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Complete all 2011 books 0/14

Participate in SugarPop Challenge

Focus on completing series.

Series:
Lord of the Rings - J R R Tolkien 3/4 DONE January
Iron Elves - Chris Evans 2/3 DONE February
Starship - Mike Resnick 4/5 DONE March
The Reckoners - Brandon Sanderson 0/3 DONE March
Murder by the Month - Jess Lourey 11/12 DONE April
Sandham Murders 4/6 DONE April
Ghost-In-Law (deLeon) 0/3 DONE May
Commonwealth Saga 1/2 DONE June
Deathworld 2/3 DONE July
Diskworld! Terry Pratchett 25/41 DONE DECEMBER
Murder She Wrote! Jessica Fletcher 13/48
Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mysteries - Sue Grafton 5/26
Landover series - Terry Brooks 0/6
Shannara series - Terry Brooks 5/37*
87th Precinct 11/55
Moreland Series - Cynthia Harrod-Eagles 0/35
War At Home - Cynthia Harrod-Eagles 0/5
Laurel McKay 5/7
Spellsinger 0/7
Cat Who 5/32 (reread 1)
Ringworld (2/4)
Yakima Henry 1/10
Pampered Pets 4/10
Undying Mercenaries 1/9
Myth (Asprin) 7/12
Miss Marple 7/14
In Death 19/59
Bill Slider - Cynthia Harrod-Eagles 0/21
Lorimer & Brightman - Alex Grey 0/16
Vorkosigan saga 5/22
Fable of Tonight 2/4
Myrtle Clover 1/11
Cadfael 0/20
Archy McNally 1/13
Deadwood Mysteries 1/10
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache 1/14
Halo (first 3 books only) 0/3
Void Trilogy 0/3
Argeneau Vampires 10/29
Undead (Davidson) 1/15
Womens Murder Club 1/18
Trash n Treasures 3/15
Chief Inspector Barnaby 1/7
Pip and Flinx 1/15
Agatha Raisin 1/29
Kovak and Liska (Tami Hoag) 1/6
King & Maxwell (Baldacci) 1/6
Half-Moon Hollow 1/6
Roderick Alleyn (Ngaio Marsh) 2/33
Harry Bosch 2/21
Alex Cross 1/26
Hamish McBeth (Beaton) 1/33
Very English Mystery (Edmonson) 0/3

ebook only
Seaside Knitters 8/13
Tea Shop Mysteries 4/20
Ed Noon 2/34
Xanth 1/32
Coffeehouse Mystery
Hannaside and Hemingway (Heyer)
Warlock( Stasheff)

Obviously can't finish all of these in one year. Just listing. So many to choose from!

*Doing a reread in anticipation of the series completion in 2020.

Additional series added 2019:
Sacketts - Louis L'Amour 4/19
Cradle - Will Wight 1/6
Buchanan - Jonas Ward 2/20?

Complete all 2011 books (14)

The Devils Deep - Michael Wallace
Golden 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) - Andre Norton
The Detachment - Barry Eisler
Princess of Landover (audio 13h7m) - Terry Brooks
Dead or Alive (audio 20h39m) - Tom Clancy
Asimov (Aug 2011)
Asimov (sept 2011)
Asimov (Oct 2011)
Asimov (nov/dec 2011)

D&J Popsugar Challenge
1. A book becoming a movie in 2019 Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
2. A book that’s published in 2019 April Fools
3. Your favorite prompt from a past Popsugar Reading Challenge (a book about a heist) Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man
4. A book that makes you nostalgic The Elfstones of Shannara
5. A book written by a musican (fiction or non-fiction) War for the Oaks
6. A book you think should be turned into a movie The World of Poo
7. A book with at least 1,000,000 ratings on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Brave New World
8. A book with a plant in the title or on the cover Pines
9. A reread of a favorite book The Return of the King
10. A book about a hobby At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much
11. A book with an item of clothing or an accessory on the cover Rules of Murder
12. A book inspired by mythology, legend, or folklore The Source of Magic
13. A book published posthumously The Shepherd's Crown
14. A book you see someone reading on tv or in a movie: Castle A Brewing Storm
15. A retelling of a classic The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
16. A book with a question in the title Who in Hell Is Wanda Fuca?
17. A book set on a university or college campus
18. A book about someone with a superpower Steelheart
19. A book told from multiple character POV’s First King of Shannara
20. A book set in space The Man-Kzin Wars
21. A book with a two word title Night Watch
22. A book with “Love� in the title Like Love
23. A book by two female authors The Girl with the Dachshund Tattoo
24. A book with a title that contains “salty,� “sweet,� “bitter,� or “spicy.� Bitter Seeds
25. A book set in Scandinavia In the Heat of the Moment
26. A book that takes place in a single day Lady Killer
27. A debut novel The Golem and the Jinni
28. A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature The Wishsong of Shannara
29. A book recommended by a celebrity you admire (Cher) Stranger in a Strange Land
30. A book featuring an amateur detective Murder at the Powderhorn Ranch
31. A book about family Mischief in Mudbug
32. A book written by an author from Asia, Africa, or South America James McClure? Binti
33. A book with an astrology sign or astrology term in the title Gemini
34. A book with “pop,� “sugar,� or “challenge� in the title Sugar Rush
35. A book that includes a wedding The Founding
36. A book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter A Man of Some Repute
37. A ghost story The Graveyard Book
38. A novel based on a true story In Farleigh Field
39. A book revolving around a puzzle or game Stillhouse Lake
40. A book that you meant to read in 2018 Starship: Flagship

Advanced
41. A cli fi (Climate fiction) book State of Fear
42. A “choose your own adventure� book
43. An “own voices� book
44. Read a book during the season it is set in (January) A Slice of Murder
45. A LITRPG book Code Jumper: A GameLit Novel
46. A book with no chapters, unusual chapter headings, or unconventionally numbered chapters
47. Two books that share the same title The Lost World
48. Two books that share the same title The Lost World
49. A book that inspired a common phrase or idiom (ie Big Brother from 1984)
50. A book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent

SF&F Backlist challenge
DONE
War for the Oaks DONE March
Brave New World DONE May
Artemis - DONE JULY
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch DONE August
A Natural History of Dragons DONE November

Own
The Way of Kings
Leviathan Wakes
A Princess of Mars
The Night Circus
Seveneves
The Martian Chronicles
Foreigner
The Mote in God's Eye
Ubik
Watership Down
A Fire Upon the Deep
I Am Legend
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Warbreaker

Library
The Golem and the Jinni
The Handmaid's Tale
A Clash of Kings

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
The Stand
The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Long Earth
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Consider Phlebas
The Gunslinger

reserved

Final Reserved!

First!!
I'm on a roll this year! :D

I've been listing all my series and it's scary, particularly since I own most of those books!

Stephanie wrote: "I've been listing all my series and it's scary, particularly since I own most of those books!"

That is a lot of series... xD

Here are my focus series. I own or can easily access all the books in these series. I've already read books in most of them.

Diskworld - Terry Pratchett 40/41 COMPLETED
Bill Slider series - Cynthia Harrod-Eagles 0/21
Murder She Wrote - Donald Bain & others 25/49 (not all in order)
Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mysteries - Sue Grafton 3/25 + 2 out of order
Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold 4/16
Magic Kingdom of Landover - Terry Brooks 0/6
Shannara series - Terry Brooks 10/37
Moreland Dynasty - Cynthia Harrod-Eagles 2/35
Lorimer and Brightman- Alex Gray 1/11 (reread 1)
87th Precinct = Ed McBain 47/55
Xanth - Piers Anthony 2/41
Reckoner Series - Brandon Sanderson 3/3 COMPLETED

Stephanie, 87th Precinct was a long-time favorite of my dad's.

Thanks for the mention. Added that. I have most of those. Think I'm only missing one. I bought them to share with a now late elderly friend who loved them. I think I'm up to book 11. The stories are still good, even if the technology is old.

Murder She Wrote Progress (11/49 + 3 out of order) :
15. Murder at the Powderhorn Ranch - Done January
16. Knock 'em Dead - Done January
17. Trick or Treachery - Done April
18. Dying to Retire - Done April
19. A Vote for Murder - Done May
20. The Maine Mutiny - Done June
21. Margaritas and Murder - Done July
22. A Question of Murder - Done August
23. Coffee, Tea, or Murder? - Done September
24. A Slaying In Savannah - Done October
25. Madison Avenue Shoot - Done November
26. A Fatal Feast - Done November

Trilogies Progress (0/3):

The Reckoners - Brandon Sanderson
1. Steelheart - Done January
1a. Mitosis (Novella) - Done March
2. Firefight - Done March
3. Calamity - Done March

Halo series (various authors)
1. Halo: The Fall of Reach
2. Halo: The Flood
3. Halo: First Strike

Void Trilogy - Peter Hamilton
1. The Dreaming Void
2. The Temporal Void
3. The Evolutionary Void

87th Precinct Progress (10/55):
11. Lady Killer (actually book 8) - Done January
12. The Heckler - Done January
13. See Them Die - Done January
14. Lady, Lady, I Did It! - Done January
15. The Empty Hours - Done January
16. Like Love - Done January
17. Ten Plus One - Done January
18. Ax - Done February
19. He Who Hesitates - Done February
20. Eighty Million Eyes - Done February
21. Shotgun - Done February
22. Doll - Done February
23. Jigsaw - Done February
24. Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here! - Done February
25. Sadie When She Died - Done March
26. Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man - Done March
27. Hail to the Chief - Done March
28. So Long as You Both Shall Live - Done March
29. Long Time No See - Done March
30. Calypso - Done March
31. Fuzz - Done March
32. Ghosts - Done March
33. Lightning - Done March
34. Bread - Done April
35. Blood Relatives - Done April
36. Heat - Done April
37. Ice - Done April
38. Eight Black Horses - Done May
39. Poison - Done June
40. Tricks - Done July
41. Lullaby - Done July
42. Vespers - Done July
43. Widows - Done October
44. Kiss - Done October
45. Mischief
46. And All Through The House
47. Romance - Done November
48. Nocturne - Done November
49. The Big Bad City
50. The Last Dance - Done December
51. Money, Money, Money - Done November
52. Fat Ollie's Book - Done December
53. The Frumious Bandersnatch - Done December
54. Hark! - Done December
55. Fiddlers

Almost Done Series Progress (2 or fewer books left at year start)

Lord of the Rings - J R R Tolkien 3/4 DONE January
Iron Elves 2/3 DONE February
Starship 4/5 DONE March
Murder-by-the-Month 11/12 Done April
Sandham Murders 4/6 DONE April
Commonwealth Saga 1/2 DONE June
Deathworld 2/3 DONE July
Ringworld (2/4)
Fable of Tonight 2/4
Laurel McKay 5/7

They had Kindle Unlimited available for .99 for 3 months, so focusing a bit on the 87th Precinct first since nearly all are included with audiobooks. Still, I only do a couple in a row so that the books remain fresh. Early books are pretty short.

Stephanie wrote: "They had Kindle Unlimited available for .99 for 3 months, so focusing a bit on the 87th Precinct first since nearly all are included with audiobooks. Still, I only do a couple in a row so that the ..."

You can get audiobooks included in Kindle unlimited??

DoodlePanda wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "They had Kindle Unlimited available for .99 for 3 months, so focusing a bit on the 87th Precinct first since nearly all are included with audiobooks. Still, I only do a couple in ..."

Just depends on the book. Most of the 87th Precinct include the audiobook for free as part of the 'rental.' Not sure if it shows unless you actively have KU, but if you have some authors you are interested in, send me a PM and I'll check.

I have KU, but I had no idea you go audiobooks too xD

How can you tell when the audiobook is free? I assume it will say when youre looking at the book?

DoodlePanda wrote: "I have KU, but I had no idea you go audiobooks too xD

How can you tell when the audiobook is free? I assume it will say when youre looking at the book?"

(Disclaimer: This is how it is on the US site.) On the book page, the format button (the one closest to the book) that says "0.00 Kindle Unlimited" has a little headphones icon, and the "buy" button over on the right where you can send it to your device says "read and listen for free" instead of just "read for free".

When browsing KU books with the categories sidebar showing on the left, there is also a checkbox to show ebooks with Audible Narration, but I think that includes all +audiobook titles whether they are included free or not.

Huh, cool, I'll have to have a look for it! :D

Dang that is a lot of series!

Morland Dynasty 0/35
1. The Founding DONE January
2. The Dark Rose DONE May
3. The Princeling

Original Shannara Series
1. Sword of Shannara - DONE 2018
2. Elfstones of Shannara - DONE January
3. Wishsong of Shannara - DONE February
4. (prequel) First King of Shannara - DONE February

Genesis of Shannara
1. Armageddon's Children - DONE 2018
2. Elves of Cintra - DONE 2018
3. The Gypsy Morph - DONE 2018

Heritage of Shannara
1. Scions of Shannara
2. The Druid of Shannara
3. The Elf Queen of Shannara
4. The Talismans of Shannara

Progress! :D

I considered doing the popsugar challenge, but decided I have enough to keep up with as it is xD

My wrapup for January is fairly positive.
Lord of the Rings - COMPLETED
87th Precinct - 7 more books done
Reckoners - 1 of 3 books done
Murder She Wrote - 2 more books done
Shannara - 1 more book done (currently listening to next)

I have Kindle Unlimited through most of March so am focused on 87th Precinct so I can listen to the audiobooks for free. I prefer to not read books in a series one after another, otherwise the stories just meld together. So will have more on others.

Diskworld 25/41

26. Thief of Time - Completed February
27. The Last Hero - Completed April
28. Night Watch - Completed April
29. The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents Completed - June
30. The Wee Free Men - Completed June
31. Monstrous Regiment - Completed July
32. A Hat Full of Sky - Completed July
33. Going Postal - Completed September
34. Thud!] - Completed September
35. Wintersmith - Completed September
36. Making Money - Completed October
37. Unseen Academicals - Completed November
38. I Shall Wear Midnight - Completed November
39. Snuff - Completed November
40. Raising Steam - Completed November
41. The Shepherd's Crown - completed December
41.5 Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook - will read in 2020.

My wrapup for February is fairly positive.
Iron Elves Trilogy - COMPLETED
Original Shannara tetralogy - COMPLETED
87th Precinct - Another 7 books done
Diskworld - 1 book done

Overall, I'm pleased with my progress. Looks like I will still be laid up another month, so hoping for similar progress for March. I have one more month of Kindle Unlimited, so working hard on that 87th Precinct. Another 30 books to go!

Lorimer & Brightman - Alex Gray
1. Never Somewhere Else - Done March
2.

Lots done in March in series:
Starship series (by Mike Resnick) COMPLETED!!
The Reckoners trilogy (by Brandon Sanderson) - COMPLETED!
87th Precinct - 9 books this month; 24 left
Sandham Murders - 1 book done, 1 left to go
Ghost-in-law series - 1 book done
Lorimer & Brightman - 1st book reread - now ready for rest of series

My Kindle Unlimited ended yesterday afternoon, so I'll give the 87th Precinct a bit of a rest in April. Viveca Sten writes the Sandham Murders and only 6 of her 10 books have been translated. Hoping more are done this year and released! Have to start looking for the last book in the 87th Precinct series, which is just an add-on (Ladies 2).

Ha ha. Just days after I cancelled the Kindle Unlimited, they had a 2 month deal for .99, so I joined that again so that I can finish off the rest of the 87th Precinct audiobooks that I don't own as well as listen to a couple of other items I'm interested in.

Nice! That is fantastic luck :D

That worked out well! :) I got some free months added to mine when I bought my most recent Kindle, and that runs out in June. I've been looking at my KU wishlist and wondering if I can knock most of them out before then. If so, I might cancel it for a while. But somehow I don't think I will because there's a lot of books on that list. :D

Really funny - I read Stalking the Vampire and then found out I had read it in 2017. Absolutely NO RECALL of anything in this book specifically. And it was such a funny book too. Anyway, I can move on to book 3 and the final novella later this month.

I'm a little bummed. I bought a new Voyage from Woot for only $129 several weeks ago. I was so excited - it was a European version and the 3G even worked here! That lasted until about a week ago when I realized that I was charging this danged thing up every other day. Ultimately, I'm returning it because it has a bad battery. They have no more, so I'll get my money back. I'm not completely crushed - I was able to get a refurbished Voyage for $89 instead. No 3G, but that's ok as even AT&T expects to drop 3G in 3 years. I guess not charging even new ereaders while stored for sale kills the battery just as easily as it does sitting in your drawer uncharged for months on end. Anyway, I have to draw up an ereader plan or sell more ereaders.

Kindle keyboard 1 - Xanth series
Kindle keyboard 2 - Murder She Wrote and Alphabet Murder series
Kindle Keyboard 3 - Kitchen ereader/Whispersync;sometimes take-a-long
Kindle Keyboard 4 - Occasional bookread to keep active
Voyager - Main ereader
Frond Voyage* - All Kobo books (there are 400+)
Voyage 3 - All Amazon books (still in cloud - over 1000)
Paperwhite 3 - All magazines (Asimov, Lightspeed, etc.)
Paperwhite 2 - Winter take-along ereader (need light)
Kindle Basic 8 - Whispersync titles
Kindle Basic 7 - bro's books
Kindle Basic 7 - Ed Noon + Codex Alera series
Nook Glo3 - All B&N books (there are 300+)
Kindle Touch - used for editing OCR'd books
Kindle 5th gen - Baen Books; Tor Books; Bundles

*the case consists of palm leaves

Have to load up my summer take-a-long reader with Baen books and Phoenix Picks tonight yet. There's actually a little light in the cover - for those very rare occasions when I need one. Why so many ereaders? Because I can? Because of Woot deals? Because I got great trade-in deals? Really, it's all of those and because I'm a gadget fiend. We haven't even discussed how many ipods I have.

Woah that is a lot of ereaders!
But you're making me feel better about buying a new one recently :D

Would you say you use them all like weekly/monthly?

I do try to use every reader at least monthly. That's why I sold several (actually currently have 2 still up for sale). You can only manage so many. You can't just leave them in storage or the battery dies. So a little, regular use keeps them going and going. Until I actually need a larger screen, I won't need to buy another one. Eventually my Mom's ereader will fail and she will get either the PW3 or a Voyage, but until then, I keep it active.

April's Wrapup is still pretty good. Lots of progress.

Murder by the Month by Jess Lourey COMPLETED!
Sandham Murders by Viveca Sten COMPLETD!
4 more books in 87th Precinct (18 left!)
2 more books in Murder She Wrote series
2 more books in Diskworld series
1 more in Fable of Tonight series (1 book + novella left)
1 more book in Ghost-in-Law series (1 left)
Finally, 17 out of 40 items done in the SugarPop challenge.

I expect May to be a little less productive.

Well done, you seem to be doing well! :D

...I really need to get back to Discworld...

Stephanie, do you think the Voyage is a worthwhile investment? Or the Oasis?

I LOVE my Voyage. Mainly because of the auto-light levels and the squeeze "buttons". I hate touch screen only. The flat screen is very nice compared to my kids' PW2 or my old K3 as well. But I wouldn't get it just for that.

But, I think the new PW is a better deal unless you hate touch screen only as much as I do. You get basically the same screen, water proof, audio book capability, 2x to (optional) 8x the memory, and it's cheaper than the Voyage. You don't get the squeeze buttons or the auto-adjusting light. If I didn't hate touch screen only, I would consider that for my next one. And I may still. I have had to deal with it on my phone when a book isn't available on the Kindle for some reason and am learning to be ok with it.

Actually, Dezrin, I'm told that the screen on the new paperwhite is plastic, not glass. Some people have been quite unhappy with it.

Yes, I love the Voyage and I have 3 because of that; I totally recommend getting one. The touch screen is actually nicer than Paperwhites and the light doesn't have that bluish tinge, which annoys me sometimes with the PPW2 & PPW3. While I rarely use the buttons any more, I like having them available.

What doesn't it have? It doesn't have blue-tooth, so no text-to-speech. I don't need larger space - it easily holds 1,000-2,000 ebooks and I don't read Manga. I have other sources for playing audiobooks.

Woot had an offering of a new International Voyage with 3G for $130. Alas, the batteries were OLD and it wouldn't hold a charge. They refunded my money as soon as they received the unit (and I have yet another charging cord). I have a couple of old units with 3G, but WIFI is available everywhere I go now vs. 2013. My feeling is that if you do not need the space or the waterproofing, getting a refurbished Voyage is a great choice! If you get a new one, be aware that the batteries have not been used - so you need to test, test, test those first few weeks. I put my entire library on and plugged it in overnight - 3 days for indexing. After that, you shouldn't need to charge it for at least a week even with wifi on, lights on and binge reading for many hours.

As to the Oasis, most people love theirs. If you use large type or for whatever reason need that larger screen, it would be worth the investment.

I read/listened a lot during May, but not much in series.

Ghost-In-Law by Jana DeLeon - Completed!
Murder She Wrote - 1 book done
87th Precinct - 1 book done; 17 books left
Morland Dynasty - 1 book done
Completed several more books in the Popsugar Challenge. 20 are now done, so halfway through, not including the Advanced section.

Well, it's the end of June and halfway through the challenge year.
Murder She Wrote - 1 book done
87th Precinct - 1 book done
Diskworld - 2 books and a novella
Commonwealth series - COMPLETED!

Not much done because Judas Unchained in Commonwealth series was very long. Finished another book in the Pop Sugar challenge. Now only need to identify 4 more books to read in that. Also, I really don't like Diskworld children's books although I did like Tiffany Aching (Wee Free Men).

Next month, I'm working on another group of Terry Brooks' novels. This will be the 4 books of Heritage of Shannara. As usual, August is Western month. I finished all the audiobooks I owned last year, but still have ebooks to do including the new additions from Jonas Ward's Buchanan series that are being republished in ebook format. I have the entire Louis L'amour collection to read (171 books plus) and Max Brand, so it will be some years before August will have to go to another genre.

Well, I thought I'd be listening to Terry Brooks, but have been sidetracked on a bunch of other stuff. September now for Terry.

Yes, I shopped the Amazon Prime Day (well, week really). Bought another Smart Plug for a lamp that has no switch (i.e. I have to walk in the dark in order to turn it on). $5. Yay! Also, gave into the gadget-need and traded in one of my Touch kindles for a new 10th Gen Kindle basic. With all the discounts, it ended up at $20. I had bought the Touch on a whim and really didn't need a 2nd one. I also got another Voyage from Woot. So, as I look at my pile of Kindles (and one Nook), I wonder... will this be enough?

Yes, I know... some folks will say - why not a Paperwhite? Easy - no Paperwhite is even close to the fantasticness (is that a word?) of the Voyage. Since I don't need the added space or the waterproofing, it is perfect. However, the basic includes Audible and gives me the option to add bluetooth earbuds while making myself exercise at the YMCA. So, I can read or listen. Heh! I don't take my Voyage to the Y. One day, I will forget it- I know I will - and despite having my name attached to the back with packing tape, it won't return. I can live with that with a Basic. I would be crushed if it happened to a Voyage. Yes, I know, I have issues.

Congrats on your Prime Day deals!

Stephanie wrote: "Easy - no Paperwhite is even close to the fantasticness (is that a word?) of the Voyage."

I'm still using my Voyage. I gave my newish Paperwhite to my Mom since I realized I was probably never going to use it. The Paperwhite is good, but... it's not a Voyage.

Congratulations on your new Kindles. I'm still eyeing a Kobo Clara HD, although I did take a sneak peak at the Kobo Aura H2O. Maybe next week or the week after.