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2022 Purchases
3/4Cibola Burn by James S.A. Corey - read
Starsight by Brandon Sanderson - read
Cytonic by Brandon Sanderson - read
Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon
2021 Purchases 0/12
1. Along the Razor's Edge by Rob J. Hayes
2. The Lessons Never Learned by Rob J. Hayes
3. From Cold Ashes Risen by Rob J. Hayes
4. The Girl and the Stars by Mark Lawrence
5. Dragonslayer by Duncan M. Hamilton
6. The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart
7. Battleborne by Dave Willmarth
8. Bloodline by Will Wight
9. The Cloud Roads by Martha Wells
10. The Serpent Sea by Martha Wells
11. The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner - read
12. Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells
2020 Purchases 0/18
1. The Spirit Ring by Lois McMaster Bujold
2. Forging Divinity by Andrew Rowe
3. Dragons Realm by Tessa Dawn
4. King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
5. River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay
6. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
7. A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
8. A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas
9. The King of Bones and Ashes by J.D. Horn
10. The Book of the Unwinding by J.D. Horn
11. The Final Days of Magic by J.D. Horn
12. The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
13. Spellmonger by Terry Mancour
14. Sufficiently Advanced Magic by Andrew Rowe
15. Fae: The Wild Hunt by Graham Austin-King
16. Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
17. Hyperion by Dan Simmons
18. Changeling by Molly Harper
Unread books from 2019 - 1/4
1. A Sword Named Truth by Sherwood Smith
2. Dark Age by Pierce Brown
3. The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
4. Skyward by Brandon Sanderson - read
Unread books from 2018 - 1/8
1. Iron Gold by Pierce Brown
2. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
3. Foreigner by C.J. Cherryh
4. Mythology by Edith Hamilton
5. Season of Storms by Andrzej Sapkowski
6. This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab
7. Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
8. Grass by Sheri S. Tepper - read
Books Bought in 2020
28/461. Beautiful by Juliet Marillier 1/27/20
2. The Spirit Ring by Lois McMaster Bujold
3. Forging Divinity by Andrew Rowe
4. Dragons Realm by Tessa Dawn
5. City of Stone and Silence by Django Wexler - 2/4/21
6. Age of War by Michael J. Sullivan - 6/30/20
7. Age of Legend by Michael J. Sullivan - 7/14/20
8. King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
9. The Mirror Empire by Kameron Hurley - 7/19/20
10. Empire Ascendant by Kameron Hurley - 7/21/20
11. The Broken Heavens by Kameron Hurley - 7/22/20
12. The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay 1/29/20
13. The Wandering Fire by Guy Gavriel Kay 2/2/20
14. The Darkest Road by Guy Gavriel Kay - 2/22/20
15. River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay
16. Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay - 7/25/20
17. Interference by Sue Burke 2/5/20
18. Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir - 7/23/20
19. Age of Death by Michael J. Sullivan - 7/16/20
20. Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire - 2/6/20
21. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo - read
22. Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo - read
23. Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo - read
24. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
25. A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
26. A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas
27. The Last Sun by K.D. Edwards - 7/29/20
28. The Hanged Man by K.D. Edwards - 8/1/20
29. The King of Bones and Ashes by J.D. Horn
30. The Book of the Unwinding by J.D. Horn
31. The Final Days of Magic by J.D. Horn
32. The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
33. The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal - 4/6/20
34. Spellmonger by Terry Mancour
35. Sufficiently Advanced Magic by Andrew Rowe
36. Fae: The Wild Hunt by Graham Austin-King
37. Age of Empyre by Michael J. Sullivan - 7/17/20
38. Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
39. Hyperion by Dan Simmons
40. Changeling by Molly Harper
41. Miserere: An Autumn Tale by T. Frohock - 10/17/20
42. Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter - read
43. Ombria in Shadow by Patricia A. McKillip - 10/12/20
44. The Bards of Bone Plain by Patricia A. McKillip - read
45. Song of the Beast by Carol Berg - 11/6/20
46. They Mostly Come Out at Night by Benedict Patrick - read
Switching things up a bit this year. Added goals for Hoopla and library so I use them rather than buy books. My 20-1 challenge is going to include owned, library and Hoopla books in any format. So I’m including audiobooks, digital, physical and comics.
Why didn't I think of putting my super long lists under spoilers? That's such a good idea. I might have to try it. It takes forever to scroll through my challenge pages.
Thanks Kathrine.I stole the spoiler thing from Virginie and it makes it so much easier to find what I'm looking for.
Agreed, scrolling through long lists is very annoying :DGood luck with your challenge! I like that you added Hoopla/library to your buying-ban :)
Virginie wrote: "I like that you added Hoopla/library to your buying-ban :)"All about suppressing that urge to buy. I’m hoping having them on here will make me think twice before buying something because I really do have a ton of options from those sources.
Good luck, Bill! :)
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Completed my first 20 for 1 log which is good because I already bought my reward. I picked up Red Sister in an audible sale.
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Thanks Niki. It’s a bit of a cheat as I’m counting basically anything that I read towards it. I tried doing the same thing last year with just purchased books and failed miserably. Audible sales killed me last year so will see what happens when those come around.
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So audible had a sale and I bought 6 books. 😢
I had a 2 for 1 credit on Audible and it was the first time I didn’t find anything to get 😕. I hope they do another markdown sake soon. I usually get several on those!
Bill wrote: "So audible had a sale and I bought 6 books. 😢"Sales are hard to resist, especially on audio books since they tend to be pricey. I've been buying too many books lately too and really blowing this challenge.
I’m not in the challenge but what Tammie said! 😫
Yeah I don’t really feel too bad considering I got 6 audiobooks for less than $30. It wasn’t a great sale I could have passed on all the books I ended up getting but for the price why not.
I do that when we have reduced price sales!! I can’t help myself 😃
So I finally updated this list and am really happy with how the 1st half of the year went.I bought 24 books in total this year but 3 were from audible credits my sister got me for my birthday. I bought 3 books I already owned with whispersync(Dancer’s Lament, The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance)so I could reread them and continue their series which I did.
Books bought 2019 - 24
Read - 17
Total spent - $137.42 (doesn’t include books from my sister)
Average price per book - $6.54
So average price was super cheap considering they are all audiobooks.
I’m on target with my Hoopla loans which is great because I can’t catch up on them once I fall behind.
Only 11/50 for library but should be able to catch up on that goal.
I needed some more Guy Gavriel Kay after finishing The Sarantine Mosaic duology so I bought two more of his books today. His new release A Brightness Long Ago and an older one with A Song for Arbonne. Also released today A Sword Named Truth by Sherwood Smith which jumps back into the Inda universe so I just had to get it or that’s what I’m telling myself anyway.
Bought two books today from an audible sale Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo and The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm by Jacob Grimm. It was the audible sale at this time of the year last year when I bought 27 books so I’m pretty happy only grabbing two today.
I adore the Six of Crows I hope you enjoy it.
Thanks Hailee. It’s been on my tbr forever so was really happy to see it in the sale.
So I didn’t really hit any of my goals except to read 50 books from the library. I did manage 167 reads between Hoopla and the library so that saved me a ton of money. I also only bought 39 book down from 76 in 2018 which was probably the 1st time I was below 100 purchases in a year. So overall I’m counting 2019 as a major success in terms of book buying suppression.
Going to track how I made my 2020 purchases here.As of 1/1/20 - 18 remaining credits from yearly subscription renewal
January
2 books for 1 credit sale in 1/1/20 - bought 4 books for 2 credits.
1. Beautiful by Juliet Marillier 1/27/20
2. The Spirit Ring by Lois McMaster Bujold
3. Forging Divinity by Andrew Rowe
4. Dragons Realm by Tessa Dawn
Purchased for 1 credit each - 3 total
5. City of Stone and Silence by Django Wexler
6. Age of War by Michael J. Sullivan
7. Age of Legend by Michael J. Sullivan
Daily deal purchase for $5.95
8. King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
Purchased for 1 credit each - 3 total
9. The Mirror Empire by Kameron Hurley
10. Empire Ascendant by Kameron Hurley
11. The Broken Heavens by Kameron Hurley
Purchased for 1 credit each - 6 total to get $15 coupon
12. The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay 1/29/20
13. The Wandering Fire by Guy Gavriel Kay 2/2/20
14. The Darkest Road by Guy Gavriel Kay
15. River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay
16. Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay
17. Interference by Sue Burke 2/5/20
January totals
Books bought - 17
Credits used - 14
Money spent - $5.95
Credits remaining - 4
February
Daily deal purchase for $4.95
18. Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Purchased for 1 credit
19. Age of Death by Michael J. Sullivan
Purchased for $11.75 using $15 coupon
20. Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire
Purchased from complete series sale - 11 books total
3 books on 2/24/20 for $14.60
21. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
22. Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
23. Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo
8 books on 2/28/20 for $47.60
24. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
25. A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
26. A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas
27. The Last Sun by K.D. Edwards
28. The Hanged Man by K.D. Edwards
29. The King of Bones and Ashes by J.D. Horn
30. The Book of the Unwinding by J.D. Horn
31. The Final Days of Magic by J.D. Horn
Got the Grisha trilogy books be Leigh Bardugo in the last audible sale. Her books are never available at library or hoopla so nice being able to get them on sale.I then told my sister about the sale and bought her 8 books from it. Getting her into audiobooks is going to kill my book buying numbers for the year or that’s what I’m going to blame it on anyway.
Updated all my yearly list and very happy to have my unread purchases under 50. Hoping to bring it down to around the 20-25 range.
I think I should make a lists like yours... Still have books from last... Hmm 2 years purchases I didn't read yet, shame on me :) I just can't stop myself buying books in good price :)
It’s definitely helped me be more aware of my purchases and makes me think before buying books I may not entirely need.
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Nice collection of books! Good luck with reading! Enjoy!
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Read all 2022 purchases - 3/4
Read all 2021 purchases - 1/12
Read all 2020 purchases - 0/18
Read all 2019 purchases - 1/4
Read remainder of 2018 purchases - 1/8
Read 24 of the previous years audiobooks - 3/24
Total - 6/46