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RYO Challenge - June
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justifiedsinner
Posted 2015-07-01 10:43 AM (#10890)
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Only 5 SF read this month. (I took a break to delve into some detective fiction by Elmore Leonard and Walter Mosley). Of the 5 City of Bohane was undoubtable the best. I also caught up on current winners with Ancillary Sword and Annihilation. So, all in all I haven't moved the needle too much:

Clear the Shelves 15/15
Somewhere Out There 12/12
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Listomania 2/3
Short Fiction 2/3
Just Have to Read More 3/6
Fantasy mini-series 2/3
Solar System 4/6
Space Opera 7/9
Read Around the World 7/8
12 in 12 5/9
Second Best 7/12
The Unloved 8/12
Literary Prizes 3/12
Read the Sequel 9/12
Books Read:2015 29/50
Un-stack 26/50 (private)
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pizzakarin
Posted 2015-07-01 11:49 AM (#10895 - in reply to #10890)
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Location: Austin, Tx		June was one of the slowest months I've ever had. I finished 4 books (2 of which I started in May).

New Books of 2014 - 12/12
Reader's Choice Award - 5/5
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12 in 12 - 6/12
Listomania - 6/12
Short Fiction - 2/3
The Unloved - 0/3
Women of Genre - 6/12 - Assassin's Apprentice finished this month
Clear the Shelves - 11/15
New Books of 2015 - 4/9 - Seveneves finished this month
Read the Sequel - 1/3
Sub-Genre Focus - 6/10
Definitive 1950's SF - 3/10 - Player Piano finished this month

And I read one book that didn't fit any list, but does fit with my personal goals of broadening my genre horizons. I read Suffer the Children, a unique take on vampires/zombies that was nominated for the 2014 Stoker.
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daxxh
Posted 2015-07-01 12:29 PM (#10896 - in reply to #10895)
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Location: Great Lakes, USA		The Martian Chronicles - Read Again, 50s
Terms of Enlistment - Out There, P&M, Unloved, Series A-Z
The Saturn Game - Short, Clear the Shelves, Solar System, Unloved
Dark Intelligence - Space Opera, 2015, P&M, Unloved, Series A-Z
Moon of Three Rings - Read Again
All Hugo nominated short fiction with the exception of one novella.

I am disappointed in the Hugo short fiction nominees. Most (all) are not award worthy and some are just awful. Two of the novelettes seem like chapters from a larger work. I still have one novella left, but I am not expecting it will be any better than the other four. I don't really like short fiction that much, and after not really liking many of last years nominees, I probably won't bother with the Hugos next year.

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

Ongoing Challenges
Read it Again 5/6
SubGenre 2/5
Detective 9/12
Space Opera 2/15
Solar System 2/12
Clear the Shelves 5/15
Somewhere Out There 5/12
Literary 4/12
Read the Sequel 4/12
WoGF 8/12
Published 2015 1/18
1950s 7/15
Pick & Mix 17/20
Fantasy Series 2/3
12 in 12 3/6
Listomania 1/6
Short 5/6
Down Under 0/3
Series A-Z 2/26
Books Read 2015 35

Favorite Book this month: Terms of Enlistment
Favorite Book this year: The Bone Clocks


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dustydigger
Posted 2015-07-01 12:54 PM (#10897 - in reply to #10896)
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Location: UK		Bit of a slow month in June. Spent a lot of time preparing for visit of family from USA,looking after them,and then restoring the house to order after they had gone. Reading took a bit of back seat,but I made some progress

Detectives - 10/12
12 Awards - 6/12
Have to Read More - 9/12
Listomania - 11/12
The Unloved - 6/9
WOGF - 6/12
YA - 10/12
Clear the Shelves - 10/15
Read the Sequel - 8/12
Somewhere out there - 9/12
Space Opera - 8/12
Sub Genre - 8/10
1950s SF - 20/20 - Completed
1960s SF - 2/10
Solar System - 6/12

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total slots - 184
slots filled - 130 (72%)
total different books read -54

Books read in June
Mark Clifton - Eight Keys to Eden
Lois Lowry - The Giver
Benedict Jacka - Fated
Harry Harrison - Stainless Steel Rat
E E Smith - Galactic Patrol
Samuel R Delany - The Jewels of Aptor
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Weesam
Posted 2015-07-01 3:59 PM (#10898 - in reply to #10890)
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Location: New Zealand		I had a really good reading month. The winter is particularly cold this year, so I have been hibernating inside and reading particularly during my two week holiday in the middle of the month.

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

Challenges completed in June:
LGBT: 12/12 - four books read in June
Short fiction: 12/12 - one book read in June
Fantasy Choose A Decade: 12/12 - eight books read in June
Published 2015: 18/18 - nine books read in June
Space Opera: 15/15 - two books read in June
Sub-genre (time travel): 20/20 - nine books read in June
Pick & Mix: 40/40 - one book read in June
The Weirdness: 12/12 - three books read in June

Ongoing challenges
Gaslamp: 16/18 - eight books read in June
Literary Prizes: 7/12 - four books read in June
Omnibusters: 10/12 - four books (one omnibus) read in June
Down Under: 5/12 - three books read in June

New challenges in June
Definitive 1960's SF: 12/20
Series A to Z: 5/26
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DrNefario
Posted 2015-07-02 7:27 AM (#10899 - in reply to #10890)
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Location: UK		June was women-only month for me. I got through a bit more than I expected, to be honest:

The Heir of Night - Helen Lowe
- Reader's Choice - COMPLETED
- 12 in 12 (Morningstar)
- WoGF
- Series A-Z (W - Wall of Night)

Ancillary Sword - Ann Leckie
- New 2014
- 12 in 12 (originally BSFA, later changed to Locus SF when the results came in)
- Out There
- Series A-Z (I - Imperial Radch)

The Poison Eaters and Other Stories - Holly Black
- WoGF
- Short Fiction

The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison
- New 2014
- (Winning the Locus F ruled it out of Second Best, and I've already read a Locus F winner)

Time Traders - Andre Norton
- 1950s (1958)
- Series A-Z (T - Time Traders)

The Lascar's Dagger - Glenda Larke
- New 2014
- WoGF (Random pick)
- Series A-Z (F - Forsaken Lands)

Mothers and Other Monsters - Maureen F McHugh
- Short Fiction

Challenges completed in June:
Reader's Choice

New challenges in June:
Series A-Z
1960s

Current Status:
Reader's Choice: 5/5
New 2014: 15/16
Omnibusters: 4/8
1950s: 9/10
WoGF: 9/12
12 in 12: 4/12
Second Best: 5/12
Out There: 8/12
Read More: 4/9
Short Fiction: 9/12
New 2015: 2/6
1960s: 0/10
Series A-Z: 4/26

All in all, still behind on the awards, but fine on everything else. Favourite book of the month: Ancillary Sword.
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Badseedgirl
Posted 2015-07-02 7:53 PM (#10901 - in reply to #10899)
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Location: Middle TN, USA		I'm in a shockingly good position in my challenges this year. I have finished one already and am nearing the finish-line on several others. Here's where I stand so far:
12 for 12 - 8/12
Unloved - 9/12
YA - 9/12 (plan to finish this one in July)
Clear the Shelves - 8/15
Down Under - 3/6
Read it Again - 6/6 (thats right I finished it!)
Sequel - 8/12
A-z series - 3/6
Somewhere Out There - 9/12
Sub-genre - 3/5
1950's - 3/10
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spoltz
Posted 2015-07-06 6:00 PM (#10918 - in reply to #10890)
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Location: Beaverton, Oregon, USA		Everything got completely out of control this month. Besides some medical stuff (everything is fine now) and helping my mother-in-law a few weekends, I was delinquent with my challenge spreadsheet and lost track of what books fill which challenges, expanding some of my low level challenges, and adding more challenges that I should be able to finish. At least I know what I've read LOL:

The Gospel of Loki - Joanne M. Harris - Clear the Shelves, Pick and Mix, maybe 2nd Best or 12 in 12 - good, fun, but ultimately unsatisfying.
Tolkien: A Biography - Humphrey Carpenter - Tolkien - really interesting
Nexus - Ramez Naam - 12 in 12, P&M - really good but Prometheus winners frighten me.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Rowling - Read It Again, Sam, P&M, maybe YA - I understand why it won a Hugo with this second read.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Rowling - P&M, maybe YA - I didn't appreciate the angst and anger of the traumatized teen while I was reading it.

I think I'm still on track with everything. The one challenge I have finished (without the possibility of just increasing to the next level) is Read It Again, Sam!
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