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READING PROGRESS 2017
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BookRiots Read Harder Challenge 2017Books read: 10/24
Starting on: January 1, 2017
Duration: 365 days
☑1. Read a book about sports: Hold My Breath
☑ 2. Read a debut novel : Spotless
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: X-Men: Magneto Testament
☑7. Read a book published between 1900 and 1950: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
8. Read a travel memoir. (Intended) The Pillars of Hercules
☑9. Read a book you’ve read before. The Historian
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 Raphael Affair
☑12. Read a fantasy novel: American Gods
☑13. Read a nonfiction book about technology. Elon Musk: Inventing the Future
14. Read a book about war. (Intended) The Raj at War: A People’s History of India’s Second World 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. (Intended) Lajja: Shame
☑17.Read a classic by an author of color. By The Tungabhadra
18.Read a superhero comic with a female lead.Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal
19.Read a book in which a character of color goes on a spiritual journey .
☑120. Read an LGBTQ+ romance novel. The Monet Murders
21.Read a book published by a micropress.
22.Read a collection of stories by a woman.(intended) The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India
23.Read a collection of poetry in translation on a theme other than love. (Intended) The Rebel And Other Poems
24.Read a book wherein all point-of-view characters are people of color (intended) The Devotion of Suspect X
Recommendations if you pleaseAnything on food history/culture from any part of the world. Or works of any good food critique/writer
Another Challenge!This one is right up my alley!!!
Unapologetic Romance Readers : New Years 2017 Reading Challenge
Start Date: December 31, 2016
End Date: December 31, 2017
Books read 24/50
(view spoiler)
A few which are intended for sometime in the immediate future: Don't Get Caught
Daisy in Chains
House of Leaves
The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India
The Power of Myth
The Satanic Verses
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Mod
lovely opening message .looking forward to your BookRiots Read Harder Challenge 2017 picks . Good luck :)
Good luck J..Hope you have fun with the reading challenges in 2017 :)
Good luck J. And I too had that notebook with a few lines on the storyline as well.
Thank you Tarinee, Aparna n Rebecca (^.^)Hope il be able to keep up with the challenge!
Happy reading, Jaya! Have a great year :)
Thanks a bunch, Aka! Il be keeping an eye on your challenge as well :))
Starting the year with a book slump... just randomly picked up Sorcerer to the Crown without even reading the blurb, hoping that it will alleviate my ennui...
Jaya wrote: "Starting the year with a book slump... just randomly picked up Sorcerer to the Crown without even reading the blurb, hoping that it will alleviate my ennui..."Oh... Hoping it does and you soon become the reading express you usually are...
Mod
Good luck Jaya. I am also there with you on the book riot challenge. lovely list for Jan.
for food recco - i have loved - yes chef. memoir of an ethipoean cook growing up in holland and cooking in NYC. or garlic sapphire by ruth reichl. (typing from phone, so can't add links or full names of the books)
Happy reading Jaya :) will keep an eye on the thread, and pick a book or two or maybe ten from your read shelf :P :D
Indrani wrote: "Good luck Jaya. I am also there with you on the book riot challenge. lovely list for Jan.
for food recco - i have loved - yes chef. memoir of an ethipoean cook growing up in holland and cooking ..."
Yes, Chef
Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
added the links now.. loved both the books a lot... hope you pick one? :) :)
Thanks Rebecca and Syl... hoping itl work :(
Pranjali wrote: "Happy reading Jaya :) will keep an eye on the thread, and pick a book or two or maybe ten from your read shelf :P :D"Thank you, thank you!
ha ha hope il be able to come up with something good this year... :D
Indrani wrote: "Good luck Jaya. I am also there with you on the book riot challenge...."Thanks Indrani :))
That list isn't for Jan, given my current track record, it looks like my list for the entire year :-/
And thanks again for the recco. Adding both :))
Mod
And copying the same challenge for 2017.
Gorab wrote: "All the best! Will keep an eye on the read harder books you chose.And copying the same challenge for 2017."
Thank you, Thank you!
The challenge actually looked the easiest of the lot... :D
Mod
I too was tempted to join in the challenge but 1 and 13 put me off.
Mod
Non fiction technology we have many choices. ..girl.....I am reading Gene by Sidharth Mukherjee.
Thanks, syl. Even i was about to sugest a sports based romance. There are quite a lot available.Syl... You're reading Kulti??!!! (Heart eyes)
For 13 i want to read Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, hopefully itl fit this ir some other category atleast
Mod
Challenged...I am ..to read Kulti.
Mod
Challenged...I am ..to read Kulti."
Yeh batao kab?
Mod
Lovely intro J! And here's wishing you a fabulous 2017 in every way. Looking forward to your reviews and ratings on some of the books. They sound interesting and I might just pick them up. :DI needn't say it but do try and read the other KDs this year, if you can! :D
My twinny! Thank you :-*No reviews please dont ask me for reviews, you know how i loathe them ;)
And KDs will definitely be read (and hopefully finished) this year (fist bumps)
Currently readingSorcerer to the Crown 25% through
Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin 18% in fits and starts
Great list! Hope you have a great reading year ahead!I tried to read Jurassic Park once but abandoned it and thought of reading it later. If you are up for a buddy read, I will try to read that book along with you :) Whenever you start it.
Jayanth wrote: "Great list! Hope you have a great reading year ahead!I tried to read Jurassic Park once but abandoned it and thought of reading it later. If you are up for a buddy read, I will try to read that ..."
Sure! A few of us will be reading it sometime in February. Do join us.
And Thanks a ton!
Em wrote: "Rebecca....sports ..I am reading Kulti. .highly recommended by J and M.Non fiction technology we have many choices. ..girl.....I am reading Gene by Sidharth Mukherjee."
Those are good. Will try to join for Kulti. I havent forgotten Jayas raving review and that too after a reread if I am nit mistaken.
Rebecca wrote: "Em wrote: "Rebecca....sports ..I am reading Kulti. .highly recommended by J and M.Non fiction technology we have many choices. ..girl.....I am reading Gene by Sidharth Mukherjee."
Those are good...."
Hahaha yes and read for the third/fourth time with Manju :D
Do try that Rebecca or try Wall of Winnipeg, same author, sports based again...
I am also joining for kulti....have a audiobook available in my library...Now that rebeccca mentioned I too rmember that review of J..This has become a popular choice for 2017
Aparna wrote: "I am also joining for kulti....have a audiobook available in my library...Now that rebeccca mentioned I too rmember that review of J..This has become a popular choice for 2017"Yayy! Lets all romance with Kulti
Hahahaah ladies, i sincerely hope you all like it...and if you dont, please dont hate me ;D_/\_
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Here’s an attempt again to maintain a similar log of records of all that I intend to read and what I might actually land up reading. Being somewhat an eccentric reader, setting no goals or plans is usually my plan of action.
Though there are a number of interesting reading challenges out there and I might try my hand at attempting to tackle one or two (No promises).
So here will be my trials and tribulations with anything and everything of that is being and can be read.
Recommendations are always welcome.