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Books on the TBR List as of January 1, 2025 - 1052.Books to read: 3/13
(adding 3 books that were on my list in 2024 and that I didn't get to read)
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read 08/05/2025408. ✅
read 06/18/2025589. ✅
read 01/19/2025606. ✅
read 07/28/2025629. ✅
read 03/03/2025643. ✅
read 01/30/2025954. ✅
read 08/10/2025Additional 3 books leftover from 2024:
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read 05/19/2025430.
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read 02/18/2025
I'm in! ✅Books read: 91/100
1. The Conjurer's Wife ✅
2. Dark Space ✅
3. The Ruin of Angels ✅
4. The Lost Story ✅
5. Red Delicious ✅
6. Boundary Crossed ✅
7. World's Edge ✅
8. Patient Zero ✅
9. A Spoonful of Malaysian Magic: An Anthology ✅
10. The Undead: The First Seven Days ✅
11. Mothtown ✅
12. A Child Alone With Strangers ✅
13. The Hourglass Throne ✅
14. The Sunken Mall ✅
15. The Library at Mount Char ✅
16. Armed & Magical ✅
17. Lords of Uncreation ✅
18. Among These Bones ✅
19. The Queen's Poisoner ✅
20. Pattern Recognition ✅
21. Tales from the Gas Station: Volume One ✅
22. The Wandering Inn ✅
23. The Castle Doctrine ✅
24. Dead Country ✅
25. Prince of Fools ✅
26. Trinity: Sol 3 ✅
27. Haunted Ground: The Ghosts of Laskin's Farm ✅
28. Ghost Detective ✅
29. Phoenix Unbound ✅
30. The Atrocity Engine ✅
31. The Ghosts of Beatrice Bird ✅
32. Reunion ✅
33. Thirteen THIRTEEN BY Morgan, Richard K ( Author ) Jun-24-2008 THIRTEEN THIRTEEN BY MORGAN, RICHARD K ( AUTHOR ) JUN-24-2008 By Morgan, Richard K ( Author )Jun-24-2008 Paperback ✅
34. One Hundred Shadows ✅
35. Cara's Twelve ✅
36. The Trouble with Demons ✅
37. The Hum and the Shiver ✅
38. Jane Was Here ✅
39. The Soul of Chaos ✅
40. The Bone Witch ✅
41. Dead Witch on a Bridge ✅
42. Extinction Horizon ✅
43. Nona the Ninth ✅
44. Station Eleven ✅
45. Deep and Deadly: Murder on the Scottish coast ✅
46. Dead Witch on a Bridge ✅
47. The Donut Legion ✅
48. A Rising Man ✅
49. Fate Forged ✅
50. The Market of 100 Fortunes ✅
51. Lost Valley ✅
52. Chaos Unleashed ✅
53. Orchard of Skeletons ✅
54. Strung ✅
55. A Tide of Black Steel ✅
56. Bewitched & Betrayed ✅
57. Dawn ✅
58. The Mister Trophy ✅
59. Dead Man's Rain ✅
60. The Cadaver Client ✅
61. Three Mean Streets ✅
62. Hold the Dark ✅
63. Some Can See ✅
64. The Banshee's Walk ✅
65. Her Little Flowers ✅
66. Rubicon ✅
67. Spring's Arcana ✅
68. Adulthood Rites ✅
69. Imago ✅
70. Lilith's Brood ✅
71. Minimum Wage Magic ✅
72. Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell ✅
73. The Soul of Iuchiban ✅
74. The Monsters in our Shadows ✅
75. Fellside ✅
76. Fatemarked ✅
77. The Blighted Stars ✅
78. Witch Queen of Redwinter ✅
79. The Inheritance ✅
80. Children of Time ✅
81. How We End ✅
82. Dragon Unleashed ✅
83. Boy in the Mirror ✅
84. Grave Empire ✅
85. Tears of the Wolf ✅
86. Abeni's Song ✅
87. The Butcher of the Forest ✅
88. Brood of Bones ✅
89. The Ruins Of Mars ✅
90. Strung II: The Valley of Death ✅
91, Empire of Silence ✅
I'm in. I managed over 60 books by new authors last year, so I am committing to just as many this year.Level: Devil May Care = 20 or more!
1. The Conjurer's Wife by Sarah Penner ✅
2. Dark Space by Rob Hart ✅
3. The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer ✅
4. Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry ✅
5. The Undead: The First Seven Days by R.R. Haywood ✅
6. A Spoonful of Malaysian Magic: An Anthology by Anna Tan ✅
7. Mothtown by Caroline Hardaker ✅
8. A Child Alone With Strangers by Philip Fracassi ✅
9. The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins ✅
10. Among These Bones by Amanda Luzzader ✅
11. Pattern Recognition by William Gibson ✅
12. Tales from the Gas Station: Volume One by Jack Townsend ✅
13. The Wandering Inn by Pirateaba ✅
14. Trinity: Sol 3 by Andy Wilkinson ✅
15. Haunted Ground: The Ghosts of Laskin's Farm by Cailyn Lloyd ✅
16. Ghost Detective by Scott William Carter ✅
17. Phoenix Unbound by Grace Draven ✅
18. The Atrocity Engine by Tim Waggoner ✅
19. The Ghosts of Beatrice Bird by Louisa Morgan ✅
20. One Hundred Shadows by Hwang Jungeun ✅
21. Cara's Twelve by Chantel Seabrook ✅
22. The Hum and the Shiver by Alex Bledsoe ✅
23. Jane Was Here by Sarah Kernochan ✅
24. The Soul of Chaos by Gregory Wunderlin ✅
25. The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco ✅
26. Dead Witch on a Bridge by Gretchen Galway ✅
27. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel ✅
28. Deep and Deadly: Murder on the Scottish coast by Keith Moray ✅
29. The Donut Legion by Joe R. Lansdale ✅
30. A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee ✅
31. Fate Forged by B.P. Donigan ✅
32. The Market of 100 Fortunes by Marie Brennan ✅
33. Lost Valley by Walt Browning ✅
34. Orchard of Skeletons by Eli Wilde ✅
35. Strung by Per Jacobsen ✅
36. Dawn by Octavia E. Butler ✅
37. Dead Man's Rain by Frank Tuttle ✅
38. Her Little Flowers by Shannon Morgan ✅
39. Spring's Arcana by Lilith Saintcrow ✅
40. Minimum Wage Magic by Rachel Aaron ✅
41. The Soul of Iuchiban by Evan Dicken ✅
42. The Monsters in our Shadows by Edward J. Cembal ✅
43. Fatemarked by David Estes ✅
44. The Blighted Stars by Megan E. O'Keefe ✅
45. How We End by L.M. Juniper ✅
46. Boy in the Mirror by Robert J. Duperre ✅
47. Grave Empire by Richard Swan ✅
48. Tears of the Wolf by Elisabeth Wheatley ✅
49. The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed ✅
50. Brood of Bones by A.E. Marling ✅
51. The Ruins Of Mars by Dylan James Quarles ✅
52. Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio ✅
Here are the challenges I will participate in this year:Cleaning out the TBR closet 2025
New 2U Authors 2025
Serious Readers Challenge 2025 - Level 1
TBR Tackler 2025
Last year this challenge helped me clean out some of the books I had on my TBR list the longest (I completely eliminated everything in 2014 and 2018). So I will eagerly join again this year with a goal of reading 40 books from 2019, 2020 and 2021. After that, I will try to read a book or two from other consecutive years up to 2024 for a total of 80 books.TBR Pile Jan 1, 2025 - 1051 books
TBR Pile Dec 31, 2025 -
Total: (68/80)
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9. Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel 1) by Connie Willis
10. To Say Nothing of the Dog (Oxford Time Travel 2) by Connie Willis
11. Fuzzy Nation (Fuzzy Sapiens 7) by John Scalzi
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13. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers 1) by Becky Chambers
14. Fallen Dragon by Peter F Hamilton
15. Shades of Grey (Shades of Grey 1) by Jasper Fforde
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4. A Time of Dread (Of Blood and Bone 1) by John Gwynne
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6. Return by Peter S Beagle
7. The Murders of Molly Southbourne (Molly Southbourne 1) by Tade Thompson
8. Burn the Dark (Malus Domestica 1) by S.A. Hunt
9. Aching God (Iconoclasts 1) by Mike Shel
10. Medusa Uploaded (The Medusa Cycle 1) by Emily Devenport
11. Blackdog by K.V. Johansen
12. Hidden City by Alan Baxter
13. In the Night Garden (The Orphan's Tales 1) by Catherynne M. Valente
14. The Deathless by Peter Newman
15. Cusp of Night (Hode's Hill 1) by Mae Clair
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2021
1. Seven of Infinities by Aliette de Bodard
2. Chosen (The Warrior Chronicles 1) by K.F. Breene
3. Wings of Hope (The Veil 0.5) by Pippa DaCosta
4. The Girl and the Stars (Book of the Ice 1) by Mark Lawrence
5. Colony by Benjamin Cross
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8. Hench (Hench 1) by Natalie Zina Walschots
9. Blitz (The Checquy Files 3) by Daniel O'Malley
10. The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (The Left-Handed Booksellers of London 1) by Garth Nix
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Creating a thread to track all my challenges for 2025.
Level 2101. The Library of the Unwritten ✅
102. Red Team Blues ✅
103. The Palace Job ✅
104. China Mountain Zhang ✅
105. The Graveyard Watch ✅
106. Sapphire Flames ✅
107. Harrow the Ninth ✅
108. Trail of Lightning ✅
109. Emerald Blaze ✅
110. Ruby Fever ✅
111. The Warded Gunslinger ✅
112. A Tempest of Tea ✅
113. Abaddon’s Gate ✅
114. Angry Lead Skies ✅
115. Sweep of the Heart ✅
116. Poison ✅
117. Grease Monkeys: The Heart and Soul of Dieselpunk ✅
118. The Tainted Cup ✅
119. Harmony Black ✅
120. The King's Justice ✅
121. Balancing the Scales ✅
122. Magic Lost, Trouble Found ✅
123. The Years of Rice and Salt ✅
124. Stone Cold Magic ✅
125. The Last God ✅
126. Wild Massive ✅
127. The Locked Coffin: A Judge Dee Mystery ✅
128. Judge Dee and the Mystery of the Missing Manuscript ✅
129. Judge Dee and the Executioner of Epinal ✅
130. Map's Edge ✅
131. A Drop of Corruption ✅
132. The Hanged Man ✅
I'm in! Books on TBR List as of January 1, 2024 - 966.2024 TBR Tracker:
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read 2/16/2024121. ✅
read 09/04/2024746. ✅
read 02/27/2024 (adding because it's the first book in the series, and the Possession is the second one)130. ✅
read 05/15/2024235. ✅
read 10/04/2024259. ✅
read 08/08/2024462.
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read 11/30/2024888. ✅
read 05/19/2024906.
Beginning of the Month:
Books on shelf: 159
Feedback ratio: 51%
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New 2 U Authors 2024January 1 - December 31, 2024
Level: Come What May ✅
Read:
1. Waking Ursa Minor by Helen Rygh-Pedersen ✅
2. Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey ✅
3. Heart of Malice by Lisa Edmonds ✅
4. Persephone by Lev Grossman ✅
5. The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport by Samit Basu ✅
6. The September House by Carissa Orlando ✅
7. Dare to Call Me Vampire by Tamara Grantham ✅
8. Darkness in a Sky of Embers by Catori Sarmiento ✅
9. Blood Fever by Laurie Bell ✅
10. Frenzy Island by Richard E. Rock ✅
11. Dead Silence by K.G. Reuss ✅
12. The Anomaly by Michael Rutger ✅
13. The Warden by Daniel M. Ford ✅
14. Between Jobs by W.R. Gingell ✅
15. The Green Samurai by Brian Christopher Shea ✅
16. A Mirage in the Memory by Simon Tull ✅
17. Reborn by Stephanie Ellis ✅
18. After the Devil Has Won by Rick Wood ✅
19. The Vagabond King by Jodie Bond ✅
20. Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan ✅
21. The Watchers by A.M. Shine ✅
22. A Gathering of Ravens by Scott Oden ✅
23. The Last Night In Amsterdam by Melanie Atkinson ✅
24. In the Shadow Garden by Liz Parker ✅
25. The City Grew Monsters: A Zombie Apocalypse Novel by Hunter Adams ✅
26. Beware of Chicken by CasualFarmer ✅
27. The Ghosts of Lewis Manor by Marcia Armandi ✅
28. Blood Oranges by Kathleen Tierney ✅
29. A Fool's Errand by D.E. King ✅
30. Hollowland by Amanda Hocking ✅
31. Year One by Nora Roberts ✅
32. Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse ✅
33. Seven Forges by James A. Moore ✅
34. Generation V by M.L. Brennan ✅
35. Undead Ultra by Camille Picott ✅
36. Adirondack Campfire Stories by James Appleton ✅
37. 2389 by Iain Rob Wright ✅
38. White Trash Warlock bSand and Ichory David R. Slayton ✅
39. The Path of Thorns by A.G. Slatter ✅
40. Snow Creek by Gregg Olsen ✅
41. Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women by Lee Murray ✅
42. Sand and Ichor by L. Marton ✅
43. The Escape Velocity Project by Jeff Perilman ✅
44. To Each This World by Julie E. Czerneda ✅
45. Tomorrow's End by G.R. Morris ✅
46. Isle of Dragons by L.A. Thompson ✅
47. Johannes Cabal the Necromancer by Jonathan L. Howard ✅
48. Splintered Nights by Veronica Del Rosa ✅
49. The Last Sun by K.D. Edwards ✅
50. Rags by Ty Drago ✅
51. Pestilence by Laura Thalassa ✅
52. Ash and Sun by Jonny Thompson ✅
53. The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith ✅
54. Red Team Blues by Cory Doctorow ✅
55. The Palace Job by Patrick Weekes ✅
56. China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh ✅
57. The Graveyard Watch by R.J. Eason ✅
58. The Warded Gunslinger by Filip Wiltgren ✅
59. A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal ✅
60. Poison by Chris Wooding ✅
61. Grease Monkeys: The Heart and Soul of Dieselpunk ✅
62. The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson ✅
63. Stone Cold Magic by Jayne Faith ✅
64. Wild Massive by Scotto Moore ✅
65. Map's Edge by David Hair ✅
Last year, this kept me motivated to read 140 books, so I'm in!1. Waking Ursa Minor ✅
2. Just Like Home ✅
3. Out of the Mirror, Darkness ✅
4. Undercover ✅
5. The Garden ✅
6. Heart of Malice ✅
7. Persephone ✅
8. The Martian ✅
9. What the Dead Know ✅
10. The Six Deaths of the Saint ✅
11. The Candles Are Burning ✅
12. Two Twisted Crowns ✅
13. The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport ✅
14. The September House ✅
15. Dare to Call Me Vampire ✅
16. Darkness in a Sky of Embers ✅
17. Blood Fever ✅
18. Frenzy Island ✅
19. Witch King ✅
20. The Empty Grave ✅
21. Dead Silence ✅
22. The Anomaly ✅
23. The Warden ✅
24. Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz: Stories of the Witch Knight and the Puppet Sorcerer ✅
25. Between Jobs ✅
26. Between Shifts ✅
27. The Green Samurai ✅
28. A Mirage in the Memory ✅
29. Four Roads Cross ✅
30. Redemption Ark ✅
31. Between Floors ✅
32. Reborn ✅
33. After the Devil Has Won ✅
34. Between Frames ✅
35. The Phoenix Illusion ✅
36. Between Homes ✅
37. The Vagabond King ✅
38. Destroyer of Worlds ✅
39. Saga, Volume 1 ✅
40. Cloudy With a Chance of Dropbears ✅
41. Winter's Reach ✅
42. The Watchers ✅
43. Prayers in Steel ✅
44. An Unclean Strength ✅
45. Between Walls ✅
46. A Gathering of Ravens ✅
47. The Last Night In Amsterdam ✅
48. Ghostdrift ✅
49. The Possession ✅
50. In the Shadow Garden ✅
51. All the Different Shades of Blue ✅
52. The City Grew Monsters: A Zombie Apocalypse Novel ✅
53. Beware of Chicken ✅
54. River of No Return ✅
55. The Ghosts of Lewis Manor ✅
56. Blood Oranges by Kathleen Tierney ✅
57. A Fool's Errand ✅
58. The Solstice Countdown ✅
59. Hollowland ✅
60. Year One ✅
61. Between Cases ✅
62. Dream of Death City ✅
63. The Gorgon Agenda ✅
64. Tread of Angels ✅
65. Seven Forges ✅
66. Across the Sorrow Sea ✅
67. Spinning Silver ✅
68. Generation V ✅
69. The Road of Storms ✅
70. Undead Ultra ✅
71. Between Decisions ✅
72. Adirondack Campfire Stories ✅
73. The Wizard Hunters ✅
74. Traitor of Redwinter ✅
75. Condemn ✅
76. 2389 ✅
77. White Trash Warlock ✅
78. The Path of Thorns ✅
79. Sanctuary ✅
80. Snow Creek ✅
81. Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women ✅
82. Sand and Ichor ✅
83. Hexes of the Fall ✅
84. The Escape Velocity Project ✅
85. To Each This World ✅
86. Everwild ✅
87. Tomorrow's End ✅
88. Between Family ✅
89. Isle of Dragons ✅
90. Johannes Cabal the Necromancer ✅
91. Blood Heir ✅
92. The King of Fire ✅
93. Splintered Nights ✅
94. The Last Sun ✅
95. Magic Tides ✅
96. Magic Claims ✅
97. Rags ✅
98. Between Kings ✅
99. Pestilence ✅
100. Ash and Sun ✅
Last year this challenge helped me clean out some of the books I had on my TBR list the longest (I completely eliminated everything from 2013 and got 15 out of 17 books finished from 2014). So I will eagerly join again this year with a goal of reading 40 books from 2014, 2018 and 2019. After that, I will try to read a book or two from other consecutive years up to 2023 for a total of 80 books.TBR Pile Jan 1, 2024 - 1025 books
TBR Pile Dec 31, 2024 -
Total: (94/80)
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2019
1. The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
2. Lilith's Brood (Xenogenesis 1-3) by Octavia Butler
3. Stiletto (The Checquy Files) by Daniel O'Malley
4. The Hum and the Shiver (Tufa 1) by Alex Bledsoe
5. Boundary Crossed (Boundary Magic 1) by Melissa Olson
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8. Things to do in Denver When You're Un-Dead (From the Files of the BSI 1) by Mark Everett Stone
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11. Pattern Recognition (Blue Ant 1) by William Gibson
12. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
13. Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel 1) by Connie Willis
14. To Say Nothing of the Dog (Oxford Time Travel 2) by Connie Willis
15. Fuzzy Nation (Fuzzy Sapiens 7) by John Scalzi
16. Thirteen by Richard K Morgan
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18. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers 1) by Becky Chambers
19. Fallen Dragon by Peter F Hamilton
20. Shades of Grey (Shades of Grey 1) by Jasper Fforde
21. A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe (The Salvagers 1) by Alex White
22. The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley
23. Empire of Silence (Sun Eater 1) by Christopher Ruocchio
24. The Human Division (Old Man's War 5) by John Scalzi
25. Great North Road by Peter F Hamilton
26. Cibola Burn (The Expanse 4) by James SA Corey
27. We Are Legion (We are Bob) (Bobiverse 1) by Dennis Taylor
28. Children of Time (Children of Time 1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky
29. Blind Lake by Charles Robert Wilson
30. Railsea by China Mieville
31. Night Season (World of the Lupi 4) by Eileen Wilks
32. Lone Wolf Rising (The Winters Family Saga 1) by Jami Brumfield
33. The Furthest Station (Rivers of London 5.5) by Ben Aaronovitch
35. Akata Witch (the Nsibidi Scripts 1) by Nnedi Okorafor
36. The Girls with Ghost Eyes (The Daoshi Chronicles 1) by MH Boroson
37. The Cloud Roads (Books of the Raksura 1) by Martha Wells
38. Servant of the Underworld (Obsidian and Blood 1) by Aliette de Bodard
39. Bridge of Birds (The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox 1) by Barry Hughart
40. Crossover (Cassandra Kresnov 1) by Joel Shepherd
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Beginning of the Month:
Books on shelf: 156
Feedback ratio: 51%
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Books on shelf: 159
Feedback ratio: 51%
Beginning of the Month:
Books on shelf: 153
Feedback ratio: 50%
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here is my review End of the Month:
Books on shelf: 156
Feedback ratio: 51%
Elena's Serious Reader Challenge Level 2101. A Blade Through Time by Louis Kalman ✅
102. The Bitter Twins by Jen Williams ✅
103. Cast in Courtlight by Michelle Sagara ✅
104. In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune ✅
105. Solitary by Alexander Gordon Smith ✅
106. The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson ✅
107. Paradise-1 by David Wellington ✅
108. The Soul Sector by Michael Karolewski ✅
109. Travel by Bullet by John Scalzi ✅
110. Deadline by Jennifer Blackstream ✅
111. Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir ✅
112. Cast in Secret by Michelle Sagara ✅
113. Never Too Old to Save the World: A Midlife Calling Anthology by Addie J. King ✅
114. The Brimstone Deception by Lisa Shearin ✅
115. Shadow Scale by Rachel Hartman ✅
116. A Touch of Light by Thiago Abdalla ✅
117. The Ghoul Vendetta by Lisa Shearin ✅
118. The Night-Bird's Feather by Jenna Katerin Moran ✅
119. Wanderlust by Ann Aguirre ✅
120. Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes ✅
121. Greymist Fair by Francesca Zappia ✅
122. What Song the Sirens Sang by Simon R Green ✅
123. Dead Man's Hand by James J Butcher ✅
124. Long Past Dues by James J Butcher ✅
125. Echoes by T.D. Wilson ✅
126. The Getaway God by Richard Kadrey ✅
127. Eyes of the Void by Adrian Tchaikovsky ✅
128. Forensics: A Guide for Writers by DP Lyle ✅
129. Dungeon Crawl by Annie Bellet ✅
130. The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence ✅
131. Thank God It's Friday: A Novel by Neoul Shim ✅
132. The Soul Sector by Michael Karolevski ✅
133. The Parallels by Keyla Damaer ✅
134. Killing Pretty by Richard Kadrey ✅
135. Blind Rage by Nick Clausen ✅
136. The Myth Manifestation by Lisa Shearin ✅
137. Cast in Fury by Michelle Sagara ✅
138. Redspace Rising by Brian Trent ✅
Elena's 2023 Serious Readers Challenge Level 11. The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson ✅
2. The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson ✅
3. Flotsam: Book One of the Peridot Shift, Second Ed. by R J Theodore ✅
4. Redshirts by John Scalzi ✅
5. The Best Thing You Can Steal by Simon R Green ✅
6. Empire of Exiles by Erin M Evans ✅
7. Ruins on Stone Hill by F.P. Spirit ✅
8. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman ✅
9. A Plain-Dealing Villain By Craig Schaefer ✅
10. Angel of the Blockade by Alex Wells ✅
11. The Bladed Faith by David Dalglish ✅ my review
12. Lockdown by Alexander Gordon Smith ✅ my review
13. Wolverton Station by Joe Hill ✅ my review
14. Police Procedure & Investigation: A Guide for Writers by Lee Lofland ✅ my review
15. Pattern Black by Sean Platt and Johnny B Truant ✅ my review
16. Serious Crimes by Frank Tayell ✅ my review
17. A Matter of Death and Life by Simon R Green ✅ my review
18. The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson ✅ my review
19. The Lesser Dead by Christopher Beuhlman ✅ my review
20. Upgrade by Blake Crouch ✅ my review
21. Seraphina by Rachel Hartman ✅ my review
22. Spacer's Bet: An Aliya War prequel ✅ my review
23. Nightwatch Over Windscar by K Eason ✅ my review
24. Saturn's Children by Charles Stross ✅ my review
25. Bona Fides by Ash B. Whitley ✅ my review
26. Grimspace by Ann Aguirre ✅ my review
27. Dead Meat: Day 0 by Nick Clausen ✅ my review
28. Hell Divers by Nicholas Sansbury Smith ✅ my review
29. Murder Under Another Sun by Colin Alexander ✅ my review
30. Equinox by David Towsey ✅ my review
31. Blood Mark by JP McLean ✅ my review
32. A Murder of Crones by S.W. Fairbrother ✅ my review
33. Wool Omnibus by Hugh Howey ✅ my review
34. Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky ✅ my review
35. Souldier by Andrew Dahms ✅ my review
36. Z2134 by Sean Platt and David Wright ✅ my review
37. The First Days by Rhiannon Frater ✅ my review
38. One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig ✅ my review
39. Hollow World by Michael J Sullivan ✅ my review
40. The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud ✅ my review
41. Extasia by Claire Legrand ✅ my review
42. The Archived by Victoria Schwab ✅ my review
43. To Ride a Rathorn by PC Hodgell ✅ my review
44. The Immortality Thief by Taran Hunt ✅ my review
45. Emergency Skin by N.K. Jemisin ✅ my review
46. Vox Astra: The Black Box by James Chambers ✅ my review
47. Vox Astra: When Clouds Die by James Chambers ✅ my review
48. Mirror Obscure by Elizabeth Hunter ✅ my review
49. Curfew by Jayne Cowie ✅ my review
50. Fire and Hemlock by Dianna Wynne Jones ✅ my review
51. The End of Sleep by Vyvyan Evans ✅ my review
52. The Beholden by Cassandra Rose Clarke ✅ my review
53. The City Beneath the Hidden Stars by Sonya Kudei ✅ my review
54. Dirty Magic by Jaye Wells ✅ my review
55. The Last Heir to Blackwood Library by Hester Fox ✅ my review
56. The Dagger in the Desk by Jonathan Stroud ✅ my review
57. Neom by Lavie Tidhar ✅ my review
58. London Falling by Paul Conell ✅ my review
59. Everlost by Neal Shusterman ✅
60. In a Garden Burning Gold by Rory Power✅
61. The Whispering Skull by Jonathan Stroud ✅
62. Rose/House by Arkady Martine ✅
63. Blue Haven by Lisa King ✅
64. ATLAS by Isaac Hooke ✅
65. The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley ✅
66. Chew: Season One by Naomi Ault ✅
67. Ymir by Rich Larson ✅
68. Empire of Shadows by Miriam Forster ✅
69. Cursed Moon by Jaye Wells ✅
70. Enter the Darkness by Sarah Budd ✅
71. Whether Violent or Natural by Natasha Calder ✅
72. The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri ✅
73. Bad Girls Drink Blood by S. L. Choi ✅
74. Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson ✅
75. Mitosis by Brandon Sanderson ✅
76. A Pale Box on the Distant Shore by P. J. Nwosu ✅
77. Warded by JB McDonald ✅
78. Deadly Spells by Jaye Wells ✅
79. Volatile Bonds by Jaye Wells ✅
80. Malice House by Megan Shepherd ✅
81. Nexus by Ramez Naam ✅
82. The Hollow Boy by Jonathan Stroud ✅
83. Netherkind by Greg Chapman ✅
84. Three Oaths: A Legend of the Five Rings Novel by Joshua Reynolds ✅
85. Cast in Shadow by Michelle Sagara ✅
86. The Last Wish by Andrzei Sapkowski ✅
87. System Collapse by Martha Wells ✅
88. Detonation Boulevard by Alastair Reynolds ✅
89. The Puppetmaster by Kemi Ashing-Giwa ✅
90. Infinity Gate by MR Carey ✅
91. Magic to the Bone by Annie Bellet ✅
92. Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski ✅
93. Neptune's Brood by Charles Stross ✅
94. The Last Storm by Tim Lebbon ✅
95. Faded Steel Heat by Glen Cook ✅
96. The Creeping Shadow by Jonathan Stroud ✅
97. Lost in Time by A. G Riddle ✅
98. Centers of Gravity by Marcto Kloos ✅
99. The Killing Floor Blues by Craig Shaefer ✅
100. Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett ✅
This is my first year joining this challenge, but with 814 books on my TBR list (and growing) I certainly need it. I will start with a modest goal of reading or deleting 30 books out of my 2013, 2014 and 2015 shelves. After that, I will try to read a book or two from other consecutive years up to 2022 for a total of 80 books.TBR Pile Jan 1, 2023 - 814 books
TBR Pile Dec 31, 2023 - 966 books
Total: (92/80)
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5. The Wizard Hunters (The Fall of Ile-Rien 1) by Martha Wells
6. Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
7. Poison by Chris Wooding
8. The Palace Job (Rogues of the Republic 1) by Patrick Weeks
9. Winter's Reach (Revanche Cycle 1) by Craig Schaefer
10. Harmony Black (Harmony Black 1) by Craig Schaefer
11. Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K Vaughan
12. Johannes Cabal the Necromancer (Johannes Cabal 1) by Jonathan L Howard
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