tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51654613174964557382024-03-13T23:25:19.964+01:00Ketutar writingKetutarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817006362006690145noreply@blogger.comBlogger297125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165461317496455738.post-23283865052053379572023-12-15T06:52:00.002+01:002023-12-15T06:52:22.518+01:00Read Europe<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAYjTrF60YZOiFutzHAb9f2F6XL7xRNjPS0ZUNHQ_f_Bu_FmvysB6Wb9S-QZHy-YN20_T8elEIHNeR5jV7gHWKDMxlCKAU5z1TEMaAQiL8C0KCDiNzdkTLwZWXyaG9x4ULfwOfN9LT8LmIchv-ITmDOtq4KiS-pRll1Carme7vtmTvHvxtiXWD1nlSUH4/s403/Screenshot%202023-12-15%20055607.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="401" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAYjTrF60YZOiFutzHAb9f2F6XL7xRNjPS0ZUNHQ_f_Bu_FmvysB6Wb9S-QZHy-YN20_T8elEIHNeR5jV7gHWKDMxlCKAU5z1TEMaAQiL8C0KCDiNzdkTLwZWXyaG9x4ULfwOfN9LT8LmIchv-ITmDOtq4KiS-pRll1Carme7vtmTvHvxtiXWD1nlSUH4/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-15%20055607.png" width="318" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>For this challenge, you are to read European Literature Prize winners and nominees.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadare_Prize">Albania</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literature_of_Andorra">Andorra</a></p><p>Armenia - there's the Levon Ananyan Literary Prize, but I don't know much about it.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Austrian_literary_awards">Austria</a></p><p>Azerbaijan - <a href="https://www.thetribune.com/nigar-kocharli-promoting-azerbaijani-literature-against-all-the-odds/">this article</a> mentions "Azerbaijan’s first literacy prize", but nothing more about it. I don't even know what it is supposed to be. Is it a prize to advance Azerbaijani literature, or literacy? </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Belarusian_literary_awards">Belarus</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Belgian_literary_awards">Belgium</a></p><p>Bosnia and Herzegovina</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Bulgarian_literary_awards">Bulgaria</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Croatian_literary_awards">Croatia</a></p><p>Cyprus</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Czech_literary_awards">Czechia</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Danish_literary_awards">Denmark</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Estonian_literary_awards">Estonia</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Finnish_literary_awards">Finland</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:French_literary_awards">France</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Literary_awards_of_Georgia_(country)">Georgia</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_literary_awards">Germany</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Greek_literary_awards">Greece</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Hungarian_literary_awards">Hungary</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Icelandic_literary_awards">Iceland</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Irish_literary_awards">Ireland</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Italian_literary_awards">Italy</a></p><p>Kazakhstan</p><p>Kosovo</p><p><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategorija:Apbalvojumi_literat%C5%ABr%C4%81">Latvia</a></p><p>Liechtenstein</p><p><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategorija:Lietuvos_literat%C5%ABrin%C4%97s_premijos">Lithuania</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Luxembourgian_literary_awards">Luxembourg</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Maltese_literary_awards">Malta</a></p><p><a href="https://trm.md/en/culture/gala-premiilor-uniunii-scriitorilor-din-moldova">Moldova</a> - has a literature prize with multiple categories, but it's hard to find any information about it.</p><p>Monaco - no literature prizes, not many authors either. </p><p>Montenegro</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Dutch_literary_awards">Netherlands</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struga_Poetry_Evenings">North Macedonia</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Norwegian_literary_awards">Norway</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Polish_literary_awards">Poland</a></p><p><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categoria:Pr%C3%A9mios_liter%C3%A1rios_de_Portugal">Portugal</a></p><p><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premiile_Uniunii_Scriitorilor_din_Rom%C3%A2nia">Romania</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Russian_literary_awards">Russia</a></p><p>San Marino</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Serbian_literary_awards">Serbia</a></p><p>Slovakia</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Slovenian_literary_awards">Slovenia</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Spanish_literary_awards">Spain</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Swedish_literary_awards">Sweden</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Swiss_literary_awards">Switzerland</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Turkish_literary_awards">Turkey</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prizes_of_Ukraine_in_Literature">Ukraine</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_literary_awards">United Kingdom </a></p><p>Vatican City </p>Ketutarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817006362006690145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165461317496455738.post-16178640945863801742023-12-05T08:29:00.004+01:002023-12-14T21:05:27.034+01:00Time for planning 2024 reading<p>I want to read 124 books.</p><p>I want to read at least 10 books in Finnish, Swedish, German, and French.</p><p>I want to read fewer English books - let's say every other book needs to be not English. (at least 62 non-English books)</p><p>I want to read more European books. (Let's say, at least 40 European books.)<br />At the same time, I need to read more non-European books :-D (At least 40 non-European - and non-English - books)</p><p>I also need to read more non-white books. (at least 40)</p><p>I want to read more books published before the 21st century. Let's say... 1/3 20th century. 10% pre-20th.<br />- At least 40 books from 20th century and at least 12 books written before 20th century. Hmm... that means I'd read 72 books written in 21st century, and that's too big a portion... No, 20 books before 1900, 50 books 1900-2000, and 54 books after 2000.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheDr4O67FXTadhQI-GYAVvS0qVyoilijPdd5xjoU0N10aVMGhYDu6c6ZR_qFYD442OqI8UZrfiUCSbDyo9r5vmFzYMLNXaqGQCc8uldpzOvzhhpAahbTabDl3trZ9VCp0VCf_TvKx7AeK_fMr-Psq-C9UoCkZN41r6kse-jEWSh5yFNB8vjhUHG6cBJgA/s822/358acffeb2a33e0951b65f85882feb1b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="822" data-original-width="564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheDr4O67FXTadhQI-GYAVvS0qVyoilijPdd5xjoU0N10aVMGhYDu6c6ZR_qFYD442OqI8UZrfiUCSbDyo9r5vmFzYMLNXaqGQCc8uldpzOvzhhpAahbTabDl3trZ9VCp0VCf_TvKx7AeK_fMr-Psq-C9UoCkZN41r6kse-jEWSh5yFNB8vjhUHG6cBJgA/s320/358acffeb2a33e0951b65f85882feb1b.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I suppose I will be participating in</div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://www.popsugar.co.uk/entertainment/reading-challenge-2024-49321739">PopSugar reading challenge</a></div><div><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_folder/468138">Around the year in 52 books</a></div><div><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/22628776-listopia-for-2024-categories-master-list">The 52 Book Club</a></div><div>Read Harder 2024</div></div><div><a href="https://www.booklistqueen.com/reading-challenge-2024/">Booklist Queen's Reading Challenge</a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7m8wJZnpyfXHtB1keQ91NVY4tK-fIht64HbNSpVPhaJMiP_oFyHuSD4ouWsiXSv7PzIVl-X2e8pUij81JCfPt-psBkxoXchvEF74vlZtadvUoLS_2VyRvUqyKFdXwCtYcfTfXvI0U01KKfPCsf0IaVGi_ttbMpsojL3jNOhdsuJLaEBtgp4MBX72rsTU/s697/bcb982082879d018f30120f41d6403fd.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="518" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7m8wJZnpyfXHtB1keQ91NVY4tK-fIht64HbNSpVPhaJMiP_oFyHuSD4ouWsiXSv7PzIVl-X2e8pUij81JCfPt-psBkxoXchvEF74vlZtadvUoLS_2VyRvUqyKFdXwCtYcfTfXvI0U01KKfPCsf0IaVGi_ttbMpsojL3jNOhdsuJLaEBtgp4MBX72rsTU/s320/bcb982082879d018f30120f41d6403fd.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>The 52 Book Club</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>1. Locked-Room Mystery</b></div><div><div>Anxious People by Fredrik Backman</div><div>Murder at the Grand Raj Palace by Vaseem Khan</div><div>The Maid by Nita Prose</div><div>The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>2. Bibliosmia: A "Smelly" Book</b></div><div>Spice Road by Maiya Ibrahim</div><div><br /></div><div><b>3. More Than 40 Chapters</b></div><div><div>Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman</div><div>Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey</div><div>Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott</div><div>The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>4. Lowercase Letters On The Spine</b></div><div>Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell</div><div><br /></div><div><b>5. Magical Realism</b></div><div><div>The Midnight Library by Matt Haig</div><div>Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt</div><div>Weyward by Emilia Hart</div><div>Piranesi by Susanna Clarke</div><div>Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield</div><div>The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>6. Women In STEM</b></div><div><div>Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin</div><div>The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley</div><div>Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier</div><div><br /></div></div><div><b>7. At Least Four Different POV</b></div><div>Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell</div><div><br /></div><div><b>8. Features The Ocean</b></div><div><div>Seas by Colleen Oakes (and, of course, Stars, the first book in the series)</div><div>Sea Witch by Sarah Henning</div><div>On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson</div><div>Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie</div><div>Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt</div><div>The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty</div><div>House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>9. A Character-Driven Novel</b></div><div>* Most books on my TBR list are character-driven, because I prefer character-driven novels. So I'm going to choose when I have read it.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>10. Told In Non-Chronological Order</b></div><div><div>House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski;</div><div>Weyward by Emilia Hart</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>11. Starting With The Letter "K"</b></div><div><div>The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany</div><div>Kraken by China Miéville</div><div>Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey</div><div><br /></div></div><div><b>12. Starting With The Letter "L"</b></div><div><div><div>The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry</div><div>Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore</div><div>The Leopard Mask by Kaoru Kurimoto</div></div><div><br /></div></div><div><b>13. An Academic Thriller</b></div><div><div>The Maidens by Alex Michaelides</div><div>They Never Learn by Layne Fargo</div><div>Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo</div><div>A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>14. A Grieving Character</b></div><div><div>Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao</div><div>The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>15. Part Of A Duology</b></div><div><div>Bambi's Children by Felix Salten</div><div>Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack</div><div>Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman</div><div>Belles on Their Toes by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.</div><div>Bronze Gods by A.A. Aguirre</div><div>Silver Mirrors by A.A. Aguirre</div><div>The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop</div><div>City of Dark Magic by Magnus Flyte</div><div>Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler</div><div>Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>16. An Omniscient Narrator</b></div><div><div>The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss</div><div>Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>17. Nominated For The Booker Prize</b></div><div><div>Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood</div><div>The Testaments by Margaret Atwood</div><div>The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell</div><div>Milkman by Anna Burns</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>18. An Apostrophe In The Title</b></div><div><div>Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer by Sena Jeter Naslund</div><div>Attila's Treasure by Stephan Grundy</div><div>Balanced on the Blade's Edge by Lindsay Buroker</div><div>Bailey's Café by Gloria Naylor</div><div>The Black God's Drums by P. Djèlí Clark</div><div>The Chilbury Ladies' Choir by Jennifer Ryan</div><div>The Chocolate Maker's Wife by Karen Brooks</div><div>Da Vinci's Cat by Catherine Gilbert Murdock</div><div>Darconville's Cat by Alexander Theroux</div><div>Darcy's Utopia by Fay Weldon</div><div>The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles</div><div>A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher</div><div>The Foundry's Edge by Cam Baity and Benny Zelkowicz</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>19. A Buddy Read</b></div><div>I'm not too good about buddy reads :-(</div><div><br /></div><div><b>20. A Revenge Story</b></div><div><div>They Never Learn by Layne Fargo</div><div>Great Expectations by Charles Dickens</div><div>A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens</div><div>The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>21. Written By A Ghostwriter</b></div><div>The Bridge Over the River Kwai by Pierre Boulle could do</div><div>or The Curse of Yig by H.P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop</div><div>Or maybe I'll just read my favorite Dumas' novels again :-D</div><div><br /></div><div><b>22. A Plot Similar To Another Book</b></div><div><b>23. The Other Book With The Similar Plot</b></div><div><div>Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver</div><div>David Copperfield by Charles Dickens</div><div>Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>24. A Cover Without People On It</b></div><div>The List of Seven by Mark Frost</div><div><br /></div><div><b>25. An Author "Everyone" Has Read Except You</b></div><div><a href="https://www.rd.com/list/books-read-before-die/">100 Best Books of All Time</a></div><div><div>The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman</div><div>Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston</div><div>The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>26. Hybrid Genre</b></div><div><div>Soulless by Gail Carriger</div><div>The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty</div><div>Weyward by Emilia Hart</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>27. By A Neurodivergent Author</b></div><div><div>Something by T.J.Klune</div><div>Matt Haig</div><div>Octavia E. Butler</div><div>or</div><div>Seanan McGuire</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>28. A Yellow Spine</b></div><div><div>Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal, by Christopher Moore</div><div>Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins</div><div>The Help by Kathryn Stockett</div><div>All Quiet on the Orient Express by Magnus Mills</div><div>Terry Pratchett Nation</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>29. Published In A Year Of The Dragon</b></div><div><div>House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski</div><div>Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh</div><div>The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams</div><div>The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain</div><div>One by One They Disappeared by Moray Dalton</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>30. Picked Without Reading The Blurb</b></div><div><br /></div><div><b>31. Includes A Personal Phobia</b></div><div>I think I might read Kafka for this.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>32. Time Frame Spans A Week Or Less</b></div><div><div>Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>33. An Abrupt Ending</b></div><div><div>Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan</div><div>The Young Elites by Marie Lu</div><div>The Theft of Sunlight by Intisar Khanani</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>34. Set In A Landlocked Country</b></div><div><div>The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann</div><div>The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>35. Title Matches Lyrics From A Song</b></div><div>Uh. Again. *sigh* I'm pretty sure I can find lyrics to match almost any book title.</div><div>OK, Katherine Neville's The Fire.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>36. Has Futuristic Technology</b></div><div>Any sci-fi will do</div><div><br /></div><div><b>37. Palindrome On The Cover</b></div><div>Ada, or Ardor by Vladimir Nabokov</div><div>I could read Susanna Clarke or Anna-Marie McLemore</div><div>or Johanna Sinisalo</div><div>or Ada Lai's La straordinaria storia di Francesca Sanna Sulis, Donna di Sardegna</div><div><br /></div><div><b>38. Published By Hachette</b></div><div>Jade City by Fonda Lee</div><div><br /></div><div><b>39. Non-Fiction Recommended By A Friend</b></div><div><div>What You Say Is What You Get by Don Gossett</div><div>The Light Between Us: Stories From Heaven, Lessons for the Living by Laura Lynne Jackson</div></div><div>WTF recommended these to me and why? </div><div><br /></div><div><b>40. Set During A Holiday You Don't Celebrate</b></div><div>I suppose The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare will do, there's at least a mention of Thanksgiving. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>41. A Sticker On The Cover</b></div><div>This is practically a freebie, as I just need to put a sticker on any book I read, and it counts :-D<br />I suppose I'll read a library book, as there's already stickers there.</div><div><br /></div><div>42. Author Debut In Second Half Of 2024</div><div>Now would be a good time to choose a Finnish or Swedish book for this.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>43. About Finding Identity</b></div><div><div>Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk </div><div>Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver</div><div>Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates</div><div>Piranesi by Susanna Clarke</div><div>The Midnight Library by Matt Haig </div><div>Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>44. Includes A Wedding</b></div><div><div>The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell </div><div>Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>45. Chapter Headings Have Dates</b></div><div>The Witches of New York by Ami McKay</div><div>Witch King by Martha Wells</div><div><br /></div><div><b>46. Featuring Indigenous Culture</b></div><div>I have quite a few Rebecca Roanhorse's books on my TBR list, but I think I want to read some <a href="https://happymag.tv/best-indigenous-australian-books/">Australian indigenous people's books.</a> Also, there are the indigenous people of my own home country. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>47. Self-Insert By An Author</b></div><div><div>Any Ariadne Oliver book by Agatha Christie</div><div>I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak </div><div>David Copperfield by Charles Dickens</div><div>The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>48. The Word "Secret" In The Title</b></div><div><div>The Serpent's Secret by Sayantani DasGupta</div><div>The Book of Secrets by M.G. Vassanji</div><div>The Cottingley Secret by Hazel Gaynor</div><div>A Secret History of Witches by Louisa Morgan</div><div>The Secret Ingredient of Wishes by Susan Bishop Crispell</div><div>The Secret Chapter by Genevieve Cogman</div><div>The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman</div><div>The Garden of Lost Secrets by A.M. Howell</div><div>Archie Greene and the Magician’s Secret by D.D. Everest</div><div>Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>49. Set In A City Starting With The Letter "M"</b></div><div>I think I'll reread The Master and Margarita. The Satan Arrives in Moscow in Finnish.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>50. A Musical Instrument On The Cover</b></div><div><br /></div><div><b>51. Related To The Word "Wild"</b></div><div><div>The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë</div><div>Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier</div><div>A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami</div><div>Wildwood by Colin Meloy</div><div>The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson</div><div>Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore</div><div>A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers</div><div>WildSpark by Vashti Hardy</div><div>Walk the Wild With Me by Rachel Atwood</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>52. Published In 2024</b></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6XdM6aKnWY7amNipNlPSC7WYzNTutE4tZ85SHwi8s3WeWZq8P04dYVuT7DnxeJjQCa415vo-KA6FZsBRhow_qkH682C0tN3-gxldDDWShmRKAjDwUdyen7LmXHaXpH9jmRkzTyZWN3YNlZXv0jAturZdh26GG80TA8GHzzRkVbFiemhISAR9RYfnnmM/s730/e8452374d51e67955e0c97fed644e448.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="563" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6XdM6aKnWY7amNipNlPSC7WYzNTutE4tZ85SHwi8s3WeWZq8P04dYVuT7DnxeJjQCa415vo-KA6FZsBRhow_qkH682C0tN3-gxldDDWShmRKAjDwUdyen7LmXHaXpH9jmRkzTyZWN3YNlZXv0jAturZdh26GG80TA8GHzzRkVbFiemhISAR9RYfnnmM/s320/e8452374d51e67955e0c97fed644e448.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Of course, there are tons of other challenges I want to participate in :-D</div><div>I can't resist a challenge.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm participating in <a href="https://paperbacksandfrybread.com/blogs/news/decolonize-your-bookshelf-reading-journey-2024">Decolonize Your Bookshelf</a>. </div><div><br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><b>1. Story About a Disabled Author</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>Noor by Nnedi Okorafor</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>2. Book Over 400 Pages</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>Akata Woman by Nnedi Okorafor</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>3. Fiction by West Asian Author</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>The Light of the Midnight Stars by Rena Rossner </div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>Three Daughters of Eve by Elif Shafak </div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>4. Book Translated into English</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>Naondel: The Red Abbey Chronicles Book 2 by Maria Turtschaninoff</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>5. Sci-Fi Novel by Queer Author</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>6. An Immigrant Memoir </b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>Lola by Baba Lybeck, Lola Lorenzo</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>7. Book Written About or By a Drag Queen</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>Death Prefers Blondes by Caleb Roehrig</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>8. Book Written by a Black Woman</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>Femme nue, femme noire by Calixthe Beyala</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>9. Poetry by a South Asian Author</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>Radha Says: Last Poems by Reetika Vazirani</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>10. Book Centering Queer Mental Health</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>11. Fantasy by a Middle Eastern Author</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>12. War Story by an Asian Author</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>13. Poetry by an Indigenous Author</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>Vidderna inom mig by Nils-Aslak Valkeapää</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>14. Non-Fiction by a Latine/LatinX Author </b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses by Isabel Allende</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>15. Fiction Featuring Plus-Sized MC</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>Soulless by Gail Carriger</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>16. Book Written by an Indigenous Woman </b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>Straff by Ann-Helén Laestadius</div></div><div><div><b><br /></b></div></div><div><div><b>17. Marginalized Story From the 1980's</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>Katitzi by Katarina Taikon</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>18. An Indigenous Children's Book</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>Lei and the Fire Goddess by Malia Maunakea</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>19. Middle Grade Novel Featuring Queer MC </b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>20. Non-Fiction From an African American Author</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>21. Historical Fiction from South American Author</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>22. A Refugee Memoir</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>From Here by Luma Mufleh</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>23. Short Story/Anthropology by BIPOC Author</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color by Nisi Shawl</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>24. Book by a First Nations Australian Author</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>25. Non-Fiction Book From a Hawaiian Author </b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen by Lili'uokalani</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>26. Book by Sami Author</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>Valkoinen kivi by Kirste Paltto</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>27. Book About Religious or Spiritual Tradition Not Your Own</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>28. Mystery Novel from BIPOC Author</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>29. Fiction Featuring a Trans MC</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix by Anna-Marie McLemore</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>30. Book About Food from a BIPOC Author</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking by Samin Nosrat</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>31. Non-Fiction from an Indie Author</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>32. A Banned Book by a Marginalized Author </b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston</div></div></blockquote><div><div><br /></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsOV7vOyJwC0e7b2AToMqmTTBlYayBTPKBnAWQkDQyKANnU0yLLTLLgt0KlMJfmduAIPKASjBaIwxL389yygBsrD-3UNAl5kafRaGeA1DTpaXHx2znZnLC4XXuCvxMJjDAtx8krkEvEH06phoGyjtnnfS7aTxFepseDyoEvfXqHZW2aTEQU1k0j4DCvMI/s3072/Pile-of-Books-665056836.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsOV7vOyJwC0e7b2AToMqmTTBlYayBTPKBnAWQkDQyKANnU0yLLTLLgt0KlMJfmduAIPKASjBaIwxL389yygBsrD-3UNAl5kafRaGeA1DTpaXHx2znZnLC4XXuCvxMJjDAtx8krkEvEH06phoGyjtnnfS7aTxFepseDyoEvfXqHZW2aTEQU1k0j4DCvMI/s320/Pile-of-Books-665056836.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><b>THE 52 TOPICS OF THE 2024 ATY READING CHALLENGE</b></p><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/22671163-ket-s-2024-aty52b">my list</a></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>1. A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y</p><p>2. A book connected to something you read in 2023</p><p>3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list</p><p>4. A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong</p><p>5. A book set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world</p><p>6. A book with wings on the cover</p><p>7. A book with a pronoun in the title</p><p>8. A book by an author from Canada, Australia or New Zealand</p><p>9. A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads</p><p>10. A history or historical fiction book</p><p>11. A book with an X connection</p><p>12. A book that has been on your TBR for over a year</p><p>13. A book that is on a Five Books List; reader’s choice of which list</p><p>14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color</p><p>15. A book whose author’s name includes one of the 4 least used letters in the alphabet (JQZX)</p><p>16. A book related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs"</p><p>17. A book involving intelligence</p><p>18. A book with a botanical cover</p><p>19. A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream</p><p>20. A book with a single word title</p><p>21. A book with a title containing 6+ words</p><p>22. A book by an author from an African country</p><p>23. A book related to Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffett</p><p>24. A book with a secondary color on the cover (orange, green or purple)</p><p>25. A book involving a crime other than a murder</p><p>26. A book by an author known by their initials</p><p>27. A book related to land</p><p>28. A book related to sea</p><p>29. A book related to air</p><p>30. A book set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea</p><p>Three Daughters of Eve by Elif Shafak</p><p>31. A book related to “Going for the Gold”</p><p>32. A book with a number in the title</p><p>33. A book involving travel</p><p>34. A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs</p><p>35. A science or science fiction book</p><p>36. A book featuring a character in education</p><p>37. A book that is part of a series</p><p>38. Two books with similar covers: Book 1</p><p>39. Two books with similar covers: Book 2</p><p>40. A book involving a wild animal or endangered species, in the content, title, or on the cover</p><p>41. A book with a chilling atmosphere</p><p>42. A book with a sound-related word in the title</p><p>43. A book by an Edgar Award-winning Author</p><p>44. A book with a touch of magic</p><p>45. A book that is not a novel</p><p>46. A book related to night</p><p>47. A book with a two-word title beginning with THE</p><p>48. A second book that fits your favorite prompt</p><p>49. A book with a senior citizen character</p><p>50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024</p><p>51. A book published in 2024</p><p>52. A cozy mystery</p></blockquote><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTpyYnUr62pj3_9yypbAEQrBOGAtSFrwafVdjKwsk3CLx-n7q8NZLQzI0mwV4hWcf9l9zlWen6PLOHU2IroLY0wpVLRgL3fq23bauQkWqHvFWaF6KfmgQ-fRGjDio4C3pj4ZJoVkkxOIkDipeMQhU9ZemskB1tem4ZYbdnBMNwU6RjjcvmcdmJcnxGqk/s1024/pile_of_books_2-1024x683-3287973877.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTpyYnUr62pj3_9yypbAEQrBOGAtSFrwafVdjKwsk3CLx-n7q8NZLQzI0mwV4hWcf9l9zlWen6PLOHU2IroLY0wpVLRgL3fq23bauQkWqHvFWaF6KfmgQ-fRGjDio4C3pj4ZJoVkkxOIkDipeMQhU9ZemskB1tem4ZYbdnBMNwU6RjjcvmcdmJcnxGqk/s320/pile_of_books_2-1024x683-3287973877.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><b>POPSugar 2024 reading challenge</b><div><br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><b>A book with the word "leap" in the title</b></div></div><div><div><div><br /></div></div></div><div><div><div>The Girl Who Leapt Through Time by Yasutaka Tsutsui</div></div></div><div><div><div>The Leap by Jonathan Stroud</div></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>A bildungsroman book</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><div>The Magic Mountain, by Thomas Mann</div></div></div><div><div><div>Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi</div></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>A book about a 24-year-old</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>Dark Water Sister</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>A book about a writer</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>Pale Horse by Agatha Christie</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>A book about K-pop</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>no</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>A book about pirates</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>A book about women's sports and/or by a woman athlete</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>A book by a blind or visually impaired author</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>A book by a Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing author</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>A book by a self-published author</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>A book from a genre you typically avoid</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>A book from an animal's POV</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>A book originally published under a pen name</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>A book recommended by a bookseller</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>A book recommended by a librarian</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>A book set 24 years before you were born</b></div></div><div><div>Mistress Masham's Repose by T.H.White</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>A book set in a travel destination on your bucket list</div></div><div><div>A book set in space</div></div><div><div>A book set in the future</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>A book set in the snow</b></div></div><div><div>The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>A book that came out in a year that ends with "24"</div></div><div><div>A book that centers on video games</div></div><div><div>A book that features dragons</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>A book that takes place over the course of 24 hours</b></div></div><div><div>Three Daughters of Eve by Elif Shafak</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>A book that was published 24 years ago (2000)</div></div><div><div>A book that was turned into a musical</div></div><div><div>A book where someone dies in the first chapter</div></div><div><div>A book with a main character who's 42 years old</div></div><div><div>A book with a neurodivergent main character</div></div><div><div>A book with a one-word title you had to look up in a dictionary</div></div><div><div>A book with a title that is a complete sentence</div></div><div><div>A book with an enemies to lovers plot</div></div><div><div>A book with an unreliable narrator</div></div><div><div>A book with at least 3 POVs</div></div><div><div>A book with magical realism</div></div><div><div>A book written by an incarcerated or formerly incarcerated person</div></div><div><div>A book written during NaNoWriMo</div></div><div><div>A cosy fantasy book</div></div><div><div>A fiction book by a trans or nonbinary author</div></div><div><div>A horror book by a BIPOC author</div></div><div><div>A memoir that explores queerness</div></div><div><div>A nonfiction book about Indigenous people</div></div><div><div>A second-chance romance</div></div><div><div>An autobiography by a woman in rock 'n' roll</div></div><div><div>An LGBTQ+ romance novel</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b><u>Advanced</u></b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>A book in which a character sleeps for more than 24 hours</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>The Magicians by Lev Grossman</div></div><div><div>Enchantment by Orson Scott Card</div></div><div><div>The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>A book with 24 letters in the title</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><div>A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan </div></div></div><div><div><div>So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo</div></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>A collection of at least 24 poems</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>The 24th book of an author</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div><b>A book that starts with the letter "X"</b></div></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>X Marks The Spot by Theo Hendrie</div></div></blockquote><div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgalPG3MmaRjoTLaIW9a0IFo5qq-hD-DdD9n7BYuVry-65UA-Xv_U_5VATLuyXphLZJqfoiTWBh5potJ6izDaMtBmfOSzIN5xYXMRjvgJ77EEAv4fYirqLHIRsbjSfcfLt3k47gr3VsBvICn0eFlbZ8R9sME9kGBDyzYBj1LeRVvhUVnqInMUieZ0jB_HU/s5008/shutterstock_112499642-1309214600.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3320" data-original-width="5008" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgalPG3MmaRjoTLaIW9a0IFo5qq-hD-DdD9n7BYuVry-65UA-Xv_U_5VATLuyXphLZJqfoiTWBh5potJ6izDaMtBmfOSzIN5xYXMRjvgJ77EEAv4fYirqLHIRsbjSfcfLt3k47gr3VsBvICn0eFlbZ8R9sME9kGBDyzYBj1LeRVvhUVnqInMUieZ0jB_HU/s320/shutterstock_112499642-1309214600.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><b><a href="https://bookriot.com/read-harder-2024/">Read Harder 2024</a></b> </p></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><p>1) Read a cozy fantasy book</p></div><div><p>2) Read a YA book by a trans author.</p></div><div><p>3) Read a middle grade horror novel.</p></div><div><p>4) Read a history book by a BIPOC author.</p></div><div><p>5) Read a sci-fi novella.</p></div><div><p>6) Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character.</p></div><div><p>7) Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author.</p></div><div><p>8) Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited.</p></div><div><p>9) Read a book recommended by a librarian.</p></div><div><p>10) Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author.</p></div><div><p>11)Read a picture book published in the last five years.</p></div><div><p>12) Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author.</p></div><div><p>13) Read a comic that has been banned.</p></div><div><p>14) Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event.</p></div><div><p>15) Read a YA nonfiction book.</p></div><div><p>16) Read a book based solely on the title.</p></div><div><p>17) Read a book about media literacy.</p></div><div><p>18) Read a book about drag or queer artistry.</p></div><div><p>19) Read a romance with neurodivergent characters.</p></div><div><p>20) Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction).</p></div><div><p>21) Read a book that went under the radar in 2023.</p></div><div><p>22) Read a manga or manhwa.</p></div><div><p>23) Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery.</p></div><div><p>24) Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!</p></div></blockquote><div><p>Oh... I don't like this. My first reaction was "too much diversity. The only challenge about that is to find these authors I haven't already read." And I am deliberately going to read "decolonize your bookshelf" which is all about diversity! Why is it that finding books to read for that was challenging and fun, but for this just "nah, not going to do this this year"? </p><p>So, I'll replace this with <a href="https://chantelklassen.me/the-2024-read-your-bookshelf-challenge/">Read Your Bookshelves</a>.<br />The thing is that no-one stops you from reading children's books or books written by whomever.<br /><br /></p></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Montgomery</span></b><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">January</span></b><br /><br /><b>Jane of Lantern Hill</b><br />read a book with a cat on the cover<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">February</span></b><br /><br /><b>Puffed Sleeves</b><br />read a book with 400+ pages<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">March</span></b><br /><br /><b>Kindred Spirits</b><br />read a book with 2 POVs<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">April</span></b><br /><br /><b>Carrots</b><br />read a book where the main character has red hair<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">May</span></b><br /><br /><b>The Road to Yesterday</b><br />read a book by a favorite author<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">June</span></b><br /><br /><b>The Watchman</b><br />read a book of poetry<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">July</span></b><br /><br /><b>Chronicles of Avonlea</b><br />read a short story collection<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">August</span></b><br /><br /><b>Along the Shore</b><br />read a book with water on the cover<br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>September</b></span><br /><br /><b>Kilmeny of the Orchard</b><br />read a book where music is a major part of the story </blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">or a historical fiction<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">October</span></b><br /><br /><b>The Journals of L.M. Montgomery</b><br />read a non-fiction book<br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>November</b></span><br /><br /><b>Jane of Lantern Hill</b><br />read a second chance book<br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>December</b></span><br /><br /><b>Anne</b><br />read a book that has 5-10 books in the series<br /><br />or<br /><br /><b>Emily</b><br />read a book that is part of a trilogy<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Doyle</span></b><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">January</span></b><br /><br /><b>Hounds of Baskerville</b><br />read a book with a dog on the cover<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">February</span></b><br /><br /><b>Elementary, my dear Watson</b><br />read a book with 250- pages<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">March</span></b><br /><br /><b>Bakers Street Irregulars</b><br />read a book with more than 2 POVs<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">April</span></b><br /><br /><b>Red-Headed League</b><br />read a book where the main character has red hair<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">May</span></b><br /><br /><b>A Study in Scarlet</b><br />read a book by a new-to-you author<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">June</span></b><br /><br /><b>The Lost World</b><br />read a science fiction or fantasy book<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">July</span></b><br /><br /><b>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</b><br />read a short story collection<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">August</span></b><br /><br /><b>The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge</b><br />read a book with a house on the cover<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">September</span></b><br /><br /><b>The Adventure of the Dancing Men</b><br />read a book that invlves puzzles, codes or ciphers </blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">or a mystery<br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">October</span></b><br /><br /><b>Memories and Adventures</b><br />read a non-fiction book<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">November</span></b><br /><br /><b>Moriarty</b><br />read a book that intimidates you<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">December</span></b><br /><br /><b>Sherlock</b><br />read a book that has more than 10 books in the series<br /><br />or<br /><br /><b>Watson</b><br />read a standalone book</blockquote><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx6CpIJiF69tyHupCA9ubF_RbPPoME4J0I6GCQ25f2jbDzL4Q_DjNq3Kqfy2lseiN2J62ctduJd4D-ilozzLPXynz2U0faqkT8grzvw2jrErd8Xj7CnEJB-CPLltuf6IwUPJ8M6PKVqEyTV8wYcHLty9F0tm0qOBH7d8TURkliD-Jhsm2RDjUAZrtjX6c/s424/f4d467f89470beabc439e6850a985995.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx6CpIJiF69tyHupCA9ubF_RbPPoME4J0I6GCQ25f2jbDzL4Q_DjNq3Kqfy2lseiN2J62ctduJd4D-ilozzLPXynz2U0faqkT8grzvw2jrErd8Xj7CnEJB-CPLltuf6IwUPJ8M6PKVqEyTV8wYcHLty9F0tm0qOBH7d8TURkliD-Jhsm2RDjUAZrtjX6c/s320/f4d467f89470beabc439e6850a985995.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><p></p><div>
Then I found this... 1000 books, <a href="https://www.listchallenges.com/are-you-well-read-in-world-literature">Are You Well-read in World Literature</a></div><p>I thought I was... I haven't read 900+ of those books. It was like "no, no, nope, not that either, no, no, er... nah, I thought it was something else" :-D<br />Surprisingly many books from Sweden and Finland though. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYYXcme3wLKAZUBmYHVK3E4irfSXA1POWLOTRH69L1YOr2Xbn8_JTbawPEFP-NEfxrXgPZl-40PxUqO3SOyFSM1eAqVedYVeodQ_XM3nMvosG0C2xB66Ts9TKwscxoVQx_XO0ZU6jvXrXiEboU49YM8MTBAj_zz_GtW7wbN8m05BiT1eGKpj1LiNidpUg/s1334/088591d4640663bf77550ccb6dde09b8-3827547901.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="1334" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYYXcme3wLKAZUBmYHVK3E4irfSXA1POWLOTRH69L1YOr2Xbn8_JTbawPEFP-NEfxrXgPZl-40PxUqO3SOyFSM1eAqVedYVeodQ_XM3nMvosG0C2xB66Ts9TKwscxoVQx_XO0ZU6jvXrXiEboU49YM8MTBAj_zz_GtW7wbN8m05BiT1eGKpj1LiNidpUg/s320/088591d4640663bf77550ccb6dde09b8-3827547901.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><b>Booklist Queen's 2024 Reading Challenge</b></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p> 1. You Meant to Read Last Year</p><p> 2. Goodreads Winner in 2023</p><p> 3. About Mental Health</p><p> 4. Five-Star Read</p><p> 5. An Audiobook</p><p> 6. Set in the 1950s</p><p> 7. Unreliable Narrator</p><p> 8. Book Becoming Movie in 2024</p><p> 9. With an Epilogue</p><p> 10. About Starting Over</p><p> 11. Author You Love</p><p> 12. Flowers on the Cover</p><p> 13. Title Starts with “B” </p><p> 14. Published in 2014</p><p> 15. Purple Cover</p><p> 16. Historical Mystery</p><p> 17. With Multiple Points of View</p><p> 18. A Book You Couldn’t Put Down</p><p> 19. One Word Title</p><p> 20. Debut Author</p><p> 21. 2023 Bestseller</p><p> 22. Intriguing Premise</p><p> 23. A Friend’s Favorite Book</p><p> 24. Author from the Southern Hemisphere</p><p> 25. About Secrets</p><p> 26. Bottom of Your To-Read List</p><p> 27. Your Favorite Genre</p><p> 28. Character Who is an Actor</p><p> 29. Recommended on a Podcast</p><p> 30. Set in Paris</p><p> 31. Ugly Cover</p><p> 32. Set in a Small Town</p><p> 33. Three Books by the Same Author (1)</p><p> 34. Three Books by the Same Author (2)</p><p> 35. Three Books by the Same Author (3)</p><p> 36. A Quick Read</p><p> 37. Set During Autumn</p><p> 38. Classic by a Female Author</p><p>39. Memoir by a Person You Admire</p><p> 40. About a Historical Event</p><p> 41. Written Under a Pseudonym</p><p> 42. Legal Thriller</p><p> 43. Fantasy Book</p><p> 44. Popular Book You’ve Never Read</p><p> 45. Inspiring Nonfiction</p><p> 46. 2024 New Release</p><p> 47. Genre You Don’t Usually Read</p><p> 48. You Own But Haven’t Read</p><p> 49. Book About Books</p><p> 50. Book Everyone Is Talking About</p><p> 51. With a Place in the Title</p><p> 52. Reread a Favorite</p></blockquote>
Ketutarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817006362006690145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165461317496455738.post-13266707058161397012023-08-09T12:27:00.005+02:002023-10-29T13:24:47.779+01:00Some thoughts about the story structure<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9FoVpYARWmcFzUyhId3R_6QESpiuAALVB9yb6eeX9LazVIR1NqKP4aZwgzbd6qFmqvd8et4kXkPKEu26jkMlMaNzwTCTzugR83W_B4M50bZbVOZSiuKu8f1V3IHjGHbmOvP52ziQfKAY1HTlggCLWAWgYfRDYTc5VEWPOq3-AY22aF-0ur4vh_Uy-58Y/s564/f4612e3b0dfe32ec295c1d8a5fa39776.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="422" data-original-width="564" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9FoVpYARWmcFzUyhId3R_6QESpiuAALVB9yb6eeX9LazVIR1NqKP4aZwgzbd6qFmqvd8et4kXkPKEu26jkMlMaNzwTCTzugR83W_B4M50bZbVOZSiuKu8f1V3IHjGHbmOvP52ziQfKAY1HTlggCLWAWgYfRDYTc5VEWPOq3-AY22aF-0ur4vh_Uy-58Y/w386-h289/f4612e3b0dfe32ec295c1d8a5fa39776.jpg" width="386" /></a></div><br /> My husband and I were discussing Star Trek Enterprise. I don't like it, because of how they treat Vulcans and because the Patriarchy is strong in that one. :-(<p></p><p>Anyway, he said that when you have material to write 24 episodes, but the network only gives you 15, you have to cut some essential things and get "lazy" to get it written. Some things like dialogue and character development automatically suffer. </p><p>I was thinking that if you know you only have 15 episodes, you write the outline to know what you want and need to tell, and then divide that into the 15 episodes and write the story to support the skeleton of the story, the individual character arcs, and how the adventures support that, instead of writing individual episodes. </p><p>I suppose that is what all these people have been trying to say with story structure and plot and all that :-D I just needed that comment to understand what they meant. </p><p>I think I'll be able to write my story when I treat it as a tv series, and not as a Book. :-D</p>Ketutarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817006362006690145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165461317496455738.post-77411964120887594322023-03-26T19:35:00.000+02:002023-03-26T19:35:46.244+02:00April TBR<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC0wF6w5di5C7oq4XKbWI2uXHS4iB6jOIEpjYXmVHzQyymDD-oWXegAbb63nKwAwlasZ00Xxjtue-Z1VnmXMSqnW_KbUfysNjWsU5lqARM3_1jabvTCfad0hgPywoNxOu8cz1hrrtUkd9mUvTu3v1V_7dwEuTQZuSQHhleo52fwYniAgvsEuVF1TW6/s400/orilium.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC0wF6w5di5C7oq4XKbWI2uXHS4iB6jOIEpjYXmVHzQyymDD-oWXegAbb63nKwAwlasZ00Xxjtue-Z1VnmXMSqnW_KbUfysNjWsU5lqARM3_1jabvTCfad0hgPywoNxOu8cz1hrrtUkd9mUvTu3v1V_7dwEuTQZuSQHhleo52fwYniAgvsEuVF1TW6/s320/orilium.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>April brings in the Orilium Spring Equinox reading challenge.</p><p>Alchemy - Metal in the name<br /><b>Rhinegold by Stephan Grundy</b></p><p>* Animal Studies - flip a coin: heads - non fiction, tails - fiction<br />I got heads. I'm going to read a biography<br /><b>Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner</b></p><p>[That's also the choice of the "Everyone has read this but me" group for April. :-)]</p><p>Art of Illusion - match clothing colour to cover colour</p><p>* Astronomy - 2 Es in the title<br /><b>Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi</b></p><p>* Conjuration - recommended by a friend (or celebrity, author, book media, site...)<br /><b>Assholes: A Theory by Aaron James</b></p><p>Demonology - book compared to your favorite (if you liked this, read this...)<br />"Favorite" Starless Sea - read: <b>The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow</b></p><p>* Elemental studies - flowers on the cover<br /><b>A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers</b></p><p>spells and incantations - read a book that is 389-415 pages<br /><b>Dandy by Jan Guillou (396 pages)</b></p><p>artificery - start your read with a snack</p><p>inscription - a book from your highest shelf</p><p>lore - book with a map</p><p>psionics and divination - clouds on the cover or in the title<br /><b>Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell</b></p><p>* restoration - close your eyes, shuffle the books, and point<br /><b>The Summer Birds by Penelope Farmer</b></p><p>* shapeshifting - wolf on the cover, title, author's name<br /><b>The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGG4VlOKwra3JSmluiT2Jj_eazaQQAvfjBe0Ywo7Fsy4dKx7PjMlARXtW4AYu0iYDqUqpHVXczcLUcUAe_yDtx3dOsWRh5iLln3lcIQ8yD6qROwruyGKfCZGvcLoVH3rmDtEg8A8IvNCpGnqSVf21RbHP8oU1DqR8AypJXMxIctso2XIQ1Ueiw7rRg/s700/Book-Genres-on-the-Bookshelf-2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="700" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGG4VlOKwra3JSmluiT2Jj_eazaQQAvfjBe0Ywo7Fsy4dKx7PjMlARXtW4AYu0iYDqUqpHVXczcLUcUAe_yDtx3dOsWRh5iLln3lcIQ8yD6qROwruyGKfCZGvcLoVH3rmDtEg8A8IvNCpGnqSVf21RbHP8oU1DqR8AypJXMxIctso2XIQ1Ueiw7rRg/s320/Book-Genres-on-the-Bookshelf-2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>There are the "book a week" challenges, which means that I would need to read 12 books, but as I'm doubling, I am going to get away with less than that :-D<br /></p><p>Read a cookbook cover to cover.<br /><b>The Little Library Cookbook by Kate Young<br /></b>I could also choose something to make to eat before eating a book for artificery class in Orilium :-D<br />Either spice cookies to eat while reading We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson<br />or posset to eat with The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken</p><p>Read a book with under 500 Goodreads ratings.<br /><b>Mistress of Mistresses by E.R. Eddison</b></p><p>Read an author local to you.<br /><b>Dandy by Jan Guillou</b></p><p>Then there are some 10 books I need to read for the genre challenge.<br />Hopepunk, magical realism, matron lit, women's fiction, and biographies. </p><p>Some of them are going to fulfill some of the prompts :-)</p><p>Then I need to read <b>The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky</b> for the "Everyone has read this but me" book club.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p>Then there's the Battle of the Bands. I'm in the AC/DC group :-) I'm glad about that because that's the five books that look most interesting to me right now :-D (Oh, I want to read all of them, of course, and if everything goes as planned, I will.)<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisewWJiVkk8uobGc0vZqtT1TAWRWH8pNlnlU_6EqugjfQvsXiTGUTUu6Vs-Gr6RUVdQJPDmx_M2iILIDCNQdR9YsNxw6qle_3T_BcTL0Y204BT8qRzCHPwFqCjksE7BIzADYgg7_4C2IuX_YQAikcfxiwKrZzbucDanwcI_4jr3HYXKr_38zIaHvca/s740/battle%20of%20the%20bands.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisewWJiVkk8uobGc0vZqtT1TAWRWH8pNlnlU_6EqugjfQvsXiTGUTUu6Vs-Gr6RUVdQJPDmx_M2iILIDCNQdR9YsNxw6qle_3T_BcTL0Y204BT8qRzCHPwFqCjksE7BIzADYgg7_4C2IuX_YQAikcfxiwKrZzbucDanwcI_4jr3HYXKr_38zIaHvca/s320/battle%20of%20the%20bands.png" width="303" /></a></div><br /><div><div><div><b><br /></b></div></div></div>Ketutarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817006362006690145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165461317496455738.post-92076816547142730982023-03-10T15:45:00.000+01:002023-03-10T15:45:01.443+01:00March TBR<p> So... this year I'm going to reread more books.</p><p></p><blockquote><p>“It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.”</p><p>- C.S.Lewis</p></blockquote><p>Now, I don't know if that is a good rule or not, but... it's kind of interesting to reread old favorites. And kind of horrible. I just read the Starlight Barking and I hated it. :-D</p><p>So, March.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZa6yg-Hvuo8bP8gZrUMQOv3QopIQUj0Od2Ug4Z94tbIQELj4GKHZWJtxNwuTOF9oILWcnurKoh_SyG4IwthPLDIQFgNm0el6ZlKBZEKj7ViNpU-ea9wwJV1bfYhtt5xQnLxSVW5bQZPXgyxa0Lf6UmOyidDL_gYdkKVm307Yl1BIHflhGeQf1hcGD/s1200/woolly-mammoths.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZa6yg-Hvuo8bP8gZrUMQOv3QopIQUj0Od2Ug4Z94tbIQELj4GKHZWJtxNwuTOF9oILWcnurKoh_SyG4IwthPLDIQFgNm0el6ZlKBZEKj7ViNpU-ea9wwJV1bfYhtt5xQnLxSVW5bQZPXgyxa0Lf6UmOyidDL_gYdkKVm307Yl1BIHflhGeQf1hcGD/s320/woolly-mammoths.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>March of the Mammoths is on, and I planned to read War and Peace, which I have never read, and which is a serious mammoth (some 1400 pages).</p><p>(I also planned on reading David Copperfield (974 pages) and Demon Copperhead... heh.)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrMZuJ3msfO2H48ncupF6KVGud9qWj8KgSuOdIG2MeyQqi___h10ZY7o9uIYdoDymRJNuas_t8-CzRGoYi-hQ_VLmIPQN8TBmffwwDop2_QVjz4p3EL0Q0Zj3o_K_ami_8eI0ViYfrdTJknlmpZfdQ1_yLn3UyIopALKOiS-AbkRk0znR8L-z75tju/s583/Image4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="583" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrMZuJ3msfO2H48ncupF6KVGud9qWj8KgSuOdIG2MeyQqi___h10ZY7o9uIYdoDymRJNuas_t8-CzRGoYi-hQ_VLmIPQN8TBmffwwDop2_QVjz4p3EL0Q0Zj3o_K_ami_8eI0ViYfrdTJknlmpZfdQ1_yLn3UyIopALKOiS-AbkRk0znR8L-z75tju/s320/Image4.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>"Everyone has read this but me" club's March reads are: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence, and Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë.</p><p>I planned on rereading the challenge books I've already read, but... I hate Wuthering Heights.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix8U0jVlgVNSvCke3WNVa1-oqvCuX3Jp7JbbOWM4EFKDr4ImxoQgbFGg13o38XRgm4T4_ONrEdiS3GXK9caK6o2PiEhoLfhn89j7EbRc4iYjcHEcxMrUbgITugDTlK57GKJgURo91mr1q1Av1SFdsf7Kkrqg3QYUGMJX0djQox3kZTc6VjjbKtylZl/s1000/pile-of-books.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1000" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix8U0jVlgVNSvCke3WNVa1-oqvCuX3Jp7JbbOWM4EFKDr4ImxoQgbFGg13o38XRgm4T4_ONrEdiS3GXK9caK6o2PiEhoLfhn89j7EbRc4iYjcHEcxMrUbgITugDTlK57GKJgURo91mr1q1Av1SFdsf7Kkrqg3QYUGMJX0djQox3kZTc6VjjbKtylZl/s320/pile-of-books.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Then, as I plan on finishing three 52 prompt challenges, I'd need to read 3 books every week :-D (No, it's not as scary as it seems, as many of the prompts are the same, and many books fit many different prompts. I usually read one book for each prompt, but this year I'm doubling and tripling :-D</p><p><a href="https://www.popsugar.co.uk/entertainment/reading-challenge-2023-49029373">PopSugar 2023 reading challenge</a><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/22329697-the-52-topics-of-the-2023-aty-reading-challenge">Around the Year in 52 Books</a><br /><a href="https://www.the52book.club/2023-reading-challenge/">52 Books Club</a></p><p>Then there's the <a href="https://bookriot.com/read-harder-2023/">Read Harder challenge.</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGG4VlOKwra3JSmluiT2Jj_eazaQQAvfjBe0Ywo7Fsy4dKx7PjMlARXtW4AYu0iYDqUqpHVXczcLUcUAe_yDtx3dOsWRh5iLln3lcIQ8yD6qROwruyGKfCZGvcLoVH3rmDtEg8A8IvNCpGnqSVf21RbHP8oU1DqR8AypJXMxIctso2XIQ1Ueiw7rRg/s700/Book-Genres-on-the-Bookshelf-2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="700" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGG4VlOKwra3JSmluiT2Jj_eazaQQAvfjBe0Ywo7Fsy4dKx7PjMlARXtW4AYu0iYDqUqpHVXczcLUcUAe_yDtx3dOsWRh5iLln3lcIQ8yD6qROwruyGKfCZGvcLoVH3rmDtEg8A8IvNCpGnqSVf21RbHP8oU1DqR8AypJXMxIctso2XIQ1Ueiw7rRg/s320/Book-Genres-on-the-Bookshelf-2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I'm also doing the "<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/22395231-100-book-genre-challenge-2023">100 Book Genre Challenge</a>" - it would be nice to read genres I don't usually read.</p><p>I chose <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopepunk">Hopepunk</a>, which is a new acquaintance to me. I read some suggested book lists, and I have loved every one I have read, so it looks like a safe choice :-D <br />I chose <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_realism">Magical Realism</a>, but that is what I read all the time. Well... not quite so, but I usually read a couple of those every year. <br />Then I chose <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matron_literature">Matron Lit</a>, which is chick lit for gals over 40 :-D I am middle-aged, and people 30 and younger feel like children to me. I don't quite identify myself with a teenaged marysue heroine, and find it hard to like those books. I suppose Matron Lit might suit me better. I don't usually read much chick lit, though I have nothing against it. <br />Then I have Women's Fiction, because I stumbled over Britta Böhler's <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/38530619-britta-b-hler?shelf=01women1001">1001 Books Before I Die challenge</a>. I do consider myself a feminist, even though I am kind of stuck in the 80s and 90s with my feminism. I think it's good to further educate myself about feminism and read some feminist literature written by women younger than me. :-D<br />And last I have biographies. </p><p>I was considering plays/drama and fairy tales, too. Maybe next year ;-)<br /></p><p>I need to read 2 books every week for the genre challenge, and it's week 10, so I should need to have read a whole "genre" - 20 books. I'm not going to do that. So I have to take the rest of the year - 42 weeks - and divide the 100 books with that, and that gives me about 2 months for each 20 books. 10 books a month. More achievable :-)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiS3kKKrcGlxO1ssDfMvwy5DCAhAHhBMnPJxgJwgUkcIeSwOxzpqsB-bFXPHMaRLtekT-o4Cd1rerAvTVwUhwYwyrX_d3T4c3lGg9bgUtWK0ZR5i99caVJWPqkw4OaKCWmq5lW1GXIlBy0vPHo3iAPxEi8CfgL2PY6ovv_iZNxhmk53e7pLtbgLmx8/s826/masters%20of%20fantasy.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="826" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiS3kKKrcGlxO1ssDfMvwy5DCAhAHhBMnPJxgJwgUkcIeSwOxzpqsB-bFXPHMaRLtekT-o4Cd1rerAvTVwUhwYwyrX_d3T4c3lGg9bgUtWK0ZR5i99caVJWPqkw4OaKCWmq5lW1GXIlBy0vPHo3iAPxEi8CfgL2PY6ovv_iZNxhmk53e7pLtbgLmx8/s320/masters%20of%20fantasy.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>Next, I need to finish <a href="https://ketutarwriting.blogspot.com/2021/06/mythical-mystical-yada-yada-d.html">my own fantasy challenge</a> :-D</p><p>I also plan on reading "<a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/fantasy-forever">The 51 Best Fantasy Series Ever Written</a>", Time's God Awful list of <a href="https://time.com/collection/100-best-fantasy-books/">The 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time</a>, and other such lists.</p><p>I have to say that Oprah's <a href="https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/books/g41315629/best-fantasy-books/">These 25 Fantasy Books Will Transport Your Imagination to Other Worlds</a> is better :-D <a href="https://www.rd.com/list/best-fantasy-book-series/">Readers' Digest's list</a> is pretty bad. </p><p>I have compiled a couple of lists on List Challenges; <a href="https://www.listchallenges.com/the-ultimate-fantasy-reading-challenge">The Ultimate Fantasy Reading Challenge</a> and <a href="https://www.listchallenges.com/the-ultimate-fantasy-reading-challenge-part-ii">The Ultimate Fantasy Reading Challenge Part II</a></p><p>And then I want to read all the award winners, especially <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Award_for_Best_Novel">Hugo</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebula_Award_for_Best_Novel">Nebula</a>. And some others :-D (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locus_Award_for_Best_Fantasy_Novel">Locus</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Fantasy_Award">BFA</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Fantasy_Award%E2%80%94Novel">WFA</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythopoeic_Awards">Mythopoeic</a>, <a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A4htifantasia-palkinto">Tähtifantasia</a>...)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga6nb0jYT9V7ppe5_sDzTWd17FrjETnIbKMFJaw-RActxyqH29fe9QaXnoBNKDp2-7XG5Z6PjxqVRSMm2YYRnYTWCl1D7SRnw0nJTIdl3C0NjItVs7ZxyljCKR5wpGgYIyq5U-8CL1CdngFn24JNYGGtat-NuPc1-7XAGjgheOfY2dvBm2J3A36FCU/s320/eee035d1f38e295e2f579ef8f8ca1631.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga6nb0jYT9V7ppe5_sDzTWd17FrjETnIbKMFJaw-RActxyqH29fe9QaXnoBNKDp2-7XG5Z6PjxqVRSMm2YYRnYTWCl1D7SRnw0nJTIdl3C0NjItVs7ZxyljCKR5wpGgYIyq5U-8CL1CdngFn24JNYGGtat-NuPc1-7XAGjgheOfY2dvBm2J3A36FCU/s1600/eee035d1f38e295e2f579ef8f8ca1631.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(I have over 1300 books on my TBR list right now, and that's just those I have added to it... <br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">there are at least a couple hundred more that are not on it :-D)</span></p><p><b>War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy</b></p><p><b>Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch</b></p><p><b>Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson</b></p><p><b>Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees</b></p><p><b>We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson</b></p><p><b>Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire</b></p><p><b>The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson</b></p><p><b>I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou</b></p><p>So, I need to read 9 hopepunk books in March</p><p><b>The Obelisk Gate by N.K.Jemisin</b></p><p><b>Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler</b></p><p><b>The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison</b></p><p><b>Home by Nnedi Okorafor</b></p><p><b>The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor</b></p><p><b>Saga by Brian K. Vaughan</b></p><p>and 2 more... well... if I have time :-D</p><p>There's 24 prompts in Read Harder, that's 2 books a month. It's the third month, so I would need to read 6 books for that.</p><p>I have read The Tea Dragon Society, but I need to read</p><p><b>Peter Darling by Austin Chant</b></p><p><b>Muumipapan urotyöt by Tove Jansson</b></p><p><b>Lobizona by Romina Garber</b></p><p><b>The Poppy War by R.F.Kuang</b></p><p><b>Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler</b></p><p><b>Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin</b></p><p><b>Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence</b></p><p><b>The Cult of Venus by David S. Brody</b></p><p><b>To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf</b></p><p><b>Lammas Night by Katherine Kurtz</b></p><p><b>Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff</b></p><p><b>Stöld by Ann-Helén Laestadius</b></p><p><br /></p><p>That's 28 books. I am pretty sure I am not going to read that :-D</p><p>But, but... I'll read what I can :-) Anyway, this is my TBR list for March.</p><p></p>Ketutarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817006362006690145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165461317496455738.post-51044281074105201092023-02-26T14:04:00.002+01:002023-12-12T16:48:59.812+01:00Book recommendations online<p><a href="https://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/"><b> What Should I Read Next</b></a></p><p>The book I put in was Starless Sea, and the five top recommendations I've not read are:</p><p>The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin</p><p>A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green</p><p>Piranesi by Susanna Clarke</p><p>The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow</p><p>The Binding by Bridget Collins</p><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/similar/66444785-the-starless-sea"><b>GoodReads have "books similar to the ---" "Goodreads members who liked this book also liked:"</b></a></p><p>and they give:</p><p>The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow</p><p>The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake</p><p>Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo</p><p>Babel by R.F.Kuang</p><p>Piranesi by Susanna Clarke</p><p><a href="https://www.meetnewbooks.com/"><b>Meet New Books</b></a></p><p>recommends</p><p>The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow</p><p>Piranesi by Susanna Clarke</p><p>The Midnight Library by Matt Haig</p><p>The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller</p><p>Little, Big by John Crowley</p><p><a href="https://bookriot.com/what-book-should-i-read-quiz/"><b>BookRiot's quiz: what book should I read next?</b></a></p><p>recommends </p><p>The Tea Dragon Society by K. O'Neill</p><p>Then I took the<a href="https://bookfinity.com/"><b> Bookfinity</b></a>'s test, but they are kind of wishy-washy and I don't see anything interesting in their book recommendations. So I decided to add some of my favorite books, and now it doesn't give me any recommendations. :-( So... I don't recommend that.</p><p>Ok. I tried again, and now we are getting somewhere:</p><p>The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake</p><p>The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean</p><p>The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna</p><p>In the Lives of Puppets by Tj Klune </p><p>The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Ketutarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817006362006690145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165461317496455738.post-40305751840690955782023-02-13T15:05:00.000+01:002023-02-13T15:05:09.273+01:00BOOKS CONTROL WHAT I EAT FOR 24 HOURS!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZSRuB7B13rM" width="320" youtube-src-id="ZSRuB7B13rM"></iframe></div><p></p><p>Ok, when you plan on doing this kind of challenges, you need to add two caveats.</p><p>1) If you usually drink caffeine in the morning, drink caffeine and keep it outside your challenge. </p><p>2) keep your diet. <br />If you are allergic to some foods, you don't eat that food, even when a book tells you to eat it. You find an alternative. <br />If you are vegan or vegetarian, you won't eat meat, even when a book tells you to eat it. <br />If you are on LCHF diet, you'll find the LCHF version of what ever they are eating in the book. <br />This should be self-evident. <br />I, for example, don't eat onions. Not onions, garlic, leeks, shallots, spring onions, chives, or anything else like that. (Except in very strictly limited circumstances. A booktube challenge is not one of them.)</p><p>I also have some other thoughts about this.</p><p>1) don't do it when you are really tired or on deadline or something else. It's just a booktube challenge. It's not important. It can wait a day or two, or even a week. You can make another video first. Use these as fillers for days when you don't have any other content, make them ahead of time, when you are relaxed, and can throw yourself wholeheartedly in the challenge.</p><p>2) don't try to manipulate the outcome. Don't try to find a book where they are most likely to eat something you want to eat.</p><p>I am going to use the books I'm reading right now. </p><p>Breakfast: <i>"Neiti Kymene söi aamiaiseksi yön yli leivinuunissa haudutettua kaurapuuroa, yhden leivän ja kaksi mukillista vahvaa kaakaota."</i><br />- Neiti Kymenen ihmeellinen talo by Magdalena Hai<br /><i>("Miss
Kymene ate for breakfast oatmeal porridge that had been baked overnight
in the masonry oven, one bread (sandwich?) and two mugs of strong hot chocolate.")</i></p><p>Lunch: <i>"But the tables in the Great Hall were a trove of broken pastries and
dishes of meat. There were bowls of apples as well, slabs of cheese; in
short, all a boy could wish for plundering."</i><br />- Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb</p><p>Dinner: <i>"Master Gill took them to a corner table in the common room and had
one of the serving maids bring them food. Rand shook his head when he
saw the plates, with a few thin slices of gravy-covered beef, a spoonful
of mustard greens, and two potatoes on each. It was a rueful, resigned
headshake, though, not angry. Not enough of anything, the innkeeper had
said."</i><br />- The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan</p><p>Dessert: <i>"No doors were ever closed to them, and even the birdcages were open for the birds to come and go as they pleased, and wondrous fruits grew everywhere, ripe for the plucking, and cakes were left out on window ledges, free for the taking."</i><br />- Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor<br /></p><p><br /></p>Ketutarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817006362006690145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165461317496455738.post-89379276632027523532023-01-31T15:15:00.024+01:002023-02-13T15:49:49.249+01:00Top 5 series I will start in 2023<p> Top 5 Tuesday is a weekly meme that explores different topics.</p><p>Originally created by Shanah at <a href="https://bionicbookwormblog.wordpress.com/">Bionic Book Worm</a>, it is now hosted by Meeghan at <a href="https://meeghanreads.com/">Meeghan Reads</a>.</p><p>For a list of January-March topics you can click <a href="https://meeghanreads.com/top-5-tuesday-topics-jan-mar-2023/">here</a>.</p><p>To participate, link your post back to Meeghan's blog or leave a comment on <a href="https://meeghanreads.com/top-5-series-i-will-start-in-2023/">her weekly post</a>.</p><p>----------</p><div><b>The Dark Elf Trilogy by R.A. Salvatore</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkFdYKrLEkj6mSeYER0vKlSxb16QQH9rtpulZyLKL5ESf-NhZsQCmWpYqA8QHUHWAQribtHdSe0b3nc2bB32Rl-zXEMGRryYnWMmaE0iWYDDPbtn4fdgV_ndmDJsdNWPYKcrJWoGBxwo_TJ_jr2ODiuKLOOEf1_HVNFHL5VjtFOeP5MaBs8kmJkeE5/s1280/Legend-of-Drizzt-Books-in-Order.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkFdYKrLEkj6mSeYER0vKlSxb16QQH9rtpulZyLKL5ESf-NhZsQCmWpYqA8QHUHWAQribtHdSe0b3nc2bB32Rl-zXEMGRryYnWMmaE0iWYDDPbtn4fdgV_ndmDJsdNWPYKcrJWoGBxwo_TJ_jr2ODiuKLOOEf1_HVNFHL5VjtFOeP5MaBs8kmJkeE5/s320/Legend-of-Drizzt-Books-in-Order.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Series by Fritz Leiber</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghig0p5gtE3sqn8HUPUBfGgKTQq0Z3c-Dq47vrZAiM2ua4qs3NczkcjTUwZdbWQLG72khPLtSmVE1EHr5R3KLO6c6G8-V8W90sVnvlsk52d-0jpHWY1wm4xsF4e2ZZWZWN8mlbLqIFmmnHV0eY09vsVtZUD9uDFhM3423D246dHrSaKqVwg8OC9ZAr/s1080/fafhrd-gray-mouser-fritz-leiber.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="988" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghig0p5gtE3sqn8HUPUBfGgKTQq0Z3c-Dq47vrZAiM2ua4qs3NczkcjTUwZdbWQLG72khPLtSmVE1EHr5R3KLO6c6G8-V8W90sVnvlsk52d-0jpHWY1wm4xsF4e2ZZWZWN8mlbLqIFmmnHV0eY09vsVtZUD9uDFhM3423D246dHrSaKqVwg8OC9ZAr/s320/fafhrd-gray-mouser-fritz-leiber.jpg" width="293" /></a></div><br /></div><div><b>Saga by Brian K. Vaughan</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiQe53kVAL-taaXAQbmGvB6ZaDH09dLOzzv09qJBgyGczZso4y8TCaV4lq9W-oXt4W01Wr85YoRqpDaUAzSZCCd9zATpz17-3XG7EEBENhaLo6tm4SpUTxCyDJiNnLtE8POLThbr-M-3r5IiUcO6IYrs0emHOvdFIizulilUNPFbxu717HPCOcmusb/s350/51x27HBO5QL._AC_SY350_QL15_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="230" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiQe53kVAL-taaXAQbmGvB6ZaDH09dLOzzv09qJBgyGczZso4y8TCaV4lq9W-oXt4W01Wr85YoRqpDaUAzSZCCd9zATpz17-3XG7EEBENhaLo6tm4SpUTxCyDJiNnLtE8POLThbr-M-3r5IiUcO6IYrs0emHOvdFIizulilUNPFbxu717HPCOcmusb/s320/51x27HBO5QL._AC_SY350_QL15_.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Oxford Time Travel by Connie Willis</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9doRvio30_aBhnTEkAA11S9BkYcYCbEztFRpREmzziuE1V3uNnJ7FHOk2PX0B7SpeYMRAx3u8c2jEnZc6eVtG5f54-aPuIgrM62v94GWYpHl-EGWyHpnUtPLmxigwzIShLE-JzeZhyDdG53xH8Ow6PEw8iOfRgDsb0t4qIv7wxcIKuaqPTosBezU/s940/cropped-cwbooks2010%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="198" data-original-width="940" height="67" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9doRvio30_aBhnTEkAA11S9BkYcYCbEztFRpREmzziuE1V3uNnJ7FHOk2PX0B7SpeYMRAx3u8c2jEnZc6eVtG5f54-aPuIgrM62v94GWYpHl-EGWyHpnUtPLmxigwzIShLE-JzeZhyDdG53xH8Ow6PEw8iOfRgDsb0t4qIv7wxcIKuaqPTosBezU/s320/cropped-cwbooks2010%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOPaKWtzU7UrezxMZrxQjFkyM318xjyXEyeSNTYFyTVsYlkB69ApjQXFp-wo6afjf-C4xQb3wTsIpL_acl4aNXyRG0vG5qA1BRgwLvS81vXGTjOHRmoBSI1moRD44vqwsELfqB2X-A2iRpKRXBJJXwyYk4VYHQ2GWlMh1UMPXGqzJDCyFu99c4lit1/s395/becky%20chambers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="326" data-original-width="395" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOPaKWtzU7UrezxMZrxQjFkyM318xjyXEyeSNTYFyTVsYlkB69ApjQXFp-wo6afjf-C4xQb3wTsIpL_acl4aNXyRG0vG5qA1BRgwLvS81vXGTjOHRmoBSI1moRD44vqwsELfqB2X-A2iRpKRXBJJXwyYk4VYHQ2GWlMh1UMPXGqzJDCyFu99c4lit1/s320/becky%20chambers.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />Or not. I'm not sure yet. :-D</div><div><b><br /></b></div>Ketutarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817006362006690145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165461317496455738.post-76083339745742395962022-12-13T22:58:00.002+01:002023-02-02T00:23:30.953+01:00It's the most wonderful time of the year...<p>Reading challenges! YAY!</p><p>I wish to do the <a href="https://www.popsugar.co.uk/entertainment/reading-challenge-2023-49029373">POPsugar challenge</a> this year as well. I'm currently collecting books to be read for that. I'll pick most of them from my TBR list, not all, because I haven't added any books to be published 2023 yet :-D</p><p><a href="https://bookriot.com/read-harder-2023/">Book Riot's Read Harder</a></p><p>The 2023 <a href="https://www.rosecityreader.com/p/2023-european-reading-challenge.html">European Reading Challenge</a>. </p><p><a href="https://www.booklistqueen.com/reading-challenge-2023/">Booklist Queen’s 2023 Reading Challenge</a></p><p>The Literary Life Podcast Reading Challenge 2023</p><p><a href="https://www.the52book.club/2023-reading-challenge/">The 52 Book Club’s 2023 Reading Challenge</a></p><p><a href="http://www.read52booksin52weeks.com/2022/11/please-join-us-for-our-15th-annual-read.html">Read 52 books in 52 weeks reading adventure</a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/ClT2vagLlwq/">We Didn't Start The Fire reading challenge</a>... sounds interesting</p><p><a href="https://bookgirlsguide.com/decades/">The Decades</a> challenge<br />"We’ll be reading some of the best books set in each decade from the 1880s through the 2010s."</p><p><a href="https://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2022/11/2023-virtual-mount-tbr-challenge-sign-up.html">Climbing the mount TBR</a> :-D Very interesting :-) I'd need that. Last time I checked, I have some 1300+ books on my TBR. Now, I'd need some Mount Olympos level intervention :-D<br />To be fair, my POPsugar challenge will wipe some 50 books from the list.</p><p>So, absolutely this challenge: <a href="https://adambwriter.com/2022/11/21/sign-ups-the-tbr-pile-challenge-turns-ten-tbryear10/">SIGN-UPS: THE TBR PILE CHALLENGE TURNS TEN! #TBRYEAR10</a></p><p><a href="https://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2022/11/vintage-scavenger-hunt-2023.html">Vintage Cover Scavenger Hunt </a>sounds fun as well. I love vintage mysteries, detective novels etc.</p><p>This <a href="https://literaryvoyage.com/travel-reading-challenge/">Read Around The World: Travel Reading Challenge</a></p><p><a href="https://momssmallvictories.com/around-the-world-reading-challenge/">Around the World Reading Challenge 2023</a></p><p><a href="https://taleaway.com/world-reading-challenge-books-around-the-globe-2022/">World Reading Challenge: Books Around The Globe</a></p><p>This <a href="https://ahumbleplace.com/2022-art-book-reading-challenge/">art book reading challenge</a> from this year looks interesting.</p><p>Also, <a href="https://goodbooksforcatholickids.com/2020/12/07/kids-printable-reading-challenge-for-2021/">this one, for kids</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ovhQsaLaJmnOC0ClWvIEot4LEi0WeSx4tec0uUxbpRcZcz5wrSkwlSlUpRIsVDxFR0ijngt8U_w77zy7bO6UnAzV_5eI_k0O0J12Fzcuasd80lzvbrfICkCiCbSnvEi-TdAK5_Nq9AeLUYk3p8fO3liP09L1WmVnBxtNQOMyxCin6r7xpUXRrRnq/s275/TBR%20anxiety.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="183" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ovhQsaLaJmnOC0ClWvIEot4LEi0WeSx4tec0uUxbpRcZcz5wrSkwlSlUpRIsVDxFR0ijngt8U_w77zy7bO6UnAzV_5eI_k0O0J12Fzcuasd80lzvbrfICkCiCbSnvEi-TdAK5_Nq9AeLUYk3p8fO3liP09L1WmVnBxtNQOMyxCin6r7xpUXRrRnq/s1600/TBR%20anxiety.jpg" width="183" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Ketutarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817006362006690145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165461317496455738.post-20701939628511698792022-12-11T14:36:00.002+01:002022-12-11T14:36:44.760+01:00Why do Romance novelists hate Romance genre?<br /><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihiRe-sbsp_NI8vGbsUSyxw9GCaPuwcCwyFpDU5R1Bb6AqFARaJZkVyMYW7EB536LCcrkzr0THOvNO5NFvGTBFGOwb_73Xg0v1tR7-SeWmEvaLVUwUoLo_4RTiH2ibAt84oUf1azFiLRUvekKU_OWhwxb8FN8z1C9FOPVQy1MO6YYAOPOLgyrLgMYW/s1171/Image1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="659" data-original-width="1171" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihiRe-sbsp_NI8vGbsUSyxw9GCaPuwcCwyFpDU5R1Bb6AqFARaJZkVyMYW7EB536LCcrkzr0THOvNO5NFvGTBFGOwb_73Xg0v1tR7-SeWmEvaLVUwUoLo_4RTiH2ibAt84oUf1azFiLRUvekKU_OWhwxb8FN8z1C9FOPVQy1MO6YYAOPOLgyrLgMYW/s320/Image1.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>The romance genre is defined by two aspects that can be found in every romance book or novel:<br /></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>a central love story between characters</p><p>an emotionally satisfying, happy ending</p></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p></p></blockquote><p>Because of this, dozens of Romance novelists claim they don't write Romance novels. </p><p>Come on, I say. </p><p>It's not some dusty definition that decides what you write, it's what the readers get out of it. If romance is the central, essential part of the story; if the readers focus on the relationship; if the book can be summarized as a "love story", then it is Romance, whatever the "official definition" is. </p><p>Wuthering Heights is a love story. Twilight is a love story. </p><p>Gone With the Wind is not. Why? The love story is not essential for the story. It's all about Scarlett. Her loves and marriages are just sidenotes, even Ashley and Rhett. </p><p>Outlander is a Romance novel. Nicholas Sparks writes Romance novels. Sorry, guys, but why do you hate being called Romance novelists, when the Romance genre has made you rich and happy? </p><p>Every other genre of literature has evolved, expanded, diversified, transmutated, grown, but not Romance. If you believe the Romance writers. Who don't write Romance. For some weird reason.</p><p>Seriously, how do you even define a "happy ending" nowadays? HEA? Catherine and Heathcliff got each other and it's a very emotionally satisfying ending to the novel. Sure, not the traditional "they married and lived happily ever after", because they never married and they died. But does that make it any less emotionally satisfying? If it wasn't an emotionally satisfying love story, then why are Cathy and Heath mentioned in many lists of the most romantic couples? Yes, it was dysfunctional as F, so what? Life usually is. (Not THAT dysfunctional, but still :-D)</p><p><a href="https://www.shereadsromancebooks.com/romance-genre-and-romance-tropes-guide/">https://www.shereadsromancebooks.com/romance-genre-and-romance-tropes-guide/</a></p><p>BTW "own voices" is not a subgenre of anything. It's 100% about the authors. They can write any subgenre of Romance, and they do. </p><br />Ketutarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817006362006690145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165461317496455738.post-82468958591426320062022-01-01T02:27:00.003+01:002022-01-01T02:27:55.231+01:00Mythical Mystical Magical Reading Challenge 2022<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1Mxr5eW8fOLxkbWYdOpYiz-PKt6hyDM6Ynuj_upDIseul3xr0NeDCOITGC8ihodGLY1z-bSwIptIx7xv6lwRuJuJdj5xeH2kJaws-A8qtXYHt8dn1ijWKZcHF1uluFd-zqd3ih1fKhOTEg7Hns4Z21Lev1EMQdk0RByV5mB1mmGpEYhI7L2I5N62I=s424" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="424" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1Mxr5eW8fOLxkbWYdOpYiz-PKt6hyDM6Ynuj_upDIseul3xr0NeDCOITGC8ihodGLY1z-bSwIptIx7xv6lwRuJuJdj5xeH2kJaws-A8qtXYHt8dn1ijWKZcHF1uluFd-zqd3ih1fKhOTEg7Hns4Z21Lev1EMQdk0RByV5mB1mmGpEYhI7L2I5N62I=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>1) Read a fantasy novel from 10 different countries</b><p><b>2) Read a fantasy novel with </b><br /></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">- black and white cover (can have different shades of grey on it, but no color)<br />- red cover (mostly red)<br />- orange cover <br />- yellow cover<br />- green cover<br />- blue cover<br />- purple/lilac/violet cover<br />- brown cover</p><p><b>3) Read a book from each of these lists:</b><br /></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2365">Pre-Tolkien Fantasy (and alike)</a><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/318">Fantasy Classics</a><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/50.The_Best_Epic_Fantasy_fiction_">The Best Epic Fantasy</a><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/642.Hidden_Gems_YA_Fantasy_Novels">Hidden Gems: YA-Fantasy Novels </a><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/76987">Best Fantasy on Goodreads with less than 100 ratings </a><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/79318">Popular Fantasy on Goodreads with between 100 and 999 ratings </a><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/80066">Popular Fantasy on Goodreads with between 1000 and 9999 ratings </a><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/76860">Popular Fantasy on Goodreads with between 10000 and 24999 ratings </a><br /></p><p><b>4) Read a Fantasy novel written in </b><br /></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">1930s<br />1940s<br />1950s<br />1960s<br />1970s<br />1980s<br />1990s<br />2000s<br />2010s<br />2020s<br />and two written before 1930s<br /><br /><a href="https://thoughtsonfantasy.com/2018/10/09/popular-pre-1900-fantasy-novels/">Popular Pre-1900 Fantasy Novels</a><br /><a href="https://thoughtsonfantasy.com/2018/10/22/popular-1900s-10s-and-20s-fantasy-novels/">Popular 1900s, 10s and 20s Fantasy Novels</a><br /><a href="https://thoughtsonfantasy.com/2018/11/06/popular-1930s-and-40s-fantasy-novels/">Popular 1930s and 40s Fantasy Novels</a><br /><a href="https://thoughtsonfantasy.com/2018/12/03/popular-1950s-fantasy-novels/">Popular 1950s Fantasy Novels</a><br /><a href="https://thoughtsonfantasy.com/2019/01/14/popular-1960s-fantasy-novels/">Popular 1960s Fantasy Novels</a><br /><a href="https://thoughtsonfantasy.com/2019/02/11/popular-1970s-fantasy-novels/">Popular 1970s Fantasy Novels</a><br /><a href="https://thoughtsonfantasy.com/2019/03/19/popular-1980s-fantasy-novels/">Popular 1980s Fantasy Novels</a><br /><a href="https://thoughtsonfantasy.com/2019/04/15/popular-1990s-fantasy-novels/">Popular 1990s Fantasy Novels</a><br /><a href="https://thoughtsonfantasy.com/2019/05/22/popular-2000s-fantasy-novels/">Popular 2000s Fantasy Novels</a><br /></p><p><b>5) Pick an author who writes Fantasy. Read their favorite Fantasy book, a Fantasy book that has inspired them, a Fantasy book they recommend.</b></p><p><b>6) Read a Fantasy novel written by a female author<br /> Read a Fantasy novel written by a male author</b></p><p>You can replace the gender you identify as with an author that identifies as neither.</p><p><b>7) Read a Fantasy novel with a female MC<br /> Read a Fantasy novel with a male MC<br /></b></p><p>You can replace the gender you identify as with a MC that identifies as neither.</p><p><b>8) Read a Fantasy novel with a female mentor/tutor/guardian/parental figure<br />Read a Fantasy novel with a male mentor/tutor/guardian/parental figure</b></p><p>You can replace the gender you DON*T identify as with a figure that identifies as neither.</p><p><b>9) Read a Fantasy novel written by a person who has a different --- from you</b><br /></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">- gender<br />- generation<br />- race/ethnicity<br />- nationality<br />- mothertongue<br />- sexual orientation<br />- religion (either personal, or if not religious or known, the majority religion of the society/background they come from)</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Choose one, choose many, choose all, read one book by each category, combine them all, what ever rocks your boat <br /></p><p><b>10) Read a Fantasy novel where the MC has a different --- from you</b><br /> (mothertongue in this case means the language the character was written in, not their language.)<br /></p><p><b>11) Read a Fantasy novel where the MC has at least one parent and grandparent alive, and they have a good relationship with them</b><br /></p><p><b>12) Read a Fantasy novel with less than 250 pages<br />Read a Fantasy novel with 250-350 pages<br />Read a Fantasy novel with 300-500 pages<br />Read a Fantasy novel with 500+ pages</b><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/642.Hidden_Gems_YA_Fantasy_Novels"></a></p><p><b>13) Read a Fantasy novel from 10 different subgenres.</b> <br />Try to choose ones you don't usually read.<br />One of them has to be a fairy tale. Not a retelling. Read a fairy tale you haven't ever read or heard in any version before. <br /></p><p><b>14) Read the three first books you haven't read from any list of "best Fantasy books" </b><br /></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">For example: <br /><a href="https://time.com/collection/100-best-fantasy-books/">Times The 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time</a><br /><a href="https://prowritingaid.com/art/741/the-best-fantasy-novels-of-all-time.aspx">The 25 Best Fantasy Novels</a><br /><a href="https://www.wired.co.uk/article/best-fantasy-books-novels-series">31 of the best fantasy books everyone should read</a><br /><a href="https://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/top-100-fantasy-books/">Top 100 Fantasy Book</a>s<br /><a href="https://reedsy.com/discovery/blog/best-fantasy-books">The 60 Best Fantasy Books of All Time </a><br /><a href="http://bestfantasybooks.com/top25-fantasy-books.php">Top 25 Best Fantasy Books</a><br /><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/wiki/lists">/r/fantasy best books</a><br /></p><p><b>15) Read a Fantasy book that has received an award</b></p><p><b>16) Read a non-Fantasy book that's related to Fantasy, for example, a book about Fantasy literature or fairy tales, a biography of a Fantasy author, or about writing Fantasy</b></p><p><b>17) Read a Fantasy book with an amazing cover<br />Read a Fantasy book with a horrible cover</b></p><p><b>18) Read a Fantasy book with a one word title</b></p><p><b>19) Read a Fantasy book that was made into a movie or tv-series</b></p><p><b>20) Read the Fantasy book you are most ashamed/sorry/irritated of not having read :-D </b></p><p><b>21) Read the Fantasy book that has been on your TBR the longest time<br />Read the Fantasy book that has been on your TBR the shortest time</b></p><p><b>22) Finish a Fantasy series<br />Start a Fantasy series</b></p><p><b>23) Read a self-published Fantasy novel <br /></b></p><p><b>24) Reread a favorite</b></p><p><b>25) <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/18658168-literature-map-chain-challenge-2-0#comment_167330462">A literary Map Chain Challenge</a><br />
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Pick a number (how many books you are going to read, at least 5), and pick one of your favorite Fantasy authors and write his/her name on the <a href="https://www.literature-map.com/">Literature Map<br /></a>(If you don't know where to start, start with Tolkien :-D)<br />
You get a "map" with authors who are more or less similar to that author. The names closest are most similar to the author.<br />
Pick one of the names, check that they have written Fantasy, and read a Fantasy book by that author.<br />
Then insert his/her name in the map and choose the next author.<br />
Continue until you have read the number of books you chose in the beginning of the challenge.<br />
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I read <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2019/733492">331 books in 2019</a>, and that during January to April and October to December. I read practically nothing from May to September. I read over a book a day in January, February, March, and April with about 300 pages on average, and about 3 books a day in November and December, though mostly picture books and short stories. Had I continued with the speed I devoured books in February, I would have read over 500 books. :-D</div><div><br /></div><div>I use the reading challenges as a jumping board to get me reading when I'm in a slump, and then I read books I find interesting, just because. Like in 2019 I read the whole Unfortunate Events series, and the prequel series as well, and those weren't part of a reading challenge. </div><div><br /></div><div>This year I'm planning on doing the PopSugar, a couple of "book a week" challenges, and a couple of monthly challenges. Like <a href="https://anintentionallife.me/2022-read-your-bookshelf-challenge/">The 2022 Read Your Bookshelf Challenge</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>January: quiet</b></div><div>All Quiet on the Orient Express by Magnus Mills</div><div>The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell</div><div>Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins</div><div>Let Sleeping Sea-Monsters Lie and Other Cautionary Tales by Eva Ibbotson</div><div>The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman</div><div>Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel</div><div>To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini</div><div><br /></div><div><b>February: "love"</b></div><div>Love of Seven Dolls by Paul Gallico</div><div>Gorilla, My Love by Toni Cade Bambara</div><div>Owl in Love by Patrice Kindl</div><div>The Island of Eternal Love by Daína Chaviano</div><div>Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens by Eddie Izzard</div><div>The Djinn Falls in Love and Other Stories by Mahvesh Murad</div><div>Love and Other Pranks by Tony Vigorito</div><div><br /></div><div><b>March: growth</b><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div><div>I don't have any books on growth! I have several with a garden, that might do, but I think the closest I get is</div><div>Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston</div><div>There's also Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler, which kind of fits</div><div><br /></div><div><b>April: my initials in the title</b></div><div>How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen by Russell Hoban</div><div>it has my birth initials, my married initials, and my internet initials :-D</div><div>KSPSBJ</div><div><br /></div><div><b>May: new to you author</b></div><div><div>Some new to me authors on my TBR list are:</div><div>Molly Knox Ostertag</div><div>Colleen Oakes</div><div>Sarah Beth Durst</div><div>and</div><div>Catherine Fisher</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>June: book on the cover</b></div><div>The Book Jumper by Mechthild Gläser</div><div><div>The Book of Unholy Mischief by Elle Newmark </div><div>Curiosities of Literature: A Feast for Book Lovers by John Sutherland</div><div>The Little Bookroom by Eleanor Farjeon,</div><div>Crime and Poetry by Amanda Flower </div><div>The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>July: a book you have been avoiding but actually want to read</b></div><div>World Without End by Ken Follett</div><div><br /></div><div><b>August: body part in the title</b></div><div>The Witch's Head by H. Rider Haggard</div><div>The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer</div><div>Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado</div><div>Secondhand Spirits by Juliet Blackwell</div><div>The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix</div><div>Paris and Back by Nancy Grace</div><div>The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu</div><div>The Way Back by Gavriel Savit</div><div>A Face like Glass by Francess Hardinge</div><div>Assholes: a Theory by Aaron James</div><div>The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson</div><div>Dreams Underfoot by Charles de Lint</div><div>His Footsteps, Through Darkness and Light by Mimi Mondal</div><div>The Worm And The Toffee Nosed Princess by Eva Ibbotson</div><div>Alice Through the Needle's Eye by Gilbert Adair</div><div><br /></div><div><b>September: a collection</b></div><div>I have all the Seon Manley's ladies, women and dames :-D It would be nice to actually read some of them.</div><div>Culottées by Pénélope Bagieu</div><div><div>The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter</div><div>The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke</div><div>Collected Fantasies by Avram Davidson</div><div>Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History</div><div>Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales by Virginia Hamilton</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>October: "secret"</b></div><div><div>The Book of Secrets by M.G.Vassanji</div><div>Deep Secret by Diana Wynne Jones</div><div>Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See</div><div>Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe</div><div>La canción secreta del mundo by José Antonio Cotrina</div><div>The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman</div><div>Archie Greene and the Magician's Secret</div><div>The Secret Ingredient of Wishes by Susan Bishop Crispell</div><div>The Cottingley Secret by Hazel Gaynor</div><div>The Serpent's Secret by Sayantani DasGupta</div><div>A Secret History of Witches by Louisa Morgan</div><div>Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll</div><div>The Garden of Lost Secrets by A.M.Howell</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>November: a book that makes you feel cozy/nostalgic</b></div><div><br /></div><div><b>December: mostly white cover</b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvjOylWJGgJWZhV-lpSBb8nhdGkjQTaP37p1fXUWx5McgMMMHxaPBw18ioHnFHAhsYLVxF07LUbSFTD4aC4HkN-fCrfbjtozBkOFob8pfKPLmbqAsPE0opXzgBkcs8uIr3VcvPHlKsywipKZsh6UhIDWWSYw57ZeMvxnx1xVx6xl4Q49Q4S0C3xnCU=s1271" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="951" data-original-width="1271" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvjOylWJGgJWZhV-lpSBb8nhdGkjQTaP37p1fXUWx5McgMMMHxaPBw18ioHnFHAhsYLVxF07LUbSFTD4aC4HkN-fCrfbjtozBkOFob8pfKPLmbqAsPE0opXzgBkcs8uIr3VcvPHlKsywipKZsh6UhIDWWSYw57ZeMvxnx1xVx6xl4Q49Q4S0C3xnCU=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://www.the52book.club/2022-reading-challenge/">The 52Club's reading challenge for 2022</a><br /><br /><div>1. A Second-Person Narrative</div><div><br /></div><div>2. Featuring A Library Or Bookstore</div><div><br /></div><div>3. Title Starting With The Letter "E"</div><div><br /></div><div>4. Title Starting With The Letter "F"</div><div><br /></div><div>5. Chapters Have Titles</div><div><br /></div><div>6. Household Object On The Cover</div><div><br /></div><div>7. A Non-Fiction Best Seller</div><div><br /></div><div>8. Involving The Art World</div><div><br /></div><div>9. A Book That Sparks Joy</div><div><br /></div><div>10. A Book Based On A Real Person</div><div><br /></div><div>11. A Book With Less Than 2022 Goodreads Ratings</div><div><br /></div><div>12. Set On At Least Two Continents</div><div><br /></div><div>13. Includes A Club</div><div><br /></div><div>14. A Character With Superhuman Ability</div><div><br /></div><div>15. A Five-Syllable Title</div><div><br /></div><div>16. A Book You've Seen Someone Reading In A Public Place</div><div><br /></div><div>17. A Book Picked Based On Its Spine</div><div><br /></div><div>18. Jane Austen-inspired</div><div><br /></div><div>19. A Book That Has An Alternate Title</div><div><br /></div><div>20. Related To The Word "Gold"</div><div><br /></div><div>21. Published By Simon & Schuster</div><div><br /></div><div>22. An Unlikely Detective</div><div><br /></div><div>23. Author With An X, Y, Or Z In Their Name</div><div><br /></div><div>24. Addresses A Specific Topic</div><div><br /></div><div>25. A Wealthy Character</div><div><br /></div><div>26. Has An "Author's Note"</div><div><br /></div><div>27. Includes A Map</div><div><br /></div><div>28. Award-Winning Book From Your Country</div><div><br /></div><div>29. Over 500 Pages Long</div><div><br /></div><div>30. Audiobook Is Narrated By The Author</div><div><br /></div><div>31. Technology Themed</div><div><br /></div><div>32. A Book That Intimidates You</div><div><br /></div><div>33. A Bilingual Character</div><div><br /></div><div>34. Author's Photo On The Back Cover</div><div><br /></div><div>35. From The Villain's Perspective</div><div><br /></div><div>36. Recommended By A Favorite Author</div><div><br /></div><div>37. Set In A Rural Area</div><div><br /></div><div>38. Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover!</div><div><br /></div><div>39. A Middle-Grade Novel</div><div><br /></div><div>40. A Book With Photographs Inside</div><div><br /></div><div>41. Involves A Second Chance</div><div><br /></div><div>42. An Indie Read</div><div><br /></div><div>43. Author Who's Published In More Than One Genre</div><div><br /></div><div>44. An Anthology</div><div><br /></div><div>45. A Book With Illustrated People On Cover</div><div><br /></div><div>46. Job Title In The Title</div><div><br /></div><div>47. Read During The Month Of November</div><div><br /></div><div>48. Redo One Of This Year's Prompts But With A Different Genre</div><div><br /></div><div>49. Book Title Starts With The Same Letter As Your First Name</div><div><br /></div><div>50. A Person Of Color As The Main Character</div><div><br /></div><div>51. The Word “Game” In The Title</div><div><br /></div><div>52. Published In 2022</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.thefreeblackwomenslibrary.com/the-free-black-womens-library-reading-challenge"><b>The Free Black Women’s Library Reading Challenge/2021</b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div>A vintage Black Feminist/Womanist text (published before 2000)</div><div>A contemporary Black Feminist/Womanist text (published between 2000 & now)</div><div>LGBTQ author and/or content - fiction</div><div>LGBTQ author and/or content - non fiction</div><div>A book by a revolutionary, community activist, political organizer or abolitionist</div><div>A book on self care, health, lifestyle strategy or personal development</div><div>A romance or erotic novel</div><div>A book that centers relationships between women</div><div>A young adult or middle schooler’s novel</div><div>An award winning novel and/or classic</div><div>A debut or famous author’s first</div><div>Any book by Octavia Butler</div><div>Any book by Toni Morrison</div><div>A book by a Caribbean author</div><div>A book by an African author</div><div>A book that classifies as Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, or Fantasy</div><div>A book on Spirituality, Religion, Faith or Ritual</div><div>A book with a name in the title</div><div>A book with a one word title</div><div>A book that was published within the past year</div><div>A graphic novel or series of comic books</div><div>A memoir or autobiography</div><div>A book where characters speak Patois, Creole, Geechee, or AAVE </div><div>A book set in your hometown</div><div>A collection of poetry, short stories, essays, recipes or prose</div><div>A book on Body Politics, Trauma, Autonomy or Acceptance </div><div>A book on Migration, Travel, Location or Place - fiction or non fiction </div><div>A book on Disability or Neurodivergence - fiction or non fiction</div><div>A book on Parenting or Child Advocacy </div><div>History, Historical Fiction or Slave Narrative</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.pinterest.se/sgordon0227/reading-challenges/">Lot of reading challenges</a></div></div>Ketutarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817006362006690145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165461317496455738.post-31627206696375114472021-12-30T17:06:00.003+01:002021-12-30T17:06:17.290+01:00Reading challenges for 2022, part II<div><a href="https://www.challies.com/resources/2022-christian-reading-challenge/">2022 Christian Reading Challenge</a></div><div><div><br /></div><div>Now, I'm not Christian, and some of these prompts are pretty... awful to me. But I love the idea of "Light", "Avid", "Committed" and "Obsessed", and some of the prompts are interesting. So... if you are interested, replace the prompts you don't like with ones you like :-D <br />It's not serious. It's just a reading challenge.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Light (1 book every 4 weeks)</b></div><div>A book for children or teens</div><div>A memoir or autobiography</div><div>A novel</div><div>A book by a woman</div><div>A book by a man</div><div>A book published prior to 2000</div><div>A book with the word "gospel" in the title or subtitle</div><div>A book with an image of a person on the cover<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div>A book about a current social issue</div><div>A book published in 2021 or 2022</div><div>A book about suffering</div><div>A book about Christian living</div><div>A book of your choice</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Avid (1 book every 2 weeks)</b></div><div>A book written by a Puritan</div><div>A book recommended by a family member</div><div>A book about a current issue</div><div>A novel that won a prize</div><div>A book with more than one author</div><div>A book with at least 400 pages</div><div>A book by an author who was alive in the 1800s</div><div>A book that has a name in the title</div><div>A book on a bestseller list</div><div>A book about a book of the Bible</div><div>A book about theology</div><div>A book about Christian living</div><div>A book of your choice</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Committed (one book every week)</b></div><div>A book from a theological viewpoint you disagree with</div><div>A book by someone you think you could be friends with</div><div>A book that won an award</div><div>A book about relationships</div><div>A book by Jane Austen or one of her contemporaries</div><div>A book of poetry</div><div>A book based on a true story</div><div>A book with a photograph on the cover</div><div>A softcover book</div><div>A book with 100 pages or less</div><div>A book with a two-word title</div><div>A devotional book</div><div>A novel set in a country that is not your own</div><div>A book about art or music</div><div>A book of Christian fiction</div><div>A book about something fun</div><div>A book by a female Christian author</div><div>A book whose title comes from a Bible verse</div><div>A book by a living author who's 70 or older</div><div>A self-improvement book</div><div>A book set during a war</div><div>A book you own but have never read</div><div>A book about euthanasia or abortion</div><div>A book about theology</div><div>A book about something interesting</div><div>A book of your choice</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Obsessed (2 books every week)</b></div><div>A book about something that fascinates you</div><div>A book about a historic figure or event</div><div>A book about public speaking</div><div>A book about animals OR geography</div><div>A book about sports OR art</div><div>A book about marriage OR friendship</div><div>A book about parenting OR retirement</div><div>A book about adoption/foster care OR singleness</div><div>A dystopian novel OR a book of comics</div><div>A detective novel OR a war novel</div><div>A book about theology OR psychology</div><div>A book about a Christian perspective on Islam</div><div>A book you don't want to read but think you should</div><div>A book about business OR generosity</div><div>A book about science OR worldview</div><div>A book about sin OR revival</div><div>A book about the natural world</div><div>A book about the local church</div><div>A book that challenges your thinking on a topic</div><div>A book by a male conference speaker</div><div>A book by a female conference speaker</div><div>A book about history</div><div>A book by your favorite author</div><div>A book you have read before</div><div>A book about love</div><div>A Christian novel</div><div>A book about theology</div><div>A book about Christian living</div><div>A book of your choice</div><div>An author's debut book</div><div>A book about a leader</div><div>A book about the Bible</div><div>A book about a region, country, or city</div><div>A book set in a country not your own</div><div>A book you think your mom or dad would enjoy</div><div>A book by or about a missionary</div><div>A book written by a European author</div><div>A book about a non-controversial subject</div><div>A book about words or language</div><div>A book more than 100 years old</div><div>A book your pastor recommends</div><div>A book written by an author you've never read before</div><div>A book about something virtuous</div><div>A book that you borrow from someone or somewhere</div><div>A book about spiritual disciplines</div><div>A book you have always wanted to read</div><div>A book about sports or an athlete</div><div>A book with a great cover</div><div>A biography, memoir, or autobiography</div><div>A book about theology</div><div>A book about Christian living</div><div>A book of your choice</div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgImtx74rdgdKHS1B0itZeY3B0U2MgCKKjQ4B5vIruZZ9OW2i-9To2Uw_IFLu7dYj2e7ATbnYmJ1Irs2R-QCNagzUynMbEJmbwUtILhbyEnvifryuXgpCzFIUrO2VI5C4Xm7joVutnyLThDQwHd_fqYusx9IhpyYDKyjsbios4Z4wCrH8gmWf62ab3h=s1600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgImtx74rdgdKHS1B0itZeY3B0U2MgCKKjQ4B5vIruZZ9OW2i-9To2Uw_IFLu7dYj2e7ATbnYmJ1Irs2R-QCNagzUynMbEJmbwUtILhbyEnvifryuXgpCzFIUrO2VI5C4Xm7joVutnyLThDQwHd_fqYusx9IhpyYDKyjsbios4Z4wCrH8gmWf62ab3h=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://redeemedreader.com/annual-reading-challenge-for-kids-and-teens/">There is another Christian reading challenge, with the same kind of structure, this time for children and teens.</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Baker's Dozen: 13 books in a year</b></div><div><br /></div><div>A new book (Less than 15 years old)</div><div>An old book (Older than 30 years)</div><div>A specifically Christian title</div><div>A biography</div><div>A fantasy/science fiction book</div><div>A mystery book</div><div>A realistic fiction book</div><div>A historical fiction book</div><div>A nonfiction book</div><div>A graphic novel</div><div>A book recommended by a family member</div><div>A book recommended on Redeemed Reader</div><div>A book of your choice</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Quarterback Challenge: baker's dozen + dozen - 25 books in a year</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Above list +</div><div><br /></div><div>A book older than your grandparents (published before 1950)</div><div>A biography about a notable Christian</div><div>Another mystery book, from a different series</div><div>A nonfiction book about a hobby you like</div><div>A fairy tale or a folk tale</div><div>A picture book</div><div>A book about or set in a different culture than your own</div><div>A book recommended by someone at your church or school (friend or acquaintance)</div><div>A starred review book from Redeemed Reader</div><div>3 books of your choice</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Weekly Reader Challenge: 50 books in a year</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Previous books +</div><div><br /></div><div>A book published in 2022</div><div>A classic</div><div>A book from a Christian publisher</div><div>A book of the Bible</div><div>A book by a professing Christian</div><div>A biography of a scientist/inventor</div><div>A classic fantasy/science fiction book</div><div>A book with a dragon or another magical creature</div><div>A historical fiction book set during a time period studied this year in school</div><div>A nonfiction book about a historical event</div><div>A nonfiction book about science or nature</div><div>An award winner</div><div>A story about school</div><div>A book about sports</div><div>A book that has been turned into a movie</div><div>A book of poetry</div><div>A book 10 times as long as your age</div><div>A book recommended by a friend (or read with a friend)</div><div>A "family read aloud" book reviewed on Redeemed Reader</div><div>Fill in the rest with any book of your choice</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Grand Slam: 100 books in a year</b></div><div><br /></div><div>the previous +</div><div><br /></div><div>A book by a living author</div><div>A book older than 50 years</div><div>A book older than 100 years</div><div>A devotional</div><div>A book about church history</div><div>A book about Christmas or Easter</div><div>A biography of an artist, author, musician</div><div>A biography of a world leader</div><div>A book from the library</div><div>Another mystery book</div><div>A nonfiction book about a different country</div><div>Another graphic novel</div><div>A fairy tale or folk tale from a different culture</div><div>A book about a different race or culture than your own</div><div>A book targeting the opposite gender or with the MC of the opposite gender</div><div>A book about a family</div><div>A book about space or ocean</div><div>A book about animals</div><div>A book about art</div><div>A book about the civil rights movement or the civil war</div><div>A book about food/a cookbook</div><div>Another book that has been turned into a movie</div><div>A verse novel</div><div>A play, a drama, or a book about Shakespeare</div><div>A magazine </div><div>A book from a trilogy or longer series</div><div>A book with a great cover</div><div>A family favorite book</div><div>An audiobook</div><div>A picture book reviewed on Redeemed Reader</div><div>A book from a Redeemed Reader booklist</div><div>A "discussion starter" book from Redeemed Reader</div><div>A book from RR's summer reading program</div><div>3 books by the same author</div><div>fill in with books of your choice</div></div><div><br /></div>Ketutarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817006362006690145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165461317496455738.post-68356364326868085592021-12-29T17:40:00.001+01:002021-12-30T17:03:11.534+01:00Reading challenges for 2022, part IAnd we'll start with the <a href="https://www.popsugar.co.uk/entertainment/reading-challenge-2022-48630935">2022 PopSugar Reading Challenge</a><br /><br /><div>A book published in 2022</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>Book of Night by Holly Black </div></div><div><div>Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher</div></div><div><div>The Book of Gothel by Mary McMyne </div></div><div><div>The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd </div></div><div><div>Akata Woman by Nnedi Okorafor </div></div><div><div>The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah</div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A book set on a plane, train, or a cruise ship</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div>The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje</div><div>Violet by S.J.I. Holliday</div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A book about or set in a nonpatriarchal society</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima</div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A book with a tiger on the cover or in the title</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>The Tiger in the Well by Philip Pullman</div></div><div><div>Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard</div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A sapphic book</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>Fingersmith by Sarah Waters</div></div><div><div>The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers</div></div><div><div>Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth </div></div><div><div>Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey </div></div><div><div>Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan</div></div><div><div>Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir </div></div><div><div>She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan</div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A book by Latinx author</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Incendiary by Zoraida Córdova<br />Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia<br />Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older<br />Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez<div style="text-align: left;"><div>Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>Lobizona by Romina Garber </div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A book with an onomatopoeia in the title</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">Bats Sing, Mice Giggle by Karen Shanor, Jagmeet Kanwal</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">Under the Whispering Door T.J. Klune </div></div></blockquote><div><br />A book with a protagonist who uses a mobility aid<br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu </div><div style="text-align: left;">All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div>A book about a "found family"</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce found family</div></div><div><div>Vicious by V.E.Schwab</div></div><div><div>A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik</div></div><div><div>The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho</div></div><div><div>The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend</div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.anisfield-wolf.org/winners/">An Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Winner</a><br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div>A Different Mirror by Ronald Takaki</div><div>The Civilization of the Goddess by Marija Gimbutar</div><div>The Arrogance of Faith by Forrest G. Wood</div><div>The Women of Plums by Dolores Kendrick</div><div>The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz</div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A #BookTok recommendation</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid</div></div><div><div>Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao </div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A book about the afterlife</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>The Midnight Library by Matt Haig</div></div><div><div>The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold</div></div><div><div>The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R.Pan</div></div><div><div>The Library of the Unwritten by A.J.Hackwith</div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A book set in the 1980s</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix </div></div><div><div>The Confession by Jessie Burton</div></div><div><div>Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt</div></div><div><div>The Puzzle Women by Anna Ellory</div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A book with cutlery on the cover or in the title</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">Opium and Absinthe by Lydia Kang</div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A book by a Pacific Islander author</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>The Bone People by Keri Hulme</div></div><div><div>Telesa: The Covenant Keeper by Lani Wendt Young</div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A book about witches</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow</div></div><div><div>The Witching Hour by Anne Rice</div></div><div><div>The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag</div></div><div><div>Magic Lessons / The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman </div></div><div><div>The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco</div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2022</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>Killing Floor by Lee Child</div></div><div><div>The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin </div></div><div><div>Kindred by Octavia E. Butler</div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A romance novel by a BIPOC author</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">Pachinko by Min Jin Lee</div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A book that takes place during your favorite season</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein</div></div><div><div>A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny</div></div><div><div>The Velvet Fox by Catherine Fisher</div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A book whose title begins with the last letter of your previous read</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div>This cannot be chosen before I know which is my "previous read" :-D</div><div>Right now it would be Castaways of the Flying Dutchman, so some books from my to be read list that start with N are</div><div><div>Nefertiti's Heart by A.W.Exley</div></div><div><div>Nation by Terry Pratchett</div></div><div><div>The Never Tilting World by Rin Chupeco</div></div><div><div>Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder</div></div><div><div>Nine Women, One Dress by Jane L. Rosen</div></div><div><div>Nobody's Home by Tim Powers</div></div></blockquote><div><br />A book about a band or musical group</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div style="text-align: left;">Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics by Dolly Parton</div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A book with a character on the ACE spectrum</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>The Bone People by Keri Hulme</div></div><div><div>She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan </div></div><div><div>The Cybernetic Tea Shop by Meredith Katz </div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A book with a recipe in it</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala </div></div><div><div>The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner </div></div><div><div>Death on the Limpopo by Sally Andrew</div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A book you can read in one sitting</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson</div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A book about a secret</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen<br />A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn<div style="text-align: left;"><div>Deep Secret by Diana Wynne Jones</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See</div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A book with a misleading title</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston</div></div><div><div>Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell</div></div><div><div>The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold</div></div><div><div>I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith</div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Award">A Hugo Award winner</a></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow</div></div><div><div>A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine</div></div><div><div>The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin</div></div><div><div>Doomsday Book by Connie Willis</div></div><div><div>The City & the City by China Miéville</div></div><div><div>The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo</div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A book set during a holiday</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>Greenglass House by Kate Milford </div></div><div><div>The Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale</div></div><div><div>Lammas Night by Katherine Kurtz</div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A different book by an author you read in 2021</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">The Iron Flower by Laurie Forest<div>Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune </div><div>Of Blood and Bone by Nora Roberts</div><div>Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn</div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>Breaking Badger by Shelly Laurenston</div></div></div></blockquote><div><div><br /></div><div>A book with the name of a board game in the title (?)</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>Red Rising by Pierce Brown </div></div><div><div>Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See</div></div><div><div>Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein </div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A book featuring a man-made disaster</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler</div></div><div><div>Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.</div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>*A book with a quote from your favorite author on the cover or Amazon page</div><div><br /></div><div>A social horror book</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris</div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A book set in Victorian times</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>Fingersmith by Sarah Waters</div></div><div><div>The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell</div></div><div><div>A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray</div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A book with a constellation on the cover or in the title</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>The Conductors by Nicole Glover</div></div><div><div>The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman</div></div><div><div>The Star Thief by Lindsey Becker</div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>*A book you know nothing about</div><div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">I suppose I'll pick one when the time comes :-D</div></blockquote></div><div><br /></div><div>A book about gender identity</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta </div></div><div><div>Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi </div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A book featuring a party</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo</div></div><div><div>Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier </div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>An #OwnVoices SFF book</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse </div></div><div><div>Jade City by Fonda Lee</div></div><div><div>Reverie by Ryan La Sala </div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past PopSugar Reading Challenge</div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>A book that shares a title with a movie or a TV show but is unrelated to it</div></div><div><div>The Black Swan by Mercedes Lackey, retelling of the ballet, and Black Swan 2002 Australian movie about real black swans.</div></div></blockquote><div><div><br />ADVANCED</div><div><br />A book with a reflected image on the cover or "mirror" in the title</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi </div></div><div><div>The Phoenix and the Mirror by Avram Davidson</div></div><div><div>Silver Mirrors A.A. Aguirre (2nd book in series, 1st is Bronze Gods)</div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A book that features two languages</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">Kaya Abaniah and the Father of the Forest by Wayne Gerard Trotman</div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A book with a palindromic title</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>Bob by Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead</div></div><div><div>Madam by Phoebe Wynne</div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A duology</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>Raybearer / Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko</div></div><div><div>Spint the Dawn / Unravel the Dusk by Elizabeth Lim</div></div><div><div>The Talisman / Black House by Stephen King</div></div><div><div>Raven's Shadow / Raven's Strike by Patricia Briggs</div></div><div><div>The Hazel Wood / The Night Country by Melissa Albert</div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A book about someone leading a double life</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict </div></div><div><div>The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon </div></div><div>The Good Person of Szechwan by Bertolt Brecht</div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A book featuring a parallel reality</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman</div></div><div><div>The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde</div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>A book with two POVs</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>The Desolations of Devil's Acre by Ransom Riggs</div></div><div><div>When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore</div></div><div><div>The First Sister by Linden A. Lewis</div></div><div><div>The Incarnations by Susan Barker</div></div><div><div>The Binding by Bridget Collins</div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>Two books set in twin towns (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities">sister cities</a>)<br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack (Kyiv) </div><div style="text-align: left;">Johanna Sinisalo; Ukkoshuilu (Tampere)</div></blockquote><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSe1TOYKfGNn5-NV_qUCzOuHwp1-BKdmZfHlrjTmTp4-GPCngS8yBePA8Hssmdqkh8_uT1d3zrGyowivXbkeylm_5Cv03s0-Zxk_PB_3coPtD90wxlBuXpz5ysV5yFXsOvtwrQi_iIsvWOdIdPqJOkbQjM2-IkYxNFZ56KR97aXMYK7H8SuGq6mSpS=s1333" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="1333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSe1TOYKfGNn5-NV_qUCzOuHwp1-BKdmZfHlrjTmTp4-GPCngS8yBePA8Hssmdqkh8_uT1d3zrGyowivXbkeylm_5Cv03s0-Zxk_PB_3coPtD90wxlBuXpz5ysV5yFXsOvtwrQi_iIsvWOdIdPqJOkbQjM2-IkYxNFZ56KR97aXMYK7H8SuGq6mSpS=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><a href="https://www.kansas.com/entertainment/books/article256589031.html">The 2022 #ReadICT Challenge </a></p><p>1. A book by a debut author </p><p>2. A book with a cover you like </p><p>3. A book that intimidates you </p><p>4. A book about a culture or topic you’re unfamiliar with </p><p>5. A middle-grade or teen book </p><p>6. A book based on mythology or folktales </p><p>7. Reread a favorite book </p><p>8. A book set at sea or on the beach </p><p>9. An immigration story </p><p>10. A genre-blending book </p><p>11. A book that deals with mental illness </p><p>12. A book by an author visiting Wichita or hosted remotely by a Wichita organization </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxORZcib5jZ9xYYWCfJjMbQYQqEQMxwUhqwhER0r2juSLOYzA_0ay4garx6VsLINuy0bheu6a9RZSXSAKqcpnFmTaWZR3o04bfhOkBhINLRuJ3dOkNnWeGFGXl2VKCBeniqLzlzXv4e_XwA3BZS4LH5iM8LCwiJu5V0Z7ElOerh77fvluXIuPtgWm7=s1000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="1000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxORZcib5jZ9xYYWCfJjMbQYQqEQMxwUhqwhER0r2juSLOYzA_0ay4garx6VsLINuy0bheu6a9RZSXSAKqcpnFmTaWZR3o04bfhOkBhINLRuJ3dOkNnWeGFGXl2VKCBeniqLzlzXv4e_XwA3BZS4LH5iM8LCwiJu5V0Z7ElOerh77fvluXIuPtgWm7=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/22079558-the-52-topics-of-the-2022-aty-reading-challenge"><b>Around the Year in 52 Books 2022</b></a></p>1. A book with a main character whose name starts with A, T, or Y</div><div>2. A book connected to a book you read in 2021</div><div>3. A book with 22 or more letters in the title</div><div>4. A book that fits your favorite prompt that did not make the list</div><div>5. A book by an author with two sets of double letters in their name<br />6. A book with an image of a source of light on the cover</div><div>7. A book related to psychology, neuroscience, or the mind</div><div>8. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 1</div><div>9. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 2</div><div>10. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 3</div><div>11. A book from the historical fiction genre</div><div>12. A book related to glass</div><div>13. A book about a woman in STEM<br />14. A book with fewer than 5000 ratings on Goodreads</div><div>15. A book without a person on the cover</div><div>16. A book related to Earth Day</div><div>17. A book from NPR's Book Concierge<br />18. A book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author</div><div>19. A book that involves alternate reality, alternate worlds, or alternate history</div><div>20. A fiction or nonfiction book that is set during 1900 -1951</div><div>21. A book with one of the Monopoly tokens on the cover</div><div>22. A book with a Jewish character or author<br />23. A book that features loving LGBTQIA+ relationship</div><div>24. A book related to inclement weather</div><div>25. A book less than 220 pages OR more than 440 pages</div><div>26. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 1<br />27. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 2</div><div>28. A book that won an award from Powell's list of book awards</div><div>29. A book set on or near a body of water</div><div>30. A book related to mythology<br />31. A book published at least 10 years ago</div><div>32. A book where the main character is a female detective/private eye/police officer</div><div>33. The next book in a series</div><div>34. A book with an academic setting or with a teacher that plays an important role</div><div>35. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 1<br />36. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 2</div><div>37. A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name</div><div>38. A book by a Latin American author</div><div>39. A book from the TIME list of 100 Best YA Books of All Time<br />40. A book related to one of the 22 Tarot Major Arcana cards</div><div>41. A book with a theme of food or drink</div><div>42. A book with a language or nationality in the title</div><div>43. A book set in a small town or rural area</div><div>44. A book with gothic elements<br />45. A book related to a game</div><div>46. A book with a non-human as one of the main characters</div><div>47. A book with handwriting on the cover</div><div>48. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2021 or 2022<br />49. A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons"</div><div>50. A book that involves aging, or a character in their golden years</div><div>51. A book published in 2022</div><div>52. A book with a time-related word in the title</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKD22o-uzrrC3fg0pqN7jbPUqWC70wJ23dRNueVKfYZtbt7YAKzXb_2U1TM4uQJdo6xP8rtmruDx4S_9khg3YTU8G_YmvQ40dMiqfcq1hS5GFInltaxZ2ZbJiadAEA0y3NHvwynxBE2h1A1Daxfrh9Du11xUxyEQtcTUOEWh2UmhcMPdZnUYBy5hVm=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKD22o-uzrrC3fg0pqN7jbPUqWC70wJ23dRNueVKfYZtbt7YAKzXb_2U1TM4uQJdo6xP8rtmruDx4S_9khg3YTU8G_YmvQ40dMiqfcq1hS5GFInltaxZ2ZbJiadAEA0y3NHvwynxBE2h1A1Daxfrh9Du11xUxyEQtcTUOEWh2UmhcMPdZnUYBy5hVm=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><a href="https://bookriot.com/read-harder-2022/">BOOK RIOT’S 2022 READ HARDER CHALLENGE</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Read a biography of an author you admire.</div><div><br />Read a book set in a bookstore.</div><div><br />Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list.<br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht</div></div><div><div>How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones</div></div></blockquote><div><div><br /></div>Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma.</div><div><br />Read an anthology featuring diverse voices.</div><div><br />Read a nonfiction YA comic.</div><div><br />Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40.</div><div><br />Read a classic written by a POC.</div><div><br />Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest.</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">World Without End by Ken Follett </div></blockquote><div><br />Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+).</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams</div></blockquote><div><br />Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character.</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>The Bone People by Keri Hulme</div></div><div><div>The Cybernetic Tea Shop by Meredith Katz </div></div></blockquote><div><div><br /></div>Read an entire poetry collection.</div><div><br />Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author.</div><div><br />Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book).</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk </div></div><div><div>The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark</div></div><div><div>The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton</div></div><div><div>Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier </div></div><div><div>Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin</div></div><div><div>Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell</div></div><div><div>The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin</div></div><div><div>The Woman in Black by Susan Hill</div></div></blockquote><div><br />Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital).</div><div><br />Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes.</div><div><br />Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary.</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens by Eddie Izzard</div></blockquote><div><br />Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice.</div><div><br />Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author.</div><div><br />Read an award-winning book from the year you were born.</div><div><br />Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.</div><div><br />Read a history about a period you know little about.</div><div><br />Read a book by a disabled author.</div><div><br />Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Ketutarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817006362006690145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165461317496455738.post-27204756092500907282021-07-08T16:33:00.004+02:002021-07-08T16:33:52.118+02:00Why do you think you have the right to write --- characters?<p> Yes, I am sorry, but I was born white, and I am a straight cis woman. I am fully abled physically, I am Autistic, I have FM, I am overweight, I am youngest of six kids, but have no children of my own, I am happily married to a transman, who is as white as I am. I was brought up by a Christian mother, but I am Pagan, my husband is Jewish.</p><p>I will be writing GLBTQA+ characters, male characters, characters of different colors, races, and species, of varying abilities, religions, etc. I will be writing mothers and fathers, grandparents and grandchildren, and families, friends, co-workers and strangers, people having different occupations and hobbies, skills and talents, and everything between heaven and earth, and I don't think any of them will be exactly like me. They all will have something of me in them, of course, because that's what anyone can ever write.</p><p>Because I believe we are all human beings, and the essential humanity is something that's the same in every human being. Even my non-human characters will have this human essence, because I am a human and cannot write anything but human characters. I believe love is love, be it between a man and a woman, a woman and a woman, a man and a man, lovers, family members, friends - I believe we all recognize the love if we have ever loved anyone. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHMCaejQatNPLY2a46uE5VvknOFlMmcyyglyDHmWARxX7tLCkKPeZlxgEBT4EIfCmHyWkNWYxmpGWrwLVg4Kh6-J99VgKhwY0RnubnQzWUDMiVQhiF_iIQ5gfGPgLeEdI-PLzAuLvxGqA/s1226/nu2Mipb.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1226" data-original-width="563" height="721" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHMCaejQatNPLY2a46uE5VvknOFlMmcyyglyDHmWARxX7tLCkKPeZlxgEBT4EIfCmHyWkNWYxmpGWrwLVg4Kh6-J99VgKhwY0RnubnQzWUDMiVQhiF_iIQ5gfGPgLeEdI-PLzAuLvxGqA/w331-h721/nu2Mipb.jpeg" width="331" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Ketutarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817006362006690145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165461317496455738.post-48727538931096832392021-07-07T22:08:00.003+02:002023-03-22T13:17:57.908+01:00<p> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1em;">One vulture, bolder than the rest, dropped down from the ledge on wide-spread wings, stirring up the putrid air. Unheralded, a Gary Larson cartoon flashed into Anna's brain. Vultures around a kill: "Ooooooweeeeee! This thing's been here a looooooooong time. Well, thank God for ketchup."</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1em;">Gagging, Anna turned and stumbled toward the pool. Razor thin lines of red appeared on her face and arms where the saw grass cut. Oblivious to their sting, she fought free of the vegetation.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCttywF26kzqiwBWnVWHCGg6J-kfwR5HNPZvLzPDzn8hVAo7P3kVoLpKKk38gwPkQ2aylm_zMMcMjyaXhTwHUIV6Zn189zU-Pdktj6yyiYp7h2FtmM3i8LVOof8EZ1ZbE4rA4K4vD5k6w/s960/gary+larson+vultures+ketchup.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="721" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCttywF26kzqiwBWnVWHCGg6J-kfwR5HNPZvLzPDzn8hVAo7P3kVoLpKKk38gwPkQ2aylm_zMMcMjyaXhTwHUIV6Zn189zU-Pdktj6yyiYp7h2FtmM3i8LVOof8EZ1ZbE4rA4K4vD5k6w/w330-h439/gary+larson+vultures+ketchup.jpg" width="330" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic7-K4VZqWB4csb-wh8BRioZ1qQnkeIXN6dzDXfz49YN3V3El8TU3cMrx1t7SJXilNR65BDon23egbLvTbHKvy_4EdxvuiP9BL8WvCYL328esfhIabSrfWVnlKy90NdHfTEbJGctjbYCS6fFMbbQfsaBFN9LLkRqU987NaQdxgL4K5081N1pkeanbx/s1342/Image2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="1342" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic7-K4VZqWB4csb-wh8BRioZ1qQnkeIXN6dzDXfz49YN3V3El8TU3cMrx1t7SJXilNR65BDon23egbLvTbHKvy_4EdxvuiP9BL8WvCYL328esfhIabSrfWVnlKy90NdHfTEbJGctjbYCS6fFMbbQfsaBFN9LLkRqU987NaQdxgL4K5081N1pkeanbx/s320/Image2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-_P25VB9fMNML0m4a7Fe6r-KXNj4Jdx0YM_x5f-_wQ6Pl4byVRurABPEONBahGSmSVeVyPGTFPnK0AA5utv0Dp_CDRi421C6mCGv1waefWzyEx02SBd7lHPipdtqW6OKItrrWdv8Cchs8J279lmYAhaogoBKy9Nf4WMpBtWtxXliMKWU7vIsEwSWl/s609/Image3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="609" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-_P25VB9fMNML0m4a7Fe6r-KXNj4Jdx0YM_x5f-_wQ6Pl4byVRurABPEONBahGSmSVeVyPGTFPnK0AA5utv0Dp_CDRi421C6mCGv1waefWzyEx02SBd7lHPipdtqW6OKItrrWdv8Cchs8J279lmYAhaogoBKy9Nf4WMpBtWtxXliMKWU7vIsEwSWl/s320/Image3.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1em;"><br /></p>Ketutarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817006362006690145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165461317496455738.post-11758405594258111432021-06-28T22:43:00.000+02:002021-06-28T22:43:51.713+02:00Continents reading challenge<p> I have heard white people complain about there not being white heritage months or white pride etc.</p><p>Sure, let's have it.</p><p>Let's dedicate all the months to different people on this planet.</p><p>Now, I am aware of the fact that some people are a mix of people from different continents. Do as you please with this. I would choose "people who identify as ---, or people who are mostly ---"<br />I for example identify some Latinx people as of European heritage, being mostly Spanish or Portuguese - but I also recognize that there's been quite a lot of "mixing" going on in Central and South America - there's a lot of Black and Native American blood in people who identify themselves as Latinx. Put them in any category you think they fit, or use June and December to read Latinx authors.</p><p><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">January and July - Oceania - read only books written by the indigenous people of the Pacific (This means Pacific Islanders, Maori, Australian Aboriginal people etc. Not the descendants of the Europeans living in the area.)</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #93c47d;">February and August - Europe - read only books written by White people</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: red;">March and September - Americas - read only books written by Native Americans</span></b></p><p><b>April and October - Africa - read only books written by Black people</b></p><p><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">May and November - Asia - read only books written by Asian people</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">June and December - One World - read books written by people unlike you.</span></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgshplpdcCV-QtwhxyiNB7U8HlXWjuG_4CGzO1YKGf12n4R_56nCiikby0QOVOFwtClH57jp62FQp6bI9CzgXwVTCBDas3pPUeDBcNzUsiI3O7Je0JdlBrc2E_CTXm_s613vb7NWzvRIZI/s498/Namnl%25C3%25B6s.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgshplpdcCV-QtwhxyiNB7U8HlXWjuG_4CGzO1YKGf12n4R_56nCiikby0QOVOFwtClH57jp62FQp6bI9CzgXwVTCBDas3pPUeDBcNzUsiI3O7Je0JdlBrc2E_CTXm_s613vb7NWzvRIZI/s320/Namnl%25C3%25B6s.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p>Ketutarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817006362006690145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165461317496455738.post-83224396112373867982021-06-08T15:27:00.007+02:002023-03-11T12:39:14.063+01:00Mythical, mystical yada yada :-D<p><b>Read a fantasy novel from 10 different countries</b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Now, this is, I assume, easier for me than for a lot of other people, because I'm fluent in three languages, and can manage reading books in two more. Nevertheless, I am 100% certain of that there's English translations of enough Fantasy books from different countries.</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">I am going to choose a Finnish Fantasy novel, because that's my motherland, and I love her, and I appreciate Finnish fantasy very much. One of my favorite Fantasy books come from Finland; Anne Aarnio's Lintukansan poika (Son of the Bird People). <br />I chose <strike>Neiti Kymenen ihmeellinen talo (The wondrous house of miss Kymene)</strike><br /></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Next I'm going to choose a Swedish Fantasy novel, because I live in Sweden, and Sweden has some pretty original Fantasy also. I think I want to read Niklas Krog's first fantasy serie, because I love his Jor & Ka. I'm pretty sure I'll appreciate the fantasy series as well.<br /></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Of course there will be a USonian, British, and Canadian Fantasy book on the list. <br />I choose <strike>Anne McCaffrey's Dragonflight</strike> for USA<br /><strike>Mary Stewart's Merlin books</strike> for UK<br /><i>For Canada there's R. Scott Bakker, Guy Gavriel Kay, and Charles de Lint to choose from</i><br /></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Michael Scott is Irish, and I have a couple of his books on my TBR list</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">I have <strike>Garth Nix Sabriel</strike> on my TBR list, and he's Australian.<br /></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">I'll read a Witcher novel, from Poland. (Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski)<br /></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">I'll finish The Secret of Jie, from France (and I have another French fantasy book on my TBR list, <strike>the last book on the Mirror Visitor series</strike>)</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">I need to read Cornelia Funke's Dragon Rider, and also finish Walter Moers' Rumo.</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">And that's 10</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">I could have chosen also Kaoru Kurimoto's Guin saga. She's Japanese.<br /></p><p><b>Read a fantasy novel with </b><br /></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">- black and white cover (can have different shades of grey on it, but no color)<br />- red cover (mostly red)<br />- orange cover <br />- yellow cover<br />- green cover<br />- blue cover<br />- purple/lilac/violet cover<br />- brown cover<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiL9zjq4Bpg1j5Wwo90T5Wviu-tAUcd-6gdzViqb6BXNBXcppfXYCiSh0P6EFpl7gzNUqDjTcGnh4TaOeQ-axCyyrKmB1wGynLItyNhfNm_b8dwaIhVdjTpyOIAVROdqWqlBt-qQUycP8/s1321/Image9.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="1321" height="84" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiL9zjq4Bpg1j5Wwo90T5Wviu-tAUcd-6gdzViqb6BXNBXcppfXYCiSh0P6EFpl7gzNUqDjTcGnh4TaOeQ-axCyyrKmB1wGynLItyNhfNm_b8dwaIhVdjTpyOIAVROdqWqlBt-qQUycP8/w480-h84/Image9.png" width="480" /></a></div><p><b>Read a book from each of these lists:</b><br /></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2365">Pre-Tolkien Fantasy (and alike)</a><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/318">Fantasy Classics</a><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/50.The_Best_Epic_Fantasy_fiction_">The Best Epic Fantasy</a><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/642.Hidden_Gems_YA_Fantasy_Novels">Hidden Gems: YA-Fantasy Novels </a><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/76987">Best Fantasy on Goodreads with less than 100 ratings </a><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/79318">Popular Fantasy on Goodreads with between 100 and 999 ratings </a><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/80066">Popular Fantasy on Goodreads with between 1000 and 9999 ratings </a><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/76860">Popular Fantasy on Goodreads with between 10000 and 24999 ratings </a></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">I chose<br />The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany<br />The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks<br /><strike>The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson </strike><br />Magician's Ward by Patricia C. Wrede<br />I'm changing my mind on this, and I choose Mistress of Mistresses by E.R. Eddison<br />City of Skies by Farah Cook<br />The Red Wyvern by Katharine Kerr<br />Daggerspell by Katharine Kerr<br /></p><p><b>Read a Fantasy novel written in </b><br /></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">1930s Jirel of Joiry by C.L. Moore<br />1940s The Well of the Unicorn by Fletcher Pratt<br />1950s The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson<br />1960s Witch World by Andre Norton<br />1970s Deryni Rising by Katherine Kurtz<br />1980s Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman<br />1990s Homeland by R.A. Salvatore <br />2000s Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson<br />2010s Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence<br />2020s Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko<br />and two written before the 1930s<br /><strike>The Well at the World's End by William Morris</strike> and The Tale of Tales by Giambattista Basile, Giambattista <br /></p><p><b>Pick
an author who writes Fantasy. Read their favorite Fantasy book, a
Fantasy book that has inspired them, a Fantasy book they recommend.</b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Neil Gaiman and Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees <br /></p><p><b>Read a Fantasy novel written by a female author</b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span><strike>Alanna by Tamora Pierce</strike></span><br /></p><p><b>Read a Fantasy novel written by a male author</b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><strike>A Spell for Chameleon by Piers Anthony </strike><br /></p><p><b>Read a Fantasy novel with a female MC</b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Read a Fantasy novel with a male MC</b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Magic's Pawn by Mercedes Lackey<br /></p><p><b>Read a Fantasy novel with a female mentor/tutor/guardian/parental figure</b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><strike>The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan</strike></p><p><b>Read a Fantasy novel with a male mentor/tutor/guardian/parental figure</b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold <br /></p><p><b>Read a Fantasy novel written by a person who has a different ethnicity/nationality/religion/skin color etc. from you</b><br /></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">I chose<br />An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir - A Pakistani-American Muslim woman, born in 1983, English-speaking<br />Tales of Nevèrÿon by Samuel R. Delany - An American man, born in 1942, black, English-speaking, gay<br /></p><p><b>Read a Fantasy novel where the MC has a different </b><b><b>ethnicity/nationality/religion/skin color etc. </b> from you</b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">I chose The Never Tilting World by Rin Chupeco. Rin is Philippine, so I hope there's more diversity in this book. The MCs are lesbian if I have understood it correctly.<br /></p><p><b>Read a Fantasy novel where the MC has at least one parent and grandparent alive, and they have a good relationship with them</b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Raven's Shadow by Patricia Briggs - I'm not sure about this, but people say it fits<br /></p><p><b>Read a Fantasy novel with less than 250 pages</b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">The Leopard Mask by Kaoru Kurimoto 231 pages</p><p><b>Read a Fantasy novel with 250-350 pages</b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"> New Arabian Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson, 256 pages</p><p><b>Read a Fantasy novel with 300-500 pages</b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><strike>The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker 486 pages</strike><br /></p><p><b>Read a Fantasy novel with 500+ pages</b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss 994 pages<br /></p><p><b>Read a Fantasy novel from 10 different subgenres.</b> <br /></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Dying Earth Fantasy<br />The Dying Earth by Jack Vance <br /><br />Grimdark Fantasy<br /><strike>The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie </strike><br /><br />Erotic fantasy<br />Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey <br /><br />Fantasy of Manners<br />Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner <br /><br />Flintlock / Gunpowder fantasy<br />Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan<br /><br />Steampunk fantasy<br />Soulless by Gail Carriger<br /><br />Bangsian fantasy<br /><strike>A House-Boat on the Styx by John Bangs</strike><br /><br />Urban fantasy<br /><strike>Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch</strike><br /><br />Wuxia fantasy <br />Jade City by Fonda Lee<br /><br />Fairy tale<br /><strike>Andrew Lang's Pink Fairy Book</strike><br /></p><p></p><p><b>Read the three first books you haven't read from any list of "best Fantasy books" </b><br /></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola<br />My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by Amos Tutuola<br />A Hero Born by Jin Yong<br /></p><p><b>Read a Fantasy book that has received an award</b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"> Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold</p><p><b>Read
a non-Fantasy book that's related to Fantasy</b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Either <br />The Inklings: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friend by Humphrey Carpenter <br />or<br />Bandersnatch: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings by Diana Pavlac Glyer <i><br /></i></p><p><i><b>Read a Fantasy book with an amazing cover</b></i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOV7b3F_vWgYO7CK-kAXhOKT_tWqqwmMysDS9XxWdhdjQqnCaTF0zcFvR0tBIfKw3zlO4j76q46UU1NY7nUTIugWFpb3-MrGLVws_tSqQk_irBaZVEf5AiT1fe8ZmS2DJ_jaLmCnaI-I4/s475/53317495._SY475_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="297" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOV7b3F_vWgYO7CK-kAXhOKT_tWqqwmMysDS9XxWdhdjQqnCaTF0zcFvR0tBIfKw3zlO4j76q46UU1NY7nUTIugWFpb3-MrGLVws_tSqQk_irBaZVEf5AiT1fe8ZmS2DJ_jaLmCnaI-I4/s320/53317495._SY475_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"> </div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard<br /></div><p></p><p><i><b>Read a Fantasy book with a horrible cover</b></i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUpwqYpMpJmavv5FxIRPdBI8pxadYHpbllGB_F9ngPPI_zmCgbp5HXq_wFytXSE7uqQ8FTG_27eUQsiM0HZN4WdKiq-kQRT5h-xiZvi3FUJ_90hKW5xhfMusUU92MX-_yB-EWBllA3a2w/s639/Image5.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="639" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUpwqYpMpJmavv5FxIRPdBI8pxadYHpbllGB_F9ngPPI_zmCgbp5HXq_wFytXSE7uqQ8FTG_27eUQsiM0HZN4WdKiq-kQRT5h-xiZvi3FUJ_90hKW5xhfMusUU92MX-_yB-EWBllA3a2w/s320/Image5.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">These both are pretty bad, but I think I'll choose Wizard at Large by Terry Brooks. <br />Grendel at least has a nice layout and AD. Wizard at Large is a total mess.<br /></p><p><i><b>Read a Fantasy book with a one word title</b></i></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Terrier by Tamora Pierce</p><p><i><b>Read a Fantasy book that was made into a movie or tv-series</b></i></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">The Magicians by Lev Grossman</p><p><b>Read the Fantasy book you are most ashamed/sorry/irritated of not having read :-D</b> </p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Now, I have deliberately filled this list with the books I'm most ashamed, sorry, irritated of not having read, so what's left is <br />Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson<br /></p><p><b>Read the Fantasy book that has been on your TBR the longest time</b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">The Inheritance Quartet by Christopher Paolini</p><p><b>Read the Fantasy book that has been on your TBR the shortest time</b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">The Enchantment Emporium by Tanya Huff <br /></p><p><b>Finish a Fantasy series</b> </p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">The Inheritance Quartet by Christopher Paolini</p><p><i></i><b>Start a Fantasy series</b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames</p><p><b>Reread a favorite</b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"> Earthsea by Ursula leGuin<br /></p><p><b>Read a self-published fantasy novel</b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington <br /></p><p><b>Reread the first Fantasy book you ever read (or the first you remember) </b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S.Lewis (I think I was about 7 or 8)<br /></p><p><b>Literary Map Chain</b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">I chose 10 and started with <br />Mary Stewart - The Walk in Wolf Wood<br />Patricia C. Wrede - Mairelon the Magician<br />Patricia McKillip - The Forgotten Beasts of Eld<br />C.S.Friedman - Black Sun Rising<br />Anne Bishop - Daughter of the Blood<br />Juliet Marillier - Daughter of the Forest<br />Janny Wurts - Curse of the Mistwraith (Janny Wurts) <br />Lynn Flewelling - Luck in the Shadows<br />Ellen Kushner - Thomas the Rhymer<br />Megan Whalen Turner - The Thief<br /><strike>Cinda Williams Chima - The Demon King</strike></p><p><b><br /></b></p>Ketutarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817006362006690145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165461317496455738.post-54216563265761767232021-06-06T20:04:00.004+02:002021-06-08T15:29:15.521+02:00Mythical, Mystical, Magical Reading Challenge 2021<p> I could have named this "Fantasy Reading Challenge", but there are quite a lot of them around already :-D</p><p>Why my own? Because I can. I like big challenges, and I can't lie ;-)</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDIfUBZm2rF1_c8Ow-0_oR2JejmlAMGcDpvsGRfunK8-tD1KKpmzF_zR40CTaeNE5_gm4e8pMFOaxA-QYIdllGiKRuL_qkhmntgSSWZFd4kXyRq4XiKhO6BsxJ4kxaQWmOREdbofK_8ig/s381/Image7.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="381" data-original-width="352" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDIfUBZm2rF1_c8Ow-0_oR2JejmlAMGcDpvsGRfunK8-tD1KKpmzF_zR40CTaeNE5_gm4e8pMFOaxA-QYIdllGiKRuL_qkhmntgSSWZFd4kXyRq4XiKhO6BsxJ4kxaQWmOREdbofK_8ig/s320/Image7.png" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><b>Read a fantasy novel from 10 different countries</b><p><b>Read a fantasy novel with </b><br /></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">- black and white cover (can have different shades of grey on it, but no color)<br />- red cover (mostly red)<br />- orange cover <br />- yellow cover<br />- green cover<br />- blue cover<br />- purple/lilac/violet cover<br />- brown cover</p><p><b>Read a book from each of these lists:</b><br /></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2365">Pre-Tolkien Fantasy (and alike)</a><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/318">Fantasy Classics</a><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/50.The_Best_Epic_Fantasy_fiction_">The Best Epic Fantasy</a><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/642.Hidden_Gems_YA_Fantasy_Novels">Hidden Gems: YA-Fantasy Novels </a><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/76987">Best Fantasy on Goodreads with less than 100 ratings </a><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/79318">Popular Fantasy on Goodreads with between 100 and 999 ratings </a><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/80066">Popular Fantasy on Goodreads with between 1000 and 9999 ratings </a><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/76860">Popular Fantasy on Goodreads with between 10000 and 24999 ratings </a><br /></p><p><b>Read a Fantasy novel written in </b><br /></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">1930s<br />1940s<br />1950s<br />1960s<br />1970s<br />1980s<br />1990s<br />2000s<br />2010s<br />2020s<br />and two written before 1930s<br /><br /><a href="https://thoughtsonfantasy.com/2018/10/09/popular-pre-1900-fantasy-novels/">Popular Pre-1900 Fantasy Novels</a><br /><a href="https://thoughtsonfantasy.com/2018/10/22/popular-1900s-10s-and-20s-fantasy-novels/">Popular 1900s, 10s and 20s Fantasy Novels</a><br /><a href="https://thoughtsonfantasy.com/2018/11/06/popular-1930s-and-40s-fantasy-novels/">Popular 1930s and 40s Fantasy Novels</a><br /><a href="https://thoughtsonfantasy.com/2018/12/03/popular-1950s-fantasy-novels/">Popular 1950s Fantasy Novels</a><br /><a href="https://thoughtsonfantasy.com/2019/01/14/popular-1960s-fantasy-novels/">Popular 1960s Fantasy Novels</a><br /><a href="https://thoughtsonfantasy.com/2019/02/11/popular-1970s-fantasy-novels/">Popular 1970s Fantasy Novels</a><br /><a href="https://thoughtsonfantasy.com/2019/03/19/popular-1980s-fantasy-novels/">Popular 1980s Fantasy Novels</a><br /><a href="https://thoughtsonfantasy.com/2019/04/15/popular-1990s-fantasy-novels/">Popular 1990s Fantasy Novels</a><br /><a href="https://thoughtsonfantasy.com/2019/05/22/popular-2000s-fantasy-novels/">Popular 2000s Fantasy Novels</a><br /></p><p><b>Pick an author who writes Fantasy. Read their favorite Fantasy book, a Fantasy book that has inspired them, a Fantasy book they recommend.</b></p><p><b>Read a Fantasy novel written by a female author<br />Read a Fantasy novel written by a male author</b></p><p><b>Read a Fantasy novel with a female MC<br />Read a Fantasy novel with a male MC<br /></b></p><p><b>Read a Fantasy novel with a female mentor/tutor/guardian/parental figure<br />Read a Fantasy novel with a male mentor/tutor/guardian/parental figure</b></p><p><b>Read a Fantasy novel written by a person who has a different --- from you</b><br /></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">- gender<br />- generation<br />- race/ethnicity<br />- nationality<br />- mothertongue<br />- sexual orientation<br />- religion (either personal, or if not religious or known, the majority religion of the society/background they come from)</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Choose one, choose many, choose all, read one book by each category, combine them all, what ever rocks your boat <br /></p><p><b>Read a Fantasy novel where the MC has a different --- from you</b><br /> (mothertongue in this case means the language the character was written in, not their language.)<br /></p><p><b>Read a Fantasy novel where the MC has at least one parent and grandparent alive, and they have a good relationship with them</b><br /></p><p><b>Read a Fantasy novel with less than 250 pages<br />Read a Fantasy novel with 250-350 pages<br />Read a Fantasy novel with 300-500 pages<br />Read a Fantasy novel with 500+ pages</b><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/642.Hidden_Gems_YA_Fantasy_Novels"></a></p><p><b>Read a Fantasy novel from 10 different subgenres.</b> <br />Try to choose ones you don't usually read.<br />One of them has to be fairy tales. Not retellings. Read a fairy tale you haven't ever read or heard in any version before. <br /></p><p><b>Read the three first books you haven't read from any list of "best Fantasy books" </b><br /></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">For example: <br /><a href="https://time.com/collection/100-best-fantasy-books/">Times The 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time</a><br /><a href="https://prowritingaid.com/art/741/the-best-fantasy-novels-of-all-time.aspx">The 25 Best Fantasy Novels</a><br /><a href="https://www.wired.co.uk/article/best-fantasy-books-novels-series">31 of the best fantasy books everyone should read</a><br /><a href="https://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/top-100-fantasy-books/">Top 100 Fantasy Book</a>s<br /><a href="https://reedsy.com/discovery/blog/best-fantasy-books">The 60 Best Fantasy Books of All Time </a><br /><a href="http://bestfantasybooks.com/top25-fantasy-books.php">Top 25 Best Fantasy Books</a><br /><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/wiki/lists">/r/fantasy best books</a><br /></p><p><b>Read a Fantasy book that has received an award</b></p><p><b>Read a non-Fantasy book that's related to Fantasy, for example a book about Fantasy literature or fairy tales, a biography of a Fantasy author, or about writing Fantasy</b></p><p><b>Read a Fantasy book with an amazing cover<br />Read a Fantasy book with a horrible cover</b></p><p><b>Read a Fantasy book with a one word title</b></p><p><b>Read a Fantasy book that was made into a movie or tv-series</b></p><p><b>Read the Fantasy book you are most ashamed/sorry/irritated of not having read :-D </b></p><p><b>Read the Fantasy book that has been on your TBR the longest time<br />Read the Fantasy book that has been on your TBR the shortest time</b></p><p><b>Finish a Fantasy series<br />Start a Fantasy series</b></p><p><b>Read a self-published Fantasy novel <br /></b></p><p><b>Reread a favorite</b></p><p><b>Reread the first Fantasy book you ever read (or the first you remember) </b></p><p><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/18658168-literature-map-chain-challenge-2-0#comment_167330462">A literary Map Chain Challenge</a><br />
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Pick a number (how many books you are going to read, at least 5), and pick one of your favorite Fantasy authors and write his/her name on the <a href="https://www.literature-map.com/">Literature Map<br /></a>(If you don't know where to start, start with Tolkien :-D)<br />
You get a "map" with authors who are more or less similar to that author. The names closest are most similar to the author.<br />
Pick one of the names, check that they have written Fantasy, and read a Fantasy book by that author.<br />
Then insert his/her name in the map and choose the next author.<br />
Continue until you have read the number of books you chose in the beginning of the challenge.<br />
Don't read the same author twice!<b> <br /></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAnEEl9VxPicwmWFX7TqybNkUgkdv4P3cVykJbFXy67tdPQhYSfjNc5z5P1gMEqTyWSP6qKdSvRQvV7BGaLuxQlYRKkcoELKpIdNPvhzV8z6Ok_FVpSqpFLk8ZPok9NaiVp0XeqE1gKmA/s2642/2b6t85z4a7f11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1190" data-original-width="2642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAnEEl9VxPicwmWFX7TqybNkUgkdv4P3cVykJbFXy67tdPQhYSfjNc5z5P1gMEqTyWSP6qKdSvRQvV7BGaLuxQlYRKkcoELKpIdNPvhzV8z6Ok_FVpSqpFLk8ZPok9NaiVp0XeqE1gKmA/s320/2b6t85z4a7f11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>The only rule is that <b>the book has to be Fantasy</b>. </p><p>Not Science
Fiction, not Horror. </p><p>So - what's the difference?</p><p>* fantastical elements must be obvious through the whole work. </p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Outlander doesn't classify as Fantasy, because the only fantastical element I know of was the time travel through some kind of magic. I think there's some witches in the series later on, but 99% of the book is about the MC and her life in a totally normal environment in our world, and relations with other totally normal humans.<br /></p><p> * non-humans should be Fantasy races, not classical horror monsters, like vampires, werewolves, zombies and ghosts. Let's say that if they were humans once, and then something happened and now they are something else, then it's not fantasy. Even when the story in itself isn't a horror story, I classify it as belonging to Horror genre. This is why I have discarded a bunch of books that are marked as "Fantasy" on Goodreads, and that some others classify as Fantasy. If you have a vampire fighting heroine, or vampires fighting other vampires and werewolves, I classify it as part of Horror, not Fantasy.</p><p>* Paranormal events and talents classify also as Horror (ghost stories, most of the things Stephen King writes about), even if the story in itself isn't horrifying. Like Bid Time Return (Somewhere in Time). Unless the story is set in a Fantasy world, and the paranormal is just part of that world. <br /></p><p>* science should be equal or lesser partner to magic. Steampunk counts as Fantasy, when it's set in a Fantasy world, like in Terry Pratchett's Discworld. If the world doesn't have magic, more than our world does, and everything can be explained with science, technology, machines, and aliens, then it's SciFi, not Fantasy.</p><p>* Dystopian and post-apocalyptic stories are 9/10 SciFi, and not Fantasy. Hunger Games is not Fantasy. </p><p>* Magical realism is not a subgenre of Fantasy in my book, but it's own genre. It can be hard to separate Urban Fantasy and Magical realism, because they both are set in our modern world, but with a magical twist. In Urban Fantasy, the world is fantastical, with magic and magical beings, just as any other kind of Fantasy, but it's set in a world that looks like our world. In Magical realism, it's our world, but with... let's say chaos pockets, where magical things can happen. </p><p>* Even though a book is classified as Fantasy or Urban Fantasy, I don't count it as Fantasy, unless it fulfills these requirements. Check the genre classification on Goodreads, and if it says something like this:<br />Fantasy >
Paranormal, <br />Fantasy > Supernatural, <br />Romance > Paranormal Romance,
<br />Fantasy > Urban Fantasy, <br />Paranormal > Vampires<br />Science Fiction > Steampunk<br />Horror > Zombies<br />Science Fiction > Alternate History<br />Science Fiction > Time Travel <br />etc., it doesn't qualify as Fantasy for this challenge.
</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicAeAkvSzpTMhfOsMJA6fjDv33iKZeSqAMWR8rxa9C56rF4xx_jZopxkbxo5LLaH_LQGnJNdwrYjOTsei44MR1j4QZCglzj0zAxiS-6OZPUuKIu4oiWrU6_W0casY7bzAe2a4F0PgK5aA/s360/1q7gi7.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="149" data-original-width="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicAeAkvSzpTMhfOsMJA6fjDv33iKZeSqAMWR8rxa9C56rF4xx_jZopxkbxo5LLaH_LQGnJNdwrYjOTsei44MR1j4QZCglzj0zAxiS-6OZPUuKIu4oiWrU6_W0casY7bzAe2a4F0PgK5aA/s320/1q7gi7.gif" width="320" /></a></div><p> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bah, whom am I kidding? :-D<br />Read what ever you want. :-D</span><br /></p>Ketutarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817006362006690145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165461317496455738.post-2288992865781677382021-06-05T00:31:00.000+02:002021-06-05T00:31:02.465+02:002021 Reading Challenges Part II<p>Here's the "<a href="https://www.girlxoxo.com/the-master-list-of-2021-reading-challenges/">2021 Master List of Reading Challenges</a>" :-D</p><p><a href="https://www.the52book.club/challenges/2021-reading-challenge/">The 52 Reading Club </a><br /></p><p>Read a book set in a school<br />Read a book featuring the legal profession<br />Read a book with a dual timeline<br />Read a book by an author that is deceased<br />Read a book published by Penguin<br />Read a book with a character who shares a name with a male member of your family<br />Read a book by an author with only 1 published book<br />Read a book in the 900s of the Dewey Decimal System<br />Read a book set in a Mediterranean country<br />Read a book related to the word "fire"<br />Read a book with discussion questions inside<br />Read a book with a title starting with the letter "D"<br />Read a book which includen an exotic animal<br />Read a book written by an author who was over 65 when it was published<br />Read a book mentioned in another book<br />Read a book set before the 17th century<br />Read a book with a character "on the run"<br />Read a book with an author with a 9 letter last name<br />Read a book with a deckled edge<br />Read a book by Kristin Hannah<br />Read a family saga<br />Read a book with an ending that surprises you<br />Read a book you think should be read in schools<br />Read a book with multiple character POV<br />Read a book by an author of color<br />Read a book where the first chapter ends on an odd page number<br />Read a book that includes a historical event you know little about<br />Read a book featuring the environment<br />Watch out for dragons!<br />Read a book which has a title similar to another book<br />Read a book with a selfish character<br />Read a book featuring adoption<br />Read a book you'd rate 5 stars<br />Read a book set in a country that starts with the letter S<br />Read a book with a nameless narrator<br />Read an educational read<br />Read a book recommended on BookBub<br />Read an alternate history novel<br />Read a book found via #bookstagram<br />Read a book with an endorsement by a famous author on the cover<br />Read an epistolary<br />Read a book with a character who has a pet cat<br />Read a book that includes a garden<br />Read a coming of age novel<br />Read a National Book Award winner (any year)<br />Read a book with a character with a disability<br />Read a book with a cover with a woman facing away<br />Read a book with a flavour in the title<br />Read a book with a shoe on the cover<br />Read a book published 2021<br />Redo one of the previous challenges</p><p><a href="http://rickmillsproject.com/reading_challenges/beachcomber/2021/index.html">Beachcombers mystery reading challenge</a> sounds absolutely delightful</p><p>Likewise the <a href="http://rickmillsproject.com/reading_challenges/century_club/2020/index.html">Century Club</a> :-)</p><p><a href="https://www.novelknight.com/beat-the-backlist/">Beat the Backlist</a> sounds amazing as well :-D<br /></p><p>* more than one author (a book written by at least 2 authors; not an anthology)<br />* dragons OR lizards (a book featuring one or the other, or both!)<br />* it’s on a ship! (a book that takes place on a ship, the type of ship is up to you)<br />* purple cover (bring on the purple!)<br />* set in a major city (this can be any major city around the globe)<br />* book you forgot you had (don’t lie, you know there’s at least one… well, maybe you don’t know… yet)<br />* caused a major book hangover (the book was so good that you just don’t think you can start a new one just yet)<br />* multiple points of view (there are at least two different character perspectives)<br />* book you’re giving another chance (you tried it before and it just wasn’t working, but maybe this time…)<br />* quest to find lost/hidden object (this can be a search for any lost and/or hidden object so get creative!)<br />* chapter title page has art (the pages that mark the beginning of a new chapter feature some sort of artwork or design)<br />* kept you up late reading (definitely not a book you can easily put down)<br />* picked by a friend/trusted reviewer (whether a friend decided it or a reviewer online you trust recommended it, either is fair game)<br />* non-human character (a prominent character in the story is not human)<br />* first line is less than 10 words (that’s right, count ’em!)<br />* banned book (need ideas? check out this list!)<br />* cover features your favorite color prominently (make sure that color dominates the book cover)<br />* all about music (a story where music is a strong focus in some way)<br />* character lets out a breath they didn’t realize they were holding (if you’ve seen a line like this is a book, that’s what we’re looking for here)<br />* genre you never/rarely read (there has to be at least one genre you don’t usually pick up)<br />* standalone (allll byyy itself…)<br />* lost royalty (lost in time, lost to the world, don’t know who they are, interpret “lost” as you see fit)<br />* cover with your country’s flag colors (ideally the main colors of the cover but you may have to get creative)<br />* written in letters or diary entries (yes, we mean books told through letters or diary entries, the word is “epistolary” if you were looking for it)<br />* book centered around politics (everything from court intrigue to presidential elections!)<br />* features a carnival or circus (doesn’t have to be the main story, just part of it)<br />* snake on the cover (we bet you can think of a few…)<br />* on the Indie Bestseller list in 2020 or earlier (you can find the list archive by clicking here)<br />* historical with a twist (stories set in history that didn’t quite happen that way)<br />* character has a dream scene (if the protagonist details a dream then wakes up, you’ve got a dream scene)<br />* set in autumn (at least part of the story)<br />* based on non-Greek/Roman mythology (literally any other mythology works here)<br />* non-binary protagonist (the book’s protagonist identifies as non-binary)<br />* a book with illustrations (anything from graphic novels and manga to small illustrations throughout an otherwise text-heavy novel)<br />* WTF plot twist (those twists that make you wonder WTF, whether it’s in a good way… or bad)<br />* second book in a duology (time to get to that duology you started but haven’t finished yet)<br />* non-fairytale re-telling (any spin on something that isn’t a classic fairytale)<br />* from your 2020 backlist TBR (a backlist book you planned to read last year… and didn’t)<br />* book where the woods/forest are important (exactly like it sounds, the woods are forest are an important part of the story in some way)<br />* black and white (interpret as you wish)<br />* novella (generally under 200 pages)<br />* person on the cover (character art or models count!)<br />* anthology (here is where you can play the anthology card, short stories generally around a theme with one or more editors)<br />* has a map (any kind of map will do!)<br />* book about bones OR “bone” in the title (take your pick, a book featuring bones prominently or one that has the word “bone” in the title)<br />* good book, bad cover (another one exactly as it sounds, you liked the book but the cover is… not good)<br />* brings out the geek in you (whether it’s a fandom dream or you’re just really into rocks and this book talks about rocks, whatever makes you geek out!)<br />* bought it for the cover (we’re sure you’ve done it at least once)<br />* book written in verse (a novel told through poetry)<br />* includes a 2nd person point of view (at least one character narrates the story as “you walk” or “you go” vs “I walk/They walk”)<br />* author has a book releasing in 2021 (let’s support authors’ backlists! if they have a new book coming out, count any of their previous books published in 2020 or earlier)<br />* mentions a pineapple (yes we’re serious.)</p><p><a href="https://bloggersbookshelf.blogspot.com/2020/12/book-club-some-changes-for-2021.html">2021 Book Club</a><br /><br />* an unusual format<br />* set in a country you've never visited<br />* LGBTQ+ protagonist<br />* a story about witches or magic<br />* read in one sitting<br />* with foiling on the cover<br />* based on a real event<br />* a multigenerational story<br />* on your TBR for over a year<br />* set at or featuring a wedding<br />* one word title<br />* with a face on the cover<br />* a murder mystery<br />* a play<br />* mentioned in a TV show or film you love<br />* an autobiography or memoir<br />* a 2021 release<br />* with snow on the cover<br />* an audiobook<br />* written by an author who is younger than you<br />* a book with illustrations<br />* 500+ pages<br />* with flowers on the cover<br />* 2020 Goodreads Choice Award winner or nominee</p><p><a href="https://bookriot.com/read-harder-2021/">Book Riot’s 2021 Read Harder Challenge</a><br /></p><p>* Read a book you’ve been intimidated to read<br />* Read a nonfiction book about anti-racism<br />* Read a non-European novel in translation<br />* Read an LGBTQ+ history book<br />* Read a genre novel by an Indigenous, First Nations, or Native American author<br />* Read a fanfic<br />* Read a fat-positive romance<br />* Read a romance by a trans or nonbinary author<br />* Read a middle grade mystery<br />* Read an SFF anthology edited by a person of color<br />* Read a food memoir by an author of color<br />* Read a work of investigative nonfiction by an author of color<br />* Read a book with a cover you don’t like<br />* Read a realistic YA book not set in the U.S., UK, or Canada<br />* Read a memoir by a Latinx author<br />* Read an own voices book about disability<br />* Read an own voices YA book with a Black main character that isn’t about Black pain<br />* Read a book by/about a non-Western world leader<br />* Read a historical fiction with a POC or LGBTQ+ protagonist<br />* Read a book of nature poems<br />* Read a children’s book that centers a disabled character but not their disability<br />* Read a book set in the Midwest<br />* Read a book that demystifies a common mental illness<br />* Read a book featuring a beloved pet where the pet doesn’t die</p><p><a href="https://northernplunder.com/2021-reading-challenge-books-and-tea/">Books and Tea 2021 reading challenge</a><br /><br />1. Hexed with Colour – ask a friend for a colour, read a book with a cover to match<br />2. Hidden Creations – an author’s lesser known book / a lesser known author<br />3. Stardust – a book you’ve owned since 2016<br />4. Awesome, Of Course – a book by an author of colour<br />5. In Satan we Stan – a book with 666 pages or longer<br />6. Full of Pride – LGBT+ books and authors<br />7. Highly Recommended – a recommendation from a friend<br />8. A Fresh Look – a new to you diverse read*<br />9. Star’s the Limit – travel to another country or world<br />10. New Kids on the Pub(lisher) – 2021 debut author<br />11. Opposites Attract – swap a TBR entry with someone<br />12. Small Stories – an anthology or book that’s shorter than most </p><p><a href="https://booklistqueen.com/reading-challenge-2021/">A Book A Week Reading Challenge 2021 with The Booklist Queen</a><br /><br />1. A Productivity Book<br />2. Book Becoming Movie in 2021<br />3. Goodreads Winner in 2020<br />4. Biography<br />5. About a Pressing Social Issue<br />6. A Book About Books<br />7. Set in the 1920s<br />8. An Author Who Uses Initials<br />9. Poetry<br />10. A 2020 Bestseller<br />11. Recommended by a Colleague<br />12. With a Number in the Title<br />13. Bottom of Your To-Read List<br />14. Reread a Favorite Book<br />15. Own Voices Story<br />16. Published in the 1800s<br />17. Local Author<br />18. Longer Than 400 Pages<br />19. A Book Turned Into a TV Series <br />20. A Book That Makes You Think<br />21. A WWII Story<br />22. A Highly Anticipated Book<br />23. Eye-Catching Cover<br />24. A Summer Read<br />25. Coming of Age Story<br />26. Bestselling Memoir<br />27. Book Club Favorite<br />28. A Book About Friendship<br />29. An Audiobook<br />30. Set in Australia<br />31. By a Nobel Prize winner<br />32. About an Immigrant<br />33. Time Travel Novel<br />34. An Author You Love<br />35. Childhood Favorite<br />36. Classic Read in High School<br />37. Borrowed from the Library<br />38. Nonfiction New York Times Bestseller<br />39. From an Indie Publisher<br />40. Fantasy<br />41. A Sequel<br />42. Recommended by a Librarian<br />43. Psychological Thriller<br />44. Oprah Winfrey Book Club Pick<br />45. A Book About Technology<br />46. Title with Three Words<br />47. Debut Novel of Famous Author<br />48. Genre You Don’t Usually Read<br />49. A Book Everyone Is Talking About<br />50. You Own But Haven’t Read<br />51. Borrowed from a Friend<br />52. A 2021 New Release</p><p><a href="https://buildyourlibrary.com/2021-build-your-library-reading-challenge/">Build Your Library 2021 Reading Challenge</a><br /><br />* A book with your favorite color on the cover<br />* A story that takes place under the sea<br />* A story set in a country you want to visit <br />* A story written in verse<br />* A story set in a library<br />* A story inspired by mythology<br />* A fairy tale retold<br />* A book written by an Indigenous author<br />* A genre you never pick up (ex: mystery, romance, fantasy...)<br />* A book about a game<br />* A sequel you have been meaning to pick up<br />* A book with a household pet in the story<br />* A book in translation<br />* A book by a favorite author<br />* A book by an author you have never read from before<br />* A book you think will be a new favorite<br />* A book that was released the year you were born<br />* A book about food<br />* A book with a house on the cover<br />* A book that makes you feel nostalgic<br />* A new release you are excited about<br />* A book recommended by a friend<br />* A book that a family member loves<br />* A biography or memoir<br />* A classic<br />* A book published in your lifetime that you think should be a considered a classic<br />* A book that won an award<br />* A book about an issue that is important to you<br />* A book written by a person of color<br />* A short story collection<br />* A book that was adapted into a movie or television show<br />* A book about music<br />* A book with LGBTQIA+ representation<br />* A play<br />* A book written by a local author<br />* A non-fiction book about a topic you want to learn more about<br />* A book about girls in STEM<br />* A book set in your favorite vacation destination (ex: beach, camping, amusement park...)<br />* A book with an animal on the cover<br />* A book with a cover that makes you feel cozy<br />* Your favorite book<br /><br /></p>Ketutarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817006362006690145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165461317496455738.post-28149934106158027082021-06-04T21:29:00.003+02:002021-06-04T21:29:43.500+02:00Oh, the troubles I've seen...<p> So... </p><p>So many thoughts. </p><p>About The Bronze Horseman. USA's relationship with Russia might not have been very warm before WWII, but a lot of people immigrated from Russia to USA. USA and Russia were allied during the WWII. Russia was at war with Finland. Finland was allied with Germany. <br />So, no, you wouldn't have gone to Finland to escape Soviet Russia. Especially when Alexander was USonian. Idiot.</p><p>About writing commissioned work, and translating... I'm trying, but the story feels so stupid, I have serious difficulties. How do I keep my contempt from showing in the writing? How do I stop myself from "improving" the book? It's not that there's anything elementally wrong with the story, it's just that I don't belong to the target audience, my taste and preferences are very different. I would rate this book one or two stars if I was to read it. *sigh* <br />I'm glad I don't need to do this, at the same time, I wish I could. I wish I could see it as just work, and keep my personal preferences, taste, opinions and feelings out of it. </p><p>I really wish I could push out pulp fiction thousands of words every day...<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEils78fm7U1Pt9KZ-PZQa8NDFYYiasmO-FQq5L1T2jSipOnSOV-OGMZgPZbWmsjMyNT9ISLgmWbGYot8ag1WFIpFvx_bgkc65kY1Gnk_WuXBFIDt15pLG8UCt5nyLvPv9aPOIyWSaGEpSQ/s340/430940_writing-png-writer-png-transparent-library-png-download.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="340" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEils78fm7U1Pt9KZ-PZQa8NDFYYiasmO-FQq5L1T2jSipOnSOV-OGMZgPZbWmsjMyNT9ISLgmWbGYot8ag1WFIpFvx_bgkc65kY1Gnk_WuXBFIDt15pLG8UCt5nyLvPv9aPOIyWSaGEpSQ/s320/430940_writing-png-writer-png-transparent-library-png-download.png" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Ketutarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817006362006690145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165461317496455738.post-4114169804930851802021-06-04T03:00:00.003+02:002021-06-04T03:00:40.044+02:00 2021 Reading Challenges part I<p><b><a href="https://www.popsugar.co.uk/entertainment/reading-challenge-2021-48019686?utm_medium=redirect&utm_campaign=US:SE&utm_source=www.google.com">2021 PopSugar Reading Challenge</a></b><br /><br />A book that's published in 2021</p><p>An <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/afrofuturism">Afrofuturist book</a> </p><p>A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNdtuI-JW0mZyCDkbhJZCZ4uFOhCZgeDCLExC-LPu1dXB2n6CtVo7wPVJ6fD4VYieD3jduyC_KdCvBq9Y3thscaeSPjeXei6N2aSk708G3O1xCXcBjh9vNEchzRbA_Fa0QnXtywPyB8Jg/s880/Image2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="880" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNdtuI-JW0mZyCDkbhJZCZ4uFOhCZgeDCLExC-LPu1dXB2n6CtVo7wPVJ6fD4VYieD3jduyC_KdCvBq9Y3thscaeSPjeXei6N2aSk708G3O1xCXcBjh9vNEchzRbA_Fa0QnXtywPyB8Jg/s320/Image2.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Some authors who share my zodiac sign are Gertrude Chandler Warner, Anne McCaffrey, Kate DiCamillo, Joseph Campbell, Patrick Süskind, Nikolai Gogol, Andrew Lang, Hans Christian Andersen, Sue Townsend, Maya Angelou, Barbara Kingsolver, Marguerite Henry, James Branch Cabell, and Karen Blixen.</p><p>A <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/dark-academia">dark academia</a> book</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo<br />A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik<br /></p><p>A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title</p><p>A book where the main character works at your current or dream job</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">That would be<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/533.Books_About_Librarians"> a librarian</a> :-D</p><p>A book that has won the <a href="https://www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/reading-women">Women's Prize for Fiction</a> </p><p>A book with a family tree</p><p>A <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/155606.Popsugar_2021_10_A_Bestseller_from_the_1990s">bestseller from the 1990s</a> </p><p>A book about forgetting</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler <br />but I might re-read The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall. Loved it.<br /></p><p>A book you have seen on someone's bookshelf</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNyQeBP5TvQzmmwob742ucRHXqL2i2W2HrRYC-dVXxB4H1mrVU6ELOivkQjIt9bhiWuOTlmkNl0VqOVuPo-6a-YLJSgfWuSOVlrqZ8bJzslwcnBp0dnKP6Buzuf8V9HnOixHUGQC3ermU/s675/Image6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="374" data-original-width="675" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNyQeBP5TvQzmmwob742ucRHXqL2i2W2HrRYC-dVXxB4H1mrVU6ELOivkQjIt9bhiWuOTlmkNl0VqOVuPo-6a-YLJSgfWuSOVlrqZ8bJzslwcnBp0dnKP6Buzuf8V9HnOixHUGQC3ermU/s320/Image6.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/locked-room-mystery">A locked-room mystery</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/155609.Popsugar_2021_14_A_Book_Set_in_a_Restaurant">A book set in a restaurant</a> </p><p>A book with a black-and-white cover</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXWxBLc-Jkir05g8MteAJonkQBG3sb9haCotIxPzERGm6JGTYLgNvwRwIr3e9jM6MZozWFZ5xew45Ukkccj18MNYW4T98qPucX7JkVbC_p7cnlIWvdOB3LkplFcLC7hgthNsiyW6lC8G8/s973/Image2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="973" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXWxBLc-Jkir05g8MteAJonkQBG3sb9haCotIxPzERGm6JGTYLgNvwRwIr3e9jM6MZozWFZ5xew45Ukkccj18MNYW4T98qPucX7JkVbC_p7cnlIWvdOB3LkplFcLC7hgthNsiyW6lC8G8/s320/Image2.png" width="320" /></a></div><p><br />A book by an indigenous author</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">I would like to read a book by an indigenous author from my part of the world</p><p>A book that has the same title as a song</p><p></p><p>A book about a subject you are passionate about</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">I'm passionate about many things, but I chose languages for this<br />Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler<br />Native Tongue by Suzette Haden Elgin (I have studied some Láadan :-D)<br />Sing by Karin Tidbeck<br />Looking Through Lace by Ruth Nestvold<br />Amatka by Karin Tidbeck<br />Monteverde: Memoirs of an Interstellar Linguist by Lola Robles<br />Always Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin</p><p>A book that discusses body positivity</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Flora Segunda by Ysabeau S. Wilce<br />Libriomancer by Jim C. Hines<br />War for the Oaks by Emma Bull <br /></p><p>A book found on a <a href="https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/list/share/709652867/1066283627">Black Lives Matter reading list</a></p><p></p><p>A genre hybrid</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Some suggestions:</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton<br />Kindred by Octavia E. Butler<br />The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee <br />Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir<br />The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin<br />Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch</p><p>A book set mostly or entirely outdoors</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">I think of Warriors and Watership Down :-D Books about wild animals.<br /></p><p>A book with something broken on the cover</p><p>A book by a Muslim American author</p><p>A book that was published anonymously<br /></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">I'm choosing <a href="https://librivox.org/the-life-of-lazarillo-de-tormes-markham-translation-by-unknown/">The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes</a></p><p></p><p>A book with an oxymoron in the title</p><p>A book about do-overs or fresh starts</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Middlegame by Seanan McGuire<br />The Midnight Library by Matt Haig <br /></p><p>A magical realism book</p><p>A book set in multiple countries</p><p>A book set somewhere you'd like to visit in 2021</p><p>A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">The Forgetting Moon by Brian Lee Durfee </p><p>A book whose title starts with Q, X, or Z</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Zothique by Clark Ashton Smith<br />Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson<br />The Queen of the Tearling</p><p>A book featuring three generations (Grandparent, parent, child)</p><p>A book about a social justice issue</p><p>A book in a different format than what you normally read</p><p>A book with fewer than 1000 reviews on Amazon/Goodreads</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Alane Adams' The Witches of Orkney series - less than 200 ratings!</p><p>A book you think your best friend would like<br />A book about art or an artist<br />A book everyone seems to have read but you</p><p><span> </span> 1Q84</p><p>Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge<br /><br />Advanced<br /><br />The longest book (with most pages) on your TBR list</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Clarissa by Samuel Richardson 1,534 pp<br />Le Roman de Renart 1,593 pp</p><p>The shortest book (with least pages) on your TBR list</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Love of Seven Dolls by Paul Gallico (125 pages) <br /></p><p>The book on your TBR list with the prettiest cover</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUFt8XRWcTA_DbtFCEUedmrcJ1zcqOR1kJ80TbdJrb791p8uBQXyR7dmt5R3dFeTiWb8VIYNbL2rYVUdrxKAmw40AO2c-8K4LDrKhYmNlvF5jTHq8h-_T2KsqBlfHf6bZIm5A7RGE9d_E/s475/36321739.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUFt8XRWcTA_DbtFCEUedmrcJ1zcqOR1kJ80TbdJrb791p8uBQXyR7dmt5R3dFeTiWb8VIYNbL2rYVUdrxKAmw40AO2c-8K4LDrKhYmNlvF5jTHq8h-_T2KsqBlfHf6bZIm5A7RGE9d_E/s320/36321739.jpg" /></a></div><br /> The book on your TBR list with the ugliest cover<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj55DE-Hvg9draoqaFu5hN1vMWE8wzi0zHYEI3PcWTekY-pgvmRYGDblGMqjv87arln-LgMrzRNox_T2A4Y30I2JjOtEAl0xUoAe2pOtyhqNOfS4a9Nu5Aggsmg9EYw2U3uROdfUTMu_nU/s400/676737.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="259" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj55DE-Hvg9draoqaFu5hN1vMWE8wzi0zHYEI3PcWTekY-pgvmRYGDblGMqjv87arln-LgMrzRNox_T2A4Y30I2JjOtEAl0xUoAe2pOtyhqNOfS4a9Nu5Aggsmg9EYw2U3uROdfUTMu_nU/s320/676737.jpg" /></a></div><br /> The book that's been on your TBR list for the longest amount of time<p></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">World Without End by Ken Follett <br /></p><p>A book from your TBR list you meant to read last year, but didn't</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">The Fire by Katherine Neville <br /></p><p>A book from your TBR list you associate with a favorite person, place, or thing</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Homeland by R.A.Salvatore <br /></p><p>A book from your TBR list chosen at random</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Queen of Hearts by Colleen Oakes <br /></p><p>A DNF book from your TBR list</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">The Poppy War by R.F.Kuang <br /></p><p>A free book from your TBR list (gifted, borrowed, library...)</p><br />Ketutarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817006362006690145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165461317496455738.post-88350364391820946852021-06-03T18:26:00.001+02:002021-06-04T21:30:11.572+02:00So... I'm reading again...<p> I "blame" my husband.</p><p>I stopped reading somewhere mid-November last year. The spark just wasn't there. I read two books in December, and a couple of books in March, but other than that... nah. I was on my "I'll make clothes for dolls" mode, there was no time to read anything. </p><p>But my husband... he recommended a book. And it was good. And I read the sequel, and #3 in the series as well, and then we we reading #4 at the same time, so we started listening to it together, so I needed to find another book to read while we weren't listening to #4, and... now I'm reading. Forget dolls, who cares about dolls? I suppose I have to pack all my dolls now and clean the space in front of the bookshelves :-D</p><p>Anyway, I have my Fantasy book project - not going to read all the Fantasy published in 2021 for Goodreads awards, that stuff stinks anyway, but reading "the best Fantasy books..."</p><p>You know me, I can't resist a challenge... so I happened to see the Medieval-a-Thon<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sRRvc6pjPBI" width="320" youtube-src-id="sRRvc6pjPBI"></iframe></div><p>I want to do all of it :-D</p>So, the Medieval-a-thon was supposed to run in January, but, what the heck, I'm here on June. It doesn't matter at all. :-D<br /><p><br /><b>Blacksmith: </b><br /> </p><p>Read a book with gold, silver, or bronze in the title or cover <br />I suppose it's high time to read the Daevabad Trilogy :-D (The City of Brass, The Kingdom of Copper and The Empire of Gold)<br />Or maybe A.A.Aguirre's Apparatus Infernum (Bronze Gods and Silver Mirrors)</p><p></p><p>A book you're scared to read<br />That would be A Game of Thrones<br /></p><p>A book with a weapon on the cover <br />Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence <br />Black Prism by Brent Weeks <br />Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan<br /></p><p>A hardcover<br />This could be anything<br /></p><p>A series finale<br />Ursula K. Le Guin The Other Wind<br /><b><br />Tailor/Seamstress</b></p><p>Read a book you're unsure about</p><p>First book to a series<br />The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson<br /></p><p>A book embossed or foiling on the cover<br />The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald<br /></p><p>The last book you bought/borrowed<br />The Eye of the World (for Daniel Greene's read-a-long)<br /></p><p>Prettiest book on your shelf<br />Rin Chupeco's Bone Witch or Never Tilting World<br />The Starlit Wood (New fairy tales by several authors)<br />The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHy8G-DMEL74JlJtoQgfMrcbOesjEFYxPd5vvVl1Ysk7N1Q0upGeccIApMdxwJIcF3hRhF-BMAHC0fQCTh3yLayi2-4hIvFtfsAHlCM5NlQNq7Fc1NDWgea1g7jFWkG_ugU_-PDQfrSeg/s400/36321739._UY400_SS400_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHy8G-DMEL74JlJtoQgfMrcbOesjEFYxPd5vvVl1Ysk7N1Q0upGeccIApMdxwJIcF3hRhF-BMAHC0fQCTh3yLayi2-4hIvFtfsAHlCM5NlQNq7Fc1NDWgea1g7jFWkG_ugU_-PDQfrSeg/s320/36321739._UY400_SS400_.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p><b>Bard</b> </p><p>Read a book with a great first line<br />"When you are tired of life, come to Haven. And someone will kill you." <br />The Guards of Haven by Simon R. Green</p><p>A book with a travel element<br />The Wayfarer Redemption by Sara Douglass<br /><br />A book title that's a character name<br />Seraphina by Rachel Hartman</p><p>A book over 400 pages<br />It's Fantasy, so all of these books have over 400 pages :-D<br />The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison<br /></p><p>A book with multiple authors<br />The Golden Key by Jennifer Roberson, Melanie Rawn, Kate Elliot <br /><br /><b>Clergy</b> </p><p>Read an underrated book<br />The Baker's Boy by J.V. Jones<br />C.S.Friedman's Black Sun Rising<br />Jennifer Roberson's Shapechangers<br />Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince<br /></p><p>A book about books<br />The Book Jumper by Mechthild Gläser<br /></p><p>A book with a person on the cover<br />Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb<br /></p><p>A book with the chosen one trope<br />The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna<br />Burn by Patrick Ness<br />The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner<br />The Magicians by Lev Grossman<br /></p><p>Read whatever you want<br />Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson<br /><br /><b>Baker</b> </p><p>Read a book chosen for you <br />that would be Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson</p><p>A debut novel<br />Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft<br /></p><p>A book with brown on the cover<br />The Crown Tower by Michael J. Sullivan<br /></p><p>A book from a genre you don't read from<br />Hmm... what would that be? I mean, I read most genres, mostly Fantasy though, and the genres I do not read I don't read for a reason, and I will not read those genres. <br /></p><p>A book by an author you admire<br /></p>Ketutarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817006362006690145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165461317496455738.post-7847290825588560812020-11-10T07:30:00.042+01:002021-06-02T23:43:48.491+02:00Top 5... books I haven’t read yet<p>Top 5 Tuesday is a weekly meme that explores different topics.</p><p>Originally created by Shanah at <a href="https://bionicbookwormblog.wordpress.com/">Bionic Book Worm</a>, it is now hosted by Meeghan at <a href="https://meeghanreads.com/">Meeghan Reads</a>.</p><p>For a list of November topics you can click <a href="https://meeghanreads.com/top-5-tuesday-november-2020-topics/">here</a>.</p><p>To participate, link your post back to Meeghan's blog or leave a comment on <a href="https://meeghanreads.com/top-5-books-i-havent-read-yet/">her weekly post</a>.</p><p>----------</p><p>Here's five books that have been published this year, or that I found this year and want to read.</p><p><b>The Seven Sisters by Neil Gaiman (Not published yet)</b></p><p>I
love Neverwhere. I think it was my second Neil Gaiman, after Good Omens.
So when I heard he's written (or is writing?) a sequel, it got to my
TBR list. I haven't read it yet, because it hasn't been published yet! </p><p><b>The City We Became by N.K.Jemisin</b></p><p>Nora Jemisin is one of my ideals, so this is another book I just had to read :-D I have it, but haven't read it. X-] <br /></p><p></p><p><b>Piranesi by Susanna Clarke</b></p><p>I love <span class="aCOpRe"><span>Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, so when I read about a new book by Susanna Clarke, it got to my TBR list immediately. I have it, but I still haven't even started it! :-D<br /></span></span></p><p><b>Incendiary by Zoraida Cordova</b></p><p>I participate in PopSugar Reading Challenge, and one of the prompts is "a book published 2020". <br />I like her <span id="freeTextContainerauthor4824952">Brooklyn Brujas series, so this one popped up as a potential candidate. I read another book, but this still got to the TBR list, because of Brooklyn Brujas :-D</span> </p><b>La Tempête des échos by Christelle Dabos</b><p>I have read the three first books, and I love this series, so when I read the 4th comes out this year, it got to my TBR list. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSkjaxbNc0LOtJkiemMFvh2B-lSPSqHGgjfw7_0Y_74L2lcnL7vPJdwIR_T_jzP0R6tYFbwuZe8Eq1YZfZhcLlndN2Src9nVKY0HKRVPTFka8qwTPJgqdiDBFFKvsadI9gIRdoWOY1dyc/s2048/912knWPYiNL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1410" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSkjaxbNc0LOtJkiemMFvh2B-lSPSqHGgjfw7_0Y_74L2lcnL7vPJdwIR_T_jzP0R6tYFbwuZe8Eq1YZfZhcLlndN2Src9nVKY0HKRVPTFka8qwTPJgqdiDBFFKvsadI9gIRdoWOY1dyc/s320/912knWPYiNL.jpg" /></a></div><br />Ketutarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817006362006690145noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165461317496455738.post-50917422049690697832020-11-03T14:22:00.001+01:002021-06-02T23:42:20.289+02:00Top 5... new authors<p>Top 5 Tuesday is a weekly meme that explores different topics.</p><p>Originally created by Shanah at <a href="https://bionicbookwormblog.wordpress.com/">Bionic Book Worm</a>, it is now hosted by Meeghan at <a href="https://meeghanreads.com/">Meeghan Reads</a>.</p><p>For a list of November topics you can click <a href="https://meeghanreads.com/top-5-tuesday-november-2020-topics/">here</a>.</p><p>To participate, link your post back to Meeghan's blog or leave a comment on <a href="https://meeghanreads.com/top-5-new-authors/">her weekly post</a>.</p><p> My top 5 new authors</p><p>Oh... there are so many! But, I have to name five, and here are five authors whose work I read first this year, and whose work I like very much. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHpJzYy19QHKY99GGmIQR_aIhvliysG6CbhLZhJkruQygkczZ1HCemNWI_ixjvSrW93ArbxxvxOzX4AJJ_ZIocc5sfuVDORpIMhyphenhyphenutzRgmXZNgZtg92xVHRsn4bkmj6QNODYJ9rgFHjM/s890/erin+morgenstern.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHpJzYy19QHKY99GGmIQR_aIhvliysG6CbhLZhJkruQygkczZ1HCemNWI_ixjvSrW93ArbxxvxOzX4AJJ_ZIocc5sfuVDORpIMhyphenhyphenutzRgmXZNgZtg92xVHRsn4bkmj6QNODYJ9rgFHjM/s320/erin+morgenstern.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Erin Morgenstern. </p><p>I read Starless Sea and it was... like... the best book ever written, the only book ever written, the only book worth reading, like all the other books in the world are just cheap surrogates because I can't be reading Starless Sea for the rest of my life. It took me quite a long time to start reading again :-D</p><p>Fredrik Backman</p><p>Anna-Marie McLemore</p><p>Aiden Thomas</p><p>Andrzej Sapkowski</p><p>Honorary mentions:<br />Karin Erlandsson, Margery Allingham, Roseanne A. Brown, Seanan McGuire, Leena Kellosalo, SM Reine, Noelle Stevenson, Michael La Ronn, Vaseem Khan, Jonathan Howard, L.L.McKinney, Laini Taylor, Claire Luana<br /><br />The worst reading experience this year:<br />Amanda McIntyre, C.C.Bergius, Cassandra Clare, Bimisi Tayanita, V.E.Schwab <br /></p>Ketutarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817006362006690145noreply@blogger.com2