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Uber User Posts: 794 | 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 ----------------------------------- 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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Veteran Posts: 111 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 ---------------------------------- 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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Extreme Veteran Posts: 555 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 Edited by daxxh 2015-07-01 12:31 PM | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1031 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 ************** 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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Uber User Posts: 613 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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Uber User Posts: 526 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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Uber User Posts: 369 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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Uber User Posts: 370 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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