Avengers vs. X-Men Challenge Progress Thread

[Ren]

I'm planning to read Skulduggery Pleasant for the bald, a friend recommended the books to me ages ago so it seems like the perfect time to check them out.

I could use some recs about books where a character has a drug problem though, I'm at a loss there.

[Mpauli, Bitten by a radioactive book]

Ren wrote: "I could use some recs about books where a character has a drug problem though, I'm at a loss there."

If only the creator of the challenge would consider the books of the month, when he thinks of those villains...*mysteriously stroking my absent beard*

[Nara]

Lel wrote: "It's not the best horror out there I have to say, if you wanted to try some I would recommend Clive Barker's Cabal, James Herbert's Dark or Brian Lumley's Necroscope."

Thanks for the recs Lel :)

[Kirsty, Jedi Master]

I read the first skulduggery pleasant book - it was pretty good! An easy read for the challenge too I reckon.

Yeah All over A Scanner Darkly for the drug problem! :D

[Mpauli, Bitten by a radioactive book]

And the funny thing is, I haven't even read our SF pick, yet.^^

[Rinn, (Retired mod) Captain of the SSV Normandy]

I've ordered A Scanner Darkly, it's on its way to me =) Not sure if I'll be reading our fantasy pick this month, mostly because of everything else I want/need to read.

[Ren]

Mpauli wrote: If only the creator of the challenge would consider the books of the month, when he thinks of those villains...*mysteriously stroking my absent beard* "

Ah, good point! I hadn't even considered it because I'm not a fan of Philip K. Dick. I might have found another book that fits the requirements in my stash of Agatha Christie books to read.

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

And now for some shameless self promotion thinly disguised as an attempt to help my fellow Avengers!

I have a story in a new superhero themed anthology, and it absolutely qualifies for the Captain America: Bucky requirement.

http://www.amazon.com/HeroNet-Files-B...

I'm very excited as this is hopefully the beginning of a new line I'm involved with, and those are my characters on the cover!

Ok, I'm done babbling, we now return to you to the Challenge Thread. Go Avengers!

[Rinn, (Retired mod) Captain of the SSV Normandy]

Normally, I wouldn't let people promote their own books - but since you're such an active member of the group Wayland, I don't mind, as I know you didn't join just to promote ;)

However - is your story over 100 pages? As they need to be to qualify! :o

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

The book is 250 pages total. I can't tell you the page length of my individual story because I actually don't have my copy yet, so I have no clue how it was formatted. But, it just says "side kick on the cover" which it is, so if you read all three stories, you're there, no?

I figured I might be treading the line on that one, but it fit so perfectly. ;)

[Rinn, (Retired mod) Captain of the SSV Normandy]

I guess we'd have to check with our wonderful challenge moderator to see whether it would qualify =P Mpauli?

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Wayland wrote: "And now for some shameless self promotion thinly disguised as an attempt to help my fellow Avengers!

I have a story in a new superhero themed anthology, and it absolutely qualifies for the Capta..."
Congratulations Wayland!

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

I'm still having a really hard time trying to find someone for Hercules 1: Well Muscled Protagonist. Everything that has someone well muscled on the front of it looks like it's going to be a romance novel with some paranormal/fantasy thrown in and that is definitely not my type of book. I need something with a character like Caramon from dragonlance, big and strong....

[Soila]

How about Conan the Barbarian? :)

There seems to be a lot to choose from, by different authors: https://www.goodreads.com/series/5106...

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Soila wrote: "How about Conan the Barbarian? :)"
Never thought of him, I will have to check it out...it seems there are many different versions of that story.

Thanks

[Nic, Wormhole Technician]

Roger wrote: "I'm still having a really hard time trying to find someone for Hercules 1: Well Muscled Protagonist. Everything that has someone well muscled on the front of it looks like it's going to be a romanc..."

There's also the Otherland series, set in a virtual world, the main guy is a muscled warrior type.

But then, why am I helping you?! And why are you helping him Soila?! He is the enemy!

[Soila]

Nic wrote: "Roger wrote: "I'm still having a really hard time trying to find someone for Hercules 1: Well Muscled Protagonist. Everything that has someone well muscled on the front of it looks like it's going ..."

Oh, drat, I completely forgot! No more tips for the enemy. :P

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Now I have plenty of ideas! Thanks.

I would have found something eventually or I would have powered through a crappy romance novel...

[Rinn, (Retired mod) Captain of the SSV Normandy]

The things we do for book challenges, eh ;)

[Soila]

I've now found a candidate for every other challenge but "a book by a german author or with a german main/side character". Any ideas (in scifi/fantasy)?

[Rinn, (Retired mod) Captain of the SSV Normandy]

The Book Thief, although that's not SFF.

Ruby Red is by a German author, and is a fantasy novel. I've heard many good things about the series.

Inkheart and The Neverending Story could also fit.

[Lel]

The Dwarves

This is the one I'm going with, I've read it before and really enjoyed it.

[Rinn, (Retired mod) Captain of the SSV Normandy]

Hehe, I remember seeing that one in Waterstones a few times :D

[Soila]

Thank you for the suggestions, I think I'll go with Ruby Red. :)

[[deleted user]]

Just saw there's a thread set aside for this, so here's where I am so far. I'm probably going to juggle these around before I get done, as I'm essentially modelling the challenge around my reading and not vice versa. If anyone has any queries as to why I matched a specific book to a challenge, don't hesitate to ask! I'll be adding my other picks here as I go along.

P.S. I'm more an Avengers than X-Men fan, but I'm running the X-Men one because if I went with Avengers, I only need to read like 5 or 6 more books to finish it off :D

Cyclops
1. Honor Among Thieves
2. The Garden of Stones
3. The Crown of the Blood

Jean Grey
1. Sole Survivor
2. Royal Assassin
3. Knife of Dreams

Wolverine
1. The City and the City
2. The Very Best of Tad Williams
3. The Way of Kings

Storm
1. When Shadows Fall
2. Task Force Ombra: Grunt Life
3. City of Stairs

Nightcrawler
1. Siddhartha
2. Night Terrors
3. The Wolf: A Novel

Kitty Pryde
1.
2. Assassin's Quest
3. The Spook's Revenge

Angel
1. The Fell Sword
2. The Sign of the Raven
3. A Memory of Light

Emma Frost
1. Words of Radiance
2. Speaker for the Dead
3. Robot Uprisings

Colossus
1. Shanghai Sparrow
2. Empress of the Night
3. The City

Psylocke
1. Treasure Of Khan
2. The Last Viking
3. Graveyard of Memories

Cable
1. Behold the Man
2. Dead Man's Drive
3. The Blood of Alexander

Beast
1. Hawk Quest
2. Talus and the Frozen King
3. Perdido Street Station

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Loki
1. Hollow World
2. Prince of Fools
3. Dawn of Swords

Dr. Doom
1. The Time Ships
2. Tower Lord
3. Assassin's Apprentice

Galactus
1.
2. A New Dawn
3. Xenocide

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

I'm quite tempted to read The Way of Kings for Loki 2 (Wit = Jester) but that's a lot of book to finish in a month...

[Rinn, (Retired mod) Captain of the SSV Normandy]

Better hop on it then ;)

[[deleted user]]

Finally found a book I would read that fits Wolverine 1!

Canadian side character :D

[[deleted user]]

Spellfire/Captain America/Shield Toss/1 of 3
The Three Musketeers/Captain America/Red, White, and Blue/2 of 3

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince/Hulk/Green & Mean/1 of 3
The Time Machine/Hulk/Dr. Banner/2 of 3
The Color of Magic/Hulk/Hulk Smash!/3 of 3

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone/Ms. Marvel/Air Force Captain/1 of 3
Half a King/Ms. Marvel/Natural Born Leader/2 of 3
Fortune's Pawn/Ms. Marvel/Kree Heritage/3 of 3

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix/Giant Man/Gigantic/1 of 3
Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It/Giant Man/Yellowjacket/2 of 3

House of Leaves/Spider Woman/Fear Pheromones/1 of 3

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban/Scarlet Witch/Witchcraft/1 of 3
Inkheart/Scarlet Witch/Crimson Robes/2 of 3
The Martian/Scarlet Witch/Playing with Probability/ 3 of 3

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire/Thor/Midgard Serpent/1 of 3

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets/Hawkeye/You can't spell Hawkeye without Hawk/1 of 3
Slay and Rescue/Hawkeye/Master Archer/2 of 3
Shadowrun #4: Drops of Corruption/Hawkeye/Trick Arrow/3 of 3

Millennium Falcon/Iron Man/Repulsor Beam/1 of 3
Dragons of Winter Night/Iron Man/Stark Tower/2 of 3

Neverwhere/The Wasp/Shopping Queen/1 of 3

Honor's Knight/Black Widow/Widowmaker/1 of 3

Flesh and Iron. Henry Zou/Hercules/Wine, Woman, and Song/1 of 3
Dragons of Spring Dawning/Hercules/Strong as an Ox/2 of 3

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

For grins I'm going to see if I can recruit all the X-men by the end of the year :) (I'll count any thing that fits that I have already read and not used for credit as an Avengers)

Cyclops 1: The Crimson Campaign
Cyclops 2: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Cyclops 3: The Broken Eye

Jean Grey 1: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Jean Grey 2: A Madness of Angels
Jean Grey 3: The Princess Bride

Wolverine 1: The Summer Tree
Wolverine 2: The Captive Flame
Wolverine 3: Touch of Power

Storm 1: Hammered
Storm 2: The Red Pyramid
Storm 3: Thief's Magic

Nightcrawler 1: The Dwarves
Nightcrawler 2: The Night Circus
Nightcrawler 3: Dragonsdawn

Kitty Pryde 1: Into the Wild
Kitty Pryde 2: The Spectral Blaze
Kitty Pryde 3: Tricked

Angel 1: Archangel's Blade
Angel 2: Half a King
Angel 3: Robopocalypse

Emma Frost 1: Words of Radiance
Emma Frost 2: Fool's Assassin
Emma Frost 3: Orr: My Story

Colossus 1: Robogenesis
Colossus 2: The Throne of Fire
Colossus 3: Night Pleasures

Psylocke 1: Across the Nightingale Floor
Psylocke 2: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Psylocke 3: A Dance of Cloaks

Cable 1: The Chronoliths
Cable 2: The Hit
Cable 3: The Girl with All the Gifts

Beast 1: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Beast 2: Furies of Calderon
Beast 3: Control

[Elwen]

Avengers - plans and victorys :D

Captain America
1. Red, White and Blue (is part of the military)- Crucible of Gold
2. Shield Toss (with a shield on the cover) - The Icebound Land
3. Bucky (is set during World War II) -The Book Thief

Iron Man
1. Repulsor Beam (Read a book with a laser beam or rocket on the cover or with a character/ship using those weapons)
2. Billionaire extraordinaire (Read a book with money or gold on the cover or with a rich protagonist)
3. Stark Tower (a tower on the cover)- Steelheart

Hulk
1. Green & Mean (with a predominantly green cover) Rip Tide
2. Dr. Banner (Read a book with a scientist on the cover or a scientist as main protagonist)
3. Hulk Smash! (a city gets destroyed during the book) - Faunblut

Thor
1. Son of Asgard (Read a book with a viking or viking ship on the cover, or where vikings/northern mythology are a main theme of the book)
2. Mjölnir (with a hammer/mace on the cover) - The Crystal Shard
3. Midgard Serpent (Read a book with a serpent/snake on the cover or in the title, or where a serpent/snake appears)

Ms. Marvel
1. Natural Born Leader (Read a book with a political leader (president, Queen, King etc.) on the cover or as the main protagonist)
2. Air Force Captain (with a plane/flying object on the cover) - Kampf um Kenlyn
3. Kree Heritage (with a non-human protagonist) - The Humans

The Wasp
1. Sting of the Wasp (where insects play a significant role) - Mortal Chaos
2. Shopping Queen (Read a book with shopping bags or a store on the cover, or where a store/shopping mall is one of the major settings)
3. In love with a nerd (Read a book with a romantic couple on the cover, or where a girl falls in love with a nerd) - Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

Giant Man
1. Giantic (Read a book with a giant/large person on the cover or where giants are mentioned or side characters)
2. Avengers A.I. (with a computer on the cover, or where A.I. is one of the main themes) - Ready Player One
3. Yellowjacket (a predominantly yellow cover)- Sabriel

Hawkeye
1. Master Archer (an archer as the main protagonist) - The Ruins of Gorlan
2. Trick Arrow (heist is one of the main themes in the book) - The Thief
3. You can't spell Hawkeye without hawk (a bird on the cover) - Grischa: Lodernde Schwingen

Black Widow - recruited
1. Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (a character in a black suit on the cover) - The Magicians' Guild
2. Natasha Romanoff (by a russian author) - Wind
3. Widowmaker (a woman as the only figure on the cover) - Boundless

Spider Woman
1. Web of the Spider (Read a book with a spider on the cover or in the title or where spiders play a significant role)
2. Fear Pheromones (Read a book with a scared character on the cover or which belongs to the horror genre)
3. Seductive Pheromones (Read a book with a "sexy" cover or which belongs to the erotica genre)

Hercules
1. Strong as an Ox (a well muscled protagonist on the cover) - Hexed
2. Son of Zeus (is based on greek mythology) - The Sea of Monsters
3. Wine, Women and Song (Read a book with luxury/decadence on the cover or with a really decadent main/side character)

Scarlet Witch - recruited
1. Crimson Clothes (a character dressed in red) - Scarlet
2. Witchcraft (a witch as main/side character)- Siege and Storm
3. Playing with Probability (with numbers on the cover) - The 10th Kingdom


Enemies

Apocalypse
3. Age of Apocalypse (plays in two different dimensions) - Die Seiten der Welt

Thanos
1. Mistress Death (Where a character sacrifices himself for love) - The High Lord
2. Cosmic Cube
Read a book with a square or cube on the cover or where a character gets his powers from a non-human/alien artifact.
3. Infinity Gauntlet (an immortal character plays a significant role) - The Iron King

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Completed my X-Men list! :)