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Rachael Readsalot: 101+ books in 2024
61. The Shadow in the Glass by J.A.A. Harwood 414 pages
⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Clear the Shelves (43/60), Mount TBR (43/60), Summer Games (1/8)
Why I read this: Netgalley approval
Books TBR=487
62. The Maid by Nita Prose385 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Serial Reader (29/30)
Why I read this: library loan via Borrowbox
Books TBR=487
63. Le Mort d'Arthur, Volume 1 by Thomas Malory 606 pages
⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Bookworms Take Shelfies (21/25), Clear the Shelves (44/60), Mount TBR (44/60), Serial Reader (30/40, goal increased)
Why I read this: I like Arthurian legend
Books TBR=486
PROGRESS REPORTJanuary: 9 books read | 2,687 pages read
February: 8 books read | 3,048 pages read
March: 10 books read | 3,907 pages read
April: 10 books read | 3,185 pages read
May: 8 books read | 3,926 pages read
June: 10 books read | 3,397 pages read
July: 8 books read | 3,150 pages read
Total: 63 books read | 23,300 pages read
A-Z Book Titles: 23/26
Bookworms Take Shelfies: 21/25
Clear the Shelves: 44/60
Finish Line: 10/12
Mount TBR: 44/60
Out on a Limb: 4/10
Serial Reader: 30/40
Summer Games: 1/8
The Road Less Travelled: 3/3
Personal Challenge (Shakespeare): 3/x
Personal Challenge (Discworld): 2/x
Longest book: Bleak House (1,088 pages)
Shortest book: Eve's Diary (3 pages)
Best book: Murtagh
Worst book: The Two Noble Kinsmen
64. Le Mort d'Arthur, Vol 2 by Thomas Malory 562 pages
⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Bookworms Take Shelfies (22/25), Clear the Shelves (45/60), Mount TBR (45/60), Serial Reader (31/40)
Why I read this: I like Arthurian legend
Books TBR=485
65. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 514 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Bookworms Take Shelfies (23/25), Clear the Shelves (46/60), Mount TBR (46/60), Follow the Silk Road (1/2), I Spy Readathon (Team Undercover Bibliophiles) (1/x)
Why I read this: I've heard a lot about it
Books TBR=484
66. One for My Enemy by Olivie Blake460 pages
⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Clear the Shelves (47/60), Mount TBR (47/60), Summer Games (2/8), I Spy Readathon (Team Undercover Bibliophiles) (2/x)
Why I read this: Netgalley approval
Books TBR=483
67. Ariadne by Jennifer Saint 400 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Clear the Shelves (48/60), Mount TBR (48/60), Summer Games (3/8), Follow the Silk Road (2/2), I Spy Readathon (Team Undercover Bibliophiles) (3/x)
Why I read this: I have a bit of interest in Greek Mythology
Books TBR=482
68. Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder431 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Clear the Shelves (49/60), Mount TBR (49/60), Out on a Limb (5/10), Serial Reader (32/40), I Spy Readathon (Team Undercover Bibliophiles) (4/x)
Why I read this: this is my sort of fantasy
Books TBR=483
69. The Ship of Doom by M.A. Bennett 304 pages
⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Clear the Shelves (50/60), Mount TBR (50/60), Serial Reader (33/40), I Spy Readathon (Team Undercover Bibliophiles) (5/x)
Why I read this: Netgalley approval
Books TBR=483
70. Magic Study by Maria V Snyder 448 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Clear the Shelves (51/60), Mount TBR (51/60), Out on a Limb (6/10), Serial Reader (34/40)
Why I read this: part of the Chronicles of Ixia
Books TBR =482
71. Fire Study by Maria V Snyder 441 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Clear the Shelves (52/60), Mount TBR (52/60), Out on a Limb (7/10), Serial Reader (35/40), Summer Games (4/8)
Why I read this: more Chronicles of Ixia
Books TBR=482
72. Terciel and Elinor by Garth Nix379 pages
⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Clear the Shelves (53/60), Mount TBR (53/60), Serial Reader (36/40), Summer Games (5/8)
Why I read this: Netgalley approval
Books TBR=482
73. Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco 337 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, A-Z Book Titles (24/26), Clear the Shelves (54/60), Mount TBR (54/60), Serial Reader (37/40), Summer Games (6/8)
Why I read this: I've heard a lot about it
[Finished 26 August but forgot to post here]
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74. Meeting Thomas Cresswell by Kerri Maniscalco
35 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Serial Reader (38/40)
Why I read this: part of the Stalking Jack the Ripper series
Books TBR=481
75. Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco 418 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Clear the Shelves (55/60), Mount TBR (55/60), Serial Reader (39/40)
Why I read this: part of the Stalking Jack the Ripper series
Books TBR=480
PROGRESS REPORTJanuary: 9 books read | 2,687 pages read
February: 8 books read | 3,048 pages read
March: 10 books read | 3,907 pages read
April: 10 books read | 3,185 pages read
May: 8 books read | 3,926 pages read
June: 10 books read | 3,397 pages read
July: 8 books read | 3,150 pages read
August: 12 books read | 4,741 pages
Total: 75 books read | 28,041 pages read
A-Z Book Titles: 24/26
Bookworms Take Shelfies: 23/25
Clear the Shelves: 55/60
Finish Line: 10/12
Mount TBR: 55/60
Out on a Limb: 7/10
Serial Reader: 39/40
Summer Games: 6/8
Follow the Silk Road: 2/2
I Spy Readathon (Team Undercover Bibliophiles): 5/x
Personal Challenge (Shakespeare): 3/x
Personal Challenge (Discworld): 2/x
Longest book: Bleak House (1,088 pages)
Shortest book: Eve's Diary (3 pages)
Best book: Murtagh
Worst book: The Two Noble Kinsmen
76. Escaping from Houdini by Kerri Maniscalco 448 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Clear the Shelves (56/60), Mount TBR (56/60), Serial Reader (40/50, goal increased), Summer Games (7/8)
Why I read this: part of the Stalking Jack the Ripper series
Books TBR=480
77. Becoming the Dark Prince by Kerri Maniscalco 64 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Clear the Shelves (57/60), Mount TBR (57/60), Serial Reader (41/50), Surpassing One's Limits (1/8)
Why I read this: part of the Stalking Jack the Ripper series
Books TBR=480
78. Capturing the Devil by Kerri Maniscalco 453 pages
⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Clear the Shelves (58/60), Mount TBR (58/60), Serial Reader (42/50)
Why I read this: part of the Stalking Jack the Ripper series
Books TBR=479
79. Arch-Conspirator by Veronica Roth 129 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Surpassing One's Limits (2/8)
Why I read this: library loan via Borrowbox
Books TBR=478
80. King Henry VI, Part 3 by William Shakespeare 140 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Bookworms Take Shelfies (24/25), Clear the Shelves (59/60), Mount TBR (59/60), Serial Reader (43/50), Surpassing One's Limits (3/8), Personal Challenge (Shakespeare) (4/x)
Why I read this: part of my personal lifetime challenge to read the complete works of Shakespeare
Books TBR=479
Books TBR=484Bookshop browsing turned into bookshop buying 🙈
81. The Vesuvius Club by Mark Gatiss 256 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Clear the Shelves (60/75, goal increased), Mount TBR (60/75), Serial Reader (44/50), Surpassing One's Limits (4/8)
Why I read this: I know Mark Gatiss as an actor/screenwriter so was interested in reading one of his novels
Books TBR=483
82. Spellslinger by Sebastien de Castell 323 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Clear the Shelves (61/75), Mount TBR (61/75), Serial Reader (45/50), Summer Games (8/8), Surpassing One's Limits (5/8)
Why I read this: I have heard a lot about it
Books TBR=482
83. A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik 338 pages
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, A-Z Book Titles (25/26), Bookworms Take Shelfies (25/30, goal increased), Finish Line (11/12), Out on a Limb (8/10), Serial Reader (46/50), Surpassing One's Limits (6/8)
Why I read this: reread, part of the Scholomance series
Books TBR=490
84. The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik389 pages
⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Bookworms Take Shelfies (26/30), Out on a Limb (9/10), Serial Reader (47/50), Surpassing One's Limits (7/8)
Why I read this: reread, part of the Scholomance series
Books TBR=491
TRCC READATHON24 September - 30 September (during own time zone - BST for me)
I'm taking part in a readathon run by thereadingchallengechallenge on Tumblr.
Planned reading: The Golden Enclaves (GE), Thief's Magic (TM), Angel of Storms (AE).
*24 Sept: 255 pages (62%) of GE read.
*25 Sept: 155 pages (38%) of GE read and 121 pages (22%) of TM read. Books completed =The Golden Enclaves (a book from my TBR)
*26 Sept: 286 pages (51%) of TM read
*27 Sept: 154 pages (27%) of TM read. Books completed = Thief's Magic (by an author from the Southern Hemisphere)
*28 Sept: 135 pages (23%) of AOS read and 10 (22%) pages of another book I could not finish.
*29 Sept: 285 pages (50%) of AOS read
*30 Sept: 156 pages (27%) of AOS read. Books completed=Angel of Storms (by an author from the Southern Hemisphere)
Total books completed = 3. Total number of pages read = 1,558
85. The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik 411 pages
⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, A-Z Book Titles (26/26), Bookworms Take Shelfies (27/30), Clear the Shelves (62/75), Mount TBR (62/75), Finish Line (12/12), Out on a Limb (10/10), Serial Reader (48/50), Surpassing One's Limits (8/8), TRCC Readathon (1/x)
Why I read this: part of the Scholomance series
Books TBR=490
86. Thief's Magic by Trudi Canavan 561 pages
⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Bookworms Take Shelfies (28/30), Serial Reader (49/50), Surpassing One's Limits (9/8), TRCC Readathon (2/x)
Why I read this: reread, part of the Millennium's Rule series
Books TBR=490
☹️DNF: Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories. I explain why in my review(My last DNF was in July 2021)
Books TBR=489
87. Angel of Storms by Trudi Canavan 576 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Bookworms Take Shelfies (29/30), Serial Reader (50/60), Surpassing One's Limits (10/8), TRCC Readathon (3/x)
Why I read this: part of the Millennium's Rule series
Books TBR=488
PROGRESS REPORTJanuary: 9 books read | 2,687 pages read
February: 8 books read | 3,048 pages read
March: 10 books read | 3,907 pages read
April: 10 books read | 3,185 pages read
May: 8 books read | 3,926 pages read
June: 10 books read | 3,397 pages read
July: 8 books read | 3,150 pages read
August: 12 books read | 4,741 pages
September: 12 books read | 4,097 pages read
Total: 87 books read | 32,138 pages read
A-Z Book Titles: 26/26
Bookworms Take Shelfies: 29/30
Clear the Shelves: 62/75
Finish Line: 12/12
Mount TBR: 62/75
Out on a Limb: 10/10
Serial Reader: 50/60
Summer Games: 8/8
Surpassing One's Limits: 10/8
TRCC Readathon: 3/x
Personal Challenge (Shakespeare): 4/x
Personal Challenge (Discworld): 2/x
Longest book: Bleak House (1,088 pages)
Shortest book: Eve's Diary (3 pages)
Best book: Murtagh
Worst book: The Two Noble Kinsmen
88. Successor's Promise by Trudi Canavan 512 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Bookworms Take Shelfies (30/35, goal increased), Serial Reader (51/60)
Why I read this: part of the Millennium's Rule series
Books TBR=487
89. Maker's Curse by Trudi Canavan 560 pages
⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Bookworms Take Shelfies (31/35), Serial Reader (52/60), Shades of Orange (1/4)
Why I read this: part of the Millennium's Rule series, Netgalley approval
Books TBR=486
90. Dragon Mountain by Katie and Kevin Tsang 336 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Clear the Shelves (63/75), Mount TBR (63/75), Serial Reader (53/60), Shades of Orange (2/4)
Why I read this: I've heard a lot about it
[Finished 14 October but forgot to post until today]
Books TBR=487
91. The Sentence by Christina Dalcher 336 pages
⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Clear the Shelves (64/75), Mount TBR (64/75), Fall into Books: Autumn Reading Party (1/5), Shades of Orange (3/4)
Why I read this: Netgalley approval
Books TBR=486
92. The Wise Woman by Philippa Gregory 530 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Bookworms Take Shelfies (32/35), Clear the Shelves (65/75), Mount TBR (65/75), Shades of Orange (4/4)
Why I read this: I like this author's historical fiction
Books TBR=485
93. Raven's Gate by Anthony Horowitz 283 pages
⭐⭐⭐ with review
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Serial Reader (54/60)
Why I read this: giving a book I did not finish before another chance
Books TBR=485
94. Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor 334 pages
⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
Challenges: Let's Turn Pages, Serial Reader (55/60)
Why I read this: read, part of the Chronicles of St Mary's
Books TBR=485
2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge
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97 pages
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Challenges: Let's Turn Pages
Why I read this: from Borrowbox
Books TBR=488