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daxxh
Posted 2015-01-04 12:37 AM (#9134)
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Location: Great Lakes, USA		Here's a new thread for the New Books of 2014 Challenge which finishes in July.

I added more slots since it seems that some of us are reading more than the required 8 books.
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DrNefario
Posted 2015-01-04 10:38 AM (#9138 - in reply to #9134)
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daxxh
Posted 2015-01-04 11:43 AM (#9139 - in reply to #9138)
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Location: Great Lakes, USA		It's still only 8 books to finish. I don't think it would be fair to make it more now. But, some people are reading more than 8 and if people want to use this to find Hugo nominees, this will give them a bigger list. If people are offended, I can put it back.
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pizzakarin
Posted 2015-01-05 1:05 PM (#9158 - in reply to #9134)
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DrNefario
Posted 2015-01-05 1:57 PM (#9163 - in reply to #9134)
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Dlw28
Posted 2015-01-05 5:46 PM (#9171 - in reply to #9134)
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We are completists! I actually thought I just miscounted the slots-but happy to put the 2014 published books all in one place. Thanx
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daxxh
Posted 2015-02-01 1:42 PM (#9455 - in reply to #9134)
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Emil
Posted 2015-03-07 7:46 AM (#9834 - in reply to #9134)
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Location: Grootfontein, Namibia		This challenge should extend past July 2015. I've come across some stunning 2014 books but won't get through them before the deadline.

Nonetheless, you should all read A Darkling Sea. .

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daxxh
Posted 2015-03-07 3:58 PM (#9839 - in reply to #9834)
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Location: Great Lakes, USA		OK. This challenge now ends in December.
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DrNefario
Posted 2015-03-08 8:28 AM (#9840 - in reply to #9834)
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Emil - 2015-03-07 1:46 PM

This challenge should extend past July 2015. I've come across some stunning 2014 books but won't get through them before the deadline.

Nonetheless, you should all read A Darkling Sea. .

You can still read things that don't count for challenges, you know.
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Dlw28
Posted 2015-03-08 12:52 PM (#9842 - in reply to #9134)
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Enjoying a Darkling Sea right now. I have recently read Cherryh's Faded Sun trilogy and the theme of assumptions and misunderstandings between differing cultures is similar. A message for our times.
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Emil
Posted 2015-03-09 4:03 AM (#9845 - in reply to #9840)
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DrNefario - 2015-03-09 4:28 AM

You can still read things that don't count for challenges, you know.


Hehehe, I know. But reading something that does not serve towards a reading goal does not compute well with my compulsive-obsessive personality
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Dlw28
Posted 2015-03-09 9:21 PM (#9848 - in reply to #9134)
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Finished a Darkling Sea. Great ending! I second the suggestion that it's well worth a read.
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DrNefario
Posted 2015-07-13 7:51 AM (#10941 - in reply to #9134)
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Location: UK		An extremely productive weekend for me, finishing three challenges with three books. I had decided to try to finish the second iteration of this challenge, with 16 books and a deadline of July. I have plenty of great 2014 books still to read, but we're getting too late to worry about awards season now, so I didn't see the point of going up another level.

Anyway, I didn't rate Authority as highly as Annihilation. Basically because it was longer, which made it more annoying in its lack of drive. If anything can happen, how can you anticipate anything, and get any momentum going?
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pizzakarin
Posted 2015-07-13 8:04 AM (#10942 - in reply to #10941)
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I ended up finishing this one and then increasing my challenge level at the same time as I increased my challenge level for Women of Genre Fiction. I ended up picking up a lot of 2014 debut fiction by ladies on Kindle, so, to punish myself?/make up for buying so many books, I decided that I needed to get them read.
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