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RYO - November Update
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daxxh
Posted 2015-12-01 10:16 PM (#12023)
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Location: Great Lakes, USA		Only one more month and I still have 15 books to read to finish all my challenges that end in 2015. Oh well. Guess that's why they're called Challenges. Next year, I have to pick more books that count for multiple challenges or sign up for fewer challenges. It's just too fun to click that join button, though.

The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller. WoGF, Literary - Ok.
Armada - Ernest Cline. Space Opera, 2015 - Ok
The Martian - Andy Weir. Solar System, Clear - Very Good
The Snow Child - Eowyn Ivey. Literary - Ok
The Trials - Linda Nagata. Sequel, 2015 - Good

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
Fantasy Series 3/3
Listomania 6/6
YA 3/3
Trick or Treat 1/1
WoGF 12/12
Solar System 6/6

Ongoing Challenges Ending 2015
SubGenre 4/5
Space Opera 7/15
Clear the Shelves 12/15
Somewhere Out There 9/12
Literary 8/12
Read the Sequel 11/12
Books Read 2015 60

Ongoing Challenges Ending in 2016
Published 2015 11/18
1950s 8/10
Down Under 1/3
Series A-Z 9/26
1960s 0/10
Tie In Fighter 0/3
Triumvirate 0/12

Favorite Book this month: The Martian
Favorite Book this year: Ancillary Mercy/Seveneves


Edited by daxxh 2015-12-01 10:26 PM
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Badseedgirl
Posted 2015-12-02 1:22 AM (#12026 - in reply to #12023)
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Location: Middle TN, USA		I may actually finish my 2015 challenges if I stay focused:

Finished:
The Unloved: 12/12
2015 YA: 12/12
Read the Sequel:12/12
Trick or Treat: 1/1
Somewhere Out There: 12/12
Subgenre:5/5

2015 Challenges to complete:
12 in 12: 11/12 (1/3 done with last book Heart-Shaped Box)
Clear the Shelves: 11/15

2016 Challenges to complete:
Audiobook: 2/15
Down Under: 5/6
A to Z: 4/6
50's: 14/20

I only have 4 books left to finish my 2015 challenges. So not as bad as I thought.
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Weesam
Posted 2015-12-02 1:32 AM (#12028 - in reply to #12023)
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Location: New Zealand		Only have 3 books to go so should easily be finished all my challenges in December.

Ongoing/ New Challenges
Triumvirate 9/12

Challenge Completed in November
Tie-In Fighter: 12/12
Definitive 70's: 20/20

Previously 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
Series A to Z: 26/26
Cat Quest: 12/12
Trick or Treat: 1/1
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DrNefario
Posted 2015-12-02 7:38 AM (#12030 - in reply to #12023)
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Location: UK		I finished my 2015 challenges this month. Partly by cheating and adding Paul McAuley to my list of authors eligible for the Read More challenge (I read one of his collections earlier in the year), but I'm taking it.

I read:

Sabriel - Garth Nix (12 in 12 - Aurealis F)
The Planet Buyer - Cordwainer Smith (1960s - 1964)
Glamour in Glass - Mary Robinette Kowal (Second Best - Nebula (I think also reassigned The Red, which I'd previously logged against the Nebula, to the Campbell))
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch - Philip K Dick (1960s - 1965)
Lyonesse II: The Green Pearl - Jack Vance (Second Best - Locus F, Read More, Omnibus, Series A-Z - L for Lyonesse)
Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes (1960s - 1966, 12 in 12 - Nebula)
Tales from Earthsea - Ursula Le Guin (Series A-Z - E for Earthsea)

So, completed challenges:
Reader's Choice: 5/5
Short Fiction: 12/12
Published 2014: 16/16
1950s: 10/10
Out There: 12/12
WoGF: 12/12
Omnibusters: 8/8
12 in 12: 12/12
Second Best: 12/12
Read More: 9/9

Ongoing:
1960s: 7/10
1970s: 0/10
Tie-in: 0/6
Series A-Z: 12/26 (C EF IJ LM O RST W)
Published 2015: 4/6

I'm not currently planning to take any more on for 2016 (bar maybe the 80s and 90s Definitive challenges), but you lot can always tempt me. Or I can have another random enthusiasm. I want to make some progress on the BSFA award list instead. I've been pursuing it for a few years but keep getting badly sidetracked.
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devilinlaw
Posted 2015-12-02 4:37 PM (#12033 - in reply to #12023)
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Location: Las Vegas, NV		What I finished reading November 2015:

Neuromancer by William Gibson (12 in 12 for PKD, Series A to Z [S for Sprawl Trilogy] & Pick & Mix)
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller (Series A to Z [L for Leibowitz], 1950's & Pick & Mix)
Time is the Fire: The Best of Connie Willis by Connie Willis (Listomania, Short Fiction & Pick & Mix)
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (12 in 12 for Derleth, Read the Sequel, Series A to Z [A for American Gods], & Pick & Mix)
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (Listomania, Short Fiction, Somewhere Out There, 1950's, & Pick & Mix)
Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie (New Books of 2015, Read the Sequel, Space Opera, & Pick & Mix)
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (Listomania, 1950's & Pick & Mix)
The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher (New Books of 2015 & Cat Quest)
The Fifth Heart by Dan Simmons (New Books of 2015)
Cities in Flight by James Blish (SF Masterworks Reading Challenge)
#1 - They Shall Have Stars (Listomania, Somewhere Out There, 1950's & Pick & Mix)
#2 - A Life for the Stars
#3 - Earthman, Come Home (Listomania & 1950's)
#4 - The Triumph of Time

Completed Challenges:
12 in 12: 12/12 read, 9/6 reviewed
Listomania: 12/12 read, 6/6 reviewed
Unloved: 12/12 read, 7/6 reviewed
Fantasy Series Mini-Challenge: 3/3 read, 3/3 reviewed
Read the Sequel: 9/9 read, 6/4 reviewed
Somewhere Out There: 12/12 read, 10/6 reviewed
Space Opera: 12/12 read, 8/6 reviewed
Pick & Mix: 40/40 read, 25 reviewed

Ongoing Challenges:
Second Best (ends 12/15): 5/6 read, 3/3 reviewed
Short Fiction (ends 12/15): 2/3 read, 2/1 reviewed
Keep Calm & Read SF from Down Under (ends 05/16): 1/12 read, 1 reviewed
Cat Quest (ends 07/16): 3/6 read, 3/2 reviewed
New Books of 2015 (ends 07/16): 5/18 read, 5/9 reviewed
SF Masterworks Challenge (ends 08/16): 3/12 read, 2/6 reviewed
Audiobook (ends 12/16): 7/15 read, 6/9 reviewed
Series A to Z (ends 12/16): 7/26 read, 6/6 reviewed
Star Wars Challenge (ends 12/16): 0/12 read, 0/6 reviewed
1950's (ends 12/16): 9/15 read, 4 reviewed
1960's (ends 12/16): 2/15 read, 1 reviewed
1970's (ends 12/16): 0/15 read, 0 reviewed
TIE-IN Fighter (ends 12/16): 1/12 read, 0 reviewed
Triumvirate (ends 12/16): 0/12 read, 0 reviewed
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