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RYO Challenge Update - March
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justifiedsinner
Posted 2014-03-30 5:02 PM (#6776)
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I don't think I'm going to finish my current SF read by tomorrow night so here's the deal:

12 Awards: 5/12
Have to Read More: 3/12
Masterworks: 3/12
WoGF: 2/12
Fantasia: 6/12
In Translation: 2/12
Read the Sequel: 5/12
The 35: 12/35
Book of Ones: 2/12
Trilogies: 3/9
2nd Best: 4/12
Short Fiction 1/12
End of the World 3/12
Guardian List 1/7
Mythopoetic 2/12
Killer B's 1/3

Challenges: 16
Completed: 57
Actual Books: 16

I'm concentrating on the 12 Award winners and the WoGF and using books I've got in my TBR. Once that's done I'll see what I need to acquire to finish them bearing in mind my read 5 buy 1 rule. I've had to drop out of the YA challenge since I don't think I can accommodate that many new authors on top of the WoGF.

I have a suggestion that people who have finished one or more of the challenges start a thread to record the fact.
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FeminineFantastique
Posted 2014-03-30 5:46 PM (#6779 - in reply to #6776)
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12 Awards: 1/12
LGBT: 2/12
AoC: 1/12
WoGF: 1/12
Creature Feature: 1/6
EotW: 0/12
Faerie: 2/12
Mythopoeic: 1/12
Second best: 3/12
Read the Sequel: 1/12

I've got a lot of overlap, but I've got to step up my game. I've got 60 or so books to read, averaging out at about 7 books a month, which is about 50% higher than my regular reading pace. I might have to work around and find some books with more overlap.
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Rhondak101
Posted 2014-03-30 8:11 PM (#6782 - in reply to #6776)
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The 35: 16/35

Pick and Mix:12/12

Guardian: 7/7

12 Awards/12 Months: 4/12

Short Fiction: 8/12

Authors of Color: 0/12

The End of the World: 3/12

Marxists, etc: 5/12

The Second Best: 2/12

LGBT: 3/12

Fantasia: 7/12

The Bucket List: 3/9

Read One More By: 4/12

8 books read in March

21 total books read

74 of 171 total slots completed

So, I finished two with big page counts--Hyperion and The Years of Rice and Salt--this month and feeling proud of the accomplishment.

 

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daxxh
Posted 2014-03-30 9:33 PM (#6785 - in reply to #6776)
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Location: Great Lakes, USA		WoGF 4/12
Sequel 2/12
Masterworks 4/12
Trilogy 1/9
Killer Bs 0/3
Guardian 0/7
Authors 5/12
Elizabeths 1/3
Ones 3/12
Bucket 2/9
Second 5/12
Pick and Mix 5/12
35 9/12

Total 14 /47

Seven books read in March:
2 Nonfiction that don't count for challenges

Maelstron (Sequel, Authors, 35) 4.0
Fire With Fire (Pick and Mix, Ones, Second-Nebula) 3.0
Nexus (Pick and Mix, Ones, Second-Clarke) 3.0
Silently and Very Fast (WoGF, 35) 3.0
The Golem and the Jinni (WoGF, Pick and Mix) 3.0

All but Maelstrom were not on my original list of books for challenges. Nexus and The Golem and the Jinni were on the Recent Additions shelf at the Library, so I just checked them out. I read Nexus before I saw the Clarke Award nominees and it just happened to fit three challenges. I read The Golem and the Jinni because it was on the Nebula Award nominee list. I checked out Fire With Fire because it was on the Nebula Award nominee list. And I read Silently and Very Fast because it was on my Kindle and that's what I took to Jury Duty. (Also read a big chunk of Ash A Secret History while I was there - it's ok - interesting enough to keep reading, but not so much that I'm in a huge hurry to finish it.) This was definitely the month of random reads.



Edited by daxxh 2014-03-30 9:35 PM
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HRO
Posted 2014-03-31 4:44 AM (#6786 - in reply to #6776)
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Arabesk Trilogy by Jon Courtenay Grimwood - 3 Stars
The Number of the Counting Shall Be Three
1. Pashazade
Book of Ones
2. Effendi
3. Felaheen
12 in 12 (BSFA 2003)

4. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin - 4 Stars
12 in 12 (Hugo 1970)
I Just Have to Read More of That Author

5. Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees - 4 Stars
Faerie Mythology
Masterworks (Fantasy Masterworks)

6. Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock - 4 Stars
Bucket List

7. Mockingbird by Walter Tevis - 5 Stars
End of the World
Masterworks (SF Masterworks)
Second Best (Nebula 1980)

8. The Pillars of the World by Anne Bishop- 4 Stars
Book of Ones
Faerie Mythology
The Number of the Counting Shall Be Three


9. Stranger Things Happen by Kelly Link - 3 Stars
Second Best (WFA for Best Collection 2002)
Short Fiction


Challenge completion
12 in 12 = 2 of 12
Book of Ones = 6 of 12
Bucket List = 3 of 9
Creature Feature = 1 of 6
Elizabeth Noun = 1 of 3
End of the World = 4 of 12
Faerie Mythology = 3 of 12
Fantasia = 2 of 12
I Just Have to Read More of That Author = 2 of 12
LGBT = 1 of 12
Masterworks = 5 of 12
Mythopoeic Award = 1 of 12
The Number of the Counting Shall Be Three = 4 of 9
Second Best = 4 of 12
Short Fiction = 3 of 12
WoGF = 4 of 12

Books read for challenges (total to date) 22 of 80

Favorite book in March



Mockingbird by Walter Tevis
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DrNefario
Posted 2014-03-31 7:44 AM (#6791 - in reply to #6776)
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Location: UK		WoGF: 7/12
Book Ones: 7/12
Masterworks: 3/12 (2 SF, 1 MW)
Award winners: 3/12 (Neb, SJ, Campbell)
Runners-up: 2/12 (Locus F, Mytho)
Sequel: 3/12
End of the World: 4/12
Elizabeth Noun: 1/3 (Hand)
Guardian: 2/7
Read More: 1/12

So I guess the Read More of that Author is the only one I am behind schedule for, although I'm focusing on the WoGF and Book Ones.

March books:

Soulless - Gail Carriger
WoGF
Book Ones

Riddle-Master of Hed - Patricia A McKillip
WoGF
Book Ones

A Door Into Ocean - Joan Slonczewski
WoGF
Book Ones
Masterworks (Mistresswork)
12 in 12 (Campbell)

God's War - Kameron Hurley
WoGF
Book Ones
(TBA - I was going to count it as the Nebula runner up, but it now has two more noms, and I have the Nebula covered anyway)

On the Beach - Nevil Shute
End of the World

Finish the month with some cheery extinction of humanity.

I have now read 14 books from a provisional target of 49, so it looks like I might just be able to make it, but I'm going to start one of the longer works next. Also, I had to remove a couple of books I really wanted to read, to optimise it down to 49, and I'm not sure I'm happy with that.
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DrNefario
Posted 2014-04-01 7:13 AM (#6800 - in reply to #6791)
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DrNefario - 2014-03-31 1:44 PM
I have now read 14 books from a provisional target of 49

...which I have immediately ruined by starting a new purchase that wasn't on the list. 50 books. Nice round number.
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Thomcat
Posted 2014-04-02 11:42 AM (#6819 - in reply to #6776)
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20 participants signed up and there are 16 reviews submitted - up from just 4 in January. As challenge host, I have not added much to the blog but I still hope this challenge will capture some younger readers this summer and increase participation on this web site.

Of those reviews, only two are mine, and I am officially behind schedule. Hooray for summer months and vacations!
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mjmahoney
Posted 2014-04-05 9:57 AM (#6853 - in reply to #6776)
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Women of Genre Fiction 4/12 (4 reviews)
Grand Masters 3/12 (3 reviews)
Read the Sequel 5/12 (3 reviews)

Currently reading something for WoGF, so it looks like I need to read another Grand Master next to even up the numbers.
Overall, I'm reading on a good pace. I have had a bit of overlap between WoGF and Grand Masters and there will probably be a couple more there. I'm using the Sequel challenge to compel myself to read several books that have been sitting on my shelf forever.
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Badseedgirl
Posted 2014-04-07 12:19 AM (#6856 - in reply to #6776)
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Grand Master: 2/12
I just Have to Read More: 5/12
Young Adult: 4/12
One World To Rule Them All: 1/12
The Counting Shall Be Three: 1/9

Now on the surface this looks kind of paltry, but I have made it a personal goal to have no overlaps on any of my lists, so each number on the list represents a unique novel and review. I actually read 11 novels this month, but only three were for this challenge. At that rate I may not finish the challenges until March of Next year! April is going to be dedicated to reading only challenge books, or at least a majority of challenge books.
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