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RYO Challenge - August
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justifiedsinner
Posted 2015-09-01 6:29 AM (#11254)
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Out and about in the good weather this month so I didn't accomplish as much as I thought I would. Finished The Unloved challenge and I am close on a few others but shorts and the Lit Prizes are looking pretty thin.

Clear the Shelves 15/15
Somewhere Out There 12/12
Read the Sequel 12/12
The Unloved 12/12
Fantasy mini-series 3/3
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Listomania 5/9
Short Fiction 3/6
Just Have to Read More 6/9
Solar System 5/9
Space Opera 11/12
Read Around the World 9/10
12 in 12 9/12
Second Best 8/12
Literary Prizes 3/12
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Books Read: 2015 44/50
Un-stack 33/50 (private)
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spoltz
Posted 2015-09-01 2:50 PM (#11260 - in reply to #11254)
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Location: Beaverton, Oregon, USA		Like last month, one of the Tolkien posthumous works took me two weeks to read. So the other I picked for the month were shorter novels.
Read:
The Book of Lost Tales: Part 2 - Tolkien - Tolkien
The Cosmic Engineers - Clifford Simak - I Just Want, Clear the Shelves
Dies the Fire - SM Stirling - a book club selection - Pick&Mix, Unloved
Nova - Samuel R Delany - I Just, Clear, LGBT, 2nd Best
Rite of Passage - Alexei Panshin - Clear, 12 in 12
Web of the Witch World - Andre Norton - I Just, Clear, Unloved, P&M, YA

The Challenge Tallies:
I Just Have to Read More - 9/12
Clear The Shelves - 13/15
Pick and Mix - 29/40
Solar System - 3/3
Tokien - 10/12
Unloved - 11/12
12 Awards - 9/12
YA - 9/12
WOGF - 5/12
LGBT 3/12
2nd Best - 4/6

I'm pretty sure I've bitten off more than I can chew now that I've added some more challenges. With heavy overlap between WoGF and LGBT, I still need about 22 books through the last 4 months of the year. And two more Tolkiens left means around three or so weeks just on those. Fortunately, by choosing short books, and with my minimal social life, just maybe....

Have fun everyone!
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daxxh
Posted 2015-09-01 3:39 PM (#11261 - in reply to #11260)
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Location: Great Lakes, USA		Blood of the Cosmos - Kevin Anderson. 2015, Sequel, Series, Space Opera
Altered Carbon - Richard K. Morgan. Detective, 12in12, Listomania, Clear, Subgenre
Ship Breaker - Paolo Bacigalupi. 12in12, YA, Clear, Literary
Edge of Dark - Brenda Cooper. WoGF, 2015, Series, Out There

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
Second Best 6/6
Unloved 12/12
Read it Again 6/6
Pick & Mix 20/20
Short 6/6
Detective 12/12
12 in 12 6/6


Ongoing Challenges
SubGenre 3/5
Space Opera 4/15
Solar System 2/12
Clear the Shelves 8/15
Somewhere Out There 7/12
Literary 5/12
Read the Sequel 7/12
WoGF 9/12
Published 2015 5/18
1950s 8/10
Fantasy Series 2/3
Listomania 5/6
Down Under 0/3
Series A-Z 6/26
YA 2/3
Books Read 2015 45

Favorite Book this month: Edge of Dark
Favorite Book this year: The Bone Clocks
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DrNefario
Posted 2015-09-02 8:05 AM (#11265 - in reply to #11254)
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Location: UK		Ladies of Grace Adieu - Susanna Clarke - Second Best (Mythopoeic)
Servant of the Underworld - Aliette de Bodard - WoGF, Omnibusters, Series A-Z (O - Obsidian & Blood)
The Tomorrow People - Judith Merril - WoGF, 1960s (1960)
The Well of Ascension - Brandon Sanderson - Omnibusters, Series A-Z (M - Mistborn)
The Joy Makers - James Gunn - 1960s (1961)
Deryni Rising - Katherine Kurtz - WoGF (COMPLETED), Series A-Z (C - Chronicles of Deryni)
Hospital Station - James White - nothing!

Completed in August:
WoGF - 12/12

Still to finish:
Omnibusters - 6/8
12 in 12 - 4/12
Second Best - 8/12
Read More - 4/9
New 2015 - 4/6
1960s - 2/10
Series A-Z - 9/26

Favourite book this month: probably Well of Ascension

Currently trying to make some ground on 12 in 12 and Read More.
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Weesam
Posted 2015-09-03 3:09 AM (#11269 - in reply to #11254)
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Location: New Zealand		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
Detective SF: 12/12
2 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
LGBT: 12/12
Short fiction: 12/12
Fantasy Choose A Decade: 12/12
Published 2015: 18/18
Space Opera: 15/15
Sub-genre (time travel): 20/20
Pick & Mix: 40/40
The Weirdness: 12/12
Gaslamp: 18/18
Literary Prizes: 12/12
Omnibusters: 12/12
Down Under: 12/12
Definitive 1960's SF: 20/20 - two books read in August
Series A to Z: 26/26 - 5 books read in August

Series started in August
Cat Quest: 3/12
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