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DrNefario
Posted 2014-01-15 4:17 PM (#6104)
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Location: UK		Well, I've foolishly signed up for five of the challenges, and I'm still tempted by a couple more. The problem is that my intended reading for the year includes books that could fill about 3-6 places in most of the challenges, so it doesn't seem like I'd have to go too far out of my way to fill the rest, but it all adds up.

The five challenges add up to a possible 60 books, which is more than I read last year, but I only need to make each book count for two challenges to knock it down to 30, which I think is about doable. Two of the challenges are mutually exclusive, so there's no way I can get it below 24. I'm expecting it to work out at about 36-40 books, which will be something of a stretch. Last year I read 57 books, 34 of which were SF&F.

I wanted to do the WoGF again because I felt I had unfinished business. I had a few books that didn't quite make my final list last year, and a few more from recommendations at the end of last year's challenge. Additionally, many of my favourite books of the year were read for the WoGF, so this is going to be a priority. I may yet decide to ignore the random author requirement, though.

I guess I really ought to make a point of finishing my own challenge, The Book of Ones, too. I'm not expecting that to be a difficult one. It's the only one I've already filled all 12 slots in, although I'm a bit concerned about the eligibility of one book.

The other three - 12 Awards in 12 Months, Second Best and Masterworks - I think I'll just have to see how I get on. The awards in particular may force me into reading some horror, which is not really my thing. There are 14 awards on WWE, currently, and I've read all the Hugo winners. There will be a new one this year, but there's a chance I'll have already read it.

The really good thing is that most of the books I've been meaning to read for years seem to fall under one challenge or another, so I shouldn't need to venture outside the boundaries too often.

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