A challenge of relative ease and merriment 2017 discussion
Welcome - clarifications and questions
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A debut novel only means that it's the first book that author had published. It does not have to be a recent publication. It doesn't matter if they have written many books since that first one.
Two quick questions!1. For the a book that was adapted into a movie category does it matter how old the movie is?
2. When you say a kids book, how are you defining that? Aimed at a younger audience than YA? Picture book? Something you would read to a child? Any or all of the above?
I also have a question: Is a butterfly an animal? I would count dragons or robot animals (or a fake animal, like a Trojan horse), but for some reason, I can't decide if a "bug" is an animal!
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For kids book I'd say middle grade and younger. But I personally tend to go for picture books. Definitely younger than YA though. That's its own category after all.
But omg Laura! A butterfly is OBVIOUSLY an animal. Are you crazy? Insects are very much animals! All living things are either animals, or plants, or mushrooms, or bacteria. You wouldn't call a butterfly a plant would you?
No, no, don't be silly. Butterflies are clearly mushrooms! :P
HAHA!! I think I need to add a "basic biology" category for myself; it's been a long time!! XD
Since I read a lot of books that's translated into Swedish, I have a question about publishing year. I just got the hands on Nötskal by Ian McEwan, witch was published as Nutshell in 2016, but the Swedish edition was published in 2017. Can I count the book as a 2017 book? or do I have to get another for that category?
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Hi I just wanted to ask. Can a novel that isn't actually the authors first book BUT is the first to be translated into English be considered a debut? For example Jo Nesbo's debut novel in English was "Redbreast" but it wasn't the first of his books chronologically.
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That's what I thought I just wanted to check. It wasn't Nesbø I was thinking of, I've read all his work. I found a book that looked good by a Dutch author but when I checked the debut English novel isn't his first ever published. Oh well, I'll see if it can fit another category.
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And hey, pretty much any book can fit at least two categories!
I was wondering where the book I'm currently reading falls in terms of debut or not, and turns out he wrote another one first. But this has been made into a movie (that I really want to watch as it stars one of my favourite actors being rather young) so I'll have that category set!
I’m guessing most of you joined me during 2016 on this little adventure, and to you I just want to say: welcome back!. And we had fun so I thought why not do it again in 2017? As you can see I have changed several of the categories, cause we all need some new challenges! But some old favourites are still on there of course.
So, do you have any questions about the challenge or any of the specific categories?
There’s a specific thread for media tie-in as that category might be a bit tricky. So if that’s the one you’re having questions about, just head over to the other thread.
Maybe some quick clarifications:
A book written by someone under the age of 30, obviously doesn’t mean that the author have to be under 30 now, just when they wrote/published the book.
LGBTQIA* means a book about basically anyone who isn’t heterosexual or who doesn’t identify with the sex/gender assigned to them at birth. Please make an effort to read a book where the lead character identify like this, not like… someone who has a gay best friend. But, remember that this can be non-fiction too! You can just as well read a memoir or a history of gay culture or something.
A book about food can be a cookbook, a book about growing food, a food history (both general and super specific. Maybe you got a taste for microhistories last year?), a fictional book revolving around food, etc. It’s not a very strict category.
A scary/creepy book can be whatever you find scary. Or maybe not even actually find scary but that would fit into classic “scary” genres such as horror or thriller. But if you find reading a non-fiction book about chemical warfare scary (cause tbh, who wouldn’t?) and it interests you - go right ahead!
A book with an animal on the cover… well, you choose the cover variant! I’m not going to crack down on you and force you to show me your copy of the book. A question has also come up regarding what counts as an animal. What about mythological creatures or robot animals? Well, it's up to you I'd say! This challenge isn't supposed to be super hard after all. If you want to count your book about dragons, go for it!
** Of course, if you see this the last week of 2016, remember that this is a challenge for 2017 and what you read right now doesn't count! This one week preview is more for you to be able to get a running start once the new year comes around!