Zaz, Past and Future Books Addiction

[Zaz]

2015 Popsugar Reading Challenge
Hosted by 2015 Reading Challenge Group | My Plan & Side-Reads

52/52 weeks completed. Average: 4.04 stars.

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1. a book with more than 500 pages: A Clash of Kings [✔] M

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2. a romance
# a classic romance: Persuasion [✔] W

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# a modern romance:Playing for Keeps [✔] W

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3. a book that became a movie: The Maze Runner [✔] M

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4. a book published this year:
# 2014 Lock In [✔] M, Hollow World [✔] M

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# 2015 The Girl on the Train [✔] W

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5. a book with a number in the title: The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August [✔] W

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6. a book written by someone under 30: Fairytales for Wilde Girls [✔] W

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7. a book with nonhuman characters: Three Bags Full [✔] W

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8. a funny book The Invisible Library [✔] W

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9. a book by a female author: The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender [✔] W

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10. a mystery or thriller: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [✔] M

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11. a book with a one-word title: Genesis [✔] M

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12. a book of short stories: Through the Woods [✔] + The Lottery and Other Stories [✔] W

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13. a book set in a different country: The Mango Season [✔] W

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14. a nonfiction book: Chernobyl: Confessions of a Reporter [✔] M

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15. a popular author's first book: Elantris [✔] M

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16. a book from an author you love that you haven't read yet: I Shall Wear Midnight [✔] M & Funny Girl [✔] M

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17. a book a friend recommended: Toby Alone [✔] M

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18. a Pulitzer-prize winning book: The Snow Child[✔] W & The Road (re-read) [✔] M
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19. a book based on a true story: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl [✔] W

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20. a book at the bottom of your to read list: The Borrowers [✔] W

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21. a book your mom loves: The Ax [✔] M

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22. a book that scares you: Bird Box [✔] M

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23. a book more than 100 years old: The Phantom of the Opera [✔] M

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24. a book based entirely on its cover: Black Feathers [✔] M

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25. a book you were supposed to read in school but didn't: Animal Farm [✔] M (I read all my school books. I never heard about this one, but it's in lot of "must read in high school", so here we go)

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26. a memoir: Steve Jobs [✔] M

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27. a book you can finish in a day: Stargirl [✔] M

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28. a book with antonyms in the title: Big Little Lies [✔] W

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29. a book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit: The Annotated Peter Pan [✔] M

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30. a book that came out the year you were born: 1981 (re-read) The Wave [✔] M

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31. a book with bad reviews: The Magicians [✔] M

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32. a trilogy (the first): Theft of Swords [✔] M

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33. a trilogy (the second): Rise of Empire [✔] M

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34. a trilogy (the third): Heir of Novron [✔] M

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35. a book from your childhood: Niourk [✔] M

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36. a book with a love triangle: Parallel [✔] W

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37. a book set in the future: Sand Omnibus [✔] M

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38. a book set in high school: Eleanor & Park [✔] W

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39. a book with a color in the title: The Picture of Dorian Gray [✔] M

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40. a book that made/makes you cry: The Fault in Our Stars [✔] M

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41. a book with magic: Uprooted [✔] W

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42. a graphic novel: Nimona [✔] W

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43. a book by an author you've never read before: The Emperor's Blades (#1) [✔] M

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44. a book you own but have never read: The Neverending Story [✔] M

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45. a book that takes place in your hometown country: Blameless [✔] W

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46. a book that was originally written in another language: Ruby Red (german) [✔] W

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47. a book set during Christmas: The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus [✔] M

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48. a book written by an author with your same initials: The Cloud Hunters [✔] M

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49. a play: Romeo and Juliet [✔] M

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50. a banned book: Revolting Rhymes [✔] M

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51. a book based on OR turned into a tv show: How to Train Your Dragon [✔] M

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52. a book you started but never finished: Old Man's War [✔] M
(jeez, war topic, bad language... everything I dislike, I don't know why I picked up the book :p)

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[Zaz]

Reddit/r/fantasy 2015 bingo + reading more women
Hosted by Reddit/r/fantasy

25/25 (April 2015-2016)

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✩✩✩✩✩ Literary Fantasy or Non-Fantasy: The Night Circus [✔] W
✩✩✩✩✩ Stand Alone Fantasy Novel: Uprooted [✔] W
✩✩✩✩✩ Historical Fantasy: The Golem and the Jinni [✔] W
✩✩✩✩ Novel by an Author on r/Fantasy’s Women in Fantasy List: Soulless (PP #1) [✔] W
✩✩✩✩ An Author’s Debut Novel: Elantris [✔] M
✩✩✩✩✩Novel by An r/Fantasy AMA Author: The Crown Tower [✔] M
✩✩✩✩✩ Novel Originally Written in a Language Other Than English: Les Fiancés de l'Hiver [✔] W
✩✩✩✩ A Novel Over 500 Pages: The Talisman [✔] M
✩✩✩✩✩Pre-Tolkien Fantasy: Peter Pan [✔] M
✩✩✩✩ A Novel From r/Fantasy’s Underrated List: The Emperor's Edge (EE #1) [✔] W
✩✩✩✩✩ Fairytaly Retelling: Cinder (Lunar Chronicles #1) [✔] W
✩✩✩✩ Portal Fantasy: Dragon Wing (Death Gate #1) [✔] WM
✩✩✩✩✩ Free Space: Graphic novel Nimona [✔] W
✩✩✩✩ Novel Adapted to the Screen (Movie or Tv): Howl's Moving Castle [✔] W
✩✩✩ Published Before the Year 2000: A Wrinkle in Time [✔] W
✩✩✩.5 Self Published Novel: Fae - The Wild Hunt [✔] M
✩✩✩✩ 2015 r/Fantasy Best of Lists: Novel or Author: Nine Princes in Amber [✔]M
✩✩✩✩ Comic Fantasy: Dodger [✔] M
✩✩✩✩✩ A Novel You First Heard of From an r/Fantasy Member: Seraphina [✔] W
✩✩ Arthurian Fantasy: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court [✔] M
✩✩✩✩✩ Award Winning Novel (Hugo, Nebula or World Fantasy): The Graveyard Book [✔] M
✩✩✩✩ Novel Published in 2015: The Providence of Fire (Unhewn Throne #2) [✔] M
Five Fantasy Short Stories: The Last Adventure of Dr. Yngve Hogalum, Ginga, During the Dance, Brimstone and Marmalade, The Witch of Duva. [✔]
✩✩✩✩ Any r/Fantasy Goodreads Group Book of the Month: The Fifth Season [✔] W
✩✩✩✩ Urban Fantasy: White Trash Zombie Gone Wild (White Trash Zombie #5) [✔] W
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[Zaz]

2016 A to Z Children Books Challenge

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✖︎ Alanna: The First Adventure★★★★
✖︎Bounders★★★★
✖︎ The Categorical Universe of Candice Phee★★★★★
✖︎ Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! ★★★★
✖︎Explorers of the Wild★★★★★
✖︎Five on a Treasure Island★★★★
✖︎ Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs ★★★★★
✖︎ How to Speak Dragonese ★★★★
✖︎ I Want My Hat Back ★★★★★
✖︎ The Jungle Book ★★★★ RR
✖︎ Krampus and The Thief of Christmas ★★★★
✖︎ Listen, Slowly★★★
✖︎ Mörkövahti (Le Monstre Nounou, for my french edition)★★★★.5
✖︎ A Nearer Moon★★★
✖︎ Oliver and the Seawigs ★★★★★
✖︎ Pippi Longstocking ★★★
✖︎ Les Quatre Filles du docteur March (aka Little Women :p) ★★★★
✖︎Rumpelstiltskin★★★★★
✖︎ The Secret of the Old Clock # RR ★★★★
✖︎ The Wild Robot ★★★.5
✖︎ Up and Down ★★★★
✖︎ Voyage to Magical North ★★★★.5
✖︎ We Found A Hat ★★★★★
✖︎ X-Men Adventures Vol 1 (1992-1994) ★★★★
✖︎ The Year of the Book ★★★★
✖︎ Zombie in Love ★★★★
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[Zaz]

2016 Dystopia Reading Challenge
Goal: Leader (16+ books) 19/16

Cinder (5★), The Knife of Never Letting Go (4★), Awoken (4★), Oryx and Crake (3★), Goblin Fruit (3★), Red Queen (2★), Pump Six and Other Stories (4★), The Darkest Minds (4★), Everland(3★), Scarlet (4★), We (2★), ...And The Stars Fell Silent (2★), Unwind (4.5★), The Ask and the Answer (5★), The Chrysalids (4★), Welcome To Orphancorp (4★), Orleans (4★), The 5th Wave (2★), Battle Royale(4★)

[Zaz]

Cover colors Challenge
✖︎ Brown: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet ★★★★★
✖︎ Orange: Monsters of Men★★★★.5
✖︎ Red: The Masked City ★★★★
✖︎ Pink: The Princess Diaries ★★★
✖︎ Purple: The Tundra Trials ★★★.5
✖︎ Blue: Shadow Scale ★★★★
✖︎ Green: L'île des monstres ★★★★
✖︎ Yellow: The Girl with All the Gifts ★★★★★
✖︎ White: The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly ★★★★
✖︎ Grey: Hollow City ★★★
✖︎ Black: The Hobbit RR ★★★★★

[Zaz]

10 Books outside my comfort zone 2016-2017

✖︎ The Deal # (romance) ★★★★★
✖︎ Love Fortunes and Other Disasters (YA romance) ★★★★
✖︎ Saints and Misfits (religion) ★★★★
✖︎ Neuromancer (scifi classic) ★★★
✖︎ Anna Dressed in Blood# (YA horror) ★★★★
✖︎ Ice (thriller) ★★★★
✖︎ The Last Policeman # (mystery) ★★★★★
✖︎ Purple Hibiscus (literary fiction)★★★★
✖︎ Seveneves (hard scifi) ★★★
✖︎ The Samurai's Garden (literary fiction) ★★★★★

[Zaz]

Finished just in time my 2015 bingo fantasy and there's a new one for 2016, so I decided to join but I'm not sure I'll complete it totally.

★ (rating) RR (re-read) ✇ (Doorstop)

Reddit/r/fantasy 2016 bingo
Hosted by Reddit/r/fantasy

25/25 (April 2016-2017)

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4★Magical Realism: Bone Gap by Laura Ruby W
4★Any r/Fantasy Goodreads Group Book Of The Month: Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft M
3★Romantic Fantasy OR Paranormal Romance: Spirit Caller: Books 1-3 by Krista D. Ball W
4★Self Published OR Indie Fantasy Novel: The Death of Dulgath by Michael J. Sullivan M
4★A Fantasy Novel Published In 2016: Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton W
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5★ Novel by an r/Fantasy AMA Author: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers W
4★Dark Fantasy OR Grimdark Fantasy: The Child Thief by Brom M ✇
4.5★A Novel With Fewer Than 3000 GR Ratings: The Voyage to Magical North by Claire Fayers W
4★A Wild Ginger Appears (Red-Haired Character): Scarlet by Marissa Meyer M
3.5★Female Authored Epic Fantasy: The Whitefire Crossing by Courtney Schafer W
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4.5★Science Fantasy OR Sci-Fi: Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes M
5/5 Five Fantasy Short Stories: Bridge of Snow by Marie Rutkoski, The Green Man by Paul S. Kemp, Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers by Alyssa Wong, Of Blood and Brine by Megan E. O'Keefe, The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn by Usman T. Malik.
4★ Graphic Novel (Speculative fiction): East of West, Vol. 1: The Promise
3.5★ A Fantasy Novel Published The Decade You Were Born (1980-1989): The Gunslinger by Stephen King RR M
4★A Fantasy Novel Written By Two Or More Authors: Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews WM
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5★ A Fantasy Novel Published In The 2000’s (2000-2009): The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss M ✇
4★Weird Western: Gehenna by Jason Brant M
5★ A Fantasy Novel Inspired / Influenced By Non-Western Myth Or Folklore: The Girl with Ghost Eyes by M.H. Boroson M
3★ Military Fantasy: Argh. The Builders by Daniel Polansky M
5★ Non-Fantasy Novel: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
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4★Award Winning Novel: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke W ✇
4★ YA Fantasy Novel : Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo W
3★A Novel Where the Protagonist Flies: The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury M
4.5★ A Novel Someone Read For 2015 r/Fantasy Bingo: Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone M
4★ Sword and Sorcery: Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce # W
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[Zaz]

2016 AtY RC Plan and updates

2016 AtY RC ~ 52/52 weeks completed. Average: 4.0 stars (average 2015: 4.04 stars).

✖︎ (read) ★ (rating) RR (re-read) # (series) ✇ (Doorstop)

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✖︎ 1. A book you meant to read in 2015, but didn't: Cinder #

★★★★★

✖︎ 2. A book set in a different continent: Switch! The Lost Kingdoms of Karibu (Africa)

★★★.5

✖︎ 3. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2015 (winner or nominated): A Darker Shade of Magic #

★★★★

✖︎ 4. A book by an author you discovered in 2015: More Than This (480p)

★★★★★

✖︎ 5. A book with a title beginning with the 1st letter of your name: Awoken #

★★★★

✖︎ 6. The highest rated on your TBR: The Name of the Wind # (662p)✇

★★★★★

✖︎ 7. A book about books: The Book of Lost Things

★★★★

✖︎ 8. A classic book with less than 200 pages: Around the World in 80 Days (173p for the french free kindle version, obvious choice for me for the new group)

★★★.5

✖︎ 9. A book that was mentioned in another book: Rumpelstiltskin

★★★★★

✖︎ 10. A book by an author you feel you should have read by now: Oryx and Crake (time to try this author...)

★★★

✖︎ 11. A book from the Rory Gilmore challenge: The Time Traveler's Wife (500p)

★★★★

✖︎ 12. A childhood classic: Anne of Green Gables #

★★★★★

✖︎ 13. Reader’s Choice: These Vicious Masks # (2016 debut)

★★★.5

✖︎ 14. A book with one of the five W’s -or H in the title: What Alice Forgot (487p)

★★★★

✖︎ 15. A book set in the past (more than 100 years ago): The Gospel of Loki (old nordic myths, so very old past!)

★★★★

✖︎ 16. A book from the top 100 mystery novels: The Hound of the Baskervilles # (I've to finish the complete collection, one day...)

★★★★

✖︎ 17. A book with a beautiful cover: Slade House

★★★★

✖︎ 18. A book on a summer/beach reading list: I chose a chick-lit, so it won't be too painful :p The Undomestic Goddess (400p)

★★★

✖︎ 19. A non-fiction book: What If? : Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

★★★★

✖︎ 20. A book with a first name in the title: Binti (a novella) & Charlotte's Web

★★★★|★★★★★

✖︎ 21. A book from the Goodreads Recommendations page: Throne of Glass # (in my dystopia recommendations page).

★★★★★

✖︎ 22. The first book in a new to you series: The Darkest Minds # (488p)

★★★★

✖︎ 23. The next book in a series you are reading: I've like billions of ongoing series, but I want to continue the grisha first! Siege and Storm

★★★★

✖︎ 24. A "between the numbers" book of a series (0.5, 1,5, 2.5, etc.): Little Knife (Grisha #2.6 - link)

★★★★★

✖︎ 25. A book whose main character is in a profession that interests you: Brain: The Man Who Wrote the Book That Changed the World

★★

✖︎ 26. A book everyone is talking about: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

★★★★★

✖︎ 27. A book with a beautiful title (in your own opinion): Easy choice from my TBR! ...And The Stars Fell Silent

★★

✖︎ 28. A biography, autobiography, or memoir : Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things

★★★★

✖︎ 29. A book by an author who writes under more than one name: Robin Hobb wins! Cloven Hooves

★★

✖︎ 30. A fairytale from a culture other than your own:
The King of the Waterfalls (Celtic) ★★
The Fox and the Wolf (Spanish)★★★★
The 3 treasures of the Giants (Slavic) ★★
The Silent Princess (Turkish) ★★★★★
Momotaro (Japanese)★★★★

✖︎ 31. A work of young adult fiction: Paperweight

★★★★.5

✖︎ 32. A historical fiction book: Kindred

★★★★★

✖︎ 33. The 16th book on your TBR: Unwind #

★★★★.5

✖︎ 34. A book about mental illness: The Virgin Suicides

★★★★

✖︎ 35. An award winning book: Holes (discovered what were the medals on The Giver and The Graveyard Book covers!)

★★★★★

✖︎ 36. An identity book - a book about a different culture, religion or sexual orientation: More Happy Than Not

★★★★★

✖︎ 37. A book that you've seen the movie of but haven't read: I Am Legend

★★★★

✖︎ 38. A book about an anti hero: The Arctic Incident #

★★★

✖︎ 39. A previous suggestion that did not make it into the list (2016 debut): The Remarkable Journey of Charlie Price & The Smell of Other People's Houses

★★★★/ ★★★★★

✖︎ 40. A novella from your favorite genre: Welcome To Orphancorp (dystopia)

★★★★

✖︎ 41. A book about a major world event:
(Apocalypse) The Book of the Crowman #
(Chernobyl) All That is Solid Melts into Air

★★★★.5/★★

✖︎ 42. A top 100 fantasy novel: The Final Empire # ✇

★★★★

✖︎ 43. A book about a thing that goes bump in the night: Shallow Graves

★★★★.5

✖︎ 44. A book you're embarrassed to read in public: Vampire Academy #

★★★.5

✖︎ 45. A book related to a hobby or passion you have: Life in the Undergrowth (me like bugs)

★★★★

✖︎ 46. A crime story: The Westing Game

★★★★

✖︎ 47. A book with a type of food/drink in the title: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

★★★★

✖︎ 48. A dystopia: Orleans

★★★★

✖︎ 49. A book with a great opening line: Legion
“My name is Stephen Leeds, and I am perfectly sane. My hallucinations, however, are all quite mad.”

★★★★

✖︎ 50. A book originally written in a language other than English: Battle Royale (617p) ✇

★★★★

✖︎ 51. A short story from a well-known author: Pump Six and Other Stories by Paolo Bacigalupi (I'm reading a full collection of short stories as I really like his writing in this format).

★★★★

✖︎ 52. A book published in 2016: Every Heart a Doorway & Pax

★★★★★/★★★★

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----- Group BOTM -----
✖︎ Attachments (3.5★), The Cuckoo's Calling (3★), The Graveyard Book (5★ RR), The Halloween Tree (3.5★)

[Zaz]

2017 Reject challenge

A quick selection of the categories I'll probably tackle through side-reads. No obligation there, I'll see how many books I can fit with the list and maybe try something new for the challenging categories.

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✖︎ A book with a number in the title: 5 to 1★★★★★
✖︎ A book with a title that contains a musical term: Wintersong ★★
✖︎ A book not set on Earth: Ender's Shadow ★★★★
✖︎ A book that takes place in more than one country: The Burning Page (various countries+alternate worlds) ★★★.5
✖︎ A book with a nonhuman protagonist: All the Birds in the Sky ★★★
✖︎ A book set 100 years or more in the future: Des milliards de tapis de cheveux ★★★★
✖︎ A book with an apocalyptic/end of the world theme: Amarantox ★★★.5
✖︎ A book with a plague theme: Deadline ★★★★
✖︎ A horror book: 20th Century Ghosts ★★★
✖︎ A Chick-lit: The Selection ★★
✖︎ A cowboy/western: The Gunslinger★★★.5
✖︎ An audiobook: The Room ★★★★★
✖︎ A children's classic: The Railway Children ★★★
✖︎ A children book published after 2010: Zapland ★★★★
✖︎ A book written by a popular author: Frostbite★★★★
✖︎ An Agatha Christie's book: And Then There Were None★★★★
✖︎ The final (or most recently published) book in a series: World of Trouble ★★★★
✖︎ A book with an eccentric character: Miss Charity★★★★★
✖︎ A book with a child as main character: L'île des monstres ★★★★
✖︎ The first book of a duology: Warcross ★★★★★
✖︎ A book about social justice: The Hate U Give ★★★★★
✖︎ A book based on a fairytale: Sleeping Beauties ★★★

[Zaz]

★ (rating) RR (re-read) # (series)

2017 Dystopia Reading Challenge
Goal: Learder (16+ books) 17/17

Botanicaust (4.5★), Doomseeds (4★), Feed (3★), Amarantox (3.5★), The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf(3★), Blood Red Road (4★), Shatter Me (2.5★), Winter (4★), Rebel Heart (3★), Métro 2033 (3★), 5 to 1 (5★), Parable of the Sower(4★), Deadline (4★), Warcross (5★), Sleeping Beauties(3★), The Testing (3★), Raging Star (5★)





Possible list:
The Obelisk Gate #2
There Once Were Stars
Earthseed #2
Never Fade #2
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
1984
The Bones of the Earth #
The Handmaid's Tale
Starflight #
Station Eleven

Forget Tomorrow
Radiant #
Reap #
Arctic Rising
Alive #
Across the Universe #
Sunset Rising #
The Immortal Rules #

[Zaz]

2017 Children books Reading Challenge
Goal: 1 book per month - 12/12 (not using books from AtY RC)

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How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse (5★), Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (4★), The Railway Children (3★), The Witches (2★), The Screaming Staircase(4★), The Tundra Trials (3.5★), D'un monde à l'autre (2★), How to Twist a Dragon's Tale (2★), The Mysterious Benedict Society(2★), The Whispering Skull (4★), Zapland (4★), L'île des monstres(4★)
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2017 Graphic novels Reading Challenge
Goal: 2 books per month - 24/24
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Grayson, Volume 5 (3.5★), American Born Chinese (3★), Legends of Zita the Spacegirl (4★), The Complete Maus (5★), The Return of Zita the Spacegirl (4★), Baba Yaga's Assistant (4★), Anya's Ghost (4★), Billy Brouillard : Le don de trouble vue (3★), Saga, Vol. 6(4★), The Stonekeeper(4★), Seconds(4★), The Stonekeeper's Curse(4★), Three Shadows (5★), The Cloud Searchers (4★), Niourk series #1-3 (4★), Revival, Vol. 7: Forward (3★), Le Singe de Hartlepool(3★), Aya #1 (4★), Culottées #1 (5★), The Last Council(4★), Dans la forêt sombre et mystérieuse (3★), El Deafo (4★), Prince of the Elves(4★), This One Summer (3★)


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2017 Manga Reading Challenge
Goal: 2 books per month - 24/24
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Somali et l'esprit de la forêt #1 (4★), Planetes, Vol. 2 (5★), Bride Stories, Tome 06 (5★), Mushishi, Vol. 1 (4★), Minuscule #3 (3★), Mushishi, Vol. 2 (3★), A Bride's Story, Vol. 7(3★), Lucika Lucika 1(3★), A Bride's Story, Vol. 8(5★), Lucika Lucika 2 (3★), Minuscule #4 (4★), City Hall 1 (3★), Mushishi, Vol. 3(5★), Monster, Volume 2 (4★), Children of the Sea, Volume 1 (4★), Underwater - Le Village immergé, Tome 1(5★), Monster, Volume 3 (4★), Underwater - Le Village immergé, Tome 2(4★), Children of the Sea, Volume 2 (3★), Mushishi, Vol. 5 (4★), NonNonBâ(4★), Monster, Volume 4(2★), Mushishi, Vol. 6(4★), Children of the Sea, Volume 3(3★)


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[Zaz]

17 books released in 2017
17/17
⚭ (used in another challenge)

History Is All You Left Me (3.5★ - fic)
The Burning World # (4★ - spec fic) ⚭
You're Welcome, Universe (5★ - fic) ⚭
The Upside of Unrequited (2★ - fic)
Caraval (3★ - fantasy)
Hello, Universe (5★ - fic)
Amina's Voice (3★ - fic) ⚭
The Boy on the Bridge (4★ - spec fic)
All Grown Up (2★ - fic)
Release (3.5★ - fic/fantasy ) ⚭
La Mémoire de Babel (4.5★ - fantasy) ⚭
A Conjuring of Light (3.5★ - fantasy)
Wintersong (2★ - fantasy)
Binti: Home (4★- scifi) ⚭
When Dimple Met Rishi (3.5★ - fiction)
Flame in the Mist (3★ - fantasy)
Hunted (4★- fantasy) ⚭
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Down Among the Sticks and Bones # (4★ - fantasy) ⚭
I Believe in a Thing Called Love(4★ - fiction) ⚭
The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic (5★- fantasy short stories) ⚭
The Journey to Dragon Island # (4★ - fantasy) ⚭
Warcross # (5★ - dystopia) ⚭
The Hate U Give (5★ - fiction) ⚭
White Trash Zombie Unchained # (4★ - zombies)
Sleeping Beauties (3★ - dystopia/magical realism)
Saints and Misfits (4★- fiction)
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (3★- fiction)


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Possible TBR:
The Bear and the Nightingale # (Jan - fantasy)
Wires and Nerve, Volume 1 # (Jan - Graphic novel)
Assassin's Fate # (May - Fantasy)
Carve the Mark # (Jan - YA scifi)
The Ethan I Was Before (Jan - children fiction)
The House of Months and Years (Feb - children fantasy)
Traveler # (Feb - YA fantasy)
Forget Me Not (March - children fiction)
The Emperor of Mars # (July - children scifi)
Little & Lion (Aug, YA fiction)
Ahimsa (Oct - kid fic)
Renegades (Nov - YA)

[Zaz]

2017 Diverse Reading Challenge
Suggestions: link

✖︎ January - Stories based on/ inspired by diverse folktales/culture/mythology Where the Mountain Meets the Moon - 4★
✖︎ February - POC/ Biracial/ Multiracial Main Character/Lead Homegoing - 4.5★
✖︎ March - Disability You're Welcome, Universe (Deaf main character) - 5★
✖︎ April - Mental Health Under Rose-Tainted Skies - 3.5★
✖︎ May - Religious Diversity: Amina's Voice - 3★
✖︎June and July - Sexuality and Gender Identity George - 4★ & The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue - 3★
✖︎ August - Non Western Setting 5 to 1 - 5★
✖︎ September - #Ownvoices The Hate U Give - 5★
✖︎ October - Intersectionality The Abyss Surrounds Us - 3★
✖︎ November - Diverse Retelling Winter - 4★
✖︎ December - 2017 Releases (list) I Believe in a Thing Called Love - 4★



#DiverseAThon Jan 22-29, 2017
An Ember in the Ashes (3.5★), History Is All You Left Me (3.5★), Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (4★), Bride Stories 6 (5★)

[Sophie]

I really like the Diverse Reading Challenge! I may attempt it too ;)

[Zaz]

I like the idea too, the prompts aren't too difficult (except the religion one as I avoid books with religion) and it's a short list. Most of the books were on my TBR for next year, so it seems a nice idea to use them for a challenge :)

[Zaz]

2017 AtY RC ~ 52/52 categories completed.
Stats: 23 books with POC | 14 books with LGBTQ characters
31 books by female authors | 21 books by male authors
8 Children books | 18 YA books | 27 Adult books

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✖︎ 1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016: The Female of the Species

★★★★★ - Review

✖︎ 2. A book with at least 2 perspectives: Carry On ✇

★★★★ - Review - Audio

✖︎ 3. A book you meant to read in 2016: The Burning World #✇
(the initial publication date was 2016 but finally it's a 2017 release)

★★★★ - Review

✖︎ 4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E": Botanicaust

★★★★.5 - Review

✖︎ 5. A historical fiction: The Book Thief ✇

★★★★ - Review

✖︎ 6. A book being released as a movie in 2017: Annihilation #

★★★ - Review

✖︎ 7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title: The Complete Maus

★★★★★ - Review

✖︎ 8. A book written by a person of color: Ikebukuro West Gate Park (Japanese author)

★★★ - Review

✖︎ 9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list: Cress (middle of my sequel TBR- #✇)

★★★★★ - Review

✖︎ 10. A dual-timeline novel: A Closed and Common Orbit # ✇

★★★★★ - Review

✖︎ 11. A category from another challenge:
- A book that is by or about someone from an indigenous culture (Bookriot 2015): The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf (indigenous Australian author) ★★★ - Review
- A book you loved as a child (Popsug 2017): Ronya, fille de brigand ★★★★★ - Review


✖︎ 12. A book based on a myth: The Lightning Thief #

★★★★ - Review

✖︎ 13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors: Julia's House for Lost Creatures
Picture book recommended by Pat Rothfuss and written by an author I like.

★★★ - Review

✖︎ 14. A book with a strong female character: George

★★★★ - Review

✖︎ 15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland): A Man Called Ove (Sweden)

★★★★★ - Review

✖︎ 16. A mystery: Rebecca

★★★★ - Review

✖︎ 17. A book with illustrations: Gris Grimly's Frankenstein

★★★★ - Review

✖︎ 18. A really long book (600+ pages): Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell ✇✇

★★★★ - Review

✖︎ 19. A New York Times best-seller: Six of Crows #

★★★★ - Review

✖︎ 20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading: Winter # ✇

★★★★ - Review

✖︎ 21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read: La Mémoire de Babel #

★★★★.5 - Review

✖︎ 22. A book by an author you haven't read before: Sunbolt #

★★★★ - Review

✖︎ 23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list: Jane Eyre ✇

★★.5 - Review

✖︎ 24. A book written by at least two authors: I'll read a collection: She Walks in Shadows

★★★ - Review

✖︎ 25. A book about a famous historical figure: A Taste for Monsters (Jack the Ripper and Elephant Man)

★★★★★ - Review

✖︎ 26. An adventure book: The Wind in the Willows

★★ - Review

✖︎ 27. A book by one of your favorite authors: Release (by Patrick Ness)

★★★.5 - Review

✖︎ 28. A non-fiction: Un printemps à Tchernobyl

★★★★ - Review

✖︎ 29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses: Binti: Home # (by Tor which is under Macmillan, the top #5)

★★★★ - Review

✖︎ 30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books: The Raven Boys #

★★★★ - Review

✖︎ 31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre: Parable of the Sower # (solarpunk, a subgenre of dystopia)

★★★★ - Review

✖︎ 32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle): Down Among the Sticks and Bones #

★★★★ - Review

✖︎ 33. A magical realism novel: Garden Spells #

★★★★★ - Review

✖︎ 34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere: Children of the Different (dystopia, set Australia)

★★★ - Review

✖︎ 35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty: Heartless

★★★★★ - Review

✖︎ 36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee: The Emperor's Soul (winner for best novella)

★★★★★ - Review

✖︎ 37. A book you choose randomly: Culottées (I picked a reservation from the library)

★★★★★ - Review

✖︎ 38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature: Tiger Lily (inspired by Peter Pan)

★★★★.5 - Review

✖︎ 39. An epistolary fiction: Daddy-Long-Legs

★★★★ - Review

✖︎ 40. A book published in 2017: You're Welcome, Universe

★★★★★ - Review

✖︎ 41. A book with an unreliable narrator: We Have Always Lived in the Castle

★★★★★ - Review

✖︎ 42. A best book of the 21st century (so far): The City & the City (in top 10 of the best books of the 21th Century for the Locus awards)

★★★ - Review

✖︎ 43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold): Clown Wars Blood and Aspic
For the backstory: they had to self-publish it because most of the editors were afraid of clowns :D

★★★ - Review

✖︎ 44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next": With "The Girl with All the Gifts", most of the picks are books I want to read and books I already read, so it seems a good idea to use this title. Red Rising

★★★★ - Review

✖︎ 45. A book with a one-word title: Hunted

★★★★ - Review

✖︎ 46. A time travel novel: To Say Nothing of the Dog # ✇

★★★★★ - Review

✖︎ 47. A past suggestion that didn't win (A simplistic cover): Métro 2033

★★★ - Review

✖︎ 48. A banned book: Bridge to Terabithia

★★★★ - Review

✖︎ 49. A book from someone else's bookshelf: How to Be a Woman

★★★ - Review

✖︎ 50. A Penguin Modern Classic: Howl, Kaddish and Other Poems

★★★

✖︎ 51. A collection: The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories

★★★★ - Review

✖︎ 52. A book set in a fictional location: The Journey to Dragon Island #

★★★★ - Review
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[Zaz]

Finished in time my 2016 bingo fantasy, even if I struggled with some categories. I decided to NOT do the 2017 one. And then, they released the new list and what can I do? I'm weak :p (but I'll overlap as much as I can)

★ (rating) RR (re-read) ✇ (Doorstop) ⚭ (used in another challenge)

Reddit/r/fantasy 2017 bingo
Hosted by Reddit/r/fantasy

25/25 (April 2017-2018)
Stats: 11 books by female authors | 12 books by male authors
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4★ Any r/Fantasy Goodreads Group Book Of The Month: Red Rising ⚭
4★ Format: Graphic Novel (At Least One Volume) OR Audiobook (speculative fiction): Saga, Vol. 6 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
5★ Novel Featuring Time Travel: To Say Nothing of the Dog✇
5★ A Novel Published In 2017: The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic
4★ An Author's Debut Fantasy Novel: The Lightning Thief ⚭
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3★ Non-fiction Fantasy Related Book: Zombies: A Cultural History
4★ Fantasy Novel That's Been on Your 'To Be Read' List for Over a Year: The Raven Boys
3★ Award Winning Novel: Neuromancer
4★ Subgenre: Dystopian / Post-Apocalyptic / Apocalyptic / Dying Earth: Parable of the Sower ⚭
4★ r/Fantasy Big List: 2016 Underread / Underrated: Akata Witch
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3★ Horror Novel: 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill
3.5★ Fantasy Novel Featuring a Desert Setting: Traitor to the Throne⚭
5★ Re-Use ANY Previous r/Fantasy Bingo Square (Science Fantasy OR Sci-Fi): A Closed and Common Orbit ⚭
3★ Self-Published Fantasy Novel: Children of the Different
3.5★ Fantasy Novel Featuring a Non-Human Protagonist: Where the Waters Turn Black
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4.5★ Sequel: Not the First Book in the Series: The Well of Ascension
4★ Novel By an r/Fantasy AMA Author OR Writer of the Day: Down Among the Sticks and Bones
4★ Subgenre: Fantasy of Manners: The Goblin Emperor
2★ Fantasy Novel Featuring Dragons: Dragons of Autumn Twilight
3★ Subgenre: New Weird: The City & the City ⚭
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3★ Fantasy Novel Featuring Seafaring: The Abyss Surrounds Us
3★ Subgenre: Steampunk: Boneshaker
4★ Five Fantasy Short Stories: The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories ⚭
3★ Novel by an Author from an r/fantasy Author Appreciation Post: The Initiate
5★ Getting Too Old for This Crap: Fantasy Novel Featuring An Older (50+) Protagonist (POV): Hollow World
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[Zaz]

100 must-read middle grade fantasy books from the last 10 years
Bookriot [on listchallenge]
I'm working a little on the list, I'm using listchallenge to keep track of them.

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Circus Mirandus
Liesl & Po
Lockwood & Co series
The Graveyard Book
The Remarkable Journey of Charlie Price
The Stonekeeper
The Voyage to Magical North
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Odd and the Frost Giants
Akata Witch
The Wishing Spell
The Gauntlet
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Starry River of the Sky
Nightlights
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Books scheduled for 2019:
Juniper Berry
Some Kind of Happiness

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Other kids lists:

NYPL 100 best children books: listchallenges- 28/100

https://bookriot.com/2017/12/05/book-...
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The 2018 Ultimate List of Diverse Children’s Books: 5/5
http://hereweeread.com/2017/11/2018-u...

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Science Fiction vs Fantasy Bingo 2018
Card/Host

I plan to overlaps with my various reads, the categories are mostly in my comfort zone, so it should be easy to check some of the categories.

3★ Space: Record of a Spaceborn Few ⚭
4★ AI: All Systems Red ⚭
4★ Wibbly Wobbly Time Travel: Doomsday Book
4★ It's the End of the World As We Know It: The Tangled Lands
3.5★ Alien Invasion: Rosewater
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4★ Plague: Illuminae
4★ Dystopia: The City of Ember
3★ Alternate Reality: Arabella of Mars
4★ Cyberpunk: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
2★ This is Totally Going to Happen One Day: The Drowned World ⚭
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4.5★ Asian: Not Your Sidekick ⚭
4★ African: Akata Witch ⚭
3.5★ Rebellion: Traitor to the Throne ⚭
3.5★ Indie: Where the Waters Turn Black ⚭
4★ South American: The Invention of Morel
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5★ Portal: Hollow World ⚭
4★ Fantastic Beasts: Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard ⚭
5★ Haunted: The Hollow Boy ⚭
5★ Undead: Raising Stony Mayhall ⚭
4★ Re-Telling: The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales ⚭
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2★ Bite Me: Last Sacrifice
3★ Kings, Queens and Long, Lost Relatives: Children of Blood and Bone ⚭
3★ Demonic: Mark of the Demon
3.5★ Immortal: The Sea of Monsters ⚭
3★ Epic: The Epic Crush of Genie Lo

[Zaz]

18 books released in 2018
18/18

American Panda (4★ - fic)
Children of Blood and Bone (3★ - fantasy) #
Head On (4★ - dystopian mystery) #⚭
Passage to Avalon (4★- fantasy) #
The Way You Make Me Feel (3★- fic) ⚭
Starry Eyes (5★- fic)
Batman: Nightwalker (4★ - fantasy)
Beneath the Sugar Sky (3★ - fantasy) # ⚭
Spinning Silver (4★ - fantasy) ⚭
The Night Masquerade (3★ - scifi) # ⚭
Aru Shah and the End of Time (4★ - kid fantasy) #⚭
Record of a Spaceborn Few (3★ - scifi) # ⚭
Wildcard (Warcross 2) (3★ - dystopia) #
You Go First (3★ - kid fic) ⚭
The Serpent's Secret (4.5★- kid fantasy) #⚭
City of Islands (3★ - kid fantasy) ⚭
Lies of the Beholder (5★- fantasy)
The Tangled Lands (4★- fantasy short stories)



Possible TBR:
Tess of the Road (Feb - fantasy) ⚭
Are You Ready to Hatch an Unusual Chicken? (Nov - kid fantasy) # ⚭
Hero at the Fall (Jan - fantasy) #
The Hazel Wood (Jan - fantasy)
I Stop Somewhere (Feb - fic)
Artificial Condition (May - scifi) #
4 Wizards (? - Graphic novel)

[Zaz]

AtY 2018RC, children books edition ~ 52/52 categories completed.

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🐙1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title: The Strange Case of Origami Yoda 🐤
- 4★

🐙2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list: Only You Can Save Mankind
- 4★

🐙 3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards: The Ethan I Was Before
- 4★

🐙4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth: De la terre au soleil(picture book, terre = Earth/ground) 🐤
- 3★

🐙5. A book about or inspired by real events: Number the Stars 🐤
- 3★

🐙 6. A book originally written in a language other than English: Pi, Po, Pierrot 🐤
- 4★

🐙 7. A gothic novel: The Spider and the Fly
- 4★

🐙 8. An "own voices" book: Akata Witch
- 4★

🐙9. A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc): The Brothers Lionheart
- 3★

🐙 10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published): The Gauntlet
- 2.5★

🐙11. A literary fiction: The Secret Garden
- 3★

🐙12. A book set in Africa or South America: Akissi (Tome 6) - Sans amis 🐤
- 3★

🐙13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc): The Blackthorn Key🐤
- 4.5★

🐙14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire: Firelight 🐤
- 3★

🐙 15. A book with an unique format/writing structure: Forget Me Not
- 4★

🐙 16. A narrative nonfiction: An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
- 4★

🐙 17. A book you expect to make you laugh: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
- 4★

🐙18. A book with a location in the title: City of Islands
- 3★

🐙19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors): Greenglass House
- 3★

🐙20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends: The Wolves in the Walls
- 4★

🐙 21. A book written in first person perspective: The Last Kids on Earth
- 3★

🐙 22. A book you have high expectations or hope for: You Go First (author of one of my 2017 fav)
- 3★

🐙23. A medical or legal thriller: Fuzzy Mud
- 4★

🐙 24. A book with a map: Passage to Avalon
- 4★

🐙 25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view: D'entre les ogres
- 4★

🐙 26. A book with a text only cover: Black and White 🐤
- 3★

🐙 27. A book about surviving a hardship: Counting Thyme
- 5★

🐙28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water: The Sea of Monsters
- 3.5★

🐙29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title: Archibald, tome 1 : Pourfendeur de monstres (candlestick) 🐤
- 4★

🐙 30. A short book: Mighty Jack
- 4★

🐙 31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to: Inside Out & Back Again
- 4★

🐙32. An alternate history book: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
- 5★

🐙 33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you: I'll use ET again. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: The Classic Illustrated Storybook
- 4★

🐙34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call: A GR Top 100 Children's Books. Winnie-the-Pooh
- 4★

🐙35. A book featuring a murder: The Graveyard Book (graphic novel)🐤
- 4★

🐙36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before: The Serpent's Secret
- 4.5★

🐙37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee A Newbery Award by a woman: The Girl Who Drank the Moon🐤
- 3★

🐙38. A science book or a science fiction book: The Green Futures of Tycho
- 5★

🐙 39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title: La Chauve-Souris🐤
- 5★

🐙40. A book from Amazon's 100 children Books to Read in a Lifetime list: Wonder
- 5★

🐙41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials: Magic Marks the Spot (Caroline Carlson)🐤
- 4.5★

🐙42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater: The Deep
- 4★

🐙43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence: We Don't Eat Our Classmates
- 5★

🐙 44. A ghost story: The Hollow Boy
- 5★

🐙 45. A book that intimidates/ scares you: Hiroshima No Pika
- 5★

🐙 46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air: Castle in the Air
- 4★

🐙 47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own: Pashmina
- 4★

🐙 48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins: The Enormous Crocodile🐤 (greed/gluttony)
- 3★

🐙 49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists blog: The Wishing Spell
- 4★

🐙50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer): Frog and Toad Are Friends🐤
- 4★

🐙51. An award-winning short story or short story collection: Just So Stories 🐤
- 3★

🐙52. A book published in 2018: Aru Shah and the End of Time
- 4★
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[Zaz]

2018 AtY RC ~ 52/52 categories completed.
Stats: 24 books with POC | 9 books with LGBTQ characters
20 books by US authors | 32 books by POC or not US authors
12 Children books | 12 YA books | 28 Adult books

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✖︎ 1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title: And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer☯✾
- 4★- Review

✖︎ 2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list: Dragons of Autumn Twilight #
- 2★- Review

✖︎ 3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards: All Systems Red☯
- 4★- Review

✖︎ 4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth: The Bones of the Earth #
- 3.5★- Review

✖︎ 5. A book about or inspired by real events: An American Plague☯
- 4★- Review

✖︎ 6. A book originally written in a language other than English: The Queue☯✾ (from Egypt)
- 4★- Review

✖︎ 7. A gothic novel: The Shadow of the Wind✇✾
- 5★- Review

✖︎ 8. An "own voices" book: Pachinko ✇✾
- 4★- Review

✖︎ 9. A book with a body part in the title: Head On # - April 2018
- 4★-Review

✖︎ 10. An author's debut book: Wonder✾🐙
- 5★-Review

✖︎ 11. A literary fiction: Interpreter of Maladies☯✾
- 4★- Review

✖︎ 12. A book set in Africa or South America: Akata Witch #✾🐙
- 4★- Review

✖︎ 13. A book with a plot centered around a secret: The Secret Garden✾🐙
- 3★- Review

✖︎ 14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire: Little Fires Everywhere✾
- 4★- Review

✖︎ 15. A book with an unique format/writing structure: Six Stories☯✾ (podcast format)
- 4★- Review

✖︎ 16. A narrative nonfiction: Hiroshima☯
- 3★- Review

✖︎ 17. A book you expect to make you laugh: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians 🐙
- 4★- Review

✖︎ 18. A book with a location in the title: A House at the Bottom of a Lake☯
- 5★- Review

✖︎ 19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors): Out✾
- 4★- Review

✖︎ 20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends: Raising Stony Mayhall
- 5★- Review

✖︎ 21. A book written in first person perspective: Mongrels✾
- 4★- Review

✖︎ 22. A book you have high expectations or hope for: Beneath the Sugar Sky #☯
- 3★- Review

✖︎ 23. A medical or legal thriller: Monster✾☯
- 4★- Review

✖︎ 24. A book with a map: Bergères Guerrières #2
- 5★- Review

✖︎ 25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view: Snow, Glass, Apples✾☯ [link]
- 3★- Review

✖︎ 26. A book with a text only cover: UnWholly✾ #
- 3★- Review

✖︎ 27. A book about surviving a hardship: Between Shades of Gray
- 5★- Review

✖︎ 28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water: River of Teeth #☯
- 4★

✖︎ 29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench): Wires and Nerve, Volume 1☯
- 4★- Review

✖︎ 30. A short book: The Night Masquerade☯✾ - 2018
- 3★

✖︎ 31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to: Inside Out & Back Again ☯✾🐙
- 4★- Review

✖︎ 32. An alternate history book: Arabella of Mars
- 3★- Review

✖︎ 33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you: Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard (my word is ET, so... aliens!)
- 4★- Review
✖︎ 34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call:
A book involving advanced technology + A book about or involving the arts: Eliza and Her Monsters
- 5★- Review

✖︎ 35. A book featuring a murder: This Is Our Story
- 4★- Review

✖︎ 36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before: I tripled this one, with 1 book per year :)
2016: Not Your Sidekick✾
- 4.5★- Review
2017: The Salt Line
- 3★- Review
2018: We Don't Eat Our Classmates
- 5★- Review

✖︎ 37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee: Where'd You Go, Bernadette
- 4★- Review

✖︎ 38. A science book or a science fiction book: Record of a Spaceborn Few # - 2018
- 3★- Review

✖︎ 39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title: Alex, Approximately
- 5★- Review

✖︎40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list: The Handmaid's Tale✾
- 4★- Review

✖︎41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials: Magic Marks the Spot
- 4.5★- Review

✖︎42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater: The Drowned World☯✾
- 2★- Review

✖︎ 43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence: My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry✾
- 5★- Review

✖︎ 44. A ghost story: The Hollow Boy ✾🐙
- 5★- Review

✖︎ 45. A book that (intimidates/) scares you: Sour Candy☯
- 5★- Review

✖︎46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air: Castle in the Air ✾🐙#
- 4★- Review

✖︎ 47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own: Aru Shah and the End of Time✾🐙
- 4★- Review

✖︎ 48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins: (the difficult one) Spinning Silver (greed)
- 4★- Review

✖︎ 49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists: Children of Blood and Bone # (2018)
- 3★- Review

✖︎ 50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer): The Way You Make Me Feel✾
- 3★- Review

✖︎ 51. An award-winning short story or short story collection: Seasons of Glass and Iron ☯✾ - [link]
- 5★- Review to the collection (- 4★)

✖︎ 52. A book published in 2018: The Serpent's Secret
- 4.5★- Review
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[Zaz]

2019 AtY movies and TV shows challenge ~ 36/52 categories completed.
As I don't watch 52 movies per year, I'll also use TV shows :)

✖︎ 1. A movie that was nominated for or won an award in a genre you enjoy:
Mad Max: Fury Road

2. A movie with one of the 5 Ws in the title

3. A movie where the director's name contains A, T, and Y

✖︎ 4. A movie with a criminal character:
Healer (k-drama)

5. A movie inspired by Shakespeare

✖︎ 6. A movie with a dual timeline:
The Handmaid's Tale, season 2.

✖︎ 7. Two related movies:
Avengers: Infinity War

✖︎ 8. Two related movies:
Mrs Marvel

✖︎ 9. A movie from a top money making genre (adventure, action or drama):
Venom

✖︎ 10. A movie featuring an historical figure:
Klaus

✖︎ 11. A movie related to one of the 12 Zodiac Chinese animals
Dragons 3

12. A movie about filming, movies, or an actor or director

✖︎13. An adaptation from the NYPL staff picks list:
The Hate U Give

✖︎ 14. A movie related to an astronomical term:
Planet of the Apes

15. A book set in a Mediterranean country of with a director from a Mediterranean country

✖︎16. A movie with multiple perspectives:
Glass

✖︎17. A speculative fiction:
I kill giants

18. A movie related to an element on the periodic table

✖︎19. A movie with a director or actor who has more than one movie on your watchlist:
Star Wars: The last jedi

20. A movie featuring indigenous people of a country

✖︎ 21. A prompt that was polarizing or a close call (A movie in which a character uses a disguise or a false/fake identity):
Batman begins

22. A movie with a number in the title
1984

✖︎ 23. Movie #1: "something old":
The Incredibles 1

✖︎ 24. Movie #2: "something new":
The Incredibles 2

✖︎ 25. Movie #3: "something borrowed":
Star Trek Beyond

✖︎ 26. Movie #4: "something blue":
Good Doctor (k-drama) - the doctors wear blue clothes

✖︎ 27. An adaptation from one of the 1001 books to read before you die:
The Handmaid's Tale, season 1.

✖︎ 28. A movie related to something cold:
The Day after tomorrow

29. A movie released before 1950

✖︎ 30. A movie featuring an elderly character
Coco

31. A children's classic you've never watched
Ella Enchanted maybe?

✖︎32. A movie that is 3 hours or longer:
Avengers Endgame

33. A movie you've owned for a year and have not watched or based on a book you've owned for over a year and have not read
The wizard of Oz

✖︎ 34. A movie with a person's name in the title:
Raising Dion, season 1

35. A psychological thriller
You (tv show)

36. An adaptation from a NPR best book of the year
The Martian

✖︎ 37. A movie set in a school or university:
Sex Education, season 1

38. A movie with a non traditional format

✖︎ 39. A movie with a strong sense of place:
Chernobyl - season 1

✖︎ 40. A movie you stumbled upon:
A Girl at My Door

41. An adaptation from a GR choice award (any year as the ones from 2018 might not be made into movies yet)

✖︎ 42. A movie with a monster or monstrous character:
iZombie, season 5

✖︎ 43. A movie related to STEM:
Fringe, season 3

✖︎ 44. A movie related to a book you enjoyed
Bird box

✖︎ 45. A multi-generational saga:
Years by Years - season 1

✖︎ 46. A movie with a (mostly) black cover:
Stranger Things - season 3

✖︎ 47. A movie related to food:
Sugarland (documentary)

48. An adaptation from a National Book Award

✖︎ 49. A Far east Asian director or setting:
Your Name

✖︎ 50. A movie that includes a journey:
Spirited away

✖︎ 51. A movie released in 2019:
Spiderman far from home

✖︎ 52. A movie with a weird or intriguing title;
Deadpool