12-20-2020, 11:31 AM | #1 |
The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
Posts: 72,735
Karma: 311192104
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Norfolk, England
Device: Kindle Voyage
|
The 2021 Annual Reading Challenge List Thread
2021 Reading Challenge List Thread Welcome to our 12th 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 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010 Last edited by pdurrant; 12-21-2020 at 11:46 AM. |
12-20-2020, 11:35 AM | #2 |
The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
Posts: 72,735
Karma: 311192104
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Norfolk, England
Device: Kindle Voyage
|
Table of Participants
32 Participants .
Last edited by pdurrant; 01-20-2021 at 12:51 PM. Reason: added up to irishmac473 |
Advert | |
|
12-20-2020, 11:36 AM | #3 |
The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
Posts: 72,735
Karma: 311192104
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Norfolk, England
Device: Kindle Voyage
|
My goal is to buy fewer books than I read. And so end up with fewer unread books.
Last year I managed to reduce my TBR pile by 117 books! I start 2021 with 901 books on my TBR pile. Books removed from TBR Read and Reading
Books added to TBR Freebies
Bought
Analysis TBR: 756 Books read: 149 (including 29 freebies, 0 re-reads, 8 abandoned) Books otherwise removed from TBR pile: 82 (2 read previously, 75 discarded) Books removed from TBR pile: 231 Books added to TBR pile: 86 (including 22 freebies, 0 omnibus counted as 0) Removed/Added: 2.69 Net reduction for 2021: 135 Non-free books read: 117 (including 0 re-reads) Total cost of books read: £154.12 Average cost of books read: £1.32 Non-free books bought: 65 (including 0 omnibus counted as 0, 1 not added to TBR) Total cost of books bought: £98.49 Average cost of books bought: £1.52 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. Last edited by pdurrant; 12-31-2021 at 12:00 PM. Reason: Finished The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, started Poor Tom is Cold |
12-20-2020, 11:46 AM | #5 |
Professor of Law
Posts: 3,698
Karma: 66327924
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
Device: Kobo Elipsa, Kobo Libra H20, Kobo Aura One, KoboMini
|
Length Goals:
Substantive Goals:
BOOKS 75 of 75 GOAL MET Spoiler:
SHORT STORIES 35 of 52 GOAL FAILED Spoiler:
BOOKS SELECTED BY MY WIFE 10 of 10 - GOAL MET Spoiler:
Last edited by astrangerhere; 12-29-2021 at 06:15 PM. |
Advert | |
|
12-20-2020, 01:59 PM | #6 |
Guru
Posts: 695
Karma: 2383012
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Schiedam (The Netherlands)
Device: Lots of eInk devices and iOS stuff
|
# Listado de libros leídos en 2021
My goal: read Pratchett and some old Pulps ## January 1. El "Chancellor" - Verne 2. Komarr - Vorkosigan 16 - Bujold 3. Los condenados de Song-Song - Basureros del Espacio I - Rick Solaris 4. Duelo en plantea rojo - Basureros del Espacio II - Rick Solaris 5. El satélite H-30 no contesta - Basureros del Espacio III - Curtis Garland 6. El cometa sin rumbo - Basureros del Espacio IV - Lem Ryan 7. Las mazmorras de Saturno - Basureros del Espacio V - Curtis Garland 8. El motín del "Galaxia" - Basureros del Espacio VI - Clark Carrados 9. Una tumba en Neptuno - Basureros del Espacio VII - Néstor Alcón 10. La órbita mortal - Basureros del Espacio VIII - Andreu Martín 11. La astronave fantasma - Basureros del Espacio IX - Rick Solaris 12. Rebelión en Urano - Basureros del Espacio X - Rick Solaris 13. Ultimátum a la Tierra - Basureros del Espacio XI - Rick Solaris 14. El astronauta solitario - Basureros del Espacio XII - Rick Solari s 15. Atmósfera de muerte - Basureros del Espacio (y) XIII - Rick Solaris 16. Pulp Magazine 3 - VVAA 17. Misterio en la Antártida - Larry Winters 18. Cosmos - Carl Sagan 18. Intriga galáctica - El Orden Estelar IV - A. Thorkent 19. La historia de tu vida - Ted Chiang 20. Cuentos varios - Charles Dickens 21. El vigésimo séptimo día - Ciencia Ficción Inglesa I, IV - John Mantley 22. Los liberados - Ciencia Ficción Inglesa I, y V - Dan Morgan 23. Las voces del tiempo - Ciencia Ficción Inglesa II, I - Ballard 24. El mundo sumergido - Ciencia Ficción Inglesa II, II - Ballard 25. Billenium - Ciencia Ficción Inglesa II, III - Ballard 26. Telepatía - Ciencia Ficción Inglesa II, IV - Arthur Sellings 27. Hoy es el futuro - Ciencia Ficción Inglesa II, y V - F. G. Rayer 28. Salambó - Flaubert 29. !Que las matematicas te acompanen! - Clara Grima Ruiz 30. El Cometa - Carl Sagan ## February 30. Bouvard y Pécuchet - Flaubert 31. Las claves de Julio Verne - Guillermo Gomez Paz 32. Cuentos - Flaubert - Memorias de un loco - Tres cuentos - Bibliomanía 33. Nostromo - Conrad 34. Lord Jim - Conrad 35. Narrativa breve completa - Conrad 36. El país de las pieles - Verne 37. La locura de Almayer - Conrad 38. Lengua materna - Suzette Elgin ## March 39. Azogue - Ciclo Barroco I - Stephenson 40. La Confusión - Ciclo Barroco II - Stephenson 41. El agente secreto - Conrad 42. El pirata - Conrad 43. Novela de ajedrez - Zweig 44. Línea de fuego - Pérez-Reverte 45. Acceso al mañana - Ciencia ficción inglesa III-I - VVAA 46. Mort - Mundodisco IV - Pratchett ## April 47. Cinco semanas en globo - Orbis 01 - Verne 48. El rayo verde - Orbis 02 - Verne 49. Rechicero - Mundodisco V - Pratchett 50. Acceso a las estrellas - Ciencia ficción inglesa III-II - VVAA 50. El sistema del mundo - Ciclo Barroco III - Stepenson 51. Los hijos del capitán Grant en América del Sur - Orbis 03 - Verne 52. Brujerías - Mundodisco VI - Pratchett 53. La caza del meteoro - Oribs 05 - Verne 53. Una campaña civil - Vorkosigan 17 - Bujold 54. De la Tierra a la Luna - Orbis 06 - Verne 55. Acceso a otros mundos - Ciencia ficción inglesa III-III - VVAA 56. Acceso al futuro - Ciencia ficción inglesa III-IV - VVAA 57. Alrededor de la Luna - Orbis 07 - Verne 58. Carne - Philip José Farmer 59. Cartas tras el velo - Leticia S. Murga 60. Gaugamela - J. G. Mesa ## May 61. El campamento - Rocío Remesal Ballesteros 62. La cruzada del océano - José Javier Esperanza 63. Inmunidad diplomática - Vorkosigan 18 - Bujold 64. Criópolis - Vorkosigan 19 - Bujold 65. Trueno rojo - John Varley 66. Los hijos del capitán Grant en Australia - Orbis 10 - Verne 67. La Estrella de Pandora - Federación II - Hamilton 68. Judas desencadenado - Federación III - Hamilton ## June 69. Piromides - Mundodisco 7 - Pratchett 70. La agencia Thompson y Cía - Orbis 12 y 13 - Verne 71. La vuelta al mundo en ochenta días - Orbis 14 - Verne 72. Las tribulaciones de un chino en China - Orbis 16 - Verne 73. ¡Guardias! ¡Guardias! - Mundodisco 8 - Pratchett 74. Eric - Mundodisco 9 - Pratchett 75. Analog SFF July/August 2021 - VVAA 76. Nicholas Nickleby - Dickens 77. Conversations with Isaac Asimov - VVAA ## July 78. Hyperion - Hyperion 1 - Dan Simmons 79. El mundo venusiano - Científico-Novelesca 03 - Viajes Planetarios III - Capitán Ignotus 80. El poder estelar - Orden Estelar 11 - A. Thorkent 81. Mercaderes del espacio - Orden Estelar 12 - A. Thorkent. 82. La Isla de hélice - Orbis 23 y 24 - Jules Verne 83. El baile de los autómatas - Diego Pérez Sanz 84. La caída de Hyperion - Hyperion 2 - Dan Simmons 85. Voces en la ribera del mundo - Diana P. Morales 86. El Héroe de las Eras - Nacidos de la bruma III - Sanderson 87. Asimov's SF 2020 11 12 - VVAA 88. Endyimion - Hyperion 3 - Dan Simmons ## August 89. Historia Universal de las Exploraciones III - VVAA 90. Los quinientos millones de la Begun - Orbis 25 - Jules Verne - Los amotinados de "La Bounty" 91. El ascenso de Endymion - Hyperion 4 - Dan Simmons 92. Huérfanos de la hélice - Hyperion 5 - Dan Simmons 93. Aleación de ley - Nacidos de la bruma IV - Sanderson 94. La Yijad Butleriana - Dune 02 95. Armas de destrucción matemática - Cathy O'Nell 96. Sombras de identidad - Nacidos de la bruma V - Sanderson 97. Brazales de duelo - Nacidos de la bruma VI - Sanderson 98. Historia de la energía nuclear - Isaac Asimov 99. Maelstrom: A Diving Universe Novella - KK Rush 100. Un capitán de quince años - Orbis 27 y 28 - Verne 101. La batalla de Corrin - Dune 03 ## September 102. Sisterhood of Dune - Dune 04 103. El espejo del tiempo - Salvador Bayarri 104. Proyecto Hail Mary - Andy Weir 105. El segador - Mundodisco 11 - Pratchett 106. The Butlerian Yijad - Dune 01 - Herbert & Anderson 107. The Machine Crusade - Dune 02 - Herbert & Anderson 108. Las edades de Itnis - Salvador Bayarri 109. Una princesa de Marte - John Carter 1 - Burroughs 110. The Battle of Corrin - Dune 03 - Herbert & Anderson 111. Brujas de Viaje - Mundodisco 12 - Pratchett ## October 112. Sisterhood of Dune - Dune 04 - Herbert & Anderson 113. Mentats of Dune - Dune 05 - Herbert & Anderson 114. Navigators of Dune - Dune 06 - Herbert & Anderson 115. Piranesi - Susanna Clarke 116. Ante la bandera - Orbis 33 - Verne 117. Dioses menores - Mundodisco 13 - Pratchett 118. Ready Player One - Ernest Cline 119. Dune: House Atreides - Dune 07 - Herbert & Anderson ## November 120. Ready Player Two - Ernest Cline 121. Héctor Servadac - Orbis 34 y 35 - Verne 122. Pachinko - Min Jin Lee 123. Dune: House Harkonnen - Dune 08 - Herbert & Anderson 124. Ministry of Space (Comic) Completo - Ellis, Weston, DePuy 125. Ocean (Comic) Completo 126. Orbiter (Comic) 127. Agente de Bizancio - Turtledove 128. House Corrino - Dune 09 - Herbert & Anderson 129. Dune - Dune 10 (Old chronology) - Frank Herbert 130. The Hobbit - Facsimile Edition - Tolkien 131. Cuentos para Algernon VIII - VVAA 132. Lores y damas - Mundodisco 14 - Pratchett ## December 133. La última empreox - La Interdependencia (y 3) - Scalzi 134. El mundo de Yarek - Elia Barceó 135. Hombres de armas - Mundodisco 15 - Pratchett 136. Las máquinas de Dios - Las máquinas de Dios 1 - McDevitt 137. Sublimación - Clara Peñalver 138. Deepsix - Las máquinas de dios 2 - McDevitt 139. Klara y el sol - Kazuo Ishiguro 140. La tienda de antigüedades - Dickens ## Other 1. El aniversario de Asterix y Obelix - Comic 2. Revista Literaria Novelas y Cuentos - Antonio González Lejárraga 3. Jules Verne dans Le Figaro Illustré - Ariel Pérez 4. Una ciudad flotante - Orbis 04 - Verne 5. Mundo mutante - Corben 6. Hijos de mundo mutante - Corben 7. Los hijos del capitán Grant en el Océano Pacífico - Orbis 15 - Verne 8. Viaje al centro de la tierra - Orbis 11 - Verne 9. Veinte mil leguas de viaje submarino - Orbis 17 y 18 - Verne 10. Varios Verne - Orbis 19 - Verne 11. El "Chancellor" - Orbis 20 - Verne 12. Aventuras de tres rusos y tres ingleses - Orbis 21 - Verne 13. Las indias negras - Orbis 22 - Verne 14. Revista Hélice 30 - VVAA 15. Asimov’s SF - 2021 07 08 - VVAA 16. Revista Mordedor 4 17. Asimov's SF 2020 09 10 - VVAA 18. Escuela de Robinson's - Orbis 26 - Verne 19. Cazando Harkonnen - Dune 01 20. EL mek vapuleado - Dune 03 21. Scientific American 2021 09 - VVAA 22. Robur el conquistador - Orbis 29 - Verne 23. Dueño del mundo - Orbis 30 - Verne 24. Miguel Strogoff - Orbis 31 y 32 - Verne 25. El país de las pieles - Orbis 36 y 37 - Verne ## Not read (abandoned) - Martín Paz - Verne (skipped) - Galaxias como granos de arena - CF Inglesa I, I (by Skimming, boring) - En el lento morir de la tierra (Invernáculo) - CæF Inglesa I, II (read recently) - Viaje sin retorno (La nave estelar) - CF Inglesa I, III (read recently) - Santuario - Faulkner - Truño - EL ruido y la furia - Faulkner - Truño - Mientras agonizo - Faulkner - Truño - El espejo del mar - Conrad - No es novela y aburrido - Emæily Eterna - No sé qué le han visto a este libro. Es basura. - El día en que se detendrá el tiempo - Farmer - Dare - Farmer - La locura de Dios - Aguilera - La zona - Aguilera - ¿Zombies? ¿Qué me estás container? - El dios de piedra despierta - Philip Jose Farmer - Los ingleses en el Polo Norte - Orbis 8 - Verne - El desierto de hielo - Orbis 9 - Verne - Extraños parientes - Farmer - La imagen de la bestia - Farmer - Las ballenas volantes de Ismael - Farmer - Lord Tyler - Farmer - Los amantes - Farmer - Mundo infierno - Farmer - Noche de luz - Farmer - Relaciones extrañas - Farmer - El hacedor de universos - Farmer - Los pórticos de la creación - Farmer - Trilogía del Vacío - Hamilton - Breach Team - Winder - J. R. Handley - Demasiado incoherente y disperso - Los lenguajes de Pao - Vance - No termina de cuajar - River of dust -Alexander Jablokov - No cuaja - Ball of Confusion: An Earth Protection League Novella - Dean Wesley Smith - Qué triste cuando un escritor se hace viejo... - The Cassidy Chronicles - Adam Gaffen - Warrior integration - David Hallquist - Caverns - Kevin O'Donnel Jr. - Legend - Christopher Goods - Prometheus Outbound - Steven Ruskin - Las edades de Lulú - Almudena Grandes - The Duke of Caladan - The Lady of Caladan - Los números no mienten: 71 historias para entender el mundo Last edited by rfog; 12-31-2021 at 04:33 AM. |
12-20-2020, 02:23 PM | #7 |
o saeclum infacetum
Posts: 20,825
Karma: 227654321
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: New England
Device: H2O, Aura One, PW5
|
120 Books, Dark & Middle Ages
I’m going to limit my objectives for 2021 in hopes that the fewer, the likelier I’ll achieve them. The past few years have been characterized by mostly fails other than total books read.
I will set my usual benchmark, not a goal, of 120 books read. I’ll read a non-fiction book a month about the Dark Ages or the Middle Ages. This one’s something of a stretch, but I’d like to read a play a week, rounding to 50 over the course of the year. I reserve the right to end it early with honor if I hit the wall at the half year mark, or cut it back to two per month. Because that’s a lot of plays. ^^I’m abandoning this; it didn’t happen. I’d like to make some inroads into my GR WTR, let’s say six books, which is 20% of the current number. I’m keeping it low because the reality is that most of those titles have languished for years and while I want to read them, it seems evident I don’t want to read them, not enough. As always I link to Goodreads because I’m lazy. I won’t bother to create a link to my WTR, as my success will be measured by absence. And that’s it, although I reserve the right to tweak, especially if I start off the year falling into an unforeseen topic. Last edited by issybird; 03-11-2021 at 09:21 AM. |
12-20-2020, 04:33 PM | #8 |
Wizard
Posts: 2,692
Karma: 74379913
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: PDXish
Device: Kindle Voyage, various Android devices
|
Goal: Read 12,000 Pages in 2021. Completed 12/5/2021
My original goal for 2021 was to read 6,000 pages; a considerable reduction from my previous years with the exception of 2020. This was based on how little I got done on 2020. Surprisingly, I was able to complete 6,000 by May 8th, which was already a third more than I read from the mid-March through December last year, so I increased the goal to 12,000 pages and completed it in early December.
Page Goal: Read 12,000 pages in 2021 Completed on 12/5/2021 Status as of December 31, 2021: 15,471 pages read, 74 books / short stories completed.
Completed books: Ordered by finish date
My other lists: 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 Last edited by Dazrin; 12-27-2021 at 07:25 PM. Reason: Updated book list |
12-20-2020, 08:10 PM | #9 |
Wizard
Posts: 1,622
Karma: 11387182
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Canada
Device: Kobo Clara Colour
|
I guess I'll say read 20 books again and hopefully more than that! I'll keep track here as well as Goodreads. Hopefully I'll read more per month than I have been!!!!
January: 1. One by One by Ruth Ware 2. Star Trek: Agents of Influence by Dayton Ward. February: 3. Battle Ground by Jim Butcher 4. All the Colors of Night by Jayne Ann Krentz 5. The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi March: 6. The Consuming Fire by John Scalzi 7. The Last Emperox by John Scalzi 8. Dead as a Door Knocker Diane Kelly April: 9. Star Trek Picard: The Dark Veil by James Swallow 10. Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews May: 11. Star Trek: The Next Generation: Ghost Ship by Diane Carey 12. Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Peacekeepers by Gene DeWeese 14. Later by Stephen King June: 15. The Girls Are All So Nice Here by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn 16. Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir 17. Scandal in the VIP Suite by Nadine Gonzalez July: August: September: October: November: December: Last edited by PurpleStar; 06-28-2021 at 11:38 AM. |
12-21-2020, 02:45 AM | #10 |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 13,021
Karma: 37197878
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: USA
Device: Nexus 7 2, Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8" (retired=Sony PRS650, Kobo Mini)
|
I have a mix of reading goals for 2021, including:
January 2021 Read 23 books. February 2021 Read 31 books. Finished The Nutshell Challenge ~ Round One March 2021 Read 22 books. Finished The Tried-and-True Challenge ~ Round One April 2021 Read 28 books. Finished The Tried-and-True Challenge ~ Round Two May 2021 Read 26 books. Finished The Tried-and-True Challenge ~ Round Three June 2021 Read 14 books. July 2021 Read 15 books. August 2021 I only read 6 books. September 2021 Read 16 books. Finished The Nutshell Challenge ~ Round Two October 2021 Read 25 books. November 2021 Read 10 books. December 2021 Read 21 books. Completed The Alphabet Challenge ~ Round One, The Name Game Challenge, The 21 in 21 Phonics Challenge, The Alphabet Challenge ~ Round Two, Finished The Nutshell Challenge ~ Round Three, and The Tried-and-True Challenge ~ Round Four Last edited by library addict; 12-30-2021 at 01:45 AM. Reason: update tally |
12-21-2020, 06:32 AM | #11 |
Wizard
Posts: 2,147
Karma: 11676050
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: UK
Device: Kindle, Kobo Touch, Nook SimpleTouch
|
Read twice as much as I buy
Read twice as many books as I buy.
Bought: 27 Borrowed: 11 Free: 41 Read: 72 Books read: 1. Blackfish City - Sam J Miller (k) - 325 2. The Problem with Men - Richard Herring (k) - 120 3. A Stranger in Olondria - Sofia Samatar (e) - 301 4. Wilma Tenderfoot and the Case of the Frozen Hearts - Emma Kennedy (k) - 262 5. The Gathering Storm - Kate Elliott (k) - 1056 6. Designers & Dragons: The 1970s - Shannon Applecline (e) - 450 --- 7. Orders of Battle - Marko Kloos (k) - 260 8. Daughter of the Forest - Juliet Marillier (k) - 669 9. Behind Her Eyes - Sarah Pinborough (h) - 373 10. Orconomics - J Zachary Pike (k) - 366 11. Forerunner: The Second Venture - Andre Norton (e) - 171 --- 12. Alphabet of Thorn - Patricia A McKillip (k) - 291 13. School's Out - Scott K Andrews (e) - 219 14. In the Ruins - Kate Elliott (k) - 624 15. 14 - J T Ellison (e) - 416 --- 16. Transition - Iain Banks (k) - 469 17. Ramble Book - Adam Buxton (k) - 363 18. 21 Unexpected Games to Love on the Atari VCS - John Harris (i) - 140 19. The Anatomy of Super Mario vol 1 - Jeremy Parish (i) - 82 20. Crown of Stars - Kate Elliott (k) - 672 21. Purgatory Mount - Adam Roberts (k) - 336 --- 22. Duskfall - Christopher Husberg (k) - 444 23. Pied Piper - Nevil Shute (p) - 253 24. The Hidden City - Michelle West (k) - 838 25. Lucky Universe - Joshua James (k) - 287 --- 26. Stormdancer - Jay Kristoff (k) - 438 27. Hey! Listen! - Steve McNeil (k) - 234 28. Luna: Moon Rising - Ian McDonald (k) - 360 29. A Deadly Education - Naomi Novik (k) - 312 30. Murder on the Thirty-First Floor - Per Wahlöö (p) - 215 31. Game Dev Stories - David L Craddock (e) - 344 32. The Kingdom of Liars - Nick Martell (k) - 594 --- 33. A Darkling Sea - James L Cambias (e) - 353 34. The Tiger's Daughter - K Arsenault Rivera (e) - 507 35. Rogue Protocol (novella) - Martha Wells (e) - 89 36. Just Ignore Him - Alan Davies (k) - 288 37. Green Rider - Kristen Britain (k) - 560 38. Unshakeable - Shane Byrne (k) - 246 39. The Spoilt Kill - Mary Kelly (p) - 207 --- 40. The Court of Broken Knives - Anna Smith Spark (k) - 512 41. The Little Book of ZX Spectrum Games - Chris Wilkins (i) - 143 42. Children of Ruin - Adrian Tchaikovsky (k) - 565 43. A Ring to Rule Them All (short) - Luke Scull (k) - 20 44. Wolf-Speaker - Tamora Pierce (e) - 168 45. The Relentless Moon - Mary Robinette Kowal (k) - 534 --- 46. The Path of Anger - Antoine Rouaud (k) - 437 47. Heterotopias 001 (zine) - Gareth Damian Martin (ed) (i) - 56 48. After Atlas - Emma Newman (k) - 365 49. Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo (k) - 452 50. Exit Strategy (novella) - Martha Wells (e) - 93 51. Gone Fishing - Bob Mortimer & Paul Whitehouse (k) - 246 --- 52. The Lost City of Ithos - John Bierce (k) - 443 53. Starsight - Brandon Sanderson (k) - 457 54. 8-Bit Obituaries - John Harris (e) - 129 55. Exp. Negatives - Mathew Kumar (e) - 52 56. Lamentation - Ken Scholes (k) - 364 57. Flaubert's Parrot - Julian Barnes (p) - 229 --- 58. Stairway to Badass - David L Craddock (e) - 154 59. My Mess is a Bit of a Life - Georgia Pritchett (k) - 263 60. Tymon's Flight - Mary Victoria (k) - 564 61. The Real-Town Murders - Adam Roberts (k) - 230 62. The Seventh Bride - T Kingfisher (k) - 223 63. Unconquerable Sun - Kate Elliott (k) - 528 --- 64. Clipping Through - Leigh Alexander (e) - 75 65. NES Works 1985 - Jeremy Parish (i) - 181 66. The Mirror Empire - Kameron Hurley (k) - 513 67. Mystery Mile - Margery Allingham (p) - 187 68. Arrows of the Queen - Mercedes Lackey (e) - 213 69. The Haunting of Tram Car 015 (novella) - P Djèlí Clark (e) - 79 70. Arrow's Flight - Mercedes Lackey (e) - 234 71. Riot Baby (novella) - Tochi Onyebuchi (e) - 91 72. Arrow's Fall - Mercedes Lackey (e) - 235 Monthly Breakdown: Spoiler:
Achievements: 1. Buy It, Read It. Start at least 80% of the books I buy. Total: 22/27 (81%) COMPLETED 2. King of the Mountains. My 5 longest books should total over 3000 pages. Total: 3859 COMPLETED Spoiler:
3. Morningstar Crescent. An ongoing challenge to read all books shortlisted for the David Gemmell Morningstar Award. No specific target now the award has been closed down, but I do want to read the lot eventually. There are 14 remaining, so let's aim for 7 books. Total: 7 COMPLETED Spoiler:
4. Paper Chase. Reduce my paper book collection. Out: 6 In: 3 Net reduction: 3 COMPLETED 5. Indiana Jones and the Bundle of Doom. My goal last year was demolished by the late purchase of a large Storybundle. This year I will read at least 10 books from that bundle. Total: 10 COMPLETED Spoiler:
6. Never Gonna Be Respectable. Read a classic or literary award adjacent book. COMPLETED Flaubert's Parrot - Julian Barnes 7. He Scores. Read a book by Nevil Shute. This is a bit of an annual tradition since I inherited my father's collection, so I thought I would make it official. COMPLETED Pied Piper - Nevil Shute Note: My new rule for bundles is that they count as 1 purchase per £ (if there are more books than pounds). So if I bought a bundle of 15 books for £7.50, that would count as 8 purchases and 7 freebies. Legend: Book title: read,own,don't own (p) paperback, (h) hardback, (k) kindle, (e) epub, (i) ibook/pdf, (a) audio On target, Off target, Completed Last edited by DrNefario; 01-01-2022 at 11:56 AM. |
12-21-2020, 06:39 AM | #12 |
Diligent dilettante
Posts: 3,499
Karma: 49052844
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: in my mind
Device: Kobo Sage; Kobo Libra H2O
|
Last edited by Uncle Robin; 12-23-2021 at 12:41 PM. |
12-21-2020, 10:46 AM | #13 |
Wizard
Posts: 4,016
Karma: 38840460
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Minneapolis
Device: PWSE, Voyage, K3, HDX, KBasic 7 & 8, Nook Glo3, Echos, Nanos
|
2021 Goals
3,000 pages per month: Jan; June, July, August Ebooks - TBR Reduced by 10; Current: +147 Audiobooks - TBR Reduced by 10; Current +13 Magazines - TBR Reduced by 10; Current -6 12 Books over 600 pages: 1 Magazines Read So Far: 6 Spoiler:
2021 Purchases Read: Bought: 213 Read: 16 Free: 60 Read: 2 Spoiler:
Short Stories, Novellas, Short Dramas: 19 Spoiler:
Books January - Pages Read:3138 01. 5/5 A Quiet Gentleman - Georgette Heyer (audio) Martin/Gervaise interactions are so hilarious. Love this. 02. 5/5 Pines - Blake Crouch (audio+ebook)Reread. Lots of suspense. A bit violent, but not excessively so. 03. 5/5 Wayward - Blake Crouch (audio+ebook)Lots of action going on. 04. 5/5 The Last Town - Blake Crouch (audio+ebook)Suspense at a rapid pace. 05. 5/5 McNally's Secret - Lawrence Sanders (audio)Reread - still love this guy. Cozy featuring a playboy Floridian 06. 1/5 Reluctant Adventures of Fletcher Connelly - Felix Savage (audio)Quit after an hour. YA? I'm clearly not the intended audience. 07. 5/5 McNally's Luck - Lawrence Sanders (audio)Archie is such a treasure. A potential disappointment to his parents, yet succeeds 08. 5/5 Edited to Death - Elizabeth Spann CraigA manuscript is stolen from Myrtle's house; author is then murdered 09. 5/5 The House Guest - Mark Edwards (audio)Two Brits housesit in NYC accept that a woman is a friend of the owners. 10. 4/5 Hushed Up - Elizabeth Spann CraigFlorist is murdered after Wanda's warning. February Pages Read: 159111. 4/5 One Man Massacre - Jonas Ward Tom goes for a night of cards and maybe dancing and ends up in a war. 12. 4/5 The Dreaming Void - Peter F HamiltonA man who gets visions from inside the Void threatens the Universe. 13. 1/5 Off To Be A Wizard - Scott Meyer (audio) RETURNEDYA quit after an hour. Narrator was good. 14. 5/5 McNally's Risk - Lawrence Sanders (audio)Murder and a prenup; Archie gets in the middle. 15. 3/5 The Door With Seven Locks - Edgar WallaceGood story but ebook is full of typos which was very distracting. 16. 5/5 The Hobbit - J R R Tolkien (audio)Wonderful retelling with narrator Andy Serkis. March Pages Read: 165017. 4/5 McNally's Caper - Lawrence Sanders (audio) Too much time taken by non-plot elements. 18. 2/5 Working Stiff - Annelise Ryan (audio+ebook)Not for me but narration was excellent. 19. 5/5 Fine Art of Murder - Donald Bain (audio)Art and murder; a little Italian as well. April Pages Read: 213220. 4/5 Sphere - Michael Crichton (audio) Science is sometimes iffy, but enjoyable anyway. 21. 3/5 Stephen Fry's Victorian Secrets - John Wolff (audio)Non-fiction entertaining discussion of Victorian era 22. 2/5 Evelyn, After - Victoria Helen Stone (ebook+audio)Dark romance more than suspense. Not for me. Narration excellent. 23. 4/5 Lost Fleet: Dauntless - Jack Campbell (ebook+audiobook)Good story. Captain Jack Black wakes up a century after his last battle. 24. 5/5 Lost Fleet: Fearless - Jack Campbell (audio)Plot was better. Battles are excellent as last book. 25. 3/5 Black Beauty - Anne Sewell (audio)Autobiography of a horse. Good story. 26. 3/5 Sourcery - Terry Pratchett (audio)Good book but not as good as other Diskworld novels. 27. 3/5 Gateway - Frederick Pohl (audio)A bit of a drag for me. Good story, but adventure was not really sustained. May Pages Read: 280828. 3/5 A Robot Named Clunk - Simon Haynes (ebook + audio) Humerous scifi, but not hilarious as billed. 29. 5/5 In Farleigh Field - Rhys Bowen (audio)Excellent story based in WW2. 30. 4/5 Devil's Deep - Michael Wallace Thriller that goes from Vermont to Costa Rica. Good story. 31. 5/5 Faithful Unto Death - Caroline Graham (audio+ebook)Midsommer Murders. Excellent. 32. 3/5 Clouds of Witness - Dorothy L Sayers (audio)Audio on this book was rather low, so a bit hard to hear for me. 33. 4/5 A Morbid Taste of Bones - Ellis Peters (audio+ebook)Good story; monks want to take over a Saint from a parish in Wales 34. 4/5 Pandemic - Robin CookGood story although the main character is a bit of a arrogant jerk. 35. 4/5 Echoes in Death - J D RobbStill like this series, but prefer random over in order now. 36. 4/5 A Body In The Attic - Elizabeth Spann CraigAnother body found by Miles and Myrtle. Serious gnome army going on too. June Pages Read: 370537. 4/5 McNally's Trial - Lawrence Sanders (audio) This time it's funeral homes. And a bad assistant. 38. 5/5 The Princeling - Cynthia Harrod-Eagles (audio+ebook)Another excellent story. 39. 4/5 Animal Farm - George Orwell (audio)Still a cool book. Narration was fabulous! 40. 4/5 Small Gods - Terry Pratchett (ebook)Good story. 41. 4/5 McNally's Puzzle - Lawrence Sanders (audio)Good story but I got lost somewhere in there hence 4 stars. 42. 5/5 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey (audio)Both funny & distressing. Abridged/read by author. 43. 2/5 Dead Wrong - Leighann Dobbs (audio)Just not for me. 44. 3/5 Sourdough - Robin Sloan (audio)Paranormal sourdough starter. My baking heart loved this. 45. 4/5 McNally's Gamble - Lawrence Sanders (audio)Faberge eggs during Christmas season. July Pages Read: 413646. 5/5 The Paper Princess - M C Beaton (audio) Really loved this. It's been awhile since I've enjoyed a Regency romance. 47. 5/5 Friday the Rabbi Slept Late - Harry Kemelman (audio)Excellent start to this series. Rabbi implicated in murder of young woman. 48. 3/5 Guy Noir and the Straight Skinny - Garrison Keilor (audio)PI starts out well but fizzles a little over 1/2 through. Still good. 49. 5/5 Elantris (Graphic Audio) - Brandon Sanderson (audio)Great!! Enjoyable presentation! 50. 5/5 Long Time No See - Ed McBain (audio)Great story. Unexpected. 51. 4/5 Ghostly Paws - Leighann Dobbs (audio)Pretty good, mostly sensible cozy with a paranormal element. 52. 5/5 The Last Train - Michael PronkoExcellent murder mystery set in Tokyo. 53. 5/5 Memory - Lois McMaster Bujold (audio)Excellent mid series story! Simon & Gregor feature. 54. 2/5 Dust Angel - Jutta Profijt (ebook+audio)While improved towards end, this was boring. 55. 5/5 Dead Game - Michael Avallone (ebook)This was more of a thriller than pulp crime novel. This was great! 56. 5/5 A Great Deliverance - Elizabeth George (ebook)Conflict between investigators and beheading of man in barn. August Pages Read: 302057. 5/5 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J D Rowling (audio) Stephen Fry narration. Excellent!! 58. 2/5 The Barbarian Prince - Michelle Pillow (audio)Rewrite is awful. Gave one extra star for the narrator. 59. 5/5 The Mote in God's Eye - Larry Niven & Jerry Pourelle (audio+ebook)Excellent first contact story! 60. 5/5 Death of a Hollow Man - Caroline Graham (audio)Death on the stage. Excellent story. 61. 5/5 Spellbound - Larry Correia (audio)Way better than book one. Loved this. 62. 3/5 Murder on Main Street - Judith Ivie (audio+ebook)Cozy. Group of women who have a real estate office investigate murder. 63. 3/5 Waiting for Armando - Judith Ivie (audio+ebook)This first book of the series was only so-so. 64. 4/5 Skeleton in the Closet - Judith Ivie (audio+ebook)Good cozy. Stronger plot than previous books. 65. 3/5 Drowning in Christmas - Judith Ivie (audio+ebook)Turkey, wedding and I'm tired of main character's whining September Pages Read: 172466. 4/5 The Hangman's Daughter - Oliver Potzsch (audio+ebook) Torment of women will make you angry, but mostly historically accurate. Good story. 67. 4/5 Dying Wishes - Judith K Ivie (audio+ebook)Good story with focus on legal issues around end of life. 68. 4/5 Warbound - Larry Coreia (audio)Good end to trilogy. Lots of battles. 69. 4/5 Trouble at High Tide - Jessica Fletcher (audio)Jessica finds a body while on vacation in Bermuda. 70. 4/5 Domestic Malice - Jessica Fletcher (audio)Good story focuses on domestic violence October Pages Read: 41971. 3/5 Host - Robin Cook (audio) Some odd stuff here, but the plot was mostly good. November Pages Read: 81272. 5/5 Goodbye Piccadilly - Cynthia Harrod-Eagles (audio) Good intro to historical fiction series on WW1 73. 4/5 Hades Project - Robert Ludlum & Gayle LyndsWeaponized virus December Pages Read: 146774. 5/5 Misery - Stephen King (audio) * This was excellent and chilling. 75. 3/5 Golden Age of Science Fiction - VariousAnthology - a few outstanding, most good. 76. 3/5 Elizabeth II: Life of a Monarch - Ruth Cowen (audio)I enjoyed early life as I was not familiar with those details. 77. 3/5 Last of the Magpies - Mark Edwards (audio)* - unowned ======= TBR = owned books TBR (audio) Jan 1: 1017 (includes freebees) TBR (ebooks) Jan 1: 1513 (includes magazines, no freebees) Audiobooks listened: 66 (including 00 freebies, 1 abandoned, 6 re-reads) Books Read: 29 (including 1 freebies, 1 abandoned, 4 re-read) Books otherwise removed from TBR: 0 Book Rating/Comments: 1: Awful, or did not finish 2: So, so, or not to my taste 3: Good book 4: Very good book; possible reread. 5: Wonderful book! A keeper. Last edited by Tarana; 12-31-2021 at 11:45 AM. |
12-21-2020, 09:43 PM | #14 |
Connoisseur
Posts: 52
Karma: 2133774
Join Date: Feb 2014
Device: Kindle
|
Read 52 books in 2021
Read one TBR for every 4 books read (12 - 13 total) - 12 read Complete 2 ongoing series - 3 finished January 1. Kris Longknife - Emissary, Mike Shepherd 2. The Midnight Library, Matt Haig 3. The Fatal Flying Affair - T. E. Kinsey 4. The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop - Fannie Flagg (TBR) February 5. The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians, David Rubenstein 6. Authoritarian Nightmare: Trump and his Followers, John Dean 7. The Titanic Secret, Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul (TBR, Series completed) 8. Girl A, Abigail Dean 9. Lark the Harold Angels Sing, Donna Andrews 10. Evolution, The Human Story, Alice Roberts 11. Ten Innings at Wrigley: The Wildest Ballgame Ever, with Baseball on the Brink, Kevin Cook TBR 12. Book Club Babies, Ashton Lee (TBR) March 13. Sarah Johnson's Mount Vernon, Scott E. Casper 14. Toil and Trouble, Monica Knightley 15. How the Penguins Saved Veronica, Hazel Prior April 16. A World Without Email, Cal Newport 17. Rosemary and Rue, Seanan McGuire (TBR) 18. My Family Album, Frans de Waal 19. This is the Fire, Don Lemon May 20. End of the Line, Gillian Galbraith (TBR) 21. Murder on Lenox Hill, Victoria Thompson (TBR) 21 Maniac, Harold Schechter 22. Kris Longknife: Admiral, Mike Shepherd (TBR) not last of series but last for me 23. The Consequences of Fear, Jacquelin Winspear 24. How Apollo Flew to the Moon, David W Woods 25. All Systems Red, Martha Wells (TBR) 26. Murder in Little Italy, Victoria Thompson June 27. Murder in Chinatown, Victoria Thompson (TBR) 28. The Great Pretender, Susannah Cahalan 29. The Saboteurs, Clive Cussler 30. Murder on Bank Street, Victoria Thompson (TBR) 31. How Democracies Die, Steven Levitsky July 32. Becoming Superman, J Michael Stracynski (TBR) 33. Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir 34. The Thursday Murder Club, Richard Osman 35. King Richard: Nixon and Watergate - an American Tragedy, Michael Dobbs 36. Sweetheart, Chelsea Cain (TBR) 37. Murder on Waverly Place, (TBR) 38. The Hollywood Spy, Susan Ella MacNeal August 39. Before She Disappeared, Lisa Gardner 40. If You Tell, Gregg Olsen 41. Boundless, Jack Campbell Last edited by bs10000; 08-21-2021 at 12:02 PM. |
12-22-2020, 08:05 PM | #15 |
Evangelist
Posts: 451
Karma: 364
Join Date: May 2009
Location: New York
Device: EZ-Reader - Samsung Nook's- Nook S/T w/Glow - Kindle Fire - Nova 2
|
Read 52 books in 2021
January
1) Noble Beginnings (Jack Noble Series #1) - Author L.T. Ryan 2) The Law of Innocence - Author Michael Connelly 3) Recursion - Author Blake Crouch 4) A Deadly Distance (Jack Noble #2) - Author L.T. Ryan 5) Photographing the Dead (Nameless) - Author Dean Koontz - Short Story 6) Freedom Lost (The Survivalist Book 9) - Author Arthur Bradley February 7) Wild Blue - Author Stephen E. Ambrose 8) The Sentinel - Author Lee Child and Andrew Child 9) The Third Deadly Sin - Author Lawrence Sanders March 10) Noble Intentions: Season One - Author L.T. Ryan 11) The Cold Dish - Author Craig Johnson April 12) Death Without Company - Author Craig Johnson 13) Kindness Goes Unpunished - Author Craig Johnson 14) Ready One Player - Author Ernest Cline May 15) The Silent Corner - Author Dean Koontz 16) Another Mans Moccasins - Author Craig Johnson 17) The Whispering Room - Author Dean Koontz 18) Ready Player Two - Author Ernest Cline 19) Elevation - Author Stephen King 20) Daylight - Author David Baldacci June 21) The Kaiser's Web - Author Steve Berry 22) Void Moon - Author Michael Connelly July 23) The Fourth Deadly Sin - Author Lawrence Sanders August 24) Survive the Night - Author Riley Sager September 25) The Travelers - Author Chris Pavone 26) The Eyes of Darkness - Author Dean Koontz October 27) The Deserter - Author Nelson Demille November 28) Die Trying - Author Lee Child 29) The Anderson Tapes - Author Lawrence Sanders December 30) Without Fail - Author Lee Child Last edited by Musicman; 12-04-2021 at 01:51 PM. |
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
The 2020 Annual Reading Challenge List Thread | pdurrant | Reading Recommendations | 36 | 01-13-2020 10:12 AM |
The 2018 Annual Reading Challenge List Thread | pdurrant | Reading Recommendations | 44 | 03-04-2018 12:22 PM |
The 2016 Annual Reading Challenge List Thread | pdurrant | Reading Recommendations | 53 | 01-12-2017 06:31 PM |
The 2014 Annual Reading Challenge List Thread! | Nyssa | Reading Recommendations | 62 | 12-07-2014 03:12 PM |