Quaisior's 2019 75 Book Challenge

My goal is to get my eyeballs on at least 75 books, be it reading them, skimming them, DNFing them... I have gotten to the point that I have too many books and I need to weed out. Last year, I had a massive book purge and got rid of 155 books (plus a few e-books and a few of my daughter's board books). I need to do something similar again this year.

1. I Has a Hotdog by Professor Happycat
2. Signspotting by Doug Lansky
3. Signspotting 2 by Doug Lansky
4. Signspotting 3 by Doug Lansky
5. Texts from Dog by October Jones
6. I Could Chew on This by Francesco Marciuliano
7. To Guard Against the Dark by Julie E. Czerneda
8. The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
9. The Unauthorized Trekkers' Guide to The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine by James Van Hise
10. The Fresco by Sheri S. Tepper
11. The Exile Waiting by Vonda N. McIntyre
12. Farscape Episode Guide Season One by Talis Pelucir
13. The Visitor by Sheri S. Tepper
14. Grumpy Cat No-It-All
15. Penric's Fox by Lois McMaster Bujold
16. The Only Thing to Fear by Julie E. Czerneda
17. The Prisoner of Limnos by Lois McMaster Bujold
18. Search Image by Julie E. Czerneda
19. The Ship That Returned by Anne McCaffrey
20. A Constellation of Cats edited by Denise Little
21. The Margarets by Sheri S. Tepper
22. The Grumpy Guide to Life
23. T-rex Trying and Trying
24. Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre
25. Texas Destiny by Lorraine Heath
26. Cat Owner's Manual
27. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
28. Listening to Catnip
29. The Companions by Sheri S. Tepper
30. Up in Seth's Room by Norma Fox Mazer
31. Starfarers by Vonda N. McIntyre
32. A Plague of Angels by Sheri S. Tepper
33. The Gossamer Mage by Julie E. Czerneda
34. The Harp of Kings by Juliet Marillier
35. Carousel of Hearts by Mary Jo Putney
36. SOS Titanic by Eve Bunting
37. Transition by Vonda N. McIntyre
38. Bridge to Courage by Ann Gabhart
39. The Waters Rising by Sheri S. Tepper
40. New Voices in Science Fiction
41. The Would-Be Widow by Mary Jo Putney
42. Oceans of Magic
43. Farscape Vol. 1: The Beginning of the End of the Beginning
44. Farscape Vol. 2: Strange Detractors
45. Metaphase by Vonda N. McIntyre

Currently Reading: Christmas Revels by Mary Jo Putney

DNFs:
1. Letting Go by Pamela Morsi
2. Suburban Renewal by Pamela Morsi
3. Mr. Right Goes Wrong by Pamela Morsi
4. The Leopard Mask by Kaoru Kurimoto
5. The Labyrinth Gate by Alis A. Rasmussen
6. The Golden Key by Melanie Rawn, Jennifer Roberson, and Kate Elliott
7. Conqueror's Moon by Julian May
8. Crimson Wind by Diana Pharaoh Francis
9. Sheepfarmer's Daughter by Elizabeth Moon
10. Surrender None by Elizabeth Moon
11. Talking About My Baby by Margot Early
12. Mr. Family by Margot Early
13. The Keeper by Margot Early
14. Waiting for You by Margot Early
15. Nick's Kind of Woman by Margot Early
16. Who's Afraid of the Mistletoe by Margot Early
17. Shardik by Richard Adams
18. The Mermaids Singing by Lisa Carey
19. Alien Sex
20. James Tiptree Award Anthology 3
21. Harmony by Stef Ann Holm
22. Hooked by Stef Ann Holm
23. Honey by Stef Ann Holm
24. Hearts by Stef Ann Holm
25. Forget Me Not by Stef Ann Holm
26. Sardonyx Net by Elizabeth A. Lynn
27. Princes of the Golden Cage by Nathalie Mallet
28. Ladies of Missalonghi by Colleen McCullough
29. Illumination by Terry McGarry
30. Dark Space Marianne de Pierres
31. Land's End Frederik Pohl
32. Far Horizons
33. The Hanged Man by Francesca Lia Block
34. Echo by Francesca Lia Block
35. Ecstasia by Francesca Lia Block
36. Primavera by Francesca Lia Block
37. Seventeenth Summer by Maureen Daly
38. Nova By Samuel R. Delaney
39. The Complete Book of Breastfeeding
40. Haunting Possibility by Susan Fletcher
41. The Duke by Gaelen Foley
42. His Wicked Kiss by Gaelen Foley
43. Her Only Desire by Gaelen Foley
44. My Ruthless Prince by Gaelen Foley
45. My Scandalous Viscount by Gaelen Foley
46. Once Upon a Galaxy
47. Texas Glory by Lorraine Heath
48. Texas Splendor by Lorraine Heath
49. Never Marry a Cowboy by Lorraine Heath
50. Remembering the Titanic by Diane Hoh
51. Jenny Kiss'd Me by Isabelle Holland
52. Awake at Dawn by C. C. Hunter
53. Another Chance to Dream by Lynn Kurland
54. From This Moment On by Lynn Kurland
55. Rotten Relations
56. Dear Bill, Remember Me and Other Stories by Norma Fox Mazer
57. Returning Creation by Janet Morris
58. Darwin Awards: Evolution in Action
59. Darwin Awards Vol. II: Unnatural Selection
60. Darwin Awards: Survival of the Fittest
61. Darwin Awards: Intelligent Design
62. Sarah Bishop by Scott O'Dell
63. Whispers of Heaven by Candice Proctor
64. September Moon by Candice Proctor
65. Sideways Stories from the Wayside School by Louis Sachar
66. Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception by Maggie Stiefvater
67. The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan
68. The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
69. Tempting by Hope Tarr
70. Water Girl by Joyce Carol Thomas
71. Oceans of Space
72. Titanic Crossing by Barbara Williams

Welcome back!

I love The Labyrinth Gate. Also the Paksennarion books. Need to catch up on my Czerneda.

Welocme back!!

I haven't hosted a series or an author for a while. I'd like to do so this summer, during a month when the most interested folk have the time to do at least the targeted book, which is only 200 pp. long. I'd like to expose as many people as possible to the works of James H. Schmitz, a science fiction author who wrote from the late '40s through the 1970s. He is best known for The Witches of Karres, but imho has written much better works. Here is my bookshelf.


Many of his works, especially his shorter ones, were very hard to find for quite a while, but in 2000 and 2001, Baen published almost all of his oeuvre in a collection of 6 books, seen to the right of the shelf above. The book I would like to feature is Demon Breed, also found in the Baen collection The Hub: Dangerous Territory. Schmitz is known for his kick-ass female protagonists long before they became the current ubiquitous status quo in his stories about Telzey Amberdon, Trigger Argee, and the hero of Demon Breed, Nile Etland.

See my thread for more info if interested!

>1 Quaisior: While I like many books by Melanie Rawn and almost everything I've read by Kate Elliott, The Golden Key was one of the few fantasy books I got relatively far into and then abandoned. Though I know I've read some books and stories by Jennifer Roberson, she has made no impression on me.

Sorry I haven't been around. I broke my ankle at the beginning of June. I got the cast off early last month and just last week, I started walking without crutches. I was lucky because I only broke one bone and didn't need surgery, so I should have a complete recovery.

I have been reading but I'm so tired that I don't get to read too much before I fall asleep. And I'm reading huge, long books by Sheri S. Tepper, so they take forever. I'm also reading most of my Vonda N. McIntyre books this year, catching up on Lois McMaster Bujold's novellas, and I hope to catch up on Julie E. Czerneda's books, but I'm not sure if I will get to her two long fantasy books this year or not.

>6 Quaisior: I really enjoyed A Turn of Light but A Play of Shadow didn't impress me nearly as much.

I also really liked A Turn of Light but haven't read the sequel yet. It is sitting on my shelf, hugely.

>7 quondame: and >8 ronincats:, I will be reading those Czerneda's plus her anthology Tales from Plexis next year. My daughter didn't go to pre-K this year, plus with my broken ankle (mostly healed now), I didn't get to read nearly as much as I wanted to.

The Golden Key just wasn't interesting to me. I haven't like anything I've read by Roberson, aside from one short story. I haven't read Rawn or Elliott yet, but my best friend highly recommended Rawn's Dragon books.

>9 Quaisior: Rawn's dragon books don't do it for me, not that they are bad, but just not special and well - blond desert dwellers?
I found her recent series Glass Thorns much more unusual, the equivalent of magical fae-ish rock band adventures, with a serious under-story. I am a major Kate Elliott fan, and have enjoyed a number of other Czerneda books, but don't think I've read any of Roberson's novels. At least I have no record of it for the last 12 years.

Have a comfy, caring, and very

Merry Christmas!

Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Solstice, some other tradition or none at all, this is what I wish for you!

I'll look for your thread on 75 Books Challenge for 2020!