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The 2018 Annual Reading Challenge List Thread
![]() ![]() Welcome to our 9th Annual Reading Challenge! The Annual Reading Challenge is neither a race, contest, nor an "exclusive club", anyone can join! This is just a fun activity that some of us have enjoyed doing in the past. Many of us have found reading challenges to be an entertaining way to set goals for ourselves, get ideas for books, and see what others are reading. This thread is for you to keep a running tally for your chosen challenge. Please state your goals at the top of your post (in the title line if you can), and then start your list in the body of your post. As you read books, edit your post to update your list of books read, or other challenge status. Please Remember: No discussion posts in this thread. Please use the other thread for that. Non-List posts will be deleted or moved to the other thread. Discussions & Ideas can be found here: Post #2 of this thread is dedicated to a Table of Contents for all participants in this thread. Names will be added, to this TOC, in alphabetical order with a link to that individual’s post number from this thread. Previous threads were for 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010 Last edited by pdurrant; 12-05-2017 at 06:52 AM. |
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[Please Remember: No discussion posts in this thread. Please use the 2018 Annual Reading Challenge Discussion Thread for that. Non-List posts will be deleted or moved to the Discussion Thread] Table of Participants (Participants will be listed by user name in alphabetical order)
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Year of the Series
#1 - The Southern Vampire / Sookie Stackhouse (01/13) - Buddy Read; Two Week Intervals
Start Date: January 1st; Expected End Date: June 30th #2 - The Hollows (Rachel Morgan) (00/13) - Possible Buddy Read; Two Week Intervals Start Date: January 7th; Expected End Date: July 15th Bonus Stories:
#3 - The Demon Cycle (00/05) - Group Read; Monthly Intervals Start Date: June 3rd; Expected End Date: October 31st #4 - The Codex Alera (00/06) - Buddy Read; Monthly Intervals Start Date: August 20th; Expected End Date: December 20th #5 - The Hobbit & the Lord of the Rings (00/04) - Buddy Reads; Monthly Intervals Start Date: September 1st; Expected End Date: December 31st #6 - Innkeeper Chronicles (00/03) - Buddy Reads; Monthly Intervals Start Date: October 28th; Expected End Date: December 31st Last edited by Nyssa; 01-16-2018 at 12:07 AM. Reason: Update Info |
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Goal: Reduce TBR
My goal is to end 2018 with fewer unread ebooks than I have at the start of 2018.
I start 2018 with 1017* books on my TBR pile. Books finished in 2018
Books added to TBR in 2018 Freebies (11)
Ebooks Bought
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Analysis TBR: 1014 Books read: 139 (including 12 freebies, 2 abandoned, 4 re-reads) Books otherwise removed from TBR pile: 50 (freebies discarded) Books removed from TBR pile: 185 Books added to TBR pile: 182 (including 11 freebies) Removed/Added: 1.02 Net reduction for 2018: 3 Non-free books read: 127 (including 2 abandoned, 4 re-reads) Total cost of books read: £214.86 Average cost of books read: £1.69 Non-free books bought: 194 (including 23 not added to TBR, 1 omnibus counted as 4) Total cost of books bought: £297.33 Average cost of books bought: £1.53 Rating System: 1: Bad. 2: Poor. (Or just not to my taste.) 3: Satisfactory. 4: Good. 5: Excellent. Pages are as given by the ADE algorithm in Calibre, or from the Amazon web page. * Adjusted for removal of public domain, and expansion of some omnibuses Last edited by pdurrant; 01-03-2019 at 07:10 AM. Reason: didn't finish Asimovs - moved to 2019 |
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Books read during 2018
Jan: "Disappearing Act", by Margaret Ball. Bought from Baen in October 2004. Baen description: Quote:
Jan: "Deepsix", by Jack McDevitt. The second book in the "Academy" series, about a team of interstellar archaeologists exploring the remains of dead civilisations in the 23rd century. Quote:
Jan: "Rogue Berserker", by Fred Saberhagan. The first book in the "Berserker" series, in which the human race is being attacked by sentient robots from an ancient war who have the goal of exterminating all life from the galaxy. Enjoyable. Jan: "Come to Grief", by Dick Francis. The third of the four books in the "Sid Halley" series, but all completely standalone. Sid Halley, a former champion jockey turned private investigator in the world of horse-racing, suspects that his best friend may be responsible for a series of attacks in which horses are mutilated. He must be wrong, mustn't he? Perhaps not the absolute best by Francis, but still very enjoyable indeed. Jan: "Berserker Spy", by Fred Saberhagen. The first book in the Baen omnibus titled "Berserker Man". In this one, the Berserkers try to wipe out the current inhabitants of a planet by attacking key points in history in the distant past, thus changing history. Very good SF. Jan: "Chindi", by Jack McDevitt. I enjoyed "Deepsix" so much that on with the third book in the "Academy" series. Perhaps not quite as good as "Deepsix", but still very, very good indeed. In this instalment in the series, "Hutch" leads an expedition of wealthy sponsors of the Academy on a mission to track down the source of a mysterious alien transmission originating from a neutron star. Again highly recommended! 23rd Jan: Finished "Berserker Planet", by Fred Saberhagen, which forms approximately the second quarter of the very large Baen omnibus called "Berserker Man", which I bought in October 2004. A story about a group of "modern" hunters on a planet which has fallen back to a mediaeval level of civilisation, who find more fearsome prey than they were anticipating! Not outstanding but an enjoyable enough read. 24th Jan: Finished "To the Hilt", by Dick Francis. Quote:
24th Jan: Finished "Berserker Man", by Fred Saberhagen; the title story of, and third book contained in, the Baen omnibus of the same name. This one didn't particularly grab me. OK, but nothing special. 27th Jan. Finished "Omega", By Jack McDevitt, the fourth book in the excellent "Academy" series, about a group of interstellar archaeologists exploring the remains left by dead extraterrestrial civilisations. In this book, the Academy has to try to save a civilisation, who are roughly at the technological level of the Roman Empire, from being wiped out by one of the mysterious "Omega Clouds" that we first met in the first book in the series, without violating the law which prohibits interference in other cultures. Absolutely excellent, like all the other books in the series so far. Highly recommended. 28th Jan. Finished "The Berserker Throne", by Fred Saberhagen. This is the final book in the extremely long Baen omnibus called "Berserker Man". I have to admit that I'm starting to find this series a little tedious. Nothing wrong with the plots, but I just don't like Saberhagen's writing style. 29th Jan. Finished "10lb. Penalty", by Dick Francis. This, like many of his later books, has only a fairly peripheral connection to horse racing, which appears in some way or other in all Francis' books. Description from Fantastic Fiction: Quote:
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Trollope, Victoriana, Religion, Between the Wars
I'm revisiting challenges of the past two years where I fell short and adding to them the Great War because it's the centenary of the Armistice. This year, I'm not going to have targets for my categories, just see how it goes. I may revisit at mid-year and add something different. My overall goal is for 120 books, but that's more of a benchmark than a goal.
ETA: Fail. Edited to reflect the topics I'm actually pursuing. I'm linking to my Goodreads lists because I'm lazy. 2018 read Great War centenary Between the Wars Religion Trollope Victoriana Last edited by issybird; 04-29-2018 at 08:29 AM. Reason: Abject failure |
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Goal: At least 12 books read by end of 2018
January 2018
February 2018 March 2018 April 2018 May 2018
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Goal: Reduce TBR
Once again my main goal is to reduce my overall TBR, with a special extra requirement to reduce my paper TBR by at least 7. For extra credit, I'd like to reduce (or not increase) the TBR in every individual month of the year. It's going to be much tougher now I've dropped my daily short story requirement.
TBR: Removed: 103 Added: 120 (69 paid) Net reduction: -17 Pages read: 32447 Paper TBR: Removed: 22 Added: 14 (14 paid) Net Reduction: 8 Books read: 1. Europe at Midnight - Dave Hutchinson (e) - 384 2. The Half Killed - Quenby Olson (k) - 275 3. Orbital Resonance - John Barnes (p) - 214 4. Steal the Sky - Megan E O'Keefe (k) - 323 5. Points of Impact - Marko Kloos (k) - 297 6. The Story of the Commodore Amiga in Pixels - Chris Wilkins & Roger M Kean (i) - 283 7. Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo (k) - 462 8. The Hollow - Agatha Christie (h) - 252 --- 9. The Red Knight - Miles Cameron (k) - 648 10. End of the World Blues - Jon Courtenay Grimwood (k) - 342 11. Seven Forges - James A Moore (k) - 268 12. Transference Station (novella) - Stephen Hunt (k) - 93 13. Taken at the Flood - Agatha Christie (p) - 220 --- 14. Nice Dragons Finish Last - Rachel Aaron (k) - 287 15. Greenwitch - Susan Cooper (h) - 94 16. Fools - Pat Cadigan (k) - 299 17. Killing Gravity (novella) - Corey J White (e) - 192 18. Eight Skilled Gentlemen - Barry Hughart (e) - 217 19. Crooked House - Agatha Christie (p) - 302 20. Write Free - Julie Smith (k) - 121 21. Witches of Lychford (novella) - Paul Cornell (e) - 79 22. Cult Sci-Fi Movies - Danny Peary (k) - 127 23. Brasyl - Ian McDonald (k) - 411 --- 24. Sufficiently Advanced Magic - Andrew Rowe (k) - 609 25. The Case with Nine Solutions - J J Connington (k) - 280 26. The Princess Bride - William Goldman (k) - 336 27. Ammonite - Nicola Griffith (k) - 417 28. Between Silk and Cyanide: A Code Maker's War - Leo Marks (e) - 573 29. Lost Lore (anthology) - Various (k) - 381 30. All Systems Red (novella) - Martha Wells (e) - 83 31. The Crimson Queen - Alec Hutson (k) - 419 --- 32. A Murder is Announced - Agatha Christie (p) - 237 33. The Rift - Nina Allan (k) - 400 34. Grainne - Keith Roberts (k) - 175 35. Now We Are Ten (anthology) - Ian Whates (ed) (k) - 253 36. The Palace Job - Patrick Weekes (k) - 423 37. Effendi - Jon Courtenay Grimwood (k) - 376 --- 38. Lyonesse: Madouc - Jack Vance (k) - 330 39. The Centauri Device - M John Harrison (p) - 199 40. They Came to Baghdad - Agatha Christie (p) - 221 41. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen - Alan Garner (p) - 284 42. The Story of US Gold - Chris Wilkins & Roger M Kean (i) - 230 43. Station Eleven - Emily St John Mandel (k) - 352 44. Making Story: Twenty-One Writers on How they Plot - Timothy Hallinan (ed) (k) - 192 45. Monterra's Deliciosa & Other Tales & (collection) - Anna Tambour (k) - 264 46. Sweats (short) - Keith Brooke (k) - 29 47. On the Shoulders of Titans - Andrew Rowe (k) - 698 48. The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps - Kai Ashante Wilson (e) - 131 49. Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer (k) - 352 --- 50. The Engines of God - Jack McDevitt (k) - 524 51. Alanna: The First Adventure - Tamora Pierce (k) - 230 52. The Night Sessions - Ken MacLeod (k) - 368 53. In the Hand of the Goddess - Tamora Pierce (k) - 223 54. Europe in Winter - Dave Hutchinson (p) - 295 55. Twelve Kings - Bradley P Beaulieu (k) - 580 56. Mrs McGinty's Dead - Agatha Christie (p) - 335 57. Bad Pharma - Ben Goldacre (k) - 449 58. Felaheen - Jon Courtenay Grimwood (k) - 356 --- 59. Pandemonium: The Rite of Spring (anthology) - Jared Shurin (ed) (k) - 28 60. The Obelisk Gate - N K Jemisin (p) - 391 61. Blood, Sweat and Tea - Tom Reynolds (k) - 274 62. 13 Minutes - Sarah Pinborough (k) - 404 63. The Terminal Experiment - Robert J Sawyer (p) - 333 64. Unsouled - Will Wight (k) - 292 65. They Do it with Mirrors - Agatha Christie (p) - 218 66. Remnant Population - Elizabeth Moon (p) - 360 67. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte (e) - 489 68. Get Started in Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy - Adam Roberts (k) - 224 --- 69. Kings of the Wyld - Nicholas Eames (k) - 528 70. Fool's War - Sarah Zettel (e) - 388 71. Grey Sister - Mark Lawrence (e) - 377 72. You've Got to Read This - Simon Cheshire (k) - 220 73. Dreaming in Smoke - Tricia Sullivan (h) - 290 74. Pilgrimage to Skara - Jonathan S Pembroke (k) - 289 75. Going on the Turn - Danny Baker (k) - 258 76. The Black Echo - Michael Connelly (k) - 459 --- 77. Teranesia - Greg Egan (p) - 248 78. Death March - Phil Tucker (k) - 310 79. A Calculated Life - Anne Charnock (k) - 195 80. The Tethered Mage - Melissa Caruso (p) - 434 81. After the Funeral - Agatha Christie (p) - 378 82. The Ballad of Black Tom (novella) - Victor LaValle (e) - 88 83. The Traitor - Seth Dickinson (k) - 401 84. Memesis (collection) - Keith Brooke (k) - 144 85. Dauntless - Jack Campbell (k) - 350 --- 86. Nightmare Keep - Phil Tucker (k) - 265 87. The Undoing Project - Michael Lewis (k) - 352 88. A Gentleman's Game - Greg Rucka (e) - 310 89. Crucible of Gold - Naomi Novik (k) - 323 90. Segue: Into the Strange (collection) - Keith Brooke (k) - 177 91. Ocean: The History - Chris Wilkins & Roger M Kean (i) - 260 92. A Pocket Full of Rye - Agatha Christie (p) - 219 93. Judas Unchained - Peter F Hamilton (k) - 1236 --- 94. Killer Dungeon - Phil Tucker (k) - 331 95. The Rainbow and the Rose - Nevil Shute (h) - 306 96. The Grand Tour - Patricia C Wrede & Caroline Stevermer (k) - 469 97. Ninefox Gambit - Yoon Ha Lee (k) - 384 98. Destination Unknown - Agatha Christie (k) - 191 99. Service Games - Sam Pettus (e) - 385 100. Imager's Challenge - L E Modesitt Jr (k) - 460 101. Classic Scrapes - James Acaster (k) - 302 102. The Black Fires of Heaven (novella) - J Y Yang (e) - 141 103. Dogs of War - Adrian Tchaikovsky (k) - 262 Monthly Breakdown: Spoiler:
Additional Goals: 1. BSFA award winners. Ongoing challenge. 6 left at the start of the year. I'd like to complete the set this year. Books remaining: 0 Spoiler:
2. Fifty Years of SF. 1950-1999. An ongoing challenge to read a book published in every year from 1950 to 1999, in order. I intend to complete the challenge this year. Last year completed: 1999 Spoiler:
3. King of the Mountains. My 5 longest books should total over 2500 pages. (Not really a goal this year, but I enjoyed tracking it last year.) Current total: 3771 Spoiler:
4. Follow the Money. I have around 30 unread ebooks that cost more than £3. I'd like to read at least 7 of them. Only books owned at the start of the year can count. Current total: 8 Spoiler:
5. That's Numberwang. Read books with consecutive numbers in the title, in order, at a rate of one per month. Started from 0 in July 2017. I'm currently hoping to get to 13 before I run out of options. Last number read: 13 Spoiler:
6. David Gemmell Morningstar Award. Ongoing challenge to read everything ever shortlisted. I'm not sure what my 2018 target is yet, but I might as well carry on tracking. May: I think I'll try to at least tread water with 5 books. Current total: 5 Spoiler:
Legend: Book title: read 2015,read 2016,read 2017,read,own,don't own (p) paperback, (h) hardback, (k) kindle, (e) epub, (i) ibook/pdf, (a) audio + especially liked, - didn't much like Last edited by DrNefario; 01-07-2019 at 12:15 PM. |
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Goal: 120 books / 10 book club books
The goal this year is similar to last year's, 120 books read (or abandoned), with a stretch goal of 160 books. This includes audio books. Individual short stories will be recorded, but not counted towards that goal until I've got several I can combine. Longer "short" works (~100 pages or so) will be counted as a full book, though if I have two of them back to back, I'll tend to count them as a single book.
Secondary goal is to update this list no less often than once a week. I managed that until the summer last year, but then that completely fell apart for a bit, before I got it back on track. It's really easy to lose track or get so far behind that one abandons the attempt. One trick is to update my "Reason for Editing" each time to show the last book(s) purchased and recorded. This helps me keep track even if it's been a few days since the last edit. This year, a new tertiary goal -- to read at least 10 of the 12 books in the New Leaf Book Club and actively participate in the discussion. Code:
--------------------------------------------- # Bought | $ Spent | # Audible Credits 336 | $ 562.98 | 47 --------------------------------------------- ![]() Spoiler:
Last Edited: 12/31/2018 Link to Discussion Thread Last edited by CRussel; 12-31-2018 at 03:01 PM. Reason: Deciever; Bought: A Trace of Death; Library/PD: A Delicate Truth; Audio: Imager's Challenge |
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I've already started reading.
#1: Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers Currently reading: Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff Last edited by JSWolf; 01-07-2018 at 04:57 AM. |
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The Couch Potato
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It's mine!
Reading target for 2018 : 80 books. Book rating system : ***** - Excellent. **** - Very good. *** - Average, pretty good. ** - Not too good. * - Bad. Not to my taste. Statistics (B/F from 31.12.2017) TBR - 889 Ebooks, 18 Pbooks, 38 in Wish list. Books bought this year - Ebooks 0, Pbooks 0, Freebies 0. January Last edited by drjd; 01-02-2018 at 10:10 AM. |
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Goal: 100 books / 40,000 pages / fewer series / have fun
I'm keeping it simple this year:
100 books 40000 pages not too many ongoing series have fun write more reviews My blog page with statistics and reading list Last edited by Rumpelteazer; 12-13-2017 at 09:16 AM. Reason: added goal to title |
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Goal: 50 books / 25,000 pages / TBR down by 25
Goals: Length Goals: Total Books: 50 (stretch goal of 75) | Total Pages: 25,000 | TBR Reduction: 25 Substantive Goals: Read at least 51% non-American authors | Read more female/gender-fluid authors than male | Read at least 52 short stories | Read at least 10 of the Mobile Read Book Club selections | Complete a re-read of the Pevear and Volokhonsky translation of War and Peace Short Stories - 52 of 52 Spoiler:
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I increased my goal to 30,000 pages this year, up from 27,000. I also wanted to read at least 8 books from the New Leaf Book Club. I did not miss any through September so met that goal as well. I still attempted the remaining 3 selections. I also completed the Bingo Reading Challenge from Goodreads on June 16.
Page Goal: Read 30,000 pages in 2018. Status as of December 31: 37,864 pages read, 111 books/short stories completed. Page Goal Completed 9/22/2018. Final Charts: Overall Summary Stats:
Book in Progress:
New Leaf Book Club selections read: 10/11
Other list posts: 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 Last edited by Dazrin; 12-28-2018 at 11:43 AM. Reason: Pre-final edit |
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Goals: Read 75 books / Compete in the GR Bingo Challenge
3 challenges for 2018
1. Read 100 books (I've upped my challenge from 75 books) 2. Compete in the GR Bingo Challenge 3. Participate in the MR New Leaf Book Club and read and review at least four books in the year. Books Read: 65 of 100 read 1. Afterlife by Marcus Sakey 2. The Wanted by Robert Crais 3. All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka 4. Mythos by Stephen Fry 5. Passing by Nella Larsen 6. Buy A Bullet by Gregg Hurwitz 7. Crash by Keith Houghton 8. The Hunter by Tom Wood 9. The Walk by Lee Goldberg 10. The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell 11. Writing a Page Turner by Mark Dawson 12. Musings from a Writer's Desk by Elizabeth Bailey 13. Elon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our Future by Ashlee Vance 14. From the Heart of a Copy Editor-10 Most Common Mistakes and How to Fix Them by Shiels Glasbey 15. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway 16. The Pier Falls by Mark Haddon 17. Nightmares and Dreamscapes by Stephen King 18. Night Moves by Jonathan Kellerman 19. Zombies, Run! The Way of All Flesh by Naomi Alderman 20. Bird Box by Josh Malerman 21. Funny Old World by Victor Lewis-Smith 22. Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman by J.B. Lynn 23. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir by Bill Bryson 24. Vertical Run by Joseph Garber 25. Hellbent by Gregg Hurwitz 26. Stein on Writing by Sol Stein 27. Making History by Stephen Fry 28. Sophomore Slump by Alan Lee 29. Preacher Book 2 by Garth Ennis 30. Preacher Book 3 by Garth Ennis 31. Preacher Book 4 by Garth Ennis 32. Preacher Book 5 by Garth Ennis 33. The Lost Continent: Travels In Small Town America by Bill Bryson 34. Preacher Book 6 by Garth Ennis 35. Preacher Special: Cassidy: Blood and Whiskey by Garth Ennis 36. Panic Room by Robert Goddard 37. Preacher Special: The Good Old Boys by Garth Ennis 38. The Last Teacher by Alan Lee 39. The Second Secret by Alan Lee 40. Preacher Special: One Man's War by Garth Ennis 41. White Is the Coldest Colour by John Nichol 42. The Bone Farm: A Jane Hawk Case File by Dean Koontz 43. The Grave Man by David Archer 44. Ultima by L.S. Hilton 45. Licensed to Thrill by Diane Capri 46. Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles by Kim Newman 47. No Time Like the Past by Jodi Taylor 48. Get Back Jack by Diane Capri 49. Bill Bryson's Appliance of Science by Bill Bryson 50. The P45 Diaries by Ben Hatch 51. Guess Who? by Chris McGeorge 52. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 53. Spider Girl by Peter Lovesey 54. The First Five Pages by Noah Lukeman 55. Dead Boys by Gabrille Squailia 56. The Outsider by Stephen King 57. Crackanory by Various 58. Old Black Magic by Ace Atkins 59. Crossing by Andrew Fukuda 60. Six Poets: Hardy to Larkin by Various/Alan Bennett 61. Deathworld 2 by Harry Harrison 62. Brilliance by Marcus Sakey 63. Sex, Lies and Chocolate Cakes by Steven Morris 64. Forever and a Day by Anthony Horowitz 65. The Crooked Staircase by Dean Koontz Bingo Challenge: 180 of 300 points New Leaf Book Club 4 of 4 Read and Reviewed - Complete! 1. Passing by Nella Larsen 2. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway 3. Making History by Stephen Fry 4. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas Last edited by orlok; 06-19-2018 at 05:40 AM. |
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