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dustydigger
Posted 2015-08-01 5:02 AM (#11057)
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Location: UK		Hope all your challenges are going well.Been unwell a lot of this month,so got a good chunk of my challenge books read while lolling around.Hopefully I will finish off several challenges next month. Need to finish all my reads before my knee op in early October
Detectives - 11/12
12 Awards - 8/12
Have to Read More - 11/12
Listomania - 11/12
The Unloved - 10/12
WOGF - 7/12
YA - 11/12
Clear the Shelves - 11/15
Read the Sequel - 9/12
A_Z - 5/9
Somewhere out there - 11/12
Space Opera - 10/12
Sub Genre - 9/10
1950s SF - 20/20 - Completed
1960s SF - 9/10
Solar System - 9/12

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total slots - 196
slots filled - 162 (86%)
total different challenge books read - 70/89

and keeping tabs on all reading;
Books Read in 2015 - 73/97

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Books read this month;
Jo Walton - Among Others
Edgar Rice Burroughs - Thuvia Maid of Mars
Hal Clement - Close to Critical
Susan Cooper - Greenwitch
Samuel R Delany - Babel-17
Samuel R Delany - Einstein Intersection
Deborah Harkness - The Book of Life
Benedict Jacka - Cursed
Ann Leckie - Ancillary Sword
Alxei Panshin - Rite of Passage
Fred Pohl - A Plague of Pythons
Rudy Rucker - Software
Clifford D Simak - Way Station
Catherynne M Valente - The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland
Jack Vance - Star King

Thats the most books I've read in months. Still have 22 books left to read for WWEnd before October,so here's hoping for another good month in August!

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justifiedsinner
Posted 2015-08-01 10:44 AM (#11059 - in reply to #11057)
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Down with bronchitis for most of the month so I got a lot of reading done. Should be able to complete a couple more challenges in August.

Clear the Shelves 15/15
Somewhere Out There 12/12
Fantasy mini-series 3/3
Read the Sequel 12/12
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Listomania 3/6
Short Fiction 2/6
Just Have to Read More 3/6
Solar System 4/6
Space Opera 9/12
Read Around the World 8/10
12 in 12 7/12
Second Best 8/12
The Unloved 11/12
Literary Prizes 3/12
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Books Read: 2015 38/50
Un-stack 30/50 (private)
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daxxh
Posted 2015-08-01 12:30 PM (#11065 - in reply to #11057)
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Location: Great Lakes, USA		The Caves of Steel - Isaac Asimov. 50s, Detective, P&M, Series, Listomania - A fun read
The Forever War - Joe Haldeman. Read Again - This one is a classic.
The Water Knife - Paolo Bacigalupi. 2015, P&M - Kind of close to home, so a bit scary.
Slow Bullets - Alastair Reynolds. 2015, Short, Out There - excellent
A Life for the Stars - James Blish. Sequel, Clear, Space Opera, Series - ok
The Naked Sun - Isaac Asimov. Sequel, P&M, 50s, Detective - Another fun read

One non-genre fiction book (Go Set a Watchman - Harper Lee) and one nonfiction book.

I am 2/3s of the way through Seveneves. Very good, so far.

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

Ongoing Challenges
SubGenre 2/5
Detective 11/12
Space Opera 3/15
Solar System 2/12
Clear the Shelves 6/15
Somewhere Out There 6/12
Literary 4/12
Read the Sequel 6/12
WoGF 8/12
Published 2015 3/18
1950s 8/10
Fantasy Series 2/3
12 in 12 3/6
Listomania 4/6
Down Under 0/3
Series A-Z 4/26
Books Read 2015 41

Favorite Book this month: Slow Bullets
Favorite Book this year: The Bone Clocks
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Weesam
Posted 2015-08-01 6:22 PM (#11066 - in reply to #11057)
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Location: New Zealand		Another cold winter month, so lots of hibernating indoors and reading. Nearly all challenges finished, just two to go.

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

Completed in July
Gaslamp: 18/18 - two books read in July
Literary Prizes: 12/12 - five books read in July
Omnibusters: 12/12 - two books read in July
Down Under: 12/12 - seven books read in July

On-going challenges:
Definitive 1960's SF: 18/20 - six books read in July
Series A to Z: 21/26 - 16 books read in July

Just 7 books left to read!
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DrNefario
Posted 2015-08-03 8:22 AM (#11076 - in reply to #11057)
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Location: UK		It was a good month for finishing challenges, for me.

The Red: First Light - Linda Nagata - Enjoyable near-future mil-SF
- Second Best (currently Nebula, might switch to Campbell)
- Series A-Z (R - The Red)

Edge of Infinity - Jonathan Strahan (ed) - Decent anothology of solar-system shorts
- Short Fiction
- Somewhere Out There

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary - MR James - Classic collection of ghost stories.
- Short Fiction - COMPLETED

Authority - Jeff VanderMeer - Book 2 of the Southern Reach trilogy. I found it a bit of a struggle.
- New Books of 2014 - COMPLETED
- Series A-Z (S - Southern Reach)

The Enemy Stars - Poul Anderson - Short, fun, stranded in space novel.
- 1950s (1959) - COMPLETED
- Somewhere Out There
- Second Best (Hugo)

Half a War - Joe Abercrombie - Entertaining conclusion to the trilogy
- New Books of 2015

Zima Blue - Alastair Reynolds - Good collection of mostly space opera shorts
- Somewhere Out There

Angles of Attack - Marko Kloos - Third in his Frontlines series. Still fun, but the first was the best, so far.
- Somewhere Out There - COMPLETED
- New Books of 2015

Completed in June (bar a few reviews)
Short Fiction - 12/12
New Books of 2014 - 16/16
1950s - 10/10
Somewhere Out There - 12/12

Still to go:
Omnibusters - 4/8
WoGF - 9/12
12 in 12 - 4/12
Second Best - 8/12
Read More - 4/9
New 2015 - 4/6
1960s - 0/10
Series A-Z - 6/26

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spoltz
Posted 2015-08-03 4:13 PM (#11079 - in reply to #11057)
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Location: Beaverton, Oregon, USA		Another slow month for me. Tolkien's Book of Lost Tales Part I was very slow reading, and Part II is even slower. I'm following along with the webinars at Mythgard Academy to help me understand them better. Both make "The Silmarillion" seem like light beach reading fare.

My full list for July is:
Book of Lost Tales, Part I - JRR Tolkien
Halting State - Charles Stross.
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - JK Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - JK Rowling
Ready Player One - Ernest Cline Loved this one!

The challenge status is:
I Just Have to.... 6/12
Clear the Shelves 8/15
Read It Again, Sam 6/6 Done and the challenge is over!
Pick and Mix 27/40
Solar System 2/3
Tolkien 9/12
Unloved 9/12
12 in 12 7/9
YA 7/12
WoGF 4/12
LGBT 2/12
2nd Best 3/3 if The Martian doesn't win anything.

After Lost Tales 2, my pace should pick back up again until I get to The Lays of Beleriand...

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Badseedgirl
Posted 2015-08-07 9:54 PM (#11093 - in reply to #11057)
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Location: Middle TN, USA		Slow responding to this one, but at least I have good news to report Challenge updates:

Read it Again: 6/6 (6 reviews) Challenge completed Yeah!
YA: 12/12 (12 reviews) Challenge completed Double Yeah!
12 in 12: 9/12 (8 reviews)
A to Z Series: 4/6 (4 reviews)
Unloved: 10/12 (10 reviews)
Somewhere Out There: 10/12 (10 reviews)
Clear the Shelves: 9/15 (9 reviews)
Down Under: 3/6 (3 reviews)
Read the Sequel: 8/12 (8 reviews)
Sub-Genre (Cyberpunk): 4/5 (4 reviews)
50's: 8/15 (8 reviews)
60's: I have not started this one yet

I think I'm in pretty good shape as of right now.


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