Suzanne’s Comments (group member since Dec 29, 2017)

Suzanne’s comments from the 2019 #ReadICT Challenge group.

Here is the place to post your ideas for #ReadICT category 2: A book from a genre you don't normally read. This will vary based on reading tastes and habits.

Here is the place to post your ideas for #ReadICT Category 1: A book with a face on the cover.

Here is at least part of my 2019 TBR. It changes by the minute:

1. A book with a face on the cover -- Speak or A Walk in the Woods

2. A book from a genre you don’t normally read -- The Fifth Season or The Name of the Wind

3. A book that makes you LOL -- Straight Man or Dear Committee Members

4. A book set in the place you were born -- Cold Mountain (North Carolina)

5. A classic or retelling -- East of Eden

6. A book you’ve avoided or didn’t finish -- Anna Karenina or Gilead

7. A translated book -- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle or The Perfect Nanny

8. An award winner (Pulitzer, National Book Award, Newbery, etc.) -- Less or Challenger Deep

9. A book recommended by a child or teenager -- Purple Hibiscus (recommended by BOTH my children!), or Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

10. A biography, autobiography or memoir -- Educated and/or Becoming

11. A book featuring a character who is different than you in some way (race, religion, abilities, etc.) -- Sissy: A Coming-Of-Gender Story (coming in March 2019)

12. A book by an author slated to visit Kansas in 2019 -- Maybe something by Charles Finch and/or B.A. Shapiro?? Or Salvage the Bones

Hello! Thought I'd start a thread for anyone wanting to post their book possibilities for the 2019 challenge. Here are the categories:

1. A book with a face on the cover

2. A book from a genre you don’t normally read

3. A book that makes you LOL

4. A book set in the place you were born

5. A classic or retelling

6. A book you’ve avoided or didn’t finish

7. A translated book

8. An award winner (Pulitzer, National Book Award, Newbery, etc.)

9. A book recommended by a child or teenager

10. A biography, autobiography or memoir

11. A book featuring a character who is different than you in some way (race, religion, abilities, etc.)

12. A book by an author slated to visit Kansas in 2019

Samantha wrote: "My vote is Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks: A Librarian's Love Letters and Breakup Notes to the Books in Her Life I wish I could have the time/passion/read as much time as Ms..."

Yes!! Such a great voice in this book. I love the Snarky Librarian. ;)

A couple of great resources to see your options:

Here's a database that will show you the New York Times bestsellers (in fiction and nonfiction) for the week of your birth. Be sure to put the day first and month second, Euro-Australian-style. ;)

http://www.biblioz.com/best_sellers.php

And GoodReads has lists of popular books by publication year. Here's the one for my birth year, 1968. (Yes, I turn 50 this year! Woooot!). For your year, just change the date in the URL:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/popula...

Some books I've read and recommend:

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
The Shadow of the Wind
My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues

Here are a few I'm considering:

Shane wrote: "Shouldn’t this go under the book recommendation section?"

Yes... Trying to figure out how to put them there. Sorry!!

Here's the place for book recommendations for Category 12: a book by an author slated to visit Wichita in 2018.

Here's the place for book recommendations for Category 11: a book published the year you were born. This one will vary greatly, of course. But it will be cool to see options for different years.

Here's the place for book recommendations for Category 10: a book about a topic in the news.

Here's the place for book recommendations for Category 9: a book by an author of a different ethnicity than you.

Here's the place for book recommendations for Category 8: an essay or short story collection.

Here's the place for book recommendations for Category 7: a graphic novel.

Here's the place for book recommendations for Category 6: a book with an animal on the cover.

Here's the place for book recommendations for Category 5: a book recommended/given/loaned to you by a friend. Or, books YOU would recommend to others.

Here's the place for book recommendations for Category 4: a book set somewhere you've never been. These will vary, of course, based on how well-traveled we are. :-P

Here's the place for book recommendations for Category 3: a book about reading or writing.

Here's the place for book recommendations for Category 2: a detective novel or true crime book.