Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge - 2017

[Lindsay]

Update msg 13

A book about books
Swimming Lessons

10/14

[Vicki]

Update to Post #180

Completed 7/24

#2 Dead Drop: A Girl's Guide to Homicide
#3 You've GOT to Read This Book!: 55 People Tell the Story of the Book That Changed Their Life
#7 Gone with the Wind
#11 Truly Madly Guilty
#12 Alanna: The First Adventure
#17 A Raisin in the Sun
#21 1 Millennial Girl: Green Beret

[Julia]

Update March (msg 47):

11/24

[Jill]

Updated post # 50

3 Read a book about books.: Murder in the Paperback Parlor by Ellery Adams...FINISHED 3/27/17

[Meaghan]

UPDATE

Goal: 5/24

1. Read a book about sports.
2. Read a debut novel.
---> The Star-Touched Queen
3. Read a book about books.
4. Read a book set in Central or South America, written by a Central or South American author.
5. Read a book by an immigrant or with a central immigration narrative.
6. Read an all-ages comic.
7. Read a book published between 1900 and 1950.
8. Read a travel memoir.
9. Read a book you’ve read before.
---> Stardust
10. Read a book that is set within 100 miles of your location.
11. Read a book that is set more than 5000 miles from your location.
---> The Three-Body Problem
12. Read a fantasy novel.
---> A Court of Thorns and Roses
13. Read a nonfiction book about technology.
14. Read a book about war.
15. Read a YA or middle grade novel by an author who identifies as LGBTQ+.
16. Read a book that has been banned or frequently challenged in your country.
17. Read a classic by an author of color.
18. Read a superhero comic with a female lead.
19. Read a book in which a character of color goes on a spiritual journey
20. Read an LGBTQ+ romance novel
21. Read a book published by a micropress.
22. Read a collection of stories by a woman.
23. Read a collection of poetry in translation on a theme other than love.
24. Read a book wherein all point-of-view characters are people of color.
---> The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane

[Nik]

Updated OM 35 with:

05. A book by an immigrant or with a central immigration narrative. White Teeth (2017.04.05, ★★★☆☆).

[13/24]

[Melissa]

updated message 30: 9/24

[Jamie]

Update message 57
Jamie - 9/24
Book I've read before - The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Book wherein all POV characters are people of color - A Change of Heart by Sonali Dev
Book that has been frequently challenged or banned in US - The Giver by Lois Lowry
Book set in Central of South America by an author from same - One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Book published between 1900 and 1950 - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum
Book set more than 5000 miles from my location (Virginia) - Circling the Sun by Paula McLain (set in Kenya)
A classic by an author of color - Beloved by Toni Morrison
Fantasy novel - Caraval by Stephanie Garber
YA or Middle Grade by a LBGTQ author - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz

[Nik]

Updated OM 35 with:

10. A book set within 100 miles of your location. Forever (2017.04.09, ★★★★☆).

[14/24]

[Rachel W]

Updated message 88:
Progress: 9/24

Completed:
6. Read an all-ages comic. - Phoebe and Her Unicorn

[Rachel W]

Updated post 88 with new total : 10/42

Completed:
10. Read a book that is set within 100 miles of your location. - Heartsick

[Mie]

Update msg 18: 9/13
✅ 9. Read a book you’ve read before. - Hjertets renhed ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Chetara]

8 of 24 completed *Revised on 4/17/17*
See tracking @ Chetara’s Try Something Different

[Winter, Group Reads]

Updated :)

[Berit]

YAY! Challenge completed 24/24
I use the English titles below, if possible.

1. Read a book about sports. Beartown (icehockey)
2. Read a debut novel. The Stranger
3. Read a book about books. De polyglotta älskarna (a book manuscript plays a central role)
4. Read a book set in Central or South America, written by a Central or South American author: Relato de un náufrago
5. Read a book by an immigrant or with a central immigration narrative: The Buddha in the Attic
6. Read an all-ages comic: Asterix and the Secret Weapon
7. Read a book published between 1900 and 1950. Nordiska Myter
8. Read a travel memoir. On Trying to Keep Still
9. Read a book you’ve read before. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
10. Read a book that is set within 100 miles of your location. Kan man dö två gånger? (set in Stockholm, where I live)
11. Read a book that is set more than 5000 miles from your location. Zero K (set in Central Asia)
12. Read a fantasy novel. Våran hud, vårat blod, våra ben
13. Read a nonfiction book about technology. The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets
14. Read a book about war. All the Light We Cannot See
15. Read a YA or middle grade novel by an author who identifies as LGBTQ+: Who Will Comfort Toffle?: A Tale of Moomin Valley
16. Read a book that has been banned or frequently challenged in your country. Det svenska hatet: en berättelse om vår tid (This book is about the Swedish alt-right movement, and it really got the trolls going.)
17. Read a classic by an author of color: The Fire Next Time
18. Read a superhero comic with a female lead: Ms. Marvel, Vol. 4: Last Days
19. Read a book in which a character of color goes on a spiritual journey (From Daniel José Older, author of Salsa Nocturna, the Bone Street Rumba urban fantasy series, and YA novel Shadowshaper) The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
20. Read an LGBTQ+ romance novel (From Sarah MacLean, author of ten bestselling historical romance novels): Brokeback Mountain
21. Read a book published by a micropress. (From Roxane Gay, bestselling author of Ayiti, An Untamed State, Bad Feminist, Marvel’s World of Wakanda, and the forthcoming Hunger and Difficult Women): When Minerva's Knees Hit the Ground
22. Read a collection of stories by a woman. (From Celeste Ng, author Everything I Never Told You and the forthcoming Little Fires Everywhere): Stone Mattress: Nine Tales
23. Read a collection of poetry in translation on a theme other than love. (From Ausma Zehanat Khan, author of the Esa Khattak/Rachel Getty mystery series, including The Unquiet Dead, The Language of Secrets, and the forthcoming Among the Ruins): Den poetiska Eddan (The poetic Edda, about Norse mythology and Norse heroes, translated from old Norse/Faroese to modern Swedish).
24. Read a book wherein all point-of-view characters are people of color. (From Jacqueline Koyanagi, author of sci-fi novel Ascension): The Vegetarian

[Jamie]

Update message 57
Jamie - 10/24
Book I've read before - The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Book wherein all POV characters are people of color - A Change of Heart by Sonali Dev
Book that has been frequently challenged or banned in US - The Giver by Lois Lowry
Book set in Central of South America by an author from same - One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Book published between 1900 and 1950 - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum
Book set more than 5000 miles from my location (Virginia) - Circling the Sun by Paula McLain (set in Kenya)
A classic by an author of color - Beloved by Toni Morrison
Fantasy novel - Caraval by Stephanie Garber
YA or Middle Grade by a LBGTQ author - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Debut novel - Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery

[Sherry]

Updated:
6/6 BOOKS Completed ✔

1. Read a book about sports : Take Me On by Katie McGarry [Read 4/18/2017]
2. Read a debut novel. : Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine [Read 3/16/2017]
9. Read a book you’ve read before : Almost Like Being in Love by Christina Dodd [Read 2/17/2017]
11. Read a book that is set more than 5000 miles from your location.: Cold Reign by Faith Hunter [Read 3/9/2017]
12. Read a fantasy novel : Heartless by Marissa Meyer [Read 2/20/2017]
22. Read a collection of stories by a woman. (From Celeste Ng, author Everything I Never Told You and the forthcoming Little Fires Everywhere): Best Lesbian Erotica of the Year: Volume 1: Volume 1 (Best Lesbian Erotica #23) by D.L. King [Read 2/28/2017]

[Carri]

Please update message 80
03/10

3. Read a book about books.
The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan - 01/30/17

9. Read a book you’ve read before.
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb 02/01/17

11. Read a book that is set more than 5000 miles from your location.
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 01/09/17

[Cheri]

Update: 9/20
Read a book by an immigrant or with a central immigration narrative.

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures by Anne Fadiman (5 stars)

[Lindsay]

Update msg 13

13/14

[Jamie]

Update message 57
Jamie - 11/24
Book I've read before - The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Book wherein all POV characters are people of color - A Change of Heart by Sonali Dev
Book that has been frequently challenged or banned in US - The Giver by Lois Lowry
Book set in Central of South America by an author from same - One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Book published between 1900 and 1950 - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum
Book set more than 5000 miles from my location (Virginia) - Circling the Sun by Paula McLain (set in Kenya)
A classic by an author of color - Beloved by Toni Morrison
Fantasy novel - Caraval by Stephanie Garber
YA or Middle Grade by a LBGTQ author - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Debut novel - Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
Central immigration narrative - The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

[Cheri]

Update: 10/20
18. Read a superhero comic with a female lead.
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson (5 stars)

[Chetara]

10 of 24 completed *Revised on 5/1/17*
See tracking @ Chetara’s Try Something Different

[Mie]

Update msg 18: 10/13
✅ 17. Read a classic by an author of color - The Remains of the Day ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Winter, Group Reads]

Updated :) Great job everyone! How are you liking the books so far?

[Winter, Group Reads]

Mie wrote: "Update msg 18: 10/13
✅ 17. Read a classic by an author of color - The Remains of the Day ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️"

Have you read Never Let Me Go? I read that first and haven't yet read The Remains of the Day, but I think I want to soon. I just felt like nothing could compare.

[Cheri]

Update: 11/20
9. Read a book you've read before
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren (5 stars)

I reread this one for a book club -- great book!

[Paul Emily]

Updated message 15 with 5. Read a book by an immigrant or with a central immigration narrative. - Born a Crime: Scenes from a South African Childhood - *****

11/13

[Mie]

Update msg 18: 11/13
✅ 14. Read a book about war. - Udsendt ⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Cheri]

Update: 12/20
22. Read a collection of stories by a woman.
Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout (5 stars)

[Winter, Group Reads]

Updated :) Great work!

[Chetara]

11 of 23 completed, Removed task 23 *Revised on 5/26/17*
See tracking @ Chetara’s Try Something Different
Originally Start Post: Page 1 - Message 5

[Berit]

Update of message #218
So far 19/24

22. A collection of stories by a woman: Stone Mattress: Nine Tales

[Cheri]

Update: 13/20
20. Read an LGBTQ+romance novel
Mary Ann in Autumn by Armistead Maupin (3 stars)

[Amanda]

updated message 29
7/12

✔16. Read a book that has been banned or frequently challenged in your country. The Handmaid's Tale

[Cheri]

Update: 14/20
7. Read a book published between 1900 and 1950.
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck (4 stars)

[D.L.]

I am in for 14 books!

1. Read a book about sports.

2. Read a debut novel.

3. Read a book about books.

✔ 5. Read a book by an immigrant or with a central immigration narrative. -- Call Me Maria [Completed: 6/17/17]

7. Read a book published between 1900 and 1950.

8. Read a travel memoir.

9. Read a book you’ve read before.

✔ 10. Read a book that is set within 100 miles of your location. --- What Happened Here [Completed 6/6/2017]

12. Read a fantasy novel.

14. Read a book about war.

16. Read a book that has been banned or frequently challenged in your country.

17. Read a classic by an author of color.

18. Read a superhero comic with a female lead.

✔ 22. Read a collection of stories by a woman. (From Celeste Ng, author Everything I Never Told You and the forthcoming Little Fires Everywhere) -- The American Lover [Completed: 6/15/17]

[Nik]

Updated OM 35 with:

08. A travel memoir. Imagine Wanting Only This (2017.05.28, ★★☆☆☆).

[15/24]

[Berit]

Post #218 edited.
20/24

23. A collection of poetry in translation: Den poetiska Eddan (The poetic Edda, mythology and heroe tales translated from old Norse/Faroese to modern Swedish)

[Paul Emily]

Updated message 15

12/13

[Lindsay]

Update msg 13

18/24

[Tania]

Update message 58, progress 16/17

✓3. Read a book about books. - The Great Passage by Shion Miura

[D.L.]

Update to message #240

1/14 books completed

10. Read a book that is set within 100 miles of your location. -- What Happened Here

[Winter, Group Reads]

Updated. Great job everyone! Welcome to the challenge Daph! :)

[Chetara]

12 of 23 completed, Removed task 23 *Revised on 6/8/17*
See tracking @ Chetara’s Try Something Different
Originally Start Post: Page 1 - Message 5

[Mie]

Update msg 18: 12/13
✅ 4. Read a book set in Central or South America, written by a Central or South American author. - Love in the Time of Cholera ⭐️⭐️⭐️

[D.L.]

Updated #240

Now I've read 2 books out of my proposed 14! :)

[Nik]

Updated OM 35 with:

15. A YA novel by an LGBTQ+ author. Radio Silence (2017.06.16, (★★★★☆).

[16/24]

[D.L.]

Updated msg. #240 with

5. Read a book by an immigrant or with a central immigration narrative. -- Call Me Maria [Completed: 6/17/17]

[Winter, Group Reads]

Updated :)