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RYO Challenge - End of September
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justifiedsinner
Posted 2015-10-01 10:40 AM (#11406)
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Finished off several challenges this month but I'm either rather behind on the remainder or at a loss for what to read. Still trying to finish by drawing down my TBR stack.

Clear the Shelves 15/15
Somewhere Out There 12/12
Read the Sequel 12/12
The Unloved 12/12
12 in 12 12/12
Just Have to Read More 12/12
Read Around the World 10/10
Fantasy mini-series 3/3
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Listomania 7/9
Solar System 6/9
Space Opera 11/15
Second Best 10/12
Short Fiction 3/6
Literary Prizes 3/12
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Books Read: 2015 53/75
Un-stack 37/50 (private)
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dustydigger
Posted 2015-10-01 11:28 AM (#11411 - in reply to #11406)
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Location: UK		I only have about a dozen books still to read to complete the RYO challenges and other reads on WWEnd. though I still have about 20 more crime books to finish for other sites,but everything on on target .
Detectives - 12/12 completed
12 Awards - 11/12
Have to Read More - 12/12 completed
Listomania - 11/12
The Unloved - 10/12
WOGF - 10/12
YA - 12/12 completed
Clear the Shelves - 14/15
Read the Sequel 11/12
A-Z - 7/9
Somewhere out there - 12/12 completed
Space Opera - 12/12 completed
Sub Genre -10/10 completed
1950s SF - 20/20 completed
1960s SF - 9/10
Solar System - 12/12 completed

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total slots - 186
slots filled - 175 (94%)
total different challenge books read - 81/87

and keeping tabs on all reading;
Books Read in 2015 - 87/97
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spoltz
Posted 2015-10-01 11:38 AM (#11412 - in reply to #11411)
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Location: Beaverton, Oregon, USA		A record month, 12 books. A few were pretty short, one was a novella. My favorites this month were Bob the Book, Burning Girls, and A Darkling Sea. My big revelation this month: I may not be able to read one of the books on my shelves because the font is too small and dense. It's an old, used paperback and my eyes are getting way too old. I might see about getting the digital version of it. It's starting to take the fun out of finding old treasures in used book stores. Here's the full list of my September reads:

The Adventures of Crazy Liddy - Clayton Callahan - not yet in the database
As - Malinda Lo - LGBT, WoGF, 2nd Best, P&M
Bob the Book - David Pratt - LGBT, P&M not yet in the database
The Bone Season - Samantha Shannon - LGBT, WoGF
Burning Girls - Veronica Schanoes - LGBT, WoGF
A Darkling Sea - James Cambias - P&M, 2nd Best
The Demonologist - Andrew Pyper - 2nd Best, P&M
The Faill of Arthur - JRR Tolkien - Tolkien Challenge, Just Have to
Gilgamesh the King - Robert Silverberg - Just Have to, Unloved
Mr Penumbras 24 Hour Bookstore - Robin Sloan - 2nd Best, P&M
A Natural History of Dragons - Marie Brennan - 2nd Best
Oranges are not the only Fruilt - LGBT, WoGF

The Status of the Challenges:
I Just Have to Read - 11/12
Clear the Shelves 14/15
Pick & Mix - 36/40
Solar System 3/3
Tolkien 11/12
Unloved 12/12
12 in 12 9/12
YA - 11/12
WoGF 9/12
LGBT - 8/12
2nd Best 9/12

I've got about 10 books to go, plus rereading "The Goblin Emperor" for my book club. Most are a little longer, but I should be able to finish all the challenges.

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daxxh
Posted 2015-10-01 11:56 AM (#11413 - in reply to #11406)
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Location: Great Lakes, USA		Only three genre books for me this month. I got stuck on Floating Worlds, which I found tedious and uninteresting. It took me forever to finish it. I don't think I will finish all of my challenges before the end of the year, especially if I read another like Floating Worlds!

Powers - Ursula K LeGuin - Sequel, YA, Fantasy Mini, Clear
Saturn Returns - Sean Williams - Space Opera, Series, Aussie, Clear
Floating Worlds - Cecilia Holland - WoGF, Listomania, Solar System

and 1 nonfiction book.

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
Listomania 6/6
Fantasy Mini Series 3/3
YA 3/3


Ongoing Challenges
SubGenre 3/5
Space Opera 5/15
Solar System 3/12
Clear the Shelves 10/15
Somewhere Out There 7/12
Literary 5/12
Read the Sequel 8/12
WoGF 10/12
Published 2015 5/18
1950s 8/10
Down Under 1/3
Series A-Z 7/26
Books Read 2015 48

Favorite Book this month: Saturn Returns
Favorite Book this year: The Bone Clocks
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pizzakarin
Posted 2015-10-01 2:00 PM (#11415 - in reply to #11406)
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Location: Austin, Tx		I had a pretty crummy month reading-wise. Between trying to get some writing done during the precious few evening hours I have and a cold, I didn't make much progress.

I read:

-I Am Legend by Richard Matheson - best book of the month and far better than any of its adaptations
-A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs - ok, but has terrible pacing
-Clariel by Garth Nix - was great to see an asexual woman as a protagonist
-Superposition and Supersymmetry by David Walton - loved these as science action books (thrillers?)
-Elantris by Brandon Sanderson - the final pre-epilogue scene drove me bonkers, but otherwise a decent book

And on the fringes of genre, I read Jem and the Holograms: Showtime.
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DrNefario
Posted 2015-10-02 7:33 AM (#11418 - in reply to #11406)
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Location: UK		I spent September trying to catch up on award winners for 12 in 12 (and on BSFA award-winners for my personal target), and on my named authors for Read More:

The Separation - Christopher Priest (12-in-12 - Clarke; Read More)
The Moment of Eclipse - Brian Aldiss (12-in-12 - BSFA)
Tooth and Claw - Jo Walton (12-in-12 - WFA; Read More)
The Three-Body Problem - Cixin Liu (12-in-12 - Hugo)
Book of Days - Gene Wolfe (Read More)

Still got some work to do for 12-in-12 and Second Best, and I need to keep an eye on Omnibusters and Read More, but the others (New Books of 2015, Series A-Z and 1960s) run into next year, so there's no rush there. The only minor issue is that I was planning to use one of the later 60s books for the Nebula, in the 12-in-12.
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Weesam
Posted 2015-10-04 3:37 PM (#11445 - in reply to #11406)
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Location: New Zealand		Ongoing Challenges
Cat Quest: 8/12 - 5 books read in September

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
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