End of May of 2023

For the first time in years I read the same number of books that I've bought.

Books I've read this month;

1. Optiman - Brian Stableford 1980 - 190p - nº 406
2. Earth-Child - Doris Piserchia 1977 - 204p - nº 241
3. The Overlords of War - Gerard Klein 1973 - 189p - nº93
4. Yurth Burden - Andre Norton 1978 - 158p - Nº304
5. The Book of Philip Jose Farmer - 1973 - 239p - Nº63
6. Cosmic Crusaders (Baphomet's Meteor) Pierre Barbet - 1972 - 138p - Nº414
7. Cosmic Crusaders (Stellar Crusade) Pierre Barbet 1974 - 148p - Nº414
8. As the Curtain Falls - Robert Chilson 1974 - 174p - Nº98
9. Odan the Half-God - Dream Chariots - Manning Norvil - 1977 - 192p - Nº 260
10. Tactics of Mistake - Gordon R Dickson - 1971 -222p - Nº 9
11. Dinosaur Beach - Keith Laumer - 1971 - 151p - Nº21
12. The Fall of Chronopolis - Barrington J Bayley -1974 - 174p Nº105
13. Volkhavaar - Tanith Lee -1977 - 192p Nº251
14. Children of Dune - Frank Herbert    407p
15. Liminal Zone - Junji Ito (Manga)   210p 

So I ended up reading almost 9 novels I had wanted to read plus a couple others

                                                  

Books Bought

1. Meddling Kids - Edgar Cantero 442p
2. Fabius Bile - Primogenitor (LE)
3. Ahriman The Eternal (LE)
4. The Lion: Son of the Forest (LE)
5. No Longer Human - Junji Ito 616p
6. Die by the Sword - Anthology 264p
7. Pilgrims of Fire - Justin Hill 366p
8. Suicide Kings - Stephen Blackmoore 224p
9. War of the Fang - Chris Wraight (LE)
10. Xenos - Dan Abnett (Illustrated & Annotated edition)
11. Lords of Silence (LE)
12. The Game of 100 Candles - Marie Brennan 352p
    
    LE's are novels of books I already own.
    Waiting for the following books to come back in June
    
    

• Don't Fear the Reaper 
• The Abstainer 
• The Girl and the Moon 
• Anno Dracula
• Tombs
• Memory's Legion
• The Will of the Many
• Helbrecht (LE)
• Mark of Faith (LE)
• Ravenor Trilogy (LE) Maybe                                   

    

21/52 Friday Update - Books Read; Currently Reading & TBR (and bought)

 The last update was done so fast I didnt' even had time to write anything... so let's update  

Already Finish

1. Dinosaur Beach - Keith Laumer                    151p Finished 07/05
2. The Overlords of War - Gerard Klein             189p Finished 10/05
3. The Fall of Chronopolis - Barrington J Bayley 174p  Finished 15/05
4. The Liminal Zone - Junji Ito                         210p Finished 15/05
5. Yurth Burden - Andre Norton                       158p  Finished 16/05
6. Volkhavaar - Tanith Lee                               192p  Finished 17/05
7. As the Curtain Falls - Robert Chilson            174p   Finished 17/05
8. Optiman - Brian Stableford                          190p  Finished 22/05
9. Warlord's World - Christopher Anvil              207p  Finished 25/05
10. Children of Dune - Frank Herbert                 406p  Finished 25/05
11. The Book of Philip Jose Farmer                     239p  Finished 26/05

If you ask me how can you finish two books in the same or 4 books in 3 days, well I don't read them in one go. I'm usually reading several books at the same time. Sometimes I get to 70% and then it's the last stretch to the end line. That's why I put here the %. Some books are more slow pace , or most of the times I don't like reading a single book for more than one day. It's very unusual to me. Maybe in August I will try that because in July it would be one short story for each anthology per day (or something like that)

Ongoing

1. The Great Hunt - Robert Jordan        164/705pp (23%)
2. The Last Hunt - Robbie MacNiven 109/416p (25%)
3. Liquid Fear - Scott Nicholson         40/266p
4. Tactics of Mistake - Gordon R Dickson 28/222p  (13%)
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TBR (with only 5 days let's go...)

1. Cosmic Crusaders (Baphomet's Meteor) Pierre Barbet - 1972 - 138p - Nº414
2. Cosmic Crusaders (Stellar Crusade) Pierre Barbet 1974 - 148p - Nº414
3. Odan the Half-God - Dream Chariots - Manning Norvil - 1977 - 192p - Nº 260

Bought

1. Meddling Kids - Edgar Cantero
2. Fabius Bile - Primogenitor (LE)
3. Ahriman The Eternal (LE)
4. The Lion: Son of the Forest (LE)
5. No Longer Human - Junji Ito
6. Die by the Sword - Anthology
7. Pilgrims of Fire - Justin Hill 
8. Suicide Kings - Stephen Blackmoore
9. War of the Fang - Chris Wraight (LE)
10. Xenos - Dan Abnett (Illustrated & Annotated edition)
11. 
    Lords of Silence (LE)
    
    
    
    
    
    

TBR Month June Until December 2023

 I have two goals for the remaining 7 months. So 72 novels to read. And then buy less books that I read. Impossible? Probably... 

In terms of pages it's 25190 and we have 214 days so more than 100 pages per day? Haha... not going to happen.  But what I am going to try is to trim this books a lot... If you have any interest I read something please let me know.

This is what I am going to try to read in June. It's Junpiliation? Junthology? Sorry..

1. Rage of The Behemoth Anthology 343 2009 21 Stories
2. Return of the Sword Anthology 327 2008 23 Stories
   
3. Antisocieties Michael Cisco 140 2021 10 Stories
   
4. The Grimscribe's Puppets Anthology 295 2013 23 Stories
   
5. Sometime Lofty Towers Anthology 194 2020 14 Stories
   
6. The Children of Cthulhu Anthology 469 2002 24 Stories
   
7. The Snake-Man's Bane Anthology 138 2015 6 Stories
   
8. Alien Horrors Tim Curran 231 2022 12 stories
   
9. The Doom that Came to Dunwich Richard A. Lupoff  223 2017 9 Stories
   
10. Victories of The Space Marines Anthology 416 2011 9 Stories

Then for after the next months is going to be this books below... There are priorities in bold (31 novels)

1. Slugs Shaun Hutson 208 1982
2. Ghost Story Peter Straub 567 1979
3. Shadowland Peter Straub 468 1980
4. Mutated Joe Mckinney 406 2012
5. Apocalpyse of the Dead Joe Mckinney 503 2010
6. Dreadnaught Jack Campbell 368 2011
7. Road of the Patriarch R A Salvatore 375 2007
8. Promise of the Witch-King R A Salvatore 373 2005
9. Elephants can Remember Agatha Christie 299 1972
10. Third Girl Agatha Christie 365 1966
11. Curtain - Poirot's Last Case Agatha Christie 284 1975
12. Ghoul Brian Keene 341 2007
13. Darth Plagueis James Luceno 481 2012
14. Shadows of the Empire Steve Perry 385 1996
15. Tales from the Empire Anthology 324 1997
16. Funland Richard Laymon 500 1989
17. The Stake Richard Laymon 506 1990
18. Darkness Tell Us Richard Laymon 504 1991
19. The Rose Princess Hideyuki Kikuchi 195 1994
20. Dark Nocturne Hideyuki Kikuchi 204 1992
21. Pale Fallen Angel Part one and two Hideyuki Kikuchi 299 1994
22. Pale Fallen Angel Part three and four Hideyuki Kikuchi 290 1995
23. Deep Fathom James Rollins 581 2001
24. Annihilation Squad Gav Thorpe 412 2004
25. Pet Sematary Stephen King 465 1988
26. The Ruins Scott Smith 524 2006
27. Dominion Bentley Little 416 1996
28. Speaker for the Dead Orson Scott Card 382 1986
29. Ghost Walk Brian Keene 275 2008
30. Thanquol's Doom C L Werner 408 2011
31. Beasts in Velvet Jack Yeovil 286 1993
32. Death's Legacy Sandy Mitchell 416 2006
33. Death's Messenger Sandy Mitchell 416 2005
34. Death's City Sandy Mitchell 416 2005
35. The Heart of Chaos Gav Thorpe 412 2004
36. The Blades of Chaos Gav Thorpe 412 2003
37. The Claws of Chaos Gav Thorpe 280 2002
38. Witch Hunter C L Werner 412 2004
39. Witch Finder C L Werner 252 2005
40. Witch Killer C L Werner 251 2006
41. The Scorpion Stephen D Sullivan 312 2000
42. The Unicorn A. L. Lasieur 312 2000
43. The Crane Ree Soesbee 312 2000
44. The Phoenix Stephen D Sullivan 274 2001
45. The Crab Stan Brown 277 2001
46. The Dragon Ree Soesbee 276 2001
47. The Lion Stephen D Sullivan 275 2001
48. The Devoured and the Dead Kristopher Ruffy 244 2021
49. Last of the Ravagers Bryan Smith 256 2022
50. One Conrad Williams 363 2009
51. Flowers in the Attic Virginia Andrews 423 1979
52. Crowfall Ed McDonald 454 2019
53. Ravencry Ed McDonald 414 2018
54. Dark Water Koji Suzuki 294 1996
55. In The Coils of the Labyrinth David Annandale 346 2022
56. Secrets Scarlets Anthology 347 2022
57. Lair of the Crystal Fang S. A. Sidor 363 2022
58. The Deadly Grimoire Rosemary Jones 344 2022
59. Empire of Salt Weston Ochse 317 2010
60. Hungry Hearts Gary McMahon 309 2009
61. Way of the Barefoot Zombie Jasper Bark 311 2009
62. Stronghold Paul Finch 330 2010

Let's go!

20/52 Friday Update - Books Read; Currently Reading & TBR (and bought)

The last update was done so fast I didnt' even had time to write anything... so let's update  

Already Finish

1. The Overlords of War - Gerard Klein             189p
2. Dinosaur Beach - Keith Laumer                    151p
3. The Fall of Chronopolis - Barrington J Bayley 174p
4. Volkhavaar - Tanith Lee                               192p 
5. Yurth Burden - Andre Norton                       158p
6. As the Curtain Falls - Robert Chilson            174p 
7. The Liminal Zone - Junji Ito                         210p

Ongoing

1. The Great Hunt - Robert Jordan        164/705pp (23%)
2. The Last Hunt - Robbie MacNiven 109/416p (25%)
3. Liquid Fear - Scott Nicholson         40/266p
4. Children of Dune - Frank Herbert     244/406pp  (60%)
5. Tactics of Mistake - Gordon R Dickson 28/222p  (13%)
6. Optiman - Brian Stableford 42/190 (22%)

TBR

1. The Book of Philip Jose Farmer - 1973 - 239p - Nº63
2. Cosmic Crusaders (Baphomet's Meteor) Pierre Barbet - 1972 - 138p - Nº414
3. Cosmic Crusaders (Stellar Crusade) Pierre Barbet 1974 - 148p - Nº414
4. Odan the Half-God - Dream Chariots - Manning Norvil - 1977 - 192p - Nº 260

IF I have the time (books from other months)

1. In the coils of the Labyrinth - David Annandale - 346p (ongoing series)
2. Thanquol's Doom -  C L Werner 416p (last novel in the series)
3. Galaxy Flames - Ben Counter - 416p (ongoing series)
4. Annihilation Squad - Gav Thorpe - 412p  (last novel in the series)
5. Ghoul - Brian Keene  341p
6. Sailor on the Seas of Fates - Michael Moorcock 128p (ongoing series)
7. Cannibal Creek - Jon Athan 200p
8. The Social Media Murders - Jon Athan 212p
9. Beasts in Velvet - Jack Yeovil - 286pp
10. Dark Water - Koji Suzuki 294pp
11. Og-Grim- Dog 2 - Jamie Edmundson - 142p
12. Og-Grim- Dog 3 - Jamie Edmundson . 138p
13. Og-Grim- Dog 4 - Jamie Edmundson - 154p
14. Day of Ascension - Adrian Tchaikovsky 199p
15. Sailor on the seas of fate - Michael Moorcock  128p

Bought

1. Meddling Kids - Edgar Cantero
2. Fabius Bile - Primogenitor (LE)
3. Ahriman The Eternal (LE)
4. The Lion: Son of the Forest (LE)
5. No Longer Human - Junji Ito
6. Die by the Sword - Anthology
7. Pilgrims of Fire - Justin Hill 
8. Suicide Kings - Stephen Blackmoore

19/52 Friday Update - Books Read; Currently Reading & TBR (and bought)

 Already Finish

1. The Overlords of War - Gerard Klein  189p
2. Dinosaur Beach - Keith Laumer       151p
3. The Fall of Chronopolis - Barrington J Bayley 174p

Ongoing

1. The Great Hunt - Robert Jordan        164/705pp
2. The Last Hunt - Robbie MacNiven 109/416p
3. Liquid Fear - Scott Nicholson         40/266p
4. Children of Dune - Frank Herbert     131/406pp  (30%)
5. Volkhavaar - Tanith Lee                     80/192p 

TBR

1. Optiman - Brian Stableford 1980 - 190p - nº 406
2. Earth-Child - Doris Piserchia 1977 - 204p - nº 241
3. Yurth Burden - Andre Norton 1978 - 158p - Nº304
4. The Book of Philip Jose Farmer - 1973 - 239p - Nº63
5. Cosmic Crusaders (Baphomet's Meteor) Pierre Barbet - 1972 - 138p - Nº414
6. Cosmic Crusaders (Stellar Crusade) Pierre Barbet 1974 - 148p - Nº414
7. As the Curtain Falls - Robert Chilson 1974 - 174p - Nº98
8. Odan the Half-God - Dream Chariots - Manning Norvil - 1977 - 192p - Nº 260
9. Tactics of Mistake - Gordon R Dickson - 1971 -222p - Nº 9

IF I have the time (books from other months)

1. In the coils of the Labyrinth - David Annandale - 346p (ongoing series)
2. Thanquol's Doom -  C L Werner 416p (last novel in the series)
3. Galaxy Flames - Ben Counter - 416p (ongoing series)
4. Annihilation Squad - Gav Thorpe - 412p  (last novel in the series)
5. Ghoul - Brian Keene  341p
6. Sailor on the Seas of Fates - Michael Moorcock 128p (ongoing series)
7. Cannibal Creek - Jon Athan 200p
8. The Social Media Murders - Jon Athan 212p
9. Beasts in Velvet - Jack Yeovil - 286pp
10. Dark Water - Koji Suzuki 294pp
11. Og-Grim- Dog 2 - Jamie Edmundson - 142p
12. Og-Grim- Dog 3 - Jamie Edmundson . 138p
13. Og-Grim- Dog 4 - Jamie Edmundson - 154p
14. Day of Ascension - Adrian Tchaikovsky 199p
15. Sailor on the seas of fate - Michael Moorcock  128p

Bought

1. Meddling Kids - Edgar Cantero
2. Fabius Bile - Primogenitor (LE)
3. Ahriman The Eternal (LE)
4. The Lion: Son of the Forest (LE)
5. No Longer Human - Junji Ito
6. Die by the Sword - Anthology

18/52 Friday Update - Books Read; Currently Reading & TBR (and bought)

Already Finish

1. 
   

Ongoing

1. The Great Hunt - Robert Jordan        164/705pp
2. The Last Hunt - Robbie MacNiven 109/416p
3. Liquid Fear - Scott Nicholson         40/266p
4. Children of Dune - Frank Herbert     131/406pp  (30%)
5. Volkhavaar - Tanith Lee                     80/192p 
6. Dinosaur Beach - Keith Laumer       109/151p

TBR

1. Optiman - Brian Stableford 1980 - 190p - nº 406
2. Earth-Child - Doris Piserchia 1977 - 204p - nº 241
3. The Overlords of War - Gerard Klein 1973 - 189p - nº93
4. Yurth Burden - Andre Norton 1978 - 158p - Nº304
5. The Book of Philip Jose Farmer - 1973 - 239p - Nº63
6. Cosmic Crusaders (Baphomet's Meteor) Pierre Barbet - 1972 - 138p - Nº414
7. Cosmic Crusaders (Stellar Crusade) Pierre Barbet 1974 - 148p - Nº414
8. As the Curtain Falls - Robert Chilson 1974 - 174p - Nº98
9. Odan the Half-God - Dream Chariots - Manning Norvil - 1977 - 192p - Nº 260
10. Tactics of Mistake - Gordon R Dickson - 1971 -222p - Nº 9
11. The Fall of Chronopolis - Barrington J Bayley -1974 - 174p Nº105

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IF I have the time (books from other months)

1. In the coils of the Labyrinth - David Annandale - 346p (ongoing series)
2. Thanquol's Doom -  C L Werner 416p (last novel in the series)
3. Galaxy Flames - Ben Counter - 416p (ongoing series)
4. Annihilation Squad - Gav Thorpe - 412p  (last novel in the series)
5. Ghoul - Brian Keene  341p
6. Sailor on the Seas of Fates - Michael Moorcock 128p (ongoing series)
7. Cannibal Creek - Jon Athan 200p
8. The Social Media Murders - Jon Athan 212p
9. Beasts in Velvet - Jack Yeovil - 286pp
10. Dark Water - Koji Suzuki 294pp
11. Og-Grim- Dog 2 - Jamie Edmundson - 142p
12. Og-Grim- Dog 3 - Jamie Edmundson . 138p
13. Og-Grim- Dog 4 - Jamie Edmundson - 154p
14. Day of Ascension - Adrian Tchaikovsky 199p
15. Sailor on the seas of fate - Michael Moorcock  128p

Bought

1. Meddling Kids - Edgar Cantero
2. Fabius Bile - Primogenitor (LE)
   
   
   
3. Ahriman The Eternal (LE)
   
   
   
   
5. The Lion: Son of the Forest (LE)

Q1 Update in terms of buying vs reading...

 So far 4 months have gone and what can I say about my reading and buying habits. Well to be honest I will change but 've bought several LE's this year

Books Read vs Books Bought

January  - 28 books bought VS 10 books read
February - 35 Books bought VS 14  books read
March - 56 Books bought VS14 Books Read
April - 33 books bought VS 8 Books Read

Awful, truly awful. Q2 Will be more contain and focus on series I've been reading & buying BL stuff.