Lea’s Comments (group member since Jan 04, 2017)

Lea’s comments from the 2022 ONTD Reading Challenge group.

Oh, Disobedience! I missed that on the list. It was shown on TIFF last year but it's only being released in theatres this year so it definitely counts for the challenge.

I won't be reading A Wrinkle in Time, but since a lot of people are, keep in mind that any of you is welcome to start a discussion thread.

Kim wrote: "are we starting a new group or keeping the 2017 name?"

lol we're staying here! I was waiting for 2017 to end to actually change the name group. now I revamped the homepage a bit and started the new challenge ;)

Welcome to the 2018 challenge!

Suggestions for your book of the month are HERE and HERE.

There ARE other books that qualify for the month but haven't been included in the list (like the new 50 Shades of Grey movie) but if you do pick one that isn't there, make sure it's REALLY coming out in 2018!

/!\ The first post was edited to add the Beatrix Potter book that is being adapted (The Tale of Peter Rabbit). This year there is also Paddington 2 which is based on the Paddington Bear books. And PBS has a Little Women adaptation coming up.

Ok soooo, I've already read The Power by Naomi Alderman, which I liked a lot but think it could have been better developed (esp. towards the end). Still, a fun read.

I read The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. I always feared Ishiguro would be kind of a slog, and then he won the Nobel and I was like, "slog confirmed", but I picked it up with this challenge in mind and SERIOUSLY LOVED it. It's actually REALLY easy to read and very very beautiful. I cried, ngl. This probably sounds funny but I think Downton Abbey fans will enjoy it a lot.

I tried The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry which was praised everywhere in 2017 but THAT, I found a slog. Sooo boring.

I still have a lot of titles that I wanna try this month, so I'll keep reading!

Let us know how your reading went this month!

Damn, Kelly!

No. She's a politician.

I am very happy with my pick for the month, An Unsuitable Boy by Karan Johar. If you like Bollywood, this is a really fun read.

Let's talk about the books we've read this month!

damn, you guys kicked ass in October.

I tried to read Bird Box but I thought it was such nonsense! Had to DNF, and then I picked up Dracula and it was like, ok. The beginning was cool, but it's just not very well written and for us 21st century people Dracula is so overdone that he wasn't even that scary. Also could have done without the sexism.

I read Dracula, and it was just ok for me. At least I crossed off another classic from my list.

NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS
A US award
Sing, Unburied, Sing - Jesmyn Ward (Fiction)
Far from the Tree - Robin Benway (Young People's Literature)
The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia - Masha Gessen (Non-fiction)
Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016 - Frank Bidart (Poetry)

PRIX GONCOURT
France's most prestigious literary prize
L'Ordre du jour - Éric Vuillard (in English: The Order of the Day)

WALTER SCOTT PRIZE
For historical fiction, open to books published in the UK, Ireland or the Commonwealth.
Days Without End - Sebastian Barry

JAMES TAIT BLACK MEMORIAL PRIZES
Britain's oldest literary awards
The Lesser Bohemians - Eimear McBride (Fiction)
The Vanishing Velázquez: A 19th Century Bookseller’s Obsession with a Lost Masterpiece - Laura Cumming (Biography)

Aaand we have a post on ONTD for this month:

https://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com...

Oh and Tom Hanks has a new book out: Uncommon Type: Some Stories.

Speaking of Louise Brooks, if anyone is looking for an Old Hollywood pick, there's A Girl Like I: An autobiography by Anita Loos. She wrote Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (the book) and she was a successful screenwriter with a long Hollywood career.

Lauren Bacall and Katharine Hepburn also have memoirs.

I've had my November book picked out for months: An Unsuitable Boy by Karan Johar!

Quick question, is Battle Royale horror??

BRAM STOKER AWARDS
Awarded by the Horror Writers Association
The Fisherman - John Langan (Novel)
Haven - Tom Deady (First Novel)
Snowed - Maria Alexander (YA Novel)
The Winter Box - Tim Waggoner (Long Fiction)
The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror - Joyce Carol Oates (Fiction Collection)
Borderlands 6 - Oliva F. Monteleone & Thomas F. Monteleone, eds. (Anthology)
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life - Ruth Franklin (Non-Fiction)
Brothel - Stephanie M. Wytovich (Poetry Collection)

SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARDS
Celebrates outstanding achievement in horror, psychological suspense, and dark fantasy fiction
The Girls - Emma Cline (Novel)
The Ballad of Black Tom - Victor LaValle (Novella)
A Natural History of Hell: Stories - Jeffrey Ford (Single-Author Collection)
The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales - Dominik Parisien & Navah Wolfe, eds. (Edited Anthology)
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life - Ruth Franklin (Board of Directors Award)

BRITISH FANTASY AWARDS
Awarded by the British Fantasy Society
The Tiger and the Wolf - Adrian Tchaikovsky (Fantasy Novel)
Disappearance at Devil's Rock - Paul Tremblay (Horror Novel)
The Ballad of Black Tom - Victor LaValle (Novella)
Some Will Not Sleep: Selected Horrors - Adam Nevill (Collection)
The Geek Feminist Revolution - Kameron Hurley (Non-fiction)

HUGO AWARDS
Awards the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year
The Obelisk Gate - N.K. Jemisin (Best Novel)
Every Heart a Doorway - Seanan McGuire (Best Novella)
Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000–2016, with A Journal of a Writer's Week - Ursula K. LeGuin (Best Related Work)

NEBULA AWARDS
Recognizes the best works of science fiction or fantasy published in the United States. Awarded by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
All the Birds in the Sky - Charlie Jane Anders (Best Novel)
Every Heart a Doorway - Seanan McGuire (Best Novella)

ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD
A UK prize for science fiction literature
The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

EDGAR AWARDS
Awarded by Mystery Writers of America
Before the Fall - Noah Hawley (Best Novel)
Under the Harrow - Flynn Berry (Best First Novel)
Rain Dogs - Adrian McKinty (Best Paperback Original)
The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer - Kate Summerscale (Best Fact Crime)
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life - Ruth Franklin (Best Critical/Biographical)
OCDaniel - Wesley King (Best Juvenile)
Girl in the Blue Coat - Monica Hesse (Young Adult)
The Shattered Tree - Charles Todd (Mary Higgins Clark Award)

RITA AWARDS
Awarded by Romance Writers of America
The Problem with Forever - Jennifer L. Armentrout (YA Romance)
Her Every Wish - Courtney Milan (Romance Novella)
The Moon in the Palace - Weina Dai Randel (Mainstream Fiction with a Central Romance)
No Mistress Of Mine - Laura Lee Guhrke (Historical Romance)
A Duke to Remember - Kelly Bowen (Short Historical Romance)
Miracle on 5th Avenue - Sarah Morgan (Long Contemporary Romance)
Carolina Dreaming - Virginia Kantra (Mid-Length Contemporary Romance)
Christmas on Crimson Mountain - Michelle Major (Short Contemporary Romance)
The Pages of the Mind - Jeffe Kennedy (Paranormal Romance)
Once and For All - Cheryl Etchison (Best First Book)
Off the Clock - Roni Loren (Erotic Romance)
Repressed - Elisabeth Naughton (Romantic Suspense)
My Hope Next Door - Tammy L. Gray (Romance with Religious or Spiritual Elements)

ROMANTIC NOVEL OF THE YEAR (RONA AWARDS)
Presented by Romantic Novelists' Association
Love Song - Sophia Bennett (Romantic Novel of the Year)
Summer at the Comfort Food Cafe - Debbie Johnson (Contemporary Romantic Novel)
Little Girl Lost - Janet Gover (Epic Romantic Novel)
It Was Only Ever You - Kate Kerrigan (Historical Romance)
Max Seventeen - Kate Johnson (Paranormal or Speculative Romance)
Out of Practice - Penny Parkes (Romantic Comedy)
Christmas in the Boss's Castle - Scarlet Wilson (RoNA Rose)
Love Song - Sophia Bennett (Young Adult Romance)

LAMBDA LITERARY AWARDS
Celebrates excellence in LGBT literature
Here Comes the Sun - Nicole Dennis-Benn (Lesbian Fiction)
The Angel of History - Rabih Alameddine (Gay Fiction)
Marrow Island - Alexis M. Smith (Bisexual Fiction)
Black Dove: Mamá, Mi'jo, and Me - Ana Castillo (Bisexual Nonfiction)
Mouth to Mouth - Abigail Child (Bisexual Poetry)
Small Beauty - jia qing wilson-yang (Transgender Fiction)
How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS - David France (LGBT Nonfiction)
Life Beyond My Body: A Transgender Journey To Manhood In China - Lei Ming and Lura Frazey (Transgender Nonfiction)
play dead - francine j. harris (Lesbian Poetry)
The Complete Works of Pat Parker - edited by Julie R. Enszer (Lesbian Poetry)
Thief in the Interior - Phillip B. Williams (Gay Poetry)
Reacquainted With Life - KOKUMO (Transgender Poetry)
Pathogen - Jessica L. Webb (Lesbian Mystery)
Speakers of the Dead - J. Aaron Sanders (Gay Mystery)
The Wind Is Spirit: The Life, Love and Legacy of Audre Lorde - Dr. Gloria Joseph (Lesbian Memoir/Biography)
When We Rise: My Life in the Movement - Cleve Jones (Gay Memoir/Biography)
The Scorpion's Empress - Yoshiyuki Ly (Lesbian Romance)
Into the Blue - Pene Henson (Gay Romance)
Soul to Keep - Rebekah Weatherspoon (LGBT Erotica)
The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voices on Health and Health Care - Zena Sharman (LGBT Anthology)
Girl Mans Up - M.E. Girard (LGBT Children's/YA)
The Devourers - Indra Das (LGBT SF/F/Horror)
Sex Museums: The Politics and Performance of Display - Jennifer Tyburczy (LGBT Studies)