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daxxh
Posted 2015-05-01 12:22 PM (#10391 - in reply to #10372)
Subject: Re: RYO challenge - end of April update		Quote Reply



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Location: Great Lakes, USA		City - Clifford B. Simak - Authors, 50s, P&M - I liked the sentient dogs. (Read most of this while my two little dogs laid on top of me.)
Unlocked - John Scalzi - short - ok
Full Fathom Five - Max Gladstone - Fantasy Series, Sequel, Unloved, P&M - ok - not as good as the first one.
The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison - Readers Choice, WoGF, P&M - too much clothing description!
Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel - WoGF, Literary, 2nd, P&M - excellent.
The Bone Clocks - David Mitchell - Author, Literary, P&M - excellent - best book of the year so far.
and one non-genre book (Mary Doria Russells Epitaph)

Finished Challenges
Killer Bs 3/3
Elizabeth Noun 3/3
Gemmell 4/4
Published 2014 20/20
World 5/5
Pick and Mix 10/10 (I will probably move up a level since I use this challenge for the books published in 2014 overflow and for books I check out from the library.)


Ongoing Challenges
Readers Choice 4/5
Read it Again 2/6
SubGenre 2/5
Detective 9/12
Space Opera 0/15
Solar System 1/12
Clear the Shelves 4/15
Somewhere Out There 2/12
Read the Sequel 4/12
WoGF 6/12
More of That Author 9/12
Literary 3/12
Published 2015 0/18
1950s 3/10
Unloved 9/12
Fantasy Series 2/3
Second Best 2/6
12 in 12 2/6
Listomania 2/6
Short 4/12
Books Read 2015 24

I can't believe I haven't read any space opera! I may designate June as Space Opera month.

With all the controversy surrounding the Hugos, I find it interesting that the books that I consider the best that I've read this year are both "literary" (Station Eleven and The Bone Clocks). These books were very well written and were excellent stories. Even though my favorite subgenre is space opera, I consider these books more award worthy that most of the space opera that I read. There's just something to be said for a well written book. (I've already read Ancillary Sword, The Three Body Problem, The Goblin Emperor and have just started The Dark Between the Stars. I think The Bone Clocks is better than any of those.)

I think I'll join the Down Under Challenge. My challenge list is already huge - what's one more.

Edited by daxxh 2015-05-01 12:25 PM

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