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This will actually be more difficult for me, because even though I read *a lot* I tend not to read so much in many of the listed categories. We'll have to see...*A food memoir --
*A collection of short stories --
*A young adult novel -- The Ghost's Child
*A book with a color in the title -- Under Plum Lake
*A book that's more than 100 years old -- Just So Stories
*A book you picked based on its cover --
*A book set in a place you want to visit --
*A book based on a fairytale -- Beast
*A National Book Award winner --
*A book that takes place in a forest -- The Mob
*A romance that takes place during travel --
*A book under 200 pages --
*A book over 400 pages --
*A banned book --
*A nonfiction book about nature -- Among Orangutans: Red Apes and the Rise of Human Culture
*A fantasy novel --
*A book by a person of color -- Distances: A Novella
*A book by a female writer -- Tongues of Flame
*A book of poetry -- Wind Song
*A book set in Asia -- The Master Puppeteer
*A book about immigrants --
*A book about a historical event --
*A book with a child narrator -- The Scavengers
*A book translated from another language --
*A book that's been adapted into a movie -- A Man Called Ove
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Book over 400 pages----Epilogue: Time Machine Chronicles---
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*A collection of short stories --
*A young adult novel -- When You Reach Me (time travel)
*A book with a color in the title --
*A book that's more than 100 years old -- Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
*A book you picked based on its cover --
*A book set in a place you want to visit --
*A book based on a fairytale -- Cinder
*A National Book Award winner -- Brown Girl Dreaming
*A book that takes place in a forest --
*A romance that takes place during travel --
*A book under 200 pages -- A Christmas Carol
*A book over 400 pages -- David Copperfield
*A banned book --
*A nonfiction book about nature --
*A fantasy novel --
*A book by a person of color --
*A book by a female writer -- Raising the Stones
*A book of poetry -- A Coney Island of the Mind
*A book set in Asia --
*A book about immigrants -- My Family and Other Animals
*A book about a historical event --
*A book with a child narrator --
*A book translated from another language --
*A book that's been adapted into a movie -- The Winter of Our Discontent
Ok, checking in to add a bunch... I'm actually doing pretty well.
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Same here. I've read 8 so far from this challenge (just haven't updated it here). I'm starting to get sidetracked with rabbit trails, but at least some of my rabbit trails should be able to fit into this challenge. I like extending myself into genres I'd often ignore.
Yes, these challenges are a great way to stretch....
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I've already started making up categories for my own version for next year (for example to reread a classic I hated in high school).
I just wish some programming geek book nerd out there would come up with a pretty site for inputting challenges so I wouldn't have to put it in a Google Sheet to keep up with them.
Ah, I just do mine on paper and in-thread. I'm old. ;)
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Ha. I'm a chronic spread-sheeter. I even made a spread sheet to compare strollers when I was trying to figure out which one to buy several years back. I'm a columns, charts, and graphs kinda girl.
My spreadsheet has columns for challenge category, possible books, actual book read, and a check mark column for when I've completed it. Then I highlight it when I've finished just because it makes me feel like I'm getting somewhere. I used it the other day at a random bookstore I stopped into to see if they had anything on the list that wasn't available from my library. I would have probably left a piece of paper at home whereas this one is with me on my phone wherever I go.
Spreadsheets. They're the wave of the future. :P
(cross-post from BWBC)I'm taking Romance as in the classical sense, not as in a love story. A adventure, you see. Therefore I can count Life of Pi, which a different club made me read.
As it turns out, there's also a Romance, and also a bit of a love story, in Tailchaser's Song, which is a quest fantasy with a lot of traveling. (I read this for a different BWBC category.)
Here's an interesting definition discussion:
""Romance" refers (in the context we're using for discussion here) to "lengthy French or Spanish stories written in the 1500s and 1600s involving episodic encounters with supernatural or exciting events. The connotations were of wild adventures rather than romantic longing as in the modern meaning of romance" (http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms_...). Another definition explains "An extended fictional prose narrative about improbable events involving characters that are quite different from ordinary people. Knights on a quest for a magic sword and aided by characters like fairies and trolls would be examples of things found in romance fiction." (http://virtualsalt.com/litterms4.htm)."
Note that it boils down to the words of the challenge stating a redundancy, at least in many cases. That is to say, any quest fantasy you want to read would qualify, if, like me, you're not keen on genre romance.
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Books mentioned in this topic
Life of Pi (other topics)Tailchaser's Song (other topics)
Raising the Stones (other topics)
Cinder (other topics)
Brown Girl Dreaming (other topics)
More...
Their suggestions for how to meet the challenge are interesting (and include one time travel book for the "romance during travel" category): http://blog.betterworldbooks.com/2016.... Strangely, the top item on the list got left out of the image above: "a food memoir".
P.S. There's also a dedicated group site for the challenge if you're so inclined: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
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If anyone does this challenge, comment with the list, aspirations, and update as you complete each book challenge item. If any of them are time travel novels, please mark it as such.
I'm trying to put together some time travel suggestions for the list if anyone wants to help me add to them:
*A food memoir --
*A collection of short stories -- About Time: 12 Short Stories
*A young adult novel --
*A book with a color in the title -- One Red Thread
*A book that's more than 100 years old -- The Time Machine
*A book you picked based on its cover -- The Chronothon
*A book set in a place you want to visit -- Beautiful Wreck
*A book based on a fairytale --
*A National Book Award winner --
*A book that takes place in a forest --
*A romance that takes place during travel -- The Time Traveler's Wife
*A book under 200 pages --
*A book over 400 pages -- Epilogue: Time Machine Chronicles
*A banned book -- A Wrinkle in Time
*A nonfiction book about nature --
*A fantasy novel --
*A book by a person of color -- Kindred
*A book by a female writer -- The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
*A book of poetry --
*A book set in Asia --
*A book about immigrants --
*A book about a historical event -- 11/22/63
*A book with a child narrator -- A Tale of Time City
*A book translated from another language --
*A book that's been adapted into a movie -- Timeline
A copyable list is behind the cut: (view spoiler)[
*A food memoir --
*A collection of short stories --
*A young adult novel --
*A book with a color in the title --
*A book that's more than 100 years old --
*A book you picked based on its cover --
*A book set in a place you want to visit --
*A book based on a fairytale --
*A National Book Award winner --
*A book that takes place in a forest --
*A romance that takes place during travel --
*A book under 200 pages --
*A book over 400 pages --
*A banned book --
*A nonfiction book about nature --
*A fantasy novel --
*A book by a person of color --
*A book by a female writer --
*A book of poetry --
*A book set in Asia --
*A book about immigrants --
*A book about a historical event --
*A book with a child narrator --
*A book translated from another language --
*A book that's been adapted into a movie -- (hide spoiler)]