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2023 Completed Books thread

shivam

commander damage
(he/hiim)
13th year running!
January (4)
A Bond Undone - Jin Yong
A Snake Lies Waiting - Jin Yong
From the mixed up files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler - E. L. Konigsburg
A Heart Divided - Jin Yong
February ()
Hackers - Steven Levy
March ()

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November()

December ()


2022 Total: 24
2021 Total: 34
2020 Total: 29
2019 Total: 17
2018 Total: 12
2017 Total: 7
2016 Total: 5 (1 ebook)
2015 Total: 4 (3 ebooks)
2014 Total: 20 (7 ebooks)
2013 Total: 16 (5 ebooks)
2012 Total: 43 (17 ebooks)
2011 Total: 42
2010 Total : 37
2009 Total: 38
 
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Lokii

Administrator
(He/Him)
Staff member
Moderator
* - Short stories

January (5)
Monk's Hood - Ellis Peters
The Face - Jack Vance
Rumfuddle - Jack Vance *
Saint Peter's Fair - Ellis Peters
A Taste of Honey - Kai Ashante Wilson
The Leper of Saint Giles - Ellis Peters

February (5)
Big Planet - Jack Vance
The Magnificent Showboats of the Lower Vissel River, Lune XXIII, Big Planet - Jack Vance
Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus
Mort - Terry Pratchett
The Repairer of Reputations - Robert W. Chambers *
Snuffles - R. A. Lafferty *
Very Good, Jeeves - P. G. Wodehouse

March (4)
Emphyrio - Jack Vance
The Last Hero - Terry Pratchet
The Virgin in the Ice - Ellis Peters
The Moon Moth - Jack Vance *
The Tree is my Hat - Gene Wolfe *
The Wannek - Jack Vance

April ()

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June ()

July ()

August ()

September ()

October ()

November ()

December ()

Total: 14

2009: 17
2011: 30
2012: 28
2013: 27
2014: 40
2015: 27
2016: 32
2017: 33
2018: 31
2019: 34
2020: 26
2021: 38
2022: 38
 
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Falselogic

Lapsed Threadcromancer
(they/them)
January (18)
Version Zero by David Yoon
Leech by Hiron Ennes
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
A History of the Bible by John Barton
Born to be Posthumous by Mark Dery
The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli
Jews Don't Count by David Baddiel
The Whispering Dark by Kelly Andrew
The Nationalist Revival by John B. Judis
The Socialist Awakening by John B. Judis
Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. H. Lawrence
Chokepoint Capitalism by Rebecca Giblin & Cory Doctorow
Fashionopolis by Dana Thomas
One's Company by Ashley Hutson
If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio
On Savage Shores by Caroline Dodds Pennock
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

February (17)
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
Johannes Cabal the Necromancer by Jonathan L. Howard
Revelator by Daryl Gregory
The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher
Be Free or Die by Lineberry
Behind Blue Eyes by Anna Mocikat
The Ritual by Adam Nevill
The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson
Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Undelivered by Jeff Nussbaum
Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman
Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Children of Ash and Elm by Neil Price
A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door by Jack Schneider and Jennifer Berkshire
The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland

March (11)
Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris
The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas
Candy by Samira Kawash
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
A Spectre Haunting by China Mieville
The Communist Manifest Karl Marx
The Forge of Christendom by Tom Holland
The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz
Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
The Aftermath by Philip Bump

April ()

May ()

June ()

July ()

August ()

September ()

October ()

November ()

December ()

2023 Total: 46

2022 Total: 165
2021 Total: 153
2020 Total: 164
2019 Total: 90
2018 Total: 99
2017 Total: 56
2016 Total: 37
2015 Total: 47
2014 Total: 71
2013 Total: 55
2012 Total: 44
2011 Total: 54
2010 Total: 62
 
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DANoWAR

(Wheeee!)
Mediocre work as usual in 2023?

Post title explained
"Book" is overused with my entries in this thread. A book often contains one story, sometimes multiple ones. Anthologies, for example. A comic isn't a book, yet I would count it here. Pulp fiction, which I read as well, are not really books, not even novellas.

Goals
- Read 6 books
...
Yeah, that's it.

Explanation
Normal Book
Short Story
Pulp Fiction (64 pages, cheap)
Comic, Graphic Novel
Tried it, but didn't read it to the end

Goodreads profile: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4470679-daniel

Now Reading
Mark Anthony & Ellen Porath - Dragonlance - Meetings Sextet Vol. 1 - Kindred Spirits

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? Short Stories
? Pulp Books
? Comic Books
? Didn't Like it / Didn't Finish

2022 Total: 2 stories
2021 Total: 4 stories
2020 Total: 5 stories
2019 Total: 1 stories
2018 Total: 19 stories
2017 Total: 29 stories
2016 Total: 2 regular + 7 pulp
2015 Total: 5 regular + 20 short stories
2014 Total: 4 regular
2013 Total: 4 regular + 39 pulp
2012 Total: 7 regular + 41 pulp
2011 Total: 8
2010 Total: 26
2009 Total: 9
 
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January (8)

The Monster’s Bones by David K. Randall 1/1 - 1/3 ****
Wolverine: Origin by Paul Jenkins and Kieron Gillen 1/6 - 1/7 ****
The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu 1/4 - 1/10 *****
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson 1/11 - 1/15 *****
The Rich Are Different by Susan Howatch 1/15 - 1/21 ****
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie 1/21 - 1/25 ****
Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie 1/25 - 1/30 ****
Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak 1/30 - 1/31 ***

February (11)

The Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie 2/1 - 2/6 ****
James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of my Life by James Patterson 2/4 - 2/8 *****
The Original by Brandon Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal 2/9 - 2/11 ***
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman 2/7 - 2/11 ****
I Hate Fairyland, Book One by Skottie Young 2/17 ****
I Hate Fairyland, Book Two by Skottie Young 2/18 ****
The Wall of Storms by Ken Liu 2/12 - 2/20 *****
Hamlet, Prince of Robots by. M. Darusha Wehm 2/20 *****
The Songbook of Benny Lament by Amy Harmon 2/20 - 2/22 *****
Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway by Michael Riedel 2/23 - 2/25 *****
The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan 2/22 - 2/27 ****

March (6)

Oscar Wars by Marc Schulman 2/25 - 3/5 *****
Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid 3/8 - 3/9 *****
Debunked by Ditto Abbott 3/9 - 3/14 ****
The Wandering Inn: Book One by Pirateaba 8/25/22 - 3/21 *****
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson 3/16 - 3/25 *****
Vinland Saga Omnibus Volume 1 by Makoto Yukimura 3/26 *****

Total: 25
 
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Behemoth

Dostoevsky is immortal!
(he/him/his)
I read 41 books in 2022, down one from 42 in 2021. I don't know that I have a particular goal this year, other than my perennial resolution to spend less time on social media and more time reading.

Total: 9

January (3)

Blitz - O'Malley
River of the Gods - Millard
Jade War - Lee

February (2)

Jade Legacy - Lee
Liberation Day - Saunders

March (4)

A Deadly Education - Novik
Stolen Focus - Hari
The Last Graduate - Novik
The Golden Enclaves - Novik
 
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Egarwaen

(He/Him)
I generally use the integrated Goodreads support on my Kindle to track this, but mirroring here has worked for a couple years running now.

January: (7)
Banner of the Stars: Volume 6 by Hiroyuki Morioka
Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire Volume 4 by Hayaken
Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire Volume 5 by Hayaken
Primary Inversion by Catherine Asaro
The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady, Vol. 2 by Piero Karasu
Lightning Strike by Catherine Asaro
The Keeper's Six by Kate Elliott

February: (4)
Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 5 Volume 2 by Miya Kazuki
The Last Hawk by Catherine Asaro
The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady, Vol. 3 by Piero Karasu
Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty

March: (5)
Tearmoon Empire: Volume 4 by Nozomu Mochitsuki
Architects of Memory by Karen Osborne
Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse
The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Ann Older

April: ()

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June: ()

July: ()

August: ()

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November: ()

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Daikaiju

Rated Ages 6+
(He, Him)
January
Marcy's Guide to Amphibia

February
The Mysterious Benedict Society

March
Immortal Hulk Vol 1
 
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Paul le Fou

24/7 lofi hip hop man to study/relax to
(He)
January
The Wizard Knight - Gene Wolfe
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid

February
Troy - Stephen Fry
Kill Six Billion Demons vol. 1-2 - Tom Parkinson-Morgan

March
Light - M. John Harrison
Kill Six Billion Demons vol. 3-4 - Tom Parkinson-Morgan
 
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