Pocki’s Comments (group member since Dec 25, 2016)

Pocki’s comments from the A challenge of relative ease and merriment 2017 group.

Welcome to this new year's reading challenge!
I’m guessing most of you joined me during 2016 on this little adventure, and to you I just want to say: welcome back!. And we had fun so I thought why not do it again in 2017? As you can see I have changed several of the categories, cause we all need some new challenges! But some old favourites are still on there of course.

So, do you have any questions about the challenge or any of the specific categories?
There’s a specific thread for media tie-in as that category might be a bit tricky. So if that’s the one you’re having questions about, just head over to the other thread.

Maybe some quick clarifications:

A book written by someone under the age of 30, obviously doesn’t mean that the author have to be under 30 now, just when they wrote/published the book.

LGBTQIA* means a book about basically anyone who isn’t heterosexual or who doesn’t identify with the sex/gender assigned to them at birth. Please make an effort to read a book where the lead character identify like this, not like… someone who has a gay best friend. But, remember that this can be non-fiction too! You can just as well read a memoir or a history of gay culture or something.

A book about food can be a cookbook, a book about growing food, a food history (both general and super specific. Maybe you got a taste for microhistories last year?), a fictional book revolving around food, etc. It’s not a very strict category.

A scary/creepy book can be whatever you find scary. Or maybe not even actually find scary but that would fit into classic “scary” genres such as horror or thriller. But if you find reading a non-fiction book about chemical warfare scary (cause tbh, who wouldn’t?) and it interests you - go right ahead!

A book with an animal on the cover… well, you choose the cover variant! I’m not going to crack down on you and force you to show me your copy of the book. A question has also come up regarding what counts as an animal. What about mythological creatures or robot animals? Well, it's up to you I'd say! This challenge isn't supposed to be super hard after all. If you want to count your book about dragons, go for it!



** Of course, if you see this the last week of 2016, remember that this is a challenge for 2017 and what you read right now doesn't count! This one week preview is more for you to be able to get a running start once the new year comes around!