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November RYO Challenge Updates
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daxxh
Posted 2014-11-30 8:19 PM (#8951)
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Location: Great Lakes, USA		Since the day is almost over on the US west coast and I'm not going to finish another book before midnight, here"s my challenge update for November.

November Books
The Dragon Arcana - Trilogy, 35
The last of the Three Musketeers with Dragons books. These were fun.

The Handmaids Tale - Masterworks, 35, Guardian, Banned, Bucket, EotW
I see why this is a classic, but I didn't like it as much as I thought I would.

Brown Girl in the Ring - Masterworks, AoC, 35
So much better than Sister Mine.

Snow Crash - Guardian, Second, 35, Subgenre
I would have liked this better had I read it when it came out. But, it was still ok.

Master of the House of Darts - Trilogy, AoC, 35, Detective
The last of the Obsidian and Blood Trilogy. Too bad there aren't more. I really liked these.

Ash: A Secret History - Masterworks, 35
Started this in January and finally finished it. Too many descriptions of wardrobe changes in the first third, so I got bored with it and finished it mostly while standing in line at Chipotle.

2014 Challenges
WoGF 12/12
Sequel 12/12
Authors 12/12
Ones 12/12
Bucket 9/9
Nebula 8/8
Pick&Mix 12/12
Creature 6/6
Short 12/12
End of the World 12/12
2014 12/8
Retrohugo 5/5
Banned 2/2
Trilogy 9/9


Masterworks 10/12
Guardian 6/7
Elizabeths 2/3
Second 10/12
35 30/35
AoC 10/12


2015 Challenges
Killer Bs 1/3
Gemmell 2/4
Read Again 1/6
Choice 0/5
Subgenre 1/10
Detective 7/12

Favorite Book of November: Master of the House of Darts
Favorite Book this Year: Annihilation (with Ancillary Sword a close second)

I joined the Detective SFF Challenge since I have already read 7 books that fit it. I have already chosen the other five from my giant TBR pile.

Six more to go to finish the 2014 Challenges + one for the Killer Bs which is done in January 2015. I should be able to finish since I have lots of vacation time over the holidays.


Edited by daxxh 2014-11-30 8:23 PM
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DrNefario
Posted 2014-12-01 7:35 AM (#8953 - in reply to #8951)
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Location: UK		Just the two challenge books from me this month, since I'm basically done for the year:

Annihilation - Jeff Vandermeer
Published 2014

Malice - John Gwynne
Gemmell (completes challenge)
(Also counts for my unofficial second Reader's Choice challenge)


2014-15 challenges:
Gemmell 4/4
Reader's Choice 1/5
Published 2014 4/8
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spoltz
Posted 2014-12-01 8:56 AM (#8954 - in reply to #8951)
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Location: Beaverton, Oregon, USA		Books read in November:

The Claw of the Conciliator - Gene Wolfe - 12 Awards/The Number of the Counting Will Be 3
The Sword of the Lictor - Gene Wolfe - 12/3/RTS
The Citadel of the Autarch - Gene Wolfe - RTS

Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card - 5 stars - Book of 1s/Read it again, Sam

I have two books left for challenges ending in December. I need to reread a short book I read in January but didn't review, so I can review it before year's end.

Challenges Completed:
I Just Have to Read
Grandmaster
LGBT
Masterworks
WoGF
2nd Best
Fantasia
Elizabeth Noun
EotW
Creature Feature

Challenges Remaining:
12 Awards: 11/12
The Number of the counting: 8/9
The Book of Ones: 11/12
Read the Sequel: 11/12

2014-15 challenges:
Read it Again Sam 1/6

I'm definitely not going to be able to keep up this pace next year. I'll have to be a lot more conservative in my challenge choosing for 2015.
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Rhondak101
Posted 2014-12-01 11:05 AM (#8955 - in reply to #8951)
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Location: SC, USA		I read three in November: Witches on the Road Tonight by Sheri Holman, Among the Thorns by Veronica Schanoes, and The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell. I am also halfway through The Glass Bead Game (520 very text-dense pages) and The Golden Compass (generous YA word spacing). So that puts me with 2 challenge books remaining, plus the two halves.

I have completed thus far:
12Awards
Read More by
LBGT
Short Fiction
WoGF
Marxists
YA
End of the World
Faerie
Fantasia
Pick and Mix
The Ones
Guardian

I have these remaining
(ending in Dec)
the 35 34/35
The Second Best (11/12)
Bucket List (11/12)
Translation (11/12)
AofC (11/12)
Banned Books (0/2)

(ending sometime next year)
Gaslamp Fantasy (3/18)
Detective (2/12)

I think I am about to join the Published in 2014 challenge because I have several new book that I kept pushing back because of the challenges.
Rhonda
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pizzakarin
Posted 2014-12-01 1:04 PM (#8956 - in reply to #8951)
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Location: Austin, Tx		Well... my reading pace slowed to a snail during the first trimester of pregnancy (before that i was knocking out two books a week and then I went to a single book in 6 weeks), so there is no way that I'm going to complete "The 35", but here is my progress:

WoGF - complete!
New books of 2014 - complete!
Reader's choice award - 0/5 (I bogged down right when I was starting this)
Sub-genre focus - 0/10 (just joined this one)
The 35 - 20/35
Guardian - complete!
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justifiedsinner
Posted 2014-12-02 10:34 AM (#8962 - in reply to #8951)
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Very poor showing this month. Work has cause a major slowdown. Only 4 books that count and the result is:

FINISHED:
The 35: 35/35
12 Awards: 12/12
Fantasia: 12/12
End of the World 12/12
Have to Read More: 12/12
2nd Best: 12/12
Read the Sequel: 12/12
Trilogies: 9/9

ONGOING:
WoGF: 11/12
Book of Ones: 11/12
Mythopoeic 10/12
Masterworks: 10/12
Guardian List 5/7
Short Fiction 5/12
In Translation: 3/12
Killer B's 2/3

It looks as though I am going to miss on short stories and translations. I'm hoping I complete the rest but it's looking shaky.
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