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Goal: Read 120 books in 2014

After quite a bit of thinking, here's my attempt to make it official:

Main Goal:

Read 120 books (any books - DTB, ebooks, separate short stories count if they've been released separately)

Spoiler:
January

1. China Miéville - Un Lun Dun
2. Jasper Fforde - Something Rotten
3. Tanya Huff - The Enchantment Emporium
4. Stephen Baxter - Doctor Who: The Wheel of Ice
5. Dan Wells - Partials
6. Lois McMaster Bujold - Shards of Honor
7. Sarah J. Maas - Throne of Glass
8. Jenny Colgan - Doctor Who: Into the Nowhere (short story)
9. Diana Rowland - Blood of the Demon
10. Y. S. Lee - The Body at the Tower
11. Phil Rickman - A Crown of Lights
12. Sara Zarr & Tara Altebrando - Roomies
13. John Ringo - Under a Graveyard Sky
14. Kresley Cole - Poison Princess
15. Cassandra Rose Clarke - The Pirate's Wish

February

16. Charlaine Harris - Last Scene Alive
17. James Smythe - The Explorer
18. Laurie R. King - Beekeeping for Beginners (short story)
19. Marissa Meyer - Cress
20. Nick Harkaway - Doctor Who: Keeping Up with the Joneses (short story)
21. Rachel Bach - Fortune's Pawn
22. Martha Wells - Emilie and the Sky World
23. Andrew Lane - Death Cloud
24. Mira Grant - Deadline
25. Chloe Neill - Wild Things

March

26. Kim Stanley Robinson - Red Mars
27. Trudi Canavan - Doctor Who: Salt of the Earth (short story)
28. Jennifer Estep - Killer Frost
29. Joanna Trollope - Sense and Sensibility
30. Rhys A. Jones - The Obsidian Pebble
31. Kate Thompson - Switchers
32. Jason M. Hough - The Plague Forge
33. Diana Wynne Jones - Howl's Moving Castle
34. Rick Yancey - The 5th Wave
35. Charlaine Harris - Poppy Done to Death
36. Soman Chainani - The School for Good and Evil

April

37. Django Wexler - The Forbidden Library
38. Gabrielle Zevin - The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
39. Matthew Reilly - The Six Sacred Stones
40. Jake Arnott - Doctor Who: A Handful of Stardust (short story)
41. Michael Buckley - NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society
42. Mike Mullin - Sunrise
43. Gareth Roberts - Doctor Who: Shada
44. Chris Ould - Street Duty: The Killing Street
45. Seanan McGuire - Ashes of Honor
46. Andy Weir - The Martian
47. Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl - Dangerous Dream (short story)
48. Christian Schoon - Under Nameless Stars

May

49. Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child - Reliquary
50. Greg Van Eekhout - Norse Code
51. Kelley Armstrong - Omens
52. Cecelia Ahern - Doctor Who: The Bog Warrior (short story)
53. Emily Diamand - Raiders' Ransom
54. Kim Harrison - The Good, the Bad and the Undead
55. Kim Harrison - Every Which Way but Dead
56. Kat Ross - Some Fine Day
57. Eliza Crewe - Cracked
58. Kerry Greenwood - Cocaine Blues

June

59. Val McDermid - Northanger Abbey
60. Kim Harrison - A Fistful of Charms
61. Rachel Bach - Honour's Knight
62. Robin LaFevers - Grave Mercy
63. George Mann - Doctor Who: Paradox Lost
64. Joe Abercrombie - Half A King

July

65. Derek Landy - Armageddon Outta Here
66. Emerald Fennell - Shiverton Hall
67. Kim Harrison - For a Few Demons More
68. Charles Todd - A Duty to the Dead
69. Dan Abnett - Doctor Who: The Silent Stars Go By
70. Kim Harrison - The Outlaw Demon Wails
71. Rachel Bach - Heaven's Queen
72. Robin Stevens - Murder Most Unladylike
73. Holly Smale - Picture Perfect
74. Terry Pratchett - The Colour of Magic
75. Nancy Springer - The Case of the Missing Marquess

August

76. Robert Galbraith - The Silkworm
77. Derek Landy - Last Stand of Dead Men
78. Janet Edwards - Earth Flight
79. Chloe Neill - Blood Games
80. Simon Mayo - Itch
81. Simon Mayo - Itch Rocks
82. Derek Landy - The Dying of the Light

September

83. Simon Mayo - Itchcraft
84. Joanne Harris - Doctor Who: The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Time Traveller (short story)
85. Kim Harrison - White Witch, Black Curse
86. Mike Tucker - Doctor Who: The Crawling Terror
87. Jonathan Stroud - The Whispering Skull
88. Ben Aaronovitch - Broken Homes
89. Laurie R. King - Garment of Shadows

October



Sub-Challenges:
  • Not buying more than 120 ebooks for myself
  • Read at least one DTB a month (or 12 DTBs a year)
  • Read at least one Doctor Who book a month (or 12 DW books a year) to cut down on the huge amount of TBR DW books
  • Read at least one book a month (or 12 books a year) that is not one of the following: Young Adult / Middle Grade, Urban Fantasy, Cosy Mystery

Sub-challenges, # of ebooks bought:

January: 10
February: 7
March: 33
April: 10
May: 15
June: 9
July: 17
August: 16
September: 3

Sub-challenges, DTB:

Spoiler:

1. Jasper Fforde - Something Rotten
2. Stephen Baxter - Doctor Who: The Wheel of Ice
3. James Smythe - The Explorer
4. Joanna Trollope - Sense and Sensibility
5. Gareth Roberts - Doctor Who: Shada
6. Kelley Armstrong - Omens
7. Val McDermid - Northanger Abbey
8. Dan Abnett - Doctor Who: The Silent Stars Go By
9. Derek Landy - Last Stand of Dead Men
10. Laurie R. King - Garment of Shadows


Sub-challenges, Doctor Who:

Spoiler:

1. Stephen Baxter - Doctor Who: The Wheel of Ice
2. Jenny Colgan - Doctor Who: Into the Nowhere (short story)
3. Nick Harkaway - Doctor Who: Keeping Up with the Joneses (short story)
4. Trudi Canavan - Doctor Who: Salt of the Earth (short story)
5. Jake Arnott - Doctor Who: A Handful of Stardust (short story)
6. Gareth Roberts - Doctor Who: Shada
7. Cecelia Ahern - Doctor Who: The Bog Warrior (short story)
8. George Mann - Doctor Who: Paradox Lost
9. Dan Abnett - Doctor Who: The Silent Stars Go By
10. Joanne Harris - Doctor Who: The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Time Traveller (short story)
11. Mike Tucker - Doctor Who: The Crawling Terror


Sub-challenges, books outside comfort genres:

Spoiler:

1. Jasper Fforde - Something Rotten
2. Lois McMaster Bujold - Shards of Honor
3. Phil Rickman - A Crown of Lights
4. John Ringo - Under a Graveyard Sky
5. James Smythe - The Explorer
6. Rachel Bach - Fortune's Pawn
7. Mira Grant - Deadline
8. Kim Stanley Robinson - Red Mars
9. Joanna Trollope - Sense and Sensibility
10. Jason M. Hough - The Plague Forge
11. Gabrielle Zevin - The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
12. Matthew Reilly - The Six Sacred Stones
13. Andy Weir - The Martian
14. Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child - Reliquary
15. Kelley Armstrong - Omens
16. Val McDermid - Northanger Abbey
17. Rachel Bach - Honour's Knight
18. Charles Todd - A Duty to the Dead
19. Rachel Bach - Heaven's Queen
20. Terry Pratchett - The Colour of Magic
21. Robert Galbraith - The Silkworm
22. Laurie R. King - Garment of Shadows


The first and third reading-focused sub-challenge are allowed to overlap (i.e. I can read a DTB that is not in one of my usual genres); the first and second reading-focused sub-challenge are allowed to overlap (i.e. I can read a DTB that is a Doctor Who book).

The second and third reading-focused sub-challenge should not overlap (i.e. while I will count science fiction books for the non-usual genre challenge, I will not count a Doctor Who book as such).

I will add the caveat to the book-buying challenge that if there is a month with especially good deals on books that sound interesting, I will allow myself to go over the limit, but won't spend more than $50 a month.

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