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Year 3 Team: House of Jaghuts
Year 3 Individual Points: 409.9
Favourite read of 2020: still undecided on this one, hoping for something in December to really blow me away
Name: MelissaYear 3 Team: House of Jaghuts
Year 3 Individual Points: 264.8
Year 2 Individual Points: 239.4
Year 1 Individual Points: 152.6
Favourite read of 2020: This Is How You Lose the Time War
(although for a horse of a different color, I'm also thoroughly enjoying Clockwork Boys, which may unseat it for my fave this year)
Name: SooYear 3 Team: Bloody Tome Raiders
Year 3 Individual Points: 14,492.4
2020 Fav Book: Don't have a top fav but I these were some of the best reads for 2020. Not counting re-reads. =)
The Sparrow, Musashi, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Network Effect, The Sandman, Battle Ground
*2021 - The plan is to go back to my normal reading spree of 300+. Nothing crazy like this year. lol
Name: Saar the Book OwlYear 3 Team: House of Jaghuts
Year 3 Individual Points: 246
Favourite read of 2020: hm, that's always so difficult, but I go for Once Upon a River
OliviaBloody Tomb Raiders
355 points (this wasn’t my best reading year!)
Favourite book: Doors of Eden (I think…)
Name: BrianYear 3 Team: Bloody Tome Raiders
Year 3 Points: 652.9
Favorite 2020 book: hmmm....have to say Battle Ground by Jim Butcher
(Year two points was 500 I think)
Name: TammieYear 3 Team: Bloody Tome Raiders
Year 3 Individual Points: 650.3
Favourite read of 2020: The Sword of Kaigen
Name: HacenYear 3 Team: Bloody Tome Raiders
Year 3 Individual Points: 836.2
Favourite read of 2020: The Sword of Kaigen or The Only Good Indians
Name: Chris H.Year 3 Team: House of Jaghuts
Year 3 Individual Points: 200.8
Favourite read of 2020: Lots of good ones this year, but the one that really had me in its grips was Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre
My 2019 points were 140.9
Name: Katie K.Year 3 Team: Bloody Tomb Raiders
Year 3 Individual Points: 355.4
Favourite read of 2020: Fool's Assassin
Name: NarilkaYear 3 Team: Bloody Tome Raiders
Year 3 Individual Points: 432.5
Favourite read of 2020: Rereading The Lord of the Rings. Seriously love those books and it had been way too long since I'd last read them.
Name: ElizabethYear 3 Team: Bloody Tome Raiders
Year 3 Individual Points: 734.6 (though I doubt I'll read that much next year.
Favorite read of 2020: Uh.... I read so many good books this year. Battle Ground is one. I binged the whole Jane Yellowrock series so that is on there. Warbreaker and Stormlight archives... so many good books.
Name: Choko GYear 3 Team: House of Jaghuts
Year 3 Individual Points: 1200
Favorite read of the Year: The Innkeeper Chronicles by IA. and The Space Team series.
Name: HaileeYear 3 Team: House of Jaghuts
Year 3 Individual Points: 239.7
Favourite read of 2020: Recursion
My points in 2019 were 411.5. My reading took a real nose dive this year. Hopefully I won't spend quite as many months in reading slumps in 2021 🤞
Name: Paula2020 number of books read: 130
2020 number of buddy reads with the group: 11 and in December I've got planned another three
favourite read of 2020: the goblin emperor or words of radiance
Name: ManjuYear 3 Team: House of Jaghuts
Year 3 Individual Points: 656
Favourite read of 2020: Know my name, Blindness, A Suitable Boy
Name: FrankYear 3 Team : Bloody Tome Raiders
Year 3 Individual Points: 834
Year 2 Individual Points 900
Favorite Read of 2020: Sword of Kaigen, Super-Powereds series - just lots of fun, Mushasi, Raven's Blade duology - back with a great character, Hobb - Fitz and the Fool trilogy - sad to say goodbye.
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Year 3 Team: House of Jaghuts
Year 3 Individual Points: 1332.9
Favourite read of 2020: Astonishing the Gods
Name: ShaitarnYear 3 Team: House of Jaghuts
Year 3 Individual Points: 686.7
Favourite read of 2020: Um...probably Sharp Ends or The Tiger and the Wolf or if re-reads are allowed, possibly Bridge of Birds...
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Year 3 Team: The best one...
Year 3 Individual Points: 300
Favourite read of 2020:
Licanius - Islington
Gods of Blood and Powder - McClellan
First Law - Abercrombie
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Y3Team: House of Jaghuts, I think...
Points: 2000ish
Favorite Read: Forged is feeling pretty good right now, having just finished it... haven't finished the big releases of the year yet, really, other than Dresden, which was good Peace Talks & Battle Ground
My favorite new series of the year has to be Joe Ledger... Patient Zero / Deep Silence / Rage
I considered skipping 2021, and just trying to get the spreadsheet ready and having a spectator sheet, but Soo talked me into it :D
Name: RobY3 Team: Bloody Tome Raiders
Points: Stopped tracking. 300 to 400? I'll track better if I only have to track myself and not a certain almost 12-year old. Let her rejoin next year when she's old enough for her own account!)
Favorite 2020 Reads: This was a weak year of reads for me I think. no standouts. My favorites were probably re-reads (Stormlight Archive), but The Trouble With Peace, Record of a Spaceborn Few, Blood of Empires, Rhythm of War were all solid new releases).
I was debating really hard with myself, if I should join next year, as I wasn't very active this year... On the other hand, it would feel wrong not to join and I can always try to do better (no promises made on the starting punctual front!)Name: Anni
Year 3 Team: House of Jaghuts
Year 3 Individual Points: 290
Favourite read of 2020: I especially enjoyed the re-reads I did: Super Powereds: Year 1, A Little Hatred, The Way of Kings, Fool's Assassin
Honorable Mentions: All Systems Red, The Trials of Morrigan Crow
I have been way too absent last year so I want to return and be engaged in the challenge again! Name: Solseit (formerly Fabiola)
2020 reads: 85 books so far (not that it would dramatically change)
2020 buddy reads: none unfortunately this year but I am really hoping to return full steam ahead in 2021!
Favorite book of 2020: Jade City by Fonda Lee was certainly one of the best; I loved all of the Robin Hobb books I read (Tawny Man and Rain Wild Chronicles) and I confess I loved The Color of Light by Terry Pratchett!
I've not been active here like at all, but I still really like the challenge and also I hope to be a little more active. Hopefully even do a BR or two.Name: Elinor
Year 3 Team: House of Jaghuts
Year 3 Individual Points: 246.7
Year 2 : 377.6
I have no idea how my reading will be in 2021. I hope to read more, that's for sure, but will I be able to do it, I have no idea. The safest is to take the year 3 points into consideration more than the year 2 I think.
Favourite read of 2020: that would have to be the Good Girl's Guide to Murder series and Obsidio ; comics-wise, I loved Cucumber Quest vol 2 and Lumberjanes vol 1.
Name: BeenaYear 3 Team: Bloody Tome Raiders!
Year 3 Individual Points: 188.2
Favourite read of 2020: Tie between Words of Radiance and Legacy of Ghosts , they were both awesome! Stormlight in general has been a blast though, I really struggled to find anything to capture me at the start of the year and those buddy reads in the latter half of the year have been so enjoyable.
2020 has been an absolutely crappy year for me but I miss GR and would like to get out of my self-made hole and return to book chatting.Name: Laura
2020 number of books read: 245
2020 number of buddy reads read with the group: 3 I think
Favorite read of 2020: Reign&Ruin by J.D. Evans
Name: Maria Year 3 Team: House of Jaghuts
Year 3 Individual Points: 112.4
Favourite read of 2020: The Diviners!
Am I the only one who listed just one book as the fave read 😂 I didn't have a good reading year so haven't had many favourites, sadly.
Name: ShaYear 3 Team: Bloody Tome Raiders
Year 3 Individual Points: 984.3
Year 2 Points: 896
Favourite read of 2020: 魔道祖师 Mo Dao Zu Shi
Note that I stopped buddy reads last year due to mood problems and I want to get back to them but 2021 looks like it's going to be worse than 2020 in that regard if my December reading list is anything to go by.
I'd like to join too. I don't read nearly as much as you guys do, but maybe this will motivate me to do better.Name: Lucija
2020 number of books read: Around 20
2020 number of buddy reads read with the group: 7
Favorite read of 2020: The Way of Kings, Sword of Kaigen
I would like to join again... Last year was not that good in terms of reading, but hoping to get back in 2021Name: Iniya
Year 3 team: Bloody Tome raiders
Year 3 Individual points: 99.8
Favorite read of 2020: Life of Pi
Ooh yes I would like to join in again this year!Name: Jessica
Year 3 Team: House of Jaghuts
Year 3 Individual Points: 281.3
Favourite read of 2020: The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones (or maybe Mexican Gothic.... they were both awesome)
Year 3 team: House of JaghutsYear 3 points: 479
Favourite 2020 read: Locke & Key / You, Me and the Colors of Life
Year 2: 1052.8
Year 1: 283.6 (joined in August)
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Year 3 points: 479
Favourite 2020 read: Locke & Key / You, Me and the Colors of Life
Year 2: 1052.8
Year 1: 283.6 (joined in August)"
I'll add your sheet and make adjustments when mods add you to a team...
Well I wish you all the luck with the upcoming reading season. I've "joined" the last two years but with a 4 year old running around the house, it's hard to read, let alone log. He's going to K next year so I'll join you guys then! Good luck and happy reading guys!
Name: BillYear 3 Team: House of Jaghuts
Year 3 Individual Points: 604
Favourite read of 2020: Ombria in Shadow by Patricia A. McKillip
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Reed2020 books read: 1
Buddy reads: 0
Favorite book: Moby Dick
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