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

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

Series/Author Catch-Up H-Z:

David Hair:
1.Mage's Blood

Kevin Hearne:
1. A Plague of Giants 10/22, 4.25*
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. Rock with Wings 6/23, 3*
2.Song of the Lion
3.Cave of Bones
4.The Tale Teller
5.Stargazer
6.The Sacred Bridge

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

Robin Hobb:
1.Fool's Errand
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. The Twist of a Knife 1/14, 4*
2. Evil Star 5/18, 4*
3.Nightrise
4.Necropolis
5.Oblivion
6.Zeroboxer
7. The Three Monarchs 5/1, 4*

Jonathan Kellerman:
1. Unnatural History 6/5, 3*

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

Ken Liu:
1.The Grace of Kings

Brian Lumley:
1. Necroscope IV: Deadspeak 12/16, 4.25*
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. Code Zero 6/29, 4*
2. Predator One 10/30, 4*
3.Kill Switch
4.Dogs of War
5.Bits & Pieces
6.Ghost Road Blues
7.Dead Man's Song
8.Bad Moon Rising
9. Dead of Night
10.Fall of Night

Mia P. Manansala
1. Blackmail and Bibingka 2/7, 4*
2. Murder and Mamon 11/21, 3.5*

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

Tamsyn Muir
1. Harrow the Ninth 9/28, 2.5*

Jo Nesbo
1.The Bat

Nnedi Okorafor
1.Zahrah the Windseeker
2. Akata Warrior 4/19, 4*
3. Akata Woman 12/25, 3*
4. Remote Control 4/26, 4*
5.Lagoon
6.The Shadow Speaker

Daniel Jose Older
1. Shadowshaper Legacy 7/24, 3*

Richard Osman
1. The Man Who Died Twice 1/21, 4*
2. The Bullet That Missed 4/3, 4*
3. The Last Devil to Die,, 12/24, 4.5*

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. The Dog Who Knew Too Much 8/22, 4*
2. A Fistful of Collars 10/16, 4*
3.The Sound and the Furry
4.Paw and Order
5.Scents and Sensibility
6.Heart of Barkness
7.Of Mutts and Men
8.Tender Is the Bite
9.It's a Wonderful Woof
10.Bark to the Future
11.Woof
12.Arf
13.Bow Wow
14.Ruff vs. Fluff
15.Paws vs. Claws
16.Bark vs. Snark

Waubgeshig Rice
1.Legacy
2.Midnight Sweatlodge

Kat Richardson:
1. Downpour 10/31, 3*
2.Seawitch
3.Possession
4.Revenant
5.Through the Grey

Patrick Rothfuss:
1.The Doors of Stone

Diana Rowland:
1.White Trash Zombie Unchained

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. Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians: The Worldspire 7/25, 4*
10. Skyward 7/16, 4*
11. Starsight
12.The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England 8/30, 4*

William Shakespeare
1. Julius Caesar
2. Pericles
3. The Winter's Tale
4. King John
5. King Richard II
6. King Henry IV, Part 1
7. King Henry IV, Part 2 - William Shakespeare (ANNOTATED) Full Version of Great Classics Work
8. King Henry V
9. King Henry VI, Part 1
10. King Henry VI, Part 2
11. King Henry VI, Part 3
12. King Henry VIII: Arden Shakespeare
13. Hamlet 5/21, 4*

Andrea Stewart
1. The Bone Shard Emperor 7/12, 2.75*
2.The Bone Shard War

Angie Thomas
1.

P.J. Tracy
1. The Devil You Know 5/27, 3*

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
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.A Rare Book of Cunning Device
2.The Home Crowd Advantage

Douglas Adams:
1.Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
2.The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
3. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe 3/30, 4*
4.Life, the Universe and Everything
5.So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
6.Mostly Harmless

Donna Andrews:
1. Birder, She Wrote 12/16, 3.5*

Ilona Andrews:
1.Fate's Edge
2.Steel's Edge
3. Magic Tides 6/17, 4*

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

Anne Bishop:
1. Crowbones
2. The Queen’s Price

Stephen Blackmoore:
1.Dead Things
2.Broken Souls

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

Jim Butcher:
1. Battle Ground 12/30, 4.25*
2. The Law
3.The Olympian Affair
4. The Aeronaut's Windlass 8/5, 4*

Octavia Butler:
1.Parable of the Sower
2.Survivor
3.Fledgling
4.Wild Seed
5.Seed to Harvest
6.Parable of the Talents
7. Imago 12/31, 4*
8.Mind of My Mind
9.Patternmaster
10.Clay's Ark

Gail Carriger:
1. Ambush or Adore 5/14, 4*
2. Crudrat 7/9, 4*
3. Romancing the Inventor 7/23, 3*
4. Romancing the Werewolf 8/4, 3*

Becky Chambers:
1. A Prayer for the Crown-Shy 6/17, 4*

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
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
2.Upgrade

Alexandre Dumas:
1.The Man in the Iron Mask
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. Conquer the Kingdom 5/20, 3.5*
2.Web of Lies
3.Venom
4.Tangled Threads
5.Spider’s Revenge
6.By a Thread
7.Widow's Web
8.Deadly Sting
9.Kiss of Venom
10.Heart of Venom
11.The Spider
12.Poison Promise
13.Black Widow
14.Spider's Trap
15.Bitter Bite
16.Unwanted
17.Unraveled
18.Nice Guys Bite
19.Snared
20.Venom in the Veins
21.Haints and Hobwebs
22.Winter’s Web
23.Sharpest Sting
24.Last Strand
25.Thread of Death
26.Tangled Schemes
27.Tangled Dreams
28.Spider’s Nemesis
29.Spider's Bargain
30.Cold Burn of Magic
31.Dark Heart of Magic
32.Bright Blaze of Magic
33.
34.Halloween Frost
35.Karma Girl
36.Hot Mama
37.Jinx
38.A Karma Girl Christmas
39.Nightingale
40.Fandemic
41.Web of Deceit
42.Web of Death
43.Wasted
44.Poison
45.

Janet Evanovich:
1. Metro Girl
2.Motor Mouth
3. Dirty Thirty 12/10, 3*

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

Jasper Fforde:
1.Shades of Grey prequel: 7 Things To Do Before You Die in Talgarth
2.Dark Reading Matter
3. Early Riser 12/13, 4*
4. The Great Troll War 1/7, 4*

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

Robert Galbraith:
1. The Ink Black Heart 2/27, 4*

Simon R. Green:
1. A Hard Day's Knight 7/3, 4*
2.The Bride Wore Black Leather
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

Elly Griffiths
1. A Room Full of Bones 1/29, 4*
2. A Dying Fall 3/14, 4*
3. The Outcast Dead 6/14, 4*
4. The Ghost Fields 7/5, 4*
5. The Woman in Blue 8/25, 4*
6. The Chalk Pit 8/30, 4*
7.The Dark Angel 9/22, 4*
8. The Stone Circle 10/8, 4*
9. The Lantern Men 10/23, 4*
10. The Night Hawks 12/2, 4*
11.The Locked Room
12.

John Gwynne:
1.Malice

Owned Books
1. Severance 3/26, 3*
2. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe 3/30, 4*
3. Hamlet 5/21, 4*
4. Do the Work!: An Antiracist Activity Book 5/27, 4*
5. The Time Machine 5/29, 4.5*
6. Mansfield Park 6/28, 3*
7. Stink Eye: A Baby Blues Collection 9/4, 4*
8. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance 11/25, 3.5*
9. Babel-17 11/27, 3.75*
10. Downpour 10/31, 3*
11. A Plague of Giants 10/22, 4.25*
12. The Little Mermaid 12/1, 3*
13. The Likeness 12/5, 4*
14. Deadspeak 12/16, 4.25*
15. Early Riser 12/13, 4*
16. The Day of the Triffids 12/23, 4.5*
17. Battle Ground 12/30, 4.25*
18. I, Robot 12/31, 4.75*
19. Imago 12/31, 4*

Countries
1. Remote Control - Ghana
2. Hamlet - Denmark
3. The Tattooist of Auschwitz - Slovakia
4. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance - Kenya
5.The Likeness - Ireland

States https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
1. The Only Good Indians - North Dakota
2. Digging Up Trouble - Oregon
3. Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder - Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, or South Dakota
4. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance - Hawaii
5. Starling House - Kentucky

Books in Progress
1. Do the Work!: An Antiracist Activity Book 5/27, 4*
2. Jade War RESTART FROM BEGINNING
3. City of Stairs 4/30, 4*
4. Parable of the Sower RESTART FROM BEGINNING
5. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance 11/25, 3.5*
6. Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization 3/11, 4*
7. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 1/16, 4*
8. Claudia Kishi, Live From WSTO! 1/24, 3*
9. The Bone Shard Emperor 7/12, 2.75*
10. The Great Troll War 1/7, 4*
11. The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding 3/11, 4*

Nonfiction
1. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 1/16, 4*
2. The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us 2/12, 4*
3. Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder 2/27, 3*
4. World Travel: An Irreverent Guide 3/15, 3*
5. How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler 3/9, 3*
6. Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization 3/11, 4*
7. The Souls of Black Folk 4/23, 3*
8. Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany 4/22, 4*
9. Do the Work!: An Antiracist Activity Book 5/27, 4*
10. Spare 4/10, 4*
11. Bibliophile: Diverse Spines 5/12, 3*
12. Pandora's Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong 6/25, 3.75*
13. Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth 7/4, 4*
14. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance 11/25, 3.5*
15. Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe 10/7, 4*

Classic Novels or Plays
1. The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding 3/11, 4*
2. The Souls of Black Folk 4/23, 3*
3. Winnie-the-Pooh 4/23, 4*
4. Hamlet 5/21, 4*
5. The Time Machine 5/29, 4.5*
6. Mansfield Park 6/28, 3*
7. Babel-17 (2021) 11/27, 3.75*
8. The Little Mermaid 12/1, 3*
9. The Day of the Triffids 12/23, 4.5*
10. I, Robot 12/31, 4.75*

Reading Group Challenge
1. The Likeness (2014) 12/5, 4*
2. The Day of the Triffids (2016) 12/23, 4.5*
3. The Time Machine (2016) 5/29, 4.5*
4. The Final Empire - Mistborn #1 (2017)
5. The Grace of Kings (2017)
6. To Green Angel Tower (2018)
7. A Plague of Giants (2018) 10/22, 4.25*
8. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (2019) 3/30, 4*
9. Necroscope IV: Deadspeak (2020) 12/16, 4.25*
10. Necroscope V: Deadspawn (2020)
11. Severance (2021) 3/26, 3*
12. Babel-17 (2021) 11/27, 3.75*
13. Imago (2022) 12/31, 4*
14. Early Riser (2022) 12/13, 4*
15. Downpour (2022) 10/31, 3*
16. Battle Ground (2022) 12/30, 4.25*

Realm of the Elderlings series
1. Fool's Errand
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. 30 series books Complete
3. 10 nonfiction Complete
4. 10 classics Complete
5. Reading group challenge Complete
6. Motley challenge (25/26) Complete
7. SF/F TBR challenge (16/20) Complete
8. Bookworm list - 100% of levels 1-3, at least 50% of levels 4 &5, can use same book for more than one item. Complete
9. Books set in 10 new countries and 10 new states (continuing challenge) Continuing
10. Finish (re)reading all Realm of the Elderlings books by end of 2024 Deferred
11. 15 books owned as of December 31, 2022 Complete
12. Finish or DNF all books still in progress at midnight on January 1, 2023. Complete

It's almost the end of November, and I just finished the 8th book on my list. It is going to be a struggle to finish my list since most of the remaining books are at least 400 pages each, and I am behind on other challenges too. I will finish what I can, and I'll read the rest next year.

4, 21, 24, 29

Statistics

Gender:
male - 37
female - 49
Committee - 3

Genre:
science fiction - 6
fantasy - 18
mystery/thriller - 24
classic - 2
non-fiction - 10
horror - 8
humor - 5
graphic novel - 2
anthology - 1
misc. - 10

Length:
401-600 - 11
601-800 - 1
801-1000 - 2
1000+ - 2

Pages:
January - 2,460 (79.4/day)
February - 1,546 (55.2/day)
March - 2,881 (92.9/day)
April - 3,154 (105.1/day)
May - 1,593 (51.39/day)
June - 2,654 (88.47/day)
July - 2,580 (83.23/day)
August - 3,365 (108.55/day)
September - 5,358 (178.6/day)
October - 1,671 (53.90/day)

It was test month, so I didn't get much read. I'm close to finishing a few books, but I am definitely going to have to be very focused if I want to finish more than a few of these challenges.

End of October summary:
1. 77/100 books
2. 24/40 series books, 5 in progress
3. 10/10 nonfiction COMPLETE
4. 3/10 classic novels or plays
5. 5/12 Reading group challenge, 1 in progress
6. 0/10 past reading group books
7. 2/10 new countries and 3/10 new states
8. 23/25 Motley challenge
9. 19/30, 5/5 Pop Sugar challenge
10. 19/19 SFFBC TBR Cleanup Challenge COMPLETE
11. 10/15 books owned as of December 31, 2021
12. 0/8 BOTM or buddy reads

Carolien wrote: "Good luck with the exams!"

Thanks.

Alondra wrote: "I know that's right!! That is what reading is for, right?? Fun, entertainment and a journey. At least, that is what I think. LOL"

I agree. My tests are finally over, and now I have the approximately 2 month wait to find out how I did. Since I can't change it either way, I'm going to focus on finishing some of my challenges in the remaining 2 months of the year. Hopefully, I will read at least a few fun books.

On The Same Page Monthly Reading Challenge NOVEMBER 2022
Start Date: 11/01/2022
End Date: 11/30/2022

Total Pages Read: 1,809
Bonus Points: 160


Books Read:
1. Soul Taken 11/3, last 131, +10 (gold)
2. Blood Price 11/4, last 157
3. Claudia and the Recipe for Danger 11/6, 144, +50 (food)
4. Dawn and the School Spirit War 11/12, 134
5. Round Up the Usual Peacocks 11/16, 300, +50 (food)
6. The Good, the Bad, and the Uncanny 11/22, 275
7. White Trash Zombie Gone Wild 11/28, 325, +50 (food)
8. Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization 43
9. The Great Troll War 15
10. The Awkward Squad 100
11. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 100
12. The Queen's Bargain 85

Statistics

Gender:
male - 34
female - 47
Committee - 3

Genre:
science fiction - 6
fantasy - 16
mystery/thriller - 23
classic - 2
non-fiction - 10
horror - 8
humor - 5
graphic novel - 1
anthology - 1
misc. - 9

Length:
401-600 - 11
601-800 -
801-1000 - 2
1000+ - 2

Pages:
January - 2,460 (79.4/day)
February - 1,546 (55.2/day)
March - 2,881 (92.9/day)
April - 3,154 (105.1/day)
May - 1,593 (51.39/day)
June - 2,654 (88.47/day)
July - 2,580 (83.23/day)
August - 3,365 (108.55/day)
September - 5,358 (178.6/day)

I read a ton of pages in September, but very few of them were for entertainment. I did make progress on my non-fiction challenge, though. My test is in less than 3 weeks, and I can't wait for it to be over. I miss reading for fun.

End of September summary:
1. 73/100 books
2. 22/40 series books, 4 in progress
3. 10/10 nonfiction, 3 in progress
4. 3/10 classic novels or plays
5. 5/12 Reading group challenge
6. 0/10 past reading group books
7. 2/10 new countries and 3/10 new states
8. 23/25 Motley challenge
9. 18/30, 5/5 Pop Sugar challenge
10. 19/19 SFFBC TBR Cleanup Challenge COMPLETE
11. 9/15 books owned as of December 31, 2021
12. 0/8 BOTM or buddy reads

On The Same Page Monthly Reading Challenge OCTOBER 2022
Start Date: 10/01/2022
End Date: 10/31/2022

Total Pages Read: 1,671
Bonus Points: 170

Books Read:
1.PPI SE Structural Engineering Reference Manual, 9th Edition – A Comprehensive Reference Guide for the NCEES SE Structural Engineering Exam 10/8, last 306
2. Jim Butcher's Dresden Files: Bigfoot 10/9, 122
3. Stacey vs. the BSC 10/14, 150, +50 (adolescent female)
4. Babysitters' Haunted House 10/23, 264, +60 (mystery, adolescent female)
5. Amongst Our Weapons 10/24, 281, +60 (culture, immigrant)
6. ACI 318-14 Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete and Commentary 50
7. Blood Price 179
8. Parable of the Sower 60
9. PPI Concrete Design for the PE Civil and SE Exams, 3rd Edition – A Comprehensive Review Book for the NCEES PE Civil and SE Exams 50
10. Soul Taken 259

Statistics

Gender:
male - 33
female - 43

Genre:
science fiction - 6
fantasy - 15
mystery/thriller - 20
classic - 2
non-fiction - 7
horror - 8
humor - 5
graphic novel - 1
anthology - 1
misc. - 8

Length:
401-600 - 11
601-800 -
801-1000 - 2
1000+ -

Pages:
January - 2,460 (79.4/day)
February - 1,546 (55.2/day)
March - 2,881 (92.9/day)
April - 3,154 (105.1/day)
May - 1,593 (51.39/day)
June - 2,654 (88.47/day)
July - 2,580 (83.23/day)
August - 3,365 (108.55/day)

I'm still really behind on most challenges. I'm just trying to get done what I can and worry about catching up once the exams are over.

End of August summary:
1. 65/100 books
2. 21/40 series books, 2 in progress
3. 7/10 nonfiction, 3 in progress
4. 3/10 classic novels or plays
5. 5/12 Reading group challenge
6. 0/10 past reading group books
7. 2/10 new countries and 3/10 new states
8. 23/25 Motley challenge
9. 18/30, 5/5 Pop Sugar challenge
10. 17/19 SFFBC TBR Cleanup Challenge
11. 7/15 books owned as of December 31, 2021
12. 0/8 BOTM or buddy reads

Alondra wrote: "Well, good luck for October exams. It's early, but never too early for good mojo!!

I think fall will be catch-up for me too.."

Thanks. I am feeling really stressed out by the amount of material I still need to review. I am looking forward to it being over.

I am really behind on my books. I have most of them, and I want to read them, but I'm just too busy with work and studying to read much fiction. I've mostly been reading "brain candy" lately whenever I'm not studying.

Alondra wrote: "I have this on my list. The 1st book in druid series was just okay for me; so i tried the A Plague of Giants series. I fell in love from the first page. Same author, but his ability to offer things quite different, is awesome.

Kudos Anne!!"

Like a lot of authors, I think he has grown as he writes more books. Hounded was his first published novel. I think his humor worked just right for me, but I know it doesn't work for everyone. Also, I have a soft spot for large dogs (no surprise considering my profile picture).