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bazhsw
Posted 2016-12-03 3:08 PM (#14654 - in reply to #12253)
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Well 27 winners are not going to be read this year but I'm up to 16 so far and I may sneak another one in so it's not too bad. My other book challenges have had some monstrous page lengths as has this one which has slowed me down a little in terms of book numbers...

I have recently read 'A Head Full of Ghosts' by Paul Tremblay which is about an exorcism and I was quite looking forward to it. I can't help but think that the book thought it was too clever for it's own good and actually wasn't that unsettling or thought provoking (which I think were the intentions). Anyway, a review is up.

Today I read the novella 'The New Mother' which was better. This one the Tiptree award and was quite clever, starts off with a clever 'What if?' - 'what if women did not need men to conceive' and it explores quite a few ideas. Quite enjoyed it.

I don't like to give up on a good thing so I think next year I will continue with 'finishing' the challenge by getting up to 27 but just in case I don't post in here again this year I would say it's a mixed bag. There was only one book I really didn't like (the tedious and sleep inducing 'A Turn of Light'. 10 books I scored over 4 stars, the highlight of the year was discovering Adam Nevill. This will likely be my favourite book of the year.

12 in 12 Challenge 2016

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Hugo winner) 2.5 / 5
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (Nebula / Shirley Jackson winner) 4.5 / 5
Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie (BSFA / Locus SF winner) 3 / 5
Tales From Rugosa Coven by Sarah Avery (Mythopoeic winner) 4 / 5
Redshirts by John Scalzi (Hugo / Locus SF winner) 4 / 5
No One Gets Out Alive by Adam Nevill (August Derleth winner) 5 / 5
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North (John Campbell winner) 4 / 5
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell (British Fantasy Award winner) 4.5 / 5
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison (Locus Fantasy winner) 4 / 5
Influx by Daniel Suarez (Prometheus winner) 4.5 / 5
The Memory Garden by Mary Rickert (Locus First Novel winner) 3.5 / 5
A Turn Of Light by Julie Czerneda (Aurora winner) 1.5 / 5
The Book Of The Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison (Philip K. Dick winner) 4.5 / 5
Children Of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Arthur C. Clarke winner) 5 / 5
A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay (Bram Stoker winner) 2.5 / 5
The New Mother by Eugene Fischer (Tiptree winner) 3.5 / 5

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