Anne’s Comments (group member since Dec 08, 2021)

Anne’s comments from the On The Same Page group.

Bill wrote: "Such an excellent challenging list. I want t o read more Octavia Butler and also to read Malice. I've had for awhile now."

Octavia Butler is one of my favorite authors. She died much too soon, so there are nowhere near as many books as I would like. I've been spacing them out, so I can savor them. Once I finish them all, there can never be any more.

I have also owned Malice for quite some time. I picked it up at a book store years ago based on a recommendation from someone at the store (can't remember if employee or customer), but I haven't even opened it yet. I want to change that.

Alondra wrote: "This challenge is fabulous, Anne!! I feel like I could copy/paste the first 3 categories!!

I have most of the books ready to read, in the Realm of the Elderlings.

The Faithful & the Fallen is excellent from the first book to the last; as well as the Seven Kennings series. I need the next book to come out now. Either its out of almost.

Parable of the Sower was ssoooo good.

I hope you enjoy all of your picks. Good luck and happy reading 📚📚."

The new Seven Kennings book is out. I pre-ordered it and got it a few weeks ago. I went to the recent book signing in Minneapolis, so all my books are signed.

I am excited for Parable of the Sower. I started it a little over a year ago, but I was still stressed out and burnt out from all the studying for my licensing exam (glad that's over), so I ended up setting it aside. I've decided to restart from the beginning since it has been so long.

Happy reading to you too! I need to go check out your challenges, although that can be dangerous. Sometimes I end up adding far too many books to my own TBR.

Bill wrote: "All I can say is Wow! Enjoy 2024, Anne."

Same to you, Bill. I need to go look at your challenges still.

2024 list

1. Malice
2. Shadowplay
3. A Blight of Blackwings
4. A Curse of Krakens
5. The Queen’s Price 2/29, 4*
6. Crowbones 6/19, 3*
7. The Olympian Affair 9/17, 4*
8. Parable of the Sower 5/12, 3.75*
9. The Narrow Road Between Desires 7/28, 4.5*
10. Kill Switch 1/20, 4.5*
11. The Bride Wore Black Leather 2/17, 4.5*
12. White Trash Zombie Unchained 6/3, 4*
13. The Locked Room 1/28, 4*
14. The Woman in White 12/30, 4.75*
15. The Man in the Iron Mask 12/24, 4*
16. Crime and Punishment 12/11, 3.75*

Congrats!

I only finished 5 books so far on my 2023 list, but of course I've already thought about my 2024 list. I may even still make it through the 2023 books since I am taking some time off from work in December.

My 2024 selections are mainly next books in series I am reading, with a few other choices thrown in for variety. It skews heavily toward sci fi and fantasy but from varying subgenres. I may swap out one or two before the end of the year (either because I started one early or because I find something else I want to read more).

Statistics

Sex/Gender
Male - 66
Female - 59

Genre
Fantasy - 32
Science Fiction - 9
Horror - 9
Mystery/Thriller - 35
Humor - 5
Classics - 11
Plays - 5
Non-Fiction - 11
Anthology - 1
Historical fiction - 2
Misc. - 14

Length:
400-600 - 13
601-800 - 3
801-1,000 - 0
1,001+ - 0

Monthly page totals:
January - 3,152 (101.68/day)
February - 3,129 (107.90/day)
March - 3,167 (102.16/day)
April - 3,078 (102.6/day)
May - 2,308 (74.45/day)
June - 2,639 (87.97/day)
July -3,109 (100.29/day)
August - 2,872 (92.65/day)
September - 2,644 (88.13/day)
October - 3,175 (105.83/day)
November - 2,980 (99.33/day)
December - 3,751 (121/day)

Motley Challenge

1. A humorous book Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village
2. An autobiography/ biography
3. A locked room mystery The Locked Room
4. A children’s classic The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
5. A fairytale/retelling The Snow Queen's Shadow
6. A Nordic noir Snowblind
7. Banned or challenged book Parable of the Sower
8. A survival or nature story Shadow Speaker
9. About a historical figure Network of Lies: The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for American Democracy
10. A book with indigenous people Nightrise
11. A holiday or celebration story Let It Crow! Let It Crow! Let It Crow!
12. A novella under 100 pages Tales from the Nightside: A Nightside Book
13. Snow/Winter in the title Winter's Gifts
14. Any color in the title The Bride Wore Black Leather
15. A title with more than 4 words Rivers of London: The Fey and the Furious
16. An animal on the cover Paw and Order
17. A house on the cover The Stranger Diaries
18. An authors debut The Golden Spoon
19. A book you meant to read in 2023 King John
20. A place you always wanted to visit Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect (Australia)
21. Book has four or more stars on GR Kill Switch
22. Winner of the GR awards of 2023 In the Lives of Puppets
23. Bought from a second hand store or borrowed from library Web of Lies
24. First book in a series Shadowmarch
25. A book translated from another language The Phantom of the Opera
26. Graphic novel Monday, Monday

Series/Author Catch-Up H-Z:

David Hair:
1.Mage's Blood

Alix E. Harrow
1. The Once and Future Witches 7/20, 3*
2.The Six Deaths of the Saint

Kevin Hearne:
1. Candle & Crow
2. A Blight of Blackwings
3. A Curse of Krakens
4. No Country for Old Gnomes
5. The Princess Beard: The Tales of Pell

Anne Hillerman
1.Song of the Lion
2.Cave of Bones
3.The Tale Teller
4.Stargazer
5.The Sacred Bridge

Jim Hines:
1.Goblin Tales
2. The Snow Queen's Shadow 5/27, 4*
3.The Prosekiller Chronicles: Rise of the Spider Goddess -- An Annotated Novel

Robin Hobb:
1. Fool's Errand 9/30, 5*
2.Golden Fool
3.Fool's Fate
4.The Dragon Keeper
5.Dragon Haven
6.City of Dragons
7.Blood of Dragons
8.The Fool's Assassin
9.Fool's Quest
10.Assassin's Fate

Anthony Horowitz:
1. Nightrise 2/3, 3.5*
2. Necropolis 2/22, 4*
3. Oblivion 3/26, 4*
4.Zeroboxer
5. Close to Death 6/29, 4*

N.K. Jemison
1. The World We Make 5/6, 4*
2.The Fifth Season
3.The Obelisk Gate
4.The Stone Sky
5.The Killing Moon
6.The Shadowed Sun

Robert Jordan
1.Origins of The Wheel of Time: The Legends and Mythologies that Inspired Robert Jordan
2.The Wheel of Time Companion

Jonathan Kellerman:
1. The Ghost Orchid 7/28, 3*

Fonda Lee
1. Jade War 2/28, 1.5* (DNF @ 38%)

Madeline L'Engle:
1.A Swiftly Tilting Planet
2.Many Waters

Ken Liu:
1.The Grace of Kings

Brian Lumley:
1.The Brian Lumley Companion
2.Necroscope V: Deadspawn
3.Necroscope: The Lost Years Volume I
4.Necroscope: Resurgence, The Lost Years Volume II
5.Vampire World I: Blood Brothers
6.Vampire World II: The Last Aerie (Necroscope, Book 7)
7.Vampire World III: Bloodwars
8.Necroscope: Invaders
9.Necroscope: Defilers
10.Necroscope: Avengers
11..Necroscope: The Touch
12.Harry Keogh and Other Weird Heroes
13.Necroscope: The Plague-Bearer
14.Necroscope: Harry and the Pirates: and Other Tales from the Lost Years
15.Necroscope: The Mobius Murders

Scott Lynch:
1.The Thorn of Emberlain

Jonathan Maberry:
1. Kill Switch 1/20, 4.5*
2. Dogs of War 6/23, 4*
3. Bits & Pieces 7/18, 4.25*
4.Ghost Road Blues
5.Dead Man's Song
6.Bad Moon Rising
7. Dead of Night
8.Fall of Night
9. Rage 9/11, 4.5*
10. Relentless 10/12, 4*
11. Cave 13 11/9, 4*

Mia P. Manansala
1. Guilt and Ginataan 12/14, 4*
2.

George R.R. Martin:
1.Fevre Dream
2.The Winds of Winter
3.A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
4.The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones
5.Dangerous Women

Walter Mosley
1.A Red Death
2.White Butterfly
3.Black Betty
4.A Little Yellow Dog
5.Gone Fishin'
6.Bad Boy Brawly Brown
7.Six Easy Pieces
8.Little Scarlet
9.Cinnamon Kiss
10.Blonde Faith
11.Little Green
12.Rose Gold
13.Charcoal Joe
14.Blood Grove

Jo Nesbo
1.The Bat

Nnedi Okorafor
1.Zahrah the Windseeker
2.Lagoon
3. The Shadow Speaker 2/13, 3*
4. Like Thunder 5/20, 3*
5. She Who Knows 10/20, 3.5*

Richard Osman
1. We Solve Murders 12/20, 4*

Terry Prachett (no particular order):
1.Truckers: The First Book of the Nomes
2.Going Postal
3.Night Watch
4.The Wee Free Men
5.A Hat Full of Sky
6.The Carpet People
7.Hogfather
8.Men at Arms
9.The Long Earth
10.Witches Abroad
11.Soul Music
12.Moving Pictures
13.Lords and Ladies
14.Thud!
15.Feet of Clay
16.Monstrous Regiment
17.The Fifth Elephant
18.Thief of Time
19.Making Money
20.The Truth
21.Eric
22.Jingo
23.Carpe Jugulum
24.Maskerade
25.Wintersmith
26.I Shall Wear Midnight
27.Unseen Academicals
28.Snuff
29.The Last Continent
30.Interesting Times
31.The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
32.Nation
33.Raising Steam
34.The Last Hero
35.Dodger
36.The Long War
37.The Shepherd's Crown
38.The Long Mars

Spencer Quinn
1. Paw and Order 1/28, 3.5*
2. Scents and Sensibility 7/3, 4*
3. Heart of Barkness 7/21, 4*
4. Of Mutts and Men 10/6, 4*
5.
6.Tender Is the Bite
7.It's a Wonderful Woof
8.Bark to the Future
9.Woof
10.Arf
11.Bow Wow
12.Ruff vs. Fluff
13.Paws vs. Claws
14.Bark vs. Snark

Waubgeshig Rice
1.Legacy
2.Midnight Sweatlodge
3. Moon of the Turning Leaves 9/2, 3.5*

Kat Richardson:
1. Seawitch 11/24, 3*
2.Possession
3.Revenant
4.Through the Grey

Patrick Rothfuss:
1.The Doors of Stone
2. The Narrow Road Between Desires 7/28, 4.5*

Diana Rowland:
1. White Trash Zombie Unchained 6/3, 4*
2. Mark of the Demon

Brandon Sanderson:
1.Mistborn: The Final Empire
2.The Well of Ascension
3.The Hero of Ages
4.The Alloy of Law
5.The Way of Kings
6.Warbreaker
7.Legion
8.Words of Radiance
9.Starsight

William Shakespeare
1. Julius Caesar
2. Pericles
3. The Winter's Tale
4. King John 4/13, 2.5*
5. King Richard II 4/14, 4*
6. King Henry IV, Part 1 4/16, 4.5*
7. King Henry IV, Part 2 - William Shakespeare (ANNOTATED) Full Version of Great Classics Work 4/20, 4*
8. King Henry V 4/22, 4*
9. King Henry VI, Part 1
10. King Henry VI, Part 2
11. King Henry VI, Part 3
12. King Henry VIII: Arden Shakespeare

Benjamin Stevenson
1. Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect 3/3, 4*
2.Either Side of Midnight

Angie Thomas
1.

P.J. Tracy
1.

Andy Weir
1.Randomize
2.The Egg

Irvine Welsh:
1.Filth
2.Glue
3.Skagboys

Tad Williams:
1.To Green Angel Tower
2.City of Golden Shadow
3.River of Blue Fire
4.Mountain of Black Glass
5.Sea of Silver Light
6. Shadowmarch 2/3, 4*
7.Shadowplay
8.Shadowrise
9.Shadowheart
10.Stone of Farewell (reread)
11.The Heart of What Was Lost
12.Empire of Grass

Series/Author Catch-Up:
Authors A-G:

Ben Aaronovitch:
1. Winter's Gifts 2/9, 3*
2. Rivers of London: The Fey and the Furious 1/1, 3*
3. Monday, Monday 1/13, 3.5*
4. The Masquerades of Spring 11/27, 4*

Douglas Adams:
1.Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
2.The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
3.Life, the Universe and Everything
4.So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
5.Mostly Harmless
6.The Salmon of Doubt

Donna Andrews:
1. Let It Crow! Let It Crow! Let It Crow! 2/3, 3.5*
2. Between a Flock and a Hard Place 12/25, 3*

Ilona Andrews:
1.Fate's Edge
2.Steel's Edge
3. Sanctuary 8/10, 4*
4. Magic Claims 10/13, 4*

Sarah Ash:
1.Lord of Snow and Shadows
2.Prisoner of the Iron Tower
3.Children of the Serpent Gate

Isaac Asimov
1.Foundation and Empire
2.Second Foundation
3.

Travis Baldree
1. Bookshops & Bonedust 6/19, 4*

Anne Bishop:
1. Crowbones 6/19, 3*
2. The Queen’s Price 2/29, 4*
3.The Lady in Glass and Other Stories

Stephen Blackmoore:
1. Dead Things 6/16, 4*
2.Broken Souls

Patricia Briggs:
1.Winter Lost
2.When Demons Walk
3.Wolfsbane
4.Steal the Dragon
5.Dragon Bones
6.Dragon Blood
7.The Hob's Bargain

Jim Butcher:
1. The Olympian Affair 9/17, 4*
2. The Law
3. Warriorborn 3/19, 4*

Octavia Butler:
1. Parable of the Sower 5/12, 3.75*
2.Survivor
3.Fledgling
4.Wild Seed
5.Seed to Harvest
6.Parable of the Talents
7.Mind of My Mind
8.Patternmaster
9.Clay's Ark

Gail Carriger:
1.

Becky Chambers:
1.

Zen Cho
1.. The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo
2.The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water
3.The Terracotta Bride
4.Spirits Abroad

Agatha Christie:
1. Death in the Clouds 5/18, 4*
2.Cards on the Table
3.Dumb Witness/Poirot Loses a Client
4.Murder in the Mews
5.Appointment with Death
6.Hercule Poirot's Christmas
7.Sad Cypress
8.One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
9.Evil Under the Sun
10.Five Little Pigs
11.

Susanna Clarke
1.

Ernest Cline
1.

Michael Connolly:
1.The Concrete Blonde
2.The Last Coyote
3.Trunk Music
4.Angels Flight
5.A Darkness More Than Night

Blake Crouch
1.Recursion

Alexandre Dumas:
1. The Man in the Iron Mask 12/24, 4*
2.La Reina Margot

David Anthony Durham:
1.Acacia: The War with the Mein
2.The Other Lands
3.The Sacred Band

David Eddings:
1.The Elder Gods
2.The Treasured One
3.Crystal Gorge
4.The Younger Gods

Steven Erikson:
1.Deadhouse Gates
2.Memories of Ice
3.House of Chains.
4.Midnight Tides
5.The Bonehunters
6.Reaper's Gale
7.Toll the Hounds
8.Dust of Dreams
9.The Crippled God

Jennifer Estep:
1. Web of Lies 1/7, 4*
2. Venom 3/17, 4*
3.. Tangled Threads 5/11, 4*
4Spider’s Revenge
5.By a Thread
6.Widow's Web
7.Deadly Sting
8.Kiss of Venom
9.Heart of Venom
10.The Spider
11.Poison Promise
12.Black Widow
13.Spider's Trap
14.Bitter Bite
15.Unwanted
16.Unraveled
17.Nice Guys Bite
18.Snared
19.Venom in the Veins
20.Haints and Hobwebs
21.Winter’s Web
22.Sharpest Sting
23. Last Strand
24.Thread of Death
25.Tangled Schemes
26.Tangled Dreams
27.Spider’s Nemesis
28.Spider's Bargain
29.Cold Burn of Magic
30. Dark Heart of Magic
31.Bright Blaze of Magic
32.Halloween Frost
33.Karma Girl
34.Hot Mama
35.Jinx
36A Karma Girl Christmas
37.Fandemic
38.Web of Deceit
40.Web of Death
41.Wasted
42.Poison

Janet Evanovich:
1. Metro Girl
2.Motor Mouth
3.

Jennifer Fallon:
1.Retribution
2.The Undivided
3.The Dark Divide
4.Reunion

Jasper Fforde:
1. Shades of Grey 7/30, 4*
2. Red Side Story 8/24, 4*

W.D. Gagliani:
1.Wolf's Bluff
2.Wolf's Edge
3.THE JUDAS HIT

Robert Galbraith:
1.

Ava Glass
1. The Traitor 1/13, 3.75*
2. The Trap 10/29, 4*

Simon R. Green:
1. The Bride Wore Black Leather 2/17, 4.5*
2. Tales from the Nightside 4/15, 4*
3.Blue Moon Rising
4, Deathstalker
5.Deathstalker Rebellion
6. Deathstalker War
7. Deathstalker Honor
8. Deathstalker Destiny
9. Deathstalker Legacy
10. Deathstalker Return
11.Deathstalker Coda
12.Ghost of a Chance
13.Daemons Are Forever
14.The Spy Who Haunted Me
15. From Hell with Love
16. For Heaven's Eyes Only
17. Live and Let Drood
18.Casino Infernale
19.Property of a Lady Faire
20.From a Drood to a Kill
21. The Man with the Golden Torc 4/13, 3.5*
22. Jekyll & Hyde Inc. DNF
23. The Dark Side of the Road 10/24, 3*

Elly Griffiths
1. The Locked Room 1/28, 4*
2. The Last Remains 2/21, 4.5*
3.The Blood Card
4. The Stranger Diaries 3/25, 4*
5. The Postscript Murders 7/14, 3.5*
6.Bleeding Heart Yard
7.The Zig Zag Girl
8.Smoke and Mirrors
9.The Vanishing Box
10.Now You See Them
11.The Midnight Hour
12.A Girl Called Justice
13. The Man in Black: Stories 12/27, 4*

John Gwynne:
1.Malice

Owned Books
1. Shadowmarch 2/3, 4*
2. The Queen’s Price 2/29, 4*
3. King John 4/13, 2.5*
4. Richard II 4/14, 4*
5. King Henry IV, Part 1 4/16, 4.5*
6. Henry IV, Part Two 4/20, 4*
7. Henry V 4/22, 4*
8. White Trash Zombie Unchained 6/3, 4*
9. Parable of the Sower 5/12, 3.75*
10. White Trash Zombie Unchained 6/3, 4*
11. Crowbones 6/19, 3*
12. The Narrow Road Between Desires 7/28, 4.5*
13. The Olympian Affair 9/17, 4*
14. Fool's Errand 9/30, 5*
15. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 11/17, 4*
16. Crime and Punishment 12/11, 3.75*
17. The Man in the Iron Mask 12/24, 4*
18. Edinburgh Castle: The Official Souvenir Guide 12/25, 4*
19. The Palace of Holyroodhouse: Official Souvenir Guide 12/29, 4*
20. The Woman in White 12/31, 4.75*

Countries https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
1. Antarctica - Kill Switch 1/20, 4*
2. Niger - Shadow Speaker 2/13, 3*
3. China - Babel 5/5, 4*
4. North Korea, South Korea - Rage 9/11, 4.5*
5. Norway - Norway 10/13, 4*
6. St. Lucia - We Solve Murders 12/20, 4*

States https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
1.Wisconsin Winter's Gifts 2/9, 3*
2. Massachusetts The Once and Future Witches 7/20, 3*
3. Florida The Nickel Boys, 9/20, 3.5*
4. Texas Relentless 10/12, 4*
5. Nevada In the Lives of Puppets 10/24, 3*
6. Missouri The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 11/16, 4*

Non-fiction
1. Network of Lies: The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for American Democracy 2/17, 4*
2. Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village 3/17, 3*
3. Bill Bryson's African Diary 4/17, 4*
4. Melrakki, le renard polaire Islandais 11/17, 4*
5. Life on Our Planet: A Stunning Re-examination of Prehistoric Life on Earth 11/16, 4*
6. The Death of Truth: How Social Media and the Internet Gave Snake Oil Salesmen and Demagogues the Weapons They Needed to Destroy Trust and Polarize the World--And What We Can Do 10/10, 4*
7. Iceland: Wild at Heart 10/12, 4*
8. Lost in Iceland 10/12, 4*
9. Norway 10/13, 4*
10. Edinburgh Castle: The Official Souvenir Guide
11. The Palace of Holyroodhouse: Official Souvenir Guide 12/30, 4*

Classic novels or plays
1. Crime and Punishment 12/11, 3.75*
2. The Man in the Iron Mask 12/24, 4*
3. The Phantom of the Opera 8/8, 3*
4. King John 4/13, 2.5*
5. Richard II 4/14, 4*
6. King Henry IV, Part 1 4/16, 4.5*
7. Henry IV, Part Two 4/20. 4*
8. Henry V 4/22, 4*
9. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 11/16, 4*
10. Death in the Clouds 5/18, 4*
11. The Woman in White 12/31, 4.75*

2024 Reading Challenge https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
1. Malice
2. Shadowplay
3. A Blight of Blackwings
4. A Curse of Krakens
5. The Queen’s Price 2/29. 4*
6. Crowbones 6/19, 3*
7. The Olympian Affair 9/17, 4*
8. Parable of the Sower 5/12, 3.75*
9. The Narrow Road Between Desires 7/28, 4.5*
10. Kill Switch 1/20, 4.5*
11. The Bride Wore Black Leather 2/17, 4.5*
12. White Trash Zombie Unchained 6/3, 4*
13. The Locked Room 1/28, 4*
14. The Woman in White 12/31, 4.75*
15. The Man in the Iron Mask 12/24, 4*
16. Crime and Punishment 12/11, 3.75*

Past Reading Challenge Books
1. Fool's Assassin (2015, 2020)
2. Fool's Quest (2020)
3. Assassin's Fate (2020)
4. The Grace of Kings (2017, 2023)
5. The Final Empire (2017, 2023)
6. To Green Angel Tower (2018, 2023)
7. Perdido Street Station (2018) DNF
8. 1984 - reread (2018)
9. Deadspawn - reread (2020, 2023)

Realm of the Elderlings series
1. Fool's Errand 9/30, 5*
2. Golden Fool
3. Fool's Fate
4. The Dragon Keeper
5. Dragon Haven
6. City of Dragons
7. Blood of Dragons
8. The Fool's Assassin
9. Fool's Quest
10. Assassin's Fate

Challenges:

1. 100 books COMPLETE
2. 40 series books COMPLETE
3. 10 nonfiction COMPLETE
4. 10 classics (novels or plays) COMPLETE
5. 2024 Reading challenge (12/16) COMPLETE
6. Motley challenge (25/26) COMPLETE
7. Read any 3 past reading challenge books CONTINUES INTO 2025
8. 20 books owned as of December 31, 2023 COMPLETE
9. Books set in 5 new countries and 5 new states (continuing challenge) COMPLETE
10. Finish (re)reading all Realm of the Elderlings books by end of 2025 CONTINUES INTO 2025

Statistics:

Genre:
Mystery - 31
Thriller - 4
Fantasy - 24
Science Fiction - 9
Horror - 5
Non-fiction - 14
Classic - 6
Play - 1
Humor - 2
Misc. - 10

Gender:
Male - 46
Female - 59

Length:
400-600 - 23
601-800 - 2
801-1,000
1,001+ - 1

Monthly totals:
January - 2,741 pages (88.42/day)
February - 2,863 pages (102.25/day)
March - 3,775 (121.84/day)
April - 2,787 (92.90/day)
May -2,824 (91.10/day)
June - 2,845 (94.83/day)
July - 4,433 (143.00/day)
August - 3430 (110.65/day)
September -3,105 (103.50/day)
October - 2,340 (75.48/day)

My page count was down a bit this month, but I finished several books. I am still behind on a few of my challenges, so those will be my focus for the rest of the year when I'm not finishing my library books.

1. 105/100 books COMPLETE
2. 39/30 series books COMPLETE
3. 14/10 nonfiction COMPLETE
4. 6/10 classics
5. 5/12 Reading group challenge
6. 25/25 Motley challenge COMPLETE
7. 19/16 SF/F TBR challenge COMPLETE
8. a. 11/12 Level 1
b. 8/12 Level 2
c. 10/12 Level 3
d. 8/6 Level 4 COMPLETE
e. 6/6 Level 5 COMPLETE
9. a. 2/10 Countries
b. 3/10 States
10. 0/10 Realm of the Elderlings
11. 9/15 owned books, 3 in progress
12. 8/10 In progress books, 1 removed (will reread from beginning), made progress in 1

Alondra wrote: "I keep hearing mixed reviews on the whole series. I'll keep the first book and see how I like it.."

I liked the first book better, although it isn't the sort of book I normally read. They are decidedly strange books, and people seem to either love or hate them without much in between.

Alondra wrote: "Yay! So glad you enjoyed this book. The 2nd one keeps up the action and we get even more world building and learning of the "kennings"... I need the 3rd book to come now!

You can finish Anne! If not; its okay. You have really completed a lot of the challenges you had, already"

I am very excited to read the 2nd book, and I am looking forward to going to the book signing for the 3rd book. I probably won't have time to get caught up before then, but I can still enjoy the books even if I hear a few spoilers. The author is always very entertaining and fun at book signings, and I have a few books that were purchased since the last time he was in town.

I am going to try to finish my list, but it is going to be difficult. I will need to be much more focused than I have proven to be capable of earlier in the year. I am taking the last week of the year off from work, and I may need all that time to even come close. We'll see how I do.

I finished another book yesterday: Downpour. It had been quite a while since I read the earlier books in the series, and it took me some time to get back into this world. It was an okay book, but I didn't like it as much as I remember liking earlier books in the series.

On The Same Page Monthly Reading Challenge NOVEMBER 2023
Start Date: 11/01/2023
End Date: 11/30/2023

Total Pages Read: 3,619
Bonus Points: 305

Books Read:
1. The Sound and the Furry 11/7, 320, +45 (cozy, book, mystery)
2. Mary Anne and the Memory Garden 11/9, 148, +35 (book, young)
3. The Running Grave 11/11, 950, +45 (yellow, book, mystery)
4. The Tattooist of Auschwitz 11/16, 272, +10 (book)
5. Starling House 11/19, 308, +10 (book)
6. Murder and Mamon 11/20, 255, +55 (food, cozy, book, mystery)
7. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance 11/25, last 97, +20 (physical, book)
8. Birder, She Wrote 11/26, 298, +45 (cozy, book, mystery)
9. Babel-17 11/27, 194, +20 (physical, book)
10. Legends & Lattes 11/28, 296, +20 (food, book)
11. Pages to Fill 11/28, 33
12 Upgrade DNF, 170
13. Trust Me When I Lie 14
14. The Likeness 105
15.The Night Hawks 159

I finished A Plague of Giants this week, and I enjoyed it very much. I am excited to read the next two books in this series.

I am very behind on this challenge. I still need to read 8 more books, and it is almost November. I am going to have to be much more focused for the rest of the year if I'm going to finish.