Well, with February now over and the Review Copy Cleanup challenge coming to a close, it's time to take a look at how I did for the last month. SPOILER ALERT! I did not complete my goals.
Still, I think that was to be expected. It's always better to have too many books on a reading list than too few, is what I say, and even though I am what you would call a fast reader, I went into the challenging knowing I've loaded myself with more than I could probably finish in a month. There were a few really long books in my list, and not surprisingly those were the ones I procrastinated from picking up, tackling the YA titles and shorter ones first. I also made up for some of it by sneaking in a couple books that weren't on the list.
The important thing is, I came close. And even more importantly, I had fun and it was nice chatting up other bloggers on Twitter and catching up on everyone's progress. Plus, my to-review pile is looking distinctly more manageable now, which was why I did this in the first place. So, without further ado, the month's final tally:
The Tower Broken by Mazarkis Williams - Currently in progress!
Cemetery Girl by Charlaine Harris and Christopher Golden - READ! Review coming soon.
Cemetery Girl by Charlaine Harris and Christopher Golden - READ! Review coming soon.
Only the Good Die Young by Chris Marie Green - READ! Review coming soon.
Blood and Iron by Jon Sprunk READ! Review coming soon.
The Detainee by Peter Liney - Didn't read.
Talus and the Frozen King by Graham Edwards - READ! Review coming soon.
Honor's Knight by Rachel Bach - READ! Review here.
Lumiere by Jacqueline Garlick - READ! Review coming soon.
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ReplyDeleteI know you didn't complete your goal, but that is still pretty damn amazing, woman!
ReplyDeleteMight not be as impressive, if I tell you I may or may not have picked out some of the shorter review copies for this challenge, including a graphic novel ;-P I think the Barrow was the longest. But thanks! I really needed to do this, lol.
DeleteYikes! ;-) Goal or no goal, that's impressive! Well done.
ReplyDeleteThanks! And I have you to thank too for helping me find out about RCC in the first place, I had fun with this :)
DeleteGreat job! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteWow, that's amazing. I didn't even come close to reading that many books in February, LOL! My speed reading skills are non-existent, I guess. Oh well, on to March we go!
ReplyDeleteYes, on to March! I'm thinking of extending the challenge and doing my own RCCleanup event a little while longer since it was so effective at chiseling away at the TBR pile :)
DeleteYou freaking knocked it out of the park! I should do this with you next time!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, yes we should! I love doing readathons/challenges with you!
DeleteDamn you can read some books. And honestly, we writing the same blog? You and me overlap books more than any other blog I follow.
ReplyDeleteHey, what can I say, we have good tastes ;-)
DeleteIn all seriousness, I guess I'm not surprised. I have the occasional YA and UF thrown in but in general adult SFF is still relatively niche compared to mainstream fiction, so we're bound to be reading a lot of the same stuff.
You got a chunk of your reviews done! That is awesome. :)
ReplyDeleteYes, still a good ways to go, but at least I caught up a lot last month :)
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