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HFU Degrees 2014Finish What You Started
I've lost my ever loving listopia mind!
TCF Science Fiction and Fantasy Challenge 2014/2015
Around the World in 80 Books Challenge
USA Roadtrip Challenge
South Dakota
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NBRC The Twelve Towers ChallengeLevel: Quick as a Bunny - up to 2 years
Start Date: Oct 2, 2013
12 books that you've acquired most recently (from start date): 5/12
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8. The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England
9. Operace Stonewall
10. Day of the Minotaur
11. Dolphin Island
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11 books that you never find time to get around to or that have been on your shelves the longest (pre-choose these): 1/11
1. Cat's Cradle
2. The Island of Dr. Moreau
3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
4. Tipping the Velvet
5. Maurice
6. American Gods
7. The Demolished Man
8. The Day of the Triffids
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2. Little Women
3. Life of Pi
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6 anticipated releases (release dates after your start date): 3/6
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4 books that you started but never finished: 0/4
1. The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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2 books with covers that you don't think fit the storyline or that you don't like the covers of but everyone raves about the books: 1/2
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1 book that intimidates you: 0/1
1. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
I've lost my ever loving listopia mind!Listopia Challenge
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X. October
XI. November
XII. December
TCF 2014 Alphabet ChallengeAuthor's name:
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100 books genre challenge 2014genres I usually ignore or that are new to me
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Location, Location, Location Challenge Duration: Feb 1, 2014 - Jan 31, 2015
Level: Moderate = 24 books
1. Table in a private area of a bar. Mexican Heat 2/2/14 Gabriel&Antonio
2. Empty bathtub. Armed & Dangerous 18/2/14 Julian&Cam
3. Frontseat of a car. Stars & Stripes 23/2/14 Ty&Zane; Cross & Crown 30/9/14 Nick&Kelly
4. Broomcloset in a bar. Stars & Stripes 23/2/14 Ty&Zane
5. Against the wall outside the bar. Long Hard Ride 26/2/14 Channing&Colby
6. Against the wall in a horse trailer. Long Hard Ride 26/2/14 Edgard&Trevor
7. Berth in a boat cabin. Out of My Mind 27/2/14 Raff&Nick
8. In the shower. Without Reservations 28/2/14 Bit&Chay
9. Sofa in the living room. Touch & Geaux 9/3/14 Ty&Zane
10. Against the wall in the bedroom. Shock & Awe 10/3/2014 Nick&Kelly
11. On a plush rug in front of a fireplace. Ball & Chain 13/3/14 Ty&Zane
12. In a body of water: hot spring Dangerous Ground 17/3/14 Will&Taylor
13. In a forest, behind a tree With Caution 20/3/14 Remi&Jake
14. Bench in a Park: Duck! 3/4/14 Ori&Raynard
15. On a rug in the bathroom: The Rebuilding Year 10/4/14 Ryan&John
16. Bathroom, against the washbasin: Life Lessons 10/5/14 Tony&Mac
17. Kitchen, against the counter: Life Lessons 10/5/14 Tony&Mac
18. Weight lifting bench in a gym: Shakespeare's Landlord 24/5/14 Lily&Marshall
19. On the floor in the living room: A Thousand Splendid Suns 3/6/14 Laila&Tariq
20. In the truck: Special Delivery 13/6/14 Sam&Mitch
21. On the picnic table: Special Delivery 13/6/14 Sam&Mitch
22. Bank of the pond: The Boy in the Suitcase 5/8/14 Barbara&Jucas
23. Table in the library: Forever Hold His Peace 12/08/14 Sebastian&Anthony
24. Alien planet, in the open: To Your Scattered Bodies Go Richard&Alice
(view spoiler)
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You Have The Right To Remain Silent - 2014 Level: Lifer
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Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2014READ: 33/34
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A Year of Romance 2014Level: Medium
Read: 26/36
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A Voyage Through HistoryTime Frame: Mar 11, 2014 - Mar 10, 2015
Levels: Read one, two or three books from each category.
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The Best of Gay Fiction (the list)CURRENT
A Better Place by Mark A. Roeder
A Bit of Rough by Laura Baumbach
A Note In The Margin by Isabelle Rowan
A Strong and Sudden Thaw by R.W.Day
Adrien English Mysteries (series) by Josh Lanyon
Almost Like Being in Love by Steve Kluger
Always by M.L. Rhodes
Angel’s Evolution by T.A. Chase
As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann
Angels in America by Tony Kushner
At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O’Neill
Bareback by Chris Owen
Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
Captain’s Surrender by Alex Beecroft
Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman
Caught Running by Madeleine Urban & Abigail Roux
Channeling Morpheus (series) by Jordan Castillo Price
Collision Course by K.A. Mitchell
Crossing Borders by Z.A. Maxfield
Dancer from the Dance by Andrew Holleran
Deadly Dreams/Slumber/Wrong/Nightshade (series) by Victor J. Banis
Donald Strachey Mysteries (series) by Richard Stevenson
Falling by M.L. Rhodes
False Colors by Alex Beecroft
Heaven Sent (series) by Jet Mykles
Hero by Perry Moore
High Line by T.A. Chase
How Long has this been Going On? Ethan Mordden
Lola Dances by Victor J. Banis
Longhorns by Victor J. Banis
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Mysterious Skin by Scott Heim
Naked by David Sedaris
9-1-1 by Chris Owen
Orientation by Rick R. Reed
Out There in the Night by Laura Baumbach
Out of the Blue by Josh Lanyon
Paul’s Dream by Rowan McBride
PsyCop (series) by Jordan Castillo Price
Ransom by Lee Rowan
Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
Soul Mates (series) by Jourdan Lane
Standish by Erastes
Strongman by Denise Rosetti
Sweet Oblivion (series) Jordan Castillo Price
The Back Passage by James Lear
The Bones of Summercaptain's surrender by Anne Brooke
The Draegan Lords (series) by M.L. Rhodes
The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
The Lost Language of Cranes by David Leavitt
The One That Got Away by Madeleine Urban & Rhianne Aile
The Protector by N.L. Gassert
The Tin Star by J.L. Langley
The Mercenary’s Tale by Lynn Lorenz
Tigers and Devils by Sean Kennedy
Transgressions by Erastes
Two Steps Up by Sean Kennedy – YA
Untamed Heart by Ally Blue
VGL Male Seeks Same by Rick R. Reed
Vintage – A Ghost Story by Steve Berman
Where Flows the Water by Sean Michael
Where The Boys Are by William J. Mann
Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale
CLASSICS
A Boy’s Own Story by Edmund White
A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham
And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts
Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story by Paul Monette
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
City of Night by John Rechy
Comfort & Joy by Jim Grimsley
Dream Boy by Jim Grimsley
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
Maurice by E.M. Forster
Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin
The City and the Pillar by Gore Vidal
The Best Little Boy in the World by Andrew Tobias
The Catch Trap by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Charioteer by Mary Renault
The Dreyfus Affair by Peter Lefcourt
The Front Runner by Patricia Nell Warren
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Utah :
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Oklahoma:
Wyoming:
Vermont:
2015 USA RoadtripAlabama (AL) -
Alaska (AK) -
Arizona (AZ) –
Arkansas - Lily Bard
California (CA) -
Colorado (CO) – Coda Books (view spoiler)
Connecticut (CT) –
Delaware (DE) -
Florida (FL) –
Georgia (GA) –
Hawaii (HI) –
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Indiana (IN) –
Iowa (IA) –
Kansas (KS) –
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Louisiana (LA) –
Maine (ME) -
Maryland (MD) –
Massachusetts (MA) –
Michigan (MI) –
Minnesota (MN) - Life Lessons
Mississippi (MS) –
Missouri (MO)-
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New Mexico (NM) –
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Virginia (VA) – Kay Scarpetta (view spoiler)
Washington (WA) –
West Virginia (WV) -
Wisconsin (WI) -
Wyoming (WY) - Rough Riders (view spoiler)
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Around the world challengeLaos -
Botswana -
Australia -
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Around the World in 80 Books ChallengeTrekker Plan 2014
- own - paper form
+ own - e-book
@ library
* 1001 list
- Czech Republic: Closely Watched Trains*
- Germany: Goodbye to Berlin*
+ Denmark: Number the Stars or + Sharpe's Prey
+ Norway: Hunger* or + The Devil's Star
+ Sweden: Faceless Killers
@ Finland: The Year of the Hare* or Autobus sebevrahů
+ Russia: White Nights
+ Latvia: The Dogs of Riga
@ Lithuania: Ragana ir lietus (Čarodějnice a déšť)
@ Belarus: Burning Lights
@ Poland: The Magician of Lublin
@ Slovakia: Psie dni or Patagónia
@ Austria: The Piano Teacher* or + Carmilla*
@ Switzerland: The Unbearable Lightness of Being*
- Germany: Mr Norris Changes Trains*
+ Netherlands: Girl with a Pearl Earring
+ Belgium: The Ruins of Lace
England:
+ Scotland: The 39 Steps* or The Wasp Factory*
@ Iceland: Journey to the Center of the Earth
/Amazon/ Nothern Ireland: Mr. Dixon Disappears
+ Ireland: Dubliners* or In the Woods
+ Wales: The Summer of the Danes
England:
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+ Spain: Sharpe's Rifles or The Sun Also Rises*
+ Portugal: Sharpe's Havoc
+ Spain: Sharpe's Eagle
+ Morocco: The Sheltering Sky
@ Algeria: The Plague or + The Stranger
- Balearic islands: Master and Commander
@ Sicily: The Leopard*
- Vatican City - Angels & Demons
@ Italy: The Passion* or + Where Angels Fear to Tread*
+ Slovenia: Veronika Decides to Die*
+ Croatia: The Tiger's Wife
@ Albania: Broken April (Krvavý duben)
+ Corfu: Birds, Beasts, and Relatives
+ Greece: Gates of Fire or @ The Bull from the Sea
+ Crete: Day of the Minotaur
/Amazon/ Cyprus: Death in Cyprus
/Amazon/ Syria: A Hand Full of Stars
+ Jordan: Appointment with Death
+ Israel: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
+ Egypt: The Alchemist
- Lybia: The Hill
+ Sudan: What Is the What
+ Ethiopia: Cutting for Stone
+ Somalia: Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
@ Kenya: Out of Africa* or - The White Masai
@ Tanzania: The African Queen
/Amazon/ Mauritius: The Last Brother
+ Madagaskar: Hot Ice (Žhavý led)
+ Mozambique: Half a Life
/Amazon/ Zimbabwe: Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
@ Botswana: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (První dámská detektivní kancelář)
+ South Africa: Age of Iron or Life and Times of Michael K
+ Congo (DRC): Congo or The Poisonwood Bible
@ Central African Republic: Five Weeks in a Balloon
/Amazon/ Cameroon: The Usurper: And Other Stories
+ Nigeria: Things Fall Apart
+ Cote d'Ivoire (Uganda,Ghana, Nigeria, the Ivory Coast, Gabon, South Africa): The Masque of Africa: Glimpses of African Belief
/Amazon/ Liberia: Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War
@ Brazil: The War of the End of the World (Válka na konci světa) or + City of the Beasts (Město netvorů)
@ Argentina: The Secret in Their Eyes (Otázka, kterou má v očích)
+ Chille: Maya's Notebook
/Amazon/ Bolivia: City of Silver: A Mystery
+ Peru: Who Killed Palomino Molero? nebo @ Death in the Andes (Smrt v Andách)
+ Galapagos: Galápagos
/Amazon/ Ecuador: The Queen of Water
+ Colombia: Memories of My Melancholy Whores or - One Hundred Years of Solitude
@ Panama: The Tailor of Panama
+ Venezuela: Hush
+ Trinidad and Tobago: Miguel Street or The Mystic Masseur
+ Puerto Rico: The Rum Diary
+ Dominican republic: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
+ Haiti: Island Beneath the Sea
@ Jamaica: Wide Sargasso Sea
Mexico:
USA:
- Canada: Cross Bones
- Japan: Norwegian Wood
- Hong Kong: The Honourable Schoolboy
China:
+ Vietnam: Matterhorn or @ The Quiet American
@ Phillipines: The Tesseract
+ Papua New Guinea: Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II or @ Mister Pip
@ New Zealand: The Piano or /Amazon/ The Whale Rider
+ Antarctica: At the Mountains of Madness
+ Australia: Slow Man or On the Beach
+ Indonesia: Eat, Pray, Love
/Amazon/ Malaysia: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder
+ Thailand: The Beach
+ Burma: Burmese Days
+ India: Life of Pi or A Passage to India or Siddhartha
/Amazon/ Pakistan: The Reluctant Fundamentalist
+ Afghanistan: A Thousand Splendid Suns
+ Iran: Persepolis or Argo: How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History
+ Turkey: The Song of Achilles
Ukraine: Everything is Illuminated
Romania:
Hungary:
Slovakia:
Czech Republic:
visited 89 states (39.5%)
Create your own visited map of The World or Free ipad travel guide
Around the World 2014 - Where to NextGreece -
Malta -
Finland -
Kenya -
Colombia -
Thailand -
Greenland -
Tahiti -
Poland -
Costa Rica -
Portugal -
Around the World 2015 Suggestions Nothern America:
Greenland: The Solitude of Thomas Cave: A Novel, The Greenlanders, The Day is Dark
Mexico: Tribute of Death
South America
Surinam: Oroonoko
Africa
Botswana:Tears of the Giraffe
Nigeria: Lagoon
Asia
Laos: Thirty-Three Teeth
Thailand: Cockroaches, Killed at the Whim of a Hat
Europe
Norway: Nemesis
Switzerland: Tender Is the Night
Austria: The Bone Man
Australia and Oceania
Australia: The Bat
New Zealand: Tamar
Solomon islands: Devil-Devil
Great! So here we go. :)TCF Science Fiction and Fantasy Challenge 2014/2015
Level: 20-30 Heroic Warrior/ Star ship commander
All three boards
Time Frame: Jun 22, 2014 - Jun 21, 2015
Books Read: 5/25
Start: Science-fiction board
1. Roll: 5 --> Alternate History: Tongues of Serpents (Best Alternate History Novels and Stories #82) 27/6/2014 ***
2. Roll: 5 --> Sci-fi on Earth: Lost Horizon (Earth Is Room Enough--On-Planet SF #19) 16/7/2014 ***
3. Roll: 5 --> Philosophical: Alas, Babylon (Philosophical Science Fiction #79) 19/7/2014 ****
4. Roll: 5 --> Female Author: Crucible of Gold by Naomi Novik 22/07/14 *****
5. Roll: 1 --> Alternate History: Blood of Tyrants 26/7/14 ***
6. Roll: 3 --> Artificial intelligence:
November & December 2014 Update:
new destinations: 0
revisited countries: 5
North America - USA: Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi (Nov 26, 2014; ****)
Europe - England: The Revolt of the Eaglets by Jean Plaidy (Nov 28, 2014; ***)
Europe - England: The Queen from Provence by Jean Plaidy (Nov 30, 2014; ****)
Europe - Greece (Corfu): Birds, Beasts, and Relatives by Gerald Durrell (Dec 11, 2014; ****)
Europe - Wales: A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters (Dec 15, 2014; ***)
Europe - Greece (Corfu):The Garden Of The Gods by Gerald Durrell (Dec 17, 2014; ****)
Europe - England: A Rare Benedictine by Ellis Peters (Dec 18, 2014; ***)
North America - USA: Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke (Dec 19, 2014; ****)
North America - USA: The Rest of the Robots by Isaac Asimov (Dec 9, 2014; **)
North America - USA: Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup (Dec 21, 2014; ****)
Europe - Lapland:The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen (Dec 24, 2014; ****)
Europe - England: Soulless by Gail Carriger (Dec 30, 2014; ****)
Outer Space/ Alien Planets/ Fantasy Realms: 7
The Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin (Dec 1, 2014; ****)
The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov (Dec 3, 2014 ***)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (Dec 4, 2014; ***)
The Robots of Dawn by Isaac Asimov (Dec 8, 2014; ****)
To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer (Dec 25, 2014; ***)
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (Dec 29, 2014; ****)
Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny (Dec 31, 2014; ***)
visited 10 states (4.44%)
Create your own visited map of The World or Brazil travel guide for Android
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Total: 79 destinations in 9 regions
TCF'S Themes, Settings, & Plots!Duration: July 31, 2014
Level: Challenging (13+ Themes)
Read:
1. Best Friends
2. Murder
3. Wizards
4. It's the End of the World
5. Law Enforcement
6. Outer Space DONE!
7. Mythology
8. Forensics
9. Made for TV
10. 1800's
11. Steampunk
12. Love Triangle
13. English Royalty&Nobility
14. Famous DONE!
(cyberpunk, female author, Connecticut)
(MM, historical fiction, Jamaica)
(serial killers, Minnesotta)
(forensics, Tennessee)
(forensics, Georgia)
(forensics, Ireland)
(Romania, hf, horror)
(Malta, hf)
(Greenland, Ireland, hf)
Literary HFLove in the Time of Cholera (HNS)
Euphoria (HNS)
A Woman of Angkor (HNS)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (HNS)
Siege 13 (HNS)
The Two Hotel Francforts (HNS)
Moloka'i (genreless at HNS)
Florida, States visited: 23 + D.C.
Alas, Babylon by Pat Fran (Jul 18, 2014; ****)
A small town in Florida post nuclear war in 1950s.
back to...
New York, States visited: 23 + D.C.
The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov (Sep 2, 2014; ****)
A Classic of sci-fi genre. Setting: New York City roughly 3,000 years from now.
[futuristic New York]
Massachusetts, States visited: 24 + D.C.
The Fortune of War by Patrick O'Brian (Sep 16, 2014; *****)
The War of 1812. Jack and Stephen are held by Americans as prisoners of war. Setting: Boston
[USS Constitution in Boston Harbor]
Tennessee, States visited: 25 + D.C.
Carved in Bone by Jefferson Bass (Sep 19, 2014; ***)
Mystery series focusing on forensics. Setting: Knoxville, Tennessee
Idaho, States visited: 26 + D.C.
Belonging by Robin Lee Hatcher (Sep 20, 2014; ***)
Christian Romance. Setting: a small town near Boise in 1890s.
The List 1. Lotion
2. Someone with a Non Traditional Hair Color
3. Napkin
4. Speech
5. Ferry
6. Comb
7. Blinds or Curtains
8. Bulletin Board
9. Dominoes (the game)
10. Skipping Stone
11. Teapot
12. Bee
13. Pumpkin
14. Ghost
15. Feast
16. Family
17. Turkey
18. Tinsel
19. Star
20. Angel
21. Christmas Tree
22. Wreath
23. Frost
24. Leaves
25. Monster
26. Cranberry (any variation like juice, sauce, jelly, etc)
27. Concierge
28. A Latin Ballroom Dance
29. An Emerald
30. A Magic Spell
31. An Accent
32. Dolphin
33. Camping Trip
34. Gym
35. Cemetery
36. Red Lipstick
37. Helicopter
38. A Bad Habit
39. Roller Coaster
40. A High Five
Bonus Items
1. Sunrise or Sunset
2. Thunder
3. Handcuffs
4. A Con Artist
5. An FBI Agent
6. Countdown
7. Beach House
8. One Night Stand
9. Mason Jar
10. Appetizer
My personal 2015 reading challenge: 0/50is to read at least 25 paper books and 25 e-books I already own (by 1st Jan 2015)
10 books I got as a gift:
//10 books I bought for myself:
10 other books that are currently on my bookshelves/ on my Kindle:
10 books from a series I already started:
10 books on my TBR list:
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TBR - bought myself:
TBR - other books on my bookshelves:
TBR - gift:
Finish what you startedSeries completed in 2015: 0/8
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Series with 1 book left:
Theseus by Mary Renault (2)
The Isabella Books by N. Gemini Sasson (2)
Series with 2 books left:
The Minotaur Trilogy by Thomas Burnett Swann (1, 3)
Where the Heart Lives by Robin Lee Hatcher (2, 3)
Nina Borg by Lene Kaaberbøl (2, 3)
MacCarrick Brothers by Kresley Cole (2, 3)
A Love Story by Christopher Moore (1, 3)
Sci-Regency by J.L. Langley (2, 3 + short stories)
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Series with 3 books left:
Rhiannon's Law by J.A. Saare (2-4)
Dune Chronicles by Frank Herbert (4-6)
Robot by Isaac Asimov (short stories, novels: 4)
Life Lessons by Kaje Harper (2-4)
Cole McGinnis by Rhys Ford
Series with 4-6 books left:Joliffe The Player by Margaret Frazer (1-6) I read the seventh book in the series
Hainish Cycle by Ursula LeGuin (1-3, 5, 7-8)
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (2-5)
The Cousin's War by Phillippa Gregory (2-6)
Department Q by Jussi Adler-Olsen (2-6)
Inspector Kari Vaara by James Thompson (2-5)
Lily Bard by Charlaine Harris (2-5)
Dangerous Ground by Josh Lanyon (2-5)
John Russell by David Downing (2-6)
A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin
Series with 7-10 books left:Plantagenet Saga by Jean Plaidy (3-5, 7, 9-14)
Body Farm by by Jefferson Bass (2-8)
Kurt Wallander by Henning Mankell (3-11)
Harry Hole by Jo Nesbø (1, 2, 4-10)
Sookie Stackhouse by Charlaine Harris (5-13)
Dr. Siri Paiboun by Colin Cotterill (2-9)
Series with 11-14 books left:Aubrey & Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian (8-21)
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (2-15)
The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (2-15)
Mrs Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman (2, 4-14)
Series with 15+ books left:Chronicles of Brother Cadfael by Ellis Peters (3, 7-20)
Marcus Didius Falco by Lendsey Davis (1, 2, 4-20)
Hříšní lidé Království českého by Vladimír Vondruška (1-8, 10-19)
Kay Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell (2-22)
Hercule Poirot by Agatha Christie (1-3, 6-8, 11-23, 25-42)
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The Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le GuinDec 1, 2014 ****The Naked Sun by Isaac AsimovDec 3, 2014 ****The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsDec 4, 2014 ***The Robots of Dawn by Isaac AsimovDec 8, 2014 ****The Rest of the Robots by Isaac AsimovDec 9, 2014 **Birds, Beasts, and Relatives by Gerald DurrellDec 11, 2014 ****A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis PetersDec 15, 2014 ***The Garden Of The Gods by Gerald DurrellDec 17, 2014 ****A Rare Benedictine by Ellis PetersDec 18, 2014 ***Childhood's End by Arthur C. ClarkeDec 19, 2014 ****Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon NorthupDec 21, 2014 ****The Snow Queen by Hans Christian AndersenDec 24, 2014 ****To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José FarmerDec 25, 2014 ***The Forever War by Joe HaldemanDec 29, 2014 ****Soulless by Gail CarrigerDec 30, 2014 ****Nine Princes in Amber by Roger ZelaznyDec 31, 2014 ***reading plan for December:
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