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

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

I'm going to read Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi which was this year's Novella winner from The World Fantasy Awards.

Challenge Complete
Title: Drowned Country
Author: Emily Tesh

This is a fantasy novella - part 2 in the Greenhollow series. I loved the atmosphere, the imagination and the folklore of the book.

Challenge Complete!
Title: You
Author: Caroline Kepnes

Like Michelle above - I loved this dark & tristy thriller! Also loved the tv adaptation (Netflix).

Your task this month is to read at least 1 book that WON a book award. Period. Any year ... any month. What will you read?

--- 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

SEPTEMBER Key Words:

"COUNTRY, HOUSE, TOP, MAN, WILD, SWEET, ONCE, WAKE"

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(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?

Back to School. Read a book with a school setting, featuring a student or educator OR read a book to educate yourself on a topic you’re interested in learning more about.

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(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!

Your task this month is to read at least 1 book that WON a book award in November. Any year

Awards that have been announced in NOVEMBER include:
* The World Fantasy Awards
* The Scotiabank Giller Prize
* The National Book 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 October. Any year

Awards that have been announced in OCTOBER include:
* The Nobel Prize (for Literature)
* The Booker Prize

--- 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 September. Any year

Awards that have been announced in SEPTEMBER include:
* The Women's Prize for Fiction
* The Dragon Awards
* The Goldsboro Glass Bell Award

--- 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! Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher. It's a re-telling of Beauty and the Beast - I thought it was a fun, easy, short read.

Challenge complete! Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson - phenomenal short non-fiction book about different ways people deal with change.

Challenge complete! I read The Magician's Diary by C.J. Archer. Loved this historical fiction series with magicians.

Sarah wrote: "CHALLENGE COMPLETE

My reading got seriously derailed in July! I ran out of time to read the novel I had originally decided to read for the challenge, so I had to change my plan in the eleventh hou..."

Gaiman is just awesome! My favorite from him is still Neverwhere.

Maya wrote: "CHALLENGE COMPLETE

I read The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker, It won the Mythopoeic Award for adult literature 2014 (http://www.mythsoc.org/news/news-2014...) ..."

I really enjoyed this one too.

JUNE Key Words:

"Beneath, Crown, Sing, Rule, Earth, Find, Happen, Cruel"

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(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?!

Read a book featuring a garden, nature, country, or harvest setting or plot.

--- 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!

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

Awards that have been announced in JUNE include:

* The Women’s Prize for Fiction
* The Locus 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

Suzanne wrote: "These days the plague in Hamnet (2021's National Book Critics Circle Award) doesn't seem quite that long ago. I'm glad I got my vaccination, and I hope everyone else will. =)"

Excellent choice!

Emily wrote: "(1) Camino Island by John Grisham
(2) CHALLENGE COMPLETE! ..."

I'm having so much fun with this challenge too! I haven't read a Grisham novel in a long time!

Key Word: Nine
Title: The Nine: A Gritty Urban Fantasy by C.G. Harris (sci-fi/fantasy)

A FUN book to read - the main character Gabe Gantry is now one of my faves. Witty, sarcastic - he defaults to humor in every situation - even when he should probably shut up! And he lives in the afterlife ... a quick, short read.