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Overall book goal: 3/26---‐--------------------------------
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Quarterly Challenge
Best in Show (1/5 total books)
Novellas on Hugo shortlist:
The Deep by Rivers Solomon
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Yearly Challenge
Pop Sugar (3/10 total books)
A book in a different format:
Fog Over Mandaree - read free ebook from the authors on my phone, which is terrible
A DNF:
The Blumhouse Book of Nightmares - Finished this one after first cracking it in November of 2018
Afrofuturism:
The Deep - though I am not sure it fit my idea of afrofuturism so may try get another book in for this challenge
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Serial Reader (1/10 total books)
Start (0/2 new series)
A Deadly Education
Murderbot
Finish (0/2 series)
The Poppy War
The Green Bone Saga
Continue (1/3 series)
Ascending Mage Series
Fog Over Mandaree
Children of Blood and Bone
Harrow the Ninth
Overall book goal: 11/26---‐--------------------------------
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Quarterly Challenge
Best in Show (4/5 total books)
Novellas on Hugo shortlist:
The Deep by Rivers Solomon
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djeli Clark
Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson
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Yearly Challenge
Pop Sugar (5/10 total books)
A book in a different format:
Fog Over Mandaree - read free ebook from the authors on my phone, which is terrible
A DNF:
The Blumhouse Book of Nightmares - Finished this one after first cracking it in November of 2018
Afrofuturism:
The Deep - though I am not sure it fit my idea of afrofuturism so may try get another book in for this challenge
Genre Hybrid:
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 - A steampunky alternative history buddy cop fantasy novella, bordering on paranormal
Dark Academia:
A Deadly Education - Angsty YA "Harry Potter" with an evil school
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Serial Reader (4/10 total books)
Start (2/2 new series)
A Deadly Education ✔
Murderbot ✔
Finish (0/2 series)
The Poppy War
The Green Bone Saga
Continue (2/3 series)
Ascending Mage Series ✔
Legacy of Orïsha ✔
Harrow the Ninth
Overall book goal: 15/26---‐--------------------------------
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Quarterly Challenge
Best in Show (4/5 total books)
Novellas on Hugo shortlist:
The Deep by Rivers Solomon
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djeli Clark
Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson
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Yearly Challenge
Pop Sugar (6/10 total books)
A book in a different format:
Fog Over Mandaree - read free ebook from the authors on my phone, which is terrible
A DNF:
The Blumhouse Book of Nightmares - Finished this one after first cracking it in November of 2018
Afrofuturism:
The Deep - though I am not sure it fit my idea of afrofuturism so may try get another book in for this challenge
Genre Hybrid:
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 - A steampunky alternative history buddy cop fantasy novella, bordering on paranormal
Dark Academia:
A Deadly Education - Angsty YA "Harry Potter" with an evil school
A book with less than 1,000 reviews:
It's Getting Harder and Harder to Tell the Two of You Apart by Casey Renee Kiser and Johnny Scarlotti - Poems from the edge. It had 47 ratings and 27 reviews, had to track the book down on Kiser's etsy page.
A book set in a restaurant:
Food Wars, Shokugeki no Soma Vol 1 - Manga series about a high school student gets accepted into an elite cooking school.
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Serial Reader (4/10 total books)
Start (2/2 new series)
A Deadly Education ✔
Murderbot ✔
Finish (0/2 series)
The Poppy War
The Green Bone Saga
Continue (2/3 series)
Ascending Mage Series ✔
Legacy of Orïsha ✔
Harrow the Ninth
Overall book goal: 27/26---‐--------------------------------
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Quarterly Challenge
Best in Show (5/5 total books)
Novellas on Hugo shortlist:
The Deep by Rivers Solomon
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djeli Clark
Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson
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Yearly Challenge
Pop Sugar (9/10 total books)
A book in a different format:
Fog Over Mandaree - read free ebook from the authors on my phone, which is terrible
A DNF:
The Blumhouse Book of Nightmares - Finished this one after first cracking it in November of 2018
Afrofuturism:
The Deep - though I am not sure it fit my idea of afrofuturism so may try get another book in for this challenge
Genre Hybrid:
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 - A steampunky alternative history buddy cop fantasy novella, bordering on paranormal
Dark Academia:
A Deadly Education - Angsty YA "Harry Potter" with an evil school
A book with less than 1,000 reviews:
It's Getting Harder and Harder to Tell the Two of You Apart by Casey Renee Kiser and Johnny Scarlotti - Poems from the edge. It had 47 ratings and 27 reviews, had to track the book down on Kiser's etsy page.
A book set in a restaurant:
Food Wars, Shokugeki no Soma Vol 1 - Manga series about a high school student gets accepted into an elite cooking school.
A locked room mystery
Mexican Gothic - Locked room adjacent story about mysterious mycelium
Longest TBR: Read Fractal Space which was in my TBR for at least three years.
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Serial Reader (11+/10 total books)
Start (3/2 new series)
A Deadly Education ✔
Murderbot ✔
The Conquests of Brokk ✔
Finish (1/2 series)
The Poppy War ✔
The Green Bone Saga
Continue (3/3 series)
Ascending Mage Series ✔
Legacy of Orïsha ✔
Harrow the Ninth❔
The Demon Cycle ✔
Overall book goal: 37/26---‐--------------------------------
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Quarterly Challenge
Best in Show (5/5 total books)
Novellas on Hugo shortlist:
The Deep by Rivers Solomon
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djeli Clark
Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson
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Yearly Challenge
Pop Sugar (10/10 total books)
A book in a different format:
Fog Over Mandaree - read free ebook from the authors on my phone, which is terrible
A DNF:
The Blumhouse Book of Nightmares - Finished this one after first cracking it in November of 2018
Afrofuturism:
The Deep - though I am not sure it fit my idea of afrofuturism so may try get another book in for this challenge
Genre Hybrid:
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 - A steampunky alternative history buddy cop fantasy novella, bordering on paranormal
Dark Academia:
A Deadly Education - Angsty YA "Harry Potter" with an evil school
A book with less than 1,000 reviews:
It's Getting Harder and Harder to Tell the Two of You Apart by Casey Renee Kiser and Johnny Scarlotti - Poems from the edge. It had 47 ratings and 27 reviews, had to track the book down on Kiser's etsy page.
A book set in a restaurant:
Food Wars, Shokugeki no Soma Vol 1 - Manga series about a high school student gets accepted into an elite cooking school.
A locked room mystery
Mexican Gothic - Locked room adjacent story about mysterious mycelium
Longest TBR: Read Fractal Space which was in my TBR for at least three years.
Gem or mineral in the title: Jade Legacy - The greatest fantasy trilogy of all time?
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Serial Reader (10+/10 total books)
Start (3/2 new series)
A Deadly Education ✔
Murderbot ✔
The Conquests of Brokk ✔
Finish (2/2 series)
The Poppy War ✔
The Green Bone Saga ✔
Continue (3/3 series)
Ascending Mage Series ✔
Legacy of Orïsha ✔
The Demon Cycle ✔
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Quarterly Challenge
Best in Show (0/5 total books)
Novellas on Hugo shortlist
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Yearly Challenge
Pop Sugar (0/10 total books)
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Serial Reader (0/10 total books)
Start (0/2 new series)
A Deadly Education
Murderbot
Finish (0/2 series)
The Poppy War
The Green Bone Saga
Continue (0/3 series)
Ascending Mage
Children of Blood and Bone
Harrow the Ninth