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Location: Cheshire, England | Yay, I've finished ahead of my schedule. Mind you there were three books that I didn't actually finish but only because they couldn't pique my interest. I'd say I got half my choices right which I think is a pretty good percentage when the choices were random.
The author's I really enjoyed and will be looking out for more work are: Lilith Saintcrow, Catherynne Valente, Cherie Priest and I've already worked my way through Charlaine Harris's catalogue. I'd certainly read more Sarah Pinborough, now that I know what I'm going to get. I was really disappointed with Storm Constantine (so much so that she got binned and replaced by someone else in the first three months!) and N K Jemisin. Doris Lessing was very interesting but just waaaaay too long but it won't stop me picking up more of her books. I'll probably just not seek them out. |
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Location: Seattle, WA | Congrats! Having a tough time with Cipher by Kathe Koja at the moment, but hadn't considered abandoning it.
I've just two more after that, so I'll be done in November.
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Location: Cheshire, England | Ah there's too many other books that I know I'll enjoy or hope I'll enjoy to keep struggling with a book I'm not really getting anywhere with. The chances are I'll go back to them in the future. Eventually I'll have forgotten I'd tried them anyway and then they'll be new ones just waiting for me to to be in the right frame of mind to finish them off. |
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Location: Neither here...nor there | I've finished (and I didn't even start until June!). These are the books I read, listed in order of my enjoyment of them:
Beauty by Sheri S. Tepper (5 Stars) Based on this, I am planning to read all of Tepper's books (and there's a lot of them!)
Solitaire by Kelley Eskridge (5 Stars) This totally blew my mind and is tied with Beauty for first place. I wish this wasn't the only book that Eskridge had written.
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin (5 Stars) Ok, I read the Earthsea series multiple times in my early teens. But that was a long time ago so LeGuin is almost a new author for me. This book was so fabulous I can't believe it's been so long since I've read any of LeGuin's work.
The Drowning Girl by Caitlin R. Kiernan (5 Stars) This was about a million times better than I expected it to be and I definitely want to read more by Kiernan.
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (5 Stars) I was left completely in awe of Clarke's talent.
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin (4 Stars) Wildly original, both in plot and style. Very impressive.
The Rapture by Liz Jensen (3.5 Stars) I've read 4 of Jensen's books this year and she has definitely earned a place on my Favorite Authors list.
The Birth of Love by Joanna Kavenna (3.5 Stars) Thought provoking and creative. It's rather sad how few people have read this book; it deserves more recognition.
The Vintner's Luck by Elizabeth Knox (3 Stars)
Damiano by R.A. MacAvoy (3 Stars)
The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord (3 Stars)
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Location: Cheshire, England | Well done HRO! The only common author in there was N. K. Jemisin and I gave it up in favour of someone else. Seeing as how everyone seems to like this lady's work I will probably go back to it some other time. |
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Location: Dallas, Texas | Congrats, HRO! Five fives out of 12 and only one book under a 3? Not bad at all. So who was your random author pic and how did you pick her? I'm hoping she was one of your 5's! |
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Location: Neither here...nor there | Thanks Admin. I was very pleased at how much I enjoyed the books I selected for the challenge.
My random author was Kelley Eskridge (and, yes, she was one of my 5 Star reads!). I was thinking about reading Nicola Griffith because she's an author I've meant to read for quite awhile, and when I was researching her/her books I discovered that her partner, Eskridge, had also written a book. I was surprised to learn that her novel (Solitaire) was nominated for the 2002 Nebula alongside some big names like Neil Gaiman, Ursula K. LeGuin, and China Mieville. How, I wondered, could that be possible when I'd never heard of her or the book (and it doesn't seem most other people have either)? So, I bought a copy of Solitaire and *bam* .....awesomeness. |
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Location: Dallas, Texas | HRO - 2013-09-27 3:51 AM My random author was Kelley Eskridge (and, yes, she was one of my 5 Star reads!). Very nice! As Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith would say: "I love it when a plan comes together."
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| How can I tell when the troll throw the confetti? I finished twelve books, but didn't get the random book thing. I had some books pick me when I went to the library. Does that count? |
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Location: Dallas, Texas | Kata - 2013-10-02 4:03 PM How can I tell when the troll throw the confetti? I finished twelve books, but didn't get the random book thing. I had some books pick me when I went to the library. Does that count? Consider the confetti thrown! Congrats on finishing the challenge. The requirement was to pick one random author to try, just to see what would happen. We wanted to get some new names into the conversation and we thought it would be a cool experience for people to perhaps find somebody awesome that they might not have considered using their normal book selection methods. Of course, if your random pick turned out aweful that can be entertaining too  How you make or made your random pick is entirely up to you so a book jumping off the shelf at you certainly qualifies. So, any surprises in your dozen reads? A new favorite by chance? |
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| Mistification was my random pick. I was looking for another book in the library, when I found it lying nearby in an open spot on the shelf. It was one of the first horror stories that I ever remember reading, and I was surprised that I liked it. Because of the Challenge, I read a lot more fantasy than I normally do. Some of it was dark, and I was surprised that I enjoyed it, a nice change of pace. I just finished reading Stray Souls. If the next book in the series is as enjoyable, I think Ill read the earlier series that has the same setting. |
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Location: Cheshire, England | Kata, I don't think you can go wrong with Kate Griffin. When I read the first Midnight Mayor book I just had to breeze through the rest of the series. |
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| It's done. Finita la sfida to paraphrase Pagliacci. Just posted the final review.
I didn't have a random book since that became an issue after I had chosen my 12. They were all winners of one the the SF lists: 4 Nebula, 3 Campbell, 3 PKD, 2 BSFA and 1 Clarke. Roses -The Sparrow and Ash: The Secret History, Lemons - The Highest Frontier and In War Times. |
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Location: Dallas, Texas | justifiedsinner - 2013-10-23 3:36 PM It's done. Finita la sfida to paraphrase Pagliacci. Congrats, justified! Sounds like you read some great books for your challenge. What was your favorite? Any surprises? I'm also curious to know if you would have read those authors without the challenge? Thanks for participating!
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| I would have probably got around to them eventually since I'm reading my way through the lists and these are all winners. Some however I wouldn't have gotten to for a long time "Ash" (my favorite) in particular because of it's length. I think that's why the book is not more widely known, that and the fact it's misperceived as a fantasy novel.
I was also surprised that I liked The Sparrow since as an ex Catholic I'm not too drawn to religious books. The priests it portrayed where not like any I'd experienced, actual human beings instead of cranks and monsters.
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Location: Grootfontein, Namibia | I've also finished. And must admit that I probably would not have read a few of the books I did if not for the challenge. Considering the busy schedule I have in setting up farm life and the associated industry, I generally opted for "shorter" books - or at least, that's how it started out. I ended up reading quite a few hefty works! I started of with The Hunger Games (have since also finished the second novel), Bitter Angels and Dreadnought, all relatively "easy' and fun reads. From there I read Blackout/All Clear, The Blind Assassin and Flesh and Spirit, all thick books, and even read Breath and Bone, the sequel to Flesh and Spirit
. I probably would never have read The Hunger Games, nor The Drowning Girl (which turned out to be favorite along with Flesh and Spirit and its sequel. I was very disappointed in The Highest Frontier and extremely surprised by God's War and The Riddle-master of Hed, which I found truly wonderful works, God's War in particular full of grit and apocalyptic visions. I'm certainly going to read the next two installments as well.
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| I wasn't too impressed with The Highest Frontier either. Even though The Blind Assassin was hefty I found it a surprisingly fast read. I must put God's War on my list (or one of my lists, I have too many of those as well). |
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Location: UK | I've just finished my 12th book, Tea with the Black Dragon by RA MacAvoy, I just need to knock together a quick review and I'll be done. I've enjoyed this challenge a lot, and would be perfectly happy to repeat it next year. I think my highlight was China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F McHugh, and I'm not even that sure why. It just caught me in the right mood. |
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Location: Seattle, WA | According to this site, I have read 90 listed authors from 2000 to 2013. Of those, only 12 were women, so this challenge doubled that total. Here are my ratings for the 12:
***** Syne Mitchell - The Changeling Plague
****½ Catherynne M. Valente - Deathless
**** Vonda N. McIntyre - Dreamsnake
***½ Mary Doria Russell - The Sparrow
***½ Karen Joy Fowler - Sarah Canary
***½ Sheri S. Tepper - The Gate to Women's Country
***½ Libba Bray - Going Bovine
***½ Lois McMaster Bujold - Shards of Honour
** C.J. Cherryh - Rusalka
*½ Elizabeth Moon - The Speed of Dark
* Kathe Koja - Cipher
½ Holly Black - Tithe
My "random" book was Shards of Honour. I hadn't chosen one yet, and bought a "Humble Bundle" of ebooks earlier in the year nearly sight unseen. I discovered among those books Shards, which qualified for the challenge. At 3½ stars, I was impressed enough to add the sequel to my reading list. |
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Location: Alief, TX | Boom! Joined the site Aug 6, finished my first book in the Challenge Aug 25, finished my 12th book on Nov 17. Who rocks? ;-)
1. The Handmaiden's Tale by Margaret Atwood
2. The Djinn in the Nightengale's Eye by A.S. Byatt
3. The Giver by Lois Lowery
4. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin (followed by it's sequels The Tombs of Atuan and The Farthest Shore)
5. The Faded Sun: Kesrith by C.J. Cherryh
6. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
7. Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
8. The Alchemy of Stone by Ekaterina Sedia
9. Children of Men by P.D. James
10. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
11. The Iron Wyrm Affair by Lilith Saintcrow
12. Soulless by Gail Carriger
P.S. Are there really that few of us? Looking over the list of participants, there seem to be only 12 or 15 out of roughly 350 who have finished.
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Location: Cheshire, England | Well done both Thomcat and jontlaw :-) Interesting seeing how Thomcat has *d the books as, where they match with mine in authors, we pretty much agree. I'm currently working my way through Cathrynne Valente's back catalogue and enjoying myself. Didn't really get into Holly Black's work either though I've tried a couple now. And jontlaw, wow - talk about quick! Turns out our lists weren't too dissimilar either.
I think one of the things this challenge has helped overall is, not necessarily in the reviews - though you have to admit that some of them are awesome - but in the star ratings. There's another thread where we've been discussing the lack of star rating related to the number of reads and anything that helps get the * count up is a good thing in my book as you can instantly see where like-minded people have decided that a book is worth reading. |
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Location: UK | jontlaw - 2013-11-18 3:30 PM
P.S. Are there really that few of us? Looking over the list of participants, there seem to be only 12 or 15 out of roughly 350 who have finished. Well, I was intending to pace myself to one a month, and so finish in December, but I gained an extra book free when the Nancy Kress Hugo (novella) nominee was added, so finished early.
I expect plenty of people have drifted off, though. I don't know what the success rate was like for the Grand Master challenge last year. About 1 in 5 / 1 in 6, by the look of it. |
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Location: Middle TN, USA | I'm DONE, and with time to spare!
1. Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones
2. We Have Always Lived In the Castle - Shirley Jackson
3. The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley
4. The Alchemy Of Stone - Ekatrina Sedia
5. The City, Not Long After - Pat Murphy ***My Random pick***
6. The Forest of Hands and Teeth - Carrie Ryan I went on and read the other 2 books in the series Dead Tossed Waves, and The Dark and Hollow Place
7. A Wizard of Earthsea - Ursula Le Guin
8. Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern *******The best novel I read in the entire list*******
9. Life as We Knew It - Susan Beth Pfeffer I went on to read The Dead and The Gone, and This World We Live in
10. Married With Zombies - Jesse Petersen I went on to read Flip This Zombie, and Eat Slay Love
11. The Giver - Lois Lowery I went on to read Gathering Blue, and Messenger
12. Bellwether - Connie Willis
I also read Divergent by Veronica Roth, but ran out of slots.
Except for Diana Wynne Jones, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and Lois Lowery, all the authors I read were ones i had not heard of. This was not my original list but I had to adjust it as I went along because I met my goal and every book I read was one I got from our local library, our local digital library, or through Interlibrary loan. I bought no books for this challenge. I also have 12 books on my reading list that I got from the WOGF list. Thank you so much for introducing me to such wonderful women writers! |
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Location: The Netherlands | Just added my review of Debris by Jo Anderton. That makes a full dozen. Not bad given that I didn't start till May. So what's up for next year? |
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Location: The Wilds of Washington | Finished. I feel like I've been stumbling and bumbling in a half fall towards the finish line for some time now. Is it just me or did the challenge feel tougher this year? I was always running up against my library not having my first or second selections. Or they had book three or five but not the first of series. Or buying a copy would be to much. Stuff like that. My selections were all over the map. Women on the Edge of Time was a tough read as well. Tough subject matter. |
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I stumbled across WWE looking for sci-fi recommendations as it's a genre I tend to enjoy but not read often. Consequently the WOGF challenge was a good challenge for me. In terms of selections I pretty much looked at a couple of recent awards and just picked female authors so to a degree I didn't spend a lot of time selecting authors.
My selections were;
Song of Scarabaeus - Sara Creasy - this was the random pick, not really my thing.
Among Others - Jo Walton - loved this
Deathless - Catherynne Valente - an amazing book and I'm delighted I have discovered Valente. I will definitely check out more of her work.
In War Times - Kathlenn Ann Goonan - okay
Feed - Mira Grant - really didn't care much for this, found it quite annoying.
Wide Open - Deborah Coates - didn't really think much of this.
The Drowning Girl - thought it was good but not amazing. I can see why others love this.
Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn - my book of the year (I think). Even though it was up for a horror award I don't think this can be considered speculative fiction though.
Shades of Milk and Honey - Mary Kowal Robinette - great little book which I really enjoyed
Ironskin - Tina Connelly - okay
The Killing Moon - N K Jemisin - good book
Cyber Circus - Kim Lakin-Smith - good book
So all in all for a pretty random selection I've found some real gems, some decent books and only a couple that weren't to my taste. I really enjoyed the challenge also and reading everyone's reviews.
An honourable mention has to go to Connie Willis - I had read a short story collection previously so she wasn't eligible for the WOGF challenge but I read all her time travel novels in 2013 and really enjoyed them. Blackout/All Clear is an amazing pair of books and it was great to see Willis represented so often in the reviews.
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Location: Cheshire, England | Badseedgirl I totally agree with you on The Night Circus. That is a wonderful book.
Gallyangel I had exactly the same problem at my library. Firstly there was nothing there at all (well books by female authors but ones I'd already read so not allowed), then a few started coming back in from borrowers but hardly any. I had to order loads. At least they're there for other readers now.
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Location: Middle TN, USA | Bazhsw, I agree with you about "Feed" I love Zombie books but found it imposdible to finish. There has been so much praise for it, I just assumed it was me. I have not given up on it though I plan to try again after the holidays. |
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| For me, the characters grated on me within the first few pages and if that happens I find it very hard to get into a novel. I found the plot pretty predictable also although the world the novel is set in has great promise and the book did raise some interesting ethical questions for me. It's a shame, I couldn't stand any of the characters! |
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Location: UK | I didn't like Feed much, either. I hated its nerd-culture pandering and found the central relationship creepy. I read both Feed and its first sequel out of a sense of obligation when voting for the Hugos. I didn't read the novel shortlist this year, but when I catch up, I might just skip the third one. I skipped this year's novella, which sounded nauseatingly "inside" just from its title, managing to reference both Firefly and Comicon. (I'm geeky enough to know that, but it doesn't mean I want to be pandered to.)
I don't have anything in particular against the author - I liked one of her shorter works under her own name in the Hugo packet - but I don't see why people rate this series so much. I feel like it is perhaps a particularly well-mobilised but not actually all that large fanbase. |
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Location: Middle TN, USA | I've started "Feed" 3 times and have never gotten past 60 pages in. It is my own digital copy of the the book, so I feel obligated to eventually read it. Oh well, live and learn.
It could be I am just down on all books right now because I am reading "Tithe" by Holly Black; One of the WOGF writers I could not fit on my list, you know writer number 15, and I am hating every minute of it. It is so rare for me to not like a book, I mean just look at my reading list some time over on goodreads and you will see my thresh hold for poorly written and just out and out bad novels are pretty high. I hope that reading all this award winning works over here on this site has not ruined me for the trashy sci-fi, horror and fantasy I have always loved!!
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Location: Gunnison, Colorado | Badseedgirl - 2013-12-12 9:22 AM OH MY GOD! What if I'm finally developing taste in my reading habits!!!! Once the grief has passed, you'll realize it was for the best...  |
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Location: The Netherlands | Not sure I agree with Scott. I don't think I ever got over the fact that I can never again read a Herbert and Anderson Dune sequel without realizing how incredibly craptastic they are :P
I just finished reading Hild by Nicola Griffith. If there had been a 13th slot I would have added this book. Amazing piece of historical fiction. |
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Location: Great Lakes, USA | Finished! Hope to have time to finish the reviews before the end of the year.
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie - 4.5 - Random pick. Excellent Space Opera
God's War by Kameron Hurley - 4.0 - Good world building. Good military scifi. Will read the sequel.
The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes - 4.0 - Another random pick. Time travel and crime novel all in one. Loved the end.
The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin - 3.5 - Engaging story and interesting world. Will read the sequel.
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor - 3.5 - Well written, well developed characters.
Mechanique by Genevieve Valentine - 3.0 - Different. Surprisingly good.
In the Garden of Iden by Kage Baker - 3.0 - Interesting start of a series. Will read the next one.
Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal - 3.0 - Entertaining, quick read. Will read the sequel.
vN by Madeline Ashby - 2.0 - Ok robot novel. Not a fan of Deus Ex Machina.
Ironskin by Tina Connelly - 2.0 - Ok, if you like gothic romance (with a magical twist).
Sister Mine by Nalo Hopkinson - 2.0 - Ok. Probably need some background on Caribbean mythology to like this one.
The Drowning Girl by Caitlin Kiernan - 0.5 - One of the worst books I've read. Can't believe I finished this one.
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| Yay, I finished reading my last book on Christmas day. I still have a few more reviews to write over the next couple days. I used the challenge to read books from my 'to read' shelf as well as read some classics. I really enjoyed the challenge of picking new-to-me authors. The reviews posted by others over the year helped me find new books too. Not all made it into my final WOGF list, but my 'to read' shelf definitely has more women authors on it now, which pleases me.
Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Laini Taylor. I really enjoyed this book, highly original story.
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, NK Jemison. Excellent.
A Great and Terrible Beauty, Libba Bray. I didn't think this was very good.
Kindred, Octavia Butler. Very good and thought provoking.
Cat's Claw Amber Benson. Light fun.
Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey. Enjoyed reading this classic.
The Sparrow Mary Doria Russell. This was a very compelling story, I enjoyed it a lot. I also read the sequel, Children of God, this year which I would also recommend.
Dreamsnake, Vonda McIntyre. This was a 'discovery' for me and I really enjoyed it, highly recommend.
Time Traders, Andre Norton. A fun 'classic' sci-fi tale.
The Girl who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of her Own Making, Catherynne Valente. I really enjoyed this, the sequel is waiting on my 'to read' shelf.
Carnival, Elizabeth Bear. This was my random pick, very enjoyable.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susannah Clarke. I got very immersed in this alternate history.
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Location: Richmond, California | Finished but can't get it to show up on my authors page because I didn't post the reviews till today (January 1st)! Please tell me that's some kind of problem? I finished in December but didn't have time to stop in here to update my page till now due to holiday obligations. Any suggestions on how to fix this or am I just out of luck? My list doesn't show up accurately on my GoodReads page, either. lol |
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Location: Richmond, California | lol Reading through the posts, I am realizing what a different planet I'm on from a lot of you. It's hard to share recommendations because of that but , that said, I did find three authors I love through this challenge. I had hoped for more but three isn't bad considering I'd have never read their books if it weren't for needing to find more female Science Fiction authors I HADN'T already read. Since I started so long ago (got into science fiction when I was 10 in 1961), I had read most of the great scifi authors (male and female) one time or another already and it was very difficult for me to find ones whom I had never read in any format (short stories, novellas, or novels). I ended up reading a lot of books I'd never have considered since so many of them were fantasy or horror more than scifi - genres I'm not very fond of. The authors I found that I really liked were Erin Morgenstern, Maggie Stiefvater, and Lauren Beukes. They all write really well and I feel lucky to have found them. I also found some enjoyable fantasy novels which, though they didn't speak to me at a deep level, were fun to read. They included Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series (the first three anyway) and Lois McMaster Bujold's Sharing Knife series. In each case, I read several of the books in their series instead of just one.
Unlike several of you, I really enjoyed the Feed series by Mira Grant (pen name). I am not into zombies at all, though, so maybe that's why my reactions differ. I just found the books enjoyable to read and ended up reading them all - except for Parasite, which I'm waiting for from the library as I write this. (I also loved the first 3 seasons of The Walking Dead, Resident Evil, Shaun of the Dead, and - of course! - the first and the best (B&W) Night of the Living Dead so, if something is well written and pertinent in general, I don't care if it's got zombies in it or not. I'm just not attracted to zombie fiction for its own sake.)
I also liked Katarina Sedie's writing in Alchemy of Stone and Karen Lord had fascinating ideas in her novel Best of All Possible Worlds. Will try reading other books by them now that I've experienced their writing.
My biggest disappointment of the year was trying to get through The Drowning Girl. (Gagged x 10) Absolutely hated it and couldn't finish it.
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Location: Dallas, Texas | carlajpatterson - 2014-01-01 6:58 PM Finished but can't get it to show up on my authors page because I didn't post the reviews till today (January 1st)! Please tell me that's some kind of problem? I finished in December but didn't have time to stop in here to update my page till now due to holiday obligations. Any suggestions on how to fix this or am I just out of luck? My list doesn't show up accurately on my GoodReads page, either. lol The challenge is over so all the tools shut off automatically. Tell me your last 2 titles and I'll add them to the DB directly. Edit: I looked at your last 2 reviews and got the titles. You are complete now. Congrats on finishing the challenge!
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Location: Richmond, California | Ah! So, that's why. Thanks so much for fixing my page I just got your message when I got home from the gym. :D |
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Location: Austin, Tx | Done! Standouts for me were "The Girl in the Road" by Monica Byrne and "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood. I only disliked one book, "The Children of Men" by P D James. I'm excited for next year, there are still a lot of great women whose books are sitting in my library right now and I've never gotten to.
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Location: Dallas, Texas | Ah, what it must feel like to finish a reading challenge.... I have yet to finish one myself though I have high hopes for the Read it again, Sam one I started. Congrats! |
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Location: Dallas, Texas | justifiedsinner - 2014-09-06 12:08 PM Didn't you also start The Number of the Counting Shall Be Three? I did. I'm 1/3 done with that one and have at least a chance. I've decided to read shorter books to increase my odds |
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Location: Middle TN, USA | I am within spitting distance on finishing two of the challenges, Grandmasters and I just have to read more, I am 3 short on both of those, as for the rest, I chose not to talk about it. It looks as though I will be cutting it close, but will complete all of the challenges. I may rethink my idea of only counting each book to one challenge. It obligated me to read 56 individual books. Turns out I don't like being told what to read, even by me! |
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| Woohoo! I've finished the LGBT and POC challenges! I'm one book per challenge away from done with WoG, Masterworks and Elizabeth Noun challenges. And I've actually read 71 books out of 75 for my personal challenge!! With 6-7 weeks left in the year it looks like I'll make it.
Next year I'll have to just read all the other books I've bought in my mad crazed and not totally explicable desire to purchase anything that was on sale that looked decent. And I need to renew my library card :-/ |
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Finished!