The 2018 Annual Reading Challenge List Thread

[elaysee]

My top goal for 2018: read 50 books from a 100 book list of my TBRs (or physical TBRs).

Primary goals:

• Track books read. Jan: 13 Feb:14 Mar: 21 Apr: 17 May: 24 Jun: 23 Jul: 18
• Read 50 books TBRs. Jan: 6 Feb:1 Mar: 3 Apr: 0 May: 4 Jun: 1 Jul: 3
• 2018 Popsugar & Book Riot Read Harder challenges, just for fun.
• Series (re)reads. Jan: 1 Mar: 1 Apr: abandoned
• Track spending/subscriptions.
• Make a dent in subscribed magazines. Jan: 4 Feb: 6 Mar: 6 Apr: 4 May: 8 Jun: 6 Jul: 8
• Track freebie evaluation. Jan: 1 May: 3 Jun: 1 Jul: 2
• Just keep dreaming those physical TBRs will get read. Jan: 1 Mar: 1

I'm going to track my reading, but don't have a goal for number or page count. Last year unexpectedly set a substantial new high, and I will be quite content to read less this year.

Spoiler:

Jan: 13 read. 5 novels, 4 magazines, 1 NF, 2 shorts, 1 graphic novel. 2600 pages.
Feb: 14 read. 4 novels (1 re-read), 6 magazines, 1 biography, 1 addl NF, 1 short, 1 NF short. 3000 pages.
Mar: 21 read. 13 novels (1 re-read), 6 magazines, 1 nf, 3 shorts. 4700 pages.
Apr: 17 read. 8 novels, 4 magazines, 3 non-fiction, 2 shorts. 4700 pages.
May: 24 read. 9 novels (2 re-reads), 8 magazines, 3 non-fiction, 3 shorts, 1 classic (re-read). 5900 pages.
Jun: 23 read. 5 novels, 6 magazines, 3 non-fiction, 8 shorts, 1 humor/commentary. 4000 pages.
Jul: 18 read. 7 novels, 8 magazines, 1 short, 1 graphic novel, 1 non-fiction. 3900 pages.

2018 Popsugar and Book Riot Read Harder challenges, with no "reloads" - slot a book and leave it there, but just for interest in what gets covered along the way.

Spoiler:

Jan: 4/2
Feb: 3/1 (7/3)
Mar: 6/1 (13/4)
Apr: 3/0 (16/4)
May: 2/2 (18/6)
Jun: 2/1 (20/7)
Jul: 1/0 (21/7)

Series reads: In Death and A Free Man of Color

Spoiler:

Jan: Barbara Hamilton, The Ninth Daughter. Mar: Barbara Hamilton, A Marked Man, Sup with the Devil.
Apr: De facto abandoned this idea for now.

Continue tracking spending/acquisitions/use of subscription services.

Spoiler:

Scribd
Jan: 2 DNF $13.
Feb: 2 $13
Mar: 2 $10 + 1 finished in print.
Apr: 3 $12.
May: 2 $9 + several reference books.
Jun: 2 $9.
Jul: 1 DNF $6

KOLL & Prime
Jan: 1 KOLL $3.
(Feb: 1 cked out.)
Mar: 1 KOLL $3, 1 Prime reference
Apr: 2 KOLL $8, catching up prev months. 1 Prime reference
May: 1 KOLL $3, 1 Prime ref $13.
(Jun: 1 cked out.)
Jul: 2 KOLL $5, 1 Prime $11.

NG
Jan: 3
Apr: 1

Acquisitions
switched to spreadsheet

Continue to tracking magazine and anthology reading.

Spoiler:

Apex, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Clarkesworld, Fantasy and Science Fiction, Lightspeed, Uncanny
Jan: B2/C/U
Feb: A/B2/C/L/U
Mar: A2/B3/C
Apr: A/C/Asimov's/U
May: A/B3/C2/L2
Jun: B3/L2/U
Jul: A3/B3/C2

Evaluate (read or DNF) freebies and boost any worthwhile finds.

Spoiler:

Jan: 1, which I realized I'd DNFed 4 years ago and failed to note.
May: 3, unremarkable.
Jun: 1, unremarkable.
Jul: 1 unremarkable, 1 DNF.

Read those physical TBRs, already.

Spoiler:

Jan: 1! Mar: 1

[BCboiler]

I’ll give this a go. Aiming for a modest 30.

January
1. How to be a Bawse - Lilly Singh
2. All The Little Children - Jo Furniss
3. Mass Effect Andromeda: Nexus Uprising - Jason M. Hough
4. Mass Effect Andromeda: Initiation - NK Jemesin
5. Astrophysics For People in a Hurry - Neil DeGrasse Tyson

February
6. Halo: Smoke and Shadow - Kelly Gay

[sammayor]

60 books.

January

1. A Killer Harvest by Paul Cleave. Read From 02 Jan to 04 Jan.
2. The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn. Read From 04 Jan to 09 Jan.
3. The Terra-cotta Dog by Andrea Camilleri. Read From 10 Jan to 12 Jan.
4. The Chalk Man by C. J. Tudor. Read From 13 Jan to 14 Jan.
5. Murder, Interrupted by James Patterson. Read From 15 Jan to 17 Jan.
6. Final Girls by Riley Sager. Read From 21 Jan to 22 Jan.
7. A House at the Bottom of a Lake by Josh Malerman. Read From 28 Jan to 29 Jan.
8. Need to Know by Karen Cleaveland. Read From 26 Jan to 30 Jan.

February

1. Palace of Treason by Jason Matthews. Read From 14 Jan to 07 Feb.
2. Binti by Nnedi Okorafor. Read From 09 Feb to 10 Feb.
3. The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan. Read From 10 Feb to 13 Feb.
4. The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey. Read From 02 Feb to 21 Feb.
5. The Quiet Child by John Burley. Read From 14 Feb to 22 Feb.
6. The Roaring by Eric S. Brown. Read From 19 Feb to 28 Feb.

March

1. The Kremlin's Candidate by Jason Matthews. Read From 13 Feb to 02 March.
2. The Dirty Dozen by Gabriel Khan. Read From 03 March to 04 March.
3. The Vanishing Season by Joanna Schaffhausen. Read From 01 March to 06 March.
4. The Escape Artist by Brad Meltzer. Read From 06 March to 09 March.
5. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Read From 10 March to 14 March.
6. Shrimanyogi by Ranjeet Desai. Read From 12 March to 23 March.
7. The Victims' Club by Jeffery Deaver, Read From 30 March to 30 March.
8. The Sequel by Jeffery Deaver, Read From 31 March to 31 March.

April

1. Red Alert by James Patterson. Read From 28 March to 04 April.
2. Cross by James Patterson. Read From 06 April to 19 April.
3. The Cutting Edge by Jeffery Deaver. Read From 10 April to 18 April.
4. The Fallen by David Baldacci. Read From 21 April to 30 April.

May

1. Only Human by Sylvain Neuvel. Read From 02 May to 08 May.
2. The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan. Read From 01 May to 16 May.
3. The Broken Girls by Simone St. James. Read From 18 May to 28 May.

June

1. The Word Is Murder by Anthony Horowitz. Read From 08 June to 10 June.
2. Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz. Read From 11 June to 14 June.

July

1. Bearskin by James A. McLaughlin. Read From 13 June to 04 July.
2. Last Instructions by Nir Hezroni. Read From 04 July to 09 July.
3. The Outsider by Stephen King. Read From 09 July to 17 July.
4. The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager. Read From 18 July to 26 July.

August

1. Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage. Read From 05 Aug to 20 Aug.

September

1. The Middleman by Olen Steinhauer. Read From 05 Sep to 13 Sep.
2. The Face in the Window by Heather Graham. Read From 16 Sep to 16 Sep.
3. The Pretty Little Box by Charles Todd. Read From 16 Sep to 16 Sep.
4. Lethal White by Robert Galbraith. Read From 18 Sep to 24 Sep.
5. Shoe Dog by Phil Knight. Read From 16 Sep to 28 Sep.

October

1. The Fox by Frederick Forsyth. Read From 30 Sep to 17 Oct

November

1. Elevation by Stephen King. Read From 31 Oct to 15 Nov.
2. Looking Glass by Andrew Mayne. Read From 19 Oct to 20 Nov.
3. Head You Win by Jeffrey Archer. Read From 20 Nov to 23 Nov.
4. My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite. Read From 23 Nov to 24 Nov.

December

Total 46

[library addict]

I have a mix of reading goals for 2018, including:

1. Catch up on one author I've fallen woefully behind reading
2. Catch up on three authors I am slightly behind on
3. Complete a series by a new-to-me author
4. Pick 10 “Must Read” books for the year from my huge TBR (not including any new releases)

January 2018
Read 7 books (very slow start to the year for me )

February 2018
Read 6 books (eek!)

March 2018
Read 14 books (better, but this is my slowest start to a reading year in over a decade )

April 2018
Read 25 books.
Finished the 21st Century Challenge.

May 2018
Read 23 books.

June 2018
Read 27 books.

July 2018
Read 26 books.

August 2018
Read 16 books.

September 2018
Read 20 books.
Finished the Shoe Challenge, the Alphabet Challenge Variation, and the 18 in 18 Phonics Challenge.

October 2018
Read 17 books.

November 2018
Read 16 books
Finished the Catchphrase Challenge and the Easy Eighteen Challenge (The Whittler) - Novellas.

December 2018
Read 47 books.
Finished the Easy Eighteen Challenge (The Whittler).

Total 245 books read/reread in 2018.

[ShortNet]

My goals are to:

A) Keep track of what I'm reading, including re-reads.
B) Read at least 1 non-fiction book a month, not counting work reading. Further goals may come, as long as I can stick with A, which will be the hard one.

January - 37 New, 14 ReReads, 1 Nonfiction

Spoiler:

New
Albert, Annabeth - Status Update [3]; Beta Test [4]; Connection Error [4]; Off Base [4]; Resilient Heart [4]; At Attention [3]; On Point [3]; Knit Tight [3];
Deiner, Michele - Interference & Insurgency [3]
Foner, E.M. Family Night on Union Station [3]; Book Night on Union Station [4]
Grace, Viola - Cracked Control [3];
Hall, Alexis - Waiting for the Flood [3]; Glitterland [3];
Kauffman, Miranda - Black Tutors [4]- Well written history drawn from scraps of information.
Lee, Sharon & Steve Miller - Neogenesis [5]
Martinez, Angel - All the World's an Undead Stage [4]
Masters, Zennina - The Dark Side [3]
Okorafor - Binti [3]
Pamuntjak, Laksmi - The Birdwoman's Palate [2] - Kindle first book - It wanders and the food descriptions get boring after a while. A good read if traveling to Indonesia.
Ripper, Kris - Going Home (Books 1-4) [4]; Ghost in the Penthouse [4]; Scientific Method (books 1-7) [3]; The New Born Year[3];
Sebastian, Cat - It Takes Two to Tumble [5]; The Soldier's Scoundrel [4]; The Lawrence Browne Affair [4]; The Ruin of a Rake [3]

Re-Reads
Feehan, Christine - The Magic in the Wind
Garwood, Julie - Guardian Angel
Grace, Viola - Fade ; Fencer; Neutral
Lee, Sharon & Steve Miller - Necessity's Child ; Dragon ship; Dragon in Exile ; Liaden Constellation III ; Alliance of Allies ; The Gathering Edge;
Owen, Robin - Ghost Seer
Parrish, Roan - The Remaking of Corbin Wale
Wyndfield, Leigh - Dark Heat

February 28 New, 12 ReReads, 1 NonFiction

Spoiler:

New
Airies, Rebecca - Tangled Bliss [3]
Carriger, Gail - The Summage Solution [4]; Marine Biology [3]; Romancing the Werewolf [3]
Cothern, Brenda - The Witches Brew [3] great world building, it was just too short and the suspense conclusion was wrapped up too slickly.
Dennison, Poppy - Family Ties [4]
Feehan, Christine - Judgement Road [3]
Harper, Kaje - The Rebuilding Year (books 1-3)[4]; Sole Support [4]
Kloos, Marko - Frontlines (books 1-2) [4]
Lennox, Cass - Finding Your Feet [3]; Blank Spaces [5]
Rhys, Ford - Dim Sum Asylum [4]; Fish Stick Fridays [4], Hanging the Stars [4] Sinners Books 1-5 [4]; Once Upon a Wolf [3]; Kai Gracen series 1-2 [4]; There's this guy [4]
Steegmuller, Francis - A Woman, a Man, and Two Kingdoms [3]
Turner, Hailey - Metahuman files book 1 [3]
Heart2Heart Charity Anthology

ReReads
Albert, Annabeth - Connection Error
Dean, Alyssa - The Last Hero
Grace, Viola - Finite; Enchanted; Judged; Jury; Jaded; Join;
Harper, Kaje - Nor Iron Bars a Cage
Harrison, Thea - Dragon Bound
Lucille, Kelly - The Claiming of Emma
Spencer, Wen - Project Elfhome

March 30 New, 21 ReReads,

Spoiler:

New
Arthur, A.M. - Getting it Right [3]
Briggs, Patricia - Burn Bright [4]
Chambers, Joanne - A Gathering Storm [3]
Cockburn, Avery - Throwing Stones [3]
Cooper, Isabel - Highland Dragon Warrior [3]
Derr, Megan - Wriggle and Sparkle - the collected tales of a kraken and a unicorn [3]
Diener, Michelle - Shadow Warrior [3]
Durreson, Amy Rae - Lord Heliodor's Retirement [5]
Eidem, M.K. - Autumn's Kiss [3]
Ford, Rhys - Cole McGinnis (books 1-6) [4]
Grace, Stephanie J. - Easy Peasy [3]
Harper, Kaje - Rejoice, Dammit [3]
Hogarth, M.C.A. - The DreamHealers series (books 1-4) [4]; Her Instruments (books 1-2) [3] ; An Heir to Thorns and Steel (Blood Ladders Trilogy Book 1) [3];
Kloos, Marko - Frontlines (book 3) [3]
Merrow, J.L. - Wake Up Call [3]
Parrish, Roan - Invitation to the Blues [4]
Ripper, Kris - Hold Fast [3]
Wagers, K.B - Behind the Throne (The Indranan War book1) - [4]
Z., Cari - Off the Beaten Path [3]

Re-Reads

Airies, Rebecca - Saving Attraction
Albert, Annabeth - Status Update
Beck, Stephanie - Alice's Dragon
Dalton, Tymber - Hope Heals
Eidem, M.K. - Kirall's Kiss
Ford, Rhys - Absinthe of Malice, Tequila Mockingbird, Devil's Brew; Sinner's Gin
Grace, Viola - Scorcher; Starbreaker; Chubby is the Night; Keeper; Knell; Knotted; Lady; Lesser; Gift of Wyora
Harper, Kaje - The Rebuilding Year
Lennox, Cass - Blank Spaces
Quick, Amanda - Crystal Garden

April 23 New, 15 ReReads, 1 Nonfiction

Spoiler:

New
Christensen, Lorena - Never Deal with Dragons [3]
Cockburn, Avery - Playing to Win [3]; Playing for Keeps [3];
Durreson, Amy Rae - Reawakening [4]; Resistance [4]; Recovery [4]
Easton, Eli - Robby Riverton: Mail Order Bride [4]
Hibbert, Talia - A Girl Like Her [3]
Hunter, Elizabeth - Shifting Dreams [4]; Desert Bound [3]; Waking Hearts [4];
Langlais, Eve - Assassin Next Door [3]
Laurenston, Shelly - Hot and Badgered [4]
Ripper, Kris - Surrender the Past [3]
Van Natta, Carol - Overload Flux [4]; Minder Rising [4]; Zero Flux [3]; Pico's Crush [3]; Pet Trade [4]; Jumper's Hope [4]
Welch, Wendy - The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap [3]
Wynne, S.C. - Shadow's Edge [3]; Shadow's Return [3]

Re-Read
Charles, KJ - Think of England
Draven, Grace - Radiance
Gilman, Dorothy - Nuns in the Closet
Grace, Viola - Tears of the Star, Determine, Core, Tech Tack, Echo in Time, Terra Form, Guarding Forever, Hunter's Dream, Virtual Snow, Baffle
Lapthorne, Elizabeth - Desperate & Dateless
Laurenston, Shelly - Bite Me; Wolf with Benefits

May 35 New, 17 ReReads,

Spoiler:

New
Ball, Margaret - A Pocket Full of Stars [4]
Carriger, Gail - How to Marry a Werewolf [4]
Chambers, Joanna - Tribute Act [4]
Charles, K.J. - The Henchmen of Zenda [2]
Draven, Grace - In Darkest Midnight [3]
Ford, Rhys - Sin and Tonic [4]
Hammond, T - Blind Seduction [4]; Color Blind [3]; Blind Faith [4]; Blind Rage [4]; Blind Sided [4]; Blind Luck [3]
Harper, Kaje - Unacceptable Risk [4]; Unexpected Demands [3]; Unjustified Claims [4]; Unsafe Exposure [4]
Katz, Meredith - Smoke Signals [3]
Kelly, Carla - Courting Carrie in Wonderland [5]
Laurenston, Shelly - The Unleashing [4]; The Undoing [4]
Leigh, Garrett - Dream [4]; Whisper [4]; Misfits [4]; Strays [4]; Heart [4]; Only Love [4]; Junkyard Heart [4]
Martinez, Angel - Fear of Frogs [4]; Shak's War [4]; Beside a Black Tarn [3]; Brimstone Company Collection 1 [3]; Brimstone Company Collection 2 [3]
Mooney, Linda - Specter of the Marsh [3]
Trent, Holly - The Viking Queen's Men (The Afótama Legacy Book 1) [2]; The Chieftain's Daughter [2];
Van Natta, Carol - Hooray for Holopticon [4]. Reminded me of a Donald Westlake novel in outer space.
Voinov, Aleksandr - Witches of London - Lars [2]

Re-Read
Dalton, Tymber - Two geeks and their girl
Derr, Megan - Wriggle and Sparkle
Draven, Grace - Eidolon
Gale, Avon - Off the Ice
Grace, Viola - Courting the Phoenix, Halo, Halt, Laser, Liberty, Asylum Mine, Mandate
Leigh, Garrett - House of Cards
Locke, Clarissa - Pirate Bound; Pirate Nemisis; Hunter Bond
Martinez, Angel - Hell for the Company; Open for Business

June 22 New, 12 ReReads,

Spoiler:

New
Albert, Annabeth - Level up [2]
Albert, Annabeth & Wendy Qualls - Save the Date [3]
Deiner, Michele - Breakaway [3]
Foner, E.M. - Turing Test [5]; L.A.R.P Night on Union Station [3];
Ford, Rhys - Rebel [2]
Harper, Kaje - Life Lessons [4]; Breaking cover [4]; Home work [4]; Learning Curve [4]; And to all a Good Night [3]
Korman, Gordon - Masterminds [4]
Leigh, Garrett - Between Ghosts [4]
Martinez, Angel - Finn [3]
Merrow, JL, - One Under [3]
Mooney, Linda - Breath of Christmas [3]
Rowyn, - A Rational Arrangement [5]; Further arrangements [3]
Qualls, Wendy - Worth Searching [3]
Sexton, Mary - One Man's Trash [4]
Singh, Nalini - Ocean Light [4]
Wells, Martha - All Systems Red (the murderbot diaries) [4]

Re-Read
Albert, Annabeth - Beta Test, Connection Error, Off Base
Ford, Rhys - Once Upon a Wolf, There's this guy
Gale, Avon - Power play, Empty Net
Grace, Stephanie J. - Easy Peasy
Grace, Viola - Draining Jayne, Encounter,
Ripper, Kris - Ghost in the Penthouse
Singh, Nalini - Silver Silence

July 42 New, 1 NonFiction, 12 ReReads,

Spoiler:

New
Aguirre, Ann - The Wolf Lord [4]
Andrews, Ilona - Iron Magic [4]
Derr, Megan - Dragon Magic [3]; Tournament of Losers [4]; Engineered Throne [5]; Painted Crown [4]; Waiting for You [3]; Fighting for You [3]; Looking for You [3]; The High Kings Golden Tongue [4]; The Pirate of Phantoms Deep [4]; Heart of the Lost Star [4]; Deceived [4]; The Highwayman [4]; Impractical [3]; A Suitable Replacement [4]; The Lady and the Thief [3]; Black Magic [3]; Come to me [4]; The king's harem [3]; Sandstorm [3];
Grace, Viola - Stealth Magic 401 [4]; Spell Crafting 501 [3]; Hellhound in a Handbag [3]
Harper, Kaje - Nelson & Caleb, one storm [3]
Jones, Phillipa - The Other Tudors [3]
Kelly, Carla - The Unlikely Master Genius [3]
Leigh, Garrett - Believe [4]
Mooney, Linda - Forbitten [4]; Wrynter [4]
Parrish, Roan - Riven [4]
Van Natta, Carol - Shifter mate magic [3]; Shift of Destiny [3]
Walker, Hannah - Booker's song [2]; Seekers painting [2]; Summoner's dance [2]
Walker, N.R. - Galaxies and Oceans [4]; Cronin's Key 1 [3]; Cronin's Key 2 [3]
Wright, Suzanne - Spiral of Need [2]
Z. Cari - Changing worlds [4]; Strangely Familiar [3]

Re-Reads
Aguirre, Ann - The Leopard King, The Demon Prince
Grace, Viola - Hellkitten Chronicles 1-3, Intact, Instinct, Heartbeat of Silence
Harper, Kaje - Nor Iron Bars a Cage
Spencer, Wen - Black Wolves of Boston
Stevensen, D.E. -Miss Buncle's Book
Z., Cari - Off the Beaten Path

August 45 New, 14 ReReads,

Spoiler:

New
Charles, K J - Unfit to Print [3]
Derr, Megan - Harem Master [4]; Lynx [3]; Backwoods Asylum [3]; Rabbit Season [2]; An Admirer [3]; Kiss the Rain [2]; An Exception [2]; Treasure [3]
Ellis, Timothy - Yesterday's Spacemage [4]; Today's Spacemage [3]; Tomorrow's Spacemage [3]; Hero at Large [4]; Hunted Hero Hunting [3]; Send in the Hero [4]; Make or Break the Hero [4]; Hail the Hero [4]; Burnside's Killer [2]; Hire a Hero [4]; Hero to the Rescue [4]; Jane's Christmas [3]; Hero at the Gates [3]; The Long Road to Gaia [1]; Home is where the Hero is [2];Hero in Darkness [3]; Hero to the End [3]; Admiral Jane [4]
Fielding, Kimberly - Brute [5]; The Sacrifice [4]; Good Bones [4]; Buried Bones [3]; The Gig [3]; Bone Dry [3]; The Bureau vol 1 [3]
Klune, TJ - How to be a Normal Person [4]
Kyle, Celia - Real Men Howl [2]
Lionsdrake, Ruby - Unchained [4]
Locke, Claryssa - Pirate Consort [3]
Lucille, Kelly - Shielding Her [3]
McGuire, Seanan - The Razor's Edge [3]
Ribbon, Madeline - Blessed Curses [3]
Roberts, Val - Unique Solution [3]
Vale, Maria - The Last Wolf [4]; A Wolf Apart [3]
Walker, N.R. - Finders Keepers [3]

Re-Rereads
Deiner, Michelle - Dark Horse, Dark Deeds, Dark Minds
Dennison, Poppy - Mind Magic
Derr Megan - Backwoods Asylum
Grace, Viola - Govern, Gadget, Gamble, Garden, Gaze, Soul Catcher,
Fielding, Kimberly - Brute
Locke, Claryssa - Pirate Bound, Pirate Nemisis

September 32 New, 7 ReReads,

Spoiler:

New
Airies, Rebecca - Troubled in Bliss [3]
Boykin, Alma - Merchant & Magic [4]; Scavenger's luck [3]; Imperial Magic [4]; Familiar Tales [3]; Strangely Familiar [4]; Vaguely Familiar [4]; A Cat Among Dragons [4]; Justice & Juniors [3]
Dare, Hanna - Machine Metal Magic: (Mind + Machine Book 1) [4]
Derr, Megan - Burning Bright [2]; Stone Rose [3]; Poison [3]; Chaos [2]; Magic & Mischief [4]; Only You [3]
Ellis, Timothy - Queen Jane [4]; Snark's Quest [2];
Foner, E.M. - Human Test [2]
Gala, Lyn - Claimings, tails, and other alien artifacts [4]; Assimilation, Love, and Other Human Oddities [3]; Affiliations, Aliens, and Other Profitable Pursuits [4]
Grace, Viola - The Bastard Dragon [3]
Jensen, Kelly - Chaos Station [4]; Lonely Shore [4]; Skip Trace [3]; Inversion Point [4];
Phase Shift [4]; To See the Sun [3]
Masters, Zennina - Bright Side [2]
Oakley, Dan - The Forbidden Spacemage [2]
Sebastien, Cat- A Gentleman Never Keeps Score [4]
Van Natta, Carol - Heart of a Dire Wolf: Ice Age Shifters Book 3 [3]

Re-Reads
Airies, Rebecca - Tangled Bliss
Hayes, Drew - The utterly uninteresting account of Fred the Vampire
Masters, Zenina - Desperately Seeking Starlight,
Sebastien, Cat - Takes two to tumble; The Soldier's Scoundrel, The Lawrence Browne Affair, The Ruin of a Rake,

October 26 New, 34 ReReads,

Spoiler:

New
Blake, Macy - Sweet Nothings [4]; All or Nothing [3]; Nothing Ventured [3] (The Chosen Books 1-2); Hell on Earth [3]
Carter, Mina - Liking it Ruff [2]
Chandler, Mickey - Been There, Done That [4]
Cullen, Claire - Entangled [3]; Enchained [3]
Cullinan, Heidi - Dance With Me [4]
Deiner, Michelle - Breakeven [3]
Derr, Megan - Demonica [4]
Fielding, Kim - The Little Library [4]
Grant, Dorothy - Scaling the Rim [4]; Shattered Under Midnight [4]
Harper, Kaje - Love and Lint Rollers [4]
Hayes, Drew - Second Hand Curses [4]; Deadly Assessments [4];
Hogarth, M.C.A. - DreamStorm [3]
Jacen, Kris - Wait for Me [4]; Explore with Me [3]; Learn with Me[4]; Challenge Me [3]
Kimberling, Nicole - Grilled Cheese and Goblins [4]
O-Brien, K. M. - The Sculpted Ship [4]
Parrish, Roan - Natural Enemies [3]
Singh, Nalini - The Archangel's Prophecy [3] b/c of the cliffhanger ending!
Re-Reads
Blake, Macy - All or Nothing; Nothing Ventured; Sweet Nothings
Derr, Megan - Engineered Throne, Painted Crown , Lynx, The King's Harem
Ford, Rhys - Fish Stick Fridays, Hanging the Stars
Grace, Viola - Jill & the Genestalk; Violet Visions, Feather Blossoms; Calm; Catalyst; Entangled; Draining Jayne; Chase;
Harper, Kaje - Unjustified Claims
Hayes, Drew - Undeath & Taxes, Bloody Acquisitions, Fangs of the Freelancer
Hammond, T. - Team Red series (books 1-6)
Hogarth, M.C.A. - The DreamHealers series (books 1-4)
Martinez, Angel - Uncommonly Tidy Poltergeists
Sams, Candace - Electra Galaxy's Mr Interstellar Feller
Wells, Martha - All Systems Red (Murderbot)

November 19 New, 12 ReReads,

Spoiler:

New
Andrews, Ilona - Diamond Fire [4]
Brennan, Marie - A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent [4]
Carriger, Gail - The Omega Objection [4]
Derr, Megan - Once Upon a Dream [3]
Ford, Rhys - Murder & Mayhem [4]
Gala, Lyn - Expedition, Estimation, and Other Dangerous Pastimes (Claimings Book 4) [3]
Hall, Alexis - For Real [4]
Hunter, Jordan Leah - The Alecto Initiative [4]; Morning which breaks [4]; Asylum [4]; Apollyon's Gambit [4] (Loralynn Kennakris Books 1-4)
Jacen, Kris - Loving Loch [3]
Kyle, Celia - Argan [3]
Mykles, Jet - I can't fight this feeling anymore [4]
Schneider, Maria - Dragon's Egg [3]
Sosnowski, David - Happy Doomsday [3]
Wells, Martha - Artificial Condition [3], Rogue Protocol [4], Exit Strategy [3] (Murderbot #2-4)

Re-Reads
Albert, Annabeth - Beta Test
Carriger, Gail - Marine Biology, The Sumage Solution
Grace, Viola - Blood Proxy, Hard Hearted, Sudden Storm, Arguing the Basics, Blue & Alluring, Sands of Sorrow, Liquid Compassion, Hard to Fight, Dance of Time, Geared Up, Twisted Souls, Cracked Control
Harrison, Thea - Moonshadow
Michael, Sean - Crouching Vegan Hidden Werewolf
Singh, Nalini - Slave to Sensation

December 22 New, 24 ReReads,

Spoiler:

New
Aaron, Rachel - Nice Dragons Finish Last [4]; One Good Dragon Deserves Another [3]
Beecroft, Alex - Trowchester in Blue [3]; Blue-eyed Stranger [4]; Blue Steel Chain [4]; Too Many Fairy Princes [4]
Bloykin, Alma - Oddly Familiar [3]
Derr, Megan - The Mercenaries of the Stolen Moon [3]
Ford, Rhys - Tutus and Tinsel [4]
Grace, Viola - Waking Christmas [3]; Innate Write (Books 1-6) [3]
Hunter, Jordan Leah - The Bonds of Orion [4] (Loralynn Kennakris Book 4)
Masters, Zenina - Hearts Bandit [3]
Mooney, Linda - From Out of the Shadows [3]
Parrish, Roan - Rend [4]
Ripper, Kris - Gays of our lives [3]
Various - Heart 2 Heart [3]

Re-Read
Cruisie, Jennifer - Agnes and the Hitman
Derr, Megan - The High King's Golden Tongue, The Pirate of Phantom's Deep, The Heart of the Lost Star
Durreson, Amy Rae - Lord Heliodor's Retirement
Grace, Viola - Determine, Bride of Death, Bride of Midnight, Bride of Fire, Bane, Astonish
Hall, Alexis - Waiting for the Flood
Hammond, T. - Team Red books 1-6
Lowell, Nathan - In Ashes Born, To Fire Called,
Martinez, Angel - Quinn's Gambit, Flax's Pursuit, Kellen's Awakening
Quick, Amanda - Lie by Midnight

Year End Round Up
Totals
361 New books
194 Re-reads
3 Non-fiction (did not meet goal)
9 Rated 5/5

Spoiler:

Derr, Megan - Engineered Throne
Why 5? The characters are drawn so well I could relate to them and that they were doing the best they could an awful situations.
Durreson, Amy Rae - Lord Heliodor's Retirement
Why 5? Character, totally character driven. Most re-read of the 5s, possibly because it is a short story.
Fielding, Kimberly - Brute
Why 5? A surprisingly interesting read with nuances.
Foner, E.M. - Turing Test
Why 5? The premise and execution. When I finished this I immediately started it again to see what I had missed. Sadly the next in the series was not a 5.
Hammond, T. - Team Red (books 1-6).
Why 5? These didn't start out as 5s, just good books. Then I re-read them, twice and found myself recommending them.
Kelly, Carla - Courting Carrie in Wonderland
Why 5? This is the idealized great-grandparents love story of the American west. The good people are good, the bad are some what redeemable, and the future is realistic.
Lee, Sharon & Steve Miller - Neogenesis
Why 5? Korval continues....
Lennox, Cass - Blank Spaces
Why 5? Not sure if the couple will stay together, but a somewhat realistic view of dating. Also an awesome drunk scene.
Rowyn, - A Rational Arrangement & Sebastian, Cat - It Takes Two to Tumble
Why 5? I don't remember - which means these should probably not be a 5

[spindlegirl]

Please Reserve this space for Spindlegirl

1. Finished January 1: A Rock n Roll Lovestyle by Kiltie Jackson 4/5 stars
2. Finished January 3: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 5/5 stars
3. Finished January 5: Making Faces by Amy Harmon 3/5 stars (but read the last half during an 8.5 hour power outage from a Nor'easter)
4. Finished January 10: I Liked my Life by Abby Fabiaschi 1/5
5. Finished January 16: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah 5/5
6. Finished January 18: Twelve Days of Christmas by Debbie Macomber 4/5
7. Finished January 23: To all the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han 2/5
8. Finished January 28: Dashing Through the Snow by Debbie Macomber 3/5
9. Finished February 8: The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion 4/5 (3.5 but it was pretty good)
10. Finished February 26: Passing by Nella Larson 3/5 rounded up from 2.5 The New Leaf Book Club February Selection.
11. Finished April 2: The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah 3/5 rounded down from 3.5

[bfisher]

To read all of the 2018 selections of the book clubs.

MR Book Club
Jan - Whose Body - Doroithy L. Sayers

New Leaf Book Club
Feb - Passing - Nella Larsen
Mar - The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
Apr - Making History - Stephen Fry
May - The Radium Girls - Kate More
June - The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas

MR Literary Book Club
Jan -A High Wind in Jamaica - Richard Hughes
Feb - Please Look After Mom - Kyung-sook Shin
Mar - Road to Oxiana - Robert Byron
Apr - Sea of Poppies - Amitav Ghosh
May - The Vicar of Wakefield - Oliver Goldsmith

[kansaskyle]

Reading goals for 2018

1. Read at least three books on encouraging others
2. Read at least 50 books on my TBR list
3. Keep reading a priority

[latepaul]

My overall goal for 2018 is to read 62* books. Although that'll be a bit of stretch since this year (2017) I read only 31. I manage 38 in 2016 which is my highest since I've tracked these things.

I want to participate in the New Leaf Book club so the first book I read each month should be that book.

My second will be something off my TBR, specifically from my pile of "Started not reading" tagged books.

If there's a third or fourth then I'll either read from my TBR generally, perhaps catch up on a series, or just something new that catches my eye.

Books

January - 3 books

Spoiler:

1. Whose Body? D.L. Sayers - 7/10 - not bad. Not normally a genre I read.
2. How to Stop Time, Matt Haig - 8/10 - a re-read for a book club. Enjoyable.
3. Hawksmoor, Peter Ackroyd - 6/10 - challenging read. Half set in 80's London, half in 1700s.

February - 6 books

Spoiler:

4. The Dream-Quest of Vellit Boe, Kij Johnson - 7/10 - OK. Would've helped if I'd known it was a response to a HP Lovecraft story.
5. Passing, Nella Larsen - 6/10 - Novella about mixed race women 'passing' for white in early 20thC New York. Felt like I was missing stuff.
6. Broken Homes, Ben Aaronovitch - 9/10 - Enjoyable addition to the series.
7. Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer - 6/10 - Probably a good book for those that like it, not my kind of thing.
8. Foxglove Summer, Ben Aaronovitch - 8/10 - another good PC Grant book.
9. Frankenstein (1818 version), Mary Shelley - 7/10 - interesting to read the original book.

March - 12 books

Spoiler:

10. The Hanging Tree, Ben Aaronovitch - 8/10 - still enjoying the series though this book has a lot going on.
11. The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemmingway - 8/10 - Never read it before. Book club pick.
12. I Capture the Castle, Dodie Smith - 10/10 - Wow. Was surprised how much I enjoyed this.
13. The Furthest Station, Ben Aaronovitch - 7/10 - standalone PC Grant novella.
14. Three Men in a Boat, Jerome K. Jerome - 7/10 - funny but not as much as I thought it would be.
15. Love May Fail, Matthew Quick - 7/10 - not bad. By the author of Silver Linings Playbook. Hits some of the same themes.
16. The Outsider, Albert Camus (tr. Sandra Smith) - 7/10 - Feeling like I didn't quite get it. Simple language, simple story. Odd main character.
17. The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemmingway - 8/10 - re-read it to be fresh in my mind as it's short.
18. All Our Wrong Todays, Elan Mastai - 7/10 - alternate history/time-travel story with a romantic sub-plot and a rather dark section.
19. Versions of Us, Laura Barnett - 6/10 - the structure worked against enjoyment for me, though the writing was good.
20. Rule Zero, Laurence Timms - 7/10 - thriller about a magickal/psychic spy and the attempted invasion of London by a superhuman. Reminds me of H2G2 in tone.
21. The Bridge of Birds, Barry Hughart - 8/10 - a sort of Chinese myth version of the Princess Bride.

April - 12 books

Spoiler:

22. Soot, Andrew Martin - 9/10 - a 18th century murder mystery set in York and London.
23. The Story of the Stone, Barry Hughart - 8/10 - second book in the Master Li Chronicles (Bridge of Birds was the first)
24. 13 Dates, Matt Dunn - 5/10 - simplistic and implausible.
25. Eight Skilled Gentlemen, Barry Hughart - 7/10 - final in the Master Li Chronicles.
26. Last Night in Montreal, Emily St. John Mandel - 9/10 - haunting novel about leaving.
27. Making History, Stephen Fry - 7/10 - alternate reality/time-travel story.
28. Turtles All the Way Down - 8/10 - YA novel about mental health.
29. All The Good Things, Clare Fisher - 8/10 - novel about social exclusion and its effect on a young woman.
30. Holy Island, LJ Ross - 5/10 - crime thriller set on Lindisfarne. Can't decide if it's a brutal serial-killer tale or a bodice-ripper!
31. The Children Act, Ian McEwan - 8/10 - story of a marriage, of a court case, of life and death.
32. A Monster Calls, Patrick Ness - 9/10 - fantasy dealing with dealing with grief.
33. City of Stairs, Robert Jackson Bennett - 7/10 - fantasy crime/thriller. Great world-building and characters, found it a bit of a slog for some reason.

May - 7 books

Spoiler:

34. All Grown Up, Jami Attenberg - 7/10 - a novel about being single and not having any of the usual markers of adulthood (marriage, kids, career).
35. City of Blades, Robert Jackson Bennett - 7/10 - second in the Divine Cities trilogy. Enjoyed it slightly less than book 1, could have been trimmed I think.
36. On the Beach, Nevil Shute - 7/10 - kind of odd. Dated and with a flawed premise, I think. But still readable.
37. The Radium Girls, Kate Moore - 6/10 - important story about a public health issue. Bit of a slog, would rather have watched a documentary.
38. After You Left, Carol Mason - 6/10 - strange cross between a literary novel, family drama and romance. Noble but unsuccessful effort (for me)
39. The Rest of Us Just Live Here, Patrick Ness - 9/10 - what if you're not the chosen one when the apocalypse happens? What if you're just trying to figure out life, love and friendship?
40. The Crane Wife, Patrick Ness - 7/10 - based on a Japanese folk tale and a song inspired by the same. OK, not as good as the other two Ness's on this list.

June - 4 books

Spoiler:

41. Sourdough, Robin Sloan - 7/10 - weird, quirky, satirical (I think) book about tech startups and foodie hipsters in San Francisco.
42. The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas - 6/10 - overly long, confused tone. Some swashbuckling fun in there though.
43. King Lear, William Shakespeare - 7/10 - dark and depressing.
44. 84K, Claire North - 8/10 - also dark and depressing. Dystopian alternate universe.

July - 0 books

August - 6 books

Spoiler:

45. A Boy and His Dog, Harlan Ellison - 6/10 - post-apocalyptic story/novella. Seen the movie (weird, a bit disturbing) now read the source material (also weird/disturbing)
46. Measure for Measure, William Shakespeare - 7/10 - play about morality, the law and sexual behaviour. Is it a dark comedy with extended serious scenes or a drama with some farce?
47. The Good Luck of Right Now, Matthew Quick - 7/10 - collection of quirky characters on a road trip. Walks a line of showing/exploiting mental illness.
48. The Humans, Matt Haig - 7/10 - comedy of alien pretending to be human and figuring out our wacky ways. Has some dark moments despite the lighter premise.
49. Expecting Someone Taller, Tom Holt - 9/10 - comic fantasy based on The Ring Cycle. Comfort food read for me. Score not objective at all
50. The Rest of Us Just Live Here, Patrick Ness - 8/10 - when in doubt, re-read something you enjoyed!

September - 1 book

Spoiler:

51. Seeds of Time, John Wyndham - 7/10 - Short story collection. Some good stories. Some dated.

October - 2 books

Spoiler:

52. Much Ado About Nothing, William Shakespeare - 9/10 - re-read of my favourite play.
53. Coriolanus, William Shakespeare - 7/10 - read it to follow along with a podcast. Interesting take on leadership and patriotism.

November - 6 books

Spoiler:

54. The Chalk Man, C.J. Tudor - 6/10 - serial killer set in 1986/2016. Had its moments but character development was weak.
55. The Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny - 7/10 - heard it was a classic. OK. A lot of action but since characters could get resurrected consequences felt less important.
56. Lies Sleeping, Ben Aaronovitch - 8/10 - latest Rivers of London. Fun, easy read. Nothing too new here, but the things that worked about previous books in the series still working.
57. How Not to Be a Boy, Robert Webb - 8/10 - autobiography of the writer, actor, comedian. Well written and brings out a theme of gender roles which is thought-provoking.
58. Monstrous Regiment, Terry Pratchett - 8/10 - my long-standing effort to complete the series, inches forward. Decent book on women and soldiering.
59. An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, Hank Green - 6/10 - wanting to know what happened pulled me through a book with an unlikeable MC. SciFi mixed with musing on social media fame. Warning: ends on a cliff-hanger for next book.

December 6 books

Spoiler:

60. The Power, Naomi Alderman - 7/10 - What if women suddenly became more physically powerful than men? Feminist fable/thought experiment.
61. You Think It, I'll Say It; Curtis Sittenfeld - 8/10 - literary short story collection. Engaging characters if sometimes light on plot.
62. The Diabolical Miss Hyde, Viola Carr - 8/10 - steampunk murder mystery with Dr Eliza Jekyll (daughter of Henry) as a Victorian CSI (really!). Silly but fun.
63. The Man I Thought I Knew, Mike Gayle - 7/10 - story of a friendship between two men. A little predictable and "flat" but inoffensive and easy to read.
64. A Hat Full of Sky, Terry Pratchett - 8/10 - Discworld #32, Tiffany Aching #2, I enjoyed this better than the first.
65. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen - 8/10 - another classic I'd never read. Entertaining story, sometimes the language was hard to parse.

total - 65 books

(*originally 45, then I upped it to 80, then back down to 60. And finally changed it to 62 because that's 2 x 31, last year's total)

[Kokomo Lee]

Goal: Keep Reading!

I don't contribute a lot to MobileRead, but posting my books is a way to keep touch with the community. This is going to be a challenging year, but I will put up the same goals as last year.

2018 Goals:
Read at least 7 books per month
Include 1 new (to me) author per month
Remember to read previously-purchased books
Remember to post them on Mobileread (I continue to work on this one...)

Book Rating/Comments (I'm a harsh critic: most books end up in the 3 range, and a score of 5 is a rare rating...)
1: Awful, or did not finish
2: Not great, or not to my taste
3: Average
4: Good. Would read again.
5: Great! A prominent place in my library.


JANUARY - Here we go!!
1 Artemis - Andy Weir (rating 4.5)
2 Margarita Nights - Phyllis Smallman (new author, rating 1)
3 Welcome To The Madhouse - S E Sasaki (new author, rating 3.5)
4 Massacre at Whiskey Flats - William and J A Johnstone (rating 3.5)
5 Blood Moon - Alexandra Sokoloff (rating 3.5) Huntress/FBI Thrillers 2
6 Hostile Territory - T.L. Knighton (rating 3.5) Tommy Reilly 2
7 Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics - Dan Harris (new author, rating 3.5)
8 Spy Schools: how the CIA, FBI and foreign intelligence secretly exploit America’s universities - Daniel Golden (rating 2.5)

Re-read the Dowser series in anticipation of the upcoming 7th book release
All books have a rating of 3.5 or 4, and the author is Meghan Ciana Doidge
9 Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic, Dowser 1
10 Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic, Dowser 2
11 Treasures, Demons, and Other Black Magic, Dowser 3
12 Shadows, Maps, and Other Ancient Magic, Dowser 4
13 Maps, Artifacts, and Other Arcane Magic, Dowser 5
14 Artifacts, Dragons, and Other Lethal Magic, Dowser 6

FEBRUARY - Hearts and Groundhogs for All!
15 The Easter Rising - Hourly History (rating 3)
16 The Girl in the Woods - Gregg Olsen (new author, rating 3.5)
17 Champagne, Misfits, and other Shady Magic - Meghan Ciana Doidge (rating 3.5) Dowser 7
18 Operation Hail Storm - Brett Arquette (new author, rating 3.5)
19 Race to Deep Abignon - Steve Jordan (rating 3.5)
20 The Case of the Missing Letter - Alison Golden (rating 3.5) Inspector Graham 5
21 Whiskey Beach - Nora Roberts (rating 4)

MARCH - A little rain, a little sun
22 Cold Welcome - Elizabeth Moon (rating 3) Rating 4 for 3/4 of the book, minus 1 for weak ending
23 Terminal Alliance - Jim C Hines (new author, rating 1.5)
24 Easy Go - Michael Crichton writing as John Lange (rating 3.5)

Sorry for the delay in posting: 2 different family emergencies in a row

25 Taken - Victoria DeLuis (rating 4) Rune Witch 1
25 Hidden - Victoria DeLuis (rating 3.5) Rune Witch 2
26 The Case of the Missing Letter - Alison Golden (rating 3) Inspector Graham 5
27 The Chronicles of Luna City - Celia Hayes (new author, rating 3.5) Luna City 1
28 The Second Chronicles of Luna City - Celia Hayes (rating 3.5) Luna City 1
29 Hero at the Fall - Alwyn Hamilton (rating 3.5) Rebel 3

APRIL
30 We are NOT Buying a Camper - Karen Musser Nortman (rating 3) Frannie Shoemaker 0.5
31 The 12 Slays of Christmas - edited by Abby Vandiver (new authors, rating 3 overall)
32 Pineapple Lies - Amy Vansant (new author, rating 3) Pineapple Port 1
33 An Aegean April - Jeffrey Siger (rating 3.5)
34 The Bohemian and the Businessman - Katy Regnery (new author, rating 3)
35 The Grey Man: Vignettes - JL Curtis (new author, rating 3)
36 Dr RV Shrink - Richard E Malleryy (new author, rating 3)
37 Milk Run - Nathan Lowell (rating 3.5) Smugglers Tales 1
38 Suicide Run - Nathan Lowell (rating 3.5) Smugglers Tales 2
39 Bud for the Grace of God - SE Sasaki (rating 3)

MAY
40 The Grey Man: Payback - JL Curtis (rating 3) Grey Man 2
41 Rare Stakes - Michelle Fox (rating 2.5)
42 The Driver - Hart Hanson (new author, rating 3.5)
43 Luna City 3.1 - Celia Hayes (rating 3)
44 The Grey Man: Changes - JL Curtis (rating 3) Grey Man 3
45 Land of Careful Shadows - Suzanne Chazin (new author, rating 3.5)
46 Hot and Badgered - Shelly Laurenston (rating 3.5)
47 Hail Warning - Brett Arquette (rating 3) Hail 2
48 Under an English Heaven: An Ellie Kent Mystery - Alice K Boatwright (new author, rating 3)
49 The Grey Man: Partners - JL Curtis (rating 3.5) Grey Man 4
50 The Director and the Don Juan - Katy Regnery (rating 2.5) Storey Sisters 2
51 The Grey Man: Twilight - JL Curtis (rating 4) Grey Man 5
52 The Stones of Silence - Peter Grant (rating 3) Cochrane’s Company 1

JUNE - Summer Time!
53 Armed & Fabulous - Camilla Chafer (new author, rating 2) Lexi 1
54 The Christmas Letter: Kathi Daley (new author, rating 3)
55 Luna City IV - Celia Hayes (rating 3) Luna 4
56 Into the Fire - Elizabeth Moon (rating 3.5) Vatta’s Peace 2
57 In Too Deep - KC Steward (new author, rating 3.5) Adirondack 5
58 The Pub Across the Pond - Mary Carter (new author, rating 3)
59 A Fifth of Luna City - Celia Hayes (rating 3.5) Luna 5
60 Uncharted - Sarah A Hoyt and Kevin J Anderson (Rating 2.5)
61 Shattered Under Midnight - Dorothy Grant (rating 3.0)

JULY - Heat and Fireworks!
62 Iron and Magic - Ilona Andrews (rating 3.5) Hugh 1
63 Straight Outta Tombstone - Edited by David Boop (rating 3.5)
Florida - Lauren Groff (new author, did not finish)
64 Misfits, Gemstones, and Other Shattered Magic - Meghan Ciana Doidge (rating 3.5) Dowser 8
65 My Secret to Bear - Becca Fanning (new author, rating 2.75)
66 Lone Star Sons - Celia Hayes (rating 3.5) Sons 1
67 One Half Dozen of Luna city - Celia Hayes (rating 3.5)

[Indio777]

Usual rather vague goals: more non-fiction, more "classics" in literature. But also a bit more specific, including Victorian novels & Russian literature, Gene Wolfe's "Sun" cycles. Also Proust.

• 01. Kept - D.J. Taylor (03 Jan.)

• 02. The Knight - Gene Wolfe (Jan.)

• 03. The Wizard - Gene Wolfe (Jan.)

• 04. Pirate Freedom - Gene Wolfe (Jan.)

• 05. Sorceror's House - Gene Wolfe (Jan.)

• 06. Peace - Gene Wolfe (Jan.)

• 07. The Land Across - Gene Wolfe (Jan.)

• 08. An Evil Guest - Gene Wolfe (Jan.)

• 09. North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell (Jan.)

• 10. Holy Desperation - Heather King (Jan.)

• 11. Redeemed - Heather King (Jan.)

• 12. Mary Barton - Elizabeth Gaskell (Jan.)

• 13. Congo: the Epic History of a People - David Van Reybrouck (Jan.)

• 14. The Warden (Barsetshire 1) - Anthony Trollope (Jan.)

• 15. Barchester Towers (Barsetshire 2) - Anthony Trollope (Jan.)

• 16. Dr. Thorne (Barsetshire 3) - Anthony Trollope (Feb.)

• 17. The House of Government - Yuri Slezkine (Feb.)

• 18. Revival - Stephen King (Feb.)

• 19. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens (Feb.)

• 20. A Concise History of Russia - Paul Bushkovitch (Feb.)

• 21. Nicholas Nickleby - Charles Dickens (Feb.)

• 22. Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens (Feb.)

• 23. Framley Parsonage (Barsetshire 4) - Anthony Trollope (Feb.)

• 24. The Small House at Allington (Barsetshire 5) - Anthony Trollope (Feb.)

• 25. The Old Curiosity Shop - Charles Dickens (Feb.)

• 26. The Last Chronicle of Barsetshire (Barsetshire 6) - Anthony Trollope (Feb.)

• 27. Barnaby Rudge - Charles Dickens (Feb.)

• 28. Martin Chuzzlewit - Charles Dickens (Mar.)

• 29. Can You Forgive Her? (Palliser 1) - Anthony Trollope (Mar.)

• 30. Summerland - Michael Chabon (Mar.)

• 31. Phineas Finn (Palliser 2) - Anthony Trollope (Mar.)

• 32. Russia in Flames: War, Revolution, Civil War 1914-1921 - Laura Engelstein (Mar.)

• 33. The Eustace Diamonds (Palliser 3) - Anthony Trollope (Mar.)

• 34. Phineas Redux (Palliser 4) - Anthony Trollope (Mar.)

• 35. The Prime Minister (Palliser 5) - Anthony Trollope (Mar.)

• 36. The Duke's Children (Palliser 6) - Anthony Trollope (Apr.)

• 27. Dombey & Son - Charles Dickens (Apr.)

• 38. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens (Apr.)

• 29. Bleak House - Charles Dickens (Apr.)

• 40. Hard Times - Charles Dickens (Apr.)

• 41. A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens (Apr.)

• 42. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens (Apr.)

• 43. The Last London - Iain Sinclair (Apr.)

• 44. Our Mutual Friend - Charles Dickens (May)

• 45. After Silence - Jonathan Carroll (May)

• 46. Where All the Light Tends to Go - David Joy (May)

• 47. Pravda - Edward Docx (May)

• 48. Natural Causes - James Oswald (May)

• 49. London & the South-East - David Szalay (May)

• 50. Above the Waterfall - Ron Rash (May)

• 51. Bones of the Moon - Jonathan Carroll (May)

• 52. The Wooden Sea - Jonathan Carroll (May)

• 53. Glass Soup - Jonathan Carroll (May)

• 54. The Efficiency Paradox - Edward Tenner (May)

• 55. China: Its History and Culture - W. Scott Morton & Charlton M. Lewis (May)

• 56. The Land of Laughs - Jonathan Carroll (May)

• 57. The Tragedy of Liberation: a History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-1957 - Frank Dikotter (May)

• 58. Mao's Great Famine - Frank Dikotter (May)

• 59. The World Made Straight - Ron Rash (May)

• 60. The Cultural Revolution: a People's History 1962-1976 - Frank Dikotter (May)

• 61. Voice of Our Shadow - Jonathan Carroll (May)

• 62. Everything Under the Heavens: How the Past Helps Shape China's Push for Global Power - Howard W. French (May)

• 63. Saints at the River - Ron Rash (May)

• 64. The Risen - Ron Rash (May)

• 65. Kaputt - Curzio Malaparte (May)

• 66. The End of the Asian Century - Michael R. Auslin (May)

• 67. The Skin - Curzio Malaparte (May)

• 68. The Kremlin Ball - Curzio Malaparte (May)

• 69. Generations of Winter - Vassily Aksyonov (June)

• 70. The Winter's Hero - Vassily Aksyonov (June)

• 71. Life and Fate - Vasily Grossman (June)

• 72. Everything Flows - Vasily Grossman (June)

• 73. One Foot in Eden - Ron Rash (June)

• 75. The Heavenly Table - Donald Ray Pollock (June)

• 76. Orfeo - Richard Powers (June)

• 77. The Siege - Helen Dunmore (June)

• 78. Kissing the Beehive - Jonathan Carroll (June)

• 79. Emotional Weird - Kate Atkinson (June)

• 80. Lady Audley's Secret - Mary Elizabeth Braddon (June)

• 81. The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins (June)

• 82. Poor Miss Finch - Wilkie Collins (June)

• 83. Man & Wife - Wilkie Collins (July)

• 84. Armadale - Wilkie Collins (July)

• 85. Heart of Europe: a History of the Holy Roman Empire - Peter H. Wilson (July)

• 86. No Name - Wilkie Collins (July)

• 87. Basil - Wilkie Collins (July)

• 88. Hide & Seek - Wilkie Collins (July)

• 89. The Habsburg Empire: a New History - Peter M. Judson (July)

• 90. The Law & the Lady - Wilkie Collins (July)

• 91. The Dead Secret - Wilkie Collins (July)

• 92. Touch - Claire North (July)

• 93. Twilight of Empire: the Tragedy at Mayerling & the End of the Habsburgs - Greg King & Penny Wilson (July)

• 94. Aurora Floyd - Mary Elizabeth Braddon (July)

• 95. John Marchmont's Legacy - Mary Elizabeth Braddon (July)

• 96. East Lynne - Ellen Wood (July)

• 97. Cometh Up as a Flower - Rhoda Broughton (July)

• 98. Belinda - Rhoda Broughton (July)

• 99. The Doctor's Wife - Mary Elizabeth Braddon (July)

• 100. The Moonstone - Wilkie Collins (July)

• 101. Jezebel's Daughter - Wilkie Collins (July)

• 102. Barry Lyndon - William Thackeray (August)

• 103. The History of Pendennis - William Thackeray (August)

• 104. The Newcomes - William Thackeray (August)

• 105. Vanity Fair - William Thackeray (August)

• 106. The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. - William Thackeray (August)

• 107. Victorious Century - David Cannadine (September)

• 108. He Knew He Was Right - Anthony Trollope (September)

• 109. Rachel Ray - Anthony Trollope (September)

• 110. The Victorian City - Judith Flanders (September)

• 111. Life at the Bottom - Theodore Dalrymple (September)

• 112. Lady Anna - Anthony Trollope (September)

• 113. Foundation (History of England 1) - Peter Ackroyd (September)

• 114. Tudors (History of England 2) - Peter Ackroyd (September)

• 115. The Way We Live Now - Anthony Trollope (September)

• 116. Rebellion (History of England 3) - Peter Ackroyd (September)

• 117. Revolution (History of England 4) - Peter Ackroyd (September)

• 118. Adam Bede - George Eliot (September)

• 119. Inside the Victorian Home: a Portrait of Domestic Life in Victorian England - Judith Flanders (September)

• 120. The Mill on the Floss - George Eliot (September)

• 121. The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death & Detection & Created Modern Crime - Judith Flanders (October)

• 122. A Royal Experiment: the Private Lives of King George III & Queen Charlotte - Janice Hadlow (October)

• 123. A Fiery & Furious People: a History of Violence in England - James Sharpe (October)

• 124. Middlemarch - George Eliot (September)

• 125. Felix Holt: the Radical - George Eliot (September)

• 126. The Fighters - C. J. Chivers (October)

• 127. The Rook - Daniel O'Malley (October)

• 128. Stiletto - Daniel O'Malley (October)

• 129. City of Stairs - Robert Jackson Bennet (October)

• 130. City of Blades - Robert Jackson Bennet (October)

• 131. City of Miracles - Robert Jackson Bennet (November)

• 132. Christendom Destroyed: Europe 1517-1648 (Penguin History of Europe) - Mark Greengrass (November)

• 133. The Gray House - Mariam Petrosyan (November)

• 134. Little Sister Death - William Gay (November)

• 135. The Devil All the Time - Donald Ray Pollard (November)

• 136. Knockemstiff - Donald Ray Pollard (November)

• 137. Daniel Deronda - George Eliot (November)

• 138. Dark Sleeper (Western Lights 1) - Jeffrey E. Barlough (November)

• 139. The House in the High Wood (Western Lights 2) - Jeffrey E. Barlough (December)

• 140. Breathless - Dean Koontz (December)

• 141. Angels - Denis Johnson (December)

• 142. Strange Cargo (Western Lights 3) - Jeffrey E. Barlough (December)

• 143. Bertram of Butter Cross (Western Lights 4) - Jeffrey E. Barlough (December)

[LIST]143. Anchorwick (Western Lights 5) - Jeffrey E. Barlough (December)

[CharredScribe]

I want to read 50 books this year. Also, I didn't track very well in 2017. I want to do better this year.

January
1. The Bone Woman by Clea Koff - 4/5
2. Glowfly Dance by Jade Gibson - 4/5
3. Conclave by Robert Harris - 5/5

February
4. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi - 4/5
5. The Yearning by Mohale Mashigo - 4/5
6. Munich by Robert Harris - 3/5
7. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah - 3/5
8. Season of Crimson Blossoms by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim - 4/5

March
9. Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng - 4/5

April to September
10. Before the Fall by Noah Hawley - 3/5
11. I Will Find You by Joanna Connors - 5/5
12. The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer - 4/5
13. The Zombie Room by RD Donald - 2.5/5
14. The Disappearance by Anabel Kantaria - 4/5
15. Death at La Fenice (Brunetti 1) by Donna Leon - 4/5
16. Death in a Strange Country (Brunetti 2) by Donna Leon - 4/5
17. The Anonymous Venetian (Brunetti 3) by Donna Leon - 4/5
18. First Response by Stephen Leather - 4/5
19. The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson - 4/5
20. Coming Home by Anabel Kantaria - 4/5
21. Marrow by Tarryn Fisher - 4/5
22. The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey - 4/5
23. Cold Fire by Dean Koontz - 3/5
24. Sight Unseen by Robert Goddard - 4/5
25. Divided Lives by Lyndall Gordon - 4/5
26. Past Caring by Robert Goddard - 4/5
27. Long Time Coming by Robert Goddard - 4/5
28. In Pale Battalions by Robert Goddard - 4/5
29. Days Without Number by Robert Goddard - 4/5
30. Borrowed Time by Robert Goddard - 4/5
31. Pompeii by Robert Harris - 3/5
32. Oliver Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout - 2.5/5
33. Fault Line by Robert Goddard - 4/5
34. Touching the Void by Joe Simpson - 4/5
35. Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer - 4/5
36. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood - 5/5

October
37. Winterland by Alan Glynn - 2.5/5
38. Twisted by Andrew Kaufman - 2/5
39. Thirteen Cents by K. Sello Duiker - 3/5

[jselby]

I'm going to start this year with my amended goal from last year.

24 books of length > 150 pages

In Progress

• The Unreal and the Real - Ursula K. Le Guin

Completed

1. Neuromancer (Sprawl 1) - William Gibson
2. Cibola Burn (Expanse #4) - James S.A. Corey
3. The Collapsing Empire - John Scalzi
4. The Boy on the Bridge - M. R. Carey
5. Children of Time - Adrian Tchaikovsky
6. Nemesis Games (Expanse #5) - James S.A. Corey
7. The Aeronaut's Windlass (The Cinder Spires #1) - Jim Butcher
8. The Family Plot - Cherie Priest
9. All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1) - Martha Wells
10. The Ballad of Black Tom - Victor LaValle
11. Sandman Slim (Sandman Slim #1) - Richard Kadrey
12. Kill the Dead (Sandman Slim #2) - Richard Kadrey
13. The Paladin Prophecy (The Paladin Prophecy #1) - Mark Frost

[Waylander]

1. January: 8 books read
2. February: 10 books read
3. March: 10 books read
4. April: 7 books read
5. May: 6 books read
6. June: 7 books read
7. July: 7 books read
8. August: 10 books read
9. September: 16 books read
10. October: 7 books read
11. November: 8 books read
12. December: 12 books read

Total books read in 2018: 108

[MDRobinson]

Here is my challenge for the year. Yes, I can cheat by using one book for more than one category but until I hit to goal, I think this is ALREADY challenging enough as it is. I adapted this from a forum I had come across on Fantasy/Sci-Fi but wanted to expand it to things I don't normally read.

Sadly, I am not doing very well, but the more places I put it, the better reminders I will have to GET IT DONE!

52 Week Reading Challenge 2018 (one for each week of the year):
1. A book by your favorite author.
2. A book by an author whose work you haven't read previously. The Scarlet Pimpernil by Emma Orczy.
3. A book released in the year you were born.
4. A book released in 2018.
5. A book released in 2008.
6. A book released in 1998.
7. A book released in 1988.
8. A book released in 1978.
9. A book released in 1968.
10. A book released in 1958.
11. A book released in 1948.
12. A book released in 1938.
13. A book released in 1928.
14. A book released in 1918.
15. A book released in the 20th Century [outside the years above]. The Scarlet Pimpernil by Emma Orczy.
16. A book released in the 19th Century.
17. A book that has had a movie or TV adaptation. The Scarlet Pimpernil by Emma Orczy.
18. A book written after a movie or TV.
19. A female author. The Scarlet Pimpernil by Emma Orczy.
20. A male author.
21. A graphic novel.
22. A fiction.
23. A romance. The Scarlet Pimpernil by Emma Orczy.
24. A fantasy.
25. A sci-fi.
26. A suspense/paranormal.
27. An action/crime/adventure.
28. A war.
29. A thriller.
30. A mystery.
31. A historical fiction.
32. A Native American.
33. A young adult book.
34. A western.
35. A literature classic. The Scarlet Pimpernil by Emma Orczy.
36. A non-fiction.
37. An author's debut book.
38. An author from your state/province/country.
39. A book originally published in a language other than English.
40. A book by an African author.
41. A book by an Asian author.
42. A book by an Australian author.
43. A book by a European author. The Scarlet Pimpernil by Emma Orczy.
44. A book by a North American author.
45. A book by a South American author.
46. A book set in Africa.
47. A book set in Antarctica.
48. A book set in Asia.
49. A book set in Australia.
50. A book set in Europe. The Scarlet Pimpernil by Emma Orczy.
51. A book set in North America.
52. A book set in South America.