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READING PROGRESS 2018
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A Thread of One's Own-Akanksha Chattopadhyay, 2018
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Books: 7/100I'm already falling behind, gah!
Broad planningBibliobibuli WR reads: 01/36
IR BotM: --/6
Literosqueer Book Club: 2/6
Diverse Book Club: --/12
Nonfiction: --/6
Bengali: --/15
Owned book: --/10
BR: --/10
*Categories largely intersecting
Goals1. Finish Popsugar Challenge
2. Read at least one book that is over 500 pages a month
3. Participate in WR activites at least twice every month
4. Finish philosophy/theory tbr by the end of the year
5. Read a twentieth century classic every month
6. Read a Bengali novel every month
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Nice subcategories...
Not sure what a couple mean.. but as you start adding books, I will figure out. 😁
Thanks, Syl!DBC is this book club on GR I found on Instagram that reads 3 books a month on a chosen issue. Want to expand my horizon tbrough that. Literosqueer in another group on Insta, though this is tiny and very informal, dedicated to reading a queer book every month.
Thank you! I could really do with some prodding!
Flight of AmbitionBookRiot Read Harder Challenge
1. A book published posthumously
2. A book of true crime
3. A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance) The Spanish Tragedy
4. A comic written and illustrated by the same person
5. A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa) Collected Plays, Vol. 1
6. A book about nature The Hungry Tide
7. A western
8. A comic written or illustrated by a person of color
9. A book of colonial or postcolonial literature Haroun and the Sea of Stories (all the books, practically!)
10. A romance novel by or about a person of color Looks Over
11. A children’s classic published before 1980
12. A celebrity memoir
13. An Oprah Book Club selection
14. A book of social science
15. A one-sitting book Saararaat Kete Jay Tor Kotha Bhebe (Anupamer Lekha)
16. The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series Gives Light
17. A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author
18. A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image
19. A book of genre fiction in translation
20. A book with a cover you hate Last Night I Sang to the Monster
21. A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author The Vesuvius Club by Mark Gatiss
22. An essay anthology
23. A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60 Cereus Blooms at Night
24. An assigned book you hated (or never finished)Kanthapura: Indian Novel (as of now)
Best of luck, Aka. Some interesting goals up there. Hope you are able to achieve more than what you aimed for 😁😁👍👍
A difficult challenge with a lot of books! Good luck!
2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge1. A book made into a movie you've already seen The Book Thief
2. True Crime
3. The next book in a series you started Looks Over
4. A book involving a heist
5. Nordic noir
6. A novel based on a real person In the Making
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you Tin Man (England)
8. A book with a time of day in the title Last Night I Sang to the Monster
9. A book about a villain or antihero
10. A book about death or grief The Spanish Tragedy
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist Enigma Variations
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical-Collected Plays, Vol. 1
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club
15. A book about feminism Introducing Feminism: A Graphic Guide
16. A book about mental health In Perfect Light
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift Diving Into the Wreck
18. A book by two authors
19. A book about or involving a sport
20. A book by a local author The Hungry Tide
21. A book with your favorite color in the title
22. A book with alliteration in the title
23. A book about time travel
24. A book with a weather element in the title Swimming in the Monsoon Sea
25. A book set at sea Cinnamon Gardens (set by the sea)
26. A book with an animal in the title
27. A book set on a different planet
28. A book with song lyrics in the title
29. A book about or set on Halloween
30. A book with characters who are twins
31. A book mentioned in another book
32. A book from a celebrity book club
33. A childhood classic you've never read
34. A book that's published in 2018
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner
36. A book set in the decade you were born Carry Me Like Water ('90s)
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to
38. A book with an ugly cover
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges
2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge
1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school
2. A cyberpunk book
3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
4. A book tied to your ancestry
5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title
6. An allegory
7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you
8. A microhistory
9. A book about a problem facing society today
10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
While it's undeniably true that the rest of the book is thoroughly eclipsed in the afterglow of Giovanni's story, which I kid you not is Call Me by Your Name good, except perhaps Maud's which is excellent in its own way, this is a book that is here to stay.
Confound it, the fellow can write!
Enigma Variations 5 stars.
Did I read the same book as these people raving all over the place? Cliché and predictactable, totally meh!Tin Man 3 stars.
Plus, the writing isn't great.
Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club 4 stars.This is the first time that I read Saenz's adult writing, and he's done a fairly good job. This isn't Ari and Dante or Inexplicable Logic great, but then again, that may be just me. Short stories have never been my preferred form.
What makes me think is the depiction of fathers in the stories. In stark contrast to Vicente or Sam Quintana, this one is full of terrible terrible dads.
Planning to read Carry Me Like Water very soon.
Not entirely, but kind of, it seems. Can't read much now :( Spanish exams! :'(
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1. Finish Popsugar Challenge
2. Read at least one book that is over 500 pages a month
3. Participate in WR activites at least twice every month
4. Finish philosophy/theory tbr by the end of ..."
2,4,5 whoa! too much to take!
all the berry best :)
Gorab wrote: "Akanksha wrote: "Goals1. Finish Popsugar Challenge
2. Read at least one book that is over 500 pages a month
3. Participate in WR activites at least twice every month
4. Finish philosophy/theory t..."
4 is impossible! But let's see.
Literally literary beginnings as usual, Aka! Am sure you will do well in all and mess it up as well.. but isn't being messy in reading more fun than being organised? :PAm
Here's wishing you a great 2018. :)
Yes, messing up is the half the fun :DThanks, Sri!
Book 7: Carry Me Like Water 5 stars.I didn't know I would five star this book until I was actually doing it. This isn't the perfect book and being the author's first novel has an air of not being fully formed at times. Sáenz's adult writing doesn't seem to be very different from his YA, predictable and full of lovely people. the strokes of emotion, never economised, may come across as rather broad, but the book is bound to catch you precariously between sadness and a smile, if you just let the poetic prose take over. And the magic realism actually fits in.
I'd recommend it to people who like the author's more recent books.
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Books mentioned in this topic
Looks Over (other topics)Looks Over (other topics)
Gives Light (other topics)
The Book Thief (other topics)
Introducing Feminism: A Graphic Guide (other topics)
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Mark Gatiss (other topics)André Aciman (other topics)
Well, that'd be the successor of "Discordant Rhyme" and 2017. Another log. Another mess. Another soon-to-be-forgotten jumble of literary idiosyncrasies.
All this I cannot evade. What I can, however, is to try and systematise the currents to a more cohesive pattern. And that is exactly what I intend to do.
Visit us. Wake me up when it gets too messy.