Sushicat joins the fun

I'll try to play with the cats and kittens and add a couple of other categories from all over the place to flesh out a 12x12 challenge for 2017:

1. PBT monthly tag
   
2. PBT stairs
   
3. PBT high notes
   
4. RandomCAT
   
5. AwardsCAT
   
6. CultureCAT
   
7. CATWoman
   
8. SFF Kit
   
9. 1001
   
10. M&S sub genres
    
11. M&S group reads
    
12. Just for fun
    

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📚 Library books
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🎨 Graphic Novels
☊ Audio books

PBT

Monthly Tag

✔ Jan - foreign literature - The Investigation - 4.5 stars
✔ Bonus tags January: self improvement: Drive by Daniel H. Pink - 4 stars
✔ Feb - quirky - Pyramids by Terry Pratchett - 3.4 stars / Ensel und Krete by Walter Moers - 3.4 stars
✔ Mar - ireland - In the Woods by Tana French - 5 stars
✔ Apr - bestsellers - Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel - 4.4 stars / The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty - 4 stars
✔ May - 2004 - Ghostheart by R.J. Ellory - 4 stars
✔ Jun - coming of age - 🎨 Plutona by Jeff Lemire - 3 stars
✔ Jul - award winners - Mind of the Raven by Bernd Heinrich - 5 stars / The Color Purple by Alice Walker - 5 stars / Binti by Nnedi Okorafor - 4 stars / To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - 5 stars / Columbine by David Cullen - 4.6 stars / Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 by David Petersen - 4 stars
✔ Aug - space opera - Redshirts by Joe Scalzi - 4 stars / Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks - 4 stars / Contact by Carl Sagan - 4 stars
✔ Sep - american - The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid - 4.4 stars / Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy - 4.6 stars / Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck - 5 stars
✔ Oct - society - Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann - 4 stars
✔ Nov - african american - Kindred by Octavia E. Butler - 4.4 stars
✔ Dec - social issues - Missoula by Jon Krakauer - 4 stars / I Was Told to Come Alone by Souad Mekhennet - 5 stars

PBT Stairs - completed: July 28

✔ 1. Time travel
✔ 1.1. 🎨 Patience by Daniel Clowes - 3.6 stars

✔ 2. True Crime
✔ 2.1. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote - 4.4 stars
✔ 2.2. Columbine - Dave Cullen - 4.6 stars

✔ 3. Canada
✔ 3.1. 🎨 Essex County by Jeff Lemire - 5 stars
✔ 3.2. Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel - 4.4 stars
✔ 3.3. Still Life by Louise Penny -3.6

✔ 4. Foreign Literature
✔ 4.1. The Investigation by Jung-Myung Lee - 4.6 stars
✔ 4.2. The Return : fathers, sons, and the land in between by Hisham Matar - 4.6 stars
✔ 4.3. Wie das Blatt sich wendet by Mo Yan - 3.0 stars
✔ 4.4. The Vegatarian by Han Kang - 3 stars

✔ 5. Series
✔ 5.1. Red Rising by Pierce Brown - 5 stars
✔ 5.2. First Family by David Baldacci - 4 stars
✔ 5.3. Seven for a Secret by Elizabeth Bear - 3.6 stars
✔ 5.4. Booked for Trouble by Eva Gates - 3 stars
✔ 5.5. The Girl in the Ice by Robert Bryndza - 4 stars

PBT High Notes - completed Dec 6

✔ 2016 - Ein Mann namens Ove - Fredrik Backman - 5 stars
✔ 2015 - The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins - 4 stars
✔ 2014 - Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel - 4.4 stars
✔ 2013 - Ready Player One - Ernest Cline - 4.4 stars
✔ 2012 - Tell the Wolves I'm Home - Carol Rifka Brunt - 5 stars
✔ 2011 - Doc - Mary Doria Russell - 5 stars
✔ 2010 - Columbine - Dave Cullen - 4.6 stars
✔ 2009 - Kindred by Octavia E. Butler - 4.4 stars
✔ 2008 - The Giver - Lois Lowry - 3.6 stars

Cats and kittens

RandomCAT

✔ Jan -- Search and Rescue - 🎨 Bulles by Daniel Torres - 4 stars
✔ Feb -- Mine, Yours and Ours - Gideon's Sword by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child - 3 stars
✔ Mar -- Ireland - In the Woods by Tana French - 5 stars
✔ Apr -- library stack - Mama Mafia by Daniel Zahno - 3.6 stars
✔ May -- All About Mom - Badlands by C.J. Box - 4 stars
✔ Jun -- Into the Unknown - Still Life by Louise Penny - 3.6 stars
✔ Jul -- Celebration - The Deep Blue Good-bye by John D. MacDonald - 4.4 stars
✔ Aug -- Animal kingdom - They Shoot Horses Don't They? by Horace McCoy - 4 stars
✔ Sep -- catching up - Die Schutzlosen by Kati Hiekkapelto - 3 stars
✔ Oct -- turn on the dark - Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann - 4 stars
🗶 Nov -- traffic -
✔ Dec -- one day - The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde - 4 stars

AwardsCAT

🗶 Jan -- Year's Best Lists/ Costa Award - The Return : fathers, sons, and the land in between by Hisham Matar - 4.6 stars
✔ Feb -- Canada Reads / The Morning News Tournament - 🎨 Essex County by Jeff Lemire - 5 stars
✔ Mar -- Newbery / Caldecott / other Genre Awards - The Giver by Lois Lowry - 3.6 stars
🗶 Apr -- Int. Dublin Lit. Award / Pulitzer Prize - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins - 4 stars
✔ May -- Man Booker / Edgar Awards - The Vegetarian by Han Kang - 3 stars
🗶 Jun -- PEN / National Book Award (USA) - The Color Purple by Alice Walker - 5 stars
✔ Jul -- Baileys Women's Prize / any SF&F award - Binti by Nnedi Okorafor - 4 stars
🗶 Aug -- Miles Franklin / Stonewall -
🗶 Sep -- Man Booker / O. Henry -
🗶 Oct -- Nobel Prize / Giller Prize -
🗶 Nov -- A regional prize of your choice -
Dec -- International awards -

CultureCAT

🗶 Jan -- Ethics in Science & Technology - Capitalism: A Structural Genocide by Garry Leech - 3.4 stars
✔ Feb -- Medicine & Public Health - Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt - 5 stars
✔ Mar -- Cultural Awareness & Diversity - Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison - 5 stars
🗶 Apr -- Religious Diversity & Freedom -
🗶 May -- Gender Equality -
✔ Jun -- Environmentalism/Conservation - Die Macht der Schwachen Strahlung by Cornelia Hesse-Honegger - 4 stars
✔ Jul -- Violence, Crime & Justice - The Night Stalker by Chris Carter - 3.4 stars
✔ Aug -- Impact of Natural disasters - 🎨 Au Coeur de Fukushima 1 by Kazuto Tatsuta - 3 stars
🗶 Sep -- Journalism & the Arts -
🗶 Oct -- Poverty -
✔ Nov -- Conflict & War - Caliban's War by James S.A. Cory - 4 stars
✔ Dec -- Cultural Flow & Immigration - I Was Told to Come Alone by Souad Mekhennet - 5 stars

CATWoman

🗶 Jan -- Classics by women - The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side by Agatha Christie - 3.6 stars
✔ Feb -- Debut books - Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt - 5 stars
✔ Mar -- Genres - The Giver by Lois Lowry - 3.6 stars
✔ Apr -- Biography/autobiography/memoir - Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter by Kate Clifford Larson - 3.4 stars
🗶 May -- Women in the arts -
🗶 Jun -- Professional women -
✔ Jul -- Women of color - The Color Purple by Alice Walker - 5 stars
🗶 Aug -- Nonfiction or historical fiction -
🗶 Sep -- Children's/YA/Graphic novels -
🗶 Oct -- Regional reading -
✔ Nov -- LGBT/Feminist writing - Fun Home by Alison Bechdel - 4 stars
✔ Dec -- Modern (post-1960) novels by women - Doc by Mary Doria Russell - 5 stars

SFF Kitty

✔ Jan -- Read an SFF you meant to read in 2016 - Red Rising by Pierce Brown - 5 stars
✔ Feb -- Space Travel - A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs - 3 stars
🗶 Mar -- Religious Themed SciFi/Fantasy
✔ Apr -- Dystopian/Apocalyptic theme - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel - 4.4 stars
🗶 May -- Alien contact - 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke - 4 stars
🗶 Jun -- Series Month - Leviathan Wakes by James A. Corey - 4.4 stars
✔ Jul -- Award Winners/Nominees - Binti by Nnedi Okorafor - 4 stars
✔ Aug -- Humorous sci fi/fantasy - Redshirts by Joe Scalzi - 4 stars
🗶 Sep -- Steampunk
🗶 Oct -- Near Future SciFi
✔ Nov -- Historical SFF - Empire of Ivory by Naomi Novik - 4 stars
Dec -- Magical Systems

1001

✔ Jan - The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison - 4 stars
🗶 Feb -
✔ Mar - Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison - 5 stars
✔ Apr - Amerika by Franz Kafka - 3 stars / The Remains of the Day - 4 stars / Der Prozess
🗶 May - 2001: Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke - 4.0 stars
🗶 Jun -
✔ Jul - Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow - 3 stars
✔ Aug - The End of the Affair by Graham Greene - 4 stars
🗶 Sep -
✔ Oct - The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood - 4.4 stars
🗶 Nov -
Dec -

1001 Labors of Herkules
✔ Jan - Il Gattopardo by Giuseppe Tomaso di Lampedusa - 4 stars
✔ Feb - Le noeud de viperes by François Mauriac - 5 stars and a ♥
🗶 Mar -
✔ Apr - The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe - 4 stars
✔ May - L'histoire d'O by Pauline Reage - 2 stars
🗶 Jun -
✔ Jul - Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow - 3 stars
✔ Aug - They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy - 4 stars
🗶 Sep -
✔ Oct - The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells - 4 stars
✔ Nov - Les nourritures terrestres by André Gide - 2 stars
Dec -

M&S

M&S sub-genre

🗶 Jan - young adult -
✔ Feb - techno thriller - Gideon's Sword by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child - 3 stars
✔ Mar - child in peril - In the Woods by Tana French - 5 stars
✔ Apr - scotland yard - Black & Blue by Emma Jameson - 3 stars
✔ May - police procedural - Badlands by C.J. Box - 4 stars
🗶 Jun - Rooting for the Bad Guy - A Clean Kill in Tokyo by Barry Eisler - 4 stars
✔ Jul - paranormal - The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch - 5 stars
🗶 Aug - eco-thriller -
✔ Sep - serial killer - Green River Killer by Jeff Jensen - 3.4 stars
✔ Oct - private investigator - King and Maxwell by David Baldacci - 3.6 Stars
🗶 Nov - aristocratic detective -
Dec - noir -

group reads

✔ Jan - First Family by David Baldacci - 4 stars / The Girl in the Ice by Robert Bryndza - 4 stars
✔ Feb - Long Time Coming by Robert Goddard - 4 stars
🗶 Mar -
✔ Apr - The Executioner by Chris Carter - 3.4 stars
✔ May - The Sixth Man by David Baldacci - 4 stars / Coffin Road by Peter May - 4.4 stars
✔ Jun - The Book of Souls by James Oswald - 3.4 stars
✔ Jul - The Night Stalker by Chris Carter - 3 stars
🗶 Aug -
🗶 Sep -
✔ Oct - The Hangman’s Song by James Oswald - 3.4 stars
🗶 Nov -
Dec -

PBT Prosperity - Jun 7 - Sep 3

✔ 1. 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke - 256 pg - 4 stars
✔ 2. Still Life by Louise Penny - 312 pg - 3.6 stars
✔ 3. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote - 343 pg - 4.6 stars
✔ 4. The Hummingbird by Kati Hiekkapelto - 364 pg - 4 stars
✔ 5. Mind of the Raven by Bernd Heinrich - 400 pg - 5 stars
✔ 6. Columbine by Dave Cullen - 417 pg - 4.6 stars
✔ 7. The Crow Girl by Erik Axl Sund - 768 pg - 4 stars

US Roadtrip - Coast to Coast - July 1 - September 30

✔ Georgia: The Color Purple by Alice Walker - 5 stars
✔ Alabama: To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee - 5 stars
✔ Tennessee: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy - 4 stars
✔ Missoury: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain - 3.6 stars
✔ Oklahoma: The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson- 4 stars
✔ New Mexico: Contact by Carl Sagan - 4 stars
✔ Arizona: Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy - 4.6 stars
✔ California: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck - 5 stars

Completed: September 30

PBT 2017 Fall Flurry of Holidays Challenge

October -- Halloween, scary, Canadian Thanksgiving, autumn setting
✔ Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin - 4.6 stars
✔ The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells - 4 stars
A Nomadic Witch by Debora Geary
The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury

November -- Thanksgiving, Veterans' Day, Native American themed
✔ The Cat Who Talked Turkey by Lilian Jackson Braun - 3 stars
The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson

December -- Christmas, Hanukkah, winter themed
✔ Return of the Magi by P.J. Tracy - 3.6 stars
✔ Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen by Vicki Delany - 2.6 stars
In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 by David Petersen

Reserved for planning

December:
PBT Fall Flury - In the Bleak Midwinter / Mouse Guard: Winter 1152
AwardsCAT - international award -
SFFKit - magical systems -
1001 - What I Loved
1001 Labors of Herkules - The Underdogs
M&S sub genres - noir -
M&S Group Reads: Watching the Ghosts

Backlog:
no more backlog - I'll focus on what can still be achieved for the rest of the year.

Welcome to the Challenge. Hope you have fun with the various Cats and your own categories.

Welcome! What's PBT?

Welcome to the challenge. I see you are ready to get reading!

Welcome to the challenge. Like >11 majkia: asks, what's PBT?

>11 majkia:
PBT stands for play book tag. It was my favorite group on Shelfari and has since moved to Goodreads. Every month we vote for a tag to read for and there's also some games and other challenges.

Thank you all for the welcome!

Yay! Welcome, Sushicat!

>11 majkia: I have a PBT category, as well. I see sushicat beat me to explaining!

Welcome to the challenge! I loved H is for Hawk. I hope you enjoy it too.

I have H is for Hawk on my wishlist - looking forward to seeing what you think!

I also have H is for Hawk on my TBR pile. Waiting to see how you like it! Good luck with your reading!

PBT sounds like fun and I'll be watching to see what tags get chosen. It sounds like a good way to whittle down the number of TBRs one might have. Thanks for bringing this over and welcome to the group. The more the merrier!

I will be dropping by to see how you are filling in your challenges. Have fun!

Trying out this Doggie thing:



✔ 1: A satire: Pyramids - Feb 13 - 3.4 stars
✔ 2: Set in a country you've never been to: The Return: Fathers, Sons, and the land in between (Libya) - Feb 17 - 5 stars
✔ 3: Color in the title: Allmen und der rosa Diamant - Feb 12 - 4 stars
✔ 4: Set in a place you want to visit: Capitalism: A Structural Genocide - Feb 06 - 3.4 stars
✔ 5: One word title: Bulles - Jan 14 - 4 stars
✔ 6: Author uses initials: Badlands - May 23 - 4 stars
✔ 7: Appeals to the senses: Il Gattopardo - Jan 31 - 4 stars
✔ 8: Published in the 1940s-1960s: Invisible Man - Mar 27 - 4.6 stars
✔ 9: Made into a movie: The Giver - Mar 5 - 3.6 stars
✔ 10: Collection of short stories: What We Talk About When We Talk About Love - Jan 22 - 4 stars
✔ 11: Book about Books: The Investigation - Jan 10 - 4.6 stars
✔ 12: Title refers to another literary work - The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side - Feb 22 - 3.6 stars
✔ 13: Read a CAT - In the Woods - Mar 26 - 5 stars
✔ 14: Author shares your first and last initials: The Tin Collectors - Jun 5 - 4 stars
✔ 15: Owned for more than 5 years - Ensel und Krete - Feb 18 - 3.4 stars
✔ 16: Science related: Drive - Jan 13 - 4 stars
✔ 17: Author was born in 1930s: The Bluest Eye - Jan 8 - 4 stars
✔ 18: Author abroad: Long Time Coming - Feb 10 - 4 stars
✔ 19: 1917: A Princess of Mars - Feb 23 - 3.4 stars
✔ 20: Debut: Red Rising - Jan 3 - 5 stars
✔ 21: About an animal/animal in title: Le noeud de viperes - Feb 18 - 5 stars
✔ 22: Place name in title: Essex County - Feb 28 - 5 stars
✔ 23: Set in a beach community/resort: Defending Jacob - Mar 4 - 5 stars
✔ 24: Set in a time before you were born: Seven for a Secret - Jan 28 - 3.6 stars
✔ 25: Next book in a series you've started: First Family - Jan 19 - 4 stars

Completed: Jun 5

Hi sushicat!

Dropping off my star, so I can follow along, Happy Reading in 2017.

Nudge

>19 mamzel:: Though I do dig into my Mt. TBR for book to cover a challenge, I usually end up adding more books due to all the nice recommendations everybody comes up with...

>25 sushicat: Yeah - that is always a problem around here!

January reading:

1. Red Rising by Pierce Brown - 5 stars 400p (MTD: 400 / YTD: 400)
2. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison - 4 stars 226p (MTD: 626 / YTD: 626)
3. The Investigation by Jung-Myung Lee - 4.6 stars 400p (MTD: 1026 / YTD: 1026)
4. Drive by Daniel H. Pink - 4 stars 242p (MTD: 1268 / YTD: 1268)
5. 🎨 Bulles by Daniel Torres - 4 stars 280p (MTD: 1548 / YTD: 1548)
6. First Family by David Baldacci - 4 stars 449p (MTD: 1997 / YTD: 1997)
7. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver - 4 stars 176p (MTD: 2173 / YTD: 2173)
8. Seven for a Secret by Elizabeth Bear - 3.6 stars 128p (MTD: 2301 / YTD: 2301)
9. ☊ Die Siedlung der Toten by Max Landorff - 3.6 stars 320p (MTD: 2621 / YTD: 2621)
10. Il Gattopardo by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa - 4 stars 254p (MTD: 2875 / YTD: 2875)

February reading:

11. Booked for Trouble by Eva Gates - 3 stars 292p (MTD: 292 / YTD: 3167)
12. The Girl in the Ice by Robert Bryndza - 4 stars 396p (MTD: 688 / YTD: 3563)
13. 🎨 Patience by Daniel Clowes - 3.6 stars 180p (MTD: 868 / YTD: 3743)
14. 🎨 Summer Blonde by Adrian Tomine - 4.6 stars 132p (MTD: 1000 / YTD: 3875)
15. Capitalism: A Structural Genocide by Garry Leech - 3.4 stars 186p (MTD: 1186 / YTD: 4061)
16. Long Time Coming by Robert Goddard - 4 stars 391p (MTD: 1577 / YTD: 4452)
17. 🎨 Essex County, Volume 1: Tales From the Farm by Jeff Lemire - 5 stars 112p (MTD: 1689 / YTD: 4564)
18. Le Mani Insanguinate by Maurizio De Giovanni - 4 stars 170p (MTD: 1859 / YTD: 4734)
19. ☊ The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan - 4 stars 783p (MTD: 2642 / YTD: 5517)
20. ☊ Allmen und der rosa Diamant by Martin Suter - 4 stars 221p (MTD: 2863 / YTD: 5738)
21. ☊ Pyramids by Terry Pratchett - 3.4 stars 341p (MTD: 3204 / YTD: 6079)
22. The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between by Hisham Matar - 5 stars 288p (MTD: 3492 / YTD: 6367)
23.☊ Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik - 4 stars 398p (MTD: 3890 / YTD: 6765)
24. Le noeud de vipères by Francois Mauriac - 5 stars 253p (MTD: 4143 / YTD: 7018)
25. Ensel und Krete by Walter Moers - 3.4 stars 256p (MTD: 4399 / YTD: 7274)
26. ☊ The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side by Agatha Christie - 3.6 stars 351p (MTD: 4750 / YTD: 7625)
27. A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs - 3.4 stars 326p (MTD: 5076 / YTD: 7951)
28. Natural Causes by James Oswald - 4 stars 464p (MTD: 5540 / YTD: 8415)
29. Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt - 5 stars 368p (MTD: 5908 / YTD: 8783)
30. 🎨 Essex County, Volume 2: Ghost Stories by Jeff Lemire - 5 stars 224p (MTD: 6132 / YTD: 9007)
31. Gideon's Sword by Douglas Preston - 3 stars 342p (MTD: 6474 / YTD: 9349)
32. 🎨 Essex County, Volume 3: The Country Nurse by Jeff Lemire - 4 stars 128p (MTD: 6648 / YTD: 9523)

Wow, that's an amazing number of books read.

Excellent February!!

>28 sushicat:, you had a great month of reading!

Not only in numbers, but also many really good books.

Wow, so many books in just two months! Ensel und Krete reminds me that I should get to reading Walter Moers soon, as I've only read Die 13 1/2 Leben des Käptn Blaubär until now...

Fantastic reading month!! Very impressive.

>28 sushicat: Glad to see you liked Throne of Jade -- I'm really enjoying the Temeraire series!

March reading:

33. The Hunter by Chris Carter - 3 stars 75p (MTD: 75 / YTD: 9598)
34. This Is Our Story by Ashton Elston - 5 stars 320p (MTD: 395 / YTD: 9918)
35. ☊ The Overlook by Michael Connelly - 4 stars 225p (MTD: 620 / YTD: 10143)
36. Defending Jacob by William Landay - 5 stars 421p (MTD: 1041 / YTD: 10564)
37. Juba Good by Vicki Delany - 3.6 stars 119p (MTD: 1160 / YTD: 10683)
38. Haitian Graves by Vicki Delany - 3.6 stars 160p (MTD: 1320 / YTD: 10843)
39. The Giver by Lois Lowry - 3.6 stars 180p (MTD: 1500 / YTD: 11023)
40. Freedom is Space for the Spirit by Glen Hirshberg - 3.6 stars 31p (MTD: 1531 / YTD: 11054)
41. 🎨 Northlanders 5: Metal by Wood Brian - 4 stars 192p (MTD: 1723 / YTD: 11246)
42. ☊ Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben - 3.6 stars 387p (MTD: 2110 / YTD: 11633)
43. ☊ Schneewittchen muss sterben by Nele Neuhaus - 3.6 stars 384p (MTD: 2494 / YTD: 12017)
44. ☊ Tiefe Wunden by Nele Neuhaus - 3.4 stars 480p (MTD: 2974 / YTD: 12497)
45. In the Woods by Tana French - 5 stars 592p (MTD: 3566 / YTD: 13089)
46. ☊ Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison - 4.6 stars 581p (MTD: 4147 / YTD: 13670)

>36 sushicat: Some good reading there! And almost finished your BingoDog! Good for you.

Hurray, In the Woods! Glad you liked it :)

Looks like March was a good month!

>36 sushicat: Nice to see a couple of Vicki Delaney books on your list. I'd just discovered her recently and enjoyed very much the first book in her Molly Smith series.

>39 mathgirl40: I really like the Molly Smith series. I discovered her when I needed a book that involved canoes and picked up Murder at Lost Dog Lake.

April tally:

47. Christine Falls by Benjamin Black - 4.4 stars 417p (MTD: 417 / YTD: 14087)
48. Mama Mafia by Daniel Zahno - 3.6 stars 247p (MTD: 664 / YTD: 14334)
49. Wie das Blatt sich wendet by Yan Mo - 3 stars 110p (MTD: 774 / YTD: 14444)
50. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel - 4.4 stars 352p (MTD: 1126 / YTD: 14796)
51. Black & Blue by Emma Jameson - 3 stars 208p (MTD: 1334 / YTD: 15004)
52. 🎨 Klaw: The Second Cycle by Antoine Ozanam - 3.6 stars 153p (MTD: 1487 / YTD: 15157)
53. The Executioner by Chris Carter - 3.4 stars 472p (MTD: 1959 / YTD: 15629)
54. 🎨 Tschernobyl: Nahaufnahme by Igor Kostin - 4 stars 240p (MTD: 2199 / YTD: 15869)
55. ☊ The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty - 4 stars 396p (MTD: 2595 / YTD: 16265)
56. ☊ Amerika by Franz Kafka - 3 stars 392p (MTD: 2987 / YTD: 16657)
57. 🎨 Tschernobyl: Rückkehr ins Niemandsland by Francisco Sanchez - 3.6 stars 189p (MTD: 3176 / YTD: 16846)
58. The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe - 4 stars 215p (MTD: 3391 / YTD: 17061)
59. Rosemary by Kate Clifford Larson - 3.4 stars 310p (MTD: 3701 / YTD: 17371)
60. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro - 4 stars 258p (MTD: 3959 / YTD: 17629)
61. ☊ Leopard by Jo Nesbo - 3.6 stars 634p (MTD: 4593 / YTD: 18263)
62. Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter - 3 stars 256p (MTD: 4849 / YTD: 18519)

Glad to see you liked Station Eleven, as I am reading it now! And I really enjoyed The Remains of the Day too.

May reading:

63. The Sixth Man by David Baldacci - 3.6 stars 416p (MTD: 416 / YTD: 18935)
64. ☊ Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan - 4 stars 861p (MTD: 1277 / YTD: 19796)
65. ☊ Nutshell by Ian McEwan - 3.4 stars 197p (MTD: 1474 / YTD: 19993)
66. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins - 4 stars 336p (MTD: 1810 / YTD: 20329)
67. ☊ Badlands by C.J. Box - 4 stars 278p (MTD: 2088 / YTD: 20607)
68. Ghostheart by R.J. Ellory - 4 stars 400p (MTD: 2488 / YTD: 21007)
69. ☊ Der Prozess by Franz Kafka - 3.4 stars 208p (MTD: 2696 / YTD: 21215)
70. Die Vegetarierin by Han Kang - 3 stars 192p (MTD: 2888 / YTD: 21407)
71. L'histoire d'O by Pauline Reage - 2 stars 170p (MTD: 3058 / YTD: 21577)
72. Coffin Road by Peter May - 4.4 stars 400p (MTD: 3458 / YTD: 21977)

June reading:

73. The Tin Collectors by Stephen J. Cannell - 4.4 stars 370p (MTD: 370 / YTD: 22347)
74. 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke - 4 stars 297p (MTD: 667 / YTD: 22644)
75. Still Life by Louise Penny - 3.6 stars 293p (MTD: 960 / YTD: 22937)
76. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote - 4.6 stars 336p (MTD: 1296 / YTD: 23273)
77. The Hummingbird by Kati Hiekkapelto - 4 stars 364p (MTD: 1660 / YTD: 23637)
78. ☊ Ein Mann namens Ove by Fredrik Backman - 5 stars 337p (MTD: 1997 / YTD: 23974)
79. 🎨 Plutona by Jeff Lemire - 3 stars 152p (MTD: 2149 / YTD: 24126)
80. The Book of Souls by James Oswald - 3.4 stars 341p (MTD: 2490 / YTD: 24467)
81. ☊ Koma by Jo Nesbo - 4.4 stars 624p (MTD: 3114 / YTD: 25091)
82. Die Partherapie by Frank Baumann - 4.6 stars 235p (MTD: 3349 / YTD: 25326)
83. Die Macht der schwachen Strahlung by Cornelia Hesse-Honegger - 4 stars 232p (MTD: 3581 / YTD: 25558)
84. 🎨 Level Up by Gene Luen Yang - 3.6 stars 160p (MTD: 3741 / YTD: 25718)
85. 🎨 Camp Midnight by Steven T. Seagle - 3 stars 244p (MTD: 3985 / YTD: 25962)

Looks like a pretty good reading month! In Cold Blood was chilling.

And wow, almost 26 000 pages read this year! Excellent!

That's an impressive number of books read. Congrats!

July reading:

86. 🎨 The Twilight Children by Gilbert Hernandez - 3 stars 144p (MTD: 144 / YTD: 26106)
87. The Night Stalker by Chris Carter - 3.4 stars 464p (MTD: 608 / YTD: 26570)
88. ☊ The Jester by Michael J. Sullivan - 3.4 stars 33p (MTD: 641 / YTD: 26603)
89. ☊ Da die Menschen böse sind by Markus Heitz - 3 stars 62p (MTD: 703 / YTD: 26665)
90. ☊ A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan - 4 stars 864p (MTD: 1567 / YTD: 27529)
91. A Clean Kill in Tokyo by Barry Eisler - 4 stars 276p (MTD: 1843 / YTD: 27805)
92. Mind of the Raven by Bernd Heinrich - 5 stars 380p (MTD: 2223 / YTD: 28185)
93. ☊ Professional Integrity by Michael J. Sullivan - 3 stars 35p (MTD: 2258 / YTD: 28220)
94. Exit West by Mohsin Hamid - 4.4 stars 231p (MTD: 2489 / YTD: 28451)
95. ☊ Eric by Terry Pratchett - 3 stars 217p (MTD: 2706 / YTD: 28668)
96. The Color Purple by Alice Walker - 5 stars 295p (MTD: 3001 / YTD: 28963)
97. Binti by Nnedi Okorafor - 4 stars 96p (MTD: 3097 / YTD: 29059)
98. ☊ The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch - 4.6 stars 387p (MTD: 3484 / YTD: 29446)
99. ☊ A Rare Book of Cunning Device by Ben Aaronovitch - 3 stars 50p (MTD: 3534 / YTD: 29496)
100. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - 5.6 stars 296p (MTD: 3830 / YTD: 29792)
101. 🎨 Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 by David Petersen - 4 stars 192p (MTD: 4022 / YTD: 29984)
102. ☊ Grimmbart by Volker Klüpfel - 3.4 stars 480p (MTD: 4502 / YTD: 30464)
103. ☊ Zweimal Hölle und Zurück by MaryJanice Davidson - 3 stars 304p (MTD: 4806 / YTD: 30768)
104. ☊ Leviathan Wakes by James A. Corey - 4.4 stars 561p (MTD: 5367 / YTD: 31329)
105. Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow - 3 stars 320p (MTD: 5687 / YTD: 31649)
106. The Deep Blue Good-Bye by John D. MacDonald - 4.4 stars 320p (MTD: 6007 / YTD: 31969)
107. Columbine by Dave Cullen - 4.6 stars 417p (MTD: 6424 / YTD: 32386)

Another great month of reading.

>47 sushicat: I always thought I managed to get a lot of reading in in a month, but you blow me away! Impressive!

Thanks. Very satisfying.

August reading:

108. ☊ Redshirts by Joe Scalzi - 4 stars 320p (MTD: 320 / YTD: 32706)
109. They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy - 4 stars 122p (MTD: 442 / YTD: 32828)
110. ☊ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain - 3.6 stars 327p (MTD: 769 / YTD: 33155)
111. ☊ Paganinis Fluch by Lars Kepler - 3.6 stars 640p (MTD: 1409 / YTD: 33795)
112. ☊ The End of the Affair by Graham Greene - 4 stars 160p (MTD: 1569 / YTD: 33955)
113. The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson - 4 stars 220p (MTD: 1789 / YTD: 34175)
114. 🎨 Au Coeur de Fukushima 1 by Kazuto Tatsuta - 3 stars 192p (MTD: 1981 / YTD: 34367)
115. Breaking Silence by Linda Castillo - 4.4 stars 302p (MTD: 2283 / YTD: 34669)
116. The Streets of Ashkelon by Harry Harrison - 3 stars 10p (MTD: 2293 / YTD: 34679)
117. ☊ Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks - 4.4 stars 471p (MTD: 2764 / YTD: 35150)
118. Contact by Carl Sagan - 4 stars 580p (MTD: 3344 / YTD: 35730)

September reading:

119. The Crow Girl by Erik Axl Sund - 4 stars 784p (MTD: 784 / YTD: 36514)
120. Die Schutzlosen by Kati Hiekkapelto - 3.4 stars 385p (MTD: 1169 / YTD: 36899)
121. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid - 4.4 stars 209p (MTD: 1378 / YTD: 37108)
122. On Inequality by Harry G. Frankfurt - 4.4 stars 102p (MTD: 1480 / YTD: 37210)
123. 🎨 Bone: Coda by Jeff Smith - 3.4 stars 134p (MTD: 1614 / YTD: 37344)
124. 🎨 Green River Killer by Jeff Jensen - 3.4 stars 234p (MTD: 1848 / YTD: 37578)
125. Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy - 4.6 stars 337p (MTD: 2185 / YTD: 37915)
126. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck - 5 stars 107p (MTD: 2292 / YTD: 38022)

Slowest month in a long time. One would think a holiday is a time for reading. Not this one.

>52 sushicat: Same here! I was on holiday for most of September and read only 8 books total.

>52 sushicat: >53 rabbitprincess: Just goes to show that it's all relative -- 8 books is a good month for me!

October reading:

127. Girl in Disguise by Greer Macallister - 3.6 stars 308p (MTD: 308 / YTD: 38330)
128. ☊ Malice by Keigo Higashino - 3.6 stars 313p (MTD: 621 / YTD: 38643)
129. Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann - 4 stars 298p (MTD: 919 / YTD: 38941)
130. Das Gift by Samantha Schweblin - 4.6 stars 127p (MTD: 1046 / YTD: 39068)
131. ☊ The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny - 4.6 stars 376p (MTD: 1422 / YTD: 39444)
132. ☊ Black Powder War by Naomi Novik - 3.6 stars 365p (MTD: 1787 / YTD: 39809)
133. The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells - 4 stars 153p (MTD: 1940 / YTD: 39962)
134. ☊ A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle - 4 stars 121p (MTD: 2061 / YTD: 40083)
135. ☊ The Furthest Station by Ben Aaronovitch - 5 stars 144p (MTD: 2205 / YTD: 40227)
136. The Good Daughter by Karen Slaughter - 5 stars 528p (MTD: 2733 / YTD: 40755)
137. Marrow Island by Alexis M. Smith - 3.4 stars 244p (MTD: 2977 / YTD: 40999)
138. King and Maxwell by David Baldacci - 3.6 stars 419p (MTD: 3396 / YTD: 41418)
139. The Hangman's Song by James Oswald - 3.4 stars 496p (MTD: 3892 / YTD: 41914)
140. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood - 4.4 stars 637p (MTD: 4529 / YTD: 42551)
141. Creatures of a Day by Irvin D. Yalom - 5 stars 215p (MTD: 4744 / YTD: 42766)
142. Conclave by Robert Harris - 4 stars 287p (MTD: 5031 / YTD: 43053)

I am catching up on everyone's threads since June. You've read a fair number of books! One that caught my eye was The Blind Assassin which was one I only made half way through. I'm anxiously awaiting a copy of Penny's latest to become available at the library.
Hope you end up the year well.

The first Louise Penny had me a bit doubtful about why her books are so popular. This later one has me convinced.

November reading:

143. ☊ Der Hypnotiseur by Lars Kepler - 3.4 stars 640p (MTD: 640 / YTD: 43693)
144. ☊ Empire of Ivory by Naomi Novik - 4 stars 404p (MTD: 1044 / YTD: 44097)
145. ☊ Britt-Marie war hier by Fredrik Backman - 4 stars 324p (MTD: 1368 / YTD: 44421)
146. ☊ Caliban's War by James A. Corey - 4 stars 595p (MTD: 1963 / YTD: 45016)
147. ☊ Drive by James A. Corey - 3.6 stars 30p (MTD: 1993 / YTD: 45046)
148. The Cat Who Talked Turkey by Lilian Jackson Braun - 3 stars 256p (MTD: 2249 / YTD: 45302)
149. On the Bright Side by Hendrik Groen - 3.6 stars 400p (MTD: 2649 / YTD: 45702)
150. 🎨 Drifter 3: Lit by Fire by Ivan Brandon - 3.4 stars 128p (MTD: 2777 / YTD: 45830)
151. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline - 4.4 stars 384p (MTD: 3161 / YTD: 46214)
152. Kindred by Octavia E. Butler - 4.4 stars 287p (MTD: 3448 / YTD: 46501)
153. 🎨 Roughneck by Jeff Lemire - 5 stars 272p (MTD: 3720 / YTD: 46773)
154. 🎨 Fun Home by Alison Bechdel - 4 stars 234p (MTD: 3954 / YTD: 47007)
155. ☊ Milano Criminale by Paolo Roversi - 3.6 stars 429p (MTD: 4383 / YTD: 47436)
156. Les Nourritures terrestres by André Gide - 2 stars 212p (MTD: 4595 / YTD: 47648)

Stopping by to wish you the best of the end of 2017 and the start of 2018.

>59 Kristelh: >60 VivienneR: Thank you for the good wishes.

December reading - a bit of a slow month at the end of the year, but all in all a very good reading year, with lots of great reads.

157. Missoula by Jon Krakauer - 3.6 stars 368p (MTD: 368 / YTD: 47804)
158. Cette aveuglante absence de lumiere by Tahar Ben Jelloun - 5 stars 247p (MTD: 615 / YTD: 48051)
159. Doc by Maria Doria Russell - 5 stars 394p (MTD: 1009 / YTD: 48445)
160. Return of the Magi by P.J. Tracy - 3.6 stars 170p (MTD: 1179 / YTD: 48615)
161. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde - 4.4 stars 76p (MTD: 1255 / YTD: 48691)
162. I Was Told to Come Alone by Souad Mekhennet - 5.4 stars 368p (MTD: 1623 / YTD: 49059)
163. Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen by Vicki Delany - 2.6 stars 295p (MTD: 1918 / YTD: 49354)
164. La maison dorée de Samarkand by Hugo Pratt - 3 stars 199p (MTD: 2117 / YTD: 49553)
165. Schwarze Piste by Andreas Föhr - 4 stars 432p (MTD: 2549 / YTD: 49985)
166. Schutzpatron by Volker Klüpfel - 3 stars 400p (MTD: 2949 / YTD: 50385)

Stats:

166 Books

Shortest: A short story by Harry Harrison: The Streets of Ashkelon.
Longest: the last volume of The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan: A Memory of Light. It took me just over three years to complete the series, the last three volumes this year.

Paperbooks: 45
eBooks: 51
Audiobooks: 50
Graphic novels: 20 - that's quite low compared to the last couple of years...

from the library: 55
from Mt TBR: 54
newly aquired: 57

in English: 135
in German: 24
in French: 5
in Italian: 2

Non Fiction: 14
Mystery & Thrillers: 68
SF&F: 44
General: 45

Rating: average 3.9 which is rather high - due to a high number of excellent books this year
5+: 2 - To Kill a Mockingbird / I Was Told to Come Alone
5: 20
5-: 9
4+: 16
4: 46
4-: 27
3+: 20
3: 22
3-: 1
2: 2
dnf: 1

Challenges:

PBT monthly tags: 12/12
PBT stairs: 15/15
PBT Highnotes: 9/9
*PBT Prosperity: 7/7
*PBT 2017 Fall Flurry of Holidays Challenge: completed (5 books)

RandomCAT: 11/12
AwardsCAT: 7/12
CultureCAT: 8/12
CATWoman: 7/12
SFF Kit: 8/12
BingoDog: 25/25

1001 BOTM: 9/30
1001 Herkules: 8/12
*1001 Coast to Coast: completed (8 books)

M&S sub genres: 8/12

Looks like a great year!

Congrats! Nice to see you met all your PBT goals, at least! :-)

Yay for Doc! That was such a good book :)