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HRO

Posted 2014-08-03 6:05 AM (#8260)
Subject: RYO Challenge Update: July

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Only 5 more months for the RYO challenges! The race is on...will you finish by year's end? And what books did you read in July?

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Posted 2014-08-03 6:05 AM (#8261 - in reply to #8260)
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HROs Update for July

1. The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker - 5 Stars
Gaslamp Fantasy
Mythopoeic Award (2014)
Second Best (WFA 2014)
WoGF

2. The House of Gaian by Anne Bishop - 3 Stars
The Number of the Counting Shall Be Three

3. New Amsterdam by Elizabeth Bear - 3 Stars
Creature Feature
Elizabeth Noun
Fantasia
LBGT

4. The Reapers Are the Angels by Alden Bell - 3 Stars
Book of Ones
Creature Feature
End of the World
Second Best (PKD 2010)
Young Adult

5. The Thin Place by Kathryn Davis - 3.5 Stars
Bucket List
Fantasia

6. When She Woke by Hilary Jordan - 4.5 Stars
End of the World
LBGT
WoGF

7. The Wild Wood by Charles de Lint - 2 Stars
Faerie Mythology

Challenge completion
12 in 12 = 4 of 12
Book of Ones = 7 of 12
Bucket List = 4 of 9
Creature Feature = 4 of 6
Elizabeth Noun = 2 of 3
End of the World = 7 of 12
Faerie Mythology = 4 of 12
Fantasia = 5 of 12
Gaslamp Fantasy = 1 of 18
I Just Have to Read More of That Author = 2 of 12
LGBT = 5 of 12
Masterworks = 7 of 12
Mythopoeic Award = 5 of 12
The Number of the Counting Shall Be Three = 3 of 12
Published in 2014 = 0 of 8
Second Best = 7 of 12
Short Fiction = 4 of 12
WoGF = 8 of 12
Young Adult = 1 of 4

Favorite books in July

The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
When She Woke by Hillary Jordan

Edited by HRO 2014-08-03 6:07 AM

daxxh

Posted 2014-08-03 12:27 PM (#8263 - in reply to #8261)
Subject: Re: RYO Challenge Update: July

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Edited by daxxh 2014-08-03 12:45 PM

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Posted 2014-08-03 12:27 PM (#8264 - in reply to #8261)
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Neptune's Brood - Charles Stross - 3 Stars
Sequel, Second Best (Locus SF)

The Sword of Rhiannon - Leigh Brackett - 3 Stars
Masterworks, Short, 35, Bucket

I Am Legend - Richard Matheson - 3.5 Stars
Masterworks, Bucket, Guardian, EotW, 35, Creature

The Giver - Lois Lowry - 3.5 Stars
EotW, Ones

Troika - Alastair Reynolds - 4.0 Stars
Short

Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days - Alastair Reynolds - 4.0 Stars
Short, 35

The Legion of Time - Jack Williamson - 3.0 Stars
35 (and retroHugo)

Out of the Silent Planet - C.S. Lewis - 4.0 Stars
35, Ones, Bucket (and retroHugo)

The Ice Owl - Carolyn Ives Gilman - 3.5 Stars
Short

The Six Directions of Space - Alastair Reynolds - 4.0 Stars
Short

Hurricane Fever - Tobias Buckell - 3.5 Stars
2014

The Sword in the Stone - 2.5 Stars
Guardian (and retroHugo)

I also read a lot of novellas, novelettes and short stories for the RetroHugo Awards and started three other novels for the RetroHugo and Campbell New Writer Awards that I hope to finish in August.

Challenges Status

WoGF - 11/12
Sequel - 9/12
Masterworks - 6/12
Trilogy - 4/9
Killer Bs - 0/3
Guardian - 3/7
Author - 12/12
Elizabeth - 1/3
Ones - 9/12
Bucket - 5/9
Second - 7/12
Nebula - 6/6
Pick N Mix - 12/12
35 - 20/35
Creature - 6/6
Short - 11/12
EotW - 8/12
2014 - 4/8
Gemmell - 0/4

Edited by daxxh 2014-08-03 12:44 PM

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Posted 2014-08-03 12:36 PM (#8265 - in reply to #8260)
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12x12 - 7/12
Have to read more - 8/12
Masterworks - 9/12
Pick n Mix - 11/12
YA - 10/12
Creature. Feature - 5/6
Faerie Mythology - 10/12
Fantasia. - 8/12
Book of Ones. - 10/12
Guardian list. - 5/7
Killer Bs.......1/3
Second Best. - 7/12
Bucket. List - 7/9

total slots......133
slots filled so far...98
books read.......38 (56%)
total different books....67

books read in the genres
Lois McMaster Bujold - Curse of Chalion
Robert E Howard - Conan Chronicles I
Susan Cooper - The Dark is Rising
Alan Garner - The Moon of Gomrath
Christoher Fowler - The Water Room
Kevin Hearne - Trapped
Larry Niven - Mote in God's Eye.
Alastair Reynolds - Revelation Space
Neil Gaiman - Ocean at the End of the Lane

DrNefario

Posted 2014-08-03 12:53 PM (#8266 - in reply to #8260)
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Shelter - Susan Palwick
WoGF (my random pick)

Half a King - Joe Abercrombie
Fantasia

The Healer's War - Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
WoGF
Pick&Mix (Easton)

The Time Ships - Stephen Baxter
12 in 12 (PKD)
Sequel
Guardian
Read More

And that's it for July. A pretty strong and varied month, including the two longest books left on my list (Time Ships and Shelter).

Challenge standings:
WoGF 11/12
Book Ones 12/12
Masterworks 7/12
12 in 12 7/12
Second Best 7/12
Sequel 7/12
EotW 8/12
Elizabeth Noun 2/3
Guardian 6/7
Read More 6/12
Fantasia 9/12
Pick&Mix 12/12

Two challenges completed, and the only one I'm definitely behind on is Read More of that Author, which I think is likely to be the one I'm rushing to finish come December.

spoltz

Posted 2014-08-03 1:14 PM (#8267 - in reply to #8260)
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1. Children of God - Maria Doria Russell - 5 stars
Second Best

2. Emphyrio - Jack Vance - 4 stars
Grandmaster, Masterworks

3. Lost Souls - Poppy Z Brite - 3 stars
LGBT

4. Remnant Population - Elizabeth Moon - 5 stars
WoGF, Elizabeth Noun

5. The Complete Compleat Enchanter - L Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt - 4 stars
GrandMaster, Masterworks, Fantasia

6. White is for Witching Helen Oyeyemi 3 stars
Second Best

I loved Children of God, as I did its predecessor, The Sparrow. To my surprise, I loved Remnant Population. It made me weep! I also read most of Slow River, by Nicola Griffith, but I didn't finish it until 8/1, so it will go on next months list

The stats:
I Just Have to Read... 12/12 :-)
Grand Master 8/12
LGBT 9/12
MasterWorks 10/12
WoGF 10/12
2nd Best 10/12
Fantasia 12/12 :-)
Elizabeth Noun 2/3
12 Awards in 12 Months 5/12
The Number ...3 4/9

26 virtual books to go,16 actual. I've only posted one review from last months list. I have two others written but not yet posted, and 4 unfinished.

Edited by spoltz 2014-08-03 1:18 PM

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Posted 2014-08-04 10:32 AM (#8269 - in reply to #8260)
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FINISHED:
Trilogies: 9/9

ONGOING:
12 Awards: 9/12
Have to Read More: 7/12
Masterworks: 5/12
WoGF: 5/12
Fantasia: 8/12
In Translation: 2/12
Read the Sequel: 10/12
The 35: 25/35
Book of Ones: 5/12
2nd Best: 8/12
Short Fiction 2/12
End of the World 9/12
Guardian List 4/7
Mythopoetic 4/12
Killer B's 1/3

A bit behind, I'm still picking books for some lists so I'm not sure how many actual books I have to complete. In Translation and Short Stories look vulnerable.

Rhondak101

Posted 2014-08-04 11:18 AM (#8270 - in reply to #8269)
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1.The Golem and the Jinni Helene Wecker
The 35; Fantasia; Gaslight

2. Lest Ye Die: A Story of the Past or the Future (aka Theodore Savage) Cicely Hamilton
The 35; WoGF; LGBT; EoW; Marxists

3. The Road Cormac McCarthy
The 35; EoW; Bucket List

4. Looking Backward 2000-1887 Edward Bellamy
The 35; EoW; Marxists

5. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms N. K. Jemisin
The 35: WoGF; AoC; 2nd Best; Ones

6. Redwood and Wildfire Andrea Hairston
WoGF; AoC

7. China Mountain Zhang Maureen McHugh
WoG; LGBT; EoW; 2nd Best

8. Roadside Picnic Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
Marxists; Translation; 2nd Best

9. Kabu-Kabu Nnedi Okorafor
AoC; Short Fiction; Read More by

10 From the Earth to the Moon Jules Verne
Translation; Ones

11. The Clockwork Three Matthew J. Kirby
YA; Gaslight

12. Hollow City Ransom Riggs
Read More by

13. Broken Homes Ben Aaronovitch
Read More by

Pick/Mix 12/12
Short Fiction 12/12
Guardian 10/7
Fantasia 12/12
YA 12/12
The Ones 12/12
WoGF 12/12
EoW 12/12
35 30/35
Marxists 11/12
One More By 11/12
LGBT 10/12
Bucket List 7/9
12 Awards 9/12
2nd Best 8/12
Translation 8/12
AoC 4/12
Gaslight 2/18

56 actual books
191/237 slots

I loved The Golem and the Jinni, China Mountain Zhang and Redwood and Wildfire. Hollow City and Broken Homes were very good sequels in their respective series. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms was a big disappointment to me.
I think I have 18 more actual books to read. Most of them are in the AoC category which fulfill other challenges as well. However, school begins soon, so there will be no more 13 book months for me! Luckily, most of the long books, except for Drood, are completed.

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