House of Jaghuts 2020!

[Soo]

Ya know what happens when a crazy pandemic hits and people have to decide to be safe vs sorry.

XD

I doubt I'll hit the numbers I hit in 2020 ever again. We could put Iain, Choko & me on the same team. Then everyone else can kick our butts. lol

[Elizabeth]

I have no idea how I read so much this year. Double what I did last year. I work in the lab of a place that makes soaps and hand sanitizer among other things. We've been busy.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Melissa wrote: "Haha, I was experimenting with balancing team members, trying to figure out how to make it competitive. Soo, Iain, Yanique, and Choko are almost a 1/3 of the total, so they would just about balance..."

I haven't input books since June/July... my numbers have been down since then, too, but I read a fair amount... read 9 Wheel of Time books, 2 Malazan books, a bunch of October Daye and Craig Schaeferverse... some new releases, clearing out my stockpile of series I started this year, etc... probably another 100 books or so... I was kinda shocked I never shifted positions, really... the thought of catching up is daunting...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I started inputting the books I'm behind on... looks like 85 books in 4 months, but alot of tomes... still way down, but on track for about 500 books for the year... started the year on a trajectory for 800 or so, I think...

[Yanique, Thread Master]

This convo is pretty funny.
I’m aiming to finish at least a couple more books by tomorrow. I really haven’t been doing audiobooks this year so that extra reading that I planned on never really happened.

[Bea]

We can still update books after today, right? Given that they were finished today of course.

[Hailee]

I hadn't added my books since May but I've topped it up now and and gained another 108.3 points. Not brilliant but the great reading slump of 2020 has kicked my arse lol.

Hopefully I'll finish another book tonight and add another couple of points to the total.

[Soo]

I think I updated my sheet last year in about a week. Tail end of October and into November. It was a lot. I didn't update for half of the challenge. That was a pain! lol

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Filled in my points, even if my monthly tracking is completely borked, at this point...

2nd place across the board... Choko out-buddied me, the past couple months... I had a strong start to the year, then just stopped BRing almost completely...

Read nearly 50 tomes this year, big increase for me... great to be focusing less on the most efficient audiobooks vs page counts... tomes tend to be slower...

[Yanique, Thread Master]

Well that's it for me!
Didn't read as much as planned because 2020.... but overall happy with the books I got to. Really focused on my owned physical books this year.
I didn't even try to catch up to the top two because I'm convinced they're machines or they don't sleep (which might also tie in with the machine theory).

[Choko]

Forth place for me! I did much better than I thought I would:) I love the spreadsheet so much! And love seeing what you guys are reading too:) I hope we have another one next year!

[Petrik]

I'm done for this year as well! Thank you so much everyone! :D

[Jenna, I'd be free if not for Temper & Edgewalker]

I finished filling in my sheet. :)

Thanks for joining, everyone!

[Saar The Book owl]

I'm done, but havent added any new the last few days. It was fun and thanks for joining. I'm hoping for next year :)

[Choko]

Love you all, guys! This group has capped me sane through some really crazy times this year and I am eternally grateful ❤️!!!

[Zaara]

Here are my books. Would someone please add them to the team score? I hope I'm not too late, I feel less guilty when I see all the people saying they haven't updated their sheets since May-June. Thanks in advance to whomever gives their time for this.

These are Buddy Reads:

JUNE
1. Red Rising
Brown, P.
400 pages
06/06
Challenge: Series (RR 1)

2. Priory of the Orange Tree
Shannon, S.
848 pages
06/25
Challenge: Standalones

JULY
1. To Kill A Mockingbird
Lee, H.
376 pages
07/04
Challenge: Standalones

2. Heartless
Carrigger, G.
401 pages
07/15
Challenge: Series (Parasol Protectorate 4)

3. Pride and Prejudice
Austen, J.
444 pages AUDIO
07/09
Challenge: Standalones

[Zaara]

These are solo reads:

Rest of JULY
4. Cane River
Tademy, L.
546 pages
07/20
Challenge: Standalones

5. Red River
Tademy, L.
448 pages
07/29
Challenge: Standalones

6. The Enchanted April
Von Arnim, E.
361 pages AUDIO
07/17
Challenge: Standalones

AUGUST

1. Henry VIII: The King and His Court (been slooowly reading this since Aug)
Weir, A.
656 pages
08/30
Challenge: Standalones

2. Deceived (*facepalm* -1 stars + what was I thinking?)
Balogh, M.
04/04
384 pages
Challenge: Standalones

3. WolfSong
Klune, T.J.
400 pages
08/08
Challenge: Series (Green Creek 1)

4. Killing Floor
Child, L.
561 pages
08/14
Challenge: Series (Jack Reacher 1)

5. Die Trying
Child, L.
577 pages
08/19
Challenge: Series (Jack Reacher 2)

6. TripWire
Child, L.
581 pages
08/24
Challenge: Series (Jack Reacher 3)

7. Running Blimd
Child, L.
546 pages
08/29
Challenge: Series (Jack Reacher 4)

8. The Doctor's Sweetheart and Other Stories
Montgomery, L.M.
08/04
192 pages
Challenge: Standalones

[Zaara]

Split the posts so they aren't one big block of text on the page. Here are my books for September and October. Would someone please add them to the team score?
Thanks in advance to whomever gives their time for this.

SEPTEMBER
1. Wolf Hall
Mantel, H.
653 pages
09/03
Challenge: Series (Cromwell 1)

2. Bring Up The Bodies
Mantel, H.
482 pages
09/17
Challenge: Series (Cromwell 2)

3. The Mirror and The Light
Mantel, H.
904 pages
09/30
Challenge: Series (Cromwell 3)

4. Agatha Christie's Autobiography
Christie, A.
576 pages
09/11
Challenge: Standalones

[Zaara]

OCTOBER
Made a big push, went crazy on Agatha Christie, reckon I read almost a book a day this month. Travelling Matchmaker were small books, little more than novellas (<150 pages, could do 2 a day) and the others were mostly really breezy AC rereads that went real quick. I've never done a 20+ book month before!

1. The Secret Adversary
Christie, A.
368 pages
10/01
Challenge: Series (Tommy and Tuppence 1)

2. Partners in Crime
Christie, A.
347 pages
10/02
Challenge: Series (Tommy and Tuppence 2)

3. N or M?
Christie, A.
304 pages
10/03
Challenge: Series (Tommy and Tuppence 3)

4. By the Pricking of my Thumbs
Christie, A.
352 pages
10/04
Challenge: Series (Tommy and Tuppence 4)

5. Postern of Fate
Christie, A.
337 pages
10/05
Challenge: Series (Tommy and Tuppence 5)

6. The Mysterious Affair At Styles
Christie, A.
304 pages
10/06
Challenge: Series (Hercule Poirot)

7. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Christie, A.
368 pages
10/08
Challenge: Series (Hercule Poirot)

8. The Man in the Brown Suit
Christie, A.
381 pages
10/07

9. Hercule Poirot's Christmas
Christie, A.
335 pages
10/13
Challenge: Series (Hercule Poirot)

10. Poirot's Early Cases
Christie, A.
412 pages
10/17
Challenge: Series (Hercule Poirot)

11. Death in the Clouds
Christie, A.
336 pages
10/14
Challenge: Series (Hercule Poirot)

12. Appointment with Death
Christie, A.
303 pages
10/23
Challenge: Series (Hercule Poirot)

13. A Murder is Announced
Christie, A.
321 pages
10/16
Challenge: Series (Marple 5)

14. Elephants Can Remember
Christie, A.
299 pages
10/27
Challenge: Series (Hercule Poirot)

15. The Hollow
Christie, A.
384 pages
10/22
Challenge: Series (Hercule Poirot)

16. Three Act Tragedy
Christie, A.
336 pages
10/24
Challenge: Series (Poirot)

17. Emily goes to Exeter
Beaton, M.C.
pages
10/08
Challenge: Series (Travelling Matchmaker 1)

18. Belinda goes to Bath
Beaton, M.C.
pages
10/08
Challenge: Series (Travelling Matchmaker 2)

19. Penelope goes to Portsmouth
Beaton, M.C.
pages
10/09
Challenge: Series (Travelling Matchmaker 3)

20. Beatrice goes to Brighton
Beaton, M.C.
pages
10/09
Challenge: Series (Travelling Matchmaker 4)

21. Deborah goes to Dover
Beaton, M.C.
pages
10/10
Challenge: Series (Travelling Matchmaker 5)

22. Yvonne goes to York
Beaton, M.C.
pages
10/10
Challenge: Series (Travelling Matchmaker 6)

23. The Valley of Fear
Doyle, A.C.
pages
10/26
Challenge: Series (Sherlock Holmes 3)

24. Wildwood Dancing
Marillier, J.
pages
10/30
Challenge: Standalones

25. Coraline
Gaiman, N.
pages AUDIO
10/31
Challenge: Standalones

Thassit. Thank you so much everyone.

[Mel]

I've exceeded my yearly reading of previous years by a significant margin. However, just by looking across the room at the stacks on top of the piano, I notice I've read a lot more manga, since for a while I didn't have access to English books. That, and a lot of fluffy romance; it has been an escapist kind of year. Not so many epic series, but instead a lot of short volumes, flitting from one thing to the next.

This October though! I was picking up something new every day, which I haven't done since I was a kid! Double or triple what I usually go through.

I think my favorite read of the year so far was This Is How You Lose the Time War. What has stood out for you all?

[Mel]

Way to go Zaara! *high fives* That's quite the impressive list! I love it when you binge a certain author, and you hit a stride, just gobbling up one after another! (I also see some Marillier snuck in there, I've been meaning to read her again, eyeing her new warrior bard series.)

[Elinor]

@Zaara : I updated June and July for now !

Also hi to everyone. I'm sorry I've not been really active this year (I mean, it's not that unsual for me unfortunately...) but I still like filling my spreadsheet and looking here even when i'm not posting ^^

[Saar The Book owl]

Waw, Zaara, that's a big list!