hounds by Martin Jensen - £0.99 - 5/5 - 257pp
An excellent historical mystery novel, set in the time of King Cnut.
- November 24th: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin - £0.99 - 5/5 - 329pp
Very good fantasy. I'm putting the others on my watch list.
- November 26th: Sharpe's Siege by Bernard Cornwell - £0.99 - 5/5 - ???pp
Excellent, as usual.
- November 28th: The Man Who Played With Fire by Jan Stocklassa - £0.99 - 3/5 - ???pp
Interesting non-fiction, but a bit dull as well. The banality of evil.
- December 3rd: The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North - £0.99 - 4/5 - ???pp
Splendid while being read, but afterwards all the innumerable plot holes and unexamined possibilities start to occur. SF by a non SF writer?
- December 5th: Arcanum Unbound by Brandon Sanderson - £0.99 - - ???pp
Books added to TBR Freebies (5)
- 9th March: The Disappeared by Kristine Kathryn Rusch read
- 29th March: Julius Katz and Archie by Dave Zeltserman read
- 13th April: F&SF March/April 2019 read
- 10th October: The Thief of Kalimar by Graham Diamond abandoned
- 16th October Sanditon (unfinished) by Jane Austen read
Bought- January (14/£23.37): Dragon Drums; Grantville Gazette #81; F&SF Jan/Feb 2019; Closer to Home; The Sister Paradox; Guns, Germs And Steel; Uncompromising Honor, The Furthest Station, The Lords of the North and Sword Song, Planted, Vegan Comfort Classics, Mildred's Vegan Cookbook, Feed Me Vegan
- February (48/£43.49): The Daughter of Time, The Empty Throne, 15xProgramming Books, 20xGalaxy's Edge Magazine, Eye of the Zodiac (Dumarest 13), The Door into Summer, Knife's Children, Cold Comfort Farm, Tau Zero, The Demons of Paris, The Looking Glass War, Analog SFF March/April 2019, Asimov's SF March/April 2019, American Gods, Artemis Fowl
- March (18/£33.37): GG #82, Warriors of the Storm, The Real James Herriott,The Science of Discworld, The Man in the Queue, A Shilling for Candles, The Rowan, Artemis Fowl, The Quantum Magician, The Angel of Death, Murder Wears a Cowl, Corpse Candle, The Magician's Death, The Waxman Murders, The Periodic Table: A Field Guide to the Elements, Alcatraz and the Evil Librarians, God is not Great, Goodbye Mr Chips
- April (7/£13.84): The Shepherd's Crown, King of Ashes, La Belle Sauvage, The Hunt for the Red Cardinal, Oblivion, Analog SFF May/June 2019, Asimov's SF May/June 2019
- May (14/£16.54): Grantville Gazette #83, F&SF May/June 2019, The Flame Bearer, Heads On, A Different Kind of Evil, The Hills have Spies, A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, A Brief History of Time, Mr Midshipman Hornblower, Lieutenant Hornblower, Hornblower and the 'Hotspur', Contact (NB 2 omnibuses counted as 6 singles)
- June (13/£21.87): The Zig Zag Girl, Gamble, The Mad Ship, Ship of Destiny, Assassin's Fate, The History of the Hobbit: Mr Baggins and Return to Bag-End, Belgarath the Sorcerer, Analog SFF July/August 2019, Asimov's SF July/August 2019, Polgara the Sorceress, Consider Phlebas, Smoke and Mirrors, The Raven Tower
- July (14/£34.61): Grantville Gazette #84, F&SF July/August 2019, Baen July 2019 Bundle (Avalance, Saints, Endless Conflict, A Fistful of Elven Gold, River of Night, Marque of Caine, Tyger Burning), Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian, Crisis, Monster Hunter Siege, The Orphans or Raspay, Monster Hunter Memoirs: Sinners
- August (6/£10.84): The Blood Card, When Marnie Was There, Analog SFF September/October 2019, Asimov's SF September/October 2019, The Volga Rules, The Death of Kings
- September (11/£16.54): Grantville Gazette #85, F&SF September/October 2019, The Vanishing Box, The Fairy's Tale, Captain Hornblower (Hornblower and the Atropos, The Happy Return, A Ship of the Line), The African Queen, Witch Week, The Riven Codex, Skyward
- October (6/£8.94): I, Robot, The Mystery of the Three Quarters, The Windsingers, The Limbreth Gate, Analog SFF November/December 2019, Asimov's SF November/December 2019
- November (8/£14.55): F&SF November/December 2019, Grantville Gazette #86, This is How You Lose the Time War, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, Lies Sleeping, A Man's Word, The Man Who Played With Fire, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
- December (1/£0.99): Arcanum Unbounded
Spoiler Warning below
Subscription books- December (2/£4.98): Analog SFF January/February 2020, Asimov's SF January/February 2020
AnalysisTBR:
998Books read: 128 (including 6 freebies, 2 abandoned, 5 re-reads)
Books otherwise removed from TBR pile: 29 (29 discarded)
Books removed from TBR pile: 152 (included 29 discarded)
Books added to TBR pile: 132 (including 5 freebies, 1 omnibus counts as 3)
Removed/Added: 1.15
Net reduction for 2019: 20
Non-free books read: 121 (including 1 abandoned, 5 re-reads)
Total cost of books read: £216.31
Average cost of books read: £1.79
Non-free books bought: 160 (including 12 previously read and 21 others not added to TBR, and 1 omnibus counted as 3)
Total cost of books bought: £238.95
Average cost of books bought: £1.49
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.
Length Goals:- Total Books: 50 (a stretch goal of 75)
- Total Short Stories: 52
- Total Pages: 15,000 (a stretch goal of 25,000)
- TBR Reduction: Reduce by at least 25 (a stretch goal of 50)
Substantive Goals:
- Read at least 51% non-American authors
- Read more female/gender-fluid authors than male
- Read at least 52 short stories
- Read at least 10 of the Mobile Read Book Club selections
Current Stats:
Short Stories:
Spoiler Warning below
- "The Harbour-Master" by Robert W. Chambers
- "Umberto Buti" by Giuseppe Pontiggia (translated by Zadie Smith)
- "The Cat-Hood of Maurice" by Edith Nesbit
- "The Man Who Walked Home" by James Tiptree, Jr.
- "The Cellar Dweller" by Maria Dahvana Headley
- "The Gold Lunch" by Ron Carlson
- "The Women" by Tom Barbash
- "The Other Wife" by Collette
- "Asymetry" by Kendra Fortmeyer
Novels and Novellas:
- The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather (4/5)
- The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri (2/5)
- The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin (NLBC)(3.5/5)
- A Delicate Truth by John le Carre NLBC (3.75/5)
- Artemis by Andy Weir (1.5/5)
- Hild by Nicola Griffith (4/5)
- Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 1 by Macoto Tezuka and Naoki Urasawa
- Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 2 by Macoto Tezuka and Naoki Urasawa
Well, keeping up with this list didn't go well, did it. Please feel free to check out my list on goodreads and I will try and do better next year!I am lowering my goal for 2019 based on some upcoming changes in schedule. My new goal is 24,000 pages down from 30,000 in 2018 and almost 40,000 pages read.
I will continue to participate in the
New Leaf Book Club and want to read 8 of 12 selections there this year (leaving myself some room for unavailable titles).
Page Goal: Read
24,000 pages in
2019.
Status as of
December 3:
22,101 pages read,
90 books/short stories completed.
Current and Upcoming Book(s):
- The End of the Affair by Graham Greene - NLBC December 2019
Completed books:
Spoiler Warning below
Ordered by finish date
- Deathworld - Harry Harrison - from the Classic Tales podcast
- The Dreaming Void (Void Trilogy 1, Commonwealth 3) - Peter F. Hamilton - continued from 2018
- The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. LeGuin - January 2019 NLBC Selection
- Out of the Dark (Orphan X 4) - Gregg Hurwitz
- Abandoned - Downbelow Station - C.J. Cherryh
- Mono no aware - Ken Liu - From the Levar Burton Reads podcast (Live in Boston) and Lightspeed Magazine
- A Delicate Truth - John Le Carre - NLBC February 2019
- The Last Hero (Discworld 27) - Terry Pratchett
- The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Discworld 28) - Terry Pratchett
- Book 9
- Night Watch (Discworld 29) - Terry Pratchett
- The Wee Free Men (Discworld 30/Tiffany Aching 1) - Terry Pratchett
- Playing Nice with God's Bowling Ball - N.K. Jemisin - From the Levar Burton Reads podcast (Live in Brooklyn)
- Childfinder - Octavia Butler - From the Levar Burton Reads podcast
- Penric's Demon (Penric and Desdemona 1) - Lois McMaster Bujold - Audio book
- Penric and the Shaman (Penric 2) - Lois McMaster Bujold - Audio book
- The City of the Goneaway - Ambrose Bierce - Classic Tales Podcast
- The Middle Toe of the Right Foot - Ambrose Bierce - Classic Tales Podcast
- The Cave of Horror - J.S. Meek - Read by Wil Wheaton as an impromptu podcast
- The Crystal Egg - H.G. Wells - Classic Tales Podcast
- The Man with Two Left Feet - P.G. Wodehouse - Classic Tales Podcast
- The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion - Thomas Hardy - Classic Tales Podcast
- Monstrous Regiment (Discworld 31) - Terry Pratchett
- Penric's Fox (Penric 5) - Lois McMaster Bujold - Audio book
- A Hat Full of Sky (Discworld 32/Tiffany Aching 2) - Terry Pratchett
- Penric's Mission (Penric 3) - Lois McMaster Bujold - Audio book
- Mira's Last Dance (Penric 4) - Lois McMaster Bujold - Audio book
- Miracle - Tope Folarin - LeVar Burton Reads
- Going Postal (Discworld 33) - Terry Pratchett
- The Prisoner of Limnos (Penric 6) - Lois McMaster Bujold - Audio book
- Sheepfarmer's Daughter (Paks 1) - Elizabeth Moon
- Divided Allegiance (Paks 2) - Elizabeth Moon
- Oath of Gold (Paks 3) - Elizabeth Moon
- How to Think - Alan Jacobs - Audio book
- Kwoon - Charles Johnson - Levar Burton Reads podcast
- Oath of Fealty (Paks 4) - Elizabeth Moon
- Those Who Walk in Darkness (Paks 3.5) - Elizabeth Moon
- Kings of the North (Paks 5) - Elizabeth Moon
- Echoes of Betrayal (Paks 6) - Elizabeth Moon
- Limits of Power (Paks 7) - Elizabeth Moon
- Mr. Hadj's Sunset Ride - Saladin Ahmed - From the Levar Burton Reads podcast #41
- Surrender None (Paks 0.1) - Elizabeth Moon
- Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension - Matt Parker
- Every Tool's a Hammer - Adam Savage
- The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman - NLBC May 2019
- The Galactic Tourist Industrial Complex - Tobias S. Buckell - Levar Burton Reads podcast #43
- The Dead and the Countess - Gertrude Atherton - Classic Tales Podcast #619
- The Colour Out of Space - H.P. Lovecraft - Classic Tales Podcast #597
- Articulated Restraint (Lady Astronaut 1.5) - Mary Robinette Kowal - from Tor.com
- Toward Happy Civilization - Samanta Schweblin - Levar Burton Reads podcast #44
- Liar's Oath (Paks 0.2) - Elizabeth Moon
- The Undertakers - Rudyard Kipling - The Classic Tales Podcast #629
- Crown of Renewal (Paks 8) - Elizabeth Moon
- Flying Carpets - Steven Millhauser - LeVar Burton Reads #45
- Book 54
- Book 55
- Book 56
- The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code - Margalit Fox - NLBC June 2019
- L'Aquilone du Estrellas (The Kite of Stars) - Dean Francis Alfar - LeVar Burton Reads #48
- The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate - Ted Chiang - LeVar Burton Reads #46-47
- The Temporal Void (Void 2) - Peter F. Hamilton
- The Sword in the Stone - T.H. White
- The Best We Can - Carrie Vaughn - LeVar Burton Reads podcast #40
- The Rival Mechanicians - Lydia Maria Child - From the Classic Tales Podcast
- Sheepfarmer's Daughter (Paks 1) - Elizabeth Moon
- Oath of Gold (Paks 3) - Elizabeth Moon
- If At First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again - Zen Cho - 2019 Hugo Award Winning Novellette
- Head of a Snake, Tail of a Dragon - Zen Cho
- Shoggoths in Traffic - Tobias S. Buckell - LeVar Burton Reads #50
- The Simplest Equation - Nicky Drayden - LeVar Burton Reads #49
- Cuisine des Mémoires - N.K. Jemisin - LeVar Burton Reads #51
- The Shepherd's Life: A Tale of the Lake District - James Rebanks - NLBC September 2019
- Wolverine: The Lost Trail - Percy Benjamin - Wolverine Podcast season 2
- The October Man (Rivers of London 7.5) - Ben Aaronovitch - Audio book
- Abandoned - A Man Called Ove - Fredrik Backman
- Mark One - John Hindmarsh
- Three Hearts and Three Lions - Poul Anderson
- Face Value - Sean Williams - LeVar Burton Reads #53
- Blur - Carmen Maria Machado - LeVar Burton Reads #54
- The People of the Black Circle - Robert E. Howard - The Classic Tales Podcast #635 - 638
- The Fall of the House of Usher - Edgar Allan Poe - The Classic Tales Podcast #645
- Tiger Baby - J.Y. Yang - LeVar Burton Reads #55
- Boundless (Generations 2) - R.A. Salvatore
- How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems - Randall Munroe
- Zeroes - Scott Westerfield, Margo Lanagan, Deborah Biancotti
- The Crystal Cave - Mary Stewart - Audiobook
- The Ebony Frame - Edith Nesbit - The Classic Tales Podcast #651
- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - Douglas Adams - NLBC October 2019
- Thud! (Discworld 34) - Terry Pratchett
- Slow Horses (Slough House 1) - Mick Herron
- Wintersmith (Discworld 35) - Terry Pratchett
- Starsight (Skyward 2) - Brandon Sanderson
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New Leaf Book Club selections read or attempted:
9/12Spoiler Warning below
- The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. LeGuin - January 2019 NLBC Selection
- A Delicate Truth - John Le Carre - NLBC February 2019
- Abandoned - Edwin Drood - Charles Dickens - NLBC March 2019
- Not available in time - Daughter of Time - Josephine Tey - NLBC Selection for April 2019
- The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman - NLBC May 2019
- The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code - Margalit Fox - NLBC June 2019
- Abandoned - The Natural - Bernard Malamud - NLBC July 2019 - The movie is better
- Abandoned - I Am a Cat - Soseki Natsume - NLBC August 2019 selection
- The Shepherd's Life: A Tale of the Lake District - James Rebanks - NLBC September 2019
- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - Douglas Adams - NLBC October 2019
Other list posts:
2020 | 2019 |
2018 |
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
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2013 |
2012 |
2011I've made a major change in my goals. Fortunately, a topic tugged at me in time for me to shift. Six books in ancient history, six books in German history from 1918 - 1945, with ancillary books I'll also track. I'll read two of the colossal novels that have lingered on my TBR for years. And I'll get my Goodreads Want-to-Read list down to 25 titles. My hope is that limited goals can be achieved and still leave me room to follow my bent as it bends.
I set a benchmark for total books each year of 120. I don't consider it a goal.
I'm linking to my Goodreads pages because I'm lazy.
Ah, I see several have mentioned the New Leaf Book Club. I read all the selections last year and my goal this year is to do the same.
My goal for 2019 is 104 books, including all the non-English books I have, in Urdu, Italian, French and Hindi
HindiJungle Book - translation by Ajay Anand
UrduCelebrating the Best of Urdu Poetry - Khushwant Singh
The Taste of Words - An Introduction to Urdu Poetry - Raza Mir
READItalianLa forma dell'acqua - Andrea Camilleri (also audiobook)
Il Gattopardo - Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (also audiobook)
Il commissario Bordelli - Marco Vichi (also audiobook)
San Marino - la storia in miniatura - Pierluigi Taddei
FrenchLe Petit Prince (Avec les dessins de l'auteur) - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
In addition to the above, I'm adding eight specific books all in a "linguistics" collection on my Kobo, 7 from David Crystal, one from Nicholas Ostler.
The Last Lingua Franca: English Until the Return of Babel – Nicholas Ostler
READThe English Language: A Guided Tour of the Language – David Crystal
READThe Gift of the Gab: How Eloquence Works – David Crystal
READMaking Sense – David Crystal
You Say Potato – Ben Crystal and David Crystal
READMaking a Point – David Crystal
Sounds Appealing – David Crystal
The Fight for English – David Crystal
READMy overall goal, as always, is to end the year with fewer unread books. Since I failed to do this in 2018, my stretch goal is to reverse my 2018 deficit (17 books).
I'm also keeping my extra requirement to reduce my paper TBR by at least 7.
TBR:
Removed: 100 (14 deleted)
Added: 138 (52 paid)
Net reduction: -38
Pages read: 26092
Paper TBR:
Removed: 28
Added: 18 (15 paid)
Net Reduction: 10
Books read:
1. The Healers' Road - S E Robertson (k) - 278
2. Cybill Disobedience - Cybill Shepherd & Aimee Lee Ball (k) - 320
3. Fool's Run - Patricia McKillip (p) - 252
4. Hickory Dickory Dock - Agatha Christie (h) - 192
5. The Only Harmless Great Thing (short) - Brooke Bolander (e) - 51
6. Colours in the Steel - K J Parker (p) - 503
7. Rhapsody in Black - Brian Stableford (k) - 160
8. San Diego 2014: Last Stand of the California Browncoats (novella) - Mira Grant (i) - 82
9. Georgia on My Mind and Other Places (coll) - Charles Sheffield (e) - 340
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10. Banewreaker - Jacqueline Carey (k) - 488
11. Columbus Day - Craig Alanson (k) - 253
12. Trinity Rising - Elspeth Cooper (k) - 488
13. The Black Prince - Adam Roberts (h) - 300
14. Dead Man's Folly - Agatha Christie (k) - 233
15. The Grey King - Susan Cooper (h) - 119
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16. Europe at Dawn - Dave Hutchinson (k) - 317
17. Blackwing - Ed McDonald (k) - 360
18. Agent of Change - Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (e) - 256
19. Sowing - Angie Grigaliunas (k) - 370
20. Sole Sacrifice (novella) - K C May (e) - 48
21. 4.50 from Paddington - Agatha Christie (h) - 209
22. Level Up - Craig Anderson (k) - 290
23. Esther May Morrow's Buy or Borrow (coll) - Robert Appleton (k) - 73
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24. Bring Up the Bodies - Hilary Mantel (k) - 407
25. Melodies of the Heart (novella) - Michael Flynn (k) - 133
26. Black Wolves - Kate Elliott (k) - 804
27. Holy Sister - Mark Lawrence (e) - 353
28. Ordeal by Innocence - Agatha Christie (p) - 218
29. Speed: The One Genuinely Modern Pleasure - Mat Oxley (h) - 177
30. Elite: Docking is Difficult - Gideon Defoe (h) - 162
31. The Gods of Men - Barbara Kloss (k) - 439
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32. Twenty Trillion Leagues Under the Sea - Adam Roberts (h) - 306
33. The Black Cauldron - Lloyd Alexander (e) - 180
34. Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen - Lois McMaster Bujold (k) - 352
35. Ruthless Magic - Megan Crewe (k) - 341
36. The Nursing Home Murder - Ngaio Marsh (p) - 235
37. Ritualist - Dakota Krout (k) - 374
38. Drawing for the Absolute Beginner - Mark & Mary Willenbrink (k) - 128
39. The Stone Sky - N K Jemisin (p) - 398
40. A Closed and Common Orbit - Becky Chambers (k) - 364
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41. Marvel Comics: The Untold Story - Sean Howe (k) - 432
42. We Ride the Storm - Devin Madson (k) - 444
43. How I Made Over $42,000 in 1 Month Selling My Kindle eBooks - Cheryl Kaye Tardif (k) - 98
44. Raven Stratagem - Yoon Ha Lee (k) - 400
45. Cat Among the Pigeons - Agatha Christie (p) - 352
46. The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion (novella) - Margaret Killjoy (e) - 78
47. Black Sun Rising - C S Friedman (p) - 586
48. Planetfall - Emma Newman (k) - 320
49. Passing Strange (novella) - Ellen Klages (e) - 125
50. In Shadows We Fall (novella) - Devin Madson (e) - 108
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51. Blade & Rose - Miranda Honfleur (k) - 648
52. Blackcollar - Timothy Zahn (e) - 272
53. Poison - Sarah Pinborough (h) - 202
54. The Pale Horse - Agatha Christie (p) - 188
55. Into the Labyrinth - John Bierce (k) - 178
56. Freeware - Rudy Rucker (p) - 262
57. Silver on the Tree - Susan Cooper (h) - 188
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58. Rosewater - Tade Thompson (k) - 287
59. A Taste of Honey (novella) - Kai Ashante Wilson (e) - 91
60. The Fire Sermon - Francesca Haig (k) - 418
61. Raven Black - Ann Cleeves (p) - 376
62. Jewel of the Endless Erg - John Bierce (k) - 246
63. Dreams Before the Start of Time - Anne Charnock (k) - 210
64. The Lion of Senet - Jennifer Fallon (p) - 535
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65. The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side - Agatha Christie (h) - 256
66. Too Like the Lightning - Ada Palmer (k) - 522
67. Age of Assassins - RJ Barker (k) - 432
68. The Black Spectacles - John Dickson Carr (p) - 190
69. An Informal History of the Hugos - Jo Walton (e) - 604
70. The Calculating Stars - Mary Robinette Kowal (k) - 421
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71. Charm - Sarah Pinborough (h) - 218
72. Beyond the Black Stump - Nevil Shute (h) - 297
73. The Gray House - Mariam Petrosyan (k) - 722
74. The Clocks - Agatha Christie (p) - 384
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75. Nightflyers and Other Stories (coll) - George R R Martin (k) - 384
76. The Black Prism - Brent Weeks (k) - 626
77. A Memory Called Empire - Arkady Martine (h) - 448
78. A Traitor in Skyhold - John Bierce (k) - 309
79. A Fabulous Creation - David Hepworth (k) - 323
80. Shockwave - Lindsay Buroker (k) - 338
81. Beauty - Sarah Pinborough (h) - 212
82. A Caribbean Mystery - Agatha Christie (h) - 167
83. The Woman Who Rides Like a Man - Tamora Pierce (k) - 154
84. Down Among the Sticks and Bones (novella) - Seanan McGuire (e) - 116
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85. The Fated Sky - Mary Robinette Kowal (k) - 372
86. Lioness Rampant - Tamora Pierce (k) - 202
Monthly Breakdown:
Spoiler Warning below
JanuaryBought: 5 (£5.95)
Borrowed: 1
Free: 2
Read: 9 (£5.78)
Pages: 2178
TBR Drop: 1
FebruaryBought: 2 (£2.98)
Borrowed: 1
Free: 2
Read: 6 (£33.78)
Deleted: 1
Pages: 1881
TBR Drop: 2
MarchBought: 6 (£29.77)
Borrowed: 4
Free: 8
Read: 8 (£4.48)
Deleted: 10
Pages: 1923
TBR Drop: 0
AprilBought: 4 (£10.53)
Borrowed: 9
Free: 9
Read: 8 (£31.97)
Deleted: 2
Pages: 2693
TBR Drop: -11
MayBought: 5 (£7.65)
Borrowed: 3
Free: 1
Read: 9 (£9.15)
Pages: 2678
TBR Drop: 0
JuneBought: 1 (£0.99)
Borrowed: 2
Free: 9
Read: 10 (£8.25)
Pages: 2943
TBR Drop: -2
JulyBought: 3 (£1.99)
Borrowed: 1
Free: 9
Read: 7 (£8.38)
Pages: 1938
TBR Drop: -6
AugustBought: 3 (£4.44)
Borrowed: 1
Free: 2
Read: 7 (£5.63)
Pages: 2163
TBR Drop: 1
SeptemberBought: 6 (£5.96)
Borrowed: 2
Free: 1
Read: 6 (£8.17)
Pages: 2425
TBR Drop: -3
OctoberBought: 6 (£10.94)
Borrowed: 3
Free: 4
Deleted: 1
Read: 4 (£1.91)
Pages: 1621
TBR Drop: -8
NovemberBought: 8 (£12.75)
Borrowed: 2
Free: 4
Read: 10 (£9.30)
Pages: 3077
TBR Drop: -4
DecemberBought: 4 (£6.96)
Free: 3
Read: 2 (£8.30)
Pages: 574
TBR Drop: -5
Additional Goals:
1. The Worm that Turned. At least 60% of my books should be by women. Stretch goal: reverse my percentage from 2018 (which was 33.2%, so 66.8%). Updated monthly, probably.
Current: (52/84) 61.9%
2. Always be Closing. Conversion rate better than 2018. The conversion rate is the proportion of new books I start. The target is 0.325. Updated monthly, probably.
Current: (40/131) 0.305
3. King of the Mountains. My 5 longest books should total over 3000 pages.
Current total: 3404
Spoiler Warning below
804 - Black Wolves - Kate Elliott
722 - The Gray House - Mariam Petrosyan
648 - Blade & Rose - Miranda Honfleur
626 - The Black Prism - Brent Weeks
604 - An Informal History of the Hugos - Jo Walton
4. Morningstar Crescent. An ongoing challenge to read all books shortlisted for the David Gemmell Morningstar Award. Since I have fewer other targets this year, I'm aiming for at least 10 books.
Current total: 3
Spoiler Warning below
Winners:
2011 - Warrior Priest - Darius Hinks
2016 - The Vagrant - Peter Newman
Shortlisted:
2010 - Lamentation - Ken Scholes
2010 - The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart - Jesse Bullington
2011 - Shadow Prowler - Alexey Pehov
2011 - Tymon's Flight - Mary Victoria
2013 - Irenicon - Aidan Harte
2013 - Stormdancer - Jay Kristoff
2014 - The Path of Anger - Antoine Rouaud
2015 - The Mirror Empire - Kameron Hurley
2015 - The Godless - Ben Peek
2015 - Age of Iron - Angus Watson
2016 - Battle Mage - Stephen Aryan
2016 - The Fire Sermon - Francesca Haig2016 - Starborn - Lucy Hounsom
2017 - Infernal - Mark de Jager
2017 - Duskfall - Christopher Husberg2017 - Snakewood - Adrian Selby
2017 - Hope and Red - Jon Skovron
2018 - Age of Assassins - RJ Barker2018 - Blackwing - Ed McDonald2018 - The Court of Broken Knives - Anna Smith Spark
5. Paint it Black. Read a book with "Black" in the title every month.
Last month completed: November
Spoiler Warning below
JAN - Rhapsody in Black - Brian Stableford
FEB - The Black Prince - Adam Roberts
MAR - Blackwing - Ed McDonald
APR - Black Wolves - Kate Elliott
MAY - The Black Cauldron - Lloyd Alexander
JUN - Black Sun Rising - C S Friedman
JUL - Blackcollar - Timothy Zahn
AUG - Raven Black - Ann Cleeves
SEP - The Black Spectacles - John Dickson Carr
OCT - Beyond the Black Stump - Nevil Shute
NOV - The Black Prism - Brent Weeks
Legend:
Book title:
read,own,
don't own(p) paperback, (h) hardback, (k) kindle, (e) epub, (i) ibook/pdf, (a) audio
+ especially liked, - didn't much like
2019 reading goals:
- Read 100 books
- Read 40000 pages
- Finish the following series:
- Guido Brunetti
- Nic Costa
- Chief Inspector Armand Gamache
- The Void Trilogy
- Lockwood & Co.
- The Mayfair Witches
- Mortal Engines
- Winthorp House
I've made a
Reading Challenge 2019 page on my blog.
The goal this year is similar to last year's, 120 books read (or abandoned), with a stretch goal of 160 books. This includes audio books. Individual
short stories will be recorded, but not counted towards that goal until I've got several I can combine. Longer "short" works (~100 pages or so) will be counted as a full book, though if I have two of them back to back, I'll tend to count them as a single book.
Secondary goal is to update this list no less often than once a week. I managed that until the summer last year, but then that completely fell apart for a bit, before I got it back on track. It's really easy to lose track or get so far behind that one abandons the attempt. One trick is to update my "Reason for Editing" each time to show the last book(s) purchased and recorded. This helps me keep track even if it's been a few days since the last edit.
This year, a new tertiary goal -- to read at least 10 of the 12 books in the
New Leaf Book Club and actively participate in the discussion.
Code
---------------------------------------------# Bought | $ Spent | # Audible Credits 216 | $ 163.62 | 43 ---------------------------------------------
Finally, all the silly colours here actually mean something, at least to me. The colour code for those who care:
Spoiler Warning below
- Audible
- eBook
- Public Library
- eARC
- ReRead
- Public Domain
- KindleUnlimited
- New Leaf Book Club Selection
- Abandoned
- Shorter work
- Title,Series,Index,Author,Price,Rating,Other
- Deceiver,Foreigner,11,C.J. Cherryh,$5.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- Betrayer,Foreigner,12,C.J. Cherryh,$7.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- Intruder,Foreigner,13,C.J. Cherryh,$12.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- Release The Virgins,,,Michael A. Ventrella, Editor,$5.00,**,
- The Mom Test,,,Rob Fitzpatrick,$7.39,***,
- Protector,Foreigner,14,C.J. Cherryh,$11.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- Peacemaker,Foreigner,15,C.J. Cherryh,$9.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- Tracker,Foreigner,16,C.J. Cherryh,$10.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- Visitor,Foreigner,17,C.J. Cherryh,$12.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- Convergence,Foreigner,18,C.J. Cherryh,$12.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- Emergence,Foreigner,19,C.J. Cherryh,$12.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- The Left Hand of Darkness,Hain Cycle,4,Ursula K. Le Guin,$0.00,***,Also Audible Public Library New Leaf Book Club Selection
- The Black Wolves of Boston,,,Wen Spencer,$5.00,****,Also Audible ReRead
- Fate,Uncle Chow Tung,1,Ian Hamilton,$8.24,***,
- Ravenwood,Tanyth Fairport,1,Nathan Lowell,$4.95,*****,ReRead
- Zepheria's Call,Tanyth Fairport,2,Nathan Lowell,$5.42,*****,ReRead
- The Hermit of Lammas Wood,Tanyth Fairport,3,Nathan Lowell,$5.42,*****,ReRead
- A Brother's Price,,,Wen Spencer,$6.99,*****, Also Audible ReRead
- Imager,Imager Portfolio,1,L.E. Modesitt, Jr.,$3.27,*****, Also Audible ReRead Public Library
- Imager's Challenge,Imager Portfolio,2,L.E. Modesitt, Jr.,$5.99,****, Also Audible ReRead Public Library
- Imager's Intrigue,Imager Portfolio,3,L.E. Modesitt, Jr.,$5.99,****, Also Audible ReRead Public Library
- Knife Children,The Sharing Knife,4.5,Lois McMaster Bujold,$3.99,****,
- Dragon's Code,Pern,25,Gigi McCaffrey,$0.00,****,Public Library
- The Foundling,,,Georgette Heyer,$1.99,****, Also Audible ReRead
- Come the Revolution,Varoki,2,Frank Chadwick,$3.00,****,ReRead
- Chain of Command,Varoki,3,Frank Chadwick,$5.89,****,
- Travels With Charley:In Search of America,,,John Steinbeck,$10.99,****,Also Audible
- A Delicate Truth,,,John le Carre,$0.00,***,New Leaf Book Club Selection Public Library
- She Commands Me and I Obey,Imperial Radch,0.6,Ann Leckie,$0.00,**,
- Endgames,Imager Portfolio,12,L.E. Modesitt, Jr.,1 Audible Credit,****, Audible
- Liaden Constellation #4,Adventures in the Liaden Universe,4,Sharon Lee & Steve Miller,$15.00,***,eARC
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood,,,Charles Dickens,$0.00,**, New Leaf Book Club Selection Public Domain
- The Oathbound,Valdemar:Vows and Honor,1,Mercedes Lackey,$2.99,***,Also Audible
- Rivers of London:Body Work,Rivers of London Graphic,1,Ben Aaronovitch,$8.99,****,
- Scholar,Imager Portfolio,4,L.E. Modesitt, Jr.,$0.00,***, Also Audible ReRead Public Library
- Princeps,Imager Portfolio,5,L.E. Modesitt, Jr.,$0.00,***, Also Audible ReRead Public Library
- Imager's Battalion,Imager Portfolio,6,L.E. Modesitt, Jr.,$8.79,***, Also Audible ReRead
- Antiagon Fire,Imager Portfolio,7,L.E. Modesitt, Jr.,$0.00,***, Also Audible ReRead Public Library
- Rex Regis,Imager Portfolio,8,L.E. Modesitt, Jr.,$0.00,***, Also Audible ReRead Public Library
- Madness in Solidar,Imager Portfolio,9,L.E. Modesitt, Jr.,$0.00,***, Also Audible ReRead Public Library
- The Chocolate War,Bruno Chief of Police,11.50,Martin Walker,$0.99,****,
- A Birthday Lunch,Bruno Chief of Police,11.75,Martin Walker,$0.99,****,
- Treachery's Tools,Imager Portfolio,10,L.E. Modesitt, Jr.,$0.00,****, Also Audible ReRead Public Library
- Assassin's Price,Imager Portfolio,11,L.E. Modesitt, Jr.,$0.00,****, Also Audible ReRead Public Library
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips,,,James Hilton,$0.00,****, New Leaf Book Club Theme Discovery Public Domain
- In Ashes Born,Seeker's Tales,1,Nathan Lowell,$4.99,*****,Audible ReRead
- To Fire Called,Seeker's Tales,2,Nathan Lowell,$4.99,*****,Audible ReRead
- By Darkness Forged,Seeker's Tales,3,Nathan Lowell,$4.99,*****,Audible ReRead
- Milk Run,Smuggler's Tales,1,Nathan Lowell,$4.99,*****,ReRead
- Suicide Run,Smuggler's Tales,2,Nathan Lowell,$4.99,*****,ReRead
- Home Run,Smuggler's Tales,3,Nathan Lowell,$4.99,*****,ReRead
- The Daughter of Time,Inspector Grant,5,Josephine Tey,$0.00,****,New Leaf Book Club Selection Also Audible Public Domain
- Fortune's Favors,Adventures in the Liaden Universe,28,Sharon Lee & Steve Miller,$3.99,*****,
- A Chill Rain in January,Karl Alberg,3,L. R. Wright,$3.99,*****,
- Eragon,Inheritance Cycle,1,Christopher Paolini,$0.00,***,Public Library
- Eldest,Inheritance Cycle,2,Christopher Paolini,$0.00,**,Abandoned Public Library
- To You, Mr. Chips,Mr. Chips,2,James Hilton,$0.00,**,Abandoned Public Domain
- Local Custom,Liaden Universe,5,Sharon Lee & Steve Miller,$2.00,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- The American Agent,Maise Dobbs,15,Jacqueline Winspear,$4.96,****,Also Audible
- The Steerswoman,The Steerswoman,1,Rosemary Kirstein,$6.56,*****,ReRead
- Through Fiery Trials,Safehold,10,David Weber,1 Audible Credit,***,Audible
- The Flowers of Vashnoi,Vorkosigan Saga,14.10,Lois McMaster Bujold,$4.99,*****,
- Beguilement,The Sharing Knife,1,Lois McMaster Bujold,$7.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- Legacy,The Sharing Knife,2,Lois McMaster Bujold,$7.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- Passages,The Sharing Knife,3,Lois McMaster Bujold,$7.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- Horizon,The Sharing Knife,4,Lois McMaster Bujold,$7.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- The Home Crowd Advantage,Peter Grant,1.50,Ben Aaronovitch,$0.00,****,
- Black Orchids,Nero Wolfe,9,Rex Stout,$0.00,***,Public Library Audiobook
- To Glory We Steer,Bolitho,7,Alexander Kent,$0.00,***,Public Library Also Audible
- Command a King's Ship,Bolitho,8,Alexander Kent,$0.00,****,Public Library Also Audible
- Shout of Honor,Adventures in the Liaden Universe,29,Sharon Lee & Steve Miller,$4.25,*****,
- The Graveyard Book,,,Neil Gaiman,$5.75,****,New Leaf Book Club Selection
- Silver on the Road,The Devil's West,1,Laura Anne Gilman,$0.00,***,Public Library
- The Cold Eye,The Devil's West,2,Laura Anne Gilman,$0.00,***,Public Library
- The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms,The Inheritance Trilogy,1,N.K. Jemison,$0.00,***,Also Audible Public Library
- A Killer in King's Cover,Lane Winslow,1,Iona Whishaw,$5.74,****,
- Death in a Darkening Mist,Lane Winslow,2,Iona Whishaw,$5.45,****,
- An Old, Cold Grave,Lane Winslow,3,Iona Whishaw,$0.00,****,Public Library
- Dark, Sacred Grave,Harry Bosch/Renee Ballard,21/2,Michael Connelly,1 Audible Credit,****,Audible
- Though Hell Should Bar the Way,RCN,12,David Drake,$7.99,****,Also Audible
- To Clear Away the Shadows,RCN,13,David Drake,1 Audible Credit,***,Audible
- The Body in the Castle Well,Bruno Chief of Police,12,Martin Walker,$14.99,*****,Also Audible
- The Speed of Dark,,,Elizabeth Moon,$0.00,*****,Public Library ReRead New Leaf Book Club Nomination
- The October Man,Rivers of London,7.5,Ben Aaronovitch,$4.99,*****,Also Audible
- Me, Myself, They,,,Joshua M. Ferguson,$0.00,***,Public Library
- Crisis,,,Felix Francis,$0.00,*****,Also Audible Public Library
- Mouse and Dragon,Liaden Universe,7,Sharon Lee & Steve Miller,$6.00,*****,Also Audible
- Conflict of Honors,Liaden Universe,8,Sharon Lee & Steve Miller,$6.00,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- Carpe Diem,Liaden Universe,10,Sharon Lee & Steve Miller,$1.87,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- Plan B,Liaden Universe,11,Sharon Lee & Steve Miller,$0.00,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- I Dare,Liaden Universe,13,Sharon Lee & Steve Miller,$2.57,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- Fledgling,Liaden Universe,12,Sharon Lee & Steve Miller,$6.00,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- Saltation,Liaden Universe,14,Sharon Lee & Steve Miller,$2.25,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- Ghost Ship,Liaden Universe,15,Sharon Lee & Steve Miller,$2.25,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- The Mountain Master of Sha Tin,Ava Lee,12,Ian Hamilton,$7.99,*****,
- Dragon Ship,Liaden Universe,17,Sharon Lee & Steve Miller,$2.25,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- Dragon in Exile,Liaden Universe,18,Sharon Lee & Steve Miller,$6.00,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- Alliance of Equals,Liaden Universe,19,Sharon Lee & Steve Miller,$3.00,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- The Gathering Edge,Liaden Universe,20,Sharon Lee & Steve Miller,$6.00,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- The Natural,,,Bernard Malamud,$0.00,***,Public Library New Leaf Book Club Selection
- Foreigner,Foreigner,1,C.J. Cherryh,$7.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead New Leaf Book Club Nomination
- Invader,Foreigner,2,C.J. Cherryh,$0.57,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- Inheritor,Foreigner,3,C.J. Cherryh,$0.57,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- Precursor,Foreigner,4,C.J. Cherryh,$5.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- Defender,Foreigner,5,C.J. Cherryh,$5.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- It Begins in Betrayal,Lane Winslow,4,Iona Whishaw,$0.00,**,Public Library
- Defender,Foreigner,5,C.J. Cherryh,$5.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- Explorer,Foreigner,6,C.J. Cherryh,$5.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- Destroyer,Foreigner,7,C.J. Cherryh,$5.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- Pretender,Foreigner,8,C.J. Cherryh,$5.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- The Orphans of Raspay,Penric,7,Lois McMaster Bujold,$3.99,***,
- Deliverer,Foreigner,9,C.J. Cherryh,$5.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- Conspirator,Foreigner,10,C.J. Cherryh,$5.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
- March Upcountry,Prince Roger,1,David Weber & John Ringo,$6.00,****,Audible ReRead
- I Am a Cat,,,Soseki Natsume,$0.00,*,Abandoned New Leaf Book Club Selection Public Library
- March To the Sea,Prince Roger,2,David Weber & John Ringo,$6.00,****,Audible ReRead
- March To the Stars,Prince Roger,3,David Weber & John Ringo,$5.50,***,Audible ReRead
- A Month in the Country,,,J.L. Carr,$0.00,****,New Leaf Book Club Nomination Public Library
- A Sorrowful Sanctuary,Lane Winslow,5,Iona Whishaw,$0.00,****,Public Library
- Death in a White Tie,Roderick Alleyn,7,Ngaio Marsh,$0.00,****,Audible
- Cape Grace(BETA),Shaman's Tales,2,Nathan Lowell,$0.00,***,Beta Read
Last Edited: 8/26/2019
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