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I was tempted by Shades of Grey as well but I don't want to read a series. I've just finished a dystopian novel, Blindness by José Saramago that was great.I'm going to try sci-fi. Finally going to read The Player of Games by one of my favourite writers, Iain M. Banks.
Paul wrote: "There' s actually quite a bit of debate on where Time travel sits , and in many cases it can be both genres , like you said if someone is transported in tine by standing stones its more fantasy.I ..."
I'm getting very intrigued with where it all crosses over. I have recently 1Q84 Haruki Murakami and some of the reviews say its Science Fiction rather than magical realism as 1Q84 is technically an alternative world to the 1984 that we live in. Yet the world was vreated by the little people - who are sort of god like magical beings of small stature.
I am thinking for Sci Fi I will read The Power
. I mean how often does Sci Fi win a prize like the Baileys? Plus it's meant to be a real page turner.
IQ84 definitely crosses the lines into fantasy . Alternative history stuff even sets into a category all of its own.
That one sounds interesting Maria. I tried Nigerian Scifi last year and my choice, Lagoon , didnt quite click with me but may revisit another one at some point
I definitely swing more towards Fantasy , but I surprise myself with how much scifi I actually have or have read
At the rate Jasper Fforde is going I don't think Shades of Grey will ever be a series
I have been looking forward to this genre. I'm going to be reading "do androids dream of electric sheep" 🐑
Good choice. I live that one. Any thoughts on the updating of Bladerrunnee
I see that it's Sci ff and Fantasy week on the goodreads Blog. I have quite a few of them on my TBR already. https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/9...However I am slightly behind on my Crime Genre challenge - so will finish that first.
will go with Version Control if library can sort for meor The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
whichever they source first
Hey Paul, :-) are you going to set up a thread for this newest genre? I've started reading Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and I'm really liking it. I was also able to buy a second hand copy of the dvd so I'm going to watch it again to see what I remember of it and to see how far it goes from the book. I have also read on this site that there is going to be a sequel to the movie.
Apologies for the delay. I've only been peeking in while on honeymoon . Do Androids Dream is a great read , and much more accessible than Man in the High Castle
To give a heads up the Next genre will be Classic and will start in three weeks ( I'll confirm exact dates) Pretty much reveals what follows which will be horror to start around Halloween time .
Hmm, classics is one of my least favorite categories. I'll have trawl backwards to see what I had planned for this.
A quick crawl search for you margo -Classic - Tess of the D'Urbervilles and The Secret Garden
Thanks Paul :-)I remember now being warned about Hardy! Might rethink that one. The Secret Garden will be no hardship.
part way through Three Men in a Boat (1889)light, humorous classic, would recommend, so far...
“How good one feels when one is full -- how satisfied with ourselves and with the world! People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained.”
Two weeks until the next genre starts so get your classics ready
I don't think I've read any classics this year. I might read The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. I have watched the movie a couple of times so that might help me out.
My problem will be narrowing down what to read. I have one E.M. Forster left, any number by Dickens and Helen by Maria Edgeworth.
I have only just started reading The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and am already really like it.Wake in fright is a well know Aussie classic, one that I don't think I could read. Seeing the trailers of the movie was enough for me.
An Australian classic around that era I would prefer to read is They're a Weird Mob. I watched the movie recently and quite liked it.
I read Picnic at Hanging Rock last year and really enjoyed it. Very atmospheric read
There isnt a section for contempary author. The next genre is horror and its the last one.
Contemporary was one of the original options but the general consensus was to drop it.
The last genre, Horror/Gothic will start from 16th October, have fun picking
Both great choices. It is definitely topical now but Frankenstein is one of my all time favourite books. So good.
IT is a rather longer time commitment than Mark Shelly's book. I was thinking about reading Frankenstein too but I think I may have over-committed myself as per usual.
I'm supposed to read Frankensteim as a grouo read with my other group so I'll probably be reading it anyway but I'll go for something new for the horror read. I rarely read horror so not 100% sure yet what to pick.
My problem is I simply have too much of the genre on my TBR.I have the new Stephen and Owen King Book Sleeping Beauties
Hex Hex - which I mean't to read originally.
A self published book form a Dublin Author
A Haunted House book translated from Icelandic I Remember You
A copy of Harbour Lindqvist Ajvide John - who wrote the vampire novel let the right one in. - Let the right one in may be a recommendation for Paul if he has not read it?
Rawblood Rawblood by Catriona Ward. This has been described by one of my GR friends as Literary Gothic Fiction.
These are the ones I can think of at the top of my head. I am like a greedy kid at a book shop but especially for the Horror and Gothic genres.
Certainly an interesting twist on the idea anyway. Its all about making interesting picks
not generally big reader off horror. considering The Exorcist
Andy wrote: "not generally big reader off horror. considering The Exorcist"Crikey - that is a hardcore choice ! It's the only one that ever scared me. But then I used to believe in that sort of stuff.
Chpe I have read the woman in white and it's great and fits the gothic genre. Another idea for a book written by Wilkie Collins may be The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice
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I think I'm going to read Hex and Let the Right One In. And maybe The Passage, Frankenstein, My Cousin Rachel, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, The Phantom of the Opera .....
Like Maria, this is one of my favorite genres and I'm spoilt for choice without ever leaving my TBR
Cphe wrote: "Andy wrote: "not generally big reader off horror. considering The Exorcist"Just had a look on Aunty Ammie and The Exorcist is now available - I bought it of course."
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Cphe wrote: "Ha - I was tossing up Let the Right One In although there is also,The Woman in White or The Moonstone
I haven't read Wilkie Collins before, but those two no..."
I've read The Woman in White and it certainly has a gothic feel to it!
As Cphe and Declan have brought this up, do people want to continue the Genre Challenge through 2018 with different genres or do we want to have a new challenge?I have opened a discussion thread on this if people have views they would like to discuss.
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Colleen, you need to prioritise it! I can't remember if you do audio but it works really well with the way this book is formatted. The only problem I can see is if it turn into one of these neverending series!