2018

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I’ve set myself a task of reading 200 books this year, broken down into:

30 TBR

50 Divine

100 Netgalley

20 Paperbacks

I’ve done the Goodreads challenge every year since I joined as a member in 2011. My stats have been a little up and down since then. By the looks of it, I’m either getting more generous or I’m finding more books that I absolutely LOVE. 😛

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Challenge 1 – Divine Magazine Review Challenge

I’ve been reviewing for Divine Magazine for a long time, now, and I’ve discovered some amazing books. I’ve listed 100, as that seems to be my average for a year, but I am planning on cutting back this year, to give myself more time to focus on my Netgalley list.

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1. The Perfect Cup – Dominic Clark (5)

2. His Personal Assistant (Men of New York #1) – L.J. Harris (3)
3. The Dragon’s Devotion (The Chronicles of Tournai #5) – Antonia Aquilante (3)
4. The Raven Prince and Other Stories – Jean-Paul Whitehall (5) (also appears on Netgalley review list)
5. New Heights – Quinn Anderson (5)
6. Secret Seth – Ki Brightly (5)
7. Jace’s Trial (Trials in Abingdon #1) – J.M. Wolf (4)
8. The Architect and the Castle of Glass – Jade Mere (5)
9. Vice Enforcer (Vice #2) – S.A. Stovall (5)

10. Murder Takes the High Road – Josh Lanyon (5) (also appears on Netgalley review list)

11. Tomb of the God King – Julia Talbot (2)
12. Rogue in the Making (Studies in Demonology #2) – T.J. Nichols (5)
13. The Wanderer (Chronicles of the Riftland #1) – Rowan McAllister (5)
14. Incubus Adored (Gravidam #1) – Ki Brightly (4)
15. The Alcove (Lavender Shores #7) – Rosalind Abel (5)
16. Twice Bitten – Rayna Vause (2)
17. Incubus Honeymoon (Arcana Imperii #1) – August Li (3)
18. Happy Endings (Cozzi Cove #5) – Joe Cosentino (5)
19. Love It Like You Stole It – Ki Brightly (4)

20. Salt Magic, Skin Magic – Lee Welch (5)

21. Ciarrah’s Light (The Sun Child Chronicles #3) – Lou Hoffman (3)
22. Liam for Hire – A. Zukowski (5)
23. The Wilderness (Lavender Shores #8) – Rosalind Abel (5)
24. A New Beginning for Angelo (A Hampton Road Club Story) – Morticia Knight (5)
25. Strays – A.J. Thomas (5)
26. Holiday Tales from Fairyland (Tales from Fairyland #2) – Joe Cosentino (4)
27. For the Love of Luke – David C. Dawson (4)
28. Earthly Pleasures – Sera Trevor (5)
29. Hesitant Heart (The Hampton Road Club #1, 2nd Edition) – Morticia Knight (5)

30. A Vampire’s Heart (Ellowyn Found #1) – Kayleigh Sky (2)

31. To Be Honest (#lovehim #2) – S.M. James (5)
32. Blood for the Spilling (Studies in Demonology #3) – T.J. Nichols (5)
33. Sweet Clematis (Being(s) in Love #9) – R. Cooper (4)
34. The Academy – Quinn Anderson (4)
35. Struck (The Lightning Project #1) – Victoria Kinnaird (5)
36. The Legend of Gentleman John – T.J. Nichols (5)
37. Trapped in the Valley of the Kings – Blue Jones (5)
38. Hero for the Holidays (Spandex and Superpowers #4) – Charles Payseur (4)
39. Showers, Flowers, and Fangs – Aidan Wayne (5)

40. The Victorian (Lavender Shores #9) – Rosalind Abel (5)

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Challenge 2 – 20 Book Paperback Challenge

Goal: to read 20 Agatha Christie paperbacks, which have been ignored for too long.

1. The Mummy: Or Ramses the Damned – Anne Rice (5)

2. The Prince’s Consort (The Chronicles of Tournai #1) – Antonia Aquilante (5)
3. The Artist’s Masquerade (The Chronicles of Tournai #2) – Antonia Aquilante (5)
4. The Scholar’s Heart (The Chronicles of Tournai #3) – Antonia Aquilante (5)
5. The Sorcerer’s Guardian (The Chronicles of Tournai #4) – Antonia Aquilante (5)
6. A Meditation on Murder (Death in Paradise #1) – Robert Thorogood (3)
7. Black Butler, Vol. 1 – Yana Toboso, Tomo Kimura (5)
8. Murder on the Ballarat Train (Miss Phryne Fisher #3) – Kerry Greenwood (3)
9. The Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple #1) – Agatha Christie (5)

10. Hufflepuff House Edition (Harry Potter #1) – J.K. Rowling (5)

11. Gryffindor House Edition (Harry Potter #1) – J.K. Rowling (5)
12. Ravenclaw House Edition (Harry Potter #1) – J.K. Rowling (5)
13. Slytherin House Edition (Harry Potter #1) – J.K. Rowling (5)
14. The Body in the Library (Miss Marple #2) – Agatha Christie (5)
15. In Enemy Hands – M.A. Church (5)
16. The Prince’s Consort (The Chronicles of Tournai #1) – Antonia Aquilante (5)
17. The Artist’s Masquerade (The Chronicles of Tournai #2) – Antonia Aquilante (5)
18. The Scholar’s Heart (The Chronicles of Tournai #3) – Antonia Aquilante (5)
19. The Sorcerer’s Guardian (The Chronicles of Tournai #4) – Antonia Aquilante (5)

20. The Dragon’s Devotion (The Chronicles of Tournai #5) – Antonia Aquilante (3)

21. North Pole City Tales – Charlie Cochet (5)

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Challenge 3 – 30 E-Book TBR Challenge

1. Forged in Fire – Mine (5)

2. Love Unmasked – Dale Cameron Lowry (5)
3. A Zombie Christmas – Anthony Renfro (2)
4. The Christmas Throwaway – R.J. Scott (2)
5. His Vampire Lover – Pascaline Lestrange (1)
6. Speak With the Dead – Jacqueline Rohrbach (4)
7. The Rage for Life – David Taransaud (5)
8. Hollywood Hookup – Bella Liddell (2)
9. By Chance, in the Dark – Matthew Bright (4)

10. Collision with Reality (In Like Flynn #1) – Storm Duffy (4)

11. The Gravediggers Union Issue #1 – Wes Craig (3)
12. The Black Monday Murders Issue #1 – Jonathan Hickman (4)
13. John Wick Issue #1 – Greg Pak (4)
14. The Black Monday Murders Issue #2 – Jonathan Hickman (4)
15. The Walking Dead Issue #1 – Robert Kirkman (3)
16. Edward Scissorhands – Kate Leth (5)
17. Kill Shakespeare Issue #1 – Anthony Del Col (3)
18. Kill Shakespeare Issue #2 – Anthony Del Col (4)
19. Assassin’s Creed (Free Comic Book Day 2016) – Anthony Del Col (3)

20. Kill Shakespeare Vol. 1: A Sea of Troubles – Anthony Del Col (4)

21. I, Frankenstein: Genesis #1 – Kevin Grevioux (4)
22. Dinosaurs vs Aliens – Free Issue 0 – Barry Sonnenfeld (4)
23. Alien – Free Issue 0 – John Arcudi, Brad Anderson (3)
24. The Sadhu Issue 1 – Gotham Chopra, Jeevan J. Kang (5)
25. Wonder Woman FCBD 2017 Special Edition #1 – Greg Rucka (4)
26. Caliber: First Canon of Justice #1 – Sam Sarkar, Garrie Gastonny (5)
27. Damned If You Do – Marie Sexton (5)
28. Vice City (Vice #1) – S.A. Stovall (5)
29. The X-Files: Origins #1: Chapter One – by Jody Houser (3)

30. Hellboy 20th Anniversary Sampler #0 (Dark Horse Samplers) – by Mike Mignola (2)

31. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children – Graphic Novel – Ransom Riggs (3)
32. Prometheus/Aliens/AvP/Predator: Fire & Stone sampler #0 (Dark Horse Samplers) – by Chris Roberson (3)
33. Rex Libris #1 (Rex Libris #1) – by James Turner (2)
34. Shekhar Kapur’s Devi – Bhairavi, Issue 1 (Shekhar Kapur’s Devi #1) – by Shekhar Kapur (4)
35. Bank Run (Expanding Horizons #2) – Alli Reshi (4)
36. The Black Monday Murders Vol. 1 – Jonathan Hickman (5)
37. The Black Monday Murders Issue 5 – Jonathan Hickman (5)
38. The Black Monday Murders Issue 6 – Jonathan Hickman (5)
39. Constantine Issue 1 – Jeff Lemire (3)

40. Constantine Issue 2 – Jeff Lemire (3)

41. Secret Service 1 – Mark Millar, Dave Gibbons (5)
42. His Boy – Dean Cole (5)
43. Villains – Andrea Speed (3)
44. The Little Crow (In the Shadows #1) – Caitlin Ricci (5)
45. The Broken Butterfly (In the Shadows #2) – Caitlin Ricci (5)
46. Dark Matter, Rebirth: Issue 1 – Joseph Mallozzi (4)
47. Dark Matter, Rebirth: Issue 2 – Joseph Mallozzi (4)
48. Dark Matter, Rebirth: Issue 3 – Joseph Mallozzi (4)
49. Dark Matter, Rebirth: Issue 4 – Joseph Mallozzi (4)

50. Secret Service 2 – Mark Millar, Dave Gibbons (4)

51. The Demon Catcher – Lesley Hastings (4)
52. Secret Service 3 – Mark Millar, Dave Gibbons (4)
53. Secret Service 4 – Mark Millar, Dave Gibbons (4)
54. The Ronin and the Fox – Cornelia Grey (4)
55. How the Supervillain Stole Christmas (Spandex and Superpowers #1) – Charles Payseur (3)
56. Comic Book Romance (Spandex and Superpowers #2) – Charles Payseur (4)
57. Black Butler, Vol. 2 – Yana Toboso (5)
58. Black Butler, Vol. 3 – Yana Toboso (5)
59. The Corruption Sequence (Harry Potter Fan-Fic) – Beren_Writes (5)

60. Can’t Hurry Love – M. Jules Aedin (5)

61. On Wings of Thunder – M.D. Grimm (5)
62. Going Up – Amy Lane (2)
63. Blood Moon – Amelita Rae (2)
64. Warlock in Training (A Study in Demonology #1) – T.J. Nichols (5)
65. The Reunion (Decadent #5) – Me! (5)
66. The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner #1) – James Dashner (5)
67. The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner #2) – James Dashner (5)
68. The Death Cure (The Maze Runner #3) – James Dashner (5)
69. The Kill Order (The Maze Runner #0.5) – James Dashner (3)

70. Thomas’s First Memory of the Flare (The Maze Runner #2.5) James Dashner (5)

71. The Fever Code (The Maze Runner #0.6) – James Dashner (3)
72. The Maze Runner Files (The Maze Runner) – James Dashner (2)
73. The Palisade (Lavender Shores #1) – Rosalind Abel (5)
74. The Garden (Lavender Shores #2) – Rosalind Abel (5)
75. The Veranda (Lavender Shores #3) – Rosalind Abel (5)
76. The Shipwreck (Lavender Shores #4) – Rosalind Abel (5)
77. The Hideaway (Lavender Shores #5) – Rosalind Abel (5)
78. The Glasshouse (Lavender Shores #6) – Rosalind Abel (5)
79. Never Let Me Go – Mine (5)

80. The Soldati Prince (Soldati Hearts #1) – Charlie Cochet (5)

81. Black Butler, Vol. 4 – Yana Toboso (5)
82. Black Butler, Vol. 5 – Yana Toboso (5)
83. Black Butler, Vol. 6 – Yana Toboso (5)
84. Black Butler, Vol. 7 – Yana Toboso (5)
85. Black Butler, Vol. 8 – Yana Toboso (5)
86. Black Butler, Vol. 9 – Yana Toboso (5)
87. Black Butler, Vol. 10 – Yana Toboso (5)
88. Black Butler, Vol. 11 – Yana Toboso (5)
89. Black Butler, Vol. 12 – Yana Toboso (5)

90. The Glasshouse (Lavender Shores #6) – Rosalind Abel (5)

91. The Alcove (Lavender Shores #7) – Rosalind Abel (5)
92. Black Butler, Vol. 13 – Yana Toboso (5)
93. Black Butler, Vol. 14 – Yana Toboso (5)
94. Black Butler, Vol. 15 – Yana Toboso (5)
95. Black Butler, Vol. 16 – Yana Toboso (5)
96. Black Butler, Vol. 17 – Yana Toboso (5)
97. Black Butler, Vol. 18 – Yana Toboso (5)
98. The Naked Prince and Other Stories from Fairyland (Tales from Fairyland #1) – Joe Cosentino (4)
99. Black Butler, Vol. 19 – Yana Toboso (5)

100. Black Butler, Vol. 20 – Yana Toboso (5)

101. Black Butler, Vol. 21 – Yana Toboso (5)
102. Black Butler, Vol. 22 – Yana Toboso (5)
103. Black Butler, Vol. 23 – Yana Toboso (5)
104. Black Butler, Vol. 24 – Yana Toboso (5)
105. Black Butler, Vol. 25 – Yana Toboso (5)
106. Black Butler, Vol. 26 – Yana Toboso (5)
107. The Key of Behliseth (The Sun Child Chronicles #1) – Lou Hoffmann (4)
108. Wraith Queen’s Veil (The Sun Child Chronicles #2) – Lou Hoffman (4)
109. Darkling (Port Lewis Witches #1) – Brooklyn Ray (5)

110. Click Your Heels – Blaine D. Arden (4)

111. Igor the Movie Prequel (4)
112. The Curse of Dracula – Marv Wolfman (3)
113. Game of Thrones, Graphic Novel Issue 1 – George R.R. Martin (4)
114. Game of Thrones, Graphic Novel Issue 2 – George R.R. Martin (4)
115. Game of Thrones, Graphic Novel Issue 3 – George R.R. Martin (4)
116. Game of Thrones, Graphic Novel Issue 4 – George R.R. Martin (4)
117. Game of Thrones, Graphic Novel Issue 5 – George R.R. Martin (4)
118. The Short Story Special (Decadent #6) – Mine (5)
119. That Feeling When… (#lovehim #1) – S.M. James (5)

120. In Real Life (#lovehim #1.5) – S.M. James (5)

121. No Big Deal (#lovehim #1.8) – S.M. James (5)
122. Warlock in Training (Studies in Demonology #1) – T.J. Nichols (5)
123. Rogue in the Making (Studies in Demonology #2) – T.J. Nichols (5)
124. Loup Affame Renard Insense (Being(s) in Love #9.5) – R. Cooper (3)
125. Being(s) in Love Bundle (Being(s) in Love #1-#5) – R. Cooper (5)
126. How the Supervillain Stole Christmas (Spandex and Superpowers #1) – Charles Payseur (3)
127. Comic Book Romance (Spandex and Superpowers #2) – Charles Payseur (4)
128. The Werewolf Before Christmas (Spandex and Superpowers #3) – Charles Payseur (4)
129. Treasure for Treasure (Being(s) in Love #7) – R. Cooper (4)

130. His Mossy Boy (Being(s) in Love #8) – R. Cooper (5)

131. Spring’s (Not So Secret) Secret (Being(s) in Love #5.5) – R. Cooper (5)
132. The Wilderness (Lavender Shores #8) – Rosalind Abel (5)

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Challenge 4 – The Netgalley Challenge.

I’ve set myself a task of reading 100 books from my Netgalley TBR list (approx 250 at time of writing.)

1. Space Mac – Emma Jane (2)

2. Only You – Kay Doherty (5)
3. Velvet Claw – L.J. Hamlin (2)
4. Olmec Obituary (Dr Pimms, Intermillenial Sleuth, 1) – L.J.M. Owens (4)
5. Mayan Mendacity (Dr Pimms, Intermillenial Sleuth, 2) – L.J.M. Owens (4)
6. Egyptian Enigma (Dr Pimms, Intermillenial Sleuth, 3) – L.J.M. Owens (3)
7. The Raven Prince and Other Stories – Jean-Paul Whitehall (5) (also appears on Divine review list)
8. Fang-tastic Friends (Vlad the World’s Worst Vampire #2) – Anna Wilson (4)
9. The Damned, Vol 1: Three Days Dead – Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt (5)

10. The Damned, Vol 2: Ill Gotten – Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt (5)

11. A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns – Archie Bongiovanni & Tristan Jimerson (5)
12. Murder Takes the High Road – Josh Lanyon (5) (also appears on Divine review list)
13. Oops, Caught (Expanding Horizons #1) – Alli Reshi (4)
14. Tremontaine Season 1 – Ellen Kushner (4)
15. Tremontaine Season 2 – Episode 1 – Ellen Kushner (4)
16. Tremontaine Season 2 – Episode 2 – Ellen Kushner (4)
17. Tremontaine Season 2 – Episode 3 – Ellen Kushner (4)
18. Tremontaine Season 2 – Episode 4 – Ellen Kushner (5)
19. Tremontaine Season 2 – Episode 5 – Ellen Kushner (4)

20. Tremontaine Season 2 – Episode 6 – Ellen Kushner (4)

21. Death at Victoria Dock (Phryne Fisher #4) – Kerry Greenwood (3)
22. Tremontaine Season 2 – Episode 7 – Ellen Kushner (5)
23. Tremontaine Season 2 – Episode 8 – Ellen Kushner (4)
24. Tremontaine Season 2 – Episode 9 – Ellen Kushner (4)
25. Tremontaine Season 2 – Episode 10 – Ellen Kushner (5)
26. Tremontaine Season 2 – Episode 11 – Ellen Kushner (5)
27. Tremontaine Season 2 – Episode 12 – Ellen Kushner (5)
28. Tremontaine Season 2 – Episode 13 – Ellen Kushner (5)
29. Magic Ties Together – Nina Begonia (3)

30. Midnight Twist – Rian Durant (2)

31. Beast – Jaime Sullivan (4)
32. The Witch Stone (Court of Ash and Thorn #1) – Jasmine Hong (2)
33. The Green Mill Murder (Phryne Fisher #5) – Kerry Greenwood (2)
34. Rork: The Ghosts – Andreas (3)
35. In Azgarth’s Shadow (Azgath’s Saga #2) – Cassie Sweet (4)
36. Darkling (Port Lewis Witches’ #1) – Brooklyn Ray (5)
37. The Devil You Know – Camilla Quinn (5)
38. No River Wide Enough – Mel Bossa (2)
39. Smoke Signals – Meredith Katz (5)

40. Firestorm – Caitlin Ricci (3)

41. The Forbidden Harbour, Part 1 – Teresa Radic (3)
42. Perfect World Vol. 1 – Rie Aruga (5)
43. Archer Coe and the Thousand Natural Shocks, Vol. 1 – Jamie S. Rich (4)
44. NuBiAh – Thomas Jones (2)
45. A Son of the Sun – Fabian Nury (4)
46. The Merchant’s Love (The Chronicles of Tournai #6) – Antonia Aquilante (4)
47. Undertow (Port Lewis Witches #2) – Brooklyn Ray (5)
48. Tim Burton’s the Nightmare Before Christmas: Zero’s Journey – D.J. Milky (3)
49. Merry Men – Robert Roddi (4)

50. Experiment Number Six – Mina MacLeod (3)

51. The Adventures of Technicality Man – Jessica Meats (2)

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Are you doing any challenges this year? Let me know.