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Bill's 2024 Independent Challenges (376 new)

Nov 15, 2024 03:55PM

I recently read the sequel to Moon of the Crusted Snow. It was as good as the first.

Anne's 2024 Independent Challenge (59 new)

Nov 15, 2024 03:51PM

Alondra wrote: "Great update and progress, Anne!! Most of these are almost done!"

They are :) I am already getting excited about setting up next year's challenges, but I do need to keep focused on this year's challenges for a little while longer.

Anne's 2024 Independent Challenge (59 new)

Nov 15, 2024 03:49PM

Bill wrote: "Congrats on completing your 100 book challenge, Anne."

Thanks, Bill. I feel like I am making good progress on most of my challenges, and none are completely out of reach (the Robin Hobb books one is supposed to be multi-year).

Anne's Ongoing Series (7 new)

Nov 04, 2024 04:44PM

Authors S-Z:

Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn):
1.Mistborn: The Final Empire
2.The Well of Ascension
3.The Hero of Ages
4.The Alloy of Law
5. Shadows of Self
6. The Bands of Mourning
7. The Lost Metal

Brandon Sanderson (Stormlight Archive):
1.The Way of Kings
2.Words of Radiance
3.Oathbringer
4. Rhythm of War
5. Wind and Truth
6. Edgedancer
7. Dawnshard

Brandon Sanderson (Skyward):
2.Starsight
3. Cytonic
4. Defiant

William Shakespeare
1. Julius Caesar
2. Pericles
3. The Winter's Tale
4. King Henry VI, Part 1
5. King Henry VI, Part 2
6. King Henry VI, Part 3
7. King Henry VIII: Arden Shakespeare

Samantha Shannon
0. A Day of Fallen Night
1. The Bone Season
2. The Mime Order
3. The Song Rising
4. The Mask Falling
5. The Dark Mirror

Benjamin Stevenson
3. ~~Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret~~ 12/7/24, 4*

Jesse Sutanto
2. ~~Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping on a Dead Man~~ 6/21/25, 4*
3.
1. ~~Dial A for Aunties~~ 6/8/25, 4*
2.

PJ Tracy
5.

Mark Twain
1.The Prince and the Pauper
2.Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2: The Complete and Authoritative Edition (Volume 11)
3.Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 3: The Complete and Authoritative Edition (Volume 12)

Andy Weir
1.Randomize
2.The Egg

Martha Wells
2. ~~Artificial Condition~~ 3/22/25, 4*
3. ~~Rogue Protocol~~ 5/15/25, 4*
4. ~~Exit Strategy~~ 6/13/25, 3.5*
5. ~~Network Effect~~ 9/20, 3.5*
6. Fugitive Telemetry
7. System Collapse Dramatized Adaptation : The Murderbot Diaries 7
8.
~~Witch King~~ 8/6, 2*

Irvine Welsh (misc.):
1.Skagboys
4.The Blade Artist
5.Dead Men's Trousers
1.Glue
3.A Decent Ride
Filth

Tad Williams (Osten Ard):
2. Stone of Farewell
3. To Green Angel Tower
4. The Witchwood Crown
5. Empire of Grass
6. Into the Narrowdark
7. The Navigator's Children

Tad Williams (Otherland):
1. City of Golden Shadow
2. River of Blue Fire
3. Mountain of Black Glass
4. Sea of Silver Light

Tad Williams (Shadowmarch):
2. Shadowplay
3. Shadowrise
4. Shadowheart

Anne's Ongoing Series (7 new)

Nov 04, 2024 03:18PM

Authors O-R:

Nnedi Okorafor
1. ~~Lagoon~~ 1/26/25, 3*
2.

Richard Osman
1. ~~We Solve Murders~~ 12/20/24, 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 (Chet and Bernie)
5.1. The Iggy Chronicles, Volume One
11. ~~Tender Is the Bite~~ 1/15/25, 3.75*
12. ~~It's a Wonderful Woof~~ 5/10, 4*
13. ~~Bark to the Future~~ 8/25, 4*
14. ~~Up on the Woof Top~~ 8/29, 4*
15. A Farewell to Arfs
- ~~Short Tails: Chet & Bernie Short Stories~~ 9/10, 4*

Spencer Quinn (other)
1. ~~Mrs. Plansky's Revenge~~ 6/1/25, 3*

Deanna Raybourn
3.

Waubgeshig Rice
1.Legacy
2.Midnight Sweatlodge

Kat Richardson:
7. ~~Seawitch~~ 11/24/24, 3*
8.Possession
9.Revenant
Through the Grey

Patrick Rothfuss:
3.The Doors of Stone

Diana Rowland (Kara Gillian):
1. Mark of the Demon
2.Blood of the Demon
3. Secrets of the Demon
4.Sins of the Demon
5. Touch of the Demon
6. Fury of the Demon
7. Vengeance of the Demon
8. Legacy of the Demon
9. Rise of the Demon

Anne's Ongoing Series (7 new)

Nov 04, 2024 03:18PM

Authors L-N:

Madeline L'Engle:
3.A Swiftly Tilting Planet
4.Many Waters

Ken Liu:
1. The Grace of Kings
2. The Wall of Storms
3. The Veiled Throne
4. Speaking Bones

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

Scott Lynch:
4.The Thorn of Emberlain

Jenn Lyons
2. <>The Name of All Things 8/14, 3.5*
3. ~~The Memory of Souls~~ 9/23, 3*
4.The House of Always
5.The Discord of Gods
The Sky on Fire

Jonathan Maberry (Kagen the Damned):
1. Kagen the Damned
2. Son of the Poison Rose
3. The Dragon in Winter

Jonathan Maberry (RTI)
5. Burn to Shine

Jonathan Maberry (Dead of Night):
1. ~~Dead of Night~~ 4/19/25, 4*
2. Fall of Night
3. Still of Night

Jonathan Maberry (Pine Deep):
1. ~~Ghost Road Blues~~ 9/9, 3.5*
2. Dead Man's Song
3. Bad Moon Rising

Mia P. Manansala
5. ~~Guilt and Ginataan~~ 12/14/24, 4*
6.

George R.R. Martin:
6. The Winds of Winter
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones

Walter Mosley
2. ~~A Red Death~~ 3/10/25, 3*
3.White Butterfly
4.Black Betty
5.A Little Yellow Dog
6.Gone Fishin'
7.Bad Boy Brawly Brown
8.Six Easy Pieces
9.Little Scarlet
10.Cinnamon Kiss
11.Blonde Faith
12.Little Green
13.Rose Gold
14.Charcoal Joe
15.Blood Grove

Naomi Novik
2.The Golden Enclaves
3. The Last Graduate
Scholomance Freshman Student Handbook
1.His Majesty's Dragon
2.Throne of Jade
3.Black Powder War
4.Empire of Ivory
5.Victory of Eagles
6.Tongues of Serpents
7.Crucible of Gold
8.Blood of Tyrants
9.League of Dragons
Spinning Silver
Uprooted

Anne's Ongoing Series (7 new)

Nov 04, 2024 03:18PM

Series/Author Catch-Up H-K:

Deborah Harkness:
5. ~~The Black Bird Oracle~~ 1/6/25, 3*

Drew Hayes
2. ~~Undeath and Taxes~~ 6/28/25, 4*
3. Bloody Acquisitions
4. The Fangs of Freelance
5. Deadly Assessments
6. Undeading Bells
7. Out of House and Home
8. Posthumous Education

Kevin Hearne (various series):
3. Candle & Crow
~~Canines & Cocktails~~ 8/30/25, 4*
2. A Blight of Blackwings
3. A Curse of Krakens
2. No Country for Old Gnomes
3. The Princess Beard: The Tales of Pell
- ~~The Hermit Next Door~~ 5/11/25, 4.5*

Anne Hillerman
21. ~~Song of the Lion~~ 2/5/25, 4*
22. ~~Cave of Bones~~ 6/17/25, 3*
23. The Tale Teller
24. Stargazer
25. The Sacred Bridge
26. The Way of the Bear
27. Lost Birds

Jim Hines (misc. series):
(-).Goblin Tales
(-).The Prosekiller Chronicles: Rise of the Spider Goddess -- An Annotated Novel
~~1.Terminal Alliance~~ 8/10/25, 4*
2. Terminal Uprising
3. Terminal Peace
4.5. Imprinted

Robin Hobb:
8. ~~Golden Fool~~ 9/10, 5*
9. Fool's Fate
10. The Dragon Keeper
11. Dragon Haven
12.City of Dragons
13. Blood of Dragons
14. The Fool's Assassin
15. Fool's Quest
16. Assassin's Fate

Anthony Horowitz (Susan Ryeland):
3. ~~Marble Hall Murders~~ 7/25/25, 4*

Anthony Horowitz (Hawthorne and Horowitz):
6.

N.K. Jemison (Broken Earth)
1. ~~The Fifth Season~~ DNF
2. ~~The Obelisk Gate~~
3. ~~The Stone Sky~~

N.K. Jemison (Dreamblood)
1.The Killing Moon
2.The Shadowed Sun

Ragnar Jonasson
1. ~~Snowblind~~ 11/30/24, 3.5*
2. Nightblind
3. Blackout
4. Rupture
5. Whiteout
6.Winterkill

Robert Jordan
(-).Origins of The Wheel of Time: The Legends and Mythologies that Inspired Robert Jordan
(-).The Wheel of Time Companion

Jonathan Kellerman (Alex Delaware):
40. Open Season

Anne's Ongoing Series (7 new)

Nov 04, 2024 03:18PM

Authors E-G

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

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

Jennifer Estep (Elemental Assassin):
5. Spider’s Revenge
6. By a Thread
7. Widow's Web
8. Deadly Sting
9. Heart of Venom
10. The Spider
11. Poison Promise
12. Black Widow
13. Spider's Trap
14. Bitter Bite
14.5. Unwanted
15. Unraveled
15.5. Nice Guys Bite
16. Snared
17. Venom in the Veins
18. Sharpest Sting
19. Last Strand
(Misc.). Stings and Stones: An Elemental Assassin short story collection

Janet Evanovich (misc):
1. Metro Girl
2.Motor Mouth
30. Now or Never: Thirty-One on the Run

Jennifer Fallon (Hythrun):
8.Retribution
9.Covenant

Jennifer Fallon (Rift Runners):
1.The Undivided
2.The Dark Divide
3.Reunion

Heather Fawcett
2.Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands
3.Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales

Jasper Fforde (misc. series)
8.Dark Reading Matter
3.Gordini Protocols

Jackson Ford (The Frost Files)
5.

W.D. Gagliani:
4.Wolf's Bluff
5.Wolf's Edge
6. Wolf's Blind
(-) THE JUDAS HIT

Robert Galbraith (Cormoran Strike):
8. The Hallmarked Man

Ava Glass
4.

Simon R. Green (Secret Histories):
2.Daemons Are Forever
3. The Spy Who Haunted Me
4. From Hell with Love
5. For Heaven's Eyes Only
6. Live and Let Drood
7. Casino Infernale
8. Property of a Lady Faire
9. From a Drood to a Kill
10. Dr. DOA
11. Moonbreaker
12. Night Fall

Simon R. Green (Forest Kingdom):
1. Blue Moon Rising
2. Blood and Honor
3. Down Among the Dead Men
4. Beyond the Blue Moon
5. Once in a Blue Moon

Simon R. Green (Ishmael Jones):
2. Dead Man Walking
3. Very Important Corpses
4. Death Shall Come
5. Into the Thinnest of Air
6. Murder in the Dark
7. Till Sudden Death Do Us Part
8. Night Train to Murder
9. The House on Widows Hill
10. Buried Memories
11.Haunted by the Past

Simon R. Green (Deathstalker):
1, Deathstalker
2.Deathstalker Rebellion
3. Deathstalker War
4. Deathstalker Honor
5. Deathstalker Destiny
6. Deathstalker Legacy
7. Deathstalker Return
8.Deathstalker Coda

Elly Griffiths (Harbinder Kaur)
3. ~~Bleeding Heart Yard~~ 8/22, 4*
4. The Last Word

Elly Griffiths (Brighton Mysteries)
1. ~~The Zig Zag Girl~~ 1/2/25, 4*
2. Smoke and Mirrors
3. The Blood Card
4. The Vanishing Box
5. Now You See Them
6. The Midnight Hour
7.The Great Deceiver

Elly Griffiths (Misc.)
~~The Man in Black: Stories~~ 12/27/24, 4*

John Gwynne:
1.Malice
2. Valor
3. Ruin
4. Wrath

Anne's Ongoing Series (7 new)

Nov 04, 2024 03:17PM

Authors C-D:

Becky Chambers
1. New book

Agatha Christie (Miss Marple):
3. ~~The Moving Finger~~ 5/3, 4*
4. A Murder Is Announced
5. They Do It With Mirrors
7. 4:50 from Paddington
8. The Mirror Cracked from Side to Side
9. A Caribbean Mystery
10. At Bertram's Hotel
11. Nemesis
12. Sleeping Murder

Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot):
15.Cards on the Table
16.Murder in the Mews
17.Dumb Witness/Poirot Loses a Client
19Appointment with Death
20.Hercule Poirot's Christmas
21.The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories
22.Sad Cypress
23.One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
24.Evil Under the Sun
25.Five Little Pigs
26.The Hollow
27. The Labours of Hercules
28. Witness for the Prosecution and Selected Plays
29. Taken at the Flood
31. The Under Dog and Other Stories
32. Mrs. McGinty's Dead
33. After the Funeral
34. Hickory Dickory Dock
35. Dead Man's Folly
36. Cat Among the Pigeons
38. Double Sin and Other Stories
39. The Clocks
40. Third Girl
41. Hallowe'en Party
42. Elephants Can Remember
43. Poirot's Early Cases: 18 Hercule Poirot Mysteries
44. Curtain
45. Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories
46. The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories
47. While the Light Lasts: A Short Story

Agatha Christie (Other):
1. The Man in the Brown Suit
2. Cards on the Table
3. Sparkling Cyanide
4. Parker Pyne Investigates
5. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

Susanna Clarke
1. ~~The Wood at Midwinter~~ 5/10, 3*

Wilkie Collins
The Moonstone
Armadale
Basil
The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice

Michael Connolly (Harry Bosch):
3.The Concrete Blonde
4.The Last Coyote
5.Trunk Music
6.Angels Flight
7.A Darkness More Than Night
8.

Elle Cosimano
1. ~~Finlay Donovan Is Killing It~~ 12/21/24, 4*
2. ~~Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead~~ 2/18/25, 4*
3. ~~Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun~~ 3/11/25, 4*
3.5. ~~Veronica Ruiz Breaks the Bank~~ 4/17/25, 4*
4. ~~Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice~~ 3/23/25, 4*
5. ~~Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave~~ 8/3, 4*

Blake Crouch
1. Recursion

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
3. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
4. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
6. The Return of Sherlock Holmes
7. The Valley of Fear
8. His Last Bow
9. The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

Alexandre Dumas:
1.5. The Red Sphinx: A Sequel to The Three Musketeers
3.4. ~~The Man in the Iron Mask~~ 12/24/24, 4*

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

Anne's Ongoing Series (7 new)

Nov 04, 2024 03:17PM

Authors A-B:

Ben Aaronovitch (Rivers of London):
9. ~~The Masquerades of Spring~~ 11/27/24, 4*
10. ~~Stone and Sky~~ 9/28, 3.5*

Douglas Adams (misc.):
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
-.The Salmon of Doubt

Donna Andrews (Meg Lanslow):
35. ~~Between a Flock and a Hard Place~~ 12/25/24, 3*
36. ~~Rockin' Around the Chickadee~~ 1/16/25, 4*

Ilona Andrews (The Edge):
3.Fate's Edge
4.Steel's Edge

Ilona Andrews (Kate Daniels)
11. New book

Isaac Asimov (Foundation)
2.Foundation and Empire
3.Second Foundation
4. Foundation's Edge
5. Foundation and Earth
6. Prelude to Foundation
7. Forward the Foundation

Travis Baldree
Goblins & Greatcoats

Anne Bishop (Black Jewels, The Others, Ephemera):
(Misc.) ~~The Lady in Glass and Other Stories~~ 1/31/25, 4*

Stephen Blackmoore (Eric Carter):
2. Broken Souls
3. Hungry Ghosts
4. Fire Season
5. Ghost Money
6. Bottle Demon
7. Suicide Kings
8.Hate Machine
9.Cult Classic

Alan Bradley
11. ~~What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust~~ 11/21/24, 3.5*
12.Untitled Flavia de Luce #12

Patricia Briggs (Mercy Thompson):
14. ~~Winter Lost~~ 1/11/25, 4.5*
15.

Jim Butcher (Cinder Spires)
3. Book 3

Jim Butcher (Dresden):
17.2. Christmas Eve
17.3. The Good People
17.5.The Law
18. Twelve Months
19. Mirror Mirror

Octavia Butler (misc. series/books):
1.Parable of the Talents
2.Survivor
3.Fledgling
4.Wild Seed
5.Mind of My Mind
6. Clay's Ark
7.Patternmaster
8.~~A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay~~ 6/27/25, 4*

Anne's 2024 Independent Challenge (59 new)

Nov 01, 2024 06:45PM

I had another good month of reading, but I have a few challenges I have neglected. I'll try to catch up in the next 2 months.

October update:
1. 100/100 books COMPLETE
2. 62/40 series books COMPLETE
3. 7/10 nonfiction, 2 in progress
4. 7/10 classics (novels or plays)
5. 9/12 2024 Reading challenge
6. 23/25 Motley challenge
7. 1/3 past reading challenge books
8. 14/20 books owned as of December 31, 2023, 1 in progress
9.a. 5/5 countries COMPLETE
9.b. 5/5 states COMPLETE
10. 1/10 Realm of the Elderlings books

Anne's 2024 Independent Challenge (59 new)

Nov 01, 2024 06:42PM

Linette wrote: "You are making real progress on your goals!"

Thanks.

Anne's 2024 Reading Challenge (68 new)

Nov 01, 2024 06:22PM

I need to finish 3 of these books in the next 2 months, which should be very doable, but that will require focus. The remaining books are not short.

Anne's 2024 Reading Challenge (68 new)

Nov 01, 2024 06:21PM

Alondra wrote: "I'm not keeping out hope. He..."

He did recently expand a novella and publish it, so he hasn't fully abandoned that world. I think he is just a perfectionist, so he is struggling to finish it.

NOVEMBER Monthly Reading Challenge 2024 (18 new)

Nov 01, 2024 06:03PM