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updated post 46 and added some reviews. I apologize, my brain can't do math right now, so I haven't figured out my total for November. I hope everyone is well!
I agree with Melissa and Cheryl. I had to force myself to finish this book. While he does make some insightful and intelligent observations, it’s a very Eurocentric book that makes a lot of gross oversimplifications, makes mistakes, uses some inappropriate analogies regarding the American slave trade and Indigenous peoples response to European colonialists and, like Cheryl said is totally wrong about sci-fi failing to address androids, cyborgs and the evolutionary future of humanity. That’s what a large portion of sci-fi is about, not just space ships and ray guns.
Added a review for Dragondrums to the review thread
updated post 46 and added a review of Flowers for Algernon to the Review Thread
Review posted for Dragon Singer, book read in October
Thanks for all your hard work, Sonsoles!!!
I really enjoyed revisiting Coraline! I read it close to when it came out and then listened to the audiobook with my son; Neil Gaiman is such a great narrator! It's definitely a creepy book. I love how plucky Coraline is, and, like everyone else, I love the cat! Her dad reminds me a bit of my own dad, who was always horrifiying me and my sister by cooking fancy recipes, tho we came to appreciate that as we got older. I love how well Gaiman captures a young girl's attitude: fancy recipes with things like tarragon are gross and limeade that tastes green is amazing.
I think the movie is a good adaptation, they captured the flavor of the book and the characters even with inevitable changes.
posted one review in review thread
updated message #46. glad we have until tomorrow to finish updating, because I still have some reads to add. Happy Halloween everyone!would posting reviews late still give us points in the long run? I'm slow with the reviews but trying to catch up. If I post a bunch of October reviews in November, it wouldn't count for the October Round Robin, but would it still help our overall points?
Coraline,Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey (2007)
Sense and Sensibility (the 1995 Emma Thompson version is my favorite but the more recent mini series is good too),
Dracula with Bela Lugosi,
The Witcher Netflix series,
Babe (the sheep pig)
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe and Prince Caspian,
The Color Purple,
A Wrinkle In Time,
There are tons of adaptations of Emma, and they all have their good points.
Likewise, there’s tons of adaptations of Little Woman and most of them are good
October1. A Hat full of Sky by Terry Pratchett 10/2 352 pgs 2pts
2.The Princes and The Goblin by George MacDonald 10/8 207pgs 1pt + .5 posted review
3. The Lesson by Cadwell Turnbull 10/9 286 pgs 2pts
4. Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett 10/9 325 pgs 2pts
5. Coraline by Neil Gaiman 10/11 189 pgs 1pt + .5 monthly read
6. The Duchess War 10/14 270 pgs 2pts
7. I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett 10/14 349pgs 2pts
8. Stamped: Racism, America and You by Jason Reynolds 10/18 284 pgs 2pts
9. Dragonsinger by Anne McCaffrey 10/18 240pgs 1pt
10. The Mystwick School of Musicraft by Jessica Khoury 10/20 368pgs 2pts
11. The Water Horse by Dick King-Smith 10/22 118pgs 1pt
12. Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender 10/25 368pgs 2pt
13. Restoree by Anee McCaffrey 10/27 223pgs 1pt
14. A Blessing of Unicorns by Elizabeth Bear 10/29 This is an Audible Original with no corresponding ebook yet, so I'm not sure I can count it 2hrs 43min 1 pt?
15. Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X Kendi 10/31 592pgs 3pts
October total points: 25, possibly 26, if Audible Original counts
November
1.Meet Cute: Some People Are Destined to Meet, ed Jennifer L.
Armentrout Finished: 11/05 314pgs 2pts
2. An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo Finished: 11/05 116pgs poetry .5pts
3. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. Finished 11/07 311pgs 2pts + review
4. The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Graham Finished 11/11 58pgs .5pts
5. Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu Finished 11/12 108pgs 1pt
6. Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse Finished 11/14 306pgs 2pts
7. Emily of New Moon by LM Montgomery. 11/14 339 pgs 2pts
8. Checkup by Anne Petry. 11/15 Audible Original short story. .5pts? +review
9. Surviving The City by Tasha Spillet. Graphic Novel. 11/15 56pgs. +review
10. Dragondrums by Anne McCaffrey. 11/16. 193pgs. + Review
11. How To Be An AntiRacist by Ibram X Kendi. 11/20. 305 pgs,
12. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari. 11/20. 498pgs.
13. PET by Akwaeke Emezi 11/21. 208 pgs. + review
14. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. 11/22. 244pgs.
15. The Things She's Seen by Ambelin Kwaymulina. 11/23. 224pgs.
16. The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemmingway. 11/25. 96pgs.
17. The Chimes by Charles Dickens. 11/26. 116 pgs.
18. To You We Shall Return by Joseph M. Marshall III. 11/30. 192pgs.
19. Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes. Childrens' book. .5pts
20. Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o. Children's book. 11/29 .5pts
21. ABC's for Girls Like Me by Melanie Goolsby. Children's book. 11/29 .5pts
22. I Am Perfectly Designed by Karamo Brown. Children's book. 11/29 .5pts.
24. Silverswift by Natalie Lloyd. Audible Original. 6hrs, 53 min. 1pt?
December
24. Ain't I A Woman by Bell Hooks. 12/2. 205pgs 1pt + review= 1.5pts
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Thanks for starting this discussion Joanna! I’ve really enjoyed participating in this challenge in the past but I’m uncomfortable about keeping a Hogwarts theme. It might be hard to find another fictional world so many people resonate with tho. I had a friend on Instagram suggest identifying as a type of bender a la The Last Airbender, so we could group people in different elements. There are other popular wizarding school books that could be the basis of a challenge as well. I have no problem counting children’s books and graphic novels and I thought last year we’d remedied the issues people had by giving books points based on length. Children’s books and graphic novels are still books and should count, just give them less points.
Audiobooks definitely count as books. I get really angry when people try to claim they don’t. I have a brain injury and have more difficulty reading books with my eyes. Reading with my ears is easier. This is the case for other people with neurological issues and visual issues, as well as for people who are auditory learners. Audiobooks are books!
