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Random quote: My pass had disappeared. Not that I believed for a moment that this was an accident; in fact, I had suspected for some time now that the Cosmic Command, obviously no longer able to supervise every assignment on an individual basis when there were literally trillions of matters in its charge, had switched over to a random system. The assumption would be that every document, circulating endlessly from desk to desk, must eventually hit upon the right one. A time-consuming procedure, perhaps, but one that would never fail. The Universe itself operated on the same principle. And for an institution as everlasting as the Universe certainly our Building was such an institution the speed at which these meanderings and perturbations took place was of no consequence. - Stanislaw Lem (Memoirs Found in a Bathtub) - (Added by: Engelbrecht) |
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![]() Uber User Posts: 265 ![]() Location: Neither here...nor there | Share your progress in the RYO Challenge here! There's lots of fun and excitement happening at WWEnd. ![]() | ||
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![]() Uber User Posts: 265 ![]() Location: Neither here...nor there | HRO's Update for January 1. Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie - 4 Stars Book of Ones WoGF 2. A Gift Upon the Shore by M.K. Wren - 5 Stars End of the World Masterworks (SF Mistressworks) WoGF 3. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman - 3 Stars 12 in 12 (Locus YA 2009) I Just Have to Read More of That Author Mythopoeic Award (2009 - Childrens Category) 4. Silently and Very Fast by Catherynne Valente - 4 Stars Short Fiction WoGF 5. Veniss Underground by Jeff Vandermeer - 4 Stars Fantasia Second Best (WFA 2004) Challenge completion 12 in 12 = 1 of 12 Book of Ones = 1 of 12 Elizabeth Noun = 0 of 3 End of the World = 1 of 12 Faerie Mythology = 0 of 12 Fantasia = 1 of 12 I Just Have to Read More of That Author = 1 of 12 Masterworks = 1 of 12 Mythopoeic Award = 1 of 12 The Number of the Counting Shall Be Three = 0 of 9 Second Best = 1 of 12 Short Fiction = 1 of 12 WoGF = 3 of 12 Books read for challenges (total to date) 5 of 70 Favorite book in January ![]() A Gift Upon the Shore by M. K. Wren | ||
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![]() Uber User Posts: 526 ![]() Location: UK | I'm in 9 challenges, and have read 3 books that count towards them, only one of which was actually intentional (the other 2 I had read before I joined the relevant challenges): Slow River by Nicola Griffith WoGF Masterworks (SF Masterwork) 12 in 12 (Nebula 1996) Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson Book of Ones End of the World* We by Yevgeny Zamyatin End of the World Guardian *I'm a bit dubious about this. It is post-apocalyptic, but it's not our world and feels out of place. I'm leaving it for now because I might need it. The challenges I have yet to start are Read the Sequel, Second Best and Elizabeth Noun, although I will start the first two when I finish my current book. I really really liked both Mistborn and Slow River. We, I think, is maybe more historically important than actually fun to read, although it was by no means bad. It just didn't keep me up late like the other two. So far my challenge spreadsheet contains 39 books, with 22 spaces to fill. Admittedly, one of the 39 doesn't actually count for any of the challenges yet, I just want to read it, and suspect it will be at least nominated for some awards this year. I also read two crime books for my other off-site challenge. There is a book I am eyeing up that will work for 4 challenges on here and my crime challenge. | ||
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![]() Member Posts: 44 ![]() Location: Seattle, WA | State of the Challenge report - Young Adult Reading Challenge. We've got four reviews in so far, and four more books read but not yet reviewed. With 19 participants signed up, this is the fourth most popular challenge. As host, I am hoping this challenge will capture some young readers this summer and increase participation on this web site. | ||
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![]() Uber User Posts: 794 ![]() | January Update: 12 Awards: 0/12 Have to Read More: 2/12 Masterworks: 1/12 WoGF: 0/12 YA: 0/12 Fantasia: 2/12 In Translation: 1/12 Read the Sequel: 2/12 The 35: 4/35 Book of Ones: 1/12 Trilogies: 0/9 2nd Best: 2/12 Short Fiction 0/12 End of the World 0/12 Guardian List 0/7 Mythopoetic 0/12 Killer B's 0/3 Of the 17 challenges I have read 15 books. This translates into 5 actual books. So far I have reviewed 4 (soon to be 5). Nine challenges have not been started. Must try harder next term. | ||
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![]() Extreme Veteran Posts: 542 ![]() Location: Great Lakes, USA | Sequel - 2 Glamor in Glass and Sky Coyote WoGF - 0 Masterworks - 1 The House on the Borderlands Threes - 0 Elizabeths - 0 Authors - 2 Glamour in Glass and Sky Coyote Guardian - 0 Killer B's - 0 I'm currently reading Ash and Remnant Population, which will go towards the WoGF/Masterworks and Authors/Elizabeths/Masterworks Challenges respectively. I read one not on my Challenges list and not in the database yet - Pitch Green by The Brothers Wayburn - a YA Horror novel. Some of you may want to read that for the YA Challenge. I also read Burning Paradise by Robert Charles Wilson, which didn't fit into any of the Challenges I signed up for. Edited by daxxh 2014-01-31 3:31 PM | ||
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![]() Uber User Posts: 843 ![]() Location: The Wilds of Washington | I'm working on my fourth book which means I'm approximately nine days ahead of schedule in The 35 reading challenge. My biggest challenge is the size of some of my books. At least a dozen of them are over 500 pages. | ||
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![]() Uber User Posts: 265 ![]() Location: Neither here...nor there | Sounds like everyone is off to a great start! Well done! *thumbsup* | ||
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![]() Uber User Posts: 770 ![]() Location: SC, USA | Pick and Mix 2/12 The Clockwork Man E. V. Odle (The Classics of Science Fiction) Some of Your Blood Theodore Sturgeon (Horror Writers Association) 12 Awards/12 Months 0/12 Short Fiction 2/12 The Clockwork Man E. V. Odle (novella about 140 pages) Some of Your Blood Theodore Sturgeon (novella about 140 pages) Authors of Color 0/12 The End of the World 1/12 Gun, With Occasional Music Jonathan Lethem (dystopia) Marxists, etc 1/12 Gun, With Occasional Music Jonathan Lethem (grew up on a commune) The 35 3/35 The Clockwork Man E. V. Odle Some of Your Blood Theodore Sturgeon Gun, With Occasional Music Jonathan Lethem Guardian 0/7 The Second Best 0/12 Gun, With Occasional Music Jonathan Lethem (Nebula nominated) So that is 9 of 114 slots filled in. Im trying to accomplish this with very strategic selections from my TBR list. The 35 is my primary goal, and Im trying to see how much of the rest I can accomplish by reading my TBR. Next up: Red Mars which will count for 12 in 12, Marxists, Pick and Mix, and the 35. | ||
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![]() Regular Posts: 54 ![]() | Several of the books I read last month aren't in the WWEnd database yet, but here's my list: The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold WoGF Engine Empire by Cathy Park Hong Authors of Color WoGF Probability Moon by Nancy Kress WoGF Adaptation by Malinda Lo Authors of Color The Diploids and Other Flights of Fancy by Katherine MacLean Short Fiction WoGF The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner Read the Sequel Current challenge totals: Authors of Color: 2/12 Elizabeth Noun: 0/3 Guardian: 0/7 Read the Sequel: 1/12 Short Fiction: 1/12 WoGF: 4/12 Young Adult: 0/12 Favorite book read in January: The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold. Fun, exciting space opera with great characters and interesting worldbuilding. I'm definitely tempted to dive into the rest of the Vorkosigan Saga right away, but the current plan is to pace myself, draw out the enjoyment, and read just one sequel a month. | ||
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![]() Uber User Posts: 265 ![]() Location: Neither here...nor there | So many great sounding books! I think by the end of this year my To Read list is gonna be ridiculous. Er, more ridulouser than it already is. ![]() | ||
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![]() Uber User Posts: 369 ![]() Location: Middle TN, USA | I have signed up for 5 challenges. Here is the progress in them all: Grand Masters I have picked all 12 books although, I have had to request 3 of them I am 1/2 way through Dan Simmons bloated prose that is "Drood". 800+ pages. I would like to break all ten of his overworked typing fingers! I Just Have To Read More of That Author Picked all 12 books, although I might make some changes. I would like to limit the number of books I use for duplicate challenges, And I have a number of duplicates here. I am slowly changing them as I come across other books to read instead. Finished Abarat by Clive Barker, but I am seriously thinking of replacing this one with Days of Magic, Nights of War, the second book in his series. Young Adult Reading Challenge Picked all 12 books Completed: Abarat - Clive Barker The House of The Scorpion - Nancy Farmer (considering replacing one of my "Read More" duplicates with her 2013 follow-up novel "the Lord of Opium" One World To Rule Them All I chose Terry Prachett's "Discworld" The Number Of The Counting Shall Be 3 Picked all my series. I have one SF - Lilith's Brood series Octavia Butler One Fantasy - The Kate and Cecelia series Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer One Horror - Dead World series - Joe McKinney Completed: Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot For those of you who followed my ramblings to the end, the count is 3 books and reviews done and 1/2 of a book read (Damn you Dan Simmons!) | ||
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