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Mar 02, 2020 03:54AM
Hooray, the day has come! I will have the first set of questions up by this afternoon (EST).
Mar 01, 2020 03:44PM
Laura wrote: "I’ve finally been able to read a bit, I’m 30% in. I’m not sure what I think. I do agree with Alysa’s comments but there is something about this that makes me curious to read more. ( It’s more int..."
I totally agree with the stuff you put under spoiler. Except, (view spoiler)
Mar 01, 2020 06:05AM
So.... Mar 1! What does everybody think of the first few chapters? I am ambivalent. (view spoiler)
Anyway, who thinks the “magic” exists, and who thinks it is just an excuse to suppress women?
Feb 29, 2020 11:47AM
Alissa wrote: "I’m in!"Another Alysa/Alyssa/Alissa! Yay!
Feb 29, 2020 08:18AM
Jessi wrote: "How am I just seeing this?"I think you saw it and just forgot. ;)
ETA: That is... you forgot your MACHETE!
I managed to get my 3rd book in before the end of Feb!
Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits
It had been on my TBR since 2015, but I just randomly got a copy via NetGalley because there is a sequel coming out soon.
I can’t decide whether it’s a dumb book for smart people, or a smart book for dumb people. It was a fun read, but maybe about 1/4 too long, and the adolescent humor could be grating.
sophia wrote: "Alysa wrote: "sophia wrote: "Any interest in any book I've listed below? I'm been in a bit of a reading slump and thought maybe buddy reading would help me push through 😊"I'd like to read [book:The Women's Wa..."
Yes, that works for me. So, March 12?
How about March 16 -- let's make it a Monday. :D
Feb 27, 2020 10:18AM
Jenny wrote: "You could put it under a spoiler tag you know...[spoilers removed]"
Shirley your alien spoiler is funnier than the book. Which is not funny. Obviously.
Feb 27, 2020 09:39AM
I SAY NOTHING.
Reverie by Ryan La Sala
Inception meets The Magicians in the most imaginative YA debut of the year!
All Kane Montgomery knows for certain is that the police found him half-dead in the river. He can’t remember how he got there, what happened after, and why his life seems so different now. And it’s not just Kane who’s different, the world feels off, reality itself seems different.
As Kane pieces together clues, three almost-strangers claim to be his friends and the only people who can truly tell him what’s going on. But as he and the others are dragged into unimaginable worlds that materialize out of nowhere—the gym warps into a subterranean temple, a historical home nearby blooms into a Victorian romance rife with scandal and sorcery—Kane realizes that nothing in his life is an accident. And when a sinister force threatens to alter reality for good, they will have to do everything they can to stop it before it unravels everything they know.
This wildly imaginative debut explores what happens when the secret worlds that people hide within themselves come to light.
City of Night by John Rechy
When John Rechy's explosive first novel, City of Night, was first published in 1963, it became a national bestseller and ushered in a new era of gay fiction. Bold and inventive in his account of the urban underworld of male prostitution, Rechy is equally unflinching in his portrayal of one hustling "Youngman" and his restless search for self-knowledge. As the narrator careens from El Paso to Times Square, from Pershing Square to the French Quarter, we get an unforgettable look at a neon-lit life on the edge. Said James Baldwin of the author, "Rechy is the most arresting young writer I've read in a very long time. His tone rings absolutely true, is absolutely his own; and he has the kind of discipline which allows him a rare and beautiful reckless."
Feb 27, 2020 09:19AM
What if I say yes?
Feb 27, 2020 09:05AM
I'm like 1/2 thru this but maybe I'll set it aside until next week so I can join this BR without spoilers :D
sophia wrote: "Any interest in any book I've listed below? I'm been in a bit of a reading slump and thought maybe buddy reading would help me push through 😊"I'd like to read The Women's War soon, in about 2 weeks if that works for you? :)
Jenny wrote: "Can we please have a thread set up for 
for Monday, March 1st?Thank you."
Hah, I am reading that right now! Maybe I will join the convo a little bit.
Feb 26, 2020 07:29AM
I just had a vision of Jessi popping up out of a dark forest with a machete. Not that I know what Jessi actually looks like, but still.
Feb 26, 2020 07:14AM
LOL, maybe an organic break day will appear...
Feb 26, 2020 05:29AM
Hi Cat (or other Mod if applicable), how many chapters/pages/whatever should I get through for writing Day 1 DQs? *planning my weekend* 🙂
Decades Challenge 2020 2 Feb 2020 - 21 Feb 2021Level L-9 = 55 books
Read one book (1) for 2011, then two (2) for 2012, etc., on through the corresponding ending number to 2020
Note: for "year published" I am going with original publication date, where it differs from edition date. (Exceptions for first English Language editions where applicable.)
✔︎ 2020
10 books
✔︎ 2019
9 books
✔︎ 2018
8 books
✔︎ 2017
7 books
✔︎ 2016
6 books
✔︎ 2015
5 books
✔︎ 2014
4 books
✔︎ 2013
3 books
✔︎ 2012
2 books
✔︎ 2011
1 book
Challenge complete!
28 Dec 2020
1 Diamond Coin
I am late to the party but I am going to do this challenge again! It was a lot of fun last year.2 Feb 2020 -
Level L-9 = 55 books
Read one book (1) for 2011, then two (2) for 2012, etc., on through the corresponding ending number to 2020
Note: for "year published" I am going with original publication date, where it differs from edition date. (Exceptions for first English Language editions where applicable.)
✔︎ 2020
10 books
✔︎ 2019
9 books
✔︎ 2018
8 books
✔︎ 2017
7 books
✔︎ 2016
6 books
✔︎ 2015
5 books
✔︎ 2014
4 books
✔︎ 2013
3 books
✔︎ 2012
2 books
✔︎ 2011
1 book
Challenge complete!
