Ras Tazie’s Comments (group member since Dec 26, 2013)

Ras Tazie’s comments from the 2025 Reading Challenge group.

I didn't meet my reading goal in 2020 here's to 2021!!!

Update to #112

15851/25000

Update to #112


5593/25000

Update #112


4056/25000

Update #112

1971/25000

Initially this was 50 but since I've already surpassed 50 I've decided to shoot for 60 ( no more than 10 audiobooks will be counted towards this goes).

Update #123

17237/15000

I'm in!
Genre: Fantasy
2/20

Read a book that:
1. Is the first book in a series
2. Is authored by a person whose ethnicity differs from yours
3. Is longer than 500 pages.
4. Is shorter than 200 pages.
5. Has been translated from another language into the language you are reading
6. Has been adapted for a different media (film, TV, stage, video game, etc.).
7. Takes place in either a country you've never visited, or a different world.
8. Takes place, primarily, in a capital city.
9. Takes place, mostly, in a rural community.
10. Falls into your favorite sub-genre.
11. Represents a sub-genre that you've never or rarely read.
12. Has won a major book prize (GoodReads, Man Booker, Pulitzer, Hugo/Locus/Nebula, Edgar, etc.)
13. Was written by an author who shares your birth month.
14. Includes the color of your birthstone in its cover art.
15. Includes some form of correspondence, like snail mail or email.
16. A book with a great first line (PopSugar prompt #3)
17. Was originally published in 1980 or earlier.
18. Has at least 500,000 ratings on GoodReads.
19. Is one of the favorite books in this genre of your friend or family member. For this prompt, ask around for recommendations. (Goodreads buddies are fair game!)
20. Wild-card: This is a create-your-own task. If you choose this, be sure to write your task down in your original post.


Update #27

Update #88

17/18

Update #123

15931/15000

Goal is 25000 pages

Update # 112

The bear and the Nightingale (323 p)
This Tender Land (450 p)
Born a Crime (304p)
The Giver of Stars (400p)
The Startless Sea (494p)
The remains of the day ( 245p)
Gathering blue (240p)
Paper Wife (298p)
The Rage of Dragons (544p)
Elenor Oliphant is completely fine (336p)
The Testaments (422 p)
Love and other consolation prizes (336 p)
My name is Lucy barton (193p)
The Stranger from the Sea (499p)
The Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy (193p)
Nothing Wasted (204p)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (112p)
Library of Souls (464p)
Beartown (415p)
Us against you (434p)
Interpreter of Maladies (198p)
Ready Player One (579p)
City of Girls (512p)
Murmur of Bees (476p)
Fahrenheit 451 (256p)
Blood of Elves (420p)
How the Garcia girls lost their accents (304 p)
The Magician's Nephew (221p)
The Lion, the Witch, The wardrobe (206 p)
Man and Wife (464p)
The Horse and the Boy (224p)
Prince Caspian (240p)
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (262p)
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (248p)
A little life (816p)
The Silver Chair (243P)
The Last Battle (288p)
Cilka's Journey (352P)
The Miller's Dance( 485p)
The Loving Cup (580p)
Zikora (35p)
Off to be the Wizard (373p)
Time of Contempt (331p)
Dodge and Twist (228p)
Children of Blood and Bone (544p)
Children of Virtue and Vengence (404 p)
A court of thorns and Roses (419p)
A court of Mist and Fury (626p)
CHarlotte's Web (184p)
Lost Lake (303p)
Screwtape Letters (209p)
Book thief (552p)

18548/25000

Update #88

17/18

Update #123

14477/15000

Update #123. 9331/15000

Update #123

6812/15000

Update to #123

6268/15000

Update #75

If I only knew (240p) Short book
I'm fine and neither are you (261p) short book
Pachinko (512p) long book
A house for Mr. Biswas (578 p)
A bad case for stripes (32p)

2 long books, 3 short books


5/8

Update to #50

If you only knew (240p)
Trail of broken wings (371)



3/15

Update #50

Audiobook- Demelza
Audiobook- The giver
Audiobook: Hollow CIty
Audiobook: On chesil beach


4/15

Update to #123


First frost (296p)
Demelza (432 p)
The Christmas hirelings (274p)
The red tent (352p)
The great alone (440 p)
If you only knew (240p)
Jeremy Poldark (304p)
Friendship bread (402p)
Confederacy of dunces (226p)
Trail of broken wings
Little fires everywhere (348p)
I'm fine and neither are you( 261p)
Hollow CIty (416 p)
The Provence cure for the Brokenhearted (448p)
On chesil beach (224 p)
pachinko (512 p)
the giver (240p)
Warleggen (482)
The good Earth (224o)
An American marriage (320p)
Water for elephants (364p)
The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo (401p)
A bad case of stripes (32p)
A house for Mr. Biswas (578p)
The nest (373p)
Follow the money: A tale of tales (448p)
Shanghai girls (418p)
After I do (353p)
Educated (334p)
The gentleman's guide to Vice and virtue (513p)
Dreams of Joy (354p)
Four Swans (581p)
Maybe in Another life (342p)
The Rules of Magic (385p)
The Little Paris Bookstore (392p)
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls (275p)
A Fire Sparkling (432p)
Orange is the New Black (298p)
Where the Crawdads Sing(379 p)
Lilac Girls (487p)
The island of Sea Women (374p)
On Earth we are briefly gorgeous (256p)
Nightingale (440p)
The water dancer (416p)
Before we where yours (342p)
The priory of the orange tree (830p)
The angry tide (476p)

17237/15000