We are already nearing the midway point of 2020, and what a year it has been so far. Since I do have a fair amount of challenges and goals going I decided to do a midway point update for most of them. It will be good to see where I am on track and where I am not on track.
I last checked for this blog post on June 13th so I could plan it in.
Goal Level: 3 (11-15 books)
Current Level: Level 1 (1-5) books
Books Read: Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Imaginarium | Equal Rites | The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents | Guards! Guards! | Going Postal
I quite need to work on this one. I mean with a book every month I could still hit 11 books and so level 3 but I was more gunning for 15 haha. I kind of got stuck on the Witches arc Equal Rites was a reread but I had a hard time picking up the rest of the books in that arc so far.
Goal: 12 Books
Current Status: 4 Books
Read: Bone Silence | The Rise and the Fall of D.O.D.O. | The Electric Heir | Shorefall
I have been avoiding the bigger books again despite this being my own reading challenges. I am quite bad.
Contrition of a Bad SFF Fan | Backlist Bingo
Published in the 70’s | |
Hugo Award Winner | |
SciFi | The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O |
Not Written By a Bloke | A Touch of Death |
Published in the 80s | |
Locus Award winner | |
Fantasy | Wild Country |
Author Outside of US/UK | |
Published in the 90s | |
Sidewise Award Winner | |
Horror | |
Written By an Author of Colour | |
Published in the 00s | |
Nebula Award Winner | |
Novella | Killing Gravity |
Not Written in English |
I need to work on some of those award winners and all. But I think as we head closer to sci-fi month I will be more inclined in picking these up.
I am doing pretty well with this one. Only 4 more to go. Honestly I have one thought out for every one still left except the one with food included in the title. Anyone have any ideas for me?
Prompt | Book |
A Book Published in 2020 | Come Stumbling Down |
An Anthology or Poetry Collection | |
A Book in the Middle of a Series | Kiss & Spell |
A Book from the Last Decade | Tunnel of Bones |
A Book with Multiple Povs | Wild Country |
A Book That a Friend Recommends | The Rise and Fall of DODO |
A Book That Has a Number in the Title | The Ten Thousand Doors of January |
A Young Adult Novel | Belle Revolte |
A Dystopian Novel | Storm of Locusts |
A Non-Fiction Novel | Praten Doe Je Met Zijn Tweeen |
A Book Written in a Format Other Than 3rd POV | Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky |
A Memoir | |
A Book of Your Choice | Equal Rites |
A Book About Friendship/Family | Bone Silence |
A Fantasy/Science-Fiction | The Wind Reader |
A Book by an Indie Author | A Necessary Sacrifice |
A Book With a Beautiful Cover | The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water |
A Book You Saw Someone Else Reading | The Library of the Unwritten |
A Book with a Color in Its Name | Duftapotheke 2: The mystery of the black flower |
A Bestseller Book | Iron Kissed |
A Book Which Was a Gift/Borrowed | Ghost Squad |
A Book Longer Than 500 Pages | |
A Book You Meant to Read Last Year | The Tyrant’s Tomb |
A Book with Food in the Title |
The Stay Far Far Away Bingo
I picked this one up at random during the start of covid-19 even though I never really announced it on the blog. Its mostly sci-fi so again I thin I will be able to pick up quite a bit more sci-fi after the Summer.
Aliens | Nowhere on Earth |
Apocalypse | |
Set on Another Planet | |
Involves Space Travel | |
Robots | |
Artificial Intelligence | |
Female Protagonist | |
Award Winner | |
Published Before You Were Born | |
Time Travel | |
Short Story Anthology | |
Sentient Space Ships | Killing Gravity |
Book by a Favorite Author | |
First Contact | |
Published in 2020 | Shorefall |
Non-Binary or Female Author | Iron Cast |
Start of a New Series | |
Set in the Future | |
Translated Work | |
Climate Change | |
A Science Fiction Classic | |
Over 500 pages | |
Debut Novel | Ghost Squad |
Novella | Exit Strategy |
Last Book in a Series |
I think you will love Lords and Ladies, and you won’t miss anything about the Lancre storyline if you skip Witches Abroad for now. 👍✨
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I still haven’t progressed further into Wyrd Sisters. Lesigh. But the first full week of July Merijn is at my parents and I think I’m going to sit down with the Witches arc then for a bit.
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I think you are doing so well on your challenges. The Stay Far Far Away bingo seems so interesting.
Happy readings!
Tânia @MyLovelySecret
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Thanks. And it is a very interesting one.
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I feel the same way about Go Big or Go home haha. I have read one book, even though I have two 500+ page books that I own and haven’t read. Let’s try to read at least one big book over the summer? 😛
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We can do it haha.
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