Play Book Tag discussion

Subdue the Shelf Clerk level, Porter level, Engineer 1, Engineer 2
Birthday tracking: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

87 (-20 for magical realism vote) 80 (-10 for holiday vote) 76

January: Food


February: England


March: Japan


April: Friendship


May: Indigenous

June: Immigration


July: Adventure


August: Moral Dilemmas

September: Literary Fiction

October: Winter
87

November: Dragons (-20)
77

December: Holiday (-10)
76

Fall flurries 4
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80

Completed Candles: 75
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1. Read a book that fits our very first tag: historical fiction.

2. PBT was founded in February, 2008. Read a book that represents or relates to any event that occurred (or occurs) in February.

3. Read a 5 star book from any of our administrators (past or present) "read" shelf. Administrators include: Ladyslott, LibraryCin, Annapi, JoLene, BooknBlues, Nicole R, Kristal and Anita. (This one's from annapi's shelf.)

4. We have been compiling the PBT Top 10 list since our inception. Read a book from any of our 15 years of Top 10 selections.

5. Read a book that fits the tag of India. Read in December, 2013, it represents our least read tag (excluding administrator special tags).

6. Surprisingly, our favorite tag as measured by books read in one month was read way back in 2008. Read a book that fits the tag of mystery.

7. When PBT was 7 years old, we compiled our own top 100 non-fiction books of all time. Read one to blow out this candle.

8. When PBT was 8 years old, we compiled our own top 100 fictional books of all time. Read one to blow out this candle.

9. In 2016, we were forced to make the move from Shelfari to Goodreads. Read a book that fits EITHER the last tag we read at Shelfari (2010) or the first tag we read at Goodreads (world war ii).

10. Our most prolific poster (in the Goodreads era) is Amy. Amy has posted more than anyone (including the administrators!) with 9301 comments as of this writing. Read a book in Amy's honor that somehow relates to her (either it is on her shelf, or highlights something you know about her personally, or her geography, or her profession). Indicate how you selected the book with your review.

11. Read a book that was a buddy read here on PBT that you have not read before. Link to the buddy read thread along with your review.

12. Fall Flurries and Trim the TBR have been staples for PBT for a very long time! Select a book that has been read for either of these PBT stalwarts that is shelved on our PBT bookshelf

13. Read a book that is tagged with survival or survivor.

14. Read a book from your favorite tag of all the tags you've personally read with PBT. (Adventure)

15. Read a book that was published the year YOU turned 15.
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Subdue: 41 +50 (for reaching Station Master)
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PBT Top 100 Fiction TBR

Potential to be removed in 2023
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New possibilities for 2023
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Japan


Indigenous



Possible 15 for 15 reads

5. Read a book that fits the tag of India. Read in December, 2013, it represents our least read tag (excluding administrator special tags).



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1. Read a book that fits our very first tag: historical fiction. Note that our very first tagger was MOM2RUDY who is now a published author, W.J. Small (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

2. PBT was founded in February, 2008. Read a book that represents or relates to any event that occurred (or occurs) in February.






3. Read a 5 star book from any of our administrators (past or present) "read" shelf. Administrators include: Ladyslott, LibraryCin, Annapi, JoLene, BooknBlues, Nicole R, Kristal and Anita. (view spoiler)[

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4. We have been compiling the PBT Top 10 list since our inception. Read a book from any of our 15 years of Top 10 selections. (view spoiler)[

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9. In 2016, we were forced to make the move from Shelfari to Goodreads. Read a book that fits EITHER the last tag we read at Shelfari (2010) or the first tag we read at Goodreads (world war ii). (view spoiler)[
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10. Our most prolific poster (in the Goodreads era) is Amy. Read a book in Amy's honor that somehow relates to her (either it is on her shelf, or highlights something you know about her personally, or her geography, or her profession). Indicate how you selected the book with your review. (view spoiler)[




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11. Read a book that was a buddy read here on PBT that you have not read before. (view spoiler)[
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12. Fall Flurries and Trim the TBR have been staples for PBT for a very long time! Select a book that has been read for either of these PBT stalwarts that is shelved on our PBT bookshelf (view spoiler)[


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13. Read a book that is tagged with survival or survivor. (view spoiler)[
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15. PBT is 15 years old! Read a book that was published the year YOU turned 15. (view spoiler)[

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Clerk books

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault
25 2 (Read 16/DNFd 5/Deleted 2)
Clerk stats: 10 books read, 7 from list/3 swaps

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The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
White Trash Warlock by David R. Slayton
This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
After the Dragons by Cynthia Zhang
Noor by Nnedi Okorafor
Firebreak by Nicole Kornher-Stace
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
I'm Waiting for You and Other Stories by Bo-Young Kim
Witchmark by CL Polk
Vicious by V.E. Schwab
The Weight of Living by M.A. Hinkle
No Man of Woman Born by Ana Mardoll
Walking on Water by Matthew Metzger
The Cloud Roads by Martha Wells
This Place: 150 Years Retold
We Are All Completely Fine by Daryl Gregory
His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
Mahu Fire by Neil S. Plakcy
The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho
Gilded Cage by KJ Charles\

(1 deleted from list for board two (Walking on Water), 4 deleted for board 3 (Vicious/No Man of Woman/Weight of Living/Noor), 4 read for board two) (hide spoiler)]

Porter board
The Woodcarver's Model by Peter E. Fenton
Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault
Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold by Bolu Babalola
Poised in Either Eye by B. Pigeon
Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri
Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson
Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Late Summer, Early Spring by Patricia Correll
An Unusual Courtship by Katherine Marlowe
The Death of the Necromancer by Martha Wells
The Sword of Kaigen: A Theonite War Story by M.L. Wang

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1. Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (2)
2. Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (2)
3. Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson (8)
4. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater (227)
5. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi (6)
6. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater (227)
7. Witchmark by CL Polk (4)
8. The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness (118)
9. The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness (118)
10. A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (26)
11. Autoboyography by Christina Lauren (35)
12. Venetia by Georgette Heyer (6)
13. Venetia by Georgette Heyer (6)
14. Autoboyography by Christina Lauren (35)
15. A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (26)
16. Witchmark by CL Polk (4)
17. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi (6)
18. Vicious by V.E. Schwab (44)
19. Vicious by V.E. Schwab (44)
20. Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes (49)
21. Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes (49)
22. Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (77)
23. Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (77)
24. Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater (4)
25. Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert (12)
26. Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater (4)
27. Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert (12)
28. Kulti by Mariana Zapata (23)
29. Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson (8)
30. Kulti by Mariana Zapata (23)
31. This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar (12)
32. A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings by Will Betke-Brunswick
33. This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar (12)
34. A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings by Will Betke-Brunswick
35. Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri
36. Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri
37. Rebel by Beverly Jenkins
38. Rebel by Beverly Jenkins
39. The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by K.J. Charles
40. The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by K.J. Charles
41. Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko
42. Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko
43. The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia
44. The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia
45. White Trash Warlock by David R. Slayton
46. White Trash Warlock by David R. Slayton
47. I'm Waiting for You and Other Stories by Bo-Young Kim
48. I'm Waiting for You and Other Stories by Bo-Young Kim
49. A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson
50. A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson
51. The Sword of Kaigen: A Theonite War Story by M.L. Wang
52. After the Dragons by Cynthia Zhang
53. After the Dragons by Cynthia Zhang
54. World Running Down by Al Hess
55. World Running Down by Al Hess
56. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
57. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
58. Poised in Either Eye by B. Pigeon
59. Poised in Either Eye by B. Pigeon
60. No Man of Woman Born by Ana Mardoll
61. No Man of Woman Born by Ana Mardoll
62. Light by Nathan Burgoine
63. Light by Nathan Burgoine
64. Diamond Ring by K.D. Casey
65. Diamond Ring by K.D. Casey
66. Love, Hate & Clickbait by Liz Bowery
67. Love, Hate & Clickbait by Liz Bowery
68. Whispers of Old Winds by George Seaton
69. Whispers of Old Winds by George Seaton
70. The Sword of Kaigen: A Theonite War Story by M.L. Wang
71. Amberlough by Lara Elena Donnelly
72. Amberlough by Lara Elena Donnelly
73. Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold by Bolu Babalola
74. Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold by Bolu Babalola
75. The Taste of Desert Green by Kim Fielding
76. The Taste of Desert Green by Kim Fielding
77. Noor by Nnedi Okorafor
78. Noor by Nnedi Okorafor
79. The Weight of Living by M.A. Hinkle
80. The Weight of Living by M.A. Hinkle
81. Firebreak by Nicole Kornher-Stace
82. Firebreak by Nicole Kornher-Stace
83. Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault
84. Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault
85. The Woodcarver's Model by Peter E. Fenton
86. The Woodcarver's Model by Peter E. Fenton
87. Well Traveled by Margaret Mills
88. Well Traveled by Margaret Mills
89. The Death of the Necromancer by Martha Wells
90. The Death of the Necromancer by Martha Wells
91. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
92. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
93. How Long 'til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin
94. How Long 'til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin
95. Late Summer, Early Spring by Patricia Correll
96. Late Summer, Early Spring by Patricia Correll
97. An Unusual Courtship by Katherine Marlowe
98. An Unusual Courtship by Katherine Marlowe
99. Where Do I Start? by Chase Taylor Hackett
100. Where Do I Start? by Chase Taylor Hackett (hide spoiler)]
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Porter stats: 18 books read (includes 1 from someone else’s board), 5 from original list
(Deleting 5 I already DNF'd/swapped for this board's play)



The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
A Careful Heart by Ralph Josiah Bardsley
Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta
Kamikaze Boys by Jay Bell

Engineer 1 board
Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold by Bolu Babalola
Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault
Reel by Kennedy Ryan
Wonders of the Invisible World by Christopher Barzak
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

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1. Paris Daillencourt Is About to Crumble by Alexis Hall
2. Paris Daillencourt Is About to Crumble by Alexis Hall
3. Paris Daillencourt Is About to Crumble by Alexis Hall
4. Paris Daillencourt Is About to Crumble by Alexis Hall
5. Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (117)
6. Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
7. Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
8. Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
9. Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
10. Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
11. Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
12. Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
13. After the Dragons by Cynthia Zhang
14. After the Dragons by Cynthia Zhang
15. After the Dragons by Cynthia Zhang
16. After the Dragons by Cynthia Zhang
17. This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
18. This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
19. This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
20. This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
21. Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob (23)
22. Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob
23. Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob
24. Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob
25. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
26. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
27. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
28. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
29. Light by Nathan Burgoine
30. Light by Nathan Burgoine
31. Light by Nathan Burgoine
32. Light by Nathan Burgoine
33. The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami
34. The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami
35. The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami
36. The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami
37. Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold by Bolu Babalola
38. Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold by Bolu Babalola
39. Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold by Bolu Babalola
40. Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold by Bolu Babalola
41. Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho
42. Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho
43. Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho
44. Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho
45. Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault
46. Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault
47. Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault
48. Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault
49. Wonders of the Invisible World by Christopher Barzak
50. Wonders of the Invisible World by Christopher Barzak
51. Wonders of the Invisible World by Christopher Barzak
52. Wonders of the Invisible World by Christopher Barzak
53. Son of a Gun by A.M. Riley
54. Son of a Gun by A.M. Riley
55. Son of a Gun by A.M. Riley
56. Son of a Gun by A.M. Riley
57. Devil's Cub by Georgette Heyer
58. Devil's Cub by Georgette Heyer
59. Devil's Cub by Georgette Heyer
60. Devil's Cub by Georgette Heyer
61. Don't You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane
62. Don't You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane
63. Don't You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane
64. Don't You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane
65. Reel by Kennedy Ryan
66. Reel by Kennedy Ryan
67. Reel by Kennedy Ryan
68. Reel by Kennedy Ryan
69. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
70. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
71. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
72. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
73. A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings by Will Betke-Brunswick
74. A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings by Will Betke-Brunswick
75. A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings by Will Betke-Brunswick
76. A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings by Will Betke-Brunswick
77. White Trash Warlock by David R. Slayton
78. White Trash Warlock by David R. Slayton
79. White Trash Warlock by David R. Slayton
80. White Trash Warlock by David R. Slayton
81. The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
82. The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
83. The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
84. The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
85. Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
86. Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
87. Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
88. Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
89. Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko
90. Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko
91. Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko
92. Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko
93. Witch King by Martha Wells
94. Witch King by Martha Wells
95. Witch King by Martha Wells
96. Witch King by Martha Wells
97. How Long 'til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin
98. How Long 'til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin
99. How Long 'til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin
100. How Long 'til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin (hide spoiler)]
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Engineer1 stats: Read 16 (including 2 from someone else's board)

Engineer 2 board

1. The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden (winter 428)
2. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (winter 10)(500+ pages)
3. Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross (winter 18)
4. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (winter 10) (500+ pages)
5. The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden (winter 428)
6. Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross (winter 18)
7. Miss Percy's Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons by Quenby Olson (dragons 81)
8. The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo (dragons 41)
9. A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan (dragons 945)
10. A Wizard of Earthsea (dragons 326)
11. Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan (dragons 147)
12. A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan (dragons 945)
13. The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo (dragons 41)
14. Miss Percy's Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons by Quenby Olson (dragons 81)
15. Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan (dragons 147)
16. A Wizard of Earthsea (dragons 326)
17. The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall
18. These Old Lies by Larrie Barton
19. A Fractured Infinity by Nathan Tavares
20. The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall
21. The Master of Samar by Melissa Scott
22. A Fractured Infinity by Nathan Tavares
23. The Speed of Slow Changes by Sander Santiago
24. The Gay Best Friend by Nicolas DiDomizio
25. Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault
26. Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold by Bolu Babalola
27. Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney
28. When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore
29. The Speed of Slow Changes by Sander Santiago
30. The Gay Best Friend by Nicolas DiDomizio
31. VenCo by Cherie Dimaline
32. Light by Nathan Burgoine
33. These Old Lies by Larrie Barton
34. The Master of Samar by Melissa Scott
35. On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden (500+pages)
36. Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault
37. Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold by Bolu Babalola
38. Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney
39. When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore
40. Light by Nathan Burgoine
41. VenCo by Cherie Dimaline
42. On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden (500+pages)
43. Los Nefilim by T. Frohock
44. Nights Without Night by Marina Vivancos
45. A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
46. The Galaxy Game by Karen Lord
47. Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh (500+pages)
48. Way Station by Clifford D. Simak
49. Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
50. Lovesick by Marina Ford
51. Scatter by Molly J. Bragg
52. The Survivalists by Kashana Cauley
53. This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kacen Callender
54. Outlined in Ink by Vivien Dean
55. The Woodcarver's Model by Peter E. Fenton
56. The Element of Fire by Martha Wells
57. Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner
58. Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh (500+pages)
59. The Shuddering City by Sharon Shinn
60. Infomocracy by Malka Ann Older
61. Los Nefilim by T. Frohock
62. Nights Without Night by Marina Vivancos
63. A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
64. The Galaxy Game by Karen Lord
65. Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh (500+pages)
66. Way Station by Clifford D. Simak
67. Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
68. Lovesick by Marina Ford
69. Scatter by Molly J. Bragg
70. The Survivalists by Kashana Cauley
71. This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kacen Callender
72. Outlined in Ink by Vivien Dean
73. The Woodcarver's Model by Peter E. Fenton
74. The Element of Fire by Martha Wells
75. Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner
76. Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh (500+pages)
77. The Shuddering City by Sharon Shinn
78. Infomocracy by Malka Ann Older
79. Whispers of Old Winds by George Seaton
80. Snowball in Hell by Josh Lanyon
81. Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi
82. Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
83. Penric's Progress by Lois McMaster Bujold
84. The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison
85. The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa
86. Small Wonders by Courtney Lux
87. Stray by Ash Penn
88. Names for the Dawn by C.L. Beaumont
89. Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser
90. Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi
91. Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
92. Penric's Progress by Lois McMaster Bujold
93. The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison
94. The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa
95. Small Wonders by Courtney Lux
96. Stray by Ash Penn
97. Names for the Dawn by C.L. Beaumont
98. Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser
99. Whispers of Old Winds by George Seaton
100. Snowball in Hell by Josh Lanyon
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Engineer2 stats: Read 16


+third winter if don't already have one
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse (winter 11)
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (winter 49)
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern (winter 56)
Normal People by Sally Rooney (winter 15)

Poised in Either Eye by B. Pigeon

Xeni by Rebekah Weatherspoon

Solomon's Crown by Natasha Siegel

If Found, Return to Hell by Em X. Liu
Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall
Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole

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Wonders of the Invisible World by Christopher Barzak

Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch (97)
Spear by Nicola Griffith

The Sword of Kaigen: A Theonite War Story by M.L. Wang (500+pages)
The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson



36. Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri
**The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi (600+pages)
**Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee
The Four Profound Weaves by R.B. Lemberg



Charming Young Man by Eliot Schrefer
90. The Death of the Necromancer by Martha Wells (500+)
The Eskimo Slugger by Brad Boney
Make a Scene
The Friendship Contract
The Romantic Agenda
You First by J.C. Lillis
Brothers Across Time by Brad Boney
Finders by Melissa Scott
Aliette de Bodard
96. Late Summer, Early Spring by Patricia Correll

Houston, Houston, Do You Read? by James Tiptree Jr.


The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie
Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal
The Lesson by Cadwell Turnbull
The Hidden Moon



A Pride of Poppies anthology
The Last Temptations of Iago Wick
Fierce by Rob Rosen
Ethan, Who Loved Carter by Ryan Loveless
Spy Stuff by Matthew Metzger





The Municipalists by Seth Fried
Devil's Bride by Stephanie Laurens
The Grand Sophy
The Nonesuch
Petty Treasons by Victoria Goddard
The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik
The Stories of Ibis by Hiroshi Yamamoto
Twinkle Twinkle by Kaori Ekuni
Poetry in Motion by Samantha Wayland
Shinigami by Xia Xia Lake
The Biggest Scoop by Gillian St. Kevern
Dirty Mind by Roe Horvat
Split by Mel Bossa
Social Skills by Sara Alva
The Degan Incident by Rob Colton
Fair Game by Josh Lanyon
Proper English
Love From A to Z by S.K. Ali
Let Us Dream
Match Maker by Alan Chin
Only This Beautiful Moment by Abdi Nazemian
The Long Past & Other Stories by Ginn Hale
Wicklow's Odyssey by R. Cooper
Ready When You Are by Gary Lonesborough




Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb (800+)

24. Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob

98. An Unusual Courtship by Katherine Marlowe
28. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
3. Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson
11. Autoboyography by Christina Lauren
24. Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater


Guy Gavriel Kay
Andrea Hairston (hide spoiler)]

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall
A Fractured Infinity by Nathan Tavares
45. Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault
37. Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold by Bolu Babalola
When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore
On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden (500+)
Los Nefilim by T. Frohock
Nights Without Night by Marina Vivancos
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
The Galaxy Game by Karen Lord
Way Station by Clifford D. Simak
Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
Scatter by Molly J. Bragg
The Survivalists by Kashana Cauley
This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story
Outlined in Ink
86. The Woodcarver's Model by Peter E. Fenton
The Element of Fire by Martha Wells
Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner
Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi
Penric's Progress by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa
Stray by Ash Penn
Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser
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65. Reel by Kennedy Ryan
If Found, Return to Hell by Em X. Liu
Xeni
The Friendship Contract
Make a Scene
The Romantic Agenda
You First by J.C. Lillis
The Four Profound Weaves by R.B. Lemberg


Brothers Across Time
Finders by Melissa Scott
Aliette de Bodard
Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
96. Late Summer, Early Spring by Patricia Correll
Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi (600+)
Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee
The Eskimo Slugger by Brad Boney
The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson


Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie
Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal
The Lesson by Cadwell Turnbull
The Hidden Moon



Charming Young Man by Eliot Schrefer

A Pride of Poppies anthology
The Last Temptations of Iago Wick
Fierce by Rob Rosen
Ethan, Who Loved Carter by Ryan Loveless
Spy Stuff by Matthew Metzger




36. Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri
The Municipalists by Seth Fried
Devil's Bride by Stephanie Laurens
The Grand Sophy
The Nonesuch
Petty Treasons by Victoria Goddard
The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik
The Stories of Ibis by Hiroshi Yamamoto
Twinkle Twinkle by Kaori Ekuni
Poetry in Motion by Samantha Wayland
Shinigami by Xia Xia Lake
The Biggest Scoop by Gillian St. Kevern
Dirty Mind by Roe Horvat
Split by Mel Bossa
Social Skills by Sara Alva
The Degan Incident by Rob Colton
Fair Game by Josh Lanyon
Proper English
Love From A to Z by S.K. Ali
Let Us Dream
Match Maker by Alan Chin
Only This Beautiful Moment by Abdi Nazemian
The Long Past & Other Stories by Ginn Hale
Wicklow's Odyssey by R. Cooper
Ready When You Are by Gary Lonesborough



90. The Death of the Necromancer by Martha Wells (500+)
51. The Sword of Kaigen: A Theonite War Story by M.L. Wang (500+)
Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb (800+)

59. Poised in Either Eye by B. Pigeon
49. Wonders of the Invisible World by Christopher Barzak
98. An Unusual Courtship by Katherine Marlowe
28. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
3. Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson
11. Autoboyography by Christina Lauren
24. Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater


Guy Gavriel Kay
Spear
Andrea Hairston
Solomon's Crown

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A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr., 1959
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula K. Le Guin, 1974
Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh, 1981
Dawn by Octavia E. Butler, 1987

Valor's Choice by Tanya Huff, 2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
A Brother's Price by Wen Spencer, 2005
2006
2007
Anathem by Neal Stephenson, 2008
2009
2010
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, 2011
2012
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie, 2013
The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord, 2013
2014
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor, 2015
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky, 2015

2016

All Systems Red by Martha Wells, 2017
Fandom for Robots by Vina Jie-Min Prasad, 2017
The Secret Life of Bots by Suzanne Palmer, 2017
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal, 2018
2019

To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers, 2019
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson, 2020
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, 2021
Firebreak by Nicole Kornher-Stace, 2021
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers, 2021
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy, 2022
2022
2023 (hide spoiler)]

2024 Scifi Project

The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster, 1909
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, 1924
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov, 1950
The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham, 1953
On the Beach by Nevil Shute, 1957
Way Station by Clifford D. Simak, 1963
***Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany, 1966
This Immortal by Roger Zelazny, 1966
The Star Diaries: Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy by Stanisław Lem, 1971
Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky, 1972
Houston, Houston, Do You Read? by James Tiptree Jr., 1973
Doorways in the Sand by Roger Zelazny, 1976
The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge, 1980
Kalpa Imperial: The Greatest Empire That Never Was by Angélica Gorodischer, 1983
Yukikaze 1984
The Sea and Summer by George Turner, 1987
Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks, 1987
The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks, 1988
Hyperion by Dan Simmons, 1989
Fools by Pat Cadigan, 1992
Ammonite by Nicola Griffith, 1992
***Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson, 1992
Hunting Party by Elizabeth Moon, 1993
Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon, 1996
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell, 1996
The Risen Empire by Scott Westerfeld, 2003
The Stories of Ibis by Hiroshi Yamamoto, 2006
Zoo City by Lauren Beukes, 2010
Embassytown by China Miéville, 2011
Clean by Alex Hughes by Alex Hughes, 2012
***Planetfall by Emma Newman, 2015
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers, 2016
Infomocracy by Malka Ann Older, 2016
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel, 2016
Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill, 2017
Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant, 2017
On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden, 2018
The Freeze-Frame Revolution by Peter Watts, 2018
The Outside by Ada Hoffmann, 2019
The Municipalists by Seth Fried, 2019
Finder by Suzanne Palmer, 2019
The Lesson by Cadwell Turnbull, 2019
***The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley, 2019
A History of What Comes Next by Sylvain Neuvel, 2021
Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi, 2022
The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler, 2022
Under Fortunate Stars by Ren Hutchings, 2022
After World by Debbie Urbanski, 2023

The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon, 1953
The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
*The trouble with lichen by John Wyndham, 1960
A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke, 1961
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein, 1966
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke, 1973
The Inverted World by Christopher Priest, 1974
Inherit the Stars by James P. Hogan, 1977
The Silver Metal Lover by Tanith Lee, 1981
Diaspora by Greg Egan, 1997
The Martian Race by Gregory Benford, 1999
Blindsight by Peter Watts, 2006
Dauntless by Jack Campbell, 2006
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness, 2008
Elysium by Jennifer Marie Brissett, 2014
The Galaxy Game by Karen Lord, 2015
New Moon by Ian McDonald, 2015
Our Blue Orange by A.R. Merrydew, 2015
Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer, 2016
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor, 2016
The Wrong Stars by Tim Pratt, 2017
Autonomous by Annalee Newitz, 2017
Iron Truth by S.A. Tholin, 2018
The Rig by Roger Levy, 2018
The Quantum Magician by Derek Künsken, 2018
Velocity Weapon by Megan E. O'Keefe, 2019
Delta-v by Daniel Suarez, 2019
Out Among the Ice Beacons by Gareth Howells, 2019
The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach, 2019
The House of Styx by Derek Künsken, 2020
Aestus: Book 1: The City by S.Z. Attwell, 2020
Melody: A First Contact Techno-Thriller by David Hoffer, 2020
The Combat Codes by Alexander Darwin, 2021
Refraction by Wick Welker, 2021
Dark Theory by Wick Welker, 2022
The Automaton by Ian Young, 2022
Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes, 2022
The Last Gifts of the Universe by Rory August, 2022
These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs, 2023
Infinity Gate by M.R. Carey, 2023
The Blighted Stars by Megan E. O'Keefe, 2023
Moths by Jane Hennigan, 2023
The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz, 2023
Generation Ship by Michael Mammay
The Surviving Sky
Sordidez

2024
Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes
Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
The Ministry of Time

Sci-fi

Zone One by Colson Whitehead
Mindscape by Andrea Hairston (Martha Wells rec)
The Heaviness of Knowing


M/M

Jazz Moon
Busy Ain't the Half of It
The Lamar St. Jon Experience
Keeping the Cookies
More to Love
Jayce Ellis


MMF

Just for the Cameras


Historical romance

Taffy
An Extraordinary Union
A Delicate Affair
Love's Serenade
The Art of Love
The Preacher's Promise
A Duke, the Lady, and a Baby
A Virtuous Ruby


Contemporary

Mia Sosa
The Friendship Contract
Mickey Chambers Shakes It Up
Make a Scene
The Romantic Agenda
The Replacements: A Grumpy Boss Romance
A Worthy Love
Only for the Week
Restore Me
Xeni
Sweethand
The Perfect Find
Take a Hint, Dani Brown


Urban fantasy

Binding Shadows
That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon
Wonder
Nothing but the Wolf in Me


YA

Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry
The Final Strife
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin


Middle Grade

Amari and the Night Brothers


NA

Attractions & Distractions: Freshman Year


Graphic novels

Wash Day Diaries
Across the Tracks: Remembering the Tulsa Race Massacre and Black Wall Street
Jamie
Casual Hex
Bingo Love Volume 1: Jackpot Edition
Nubia: Real One
Incognegro
Hot Comb
Bitter Root, Vol. 1: Family Business


Fantasy

Stone and Steel
Pimp My Airship: A Naptown by Airship Novel
Master of Poisons by Andrea Hairston


Historical fantasy

The Monsters We Defy


Historical

Incomparable World




Already on TBR

The Galaxy Game
The Lies of the Ajungo
The Killing Moon
Everfair
The Lesson
Shadowshaper
Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
The Survivalists
Real Men Knit
If I Don't Have You
The Love Con
Something Like Love
Reel
Let's Talk About Love
From Scratch
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
By Any Means Necessary
Boys Come First
By Pain of Death
This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story

Irish

The Happy Couple
Normal People
River of Gods
New Moon
The Colony
The Heart's Invisible Furies
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling
Better By Far
Hospital Station (1962)
Foster

Next round of PBT Top 100 Fiction TBR

Re-voted in


New ones added


Originals Safe for 2023

Classics

The Belton Estate
The Warden
Howards End / Maurice
Mansfield Park
Excellent Women

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Wives and Daughters
Cranford

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Anthony Trollope
The Belton Estate
The Claverings
The Vicar of Bullhampton
Dr. Wortle's School
Lady Anna
The Three Clerks

Barbara Pym
Excellent Women

Howards End by EM Forster

Gloriana: or The Revolution of 1900
The Story of a Modern Woman
Young Anne
Hester

The Romance of a Shop
The Half Sisters

Anne Bronte
Agnes Gray

Thomas Hardy
The Return of the Native
The Woodlanders
Far From the Madding Crowd
The Trumpet-Major
The Hand of Ethelberta
Desperate Remedies

Wilkie Collins

Middlemarch

In the Roar of the Sea by Sabine Baring-Gould
The Wild Irish Girl: A National Tale

Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood
After London: or, Wild England by Richard Jefferies

Allen Raine
Love and Mr. Lewisham by H.G. Wells

The Odd Women by George Gissing
Her Mother's Darling by Charlotte Riddell
A Struggle for Fame by Charlotte Riddell
The Wood Beyond the World by William Morris
Agatha's Husband by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance by Harriet Martineau
Phantastes by George MacDonald
East Lynne by Mrs. Henry Wood
The Beth Book by Sarah Grand
Hester (3 Volumes): Margaret Oliphant (Classics, Literature) Annotated
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GR Awards

Romantasy


Fantasy


Science fiction


YA


Debut

2024 goals

>Classics
One Anthony Trollope
Mansfield Park
At least one other 1800s novel
At least one other New To Me classics author

>Scifi
Read two different authors from pre-1970
Read additional three authors from pre-2000
Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi
Read one translated scifi

>Black authors
Christina C. Jones
Kennedy Ryan
Alyssa Cole
Plus two additional New to Me black romance authors
One NTM MM author
One NTM urban fantasy/paranormal author
One NTM fantasy author
The Galaxy Game
Two graphic novels

>Physically owned
Cold People
Stray
Get reading glasses


Read two Top 100 books
Read two Irish novels
Read one translated Japanese spec fic novel
Read three other Japanese novels

Sweep the Shelf goals
Civil Wars by Steve Milton
Documenting Light by E.E. Ottoman
A Matter of Disagreement by E.E. Ottoman
Fierce by Rob Rosen
Small Wonders by Courtney Lux

The Biggest Scoop by Gillian St. Kevern
A Pocketful of Stardust by J.P. Barnaby
The Degan Incident by Rob Colton
Poetry in Motion by Samantha Wayland
When Forever Ended by Cara Dee


New Release MM goals
Swordspoint
Corruption Kim Fielding

>F/F
Scatter
Read one historical F/F
Read one other F/F
Baker Thief
The Tea Master and the Detective (The Red Scholar's Wake)

When The Moon Was Ours
Paladin of Souls

1. The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard
2. The Belton Estate by Anthony Trollope
3. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
4. An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole / Reel by Kennedy Ryan / Wonder by Christina C. Jones
5. When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore / Help Wanted by J. Emery
6. Los Nefilim by T. Frohock
7. Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
8. Watership Down by Richard Adams
9. Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner
10. Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault
11. Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
12. Way Station by Clifford D. Simak
13. The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
14. Love Beyond Body, Space & Time: An Indigenous LGBT Sci-Fi Anthology
15. The Lesson by Cadwell Turnbull / Everfair by Nisi Shawl
16. The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
17. Civil Wars by Steve Milton / Documenting Light by E.E. Ottoman
18. The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
19. Maurice by E.M. Forster
20. The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa
21. Normal People by Sally Rooney
22. Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi
23. Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
24. Across the Tracks: Remembering Greenwood, Black Wall Street, and the Tulsa Race Massacre


(?Cold People?) Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold by Bolu Babalola

Top 100: I, Robot / On the Beach / / The Once and Future King /

/ The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi / Elysium by Jennifer Marie Brissett

?
Proud Pink Sky
Hen Fever/Proper English/The Companion/Bitterthorn
The Survivalists
Abbott
Japanese
indigenous
This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kacen Callender / Love From A to Z by S.K. Ali

You First by J.C. Lillis
Shinigami by Xia Xia Lake
Split by Mel Bossa
Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb (800+)
49. Wonders of the Invisible World by Christopher Barzak

translated
black authors
linguistics
graphic novels
victorian
novella
austenesque
slice of life
sf-masterworks
sapphic



caribbean
pirates
artificial intelligence


19th century
classics
science fiction
irish
anthology
Hugo
1960s
1980s
owned
1920s
nebula
aliens

2024 thread
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Some final stats:

Where 2023 reads came from:

21: 2019 tbr
15: 2020 tbr
14: 2021 tbr
45: 2022 tbr
87: 2023 tbr

Where 2023 favorites came from:

2: 2019 tbr
2: 2020 tbr
2: 2021 tbr
3: 2022 tbr
3: 2023 tbr

These numbers do not include re-reads or sequels if they were part of a series binge