Tanya Patrice’s Comments (group member since Dec 31, 2019)

Tanya Patrice’s comments from the Chapter Adventure Reading Challenges group.

Recommendations:
* The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
* The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
* The Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy #1) by Katherine Arden
* The Hypnotist's Love Story by Liane Moriarty

Your task this month is to read at least 1 book that WON a book award in MARCH - any year.

Awards that have been announced in March include:
* The Audie Awards
* The National Book Critics Circle Awards

--- Comment below with ---
(1) the name book you're reading for the challenge,
(2) the name and year of the award it won
(3) CHALLENGE COMPLETE if you've finished reading the book.

Your task this month is to read at least 1 book that WON a book award in FEBRUARY - any year.

Awards that have been announced in February include:
* Cybils Awards
* The 2018 American Library Association (ALA) Youth Media Awards.
* The 2018 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction - another ALA Award). It will also be presented in Feb, this year (Feb. 4, 2021).
* The 2019 PEN America Literary Awards.

--- Comment below with ---
(1) the name book you're reading for the challenge,
(2) the name and year of the award it won
(3) CHALLENGE COMPLETE if you've finished reading the book.

Your task this month is to read at least 1 book that WON a book award in January - any year.

Awards that have been announced in January include:
* Costa Book Awards
* The American Library Association Awards (ALA) including the Youth Media Awards - like the Alex Awards and the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction ... but these awards are sometimes presented in early February - so be careful which year you choose.
* The AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books (Children and Young Adults)

--- Comment below with ---
(1) the name book you're reading for the challenge,
(2) the name and year of the award it won
(3) CHALLENGE COMPLETE if you've finished reading the book.

Phew! Got at least one in - I did November's award winner - Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh - winner of the 2020 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella. I absolutely loved it. Very quick read - whimsical and magical. There's a 2nd book in the series so I plan on reading that too.

Loved this challenge and look forward to doing it again next year. One thing I might do differently is choose all the books at the beginning of the year - and change it if I feel like when the month comes.

1*** Didn't complete May and June - couldn't concentrate on reading those months - caught up in a pandemic funk.
2*** August was so the hardest month for me to find something that fit the challenge - but so happy I randomly came across When We Were Vikings which was pretty good.
3*** Faves included The Girl in the Tower (that series is sooo good).
4*** Least favorite - probably Night Shadow by Nora Roberts - I rolled my eyes too many times at the romance tropes.

Challenge Completed - I actually ended up reading The Haunting of Tram Car 015, by P. Djèlí Clark. Loved it! This is a short novella which I listened to as an audiobook. It's about the haunting of a tram car BUT this book is set in an alternate history setting of Cairo in 1912 - where magic and magical creatures have been released into the World.

Let's recap our year doing the Monthly Key Word reading challenge! You can answer the questions below - or share anything you want ...

* Did you read a book every month? Which months did you - or did you not do?
* Which months / keywords were the most challenging to find a book to read?
* What was your favorite book read for the challenge?
* What was your least favorite book or genre that you read?

Any suggestions for us for 2021?

Let's recap our year with the Monthly Motif reading challenge! You can answer the questions below - or share anything you want ...

* Did you read a book every month? Which months did you do - or did you not do?
* Which months were the most challenging to find a book to read?
* What was your favorite motif and book read for the challenge?
* What was your least favorite book or genre that you read?

Any suggestions for us for 2021

Here are your key words for December:

"Sword, Magic, Fly, Of, Silver, Crown"

Post your book selections below

Let's recap our year for the Monthly Motif Reading Challenge! You can answer the questions below - or share anything you want ...
* Did you read a book every month? Which months did you - or did you not do?
* Which months were the most challenging to find a book to read?
* What was your favorite book read for the challenge?
* What was your least favorite book or genre that you read?

Let's recap our year reading Award Winning Books every month! You can answer the questions below - or share anything you want ...
* Did you read a book every month? Which months did you - or did you not do?
* Which months were the most challenging to find a book to read?
* What was your favorite book read for the challenge?
* What was your least favorite book or genre that you read?

Any suggestions for us for 2021?

Cecil wrote: "Okay, this is a real challenge for me. I tried looking over cozy mysteries and other Christmas stories, and just can’t get into sappy and silly for a genre. Great for some, not my cup of tea. (Will..."

I would say then do the "winter themed" part - think either has a winter setting, winter in the title or winter theme on the cover. Not sure if you like Fantasy - if you do Spinning Silver and The Bear and the Nightingale are excellent.

Completed - We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach. Really liked this, although a little sad at the end - well.

Simone wrote: "This one was an absolute slow burner, but that made it super creepy! I will never look at mushrooms the same way. I'm glad this was a buddy read for me and I had someone to discuss the book with.

..."

I read it last month and completely agree - slow burner ... and it was interesting to see the direction it went (with the mushrooms)

Cecil wrote: "Challenge Complete! I've read two books on this so far:
, by Stephen King, for which I had to go back and read "The Shining" first (last month). Saw the movie, but ..."

I loved all the books you mentioned! I still haven't seen the movie for Doctor Sleep!

I'm read Night Shadow by Nora Roberts

The Key Words for October are:

“Haunt, Around, Shadow, Grave, Murder, Deep“

Please comment with your book selection below and mark it CHALLENGE COMPLETE when you've finished it.

Here are some suggestions from us:

The motif for October is Thrills and Chills.

“Ghost stories, haunted houses, true crime, murder mysteries, a thriller keeping you on the edge of your seat- it’s up to you!”

Comment with your book choices below and mark CHALLENGE COMPLETE when you've finished reading it.

Here are our suggestions:

I'm reading Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo which won the 2019 Booker (along with The Testaments by Margaret Atwood). I've been meaning to read this forever so I'm thrilled to get to it this month.