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I like this challenge since I read mostly female authors, this will force me to dig out those male authors I keep skipping. I already have quite a few scheduled for 2017.He Said, She Said; He Wrote, She Wrote Reading Challenge
Duration: February 13, 2017 - February 12, 2018
READ: 45/25
✔1. 2066 - Peter Brandt 2/23
✔2. Cold Plague - Daniel Kalla 2/27
✔3. The Edinburgh Dead - Brian Ruckley 2/23
✔4. The Lazarus Machine - Paul Crilley 3/27
✔5. Raising the Past - Jeremy Robinson 2/28
✔6. Cemetery Dance - Douglas Preston 3/23
✔7. Bad Monkey - Carl Hiaasen 6/30
✔8. One Dog Night - David Rosenfelt 4/21
✔9. The North Water - Ian McGuire 4/10
✔10. 15th Affair - James Patterson 5/12
✔11. Rogue Wave - Boyd Morrison 3/4
✔12. Fruitcake - R.J. Kaiser 5/4
✔13. The Order of Odd-Fish - James Kennedy 6/5
✔14. Evil Harvest - Anthony Izzo 9/23
✔15. Forgive Me - Daniel Palmer 11/13
✔16. Red 1-2-3 - John Katzenbach 12/9
✔17. The Lemoncholy Life of Annie Aster - Scott Wilbanks 11/29
✔18. Of Grave Concern - Max McCoy 12/4
✔19. Lost Gods - Brom 7/1
✔20. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafón 8/18
✔21. Warm Bodies - Isaac Marion 7/14
✔22. The Quiet Game - Greg Iles 5/20
✔23. The Secret of the Nagas - Amish Tripathi 4/17
✔24. No Man's Land - David Baldacci 7/9
✔25. A Case of Need - Michael Crichton 3/11
✔26. The Woman Who Wouldn't Die - Colin Cotterill 5/14
✔27. The 120 Days of Sodom - Marquis de Sade 5/16
✔28. Lethal Investments - K.O. Dahl 5/26
✔29. Havoc - Jack DuBrul 6/8
✔30. Nevernight - Jay Kristoff 6/20
✔31. The Man Who Spoke Snakish - Andrus Kivirähk 7/17
✔32. The Passage - Justin Cronin 8/8
✔33. The Girl with Ghost Eyes - M.H. Boroson 8/18
✔34. Evil Harvest - Anthony Izzo 9/23
✔35. Year of the Hyenas - Brad Geagley 9/29
✔36. Star of the Sea - Joseph O'Connor 10/17
✔37. Godsgrave - Jay Kristoff 10/24
✔38. The Six-Gun Tarot - R.S. Belcher 10/25
✔39. Headstone - Ken Bruen 12/26
✔40. Charming - Elliott James 1/10
✔41. Where Monsters Dwell - Jørgen Brekke 1/15
✔42. The Hike - Drew Magary 1/16
✔43. The Memory of Blood - Christopher Fowler 1/30
✔44. What Hides Within - Jason Parent 2/12
✔45. Paris Match - Stuart Woods 2/19
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
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I know that I need to read more from male authors, so here I go.DURATION: Feb 20th 2017-Feb 20th 2018
TOTAL READ: 25/25
1. Royal Bastards by Andrew Shvarts 7/27
2. The Edge of Everything by Jeff Giles 4/19
3. Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner 6/24
4. North of Happy by Adi Alsaid 7/4
5. The Dark Prophecy by Rick Riordan 5/20
6. The Love Interest by Cale Dietrich 6/19
7. Random by Tom Leveen 3/31
8. Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick 9/20
9. Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld 9/4
10. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie 9/24 (Re-read)
11. The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan 10/17
12. The Turn of the Screw by Henry James 10/8
13. American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang 10/24
14. Turtles All the Way Down by John Green 10/20
15. Feed by M.T. Anderson 11/28
16. Looking for Alaska by John Green 11/14
17. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 11/20
18. Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman 1/27
19. Stardust by Neil Gaiman 1/28
20. Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli 1/29
21. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein 1/30
22. Hoot by Carl Hiaasen 1/31
23. Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick 2/1
24. Rootless by Chris Howard 2/10
25. Quests for Glory by Soman Chainani 2/15
He Said, She Said; He Wrote, She Wrote Reading ChallengeDuration: 2/14/17 - 2/13/18
Level: Freelance (18-24 books)
Progress: 25 of 20
I need to read more male writers
1. Persuader by Lee Child (2/21/17)
2. Beneath a Marble Sky by John Shors (3/5/17)
3. Back by Sunrise: A Young Readers Urban Fantasy by Justin Sloan (3/18/17)
4. Mr. Monk and the Dirty Cop by Lee Goldberg (3/19/17)
5. Summer Knight by Jim Butcher (3/23/17)
6. Valhalla Rising by Clive Cussler (3/31/17)
7. The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry (4/7/17)
8. Bits & Pieces by Jonathan Maberry (4/12/17)
9. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (4/20/17)
10. The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson (4/26/17)
11. The Rook by Daniel O'Malley (5/10/17)
12. Disney at Dawn by Ridley Pearson (5/15/17)
13. The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (6/7/17)
14. Kill Fee by Owen Laukkanen (8/8/17)
15. Maximum Security by Robert Muchamore (8/12/17)
16. Rage of Lions by Curtis Jobling (8/28/17)
17. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown (9/15/17)
18. Death Without Company by Craig Johnson (9/27/17)
19. The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell (10/1/17)
20. Storm by D.J. MacHale (10/14/17)
21. The Hanging Hill by Chris Grabenstein (11/11/17)
22. Aversion by Kenechi Udogu (11/21/17)
23. Back Spin by Harlan Coben (11/21/17)
24. book:Ptolemy's Gate|59264] by Jonathan Stroud (1/13/18)
25. Private by James Patterson (2/7/18)
He Said, She Said; He Wrote, She Wrote Reading Challenge03/26/2017 - 03/25/2016
50/50 split
Professional - 25 or more books
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He Said, She Said; He Wrote, She Wrote Reading Challenge03/30/2017 - 04/01/2016
level: Novice - up to 10 books (female authors)
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell 4/4/2017
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Everyone's challenge post is linked at the top of thread.
Happy Reading!
Nothing But Reading ChallengesHe Said, She Said; He Wrote, She Wrote Reading Challenge
Duration: 8/1/2020 - 7/31/2021
Progress: 0 out of 25
Novice - Read up to 10 books
Amateur - Read 11 - 17 books
Freelance - Read 18 - 24 books
Professional - 25 or more books
This challenge lasts for 1 year from the date you start
"I was wondering if we could do a 'Female Author Challenge' (but with a wittier title). So many of the books published and written have male authors, so I think this would be a good way to push people outside of their comfort zones and give female authors the recognition it deserves."
What we, the moderators, noticed is that many of us have the exact opposite problem from Tia, we read mostly books written by female authors. So we decided to make this a Ying Yang type of challenge.
So, with that said, look at your book shelves and determine which you read more of--books written by male authors or books written by female authors--and try to set yourself a goal to read more of the ones you are significantly lacking in.
--> Books with page counts of over 100 pages
--> Re-Reads do not count for this challenge
--> Any readable format counts (paper, digital, audio)
--> Picture books not allowed, MG allowed if YA is also listed
--> No Graphic Novels / Manga allowed
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because my stats are 51% female authors and 49% male authors [although i have no idea how the site that told me that handles nb authors or for that matter if goodreads even gives authors a choice to pick something other than male or female] i am going to set my goal to read books by trans and nonbinary authors since i'd like to challenge myself to do that more consciously anyway.Start Date: Jan 1, 2021
Level: Professional [25+ books]
Reading: books by trans / nonbinary authors
[100+ pages only, no rereads or graphic novels]
[001] The Brilliant Death by A.R. Capetta
[002] What Lies Beneath the Clock Tower by Margaret Killjoy
[003] A Country of Ghosts by Margaret Killjoy
[004] The Drowning Girl by Caitlín R. Kiernan
[005] The Storm of Life by Amy Rose Capetta
[006] Silk by Caitlín R. Kiernan
[007] Are You Loathsome Tonight?: A Collection of Short Stories by Poppy Z. Brite
[008] Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman by Leslie Feinberg
[009] Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon
[010] Fat and Queer: An Anthology of Queer and Trans Bodies and Lives by Miguel M. Morales
[011] Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
[012] The Ape's Wife and Other Stories by Caitlín R. Kiernan
[013] A is for Alien by Caitlín R. Kiernan
[014] Comes a Pale Rider by Caitlín R. Kiernan
[015] GenderQueer: Voices From Beyond the Sexual Binary by Joan Nestle
[016] Transgender History by Susan Stryker
[017] Man Into Woman: The First Sex Change by Lili Elbe
[018] Confessions of a Five-Chambered Heart by Caitlín R. Kiernan
[019] Defekt by Nino Cipri
[020] The (Other) F Word: A Celebration of the Fat and Fierce by Angie Manfredi
[021] Two Worlds and in Between: The Best of Caitlin R. Kiernan, Volume One by Caitlín R. Kiernan
[022] To Summon Nightmares by J.K. Pendragon
[023] Queens of Noise by Leigh Harlen
[024] The Bayou by Arden Powell
[025] Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw
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The Bayou (other topics)Queens of Noise (other topics)
To Summon Nightmares (other topics)
The (Other) F Word: A Celebration of the Fat and Fierce (other topics)
Two Worlds and in Between: The Best of Caitlin R. Kiernan, Volume One (other topics)
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This challenge lasts for 1 year from the date you start
This challenge was inspired by Tia, who asked:
"I was wondering if we could do a 'Female Author Challenge' (but with a wittier title). So many of the books published and written have male authors, so I think this would be a good way to push people outside of their comfort zones and give female authors the recognition it deserves."
What we, the moderators, noticed is that many of us have the exact opposite problem from Tia, we read mostly books written by female authors. So we decided to make this a Ying Yang type of challenge.
So, with that said, look at your book shelves and determine which you read more of--books written by male authors or books written by female authors--and try to set yourself a goal to read more of the ones you are significantly lacking in.
--> Books with page counts of over 100 pages
--> Re-Reads do not count for this challenge
--> Any readable format counts (paper, digital, audio)
--> Picture books not allowed, MG allowed if YA is also listed
--> No Graphic Novels / Manga allowed
Novice - Read up to 10 books
Amateur - Read 11 - 17 books
Freelance - Read 18 - 24 books
Professional - 25 or more books
Note:
In 2012 we started this challenge, and we've now decided to start a new thread for the challenge to freshen it up a bit! You can find the old thread here