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Stephanie's 2018 Challenge
Flights of Fantasy (FoF)1.
Cozy Murder Corner
1. Carbs and Cadavers
Mysteries and Crime Thrillers
1. The Black Ice
SciFi & Fantasy
1. Touch
Dragons & Jetpacks
1.
Reading The Detectives
1.
Complete 2010 (8)Complete 2011 (25)
Complete 12 from 2012 (11)
2010 (8)
2011 (35)
The Devils Deep - Michael Wallace
Gold Age of Science Fiction Volume II - Various
Spellsinger Alan Dean Foster
The Adventures of Langdon St Ives - James Blaylock
Door with Seven Locks - Edgar Wallace
Works of Andre Norton (4/13 books left) - Andre Norton
The Detachment - Barry Eisler
Princess of Landover (audio 13h7m) - Terry Brooks
Stone of Tears (audio 38h32m) - Terry Goodkind
Dead or Alive (audio 20h39m) - Tom Clancy
2012 Note: listing but not counting novellas or SS.
1. Heat Wave - Richard Castle
2. The Gentle Brush of Wings - David Niall Wilson (novella)
3. John Dies at the End - David Wong (returned book).
4. The Three Musketeers- Alexander Dumas
5. Rocket Ship Galileo - Robert Heinlein
6. The Wide-Awake Princess - E B Baker
7. Dead ish - Naomi Kramer (short story)
8. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
9. Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die - Charles Runyon
10. Storm Over Warlock - Andre Norton
11. The Importance of Being Earnest
Sookie Stackhouse1. Dead Until Dark - DONE 1/16
2. Living Dead in Dallas- Done 1/20
3. Club Dead - Done 2/24
4. Dead to the World - Done 2/26
4.1 Fairy Dust (SS) - Done 3/2
4.3. Dancers in the Dark (SS) - Done 3/7
4.7 One Word Answer (SS) - Done 3/15
5. Dead as a Doornail - Done 3/25
6. Definitely Dead - Done 3/30
6.5 Tacky (SS) - Done 5/21
7. All Together Dead - Done 4/10
7.3 Dahlia Underground (SS) - Done 5/21
7.5 Dracula Night (SS) - Done 5/21
7.9. The Britlingens (SS) DONE 5/28
8. From Dead to Worse - Done 4/13
8.5 Gift Wrap (SS) - DONE 5/28
8.9 Lucky (SS) DONE 7/12
9. Dead and Gone - Done 5/17
9.5 Bacon (SS) DONE 7/12
10. Dead in the Family - DONE 5/23
10.5 Two Blonds (SS) DONE 7/12
10.9 A Very Vampire Christmas (SS) DONE 7/12
11. Dead Reckoning DONE 6/1
11.3 If I had a hammer (SS) DONE 7/12
11.5 Small-Town Wedding (SS) DONE 7/12
11.9 Death By Dahlia (SS) DONE 7/12
12. Deadlocked DONE 6/5
13. Dead Ever After DONE 6/7
14a. Dead But Not Forgotten: Stories from the World of Sookie Stackhouse DONE 7/13
14b. After Dead: What Came Next in the World of Sookie Stackhouse (SS) DONE 6/11
Your posts were only a few seconds apart, so I waited 30 seconds for the next one, and figured it was safe after about 40 seconds had past. 😊Hi btw!!! I hope all is well!
HomeInMyShoes wrote: "Stalker. :P"ROFL!! xD
All is better and I'm getting more reading and listening in. My Mom has me hooked on NCIS on Netflix though, so that takes some of that away. :)
Stephanie wrote: "All is better and I'm getting more reading and listening in. My Mom has me hooked on NCIS on Netflix though, so that takes some of that away. :)"I enjoy NCIS but have not stayed up to date with Season 13 (the newest season).
I would really like to watch NCIS: LA but I can't find previous seasons online without paying an arm and a leg per season.
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First book chosen for the new year was the 37+ hour Pandora's Star. Turns out the audiobook has a terrible problem with modulation. Fortunately, someone said listening through headphones (or buds) makes it tolerable. That wasn't the plan, but downloading to transfer onto Nano. :( I'll have to pick something else to listen to via my Echo collection. I was 2 hours into this book and couldn't imagine finishing it with these issues. Sigh.
Not a great start :(I hope you have more luck with your next read!!
DoodlePanda wrote: "Not a great start :(I hope you have more luck with your next read!!"
Ditto!
Doh!"Every morning I wake up to country music. That way I can be assured the day can only get better."
I'm making progress on the old audiobooks. It's really hard to stay focused on those though. I'm running out of things that I can listen to while I'm working on Ebay!
My cousin lives and dies by her narrators and the recording styles. O_O I'm sorry
I have to add this challenge. Your fault MrsJoseph!2018 SFFBC Owned Books Challenge!
Length of Ownership (best guess) (1/bk)
1 year - 10 points
3 years - 50 points
5 years - 75 points
10 years - 150 points
Length of Book (1/bk)
300 pages/10 hours - 15 points
500 pages/17 hours - 75 points
750 pages/25 hours - 150 points
1000 pages/33 hours - 300 points
Total Owned Books Read (1/yr)
0-10 - 25 points
11-30 - 50 points
31-50 - 75 points
51-75 - 100 points
76-100 - 150 points
100+ - 200 points
Series (1/bk)
First book in a series - 5 points
May Day
Heat Wave
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
A Darkness Forged in Fire
Valor's Choice
Jane Carver of Waar
The Wide-Awake Princess
The Three Musketeers
Neptune Crossing
True Detective
Double Whammy
Storm Over Warlock
Lethal People
Pandora's Star
We Are Legion - We Are Bob
Polaris
Wizard's First Rule
Dragonflight
Any subsequent book in a series - 10 points
June Bug
Dead Ever After
June Bug
Knee High by the Fourth of July
August Moon
September Fair
Little Myth Marker
October Fest
November Hunt
Coffee, Tea, or Murder?
December Dread
The Light of Burning Shadows
Godchild
The Black Ice
January Thaw
The Elves of Cintra
M.Y.T.H. Inc. Link
Drowning in Christmas
Fifth book in a series - 20 points
September Fair
Myth-ing Persons
Tenth book in a series - 30 points
Finish a series - 15 points
Dead Ever After
The Gypsy Morph
March of Crime
Ringworld's Children
Other
Forced on you by a friend - 20 points (1/bk) Neptune Crossing
Received as a gift - 10 points (1/bk) Storm Over Warlock
A book that any group you're a member of reads as a monthly selection - 25 points (1/bk) Elantris
Embarrassing cover - 20 points (30 if you read some of it in public without hiding the cover) (1/bk)
Won/Nominated for any kind of award - 10 points (1/bk) True Detective
An author you've never read - 10 points (1/bk)Deader Homes and Gardens
A buddy read - 5 points (20 if you both/all own it) (1/bk) The Three Musketeers
A 2018 release, but pre-ordered in 2017 - 5 points (1/bk)
Turned into a movie or other media - 10 points (1/bk) Emma
A 2017 Holiday gift - 10 points (1/bk) January Thaw
A self-pub - 5 points (1/bk) 10-Minute Declutter: The Stress-Free Habit for Simplifying Your Home
Oops! Bought it twice - 25 points (1/bk) Riders of the Purple Sage
Read at least one book in each of the three formats: print, ebook, audio - 25 points (1/yr) Jaws
A genre/subgenre you usually avoid - 15 points (1/bk) The Midwife's Here! The Enchanting True Story of One of Britain's Longest Serving Midwives
Read with a cup of tea or coffee - 5 points/book (1/bk) Implant
Read with a cat or dog on your lap - 5 points (1/bk) December Dread
BONUS: If you have fewer unread books on your shelves on 1/1/19 - 500 points.
1/bk = You can get these points one time for each book
1/yr = These points can only be earned once over the course of the year
01. Elantris - Brandon Sanderson 2011 622 p. 150
02. Star Hunter- Andre Norton 2011 97p 75
03. The Midwife's Here! - Linda Fairley 2017 220p 10
04. Emma - Jane Austen (audio) 2010 474p 165
05. Deader Homes and Gardens - Angie Fox 2017 10
06. May Day - Jess Lourey 2014 50
07. Valor's Choice - Tanya Huff 2010 416p 165
08. June Bug - Jess Lourey 2014 50
09. Plague Ship - Andre Norton 2011 75
10. Knee High by the Fourth of July - Jess Lourey 2014 50
11. Lust, Loathing and a Little Lip Gloss - Kyra Davis 2011 368p 90
12. August Moon - Jess Lourey 2014 50
13. Twilight Eyes - Dean Koontz 2010 451p 165
14. September Fair- Jess Lourey 2014 50
15. Gingerbread Cookie Murder - Fluke, Levine, Meier 2011 362p 90
16. High Noon At Midnight - Michael Avallone 2017 10
17. Heat Wave - Richard Castle 2012 75
18. Darkly Dreaming Dexter 2011 75
19. John Dies at the End 2012 75
20. Jaws 2011 75
21. Memory of Earth 2010 332p 165
22. Dead Ever After 2013 354p. 90
23. Impact 2011 356p 90
24. Darkness Forged in Fire 2011 380p 90
25. Three Musketeers 2012 672p 150
26. Jane Carver of Waar 2017 310 p 25
27. Rocket Ship Galileo 2012 75
28. Whose Body 2013 75
29. The Wide Awake Princess 2012 75
30. Little Myth Marker 2012 75
31. Mything Persons 2013 75
32. October Fest 2013 75
33. Stories of the Western Range: Three Tales 2013 75
34. November Hunt 2014 50
35 Riders of the Purple Sage 2013 75
36. MSW - Coffee, Tea or Murder? 2016 10
37. 10 Minute DeClutter 2017 10
38. December Dread 2014 50
39. Naughty & NIce 2014 50
40. Light of Burning Shadows 2010 360p 90
41, Neptune Crossing 2010 383p 90
42. The Defiant Agents 2011 75
43. True Detective 2011 423p 90
44. Northanger Abbey 2011 75
45. Double Whammy 401p 2011 90
46. Godchild 2011 75
47. Frankenstein 2012 75
48. The Black Ice 2014 448p 65
49. Kiss The Girls And Make Them Die 2012 75
50. Storm Over Warlock 2012 75
51. Unkillable 2012 75
52. January Thaw2014 50
53. Lethal People 2011 75
54. Diabetes Without Drugs 2011 90
55. Pandora's Star 37 hrs. 2011 375
56. Importance of Being Ernest 2012 75
57. Elves of Cintra 2011 372 90
58. We Are Legion (We Are Bob) 2017 304p 25
59. M.Y.T.H. Inc. Link 2013 75
60. The Gypsy Morph 14 hrs 2011 90
61. Polaris 12 hrs 2011 90
62. Wizard's First Rule 34hrs 2011 375
63. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress 385p 2011 90
64. Ringworld's Children 2011 75
65. A Christmas Carol 2013 75
66. A Christmas Carol (diff. narrator) 2015 50
67. Drowning in Christmas 2013 75
68. A Christmas Carol (another narrator) 2017 10
69. The Glass Mermaid (The Chancellor Fairy Tales) 2017 10
70. The Cupcake Witch 2017 10
71. Dragonflight 75
For 2012 readings.The Gentle Brush of Wings
Good horror short story.
Heat Wave
Enjoyed, but narrator a little hard to understand early on.
The Three Musketeers
Great story. Much longer than what I read in high school. Narrator John Lee
Rocket Ship Galileo
Good story, worth the read, but not a keeper for me.
The Wide-Awake Princess
Loved it. Geared towards kids and adults.
Frankenstein
Good story. Listened to both Simon Vance & Dan Stevens
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
Thriller - lots of things are not as they seem
Storm Over Warlock
Really dragged for first half of book.
Unkillable
Revenge story. Ok story
The Importance of Being Earnest
Still great and funny play!
Ok, moving on, maybe I'll list books as I go. Currently listening to
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
. Has a lot of wry humor, which is unusual when the story is a 1st person narrative of a serial killer. Series (which I've only seen a few episodes) based on this.
Wooooohoooooo!!!:-D
Stephanie wrote: "Ok, moving on, maybe I'll list books as I go. Currently listening to Darkly Dreaming Dexter. Has a lot of wry humor, which is unusual when the story is a 1st person narrative of a seri..."Big fan of Dexter, on screen and off. Haven't listened to them, rather read, but enjoyed the whole series (oh, and I think the end of the novels was better than the TV series). Have fun!
Finished Darkly Dreaming Dexter. Totally loved it. Ok, I don't quite believe that the killer would know the mind of Dexter that well, but I moved on and enjoyed the story. Now I can justify watching the series this summer.Took awhile to decide, what is the next book!? Nearly the end of the month, I decided on another older book in my collection. Another 2010 and in this case, a CD I own. So, on to A Darkness Forged in Fire. Book one of the Irone Elves (I have book 2 at Audible). I need to do at least one LONG book in May.
Finished Dead and Gone. Excellent book! Now I have to figure out where I put my Ipod so I can finish A Darkness Forged in Fire.
lolol!!!
It is how I feel finishing books some time. :P
Finished Dead in the Family which was excellent. Then moved on to one of my older books. The Memory of Earth by Orson Scott Card sucked. I quit after 3 hours. This is religious fantasy, not science fiction. I feel like I wasted my evening. Anyway, I will try to find my Nano and return to A Darkness Forged in Fire. At least I got to knock off another of my old books. 2010 is almost done!!
Still listening to Sookie Stackhouse. Finished Deadlocked Now, a couple hours in to Dead Ever After. Plus i still have short stories and followup book. BUT, will be complete with this series this month instead of next. Yay!! Almost done with a series!!
Finished Impact by Michael Wallace. I kept starting and stopping this book, but once I got into it, it was hard to put down. CIA military thriller.
Listened to The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas. Very excellent. I listened to the John Lee version.
Stephanie wrote: "Listened to The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas. Very excellent. I listened to the John Lee version."I keep meaning to read this whole thing but I keep getting sidetracked.
Not unusual. I keep starting Moby-Dick or, The Whale, but too many interruptions. I'll give it a try again in September. I try to do 3-4 classics that I haven't read before annually. I typically enjoy the books but they usually require more concentrated attention. By September, I'll be making socks and/or a sweater so hours of time for that.Finishing off some books that have been in my ipod for awhile. Currently There's Trouble Brewing and Jane Carver of Waar, both of which are audiobooks. Haven't decided on my next ebook.
The Whale is not to be underestimated. :P
I highly recommend There's Trouble Brewing by Nicholas Blake if you like murder mysteries. Really excellent. Written in 1935 by a man who eventually became a Poet Laureate (note, he is also the father of actor Daniel Day-Lewis). Really enjoyed Jane Carver of Waar. Good action adventure. Lots of snark. Some gratuitous sex towards the end so maybe not something to give to give your 15 year old. I read on Amazon that this is basically a knock-off version of John Carter of Mars, but I haven't read that yet, so I enjoyed this anyway. :)
I scanned and converted the The Silver Needle Murder by Laura Childs. A little more formatting work today and then I can read it. Some of the books in this series have never been released in ebook, so I've been scanning and converting as I am unable to read them in print.
Finished Rocket Ship Galileo by Robert Heinlein. Juvenile science fiction. I recommend if you have a teenager. Currently Closed Circles by Viveca Sten on my Echo, The Silver Needle Murder on an ereader and Bloodsuckers: The Vampire Archives, Volume 1 on the Nano.
I have completed the Sookie Stackhouse marathon. All books and short stories plus the follow up books are done! Now moving on to other goals. This month is mostly anthologies and magazines. This month has many interruptions between street construction, outdoor work, death in the family and health issues. So, shorter stories work better.
Next month is my traditional western month. Mostly Louis L'Amour this year.
I'm kindof all over the place this month. Finished a magazine, finished a couple of Robert Asprin books. Reading another magazine AND listening to a book (True Fiction by Lee Goldberg (good thriller so far). I am in the last 2 weeks of my .99 cent Kindle Unlimited membership, so have a bunch of audiobooks to listen to in a short time. I even started another a Jessica Fletcher book (I'm reading a chapter each day) and another Jessica Lourey book (this series will finish next year).
Robert Asprin. There's a blast from the past. I read so many of those in late high school and early university.
Robert Asprin is even better in audiobook! I have one left that I own and then will have to wait on the others. I am WAY behind on scifi magazines, so reading most current and working my way backwards. Easy with Asimov Scifi mag because there aren't any serialized options, but Lightspeed and similar I'll have to check first.
Joined another challenge elsewhere. The D&J catchup - books on the back list that I never got around to reading. Focusing on those I already own though.Own
The Way of Kings
Leviathan Wakes
Brave New World
A Princess of Mars
The Night Circus
Seveneves
The Martian Chronicles
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Library
Artemis
The Golem and the Jinni
The Handmaid's Tale
Other
Hyperion
The Fall of Hyperion
Old Man's War
The Lions of Al-Rassan
Stranger in a Strange Land
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 3
Six Wakes
Parasite
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