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

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

Remembered Terminal Boredom: Stories by Suzuki Izumi. This collection of decades old, dark speculative fiction short stories..."

How did you like it?

Cecil wrote: "Challenge complete!
Key Word: Midnight
Book: The Midnight Line by Lee Child
Another wild, twisted ride with Jack Reacher. My review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"

I watched the series Cecil and loved the character portrayal of Reacher. It made me want to read the book - and I'm usually a one or the other type of person.

Challenge Complete
Key Word; When
Book: When She Was Good by Michael Robotham.
My comments: Reading about child sexual abuse is really hard, and the author brought out all the feels. It was uncomfortable, sad, angry - everything. So good book overall.

Challenge Complete!
I read An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard (for the Book Award challenge) - but the author is female so it qualifies for this challenge too :0) Bonus that it's a new to me author, and since I loved this book I'm sure I'll be reading more from her in the future.

CHALLENGE COMPLETE
I read An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard which won a 2018 Alex Award (announced Feb 12) - loved it. It shows a different perspective on magic and how it works - and its pretty fast paced and intense.

Kimberly wrote: "Well, I had plans to read Midnight in Chernobyl which won an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence BUT I just realized that it won in 2020 and in 2020 the award was given at the end of January that ..."

Sorry Kim - It was presented on Jan. 26, 2020.

Yalonda wrote: "Tanya Patrice wrote: "Challenge Complete! I read The Unfamiliar Garden by Benjamin Percy - a newly published book (Jan. 4, 2022)."

This looks so good! What did you ..."

Loved it! I read the first book in the series too (but each stands alone). I will say the books are really disturbing though - I could never read them back to back!

Challenge Complete!
Word: Girl
Title: Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire

This is the 7th and latest book in the Wayward Children series. It's not my favorite book of the series, but I really enjoyed it. I think the Worlds the author comes up with are so imaginative - and although this book took place (mostly) in the "human" World, I enjoyed the glimpses into where the children had been.

Sarah wrote: "CHALLENGE COMPLETE
Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby
2021 Winner of the Anthony, Macavity, and Thriller Awards

Phew! Just finished, and this is an excellent read i..."

This sounds amazing - I hope I get to it for 2022 challenge!

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

Awards that have been announced in MAY include:
* The Nebula Awards
* Best Translated Book Awards
* The Agatha Awards
* Pulitzer Prize (some years it's presented in April)

--- 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 APRIL - any year.

Awards that have been announced in April include:
* The Edgar Awards
* The Stoker Awards
* Pulitzer Prize (not every year - sometimes it's presented in May)

--- 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 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

Challenge Complete! I read The Unfamiliar Garden by Benjamin Percy - a newly published book (Jan. 4, 2022).

I read Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi - winner of a 2021 Alex Award. I can't say I liked this - parts of it were interested, but it was so disjointed and the ending was meh.

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 and 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction
* 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.

Sarah wrote: "I aim to read Blacktop Wasteland this month. I've been wanting to read it since it came out, and it won the Anthony, the Macavity, and the Thriller this year."

Good choice! I haven't read that yet, but heard good things.

DECEMBER Key Words: Cold, Room, Life, Bell, Kiss, Dream, Until, Drink

--- Comment below with ---
(1) The name and author of the book you're reading for the challenge,
(2) CHALLENGE COMPLETE if you've finished reading the book.
(3) Did you like the book? What did you love (or not love) about it?! Let's help each other find great books to read!

"That’s History"

Read a historical fiction book or a book about a true historical event.

--- Comment below with ---
(1) The name and author of the book you're reading for the challenge,
(2) CHALLENGE COMPLETE if you've finished reading the book.
(3) Did you like the book? What did you love (or not love) about it?! Let's help each other find great books to read!

Share your reads here or on social media with the hashtag #monthlymotifgxo

I'm using this month to catch up on past challenges - but also The Hugo Awards is being presented in December this year!