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RYO Challenge Update: August
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HRO
Posted 2014-09-01 6:59 AM (#8393)
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Location: Neither here...nor there		Share your RYO Challenge update here. Hope everyone is doing well at completing their challenges....and enjoying the books!
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HRO
Posted 2014-09-01 7:03 AM (#8394 - in reply to #8393)
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Location: Neither here...nor there		HROs Update for August

1. Ash by Malinda Lo - 3 Stars
Faerie Mythology
LBGT
Mythopoeic Award (2010 YA)
Young Adult

2. Point of Honour by Madeleine E. Robins - 3 Stars
Book of Ones
Gaslamp Fantasy
WoGF

3. Queen Victorias Book of Spells (anthology) - 4 Stars
Gaslamp Fantasy
Short Fiction

4. Slow River by Nicola Griffith - 3 Stars
12 in 12 (Nebula 1996)
Masterworks

5. Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan - 2 Stars
12 in 12 (World Fantasy 2009)
Fantasia
Readers Choice (Tiptree 2008)
Young Adult

6. Under the Dome by Stephen King - 4 Stars
End of the World
Second Best (BFS 2010)


Challenge completion
12 in 12 = 8 of 12
Book of Ones = 9 of 12
Bucket List = 4 of 9
Creature Feature = 4 of 6
Elizabeth Noun = 2 of 3
End of the World = 8 of 12
Faerie Mythology = 5 of 12
Fantasia = 7 of 12
Gaslamp Fantasy = 3 of 18
I Just Have to Read More of That Author = 3 of 12
LGBT = 6 of 12
Masterworks = 8 of 12
Mythopoeic Award = 6 of 12
The Number of the Counting Shall Be Three = 6 of 9
Published in 2014 = 0 of 8
Readers Choice = 1 of 5
Second Best = 8 of 12
Short Fiction = 6 of 12
WoGF = 9 of 12
Young Adult = 3 of 4

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I'm on track with a few and behind on a few others. I still have expectations of completing all the challenges, though, except for Short Fiction. I changed my selections too many times on that one, plus I find that short story collections are a much slower read than novels.

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DrNefario
Posted 2014-09-01 8:09 AM (#8395 - in reply to #8393)
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Location: UK		A pretty big month for me:

Full Dark House - Christopher Fowler
12 in 12 (BFS)

Undertow - Elizabeth Bear
Second Best (PKD)
Elizabeth Noun
WoGF

Harpist in the Wind - Patricia A McKillip
12 in 12 (Locus F)
Masterworks (F - as omnibus version)
Sequel
Fantasia

Inverted World - Christopher Priest
12 in 12 (BSFA)
Masterworks (SF)
End of the World*
Read More

Wise Man's Fear - Patrick Rothfuss
Sequel
Read More
Fantasia
Gemmell

Lathe of Heaven - Ursula Le Guin
12 in 12 (Locus SF)
Masterworks (SF)
End of the World

Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
Second Best (Stoker)

Roadside Picnic - Arkady & Boris Strugatsky
Second Best (Campbell)
Masterworks (SF)

Challenges Completed: 2
New Challenges: 2

* I'm not sure I like counting Inverted World for the End of the World challenge. It kind of fits, but kind of doesn't, by my personal version of the rules. I might replace it.

Challenge status:
*WoGF: 12/12
*Book Ones: 12/12
Masterworks: 11/12
12 in 12: 11/12
Second Best: 10/12
Sequel: 9/12
End of the World: 10/12
*Elizabeth Noun: 3/3
Guardian: 6/7
Read More: 8/12
Fantasia: 11/12
*Pick&Mix: 12/12

Gemmell: 1/4
Reader's Choice: 0/5

No real duffers, and only 10 books to go according to my spreadsheet (not including the two new challenges). I'm delighted with this month's progress. I even managed four non-genre books.


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justifiedsinner
Posted 2014-09-01 9:28 AM (#8396 - in reply to #8393)
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Big month. Finished 11 books towards the challenges (and six others, mostly plays). Three challenges finished, 13 to go. Some are looking pretty poorly. I doubt I'm going to finish In Translation and Short Fiction but we'll see.

FINISHED:
12 Awards: 12/12
Fantasia: 12/12
Trilogies: 9/9

ONGOING:
The 35: 31/35
Read the Sequel: 11/12
End of the World 11/12
Have to Read More: 10/12
2nd Best: 10/12
WoGF: 8/12
Book of Ones: 7/12
Masterworks: 7/12
Mythopoetic 6/12
Guardian List 4/7
Short Fiction 3/12
In Translation: 2/12
Killer B's 1/3

For the 12 Award winners the books were as follows:

Nebula: Greg Bear - Moving Mars
Locus YA: Neil Gaiman - Coraline
WFA: John Crowley - Little Big
BFSA: Robert Holdstock - Lavondyss
Stoker: Caitlin R. Kiernan - The Drowning Girl
Clarke: Geoff Ryman - Air
Campbell: Ian R. MacLeod - Song of Time
PKD: Richard Paul Russo - Ship of Fools
Mythopoeic: Poul Anderson - A Midsummer Tempest
Locus SF: James S. A. Corey - Abaddon's Gate
Locus F: China Mieville - Kraken
Hugo: Ann Leckie - Ancillary Justice

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dustydigger
Posted 2014-09-01 10:00 AM (#8397 - in reply to #8393)
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Location: UK		I had a pretty good month in August,finally seem to be getting on top of the challenges after several fairly poor months. Here are the stats

12 from 12 - 9/12
Have to read more - 9/12
Masterworks - 11/12
Pick n Mix - 11/12
YA - 11/12
Creature. Feature - 6/6.........completed!
Faerie Mythology - 11/12
Fantasia. - 10/12
Book of Ones. - 10/12
Guardian list. - 5/7
Killer Bs.......2/3
Second Best. - 10/12
Bucket. List - 8/9

total slots......133
slots filled so far...113
books read.......53 (84%)
total different books....63

Books read in the challenge
Catherynne M Valente - The Grl Who Circumnavgated Faryland.......
Adam Roberts - Jack Glass
Neil Gaiman - Brief Lives
Neil Gaiman - The Kindly Ones
Nel Gaman - The Wake
Terry Pratchett - Going Postal
Connie Willis - To Say Nothing of the Dog
Guy Gavriel Kay - Tigana
Kevin Hearne - Hounded
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spoltz
Posted 2014-09-01 11:51 AM (#8399 - in reply to #8393)
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Location: Beaverton, Oregon, USA		Books read in August:
Greybeard - Brian Aldiss 3 stars Grandmaster/MasterWorks\End of the World
The Hallowed Hunt - Lois McMaster Bujold 3 stars The Number...3/Read The Sequel
Slow River - Nicola Griffith 5 stars LGBT/WoGF/MW/12 Awards/EotW
Son of Man - Robert Silverberg 3 stars GM
Tooth and Claw - Jo Walton 5 stars 12 Awards
Turning On - Damon Knight 4 stars GM
Witches on the Road Tonight - Sheri Holman 2 stars 12 Awards

I didn't think I'd get as much read because The Hallowed Hunt took me over a week. I'm also adding a few more challenges, because I've from the books I read, plus the books I will already be reading, I'm almost done with them. Plus I added the Read It Again Sam, because I've got 6 books I need to reread to finish writing reviews for my own personal Hugos challenge which I started two years ago.

The Challenges:
I Just Have to.Read... 12/12 :-)
12 Awards... 8/12
GrandMaster 11/12
LGBT 10/12
WoGF 11/12
Elizabeth Noun 2/3
Fantasia 12/12 :-)
The Number...3 7/9
2nd Best 10/12
Read it again Sam 0/6

I'll be adding:
End of the World 9/12
Creature Feature 4/6
Book of 1s 7/12
Read the Sequel 8/12

And at the last minute, I might add Authors of Color 4/12

Good job everyone!
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daxxh
Posted 2014-09-01 12:47 PM (#8400 - in reply to #8399)
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Location: Great Lakes, USA		Challenge Books Read in August:

Tomorrow and Tomorrow - Thomas Sweterlitsch - 3.5
New Books 2014

Crux - Ramez Naam - 4.0
Sequel, AoC, EotW

All Those Vanished Engines - Paul Park - 1.5
New Books 2014

Three Parts Dead - Max Gladstone - 3.0
Ones, 35, Second (Mythopoeic)

Galactic Patrol - E.E. Doc Smith - 2.5
35 (and retrohugo)

Carson of Venus - Edgar Rice Burroughs - 2.5
Read Again (and retrohugo)

And 2 nongenre books. I almost finished Foundation and Chaos in August. That one will count for September and I will finally have read something for the Killer Bs Challenge.

Favorite Book of the Month - Crux. Excellent sequel to Nexus. There will be a third!!
Favorite Book this Year - Annihilation

Challenge Statistics:

Authors 12/12
Masterworks 6/12
Short 11/12
Authors of Color 6/12
WoGF 11/12
End of the World 10/12
Creature 6/6
Elizabeths 1/3
Gemmell 0/4
New Books 2014 6/8
Pick and Mix 12/12
Ones 11/12
Read Again 1/6
Sequel 10/12
Reader's Choice 0/5
35 22/35
Guardian 3/7
Killer Bs 0/3
Trilogies 4/9
Second 9/12
Bucket 5/9
Nebula (personal challenge) 8/8
Retrohugo (personal challenge) 5/5

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Rhondak101
Posted 2014-09-02 9:00 AM (#8410 - in reply to #8400)
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Location: SC, USA		Everyone is demonstrating a very productive August--not so much for me. School has started back, and I've had two family funerals to attend (and 2100 miles driven to them). I started one challenge book in early August and have not finished it yet. Here's hoping that Sept. is a calmer and more productive month for me.
Rhonda
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spoltz
Posted 2014-09-02 9:33 AM (#8411 - in reply to #8393)
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Location: Beaverton, Oregon, USA		Rhonda, I'm so sorry to hear you had a rough August. My sympathies for your loses. I hope September is calmer and you can settle back into a more normal routine.
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Posted 2014-09-02 2:57 PM (#8416 - in reply to #8393)
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Location: SC, USA		Steve, Thanks for your kind words. I am certainly hoping for a normal month with only grading to complain about!
Rhonda
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HRO
Posted 2014-09-02 5:21 PM (#8418 - in reply to #8393)
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Location: Neither here...nor there		Oh dear, Rhonda, most sad. Condolences to you on your losses. May the rest of your year - both in general and in reading - be immensely better!

And to everyone else....well done on adding all those numbers to your challenges!
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Engelbrecht
Posted 2014-09-05 10:54 PM (#8445 - in reply to #8393)
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It's been pretty busy for me for a while now and I've just returned from a semi-disastrous RV vacation - still trying to get my feet under me.

It looks like my challenges are mostly on target (currently about 71% done overall), but I still have plenty of reading yet to do.

Rhonda, my condolences as well.
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