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I suddenly remembered I had this link! Here's my TBR reading for both Jan FebFor the TBR challenge
The 13th book - A Night Too Dark by Dana Stabenow
3. A book with humor or horror - Maplecroft by Cherie Priest (Horror)
10. A non-U.S. or UK publication/setting -The Stranger by Camilla Lackberg (Sweden)
15. A book from a genre that's outside your comfort zone - The Thunderbolt Affair by Geoffrey Mandragora
16. A book with a mystery or romance - A Murder for the Books by Victoria Gilbert
And for the Owned Book Challenge
January The StrangerThe Stranger by Camilla Lackberg (owned 2 years – 10 pts, 384 pages – 15 pts, book in a series – 10 pts, author I never read – 10 pts & subgenre I usually avoid – 15, Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points = 65 pts total)
A Murder for the Books by Victoria Gilbert (owned 1 years – 10 pts, 336 pages – 15 pts, First book in a series - 5 points, author I never read – 10 pts, A 2017 Holiday gift - 10 points, Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points = 55 pts)
The Curious Affair of the Witch at Wayside Cross by Lisa Tuttle (owned 1years – 10 pts, 261 pages – 15 pts, book in a series – 10 pts, author I never read – 10 pts, Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points = 50 pts)
The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime that Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars by Paul Collins (owned 3 years – 50 pts, 270 pages – 15 pts, author I never read – 10 pts, Won/Nominated for any kind of award - 10 points, Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points total 90points)
In/Spectre Vol. 2 by Kyo Shirodaira (owned 1 year – 10 pts, 178 pages – 15 pts, book in a series – 10 pts, Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points, A 2017 Holiday gift - 10 points = total 55 points)
Maplecroft by Cherie Priest (owned 1 year – 10 pts, 435 pages – 15 pts, first book in a series – 5 pts, Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points, Won/Nominated for any kind of award - 10 points= total 50 points)
Total for Jan -365
A Night Too Dark by Dana Stabenow (owned 3 year – 50 pts, 322 pages – 15 pts, book in a series – 10 pts, Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points, = total 85 points)
The Thunderbolt Affair by Geoffrey Mandragora (owned 1 year – 10 pts, 312 pages – 15 pts, first book in a series – 5 pts, Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points An author you've never read - 10 points A genre/subgenre you usually avoid - 15 points= total 65 points)
Lime Gelatin and Other Monsters by Angel Martinez (owned 1 year – 10 pts, under 300 pages =0pts first book in a series – 5 pts, A 2017 Holiday gift - 10 point, Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points, = total = 35 pts
Where the Dead Lie by C.S. Harris ( owned 1 year – 10 pts, 352 pages – 15 pts, 12th book in a series – 10 pts, A 2017 Holiday gift - 10 points, Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points = total 55 points)
Dinner at the Blue Moon Cafe by Rick R. Reed ( owned 1 year – 10 pts, 200 pages –0pts, Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, An author you've never read - 10 points = total 25 points)
Cold Vengeance by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child( owned 3 years – 50 pts, 352 pages – 15 pts, 11th book in a series – 10 pts, Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points = total 85 points)
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle ( owned 30 years – 150 pts, 190 pages –0pts, First book in a series - 5 points Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points Won/Nominated for any kind of award - 10 points Turned into a movie or other media - 10 points, total = 180 points
Total for Fed - 530
Total points for the year so far - 895
March's readingFor the TBR challenge - I've read a few but none that fit the prompts
for the Owned Book Challenge
The Secret, Book and Scone Society by Ellery Adams ( owned 1 year – 10 pts, 290 pages –0pts, First book in a series - 5 points, Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, An author you've never read - 10 points total = 30 pts
Visions in Death by J.D. Robb ( owned 1 year – 10 pts, 359 pages –15pts, 19th book in a series - 10 points, Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, Won/Nominated for any kind of award - 10 points total = 40 pts
Saint Odd by Dean Koontz ( owned 2 year – 10 pts, 352 pages –15pts, Finish a series - 15 points Won/Nominated for any kind of award - 10 points total = 50 pts
A Fever of the Blood by Oscar de Muriel ( owned 1 year – 10 pts, 424 pages –15pts, Any subsequent book in a series - 10 points, Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, An author you've never read - 10 Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points total = 55pts
March's total points = 175
Points for the year -1070
April's readingFor the TBR clean up challenge
4. 300-350 pages The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin
6. Suns, skies, stars, or planets on the cover Skythane by J. Scott Coatsworth
14. Make a list of 5-7 books and use "Eeny Meeny Miny Moe" to choose one Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch
Buried Alive! - Owned Books Challenge
Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch ( ( owned 3 year – 50 pts, 298 pages –0pts (OMG you couldn’t give me two more pages book??), First book in a series - 5 points, Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, Won/Nominated for any kind of award - 10 points An author you've never read - 10 Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points total = 85pts
Skythane by J. Scott Coatsworth (owned 1 year – 10 pts, 244 pages –0pts, First book in a series - 5 points, Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, Won/Nominated for any kind of award - 10 points An author you've never read - 10 total = 40pts
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline ( owned 3 year – 50 pts, 374 pages –15pts, Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, Won/Nominated for any kind of award - 10 points An author you've never read - 10 Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points Turned into a movie or other media - 10 points total = 105pts
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin ( owned 30 years – 150 pts, 304 pages –15pts, Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, Any subsequent book in a series - 10 points Won/Nominated for any kind of award - 10 points points total = 190pts
Xoe: or Vampires, and Werewolves, and Demons, Oh My! by Sara C. Roethle owned 1 year – 10 pts, 212 pages –0pts, First book in a series - 5 points, Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, An author you've never read - 10 total = 30pts
Two Tocks before Midnight by Clay Boutwell owned 1 year – 10 pts, 52 pages –0pts, First book in a series - 5 points, Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, An author you've never read - 10 total = 30pts
The Knitting Pattern Mystery by April Fernsby owned 1 year – 10 pts, no page count listed but surely under 300 pages –0pts, Any subsequent book in a series - 10 points, Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, An author you've never read - 10 total = 35pts
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie ( owned 30 years – 150 pts, 264 pages –0pts, Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, Turned into a movie or other media - 10 points Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points points total = 170pts
April total - 685
Total for the year - 1,755
Books bought in April that will have to be taken off the total at the end - 13 (it was the book festival and steampunk festival but this probably ends the major buying until the end of the year...maybe
May's Reading 2018 SFFBC Owned Books Challenge!
Hearts of Darkness by Andrea Speed owned 1 year – 10 pts, 200 pages –0pts Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, Won/Nominated for any kind of award - 10 points Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points ,, 30 pts total
Yesterday's Lost by Sam Cheever owned 1 year – 10 pts, 200 pages –0pts Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, First book in a series - 5 points, An author you've never read - 10 points 30 points total
These Haunts are Made for Walking by Rose Pressey owned 1 year – 10 pts, Oddly Amazon said 303 pages and GR said 212 pages and to me it seemed GR was right so –0pts Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, First book in a series - 5 points, 20 points total
Miss Frost Solves a Cold Case by Kristen Painter owned 1 year – 10 pts, 324 pages –15pts Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, First book in a series - 5 points, An author you've never read - 10 points Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points 50 points total
Unspeakable Words by Sarah Madison Painter owned 1 year – 10 pts, 200 pages –0pts Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, First book in a series - 5 points, An author you've never read - 10 points Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points 35 total points
Noragami Stray God #17 by Adachitoka owned 1 year – 10 pts, 192 pages –0pts Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, Any subsequent book in a series - 10 points, Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 point 30 points total
Total for May - 195 points
Total for the year -1,950
2018 TBR Cleanup Challenge!
9. Based on the blurb or blerg - Hearts of Darkness by Andrea Speed
19. Read a genre-bender - Unspeakable Words by Sarah Madison
20. A book with an animal, vegetable, or mineral on the cover - Miss Frost Solves a Cold Case by Kristen Painter (black cat)
I have 8 left to go
June's reading - 2018 SFFBC Owned Books Challenge! Twisted Vine by Toby Neal owned 1 year – 10 pts, 241 pages –0pts Fifth book in a series - 20 points total points 30
Sunny Side Up by Sonia Parin owned 1 year – 10 pts, 230 pages –0pts First book in a series - 5 points An author you've never read - 10 points total points 25
Arrivals and Arrests by Diana Xarissa owned 1 year – 10 pts, 230 pages –0pts First book in a series - 5 points An author you've never read - 10 points total points 25
Famished by Meghan O'Flynn owned 1 year – 10 pts, 326 pages –15pts First book in a series - 5 points An author you've never read - 10 points total 40 points
Fatal: The Poisonous Life of a Female Serial Killer by Harold Schechter owned 1 year – 10 pts, 336 pages –15pts An author you've never read - 10 points total 35 points
Negative Exposure by Lisa B. Thomas owned 1 year – 10 pts, 196 pages –0pts First book in a series - 5 points An author you've never read - 10 points total points 25
The Ghost of Marlow House by Bobbi Ann Johnson Holmes owned 1 year – 10 pts, 521 pages –75pts First book in a series - 5 points An author you've never read - 10 points 100 pts total
Sweet and Deadly by Charlaine Harris owned 1 year – 10 pts, 262 pages –0pts Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points 20 total points
June’s total – 300 points (also bought four books)
Total for the year - 2,250
2018 TBR Cleanup Challenge!
13. An author's debut novel - The Bloody Black Flag: A Spider John Mystery by Steve Goble
July's reading - 2018 SFFBC Owned Books Challenge! A Taste of Magic by Andre Norton & Jean Rabe owned 10 years – 150 pts, 304 pages –15pts Fifth book in a series - 20 points Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points 195 total points
Daughters of the Storm by by Kim Wilkins owned 1 years – 10 pts, 437 pages –15pts First book in a series -5 points Won/Nominated for any kind of award - 10 points An author you've never read - 10 points A 2018 release, but pre-ordered in 2017 - 5 points Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points 65 total points
Permed to Death by Nancy J. Cohen owned 14 years – 150 pts, 269 pages –0pts First book in a series -5 points An author you've never read - 10 points Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points 175 total points
No Place Like Home by Kim Fielding owned 1 years – 10 pts, 30 pages –0pts Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, 15 total points
The Heroic Tale of Arslan #4 by Hiromu Arakawa owned 2 years – 10 pts, 192 pages –0pts Any subsequent book in a series - 10 points Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points 30 total points
Nine Lives by Wendy Corsi Staub owned 3 years – 50 pts, 288 pages –0pts First book in a series -5 points An author you've never read - 10 points Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points 75 total points
In/Spectre, Vol. 5 by Kyo Shirodaira owned 1 years – 10 pts, 200 pages –0pts Fifth book in a series - 20 points Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, 35 total points
Guilty by Association by E.A. Copen owned 1 years – 10 pts, 294 pages –0pts First book in a series -5 points An author you've never read - 10 points Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points 35 total points
July's total - 715 points, not bad for a slow month
Books bought - 1
total points for the year - 2,965
2018 TBR Cleanup Challenge!
8. "Missed it by that much" - a book you really wanted to read but didn't have time for –The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan
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Allison wrote: "Really chugging away!"Thanks. I'm trying!
August's reading - 2018 SFFBC Owned Books Challenge! A * = a SFF read
*Chasing the Green Fairy by Melanie Karsak owned 3 years - 50 points, 294 pages –0pts Any subsequent book in a series - 10 points Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points 70 total points
*デビルズライン 7 by Ryo Hanada owned 1 years – 10 pts, 224 pages –0pts Any subsequent book in a series - 10 points Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points 30 total points
Sticks & Scones by Diane Mott Davidson owned 15 years – 150 pts, 368 pages –15pts Tenth book in a series - 30 points Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points 200 total points
*デビルズライン 8 by Ryo Hanada owned 1 years – 10 pts, 208 pages –0pts Any subsequent book in a series - 10 points Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points 30 total points
*Ante Up¬ by Kim Fielding owned 1 years – 10 pts, 220 pages –0pts Received as a gift - 10 points Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points 30 total points
*Iron Kissedby Patricia Briggs owned 10 years – 150 pts, 287 pages –0pts Any subsequent book in a series - 10 points Won/Nominated for any kind of award - 10 points Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points 180 total points
*Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams owned 30 years – 150 pts, 306 pages –15pts First book in a series - 5 points, Won/Nominated for any kind of award - 10 points Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points 190 total points
Jazz Funeral by Julie Smith owned 10 years – 150 pts, 365 pages –15pts Any subsequent book in a series - 10 points Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points, 180 total points
August's points - 910 points, total for the year - 3,875
Books bought in August -zero, books gifted to me - 2
2018 TBR Cleanup Challenge!
17. Standalone novel - Ante Up¬ by Kim Fielding
September & October's reading - 2018 SFFBC Owned Books Challenge! (I've been reading a lot of old fanfic and library books lately so...)September
Angel: After the Fall, Volume 1 by Brian Lynch owned 10 years – 150 pts, 144 pages –0pts First book in a series - 5 points Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points 165 points
Red Hot Murder by Joanne Pence Lynch owned 3 years – 50 pts, 368 pages –15pts Any subsequent book in a series - 10 points An author you've never read - 10 points Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points 95 points
October
Spellcast by Barbara Ashford owned 3 years – 50 pts, 433 pages –15pts First book in a series - 5 points Received as a gift - 10 points An author you've never read - 10 points Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points 100 points
Combined total for those two months - 4,235
2018 TBR Cleanup Challenge!
5. A book that reminds you of home Spellcastby Barbara Ashford
18. A book with a character you would marry, shag, or kill Where the Dead Lie by C.S. Harris (Sebastian, marry)
Trike wrote: "You're making me feel inadequate."Ha, oops. Actually I'm feeling pretty inadequate these last few months.
Opps almost forgot to record my last two months. This is for nov and dec which isn't much as I've been reading a lot of library books for other challengesMurder in the Hearse Degree by Tim Cockey 10 years - 150 points 300 page - 15 points, Any subsequent book in a series - 10 points An author you've never read - 10 points Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points/book Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points Total points – 195
Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood 1 years - 10 points 250 page - 0 points, First book in a series - 5 points An author you've never read - 10 points Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points/book Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points Total points =40
Wicked Prey by John Sanford 5 years - 75 points 402 pages - 15 points, Any subsequent book in a series - 10 points Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points/book Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points Total points – 110
total for these two months - 345 points
Plus the once a year awards Read at least one book in each of the three formats: print, ebook, audio - 25 points
Total Owned Books Read 51-75 - 100 points
Total for the year - 4,705 points! plus BONUS: If you have fewer unread books on your shelves on 1/1/19 - 500 points. (as I've read more than I bought)
So final tally is - 5,205 points not bad at all
2018 TBR Cleanup Challenge!
I think I posted them all but this 11. Gold on the cover, in the title, or in the author's name - Murder in the Hearse degree (a little cheaty as it's gold in color)
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16. A book with a mystery or romance - A Murder for the Books
Also for the TBR challenge but not for any of the prompts - The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime that Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars & Fever Dream
Nothing for the SFFBC Owned Books challenge yet. I'm trying to determine if I'm posting as I read these or once a month.