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Posted 2015-06-02 12:16 PM (#10692 - in reply to #10665)
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Location: Beaverton, Oregon, USA		May was a month of short books and juvenile fiction. I think this is the max number of books I ever completed in a month, although I read most of one book in April and finished it on May first, and I don't think any book was over 350 pages, the shortest being about 110 pages. I'm rereading the Harry Potter books because Goblet of Fire is the last book I need to read to complete my own challenge of reviewing all the Hugos ( I read it first before I was writing reviews), and I'm using it for the Read It Again, Sam challenge, and I figured I'd just reread the whole series.

Books Read this Month
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Authority - Jeff Vandermeer - Pick & Mix
Bow, Snow, Bird - Helen Oyeyemi - Just Have To Read More, Clear The Shelves, Unloved
Far-Out Worlds of AE Van Vogt - AE Van Vogt - P&M, CTS, Unloved
The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison - P&M, and possibly 12 in 12 or 2nd Best, depending on its performance this year, and WoGF if I join it
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - JK Rowling - P&M, YA if I join it
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - ditto - ditto
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - ditto - ditto
Herland - Charlotte Perkins Gilman - P&M, and possibly WoGF if I join it.
Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mendal - P&M, and possibly WoGF if I join it.
Time and Again - Clifford D Simak - Just, CTS, Unloved (replacing The Martian which I didn't think would be qualified per the exlusion from the Hugos, but got nominated for a Campbell)
World of Trouble - Ben H. Winters - P&M

I've been a little hesitant of joining new challenges because I obsess about completing them and don't want to overdo it. I'm trying to be more laid back about my reading picks this year, hence the progress on the Pick and Mix challenge.

Challenge Status
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12 Awards in 12 Months - 3/3
I Just Have to Read More of That Author - 6/12
LGBT Speculative - 0/3
Second Best - 1/3
The Unloved - 8/12
Clear the Shelves - 7/15
Read It Again, Sam - 5/6
Pick and Mix - 19/40
Solar System - 2/3
Tolkien - 7/12

Edited by spoltz 2015-06-02 12:19 PM

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