Literary Exploration discussion

20/36

Adventure The Hound of the Baskervilles
Auto-Biography/Biography Jane Austen: A Life
Chick-Lit The Help
Children's Book Matilda
Classics A Christmas Carol
Cyberpunk
Drama
Dystopian Warm Bodies
Educational
Erotica Rush
Espionage A Spy in the House
Fantasy Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Graphic Novel Oz: Dorothy & the Wizard in Oz
Gothic
Hard-Boiled
Historical Fiction A Fine Balance
Horror Carrie
Humour
Literary Fiction The Republic of Wine
Magical Realism
Mystery The Con Job
Noir
Non Fiction
Paranormal
Philosophical
Poetry The Bell Jar
Post-Apocalyptic
Romance Rainshadow Road
Science Fiction The War of the Worlds
Steampunk Timeless
Supernatural
Thriller The Devotion of Suspect X
True Crime
Urban Fantasy
Victorian Oliver Twist
Young Adult The Mark of Athena

Finished book #3:
Graphic Novels - Hilda and the Midnight Giant
True Crime - In Cold Blood
Drama - Stella

Starting Literary Fiction - The Angel's Game

I would say no, Marie - if you look on the right, none of the top shelves call it Erotica.

3 books down:
Children's Book: Sideways Stories From Wayside School
Graphic Novel: Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Mystery: Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter

Reading Cyberpunk: Altered Carbon now!

I also want to read Persepolis for that genre!
I have read "Bared to you" for erotica
And "La fabulosa historia de Henry N. Brown" for Drama

finished my second book Anais: The Erotic Life Of Anais Nin now reading Moby-Dick for Classics and Mean Time for Poetry.

#3: Dystopian

Rebel Heart by Moira Young

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2nd book finished Blue Monday

Books 4 and 5 done:
Cyberpunk: Altered Carbon
Poetry: Nox

Mystery done: Red Mist.

Updated Post 105

I have now finished 7 books which is much better than expected.

Starting Magical Realism: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

I'm reading my 4th book for Gothic - Florence and Giles / The Turn of the Screw

So far I've completed
Childrens book - The Jungle Book
Mystery - The Prisoner of Heaven
Thriller - A Beautiful Place To Die

Doing well Mish:)

#4: Paranormal

Marked by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast

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Books for chick-lit, drama, educational, fantasy, graphic novels, gothic, humour, poetry and romance done.

Finished book #4 (Literary Fiction - The Angel's Game), next up: Fantasy - Pawn of Prophecy.

Brenda wrote: "Doing well Mish:)"

Thanks Brenda. You're doing extremely well yourself. You're whizzing through the Hard Challenge :)

I've now completed 8;

Adventure - The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists
Historical Fiction - The Remains of the Day
Hard-Boiled - The Sins of the Fathers
Philosophical - The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Mystery - Crooked Little Vein
Post-Apocalyptic - Wool Omnibus
Romance - Outlander
True Crime - Gangster Squad: Covert Cops, the Mob, and the Battle for Los Angeles

Michael wrote: "I've now completed 8;

Adventure - The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists
Historical Fiction - The Remains of the Day
Hard-Boiled - The Sins of the Fathers
Philosophical - The Unbearable Ligh..."

And you told ME to slow down;) Well done!

Mish wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Doing well Mish:)"

Thanks Brenda. You're doing extremely well yourself. You're whizzing through the Hard Challenge :)"

Thanks Mish:)

#5: Urban Fantasy

White Cat by Holly Black

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I finished #3 - 'Neverwhere'(Urban Fantasy).I feel the need to bite into something more substantial. So I'm starting on an essay on Brahma in The Upanishad. It is written in my mother-tongue, Bengali by our great poet and writer Tagore. I had read it 30 years ago as an under-graduate and have completely forgotten it.
I cannot thank the moderators enough for thinking up this challenge. It has forced me to explore and I'm enjoying it so much.

I just finished my fifth.
Erotica - Triptych
Literary Fiction - Canada
Magic Realism - The Night Circus
True Crime - The tall man : death and life on Palm Island
and just now, Steampunk - Kultus

Thanks so much for putting this challenge together. I'm having a great time reading new genres.

Doing well Bill, great book choices

#6: Horror

Undead by Kirsty McKay

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Acabo de empezar el reto, y estos son los que llevo:

- Fue un beso tonto - Megan Maxwell (chick-lit)
- Las brujas - Roald Dahl (Children Books)

Ahora estoy leyendo "Las hijas del frío" de Camilla Läckberg que contará para Noir

I probably would not have read the books that I've read so far, if not for this challenge, and the great thing is that they have all been good / great reads, and so far many new authors, from ones I've meant to read something by to others with a first time published novel. Great discovery experience!

#6 Magical Realism Life of Pi
#7 Humor The Riptide Ultra-Glide: A Novel

Here's my list for the Insane Challenge:

Adventure –Robinson Crusoe
Auto-Biography/Biography –A Moveable Feast
Chick-Lit – Austinland
Childrens Book --Matilda Review
Classics –Pride and Prejudice
Cyberpunk –Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Drama –Waiting for Godot
Dystopian --1984
Educational –Why Don’t Students Like School?
Erotica –IDK…
Espionage –Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Fantasy --Neverwhere
Graphic Novels --Sandman Review
Gothic –Frankenstein
Hard-Boiled –Farewell, My Lovely Review
Historical Fiction – Train Dreams
Horror –Something Wicked This Way Comes
Humour –Catch 22
Literary Fiction –mr Penumbra’s 24-hour Bookstore Review
Magical Realism –Like Water For Chocolate
Mystery –The Adventures of Sherlock holmes
Noir –The high Window
Non Fiction --Quiet Review
Paranormal –Hush, Hush
Philosophical –The Metamorphosis
Poetry --Beowulf
Post-Apocalyptic –Oryx and Crake
Romance --Matched
Science Fiction –Ender’s Game
Steampunk --Leviathan
Supernatural -- The Lightning Thief
Thriller –The Stand
True Crime –The Executioner’s Song
Urban Fantasy – Dresden Files 1
Victorian –Jane Eyre
Young Adult –Looking for Alaska

I've currently finished 8/36 and am slowly working on my 9th which is Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong. It's a really heavy, in-depth, serious book so I'm only reading it in small chunks.

Finally finished les miserables in the place of Ulysses for classics

I'm running into a little bit of a budget problem trying to keep up with this challenge, and my small rural library isn't much help. I was wondering if anyone here would be willing to loan me any of these in Kindle format? I'm open to alternate suggestions too.

Cryptonomicon
Second Shift - Order
Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages
Stardust
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
The Monsters Of Templeton
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Perdido Street Station
Soulless

I decided to look at my current Kindle library, to see which booksI haven't read yet that were different, and I looked at your lists for ideas...

So, here's my current list:


Adventure: In the Night Garden
Auto-biography: Man's Search for Meaning
Chick-lit: Bridget Jones's Diary
Children's Book: Mr. Popper's Penguins
Classics: The Brothers Karamazov
Cyberpunk: Pirate Cinema
Drama: No Exit and Three Other Plays
Dystopian: 1984
Educational: How Apollo Flew to the Moon
Erotica: ????????????? Having a really hard time with that one...
Espionage: Farewell
Fantasy: American Gods
Graphic Novels: I bought a huge pack on Kickstarter, will read one of those
Gothic: The Prince of Mist
Hard-boiled: Dead Money
Historical Fiction: The Pillars of the Earth
Horror: The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
Humour: Bagombo Snuff Box
Literary Fiction: The Prague Cemetery
Magical Realism: Winter's Tale
Mystery: The Best American Mystery Stories 2011
Noir:
The Best American Noir of the Century
Non-fiction:
How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm: And Other Adventures in Parenting
Paranormal: Among Others (or is it Supernatural?)
Philosophical: Discourse on Method or The Stranger
Poetry: A Rosa do Povo
Post-Apocalyptic: Never Let Me Go or The Book of the New Sun
Romance: The Time Traveler's Wife
Science fiction: Star Maker
Steampunk: The Difference Engine or The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Supernatural: ????
Thriller: Cryptonomicon ( currently reading )
True Crime: The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective
Urban Fantasy: Zoo City
Victorian: Pride and Prejudice
Young Adult: The Fault in Our Stars

So, I currently don't have ideas for Supernatural and Erotica.
I see many people planning to read the Delta of Venus, is it really that good?

Post-Apocalyptic: Alice in Deadland done!

Wow, some of you are making amazing progress! I am currently meeting my target of three insane challenge books a month.

January I finished three books for Young Adult, Hard-Boiled & Romance:


In February I plan to tackle Mystery, Humour & Gothic:

just finished biog - Henry: virtuous prince - David Starkey.

Fascinating reading much more indepth about Henry's younger years and how he became the king he was.

Next true crime: Underbelly: the gangland wars...eep!! i lived through this so i cant wait to read about the gory details

#7 - Fantasy:

Witch World by Christopher Pike

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#6 done: Pawn of Prophecy for Fantasy. High time to start The Fault in Our Stars ;)

Steampunk: Lady of Devices finished.

Paranormal done - laurell k Hamilton skin trade

#7: YA - The Fault in Our Stars. What a lovely read.

Magical Realism:The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle finished. Thought it was really good.

#8: Children's

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling

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I finished 'The graveyard book' (children's literature). Also Philosophy.For that after considering several options I read a book in my mother tongue on a saint of the 15th century who brought about a great upheaval with his teaching. I'm glad I read it because I had known very little about it.

#9: Young Adult

Divergent by Veronica Roth

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I've recently finished and reviewed books #9 Altered Carbon and #10 The Great Gatsby.

Just read One Day for Romance. Didn't like it. Not my kind of thing at all. Not very likeable characters and no substance.

4, Holes children's lit - middle grade adventure, an old world curse lands a boy juvenile detention. This book was like number 1 until the boy wizard came along; been wanting to read it and glad I finally did.
5, Wool Omnibus Edition, post-apocalyptic, character driven, fully-realized world - this will end up as a movie, the special effects should be fantastic.
6, Ready Player One - cyberpunk - one of the most fun books I've read. This one should be a movie, it could have the most fantastic special effects. It's very visual, nostalgic and futuristic.

So far I've really enjoyed all the challenge reads and could easily re-read any of them, but too many other books!

Finished with:

#6 Paranormal: Boundless
#7 Young Adult: The Fault in Our Stars