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justifiedsinner
Posted 2017-01-02 8:49 AM (#14876)
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Back for another year and raring not to reach that winning spot.
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Sable Aradia
Posted 2017-01-02 4:00 PM (#14887 - in reply to #14876)
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I love this challenge! I would love to see a greater number of book options, though. There's lots more nominees for awards than award-winners, and I found myself, when setting up my reading plans for the year (first time I've really set out to do it this way, but I have this back catalogue of stuff I wanted to read,) that at least five or six times the books I happened to pick were non-winning nominees for something, and I didn't have enough space for them all! I guess I'm having too much fun with it.
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Naomi_uk72
Posted 2017-01-03 7:36 AM (#14924 - in reply to #14876)
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Location: Sheffield, UK		Hi justifiedsinner, and thanks for keeping the challenge going.

I've started the ball rolling with Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence, and have filled the other eleven slots with books that were already on my planned reading list for the year.

Good luck to everyone else. :-)
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justifiedsinner
Posted 2017-01-03 9:47 AM (#14928 - in reply to #14876)
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You're very welcome Naomi. How is Sheffield? Nice town. My son studied for a year at the Uni last year.
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Naomi_uk72
Posted 2017-01-03 10:19 AM (#14929 - in reply to #14928)
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justifiedsinner - 2017-01-02 3:47 PM

You're very welcome Naomi. How is Sheffield? Nice town. My son studied for a year at the Uni last year.


Sheffield is cold at the moment. Cold and dark. Just like us tykes like it. :-)
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Sable Aradia
Posted 2017-01-10 10:05 AM (#15035 - in reply to #14876)
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I see Slinkyboy read The Blue Sword. That was an awesome book! One of my favourites that got me started on the path.

I miss your levels names from last year, JustifiedSinner.
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justifiedsinner
Posted 2017-01-10 10:53 AM (#15036 - in reply to #14876)
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Woops! Must have been a bit too much New Year's celebration. Changed them a bit though.
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Sable Aradia
Posted 2017-01-10 9:00 PM (#15043 - in reply to #15036)
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justifiedsinner - 2017-01-10 8:53 AM

Woops! Must have been a bit too much New Year's celebration. Changed them a bit though.


LMAO! Those are awesome!
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justifiedsinner
Posted 2017-01-11 7:14 AM (#15044 - in reply to #14876)
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Why, thank you! You are too kind.
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Jonah
Posted 2017-06-15 12:37 PM (#15923 - in reply to #14876)
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So this is only for books that are nominated but did not win ANY award that year? Might have to change my list. I thought maybe WWE automatically checked to make sure a book qualified, but that might be too advanced to program.

Do not go through books very quickly, so I ended up choosing 3 for my first every challenge, with my first being my first attempt at reading a Stephen King novel.
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DrEvilO
Posted 2017-06-19 10:24 PM (#15931 - in reply to #15923)
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Location: CA		Great one! Thanks a lot.
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jontlaw
Posted 2017-12-26 4:42 PM (#16561 - in reply to #14876)
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Location: Alief, TX		I was aiming for the nine-book level, but it's looking like I might get stuck at seven. Pity. Anyway, those seven are -

Elementals, by A.S. Byatt, runner up for the 2000 Mythopoeic Award
Looking for the Mahdi, by N.K. Wood, runner-up for the 1996 William Clarke Award
Mary Reilly, by Valerie Martin, runner-up for the 1990 Nebula and the 1991 WFA
The Shape-Changer's Wife, by Sharon Shinn, runner-up for the 1990 Locus First Novel award
Palimpsest, by Catheryne M. Valente, runner-up for the 2010 Hugo, Locus Fantasy, and Mythopoeic
Maplecroft, by Cherie Priest, runner-up for the 2014 Philip K. Dick Award
The Martian, by Andy Weir, runner-up for the 2015 John. W. Campbell Award

Better luck to me next year, I already have a tentative list.
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dalex
Posted 2017-12-27 6:23 AM (#16566 - in reply to #14876)
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Location: behind the 4th wall		My 2017 review for the Second Best Challenge

5 Stars
The Moon King by Neil Williamson (BSFA, Holdstock)
4 Stars
Living Next Door to the God of Love by Justina Robson (BSFA, PKD, Campbell)
The Red Tree by Caitl?n R. Kiernan (WFA, Shirley Jackson)
The Bees by Laline Paull (Campbell)
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (Clarke)
Lethe by Tricia Sullivan (Locus FN)

3 Stars
The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan (Golden Tentacle)
The Shore by Sara Taylor (Golden Tentacle)
Maul by Tricia Sullivan (BSFA, Tiptree, Clarke)
The Owl Killers by Karen Maitland (Shirley Jackson)

2 Stars
The Music of Razors by Cameron Rogers (Aurealis Fantasy, Aurealis Horror)
The Only Ones by Carola Dibbell (Tiptree)
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