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The 2019 Annual Reading Challenge List Thread
#1  pdurrant 12-10-2018, 03:11 PM
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, 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:

2019 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 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010
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#2  pdurrant 12-10-2018, 03:13 PM
[Please Remember: No discussion posts in this thread. Please use the 2019 Annual Reading Challenge Discussion Thread for that. Non-List posts will be deleted or moved to the Discussion Thread]

Table of Participants
(Participants will be listed by user name in alphabetical order)
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#3  pdurrant 12-10-2018, 03:34 PM
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 TBR

Read and Reading
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. January 12th: F&SF Jan/Feb 2019 edited by C. C. Finlay - £3.58 - 5/5 - 242pp
    Very good fantasy and SF as usual.
  7. January 14th: Uncompromising Honor by David Weber - £4.69 - 5/5 - 910pp
    A slow start, but it delivers in the end.
  8. 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.
  9. January 20th: The Third Nero by Lindsey Davis - £0.99 - 4/5 - 342pp
    Wrapped up a little too quickly, but fun.
  10. January 22nd: The Monastery Murders by E. M. Powell - £0.99 - 5/5 - 250pp
    An excellent 12th century mystery.
  11. January 24th: The Quiet Gentleman by Georgette Heyer - £1.20 - 5/5 - 271pp
    Another excellent regency romance.
  12. January 25th: To Love and be Wise by Josephine Tey - £0.99 - 5/5 - 182pp
    Wonderful detective story. Absolutely excellent.
  13. January 29th: The Furthest Station by Ben Aaronovitch - £0.99 - 5/5 - 92pp
    Good smaller story in the PC Grant universe.
  14. January 31st: The Lords of the North by Bernard Cornwell - £0.99 - 5/5 - 262pp
    Nicely sliding into the gaps in history.
  15. February 3rd: The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks - £0.99 - 5/5 - 279pp
    Very good indeed. Most enjoyable.
  16. February 8th: Knife's Children by Lois McMaster Bujold - £3.05 - 5/5 - 137pp
    An excellent side story.
  17. February 9th: Galaxy's Edge #1 edited by Mike Resnick - £0.41 - 4/5 - 197pp
    Good new stories and excellent reprints.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. February 19th: Paddington at Work by Michael Bond - £0.99 - 4/5 - 71pp
    Much better than the later one.
  22. February 25th: The Holy Thief by Ellis Peters - £0.99 - 5/5 - 238pp
    Another splendid tale
  23. February 25th: Asimov's SF, March/April 2019 edited by Sheila Williams - £2.49 - 5/5 - 310pp
    Most enjoyable.
  24. 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.
  25. 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'.
  26. 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.
  27. March 9th: Analog SFF, March/April 2019 edited by Trevor Quachri - £2.49 - 5/5 - 344pp
    Up to the usual standard.
  28. 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.
  29. March 16th: The Golden One by Elizabeth Peters - £0.84 - 5/5 - 388pp
    Splendid, as usual.
  30. March 24th: The Sword Song by Bernard Cornwell - £0.99 - 5/5 - 260pp
    Excellent, as usual
  31. 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.
  32. March 30th: Alcatraz and the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson - £0.90 - 4/5 - 201pp
    An amusing YA fantasy
  33. 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.
  34. April 4th: Krondor: Tear of the Gods by Raymond E. Feist - £4.04 - 5/5 - 261pp
    Splendid fantasy fun. Seeing how characters first met.
  35. April 5th: the Spend Game by Jonathan Gash - £0.99 - 4/5 - 197pp
    Lovejoy being Lovejoy - violent and self-deceiving.
  36. 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.
  37. 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.
  38. April 9th: Honored Enemy by Raymond E. Feist - £4.30 - 5/5 - 285pp
    An excellent side tale of the rift wars
  39. April 12th: The Quantum Magician by Derek Kunsken - £1.99 - 4/5 - 363pp
    Good SF, but some plotting seemed to go nowhere.
  40. April 14th: F&SF, March/April 2019 edited by C. C. Finlay - £3.74 - 5/5 - 245pp
    Another excellent issue.
  41. April 20th: Oblivion by Steve White and Charles E. Gannon - £2.80 - 5/5 - 303pp
    Excellent MilSF/Space Opera fun.
  42. April 21st: Julius Katz and Archie by Dave Zeltserman - Free - 5/5 - 204pp
    A most enjoyable murder mystery
  43. 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.
  44. April 26th: Children of the Storm by Elizabeth Peters - £0.84 - 5/5 - 360pp
    Good stuff. Where will the next villain come from?
  45. April 28th: Analog SFF, May/June 2019 edited by Trevor Quachri - £2.49 - 5/5 - 356pp
    Excellent, as usual.
  46. May 7th: Head On by John Scalzi - £0.99 - 5/5 - 220pp
    SF and FBI Procedural. Good stuff.
  47. May 9th: F&SF, May/June 2019 edited by C. C. Finlay - £3.75 - 4/5 - 244pp
    Good, but I didn't enjoy all the stories as much as usual.
  48. 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'.
  49. May 14th: The Shield of Time by Poul Anderson - £1.49 - 5/5 - 400pp
    Good time travel adventure.
  50. May 20th: Deeply Odd by Dean Koontz - £0.99 - 5/5 - 280pp
    Another excellent odd adventure
  51. May 22nd: Pandora's Boy by Lindsay Davis - £0.99 - 5/5 - 330pp
    Investigations in ancient Rome. Good stuff.
  52. May 25th: A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey - £1.99 - 4/5 - 201pp
    Splendid, except for the racism of the time.
  53. May 27th: Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C. S. Forester - £0.33 - 4/5 - 188pp (re-read)
    Very good, but no great exploits yet
  54. May 30th: Contact by Carl Sagan - £0.99 - 3/5 - 365pp
    OK, but a bit waffly
  55. June 2nd: Lieutenant Hornblower by C. S. Forester - £0.33 - 4/5 - 200pp (re-read)
    Very good, but not as good as it gets later
  56. June 4th: Hornblower and the Hotspur by C. S. Forester - £0.33 - 5/5 - 255pp (re-read)
    And here we finally get the inner Hornblower.
  57. June 5th: The Zig Zag Girl by Elly Griffiths - £0.99 - 4/5 - 233pp
    An interesting mystery set in post-WWII England.
  58. June 7th: Gamble by Felix Francis - £0.99 - 5/5 - 255pp
    A very pleasant surprise. A most enjoyable racing-related thriller.
  59. June 8th: Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb - £1.99 - 5/5 - 742pp
    A splendid fantasy. Most enjoyable.
  60. June 10th: Mad Ship by Robin Hobb - £1.99 - 5/5 - 744pp
    Excellent, but clearly the middle of a trilogy, so straight on to...
  61. June 13th: Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb - £1.99 - 5/5 - 742pp
    A satisfying ending to the trilogy
  62. June 18th: The History of the Hobbit by John Rateliff - £1.99 - 5/5 - 1149pp
    Fascinating analysis and original material carefully transcribed.
  63. 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.
  64. 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.
  65. July 8th: A Different Kind of Evil by Andrew Wilson - £0.99 - 5/5 - 292pp
    A nice mystery inserted into Agatha Christie's life.
  66. 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
  67. 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.
  68. July 16th: Crisis by Felix Francis - £0.99 - 5/5 - 270pp
    Great stuff. I shall certainly be looking out for the rest.
  69. July 18th: Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks - £0.99 - 3/5 - 422pp
    Very good, but not compelling, and a bit depressing.
  70. July 19th: Murder in LaMut by Raymond E. Feist - £4.30 - 4/5 - 255pp
    An enjoyable murder mystery side adventure.
  71. July 21st: The Orphans of Raspay by Lois MvMaster Bujold - £2.49 - 5/5 - 120pp
    Brilliant, as expected
  72. July 24th: Monster Hunter Siege by Larry Correia - £1.93 - 4/5 - 354pp
    Getting unnecessarily messianic
  73. 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.
  74. 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.
  75. 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.
  76. 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.
  77. August 9th: Smoke and Mirrors by Elly Griffiths - £0.99 - 5/5 - 224pp
    Another excellent mystery set in post-war Brighton
  78. 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.
  79. August 18th: When Marnie Was There by Joan G Robinson - £0.99 - 5/5 - 224pp
    What a splendid novel. Highly recommended.
  80. August 19th: F&SF, July/August 2019 edited by C. C. Finlay - £3.75 - 4/5 - 251pp
    There were a couple of stories I didn't like this month, so just 4/5
  81. August 19th: The Stranger from the Sea by Winston Graham - £0.99 - 5/5 - 360pp
    Fun melodrama, set ten years after the last book.
  82. 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.
  83. August 26th: The Serpent on the Crown by Elizabeth Peters - £0.84 - 5/5 - 280pp
    The usual fun in early 20th century Egypt.
  84. August 29th: the Blood Card by Elly Griffiths - £0.99 - 5/5 - 250pp
    Excellent mystery with Max and Edgar
  85. 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.
  86. September 3rd: Grantville Gazette #85 edited by Bjorn Hasseler - £3.61 - 4/5 - 154pp
    OK, but short. And less Grantville content than expected.
  87. September 5th: Analog SFF Sep-Oct 2019 edited by Trevor Quachri - £2.49 - 5/5 - 344pp
    Back on form. Good stories throughout.
  88. September 7th: Asimov's SF edited by Sheila Williams - £2.49 -5/5 - 313pp
    Also a good month for Asimov's. Most enjoyable.
  89. September 10th: The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey - £0.99 - 5/5 - 237pp
    Good stuff, for once a mystery, not a murder mystery!
  90. September 11th: F&SF, Sep/Oct 2019 edited by C. C. Finlay - £3.75 - 5/5 - 255pp
    A most satisfactory 70th aniversary issue.
  91. September 13th: Sharpe's Enemy by Bernard Cornwell - £0.99 - 5/5 - 290pp
    Excellent fun Military Historical Fiction.
  92. September 14th: Sharpe's Honour by Bernard Cornwall - £0.99 - 5/5 - 276pp
    Excellent fun Military Historical Fiction.
  93. September 15th: Sharpe's Regiment by Bernard Cornwall - £0.99 - 5/5 - 272pp
    Excellent fun Military Historical Fiction.
  94. September 17th: The Blood of the Fifth Knight by E. M. Powell - £0.99 - 5/5 - 279pp
    Most enjoyable historical drama
  95. September 19th: The Lord of Ireland by E. M. Powell - £0.99 - 5/5 - 278?pp
    Most enjoyable historical drama
  96. September 21st: The Disappeared by Kristine Kathryn Rusch - Free - 4/5 - 267pp
    Interesting universe, although not enough made of the moon setting, IMO.
  97. September 23rd: The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn by Colin Dexter - £0.49 - 4/5 - 223pp
    Some of the Morse we know coming through.
  98. 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.
  99. September 28th: The African Queen by C. S. Forester - £0.99 - 4/5 - 168pp
    Very good indeed, although I wasn't expecting the ending.
  100. October 1st: Tyger Burning by T. C. McCarthy - £1.35 - 3/5 - 296pp
    Decent enough Mil SF.
  101. October 2nd: Paddington takes the Air by Michael Bond - £0.99 - 4/5 - 78pp
    The usual Paddington mishaps, only occasionally cringe-worthy.
  102. 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.
  103. October 7th: Paddington goes to Town by Michael Bond - £0.99 - 5/5 - 86pp
    Most enjoyable classic Paddington tales.
  104. October 7th: Duplicate Death by Georgette Heyer - £1.20 - 5/5 - 241pp
    An enjoyable murder mystery with some old characters. Good stuff.
  105. October 9th: The Thief of Kalimar by Graham Diamond - Free - 2/5 - 375pp
    [ABANDONED - Not for me. Not taken by the characters.]
  106. October 10th: Hornblower and the Atropos by C. S. Forester - £0.33 - 5/5 - 247pp (re-read)
    Excellent, as expected
  107. October 11th: The Happy Return by C. S. Forester - £0.33 - 5/5 - 209pp (re-read)
    Excellent, as expected
  108. October 13th: A Ship of the Line by C. S. Forester - £0.33 - 5/5 - 220pp (re-read)
    And continuing excellent.
  109. 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.
  110. October 17th: Sandition (unfinished) by Jane Austen - Free - 3/5 - 50pp
    Just introduces the main characters, but no real plot in the completed chapters.
  111. October 20th: Starswarm by Jerry Pournelle - £2.22 - 4/5 - 296pp
    A fun YA SF story.
  112. October 21st: Cybill Disobedience By Cybill Shepherd - Free - 3/5 - 267pp
    Competent and readable celebrity autobiography.
  113. October 24th: Sharpe's Christmas by Bernard Cornwell - £0.99 - 5/5 - 72pp
    A splendid Sharpe short story.
  114. October 25th: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling - £5.42 - 5/5 - 515pp (re-read)
  115. October 29th: Asimov's SF, Nov/Dec 2019 edited by Sheila Williams - £2.49 - 5/5 - 321pp
    Another good issue.
  116. 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.
  117. November 3rd: Blood Monster by Neil Gaiman - £0.58 - 2/5 - 6pp
    Short Graphic Story.No, not my kind of thing.
  118. November 3rd: Manuscript Found in a Milkbottle by Neil Gaiman - £0.58 - 4/5 - 11pp
    An amusing early short story.
  119. 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.
  120. November 8th: Analog SFF, Nov/Dec 2019 edited by Trevor Quachri - £2.49 - 5/5 - 345pp
    Another good issue.
  121. 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.
  122. November 15th: F&SF, Nov/Dec 2019 edited by C. C. Finlay - £3.75 - 5/5 - 249pp
    Another excellent issue.
  123. November 20th: The Vanishing Box by Elly Griffiths - £0.99 - 5/5 - 230pp
    Another excellent mystery
  124. 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.
  125. 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.
  126. November 26th: Sharpe's Siege by Bernard Cornwell - £0.99 - 5/5 - 272pp
    Excellent, as usual.
  127. November 28th: The Man Who Played With Fire by Jan Stocklassa - £0.99 - 3/5 - 0.99pp
    Interesting non-fiction, but a bit dull as well. The banality of evil.
  128. December 3rd: The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North - £0.99 - 4/5 - 417pp
    Splendid while being read, but afterwards all the innumerable plot holes and unexamined possibilities start to occur. SF by a non SF writer?
  129. December 5th: Arcanum Unbound by Brandon Sanderson - £0.99 - 5/5 - 569pp
    Excellent 'short' (for Sanderson) stories in his various series. I haven't quite finished, as I need to read "The Way of Kings" and "Words of Radiance" to avoid spoliers.
  130. December 10th: The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson - £1.99 - 4/5 - 1040pp
    Excellent, but very, very long. All fascinating, but so long.
  131. December 20th: Moonlight over Mayfair by Anton Du Beke - £0.98 - 4/4 - 339pp
    Another enjoyable romance from Anton Du Beke et al., continuing the stories of the characters introduced in his first book.
  132. December 22nd: Analog SFF, January/February 2020 edited by Trevor Quachri - £2.49 - 5/5 - 333pp
    I liked all the stories in this issue.
  133. December 22nd: Asimov's SF, January/February 2020 edited by Sheila Williams - £2.49 - 5/5 - 333pp
    I also liked all the stories in this issue..
  134. December 26th: Lies Sleeping by Ben Aaronovitch - £0.99 - 5/5 - 298pp
    Excellent, as always.
  135. December 29th: The Terracotta Dog by Andrea Camilleri - £0.99 - 4/5 - 225pp
    Solving 50-year-old murders.
  136. Sometime in 2019: Heartstone by C J Sansom - £2.00 - 5/5 - 438pp


Books added to TBR

Freebies (7)
  1. 9th March: The Disappeared by Kristine Kathryn Rusch read
  2. 29th March: Julius Katz and Archie by Dave Zeltserman read
  3. 10th October: The Thief of Kalimar by Graham Diamond abandoned
  4. 16th October Sanditon (unfinished) by Jane Austen read
  5. 23rd December: Mark of the Cat by Andre Norton
  6. 23rd December: year of the Rat by Andre Norton

Bought
Analysis
TBR: 996
Books read: 136 (including 7 freebies, 8 re-reads)
Books otherwise removed from TBR pile: 29 (29 discarded)

Books removed from TBR pile: 157 (included 27 discarded)
Books added to TBR pile: 135 (including 7 freebies)
Removed/Added: 1.16
Net reduction for 2019: 22

Non-free books read: 130 (including, 8 re-reads)
Total cost of books read: £229.23
Average cost of books read: £1.76

Non-free books bought: 166 (including 15 previously read and 23 others not added to TBR)
Total cost of books bought: £247.61
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.
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#4  astrangerhere 12-10-2018, 07:20 PM
Length Goals:Substantive Goals:

Current Stats:Short Stories:
Spoiler Warning below






  1. "The Harbour-Master" by Robert W. Chambers
  2. "Umberto Buti" by Giuseppe Pontiggia (translated by Zadie Smith)
  3. "The Cat-Hood of Maurice" by Edith Nesbit
  4. "The Man Who Walked Home" by James Tiptree, Jr.
  5. "The Cellar Dweller" by Maria Dahvana Headley
  6. "The Gold Lunch" by Ron Carlson
  7. "The Women" by Tom Barbash
  8. "The Other Wife" by Collette
  9. "Asymetry" by Kendra Fortmeyer

Novels and Novellas:
  1. The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather (4/5)
  2. The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri (2/5)
  3. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin (NLBC)(3.5/5)
  4. A Delicate Truth by John le Carre NLBC (3.75/5)
  5. Artemis by Andy Weir (1.5/5)
  6. Hild by Nicola Griffith (4/5)
  7. Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 1 by Macoto Tezuka and Naoki Urasawa
  8. 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!
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#5  Dazrin 12-11-2018, 01:49 AM
I lowering my goal for 2019 based on some changes in schedule. My new goal is 24,000 pages down from 30,000 in 2018 and almost 40,000 pages read in 2018.

I continued to participate in the New Leaf Book Club but didn't finish as many as I had wanted to.

Page Goal: Read 24,000 pages in 2019.
Status as of December 31: 24,075 pages read, 96 books/short stories completed.
Page Goal Completed: 12/24/2019

Final Charts:
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Overall Summary Stats:
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Completed books:
Ordered by finish date
  1. Deathworld - Harry Harrison - from the Classic Tales podcast
  2. The Dreaming Void (Void Trilogy 1, Commonwealth 3) - Peter F. Hamilton - continued from 2018
  3. The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. LeGuin - January 2019 NLBC Selection
  4. Out of the Dark (Orphan X 4) - Gregg Hurwitz
    • Abandoned - Downbelow Station - C.J. Cherryh
  5. Mono no aware - Ken Liu - From the Levar Burton Reads podcast (Live in Boston) and Lightspeed Magazine
  6. A Delicate Truth - John Le Carre - NLBC February 2019
  7. The Last Hero (Discworld 27) - Terry Pratchett
  8. The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Discworld 28) - Terry Pratchett
  9. Book 9
  10. Night Watch (Discworld 29) - Terry Pratchett
  11. The Wee Free Men (Discworld 30/Tiffany Aching 1) - Terry Pratchett
  12. Playing Nice with God's Bowling Ball - N.K. Jemisin - From the Levar Burton Reads podcast (Live in Brooklyn)
  13. Childfinder - Octavia Butler - From the Levar Burton Reads podcast
  14. Penric's Demon (Penric and Desdemona 1) - Lois McMaster Bujold - Audio book
  15. Penric and the Shaman (Penric 2) - Lois McMaster Bujold - Audio book
  16. The City of the Goneaway - Ambrose Bierce - Classic Tales Podcast
  17. The Middle Toe of the Right Foot - Ambrose Bierce - Classic Tales Podcast
  18. The Cave of Horror - J.S. Meek - Read by Wil Wheaton as an impromptu podcast
  19. The Crystal Egg - H.G. Wells - Classic Tales Podcast
  20. The Man with Two Left Feet - P.G. Wodehouse - Classic Tales Podcast
  21. The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion - Thomas Hardy - Classic Tales Podcast
  22. Monstrous Regiment (Discworld 31) - Terry Pratchett
  23. Penric's Fox (Penric 5) - Lois McMaster Bujold - Audio book
  24. A Hat Full of Sky (Discworld 32/Tiffany Aching 2) - Terry Pratchett
  25. Penric's Mission (Penric 3) - Lois McMaster Bujold - Audio book
  26. Mira's Last Dance (Penric 4) - Lois McMaster Bujold - Audio book
  27. Miracle - Tope Folarin - LeVar Burton Reads
  28. Going Postal (Discworld 33) - Terry Pratchett
  29. The Prisoner of Limnos (Penric 6) - Lois McMaster Bujold - Audio book
  30. Sheepfarmer's Daughter (Paks 1) - Elizabeth Moon
  31. Divided Allegiance (Paks 2) - Elizabeth Moon
  32. Oath of Gold (Paks 3) - Elizabeth Moon
  33. How to Think - Alan Jacobs - Audio book
  34. Kwoon - Charles Johnson - Levar Burton Reads podcast
  35. Oath of Fealty (Paks 4) - Elizabeth Moon
  36. Those Who Walk in Darkness (Paks 3.5) - Elizabeth Moon
  37. Kings of the North (Paks 5) - Elizabeth Moon
  38. Echoes of Betrayal (Paks 6) - Elizabeth Moon
  39. Limits of Power (Paks 7) - Elizabeth Moon
  40. Mr. Hadj's Sunset Ride - Saladin Ahmed - From the Levar Burton Reads podcast #41
  41. Surrender None (Paks 0.1) - Elizabeth Moon
  42. Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension - Matt Parker
  43. Every Tool's a Hammer - Adam Savage
  44. The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman - NLBC May 2019
  45. The Galactic Tourist Industrial Complex - Tobias S. Buckell - Levar Burton Reads podcast #43
  46. The Dead and the Countess - Gertrude Atherton - Classic Tales Podcast #619
  47. The Colour Out of Space - H.P. Lovecraft - Classic Tales Podcast #597
  48. Articulated Restraint (Lady Astronaut 1.5) - Mary Robinette Kowal - from Tor.com
  49. Toward Happy Civilization - Samanta Schweblin - Levar Burton Reads podcast #44
  50. Liar's Oath (Paks 0.2) - Elizabeth Moon
  51. The Undertakers - Rudyard Kipling - The Classic Tales Podcast #629
  52. Crown of Renewal (Paks 8) - Elizabeth Moon
  53. Flying Carpets - Steven Millhauser - LeVar Burton Reads #45
  54. Book 54
  55. Book 55
  56. Book 56
  57. The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code - Margalit Fox - NLBC June 2019
  58. L'Aquilone du Estrellas (The Kite of Stars) - Dean Francis Alfar - LeVar Burton Reads #48
  59. The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate - Ted Chiang - LeVar Burton Reads #46-47
  60. The Temporal Void (Void 2) - Peter F. Hamilton
  61. The Sword in the Stone - T.H. White
  62. The Best We Can - Carrie Vaughn - LeVar Burton Reads podcast #40
  63. The Rival Mechanicians - Lydia Maria Child - From the Classic Tales Podcast
  64. Sheepfarmer's Daughter (Paks 1) - Elizabeth Moon
  65. Oath of Gold (Paks 3) - Elizabeth Moon
  66. If At First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again - Zen Cho - 2019 Hugo Award Winning Novellette
  67. Head of a Snake, Tail of a Dragon - Zen Cho
  68. Shoggoths in Traffic - Tobias S. Buckell - LeVar Burton Reads #50
  69. The Simplest Equation - Nicky Drayden - LeVar Burton Reads #49
  70. Cuisine des Mémoires - N.K. Jemisin - LeVar Burton Reads #51
  71. The Shepherd's Life: A Tale of the Lake District - James Rebanks - NLBC September 2019
  72. Wolverine: The Lost Trail - Percy Benjamin - Wolverine Podcast season 2
  73. The October Man (Rivers of London 7.5) - Ben Aaronovitch - Audio book
    • Abandoned - A Man Called Ove - Fredrik Backman
  74. Mark One - John Hindmarsh
  75. Three Hearts and Three Lions - Poul Anderson
  76. Face Value - Sean Williams - LeVar Burton Reads #53
  77. Blur - Carmen Maria Machado - LeVar Burton Reads #54
  78. The People of the Black Circle - Robert E. Howard - The Classic Tales Podcast #635 - 638
  79. The Fall of the House of Usher - Edgar Allan Poe - The Classic Tales Podcast #645
  80. Tiger Baby - J.Y. Yang - LeVar Burton Reads #55
  81. Boundless (Generations 2) - R.A. Salvatore
  82. How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems - Randall Munroe
  83. Zeroes - Scott Westerfield, Margo Lanagan, Deborah Biancotti
  84. The Crystal Cave - Mary Stewart - Audiobook
  85. The Ebony Frame - Edith Nesbit - The Classic Tales Podcast #651
  86. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - Douglas Adams - NLBC October 2019
  87. Thud! (Discworld 34) - Terry Pratchett
  88. Slow Horses (Slough House 1) - Mick Herron
  89. Wintersmith (Discworld 35) - Terry Pratchett
  90. Starsight (Skyward 2) - Brandon Sanderson
  91. The Horse Lord (Book of Years 1) - Peter Morwood
  92. The Evolutionary Void - Peter F. Hamilton
  93. Penric's Demon (Penric and Desdemona 1) - Lois McMaster Bujold - ebook this time
  94. Making Money - Terry Pratchett
  95. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (HP1) - J.K. Rowling
  96. The Orphans of Raspay (Penric 5) - Lois McMaster Bujold
New Leaf Book Club selections read or attempted: 9/12Other list posts: 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011
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#6  issybird 12-11-2018, 02:28 AM
I'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.
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#7  stuartjmz 12-11-2018, 02:31 AM
My goal for 2019 is 104 books, including all the non-English books I have, in Urdu, Italian, French and Hindi

Hindi
Jungle Book - translation by Ajay Anand

Urdu
Celebrating the Best of Urdu Poetry - Khushwant Singh
The Taste of Words - An Introduction to Urdu Poetry - Raza Mir READ

Italian
La 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

French
Le 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 READ
The English Language: A Guided Tour of the Language – David Crystal READ
The Gift of the Gab: How Eloquence Works – David Crystal READ
Making Sense – David Crystal
You Say Potato – Ben Crystal and David Crystal READ
Making a Point – David Crystal
Sounds Appealing – David Crystal
The Fight for English – David Crystal READ
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#8  DrNefario 12-11-2018, 02:32 AM
My 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: 107 (14 deleted)
Added: 148 (58 paid)
Net reduction: -41
Pages read: 28736

Paper TBR:
Removed: 31
Added: 18 (15 paid)
Net Reduction: 13

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
---
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
---
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
---
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
---
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
---
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
---
85. The Fated Sky - Mary Robinette Kowal (k) - 372
86. Lioness Rampant - Tamora Pierce (k) - 202
87. The Black Ice - Michael Connelly (k) - 388
88. Crooked Kingdom - Leigh Bardugo (p) - 538
89. The Catcher in the Rye - J D Salinger (p) - 220
90. Swordspoint - Ellen Kushner (k) - 286
91. At Bertram's Hotel - Agatha Christie (h) - 192
92. The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers - John Szczepaniak (k) - 526
93. Amberlough - Lara Elena Donnelly (k) - 394

Monthly Breakdown:
Spoiler Warning below






January
Bought: 5 (£5.95)
Borrowed: 1
Free: 2
Read: 9 (£5.78)
Pages: 2178
TBR Drop: 1

February
Bought: 2 (£2.98)
Borrowed: 1
Free: 2
Read: 6 (£33.78)
Deleted: 1
Pages: 1881
TBR Drop: 2

March
Bought: 6 (£29.77)
Borrowed: 4
Free: 8
Read: 8 (£4.48)
Deleted: 10
Pages: 1923
TBR Drop: 0

April
Bought: 4 (£10.53)
Borrowed: 9
Free: 9
Read: 8 (£31.97)
Deleted: 2
Pages: 2693
TBR Drop: -11

May
Bought: 5 (£7.65)
Borrowed: 3
Free: 1
Read: 9 (£9.15)
Pages: 2678
TBR Drop: 0

June
Bought: 1 (£0.99)
Borrowed: 2
Free: 9
Read: 10 (£8.25)
Pages: 2943
TBR Drop: -2

July
Bought: 3 (£1.99)
Borrowed: 1
Free: 9
Read: 7 (£8.38)
Pages: 1938
TBR Drop: -6

August
Bought: 3 (£4.44)
Borrowed: 1
Free: 2
Read: 7 (£5.63)
Pages: 2163
TBR Drop: 1

September
Bought: 6 (£5.96)
Borrowed: 2
Free: 1
Read: 6 (£8.17)
Pages: 2425
TBR Drop: -3

October
Bought: 6 (£10.94)
Borrowed: 3
Free: 4
Deleted: 1
Read: 4 (£1.91)
Pages: 1621
TBR Drop: -8

November
Bought: 8 (£12.75)
Borrowed: 2
Free: 4
Read: 10 (£9.30)
Pages: 3077
TBR Drop: -4

December
Bought: 10 (£14.90)
Borrowed: 1
Free: 6
Read: 9 (£19.91)
Pages: 3118
TBR Drop: -8


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: (58/93) 62.4%

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: (47/149) 0.315

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 Haig
2016 - Starborn - Lucy Hounsom
2017 - Infernal - Mark de Jager
2017 - Duskfall - Christopher Husberg
2017 - Snakewood - Adrian Selby
2017 - Hope and Red - Jon Skovron
2018 - Age of Assassins - RJ Barker
2018 - Blackwing - Ed McDonald
2018 - 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: December
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
DEC - The Black Ice - Michael Connelly


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
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#9  Rumpelteazer 12-11-2018, 02:43 AM
2019 reading goals:
I've made a Reading Challenge 2019 page on my blog.
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#10  CRussel 12-11-2018, 09:47 AM
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






  1. Deceiver,Foreigner,11,C.J. Cherryh,$5.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  2. Betrayer,Foreigner,12,C.J. Cherryh,$7.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  3. Intruder,Foreigner,13,C.J. Cherryh,$12.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  4. Release The Virgins,,,Michael A. Ventrella, Editor,$5.00,**,
  5. The Mom Test,,,Rob Fitzpatrick,$7.39,***,
  6. Protector,Foreigner,14,C.J. Cherryh,$11.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  7. Peacemaker,Foreigner,15,C.J. Cherryh,$9.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  8. Tracker,Foreigner,16,C.J. Cherryh,$10.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  9. Visitor,Foreigner,17,C.J. Cherryh,$12.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  10. Convergence,Foreigner,18,C.J. Cherryh,$12.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  11. Emergence,Foreigner,19,C.J. Cherryh,$12.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  12. The Left Hand of Darkness,Hain Cycle,4,Ursula K. Le Guin,$0.00,***,Also Audible Public Library New Leaf Book Club Selection
  13. The Black Wolves of Boston,,,Wen Spencer,$5.00,****,Also Audible ReRead
  14. Fate,Uncle Chow Tung,1,Ian Hamilton,$8.24,***,
  15. Ravenwood,Tanyth Fairport,1,Nathan Lowell,$4.95,*****,ReRead
  16. Zepheria's Call,Tanyth Fairport,2,Nathan Lowell,$5.42,*****,ReRead
  17. The Hermit of Lammas Wood,Tanyth Fairport,3,Nathan Lowell,$5.42,*****,ReRead
  18. A Brother's Price,,,Wen Spencer,$6.99,*****, Also Audible ReRead
  19. Imager,Imager Portfolio,1,L.E. Modesitt, Jr.,$3.27,*****, Also Audible ReRead Public Library
  20. Imager's Challenge,Imager Portfolio,2,L.E. Modesitt, Jr.,$5.99,****, Also Audible ReRead Public Library
  21. Imager's Intrigue,Imager Portfolio,3,L.E. Modesitt, Jr.,$5.99,****, Also Audible ReRead Public Library
  22. Knife Children,The Sharing Knife,4.5,Lois McMaster Bujold,$3.99,****,
  23. Dragon's Code,Pern,25,Gigi McCaffrey,$0.00,****,Public Library
  24. The Foundling,,,Georgette Heyer,$1.99,****, Also Audible ReRead
  25. Come the Revolution,Varoki,2,Frank Chadwick,$3.00,****,ReRead
  26. Chain of Command,Varoki,3,Frank Chadwick,$5.89,****,
  27. Travels With Charley:In Search of America,,,John Steinbeck,$10.99,****,Also Audible
  28. A Delicate Truth,,,John le Carre,$0.00,***,New Leaf Book Club Selection Public Library
  29. She Commands Me and I Obey,Imperial Radch,0.6,Ann Leckie,$0.00,**,
  30. Endgames,Imager Portfolio,12,L.E. Modesitt, Jr.,1 Audible Credit,****, Audible
  31. Liaden Constellation #4,Adventures in the Liaden Universe,4,Sharon Lee & Steve Miller,$15.00,***,eARC
  32. The Mystery of Edwin Drood,,,Charles Dickens,$0.00,**, New Leaf Book Club Selection Public Domain
  33. The Oathbound,Valdemar:Vows and Honor,1,Mercedes Lackey,$2.99,***,Also Audible
  34. Rivers of London:Body Work,Rivers of London Graphic,1,Ben Aaronovitch,$8.99,****,
  35. Scholar,Imager Portfolio,4,L.E. Modesitt, Jr.,$0.00,***, Also Audible ReRead Public Library
  36. Princeps,Imager Portfolio,5,L.E. Modesitt, Jr.,$0.00,***, Also Audible ReRead Public Library
  37. Imager's Battalion,Imager Portfolio,6,L.E. Modesitt, Jr.,$8.79,***, Also Audible ReRead
  38. Antiagon Fire,Imager Portfolio,7,L.E. Modesitt, Jr.,$0.00,***, Also Audible ReRead Public Library
  39. Rex Regis,Imager Portfolio,8,L.E. Modesitt, Jr.,$0.00,***, Also Audible ReRead Public Library
  40. Madness in Solidar,Imager Portfolio,9,L.E. Modesitt, Jr.,$0.00,***, Also Audible ReRead Public Library
  41. The Chocolate War,Bruno Chief of Police,11.50,Martin Walker,$0.99,****,
  42. A Birthday Lunch,Bruno Chief of Police,11.75,Martin Walker,$0.99,****,
  43. Treachery's Tools,Imager Portfolio,10,L.E. Modesitt, Jr.,$0.00,****, Also Audible ReRead Public Library
  44. Assassin's Price,Imager Portfolio,11,L.E. Modesitt, Jr.,$0.00,****, Also Audible ReRead Public Library
  45. Goodbye, Mr. Chips,,,James Hilton,$0.00,****, New Leaf Book Club Theme Discovery Public Domain
  46. In Ashes Born,Seeker's Tales,1,Nathan Lowell,$4.99,*****,Audible ReRead
  47. To Fire Called,Seeker's Tales,2,Nathan Lowell,$4.99,*****,Audible ReRead
  48. By Darkness Forged,Seeker's Tales,3,Nathan Lowell,$4.99,*****,Audible ReRead
  49. Milk Run,Smuggler's Tales,1,Nathan Lowell,$4.99,*****,ReRead
  50. Suicide Run,Smuggler's Tales,2,Nathan Lowell,$4.99,*****,ReRead
  51. Home Run,Smuggler's Tales,3,Nathan Lowell,$4.99,*****,ReRead
  52. The Daughter of Time,Inspector Grant,5,Josephine Tey,$0.00,****,New Leaf Book Club Selection Also Audible Public Domain
  53. Fortune's Favors,Adventures in the Liaden Universe,28,Sharon Lee & Steve Miller,$3.99,*****,
  54. A Chill Rain in January,Karl Alberg,3,L. R. Wright,$3.99,*****,
  55. Eragon,Inheritance Cycle,1,Christopher Paolini,$0.00,***,Public Library
  56. Eldest,Inheritance Cycle,2,Christopher Paolini,$0.00,**,Abandoned Public Library
  57. To You, Mr. Chips,Mr. Chips,2,James Hilton,$0.00,**,Abandoned Public Domain
  58. Local Custom,Liaden Universe,5,Sharon Lee & Steve Miller,$2.00,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  59. The American Agent,Maise Dobbs,15,Jacqueline Winspear,$4.96,****,Also Audible
  60. The Steerswoman,The Steerswoman,1,Rosemary Kirstein,$6.56,*****,ReRead
  61. Through Fiery Trials,Safehold,10,David Weber,1 Audible Credit,***,Audible
  62. The Flowers of Vashnoi,Vorkosigan Saga,14.10,Lois McMaster Bujold,$4.99,*****,
  63. Beguilement,The Sharing Knife,1,Lois McMaster Bujold,$7.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  64. Legacy,The Sharing Knife,2,Lois McMaster Bujold,$7.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  65. Passages,The Sharing Knife,3,Lois McMaster Bujold,$7.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  66. Horizon,The Sharing Knife,4,Lois McMaster Bujold,$7.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  67. The Home Crowd Advantage,Peter Grant,1.50,Ben Aaronovitch,$0.00,****,
  68. Black Orchids,Nero Wolfe,9,Rex Stout,$0.00,***,Public Library Audiobook
  69. To Glory We Steer,Bolitho,7,Alexander Kent,$0.00,***,Public Library Also Audible
  70. Command a King's Ship,Bolitho,8,Alexander Kent,$0.00,****,Public Library Also Audible
  71. Shout of Honor,Adventures in the Liaden Universe,29,Sharon Lee & Steve Miller,$4.25,*****,
  72. The Graveyard Book,,,Neil Gaiman,$5.75,****,New Leaf Book Club Selection
  73. Silver on the Road,The Devil's West,1,Laura Anne Gilman,$0.00,***,Public Library
  74. The Cold Eye,The Devil's West,2,Laura Anne Gilman,$0.00,***,Public Library
  75. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms,The Inheritance Trilogy,1,N.K. Jemison,$0.00,***,Also Audible Public Library
  76. A Killer in King's Cover,Lane Winslow,1,Iona Whishaw,$5.74,****,
  77. Death in a Darkening Mist,Lane Winslow,2,Iona Whishaw,$5.45,****,
  78. An Old, Cold Grave,Lane Winslow,3,Iona Whishaw,$0.00,****,Public Library
  79. Dark, Sacred Grave,Harry Bosch/Renee Ballard,21/2,Michael Connelly,1 Audible Credit,****,Audible
  80. Though Hell Should Bar the Way,RCN,12,David Drake,$7.99,****,Also Audible
  81. To Clear Away the Shadows,RCN,13,David Drake,1 Audible Credit,***,Audible
  82. The Body in the Castle Well,Bruno Chief of Police,12,Martin Walker,$14.99,*****,Also Audible
  83. The Speed of Dark,,,Elizabeth Moon,$0.00,*****,Public Library ReRead New Leaf Book Club Nomination
  84. The October Man,Rivers of London,7.5,Ben Aaronovitch,$4.99,*****,Also Audible
  85. Me, Myself, They,,,Joshua M. Ferguson,$0.00,***,Public Library
  86. Crisis,,,Felix Francis,$0.00,*****,Also Audible Public Library
  87. Mouse and Dragon,Liaden Universe,7,Sharon Lee & Steve Miller,$6.00,*****,Also Audible
  88. Conflict of Honors,Liaden Universe,8,Sharon Lee & Steve Miller,$6.00,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  89. Carpe Diem,Liaden Universe,10,Sharon Lee & Steve Miller,$1.87,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  90. Plan B,Liaden Universe,11,Sharon Lee & Steve Miller,$0.00,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  91. I Dare,Liaden Universe,13,Sharon Lee & Steve Miller,$2.57,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  92. Fledgling,Liaden Universe,12,Sharon Lee & Steve Miller,$6.00,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  93. Saltation,Liaden Universe,14,Sharon Lee & Steve Miller,$2.25,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  94. Ghost Ship,Liaden Universe,15,Sharon Lee & Steve Miller,$2.25,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  95. The Mountain Master of Sha Tin,Ava Lee,12,Ian Hamilton,$7.99,*****,
  96. Dragon Ship,Liaden Universe,17,Sharon Lee & Steve Miller,$2.25,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  97. Dragon in Exile,Liaden Universe,18,Sharon Lee & Steve Miller,$6.00,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  98. Alliance of Equals,Liaden Universe,19,Sharon Lee & Steve Miller,$3.00,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  99. The Gathering Edge,Liaden Universe,20,Sharon Lee & Steve Miller,$6.00,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  100. The Natural,,,Bernard Malamud,$0.00,***,Public Library New Leaf Book Club Selection
  101. Foreigner,Foreigner,1,C.J. Cherryh,$7.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead New Leaf Book Club Nomination
  102. Invader,Foreigner,2,C.J. Cherryh,$0.57,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  103. Inheritor,Foreigner,3,C.J. Cherryh,$0.57,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  104. Precursor,Foreigner,4,C.J. Cherryh,$5.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  105. Defender,Foreigner,5,C.J. Cherryh,$5.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  106. It Begins in Betrayal,Lane Winslow,4,Iona Whishaw,$0.00,**,Public Library
  107. Defender,Foreigner,5,C.J. Cherryh,$5.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  108. Explorer,Foreigner,6,C.J. Cherryh,$5.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  109. Destroyer,Foreigner,7,C.J. Cherryh,$5.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  110. Pretender,Foreigner,8,C.J. Cherryh,$5.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  111. The Orphans of Raspay,Penric,7,Lois McMaster Bujold,$3.99,***,
  112. Deliverer,Foreigner,9,C.J. Cherryh,$5.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  113. Conspirator,Foreigner,10,C.J. Cherryh,$5.99,*****,Also Audible ReRead
  114. March Upcountry,Prince Roger,1,David Weber & John Ringo,$6.00,****,Audible ReRead
  115. I Am a Cat,,,Soseki Natsume,$0.00,*,Abandoned New Leaf Book Club Selection Public Library
  116. March To the Sea,Prince Roger,2,David Weber & John Ringo,$6.00,****,Audible ReRead
  117. March To the Stars,Prince Roger,3,David Weber & John Ringo,$5.50,***,Audible ReRead
  118. A Month in the Country,,,J.L. Carr,$0.00,****,New Leaf Book Club Nomination Public Library
  119. A Sorrowful Sanctuary,Lane Winslow,5,Iona Whishaw,$0.00,****,Public Library
  120. Death in a White Tie,Roderick Alleyn,7,Ngaio Marsh,$0.00,****,Audible
  121. Cape Grace(BETA),Shaman's Tales,2,Nathan Lowell,$0.00,***,Beta Read

Last Edited: 8/26/2019

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