The 2020 Annual Reading Challenge List Thread

[ShortNet]

Keeping Track! Possibly reading more non-work non-fiction.

JANUARY

Spoiler:

Airies, Melissa - Elf Wish [3]
Cooper, R. - Tit for Tat [3]
Derr, Megan - Godfrey and the Detective [2]
Drake, Jocelynn - Shiver [3]; Lucas [2]
Draper, Kaye - Reluctant Necromancer series (1-5) [4]
Durreson, Amy - The Holly Groweth Green [3]; In Heaven and Earth [4]
Easton, Eli - Christmas Angel [3]
Foner, Eric - Independent Living [5]; Assisted Living [4];
Gala, Lyn - Clockwork Pirate [4]
Grace, Viola - Kissing Krampus [3]
Harper, Ada - A Conspiracy of Whispers [5]
Hayes, Drew - Undeading Bells [4]
Himes, SJ - The Solstice Prince [3]
Jane, Alex - Tinsel Fixes Everything [3]
Kingsley, Liam- Blackwater Pack series (1-6) [3]
Lindsay, EM - To Touch the Light [3]
Martin, Anna - Let it Sew [3]; Lone Wolf [4]
Oliver, Lisa - Rowan and the Wolf [2]
Phoenix, Nora - Firm Hand [3]; Gentle Hand [3];
West, Xan - Their Troublesome Crush [4]

Re-Read
Andrews, Ilona - Burn for Me, White Hot, Wildfire, Diamond Fire, Sapphire Flames, Clean Sweep, Sweep in Peace
Gala, Lyn - Aberrant Magic (books 1-4)

FEBRUARY

Spoiler:

New
Alcott, Emma - Before the Call [3]
Andrews, Donna - Murder with Peacocks [5]
Babylon, Blair - Dragon's Den Casino (books 1-3) [3]
Bock, Kris - Furrever Friends (books 1-3) [3]
Bugoine, 'Nathan - Handmade Holidays [2]; Faux Ho Ho [3]
Burrowes, Grace - My One and Only Duke [4]
Cullen, Claire - The Lost Pack (books 1-5) [3]
Foner, Eric - Freelance on the Galactic Tunnel Network [3]
Gray, C.W. - The Rebel's Mate [3]; Candy Hearts and a Witch's Ring [2]
Grace, Viola - An Unfortunate Heir [3]
Jane, Alex - The Arrangement [4], Home is Where You Are [4]; Returning Home [3]; Longing for Shelter [3]
Lindsay, E. M. - Renegades [4]; Temptation [3]
Long, Julie Anne - Lady Derring Takes a Lover [4]
Notaro, Michele - Ellwood Chronicles (books 1-3) [3]
Oliver, Lisa - Stay True to Me [2]
Phoenix, Nora - Ballsy Boys (books 1-5) [4]; Kinky Boys (book 1) [4]; Snow Way Out [4]; Naughty Hand [2]
Singh, Ruchi - The Bodyguard [4]; Guardian Angel [3];
Soto, Ada Maria - And Everything Nice [3]
Weatherford, Jack - The Secret History of the Mongol Queens [4]
Z., Cari - Friendly Fire [4]

Re-Read
Alcott, Emma - After the Crash
Gala, Lyn - Aberrant Magic (books 5-6)
Lucille, Kelly - Keeping Her (books 1-3), At One's Pleasure
Soto, Ada Maria - His Quiet Agent, Merlin in the Library

MARCH

Spoiler:

Alexander, R.G. - Curious [3]
Anderson, S.E. - Starstruck [3]
Breene, K.F. - Magical Midlife Crisis [3]
Derr, Megan - Midsummer Moon (books 1-5) [3]
Drake, Taki - Social Combat [3]
Draper, Kaye - Soulromance [3]
Dunstall, S.K. - Stars Uncharted [4]
Esker, Laurie - Metal Wolf [3]
Faye, Audrey - Ghost Mountain Wolf Shifters (1-6) [4]; Dragon Kin (1-4) [3]
Fielding, Kim - Transformation [2]
Gray C.W. - Not so little merman [3]
Kingfisher, T. - Grace's Paladin [5]
Lowell, Nathan - The Wizard's Butler [4]
Phoenix, Nora - Ignite [4]; Smoulder [3]; Burn [3]
Shiloh, Hollis - Baking Bears (1-4) [3]
Wells, K.C. - Out of the Shadows [4]; Bromantically Yours [3]

Re-Read
Burrows, Grace - My One and Only Duke
Derr, Megan - Game Most Dangerous (1-2)
Drake, Taki - Unfettered Mage (1-4)
Fielding, Kim - Brute
Foner, Eric - Date Night on Union Station
Laurens, Stephanie - The Edge of Desire
Metzger, Barbara - Miss Lockharte's Letters

APRIL

Spoiler:

Adler, Isabelle - The Wolf and the Sparrow [4]
Aiken, G.A - The Blacksmith Queen [4]
Chandler, Mackay - All in Good Time [4]
Cullen, Claire - Wolf Born (Books 1-2) [3]
David, Luna - His accidental daddy [3]; Custos Security (books 1-3) [4]
Dawn, Ezra - Poke His Bear [2]
Durreson, Amy Rae - Aunt Adeline's Bequest [3]
Eidem, M.E. - Ull [3]
Foner, Eric - ConLiving [4]
Grace, Viola - Destined Enchantment (books 1-2) [3]
Grayson, Eliot - The Alpha's Warlock [3]
Harper, Kaje - Into Deep Waters [5]
Hayes, Drew - Case of the Damaged Detective [3]
Laurenston, Shelly - Badgered to the Bone [4]
Lee, A.H. - Knight and the Necromancer (books 1-3) [4]
Oliver, Lisa - Arrowtown (books 1-5) [3]
Phoenix, Nora - Slow Hand [4]
Raconteur, Honor - Breaking and Entering 1010 (Shinigami Detective bk 4) [4]
Sue, Victoria - Hunter's Creek [3]

Re-Reads
Derr, Megan - Harem Master; Lynx
Durreson, Amy - Lord Heliodor's Retirement
Laurenston, Shelly - Hot and Badgered (books 1-2)
Raconteur, Honor - Shinigami Detective (books 1-3)

MAY

Spoiler:

Carroll, Laer - The Eons Lost Orphan [2]
Cayden, R. - Brick's Geeks [3]
Claire, Nicola - Accelerating Universe [3]
Grace, Viola - Close Enough [3]; Offered to the Drake [2]
Gray, C.W. - A Mate from the Deep [3]; Healing hands [4]; Convincing the Alpha [3]
Grey, Natalie - Frank Kurns: Tales of the Unknown [3]
Hogarth, M.C.A. - Alysha Forest (1-2 books) [3]
Krpoun, RW - Grog [4]
Lindsay, E. M. - Forsaken [3]
Maddox, Maz - Heartache and Hoofbeats [3]
Masters, Zenina - Cute to the Bone [2]
Phoenix, Nora - Ziggy [4]
Winter, Izaria - Little Ollie [3]; Little Red [3]

Re-Reads
Anderele, Michael - Kutherian Gambit (books 1-7)
Gala, Lyn - Turbulence, Drift
Gray, C. W. - Blue Solace (books 1-7)
Hogarth, M.C.A. - Dreamhealers (books 1-3)
Phoenix, Nora - Daddy, Gentle Hands
Soto, Ada Marie - Empty Nests, Bowerbirds

JUNE

Spoiler:

Anthology - Love in the Springtime [3]; Working stiffs [2]
Buroker, Lindsay - Sinister Magic [2]
Church, M.A. - Dragon's Hoard [2]
Claire, Nicola - Apparent Brightness [3]
Derr, Megan - Lovesongs (books 1-2) [4]; Spell weaver [2]
Gala, Lyn - Durrance[3]
Gray, C.W. - Death's Mate
Kingfisher, T. - Clocktaur War (books 1-2) [4]; Nine Goblins [3]
Kirby, Madeline- Jake & Boo (books 1-4)
Lux, Dessa - Omega required [4]; Omega defiant [3]; Omega Winterlude [2]
Singh, Nalini - Alpha Night [5]; Wayne, Aiden - Rule of Thirds [4]; Pass it Along [4]; Counterbalance [3]; Showers, Flowers, and Fangs [3]

Re-Reads
Beck, Stephanie - Unraveling Midnight
Derr, Megan - Backwoods Asylum, Jeweled Bonds (1-3);
Gray, C.W. - Sonny and Leo
Singh, Nalini - Psy-Changlings (books 1-10)
Soto, Ada Maria - Bowerbirds

July - December... Apologies, the world got in the way. Ended up reading 583 books for the year.

[Polarpenguin]

To read & Enjoy!

1. The Dance of The Voodoo Handbag: Robert Rankin
2. Highbridge (Highbridge #1): Phil Redmond
3. Nothing But Trouble (DI Jessica Daniels #11): Kerry Wilkinson
4. Watching the Wheels: My Autobiography: Damon Hill
5. Keeper (Emily Roy & Alexis Castells #2): Johana Gustawsson
6. Cut Off (Quick Reads): Mark Billingham
7. The One Man: Andrew Gross
8. Lockdown: Peter May
9. The Quanderhorn Xperimentations: Rob Grant & Andrew Marshall
10. Their Little Secret (Tom Thorne #16): Mark Billingham








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[library addict]

I have a mix of reading goals for 2020, including:

1. Finish reading all the books in my print TBR pile (for real this year as last year I forgot about a stash of unread books I'd already put on a shelf -- oops!)
2. Read two “in-progress” series by new-to-me authors
3. Pick 10 “Must Read” books for the year from my huge digital TBR mountain (not including any new releases)

January 2020
Read 19 books.

February 2020
Read 28 books.

March 2020
Read 35 books. (though was mostly rereads *sigh*)

April 2020
Read 20 books. (still mostly rereads, but that's okay!)

May 2020
Read 13 books.

June 2020
Read 16 books.

July 2020
Read 11 books.
Completed the Twenty Winks Challenge.

August 2020
Read 27 books.

September 2020
Read 21 books.

October 2020
Read 23 books.
Completed the Alphabet Challenge Variation.

November 2020
Read 20 books.
Completed the Backlist Targeted Twenty Challenge; the 20 in 20 Phonics Challenge; and the Twenty Winks Challenge Reprise.

December 2020
Read 24 books.
Completed The Alphabet Challenge Variation Reprise; The 20/20 Hindsight Challenge; and The Tangible Twenty Challenge

Total books read - 257

[Wearever]

My goal will be to read 52 books
Rating : 1 worst \ 5 best

JANUARY :

Science fiction :
1) Space A Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke 5\5
2) Winter World ( Book 1 Long Winter Trilogy ) by AG Riddle 5\5
3) Solar War ( Book 2 Long Winter Trilogy ) by AG Riddle 4\5

Fiction :
4) Ellie Dwyers Great Escape by Jane Winger 4\5

FEBRUARY:

Fiction :
5) An Excess Male by Maggie Shen King 3\5
6) Memoires and Secretes by Jane Winger 3\5
7) In an Instant by Anne Redfearn 4\5

Science fiction :
8) China Pandemic by A.R. Shaw 4\5 Post Apocalyptic

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DECEMBER:

[tourneur]

Books I've read in 2020 along with my ratings on Goodreads.

January
1. Lost Children Archive - Valeria Luiselli **
2. Verzameld proza & nagelaten werk - Nescio ****
3. Corregidora - Gayl Jones *****
4. Vallen is als vliegen - Manon Uphoff ***
5. Beauty Is a Wound - Eka Kurniawan **


* Didn't like it
** OK
*** Good
**** Really good
***** Favorite

[PurpleStar]

How about I just read and see how many I finish? Simple. I'm not doing a goal on Goodreads either. No buying unless some favorite authors have a book out or I want to continue a series. Random sales are a no-no.

Books read:

Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
The Institute by Stephen King
Polaris Rising by Jesse Mihalik
Star Trek Picard: The Last Best Hope by Una McCormack
Green Mountain Road and Selected Stories by Leif Gregerson
Angel's Blood by Nalini Singh
Restless Hearts by B.J. Daniels
Star Trek: The Higher Frontier by Christopher L. Bennett
Force of Nature by Jane Harper
Aurora Blazing by Jesse Mihalik
Heartbreaker by B.J. Daniels
Beartown by Fredrick Bachman
Chaos Reigning by Jesse Mihalik
Her Pretty Face by Robyn Harding
Star Trek: TNG Balance of Power by Dafydd ab Hugh
Star Trek Voyager: Chrysalis by David Niall Wilson
Peace Talks by Jim Butcher
Star Trek More Beautiful Than Death by David Mack
The Vanishing by Jane Anne Krentz
The End of Her by Shari Lapena
Archangel's Kiss by Nahlini Singh.

[CRussel]

Place holder. Not sure I'll attempt this again, given how appallingly I failed this year, but hope springs eternal and all that.

[rfog]

# Listado de libros leídos en 2020

My goal: empty "The Pila(tm)".

## January

1. La Vieja Guardia - La Vieja Guardia I - Scalzi
2. Las Brigadas Fantasma - La Vieja Guardia II - Scalzi
3. Viajes morrocotudos - Juan Pérez Zúñiga
4. Ls colonia perdida - La Vieja Guardia III - Scalzi
5. La fórmula preferida del profesor - Yöko Owawa
6. La historia de Zoë - La Vieja Guardia IV - Scalizi
7. La humandiad dividida - La Vieja Guardia V - Scalzi
8. El final de todas las cosas - La Vieja Guardia y VI - Scalzi
9. La ciencia de la ciencia ficción - Lupiáñez y Pont
10. ¡Vigilen los cielos! La filosofía de la ciencia ficción - Luis Miguel Ariza
11. La pequeña Dorrit - Charles Dickens
12. Bóvedas de acero - Robots + Imperio II - Asimov
13. Justicia Auxiliar - Imperio Radch I - Anne Leckie

## February

14. El sol desnudo - Robots + Imperio III - Asimov
15. La historia de Platiner y otras narraciones - H. G. Wells (empezado en 2019)
16. Cuentos del espacio y del tiempo - H. G. Wells
17. Manual del baratero - Anónimo
18. Los egipcios - Historia Universal Asimov III - Isaac Asimov
19. Los griegos - Historia Universal Asimov IV - Isaac Asimov
20. Asesino cósmico - Curtis Garland
21. Analog SFF January-February 2020 - Various
22. The Chip - T. R. Reid
23. La invención de Morel - Adolfo Bioy Casares

## March

24. En el día de hoy - Jesús Torbado
25. Hijos de nazis - Tania Crasnianski
26. Los robots del amanecer - Robots + Imperio IV - Asimov
27. Tierranegra - J. Verne & M. Verne & A. Montagut
28. Emilia Pardo Bazán - Isabel Burdiel
29. La esfera luminosa - Cixin Liu
30. Fragmentos de honor - Vorkosigan II - Bujold

## April

31. Veinte mil leguas de viaje submarino - Jules Verne (Ed. Navarrete)
32. Relatos inéditos - Ed. SHJV - Jules Verne
33. Entrevistas con Jules Verne - Ariel Pérez (Compilador)
34. El derecho en Tolkien - José María Miranda Boto
35. Atlas de los lugares soñados - Dominique Lanni
36. De la Tierra a la Luna - Verne (Ed. Nórdica)
37. Historia universal de las exploraciones - Vol I - VVAA
38. Dostoyevsky. Su vida y su obra - Rafael Cansinos Assens
39. The Mask of the Prophet – Andrew Martin
40. Verne’s Journey to the Centre of the Self – William Butcher
41. La sonrisa etrusca – José Luis Sampedro
42. El eterno marido - Dostoievsky
43. El aprendiz de guerrero - Vorkosigan III - Bujold
44. Fronteras del infinito - Vorkosigan S/N - Bujold
45. El principito - Saint-Exupéry
46. El juego de los Vor - Vorkosigan IV - Bujold
47. El jugador - Dostoievsky
48. Mirando atrás - Edward Bellami

## May
49. El despertar del Leviatán - The Expanse I - James S. A. Corey
50. Una ciudad flotante - Verne
51. Los forzadores de bloqueos (De Glasgow a Charlestón) - Verne
52. The Calculating Stars - Lady Astronaut I - Robinette Kowal
53. Máquinas como yo - Ian McEwan
54. El abogado gladiador - C.F. Americana Aguilar I.I - Frederik Pohl & K
55. La lucha contra las pirámides - C.F. Americana Aguila I.II - Frederik Pohl & K
56. Los mercaderes del espacio - C.F. Americana Aguilar I.III - Pohl & K
57. Búasqueda en el cielo - C.F. Americana Aguilar I.IV - Pohl & K
58. La marcha del borracho - C.F. Americana Aguilar I.V - Pohl & K
59. Nave de esclavos - C.F. Americana Aguilar I.VI - Pohl & K
60. Jules Verne, dos siglos después - Ariel Pérez
61. Dakkar. The true story of Captain Nemo - Ron Miller
62. Doc Savage, el Hombre de Acero - Kenneth Robeson
63. Rebeldes en Dangha - El Orden Estelar I - A. Thorkent

## June
64. Apolo 11 - Eduardo García Llama
65. Robots e Imperio - Robots + Imperio V - Asimov
66. Los brujos de Lero - El Orden Estelar II - A. Thorkent
67. El misterio del “Agua Azul” - Wren
68. The Pursuit of Pankera - Heinlein
69. Apolo 11 - Eduardo García Llama
70. Las corrientes del espacio - Robots + Imperio VII - Asimov
71. Asimov's SF Magazine July/August 2020
72. Extraños terrícolas - C.F. Americana Aguilar II.II - Frederick Pohl
73. Órbita ilimitada - C.F. Americana Aguilar II.III - Frederick Pohl

## July
74. Huida a las estrellas - El Orden Estelar III - A. Thorkent
74. Historia de los estudios vernianos - Jean-Micher Margot
75. En la arena estelar - Robots + Imperio VI - Asimov
76. El gato que atraviesa las paredes - Heinlein
77. La onda cerebral - C.F. Americana Aguilar II.IV - Pohl
78. Un mundo en el crepúsculo - C.F. Americana Aguilar II.V - Pohl
79. Love and other poisons - Silvia Moreno-Garcia
80. El retorno de los dragones - Crónicas de la Dragonlance I - Weiss & Hickman
81. El infinito en un junco - Irene Vallejo

## August
82. Cetaganda - Vorkosigan V - Bujold
83. Diario de un librero - Shaun Bythell
84. Fundación - Robots + Imperio VIII - Asinmov
85. Fundación e imperio - Robots + Imperio IX - Asimov
86. El giro - Stephen Greenblatt
87. Segunda Fundación - Robots + Imperio X - Asimov
88. Ethan de Athos - Vorkosigan VI - Bujold
89. Sistemas críticos - Murderbot I - Martha Wells
90. Los Altísimos - Hugo Correa
91. Axiomático - Greg Egan
92. El juego de Ender - Orson Scott Card
93. Take control of iCloud - Joe Kissel
94. Invernáculo - Brian Aldiss
95. Sus... pense. Cómo se escribe una novela - Patricia Highsmith
96. Historia universal de las exploraciones - II El Renacimiento - VV.AA.
97. La sombra de Ender - Orson Scott Card
98. Canción de Navidad - Charles Dickens
99. Corrientes alternas - C.F. Norteamericana Aguilar III.I - Pohl
100. El devorador del mundo - C.F. Norteamericana Agular III.II - Pohl
101. La vuelta al mundo en 80 días - Jules Verne
102. Rascacielos - J. G. Ballard
103. La raza futura - Edward Bulwer-Lytton
104. Siete historias del futuro - C.F. Norteamericana Aguilar III.III - Pohl
105. Las lunas de Marte - C.F. Norteamericana Aguilar III.IV - Pohl
106. El abominable terrícola - C.F. Norteamericana Aguilar y III.V - Pohl

## September
107. Artificial Condition - Murderbot II - Martha Wells
108. Hermanos de armas - Bujold
109. Rogue Protocol - Murderbot III - Martha Wells
110. Cuentos ilustrados completos Nilo Ma Fabra
111. Las campanas - Dickens

## October
112. Los ingleses en el Polo Norte
113. El desierto de hielo
114. La Guerra Fría - Odd Arne Westad
115. Cinco semanas en globo - Verne
116. Los Límites de la Fundación - Asimov
117. Fundación y Tierra - Asimov
118. Las aventuras de tres rusos y de tres ingleses - Verne
119. Ciencia y el Cosmos del siglo XXI - VVAA
120. The science fiction of Isaac Asimov - Joseph F- Patrouch
121. El fin del imperio - La interdependencia I - Scalzi
122. El imperio en llamas - La interdependencia II - Scalzi

## November
123. Los tejedores de cabellos - Andreas Eschbach
124. La caída del dragón - Peter F. Hamilton
125. Rey blanco - Juan Gómez-Jurado
126. La invención de la ciencia - David Wootton
127. El Imperio Final - Nacidos de la Bruma I - Sanderson

## December
128. Un mago de Terramar - Terramar I - LeGuin
129. Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2020 11 12
130. Esto no estaba en mi libro de Historia del Imperio Español - Barbadillo
131. Analog SFF Noviembre-Diciembre 2020 - VVAA
132. Un mundo desconocido - Pierre de Sélènes
133. Exhalación - Ted Chiang
134. El Pozo de las Ascensión - Nacidos de la Bruma II - Sanderson
135. Cosmos: Mundos posibles - Ann Druyan
136. Stoner - John Williams
137. Danza de espejos - Vorkosigan 14 - Bujold
138. 4 caminos hacia el perdón - LeGuin
139. Recuerdos - Vorkosigan 15 - Bujold
140.

## Other
1. Dictionnaire des personnes citées par Jules Verne Volume I - Alexandre Tarriew
2. Jules Verne dans le Musee des Familles - Compilation de Piero Gondolo della Riva

## Not read
- El Cercano Oriente - Historia Universal Asimov I - Asimov
- La tierra de Canaán - Historia Universal Asimov II - Asimov
- Ortega y Gasset, el gran maestro - Agapito Maestre Sánchez
- El enigma Dickens - Urresti
- False Steps: The Space Race as It Might Have Been - Paul Drye
- En Órbitas Extrañas IV - Ramón Somoza (infantil y desbarre)
- Guerra y Paz - Tolstoi
- Panteón - Carlos Sisí
- Los primeros hombres en la Luna - Wells (ya leído)
- Guardianes del tiempo - Pohl - C.F. Americana Aguilar II.I - Frederick Pohl (ya leído)
- El largo viaje a un planeta iracundo (demasiado intrascendente)
- Analog SFF Magazine Judy/August 2020
- The Expanse, starting half of the second book.
- The Rentless Moon - Lady Astronaunt III (igual que los anteriores)
- Community of magic pens - Varios (cuentecillos monotemáticos sin valor alguno)
- Missing signal
- Heart of Iron
- Carpe Glitter
- The stowaway debutante
- Poison Fairies: the landfill war
- Modern Surprises
- The Traveling Triple-C Incorporeal Circus
- The Burglar of Sliceharbor
- From Haven to Hell
- A Gentleman and a Scholar
- Of Tempests and Teacups
- New Atlantis
- Escape
- Capture
- The Heart of the Circle
- In the Vanishers’ Palace
- Alphaland
- The Simoqin Prophecies
- The Legacy Human
- The Silence of the Wilting Skin
- Los hombres paradójicos (no aporta nada nuevo)
- Ciudad Permutación (ininteligible)
- Diáspora (ininteligible)
- Visión ciega (no me termina de convencer)
- Una historia de Dios (menudo truño, visto desde perspectiva completamente religiosa).
- Motín - Starship I - Mike Resnick (Una burda copia de Harrington, con errores).
- Las páginas del mar - Sergio Martínez (no aporta nada nuevo)

FINISHED

[Kibiras]

I'm in.

[Dngrsone]

Shooting for an even 100 this year

1. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea by Charles Seife 01/01
2. Playing for Keeps by Mur Lafferty 01/02
3. The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett 01/07
4. Political Tribes by Amy Chua 01/12
5. A Star in the Void by L. J. Cohen 01/14
6. Bring Me Their Hearts by Sara Wolf 01/17
7. To Kill and Kill Again: The Terrifying True Story of Montana's Baby-Faced Serial Sex Murderer by John Coston 01/18
8. Head On by John Scalzi 01/18
9. The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski 01/19
10. We Are the Nerds by Christine Logorio-Chafkin 01/25
11. Pickle Pie by George Saoulidis 01/26
12. A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett 01/27
13. Me by Elton John 02/01
14. Cod by Mark Kurlansky 02/10
15. Provenance (Audio) by Ann Leckie 02/13
16. Find Me Their Bones by Sara Wolf 02/16
17. Girl on Mars by Jack McDonald Burnett 02/17
18. Hit by J. A. Konrath 02/21
19. The Goblin Emperor (Audio) by Katherine Addison 02/26
20. Ancestral Night by Elizabeth Bear 02/29
21. Exposed by J. A. Konrath 03/02
22. In Enemy Hands (Audio) by David Weber 03/11
23. Playing the Whore by Melissa Gira Grant 03/14
24. Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan 03/23
25. Gideon the Ninth (Audio) by Tamsyn Muir 03/27
26. Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski 04/02
27. The Accidental God by Casey Matthews 04/03
28. We are Legion (We are Bob) (Audio) by Dennis E Taylor 04/06
29. The Search for Nefertiti: The True Story of an Amazing Discovery by Dr. Joann Fletcher 04/11
30. Funny, You Don't Look Autistic by Michael McCreary 04/15
31. The Last Emperox by John Scalzi 04/17
32. Mistakes Were Made by Casey Matthews 04/19
33. Odd Thomas (Audio) by Dean Koontz 04/27
34. For We Are Many (Audio) by Dennis E Taylor 04/29
35. The Secret Life of Fat by Sylvia Tara 04/30
36. Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm a Supervillian (Audio) by Richard Roberts 05/06
37. The Golem and the Jinni (Audio) by Helene Wicker 05/19
38. Broken Angels by Richard K Morgan 05/19
39. Only Broken Things are Free by Casey Matthews 05/24
40. Network Effect by Martha Wells 05/30
41. The Wrecking Crew by Kent Hartman 06/02
42. Ashes of Victory (Audio) by David Weber 06/08
43. How to Train Your Dragon (Audio) by Cressida Cowell 06/09
44. The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickenson 06/16
45. Warcross (Audio) by Marie Lu 06/18
46. Dreadnought by April Daniels 06/20
47. Karen Memory (Audio) by Elizabeth Bear 06/29
48. Milk! by Mark Kurlansky 07/03
49. Bones Burnt Black (Audio) by Stephen Euin Cobb 07/07
50. Wishful Drinking (Audio) by Carrie Fisher 07/14
51. Sovereign by April Daniels 07/19
52. Wildcard (Audio) by Marie Lu 07/21
53. Please Don't Tell My Parents I Blew Up the Moon (Audio) by Richard Roberts 07/31
54. The Alchemists of Loom (Audio) by Elise Kova 08/09
55. A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine 08/16
56. In the Beginning... Was the Command Line by Neil Stephenson 08/24
57. Wapsi Square archive (20 years of webcomics) by Paul Taylor 08/27
58. Ancestral Night (Audio) by Elizabeth Bear 09/03
59. Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Weir 09/05
60. Salt: A world History (Audio) by Mark Kurlanski 09/15
61. Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil 09/24
62. Trading in Danger (Audio) by Elizabeth Moon 09/25
63. Please Don't Tell My Parents I have Henchmen (Audio) by Richard Roberts 10/05
64. Oddjobs 4: Out of Hours by Heide Goody & Iain Grant 10/08
65. Heaven's River (Audio) by Dennis E Taylor 10/15
66. How to Be a Pirate (Audio) by Cressida Cowell 10/26
67. The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an EMpire by William Dalrymple 10/30
68. The Fifth Season by N K Jemison 11/08
69. Please Don't Tell My Parents I Have a Nemesis (Audio) by Richard Roberts 11/11
70. Ada's Algorithm by James Essinger 11/16
71. The Obelisk Gate by N K Jemison 11/22
72. Super Powereds: Year 1 by Drew Hayes 12/06
73. A People's History of the United States (Audio) by Howard Zinn 12/09
74. Broken Time by Emily Devenport 12/11
75. The Stone Sky by N K Jemison 12/17
76. Please Don't Tell My Parents You Believe Her (Audio) 12/18
77. Armor by John Steakley 12/24
78. The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black 12/28
79. Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey 12/29
80. Ayoade on Top by Richard Ayoade 12/30
81. Killing Gravity by Corey J White 12/31

[HLS]

Please put me on the participant list.

My goal for 2020 is to read 30 to 40 books and short stories combined. I would like to hit 50

I am editing and adding books here as I read them. I am ahead of my goal it seems. I am counting " The Terror" as 2 books since its almost a 1000 pages.



1) The Guardian by John Grisham (started around Christmas 2019 finished 2020)

2. Genius Plague by David Walton

3. The Exorcist.

4. The Dead Zone-Stephen King

5. Sunburn by Laura Lippman

6. Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons

7. The Secret Commonwealth by Phillip Pullman

8. Life Expectancy- Dean Koontz I quit at 52% for it was a horrible book

9. 4th of July- Womans Murder Club -James Patterson

10. Little Fires Everywhere- Celeste Ng

11. The Girl Who Played With Fire- Stieg Larsson

12. The Deep- Alma Katsu

13. Enter Night - Michael Rowe ( wow a great book!)

14. Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo ( now reading)

15. Gutshot- Amelia Gray

16. Texas Outlaw- James Patterson

17. Devoted- Dean Koontz Started 05/01/2020 - 05/07/2020 God aweful book.

18. The Shining- Stephen King. Started 05/07/2020 - 05/15/2020

19. If it Bleeds-Stephen King. Started 05/15/2020- 05/25/2020

20. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY The Ultimate Guide to Supernatural
by The Editors of Entertainment Weekly

21. Camino Winds- John Grisham 05/25/2020 - 5/31/2020-6/6/2020

22. My Sisters Grave- Robert Dugoni 05/30/2020-06/06/2020

23. Niceville -Carsten Stroud 06/07/2020- 6/18/2020

24. Homecoming Niceville pt.2 Carsten Stroud 06/19//2020- 06/30/2020

25. Old Bones - Preston and Child 07/01/2020-07/06/2020

26/27. The Terror-Dan Simmons 07/06/2020-08/30/2020

28. The Reckoning Niceville part 3- 07/7-07/16/2020

29. Rose Madder-Stephen King 07/17/2020- 07/31/2020

30. 1st Case- James patterson 08/01/2020-

31. Gwendys magic Feather 08/12/2020-8/14

32. The Taking Dean Koontz 8/14/2020 - 08/18/2020

33. Cabin at the end of the World - Paul Tremblay 08/21-08/24/2020

34. Pulse- Michael Harvey 08/25/2020-09/02/2020

35. Sycamore Row John Grisham-09/02/2020-09/03 skipped to the end. I am tired of Grishams whites vs blacks story-lines. Nothing wrong with it but its getting old.

36. One Good deed- 09/04/2020-09/10/2020

37- Parasite -Mira Grant 09/10/2020-09/17/2020

38-Symbiont- Mira Grant 09/17/2020-09/24/2020

39. The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

40. The Last Agent- Robert Dugoni 09/25/2020-10/2

41. Chimera- Mira Grant 09/27/2020-10/3

42. Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption 10/03

43. Gravity-Tess Gerritsen 10/04/2020-10/08/2020

44. Elsewhere-dean Koontz 10/08

45. The Omen 10/10-10/12

46. Perihelion Summer- 10/12-10/16

47. Deep Storm - Lincoln Child 10/16/2020-10/25/2020

48. The Last Symbol-Brown10/25/2020-10/31

49. Time for Mercy- John Grisham

50. The Pianist -Władysław Szpilman

51. The fifth Horseman Women's Murder Club-James Patterson

52. My Sister the Serial Killer-Oyinkan Braithwaite

53. Dune- Frank herbert

54. The Ruins-Scott Smith

[bookaho!ic]

My Goal for next year is 120 books

Books read

In Bloom CJ Skuse
A Nearly Normal family M J Edvarsson
Streets of Darkness - A Dhand
Perfect Daughter Amanda Prowse
Girl on a Train - A J Waines
You belong to me - Mark Tilbury
The Killer You Know aka Innocent or Guilty A M Taylor
You Were Made for this Michelle Sacks

[Apache]

My goal next year is to just read. I do not care how many books I read, just that I enjoy them.
Apache

[Apsalar]

• Read 50,000 pages
• Read at least 10 non-fiction books
• Don't buy any new books until I've read 100 books that I already own

I tried to mix the challenging with the not-too-incredibly-challenging. A more detailed breakdown of my challenges:


Read 50,000 pages
832/50,000

Spoiler:

Looking at my GoodReads history, I tend to read approximately 30,000 pages across ~80 or so books in a calendar year. I'd like to get up to 50,000, which I do expect to be quite challenging -- but all it really takes is stepping back from my video game addiction just a little bit, really!

Read at least 10 non-fiction books
1/10

Spoiler:

I don't expect this will be too difficult at all. I only really started to read non-fiction in 2019, but I quickly developed a love for both mountaineering and true crime books. Fortunately enough, my mother has a staggering collection of the latter, so I'll be spoiled for choice every time I visit her!

Don't buy any new books until I've read 100 books that I already own

Purchased: 0
Read, owned: 1/100

Spoiler:

This goal will absolutely take more than just one year, but let's try to keep me accountable for this year! I have a big problem with buying new books when I absolutely do not need them. I have well over a hundred paper books that I've yet to read, let alone the growing digital pile (which I'm frankly afraid to check the tally on). Kindle Unlimited and library books won't count towards this total, otherwise I'll cheat and breeze through 100 pulpy KU romance novellas. I know what I'm like!

Finally, a spoiler tag under which I'll list everything that I read:

Spoiler:

#. Title, Author (Genre) KU/B(orrowed)/O(wned)

1. Dark Imperium, Guy Haley (Sci-Fi) O
2. The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine, Thomas Morris (Non-Fic) B

[Hollow Man]

January 2020

• Flatlander: The Collected Tales of Gil "The Arm" Hamilton, The Woman In Del Rey Crater - Larry Niven, 01/03/20
• Dune - Frank Herbert, 01/11/20
• Chase Darkness With Me: How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders - Billy Jensen, 01/24/20

February 2020

• Play Unsafe - Graham Walmsley, 02/03/20
• Escaping the Rabbit Hole: How to Debunk Conspiracy Theories Using Facts, Logic, and Respect - Mick West, 02/05/20

March 2020

• A Dance With Dragons - George R. R. Martin, 03/30/20

April 2020

• Bird Box - Josh Malerman, 04/11/20
• Neuromancer - William Gibson, 04/22/20
• Headcrash - Bruce Bethke, 04/30/20

May 2020

• Hardwired - Walter Jon Williams, 05/31/20

June 2020

• The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - Suzanne Collins, 6/21/20

July 2020

• The Ickabog - J.K. Rowling, 07/10/20
• Red Planet - Robert Heinlein, 07/31/20

August 2020

• Lord of the Flies - William Golding, 08/08/20
• Animal Farm - George Orwell, 08/10/20

September 2020

• 1984 - George Orwell, 09/24/20

October 2020

• The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs - Steve Brusatte, 10/17/20
• Malorie - Josh Malerman, 10/29/20

November 2020

• A Heritage of Stars - Clifford D. Simak, 11/29/20

December 2020

• Pickman's Model - H.P. Lovecraft, 12/01/20
• Youth - Isaac Asimov, 12/26/20
• Johnny Mnemonic - William Gibson, 12/28/20
  
  

Currently Reading:

• The Casual Vacancy - J.K. Rowling (page 249 of 503)