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RYO Challenge - End of May
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justifiedsinner
Posted 2015-05-31 8:45 AM (#10665)
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6 books read this month. I've increased the reading levels on several challenges since I still have 6 months and I've added a few more too. Close to finishing a couple but progress still seems slow. Making good progress on diminishing my stack of TBRs though.

Clear the Shelves 15/15
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Listomania 2/3
Short Fiction 2/3
Just Have to Read More 2/3
Fantasy mini-series 2/3
Solar System 3/6
Space Opera 4/6
Read Around the World 5/8
12 in 12 5/9
Second Best 6/12
The Unloved 6/12
Literary Prizes 2/12
Somewhere Out There 10/12
Read the Sequel 8/12
Books Read:2015 24/50
Un-stack 23/25 (private)
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daxxh
Posted 2015-05-31 11:04 AM (#10667 - in reply to #10665)
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Location: Great Lakes, USA		The Long Tomorrow - Leigh Brackett: Authors, 50s, P&M. Excellent.
The Enchanted - Rene Denfeld: WoGF, Unloved, Literary, P&M. Well written, but not really genre.
Coming Home - Jack McDevitt: Choice, Author, P&M, Out There, 2nd (Nebula). ok
The Dark Between the Stars - Kevin J. Anderson: Space Opera, Author, P&M, 2nd (Hugo). Space Opera!
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson: WoGF, Listomania, P&M. ok. Not that scary.
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury: Read Again, 50s. Excellent.
And one non-genre book.

Finished Challenges
Killer Bs 3/3
Elizabeth Noun 3/3
Gemmell 4/4
Published 2014 20/20
World 5/5
Readers Choice 5/5
More of That Author 12/12

Ongoing Challenges
Read it Again 3/6
SubGenre 2/5
Detective 9/12
Space Opera 1/15
Solar System 1/12
Clear the Shelves 4/15
Somewhere Out There 3/12
Literary 4/12
Read the Sequel 4/12
WoGF 8/12
Published 2015 0/18
1950s 6/15
Unloved 9/12
Pick & Mix 15/20
Fantasy Series 2/3
Second Best 6/6
12 in 12 3/6
Listomania 1/6
Short 4/12
Down Under 0/3
Books Read 2015 30

Favorite Book this month: The Long Tomorrow
Favorite Book this year: The Bone Clocks

I am holding off on saying Ive finished the Second Best Challenge, as I have counted The Three Body Problem as one of the books. It may win something, and I will have to replace it. I also may read 12 books for this challenge, since I have a lot of books on my challenge TBR list that will fit.


Edited by daxxh 2015-05-31 11:06 AM
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Weesam
Posted 2015-05-31 4:23 PM (#10668 - in reply to #10665)
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Location: New Zealand		May was an excellent reading month. I've just had two weeks off work, and as winter decided to come early and it's been freezing outside, I have spent most of the two weeks indoors in the warmth with a book in my hands.

Completed challenges
Read more of author: 12/12
Authors of colour: 12/12
Unloved: 12/12
Clear the Shelves: 15/15
Published 2014: 20/20
Read It Again, Sam: 6/6
Books read 2015: 100/100

Challenges completed in May
Detective SF: 12/12
12 in 12 Award winners: 12/12
Listomania: 12/12
Around the World: 10/10
Second Best: 12/12
Women of genre: 24/24
Young Adult: 12/12
Fantasy Mini: 3/3
In Translation: 12/12
Sequels: 12/12
Reader's Choice: 10/10
Somewhere Out There: 12/12
Definitive 1950's: 20/20
Solar System: 12/12

Ongoing challenges
LGBT: 8/12 - two books read in May
Short fiction: 11/12 - three books read in May
Fantasy Choose A Decade: 4/12 - three books read in May
Gaslamp: 8/18 - two books read in May
Literary Prizes: 3/12 - one book read in May
Published 2015: 9/18 - three books read in May
Space Opera: 13/15 - five books read in May
Sub-genre (time travel): 11/20 - four books read in May
Pick & Mix: 39/40 - six books read in May

New challenges joined in May (I know, I just couldn't help myself - they looked so sad sitting there)
Omnibusters: 6/12
Down Under: 2/12
Weirdness: 9/12
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DrNefario
Posted 2015-06-01 3:10 AM (#10670 - in reply to #10665)
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Location: UK		It never seems very easy for me to check my records when these threads come up, but I think I read:

The Long Tomorrow - Leigh Brackett - 50s, WoGF - Great
The Copper Promise - Jen Williams - WoGF, New 2014 - Fun light adventure
The Death of Grass - John Christopher - 50s - Grimly readable catastrophe
The Magicians - Lev Grossman - 2nd Best (Red Tentacle) - I loved this modern fantasy, but the main character puts a lot of people off
The Midwich Cuckoos - John Wyndham - 50s - Another good one.
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk - Sean Wallace - Short - Variable, some great stories
The Mammoth Book of Nebula Awards SF (aka Nebula Showcase 2011) - Kevin J Anderson - Short - Also a mixed bag

I'm not very sure of my stats, but I'm mostly doing OK except on the two awards challenges (12 in 12, and Second Best). I'm hoping those will look after themselves a bit as the 2014 awards come in.
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dustydigger
Posted 2015-06-01 11:14 AM (#10678 - in reply to #10665)
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Location: UK		Detectives - 9/12
12 Awards - 9/12
Have to Read More - 9/12
Listomania - 10/12
The Unloved - 6/9
WOGF - 5/12
YA - 8/12
Clear the Shelves - 10/15
Read the Sequel - 8/12
Somewhere out there - 9/12
Space Opera - 8/12
Sub Genre - 7/10
1950s SF - 20/20
Solar System - 6/12

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total slots - 174
slots filled - 124 (71%)
total different books read - 50
books reviewed - 25
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Books read this month
Robert Holdstock - Mythago Wood
Ann Leckie - Ancillary Justice
Pohl+Kornbluth - Gladiator-at-law
Terry Pratchett - Moving Pictures
Doc Smith - Triplanetary
James Blish - Case of Conscience
Andy Weir - The Martian
Eric Frank Russell - Wasp
Doc Smith - First Lensman
Kurt Vonnegut - Sirens of Titan

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spoltz
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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Dlw28
Posted 2015-06-02 6:25 PM (#10695 - in reply to #10665)
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I feel like a slacker! But I will console myself by remembering I've read some large tomes recently: the Fifth Heart at 600+ pages and Seveneves at close to 900 pages. This month I also read :
The Invisible Library
Manifold Time
The Great Zoo of China (don't bother)
Uprooted

A total of 38 so far for the year-so not quite my hoped for two books a week. But then again there are those tomes....
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