Challenge Planning Thread

[Tien]

um, checking if Afterworlds (Afterworlds #1) count for #LoveOzYA ? Am not sure if authors have to be Aussie born or can just live in Oz some of the time?

[Chiara]

Hey Tien! Afterworlds would definitely count for #LoveOzYA :)

[Tien]

Great! Thanks, Chiara :)

Am suddenly finding myself reading all 4 books for April's prompts concurrently... I just hope that means that I will complete them all lol

[Chiara]

No problem :)

Good luck!! I've only managed to read one so far this month :(

[Rebecca]

May:
Retelling: Hunted or Cruel Beauty
AI: Username: Regenerated
Mysterious Monsters: Charm and Strange
#LoveOzYA Indigenous/Aboriginal Australian Author: Songs That Sound Like Blood or Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia

June:
A book adapted for film/tv: A Monster Calls or Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Heroes and villains: Not Your Sidekick
Faith and spirituality: I Love I Hate I Miss My Sister or Devoted
#LoveOzYA / #LoveNZYA book: Bisexual protagonist Queens of Geek

[Marie]

Planning ahead - and I have a few questions - is Rick Riordan’s books YA or children’s? Thoughts?

I’m also finding ‘mysterious monsters’ a tricky one for me - anyone got any suggestions?

P.S I’m so glad it’s May as I’ve had Obsidio on my shld for weeks... waiting to include it as my AI. I can’t believe I’ve been so patient!!! :)

[Tien]

Marie wrote: "Planning ahead - and I have a few questions - is Rick Riordan’s books YA or children’s? Thoughts?

I thought YA as characters are usually in their teens...? I haven't read all of them but the ones I've read have teenage characters.

I’m also finding ‘mysterious monsters’ a tricky one for me - anyone got any suggestions?

I've slotted in Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone #1) though I can't remember why I did that...?

And I will also be reading OBSIDIO!!! :D

Are you coming to SWF YA day, Marie?

[Chiara]

Hi Marie! I think it depends on which Riordan book you're wanting to pick. The first few Percy Jackson books are middle grade, but I am pretty sure all his other books are YA as the protagonists are teens!

For Mysterious Monsters, you can pick most paranormal books, I think! Tien's choice of DOSAB is a good one :) This Savage Song would be a great one to read if you haven't already!

[Chiara]

May
Retelling: The Uncrossing
AI: The Scorpion Rules
Mysterious Monsters: The Abyss Surrounds Us
#LoveOzYA Indigenous/Aboriginal Australian Author: The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf

[Clare]

I'm so behind I may never get to these in May:

May books
#1: Retelling Hunted
#2: Artificial Intelligence Metallic Love
#3: Mysterious Monsters A Skinful of Shadows
#4: LoveOzYA Indigenous Australian Songs That Sound Like Blood

[Marie]

Tien wrote: "Marie wrote: "Planning ahead - and I have a few questions - is Rick Riordan’s books YA or children’s? Thoughts?

I thought YA as characters are usually in their teens...? I haven't read all of them..."

Thanks Tien, I'll look into your suggestions and maybe see you tomorrow at SWF. I'm filming Why Do We Read in the arvo (3pm) - come say hi!

[Marie]

My May plan:-
#1: Retelling- Winter - COMPLETED
#2: Artificial Intelligence- LIF3L1KE - COMPLETED
#3: Mysterious Monsters- All the Dark Spaces - COMPLETED
#4: LoveOzYA Indigenous Australian- Songs That Sound Like Blood - COMPLETED

June plan:-
#1: The Darkest Minds - COMPLETED
#2: Heroes and villains: Ignite the Stars - COMPLETED (Villain turns hero!)
#3: This one was the toughest prompt yet, for me... Faith and Spirituality - went with If You Could Be Mine COMPLETED
#4: Bonus #LoveOzYA/NZ book: Bisexual protagonist: Fake Geek Girl - COMPLETED - loved this series

July plan - I WAS BEHIND IN JUNE, NOW I'M AHEAD -whoo.
#1: A book by two or more authors OBSIDIO - completed
#2: Another toughy, went with Fly on The Wall - completed
#3: Visually / Hearing impaired protagonist TBC WHISPER
#4: #LoveOzYA / #LoveNZYA book: Amelia Westlake - so excited I had an excuse to put this to the top of my TBR pile - completed

August prompts
#1: Fighting injustice - The Hate U Give
#2: Sibling rivalry - To All the Boys I've Loved Before - late to this series... but now I get to read all 3
#3: Jewish protagonist - Code Name Verity... or Maybe by Morris Gleitzman... or Finding Nevo. Decisions, decisions.
#4: #LoveOzYA / #LoveNZYA book: Thrills and chills. So many to choose from!

[Niamh]

For anyone still undecided about May prompt #4 (Indigenous author), I REALLY enjoyed Becoming Kirrali Lewis and would highly recommend!

[Angie]

Ok. Gotta do some catching up. Can I just check that the following will count?

April #2 (animal companion) - Tower of Dawn
April #4 (first love) - Graffiti Moon

[Marie]

One of my fav. books is Graffiti Moon :)

[Marie]

So, I was saving Obsidio for the AI prompt... but most of the books written by duo authors I want to read, I've read, so I'll save it for July now. SOOOO, anyone have any artificial intelligence suggestions? I've read all the Cinder series, plus Illumine Files are off the table. Thanks! And, for duo book suggestions...

http://stackedbooks.org/2013/06/writi...

[Tien]

Marie wrote: "So, I was saving Obsidio for the AI prompt... but most of the books written by duo authors I want to read, I've read, so I'll save it for July now. SOOOO, anyone have any artificial intelligence su..."

How about the new Jay Kristoff's LIFELIK3?

[Clare]

Marie wrote: "SOOOO, anyone have any artificial intelligence suggestions..."

I found 2 books by Tanith Lee about AI. She wrote mostly fantasy from late 1970s on but The Silver Metal Lover and Metallic Love are spec fic with robots. I'm reading the 2nd book because my library had it and I don't think you have to have read no.1. Well, I hope not. Haven't started yet because I'm so behind.

[Tien]

Would The Wrath & the Dawn fit for heroes & villains prompt?

[Chiara]

Tien wrote: "Would The Wrath & the Dawn fit for heroes & villains prompt?"

It's a stretch but I think it can fit. We did share a bunch of YA books about heroes and villains on our Twitter page :)

[Chiara]

June
#1: A book adapted for film or television: A Monster Calls
#2: Heroes and villains: Fallout
#3: Faith or spirituality: The Dark Light
#4: Bonus #LoveOzYA/NZ book: Bisexual protagonist: Take Three Girls

[Clare]

Chiara wrote: "We did share a bunch of YA books about heroes and villains on our Twitter page :) ..."

Can you share book lists here as well as Twitter?

[Chiara]

Recommendations!

Heroes & Villains: http://www.yainterrobang.com/superher... and https://bookriot.com/2017/11/09/novel... and https://bookriot.com/2017/09/07/ya-ab... and https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/t...

Faith and Spirituality: https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/lis...

#LoveOzYA bisexual protagonist:
Take Three Girls by Cath Crowley, Fiona Wood & Simmone Howell
Ida by Alison Evans
Wave by Hoa Pham
Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde
The Brightsiders by Jen Wilde
Girl Reporter by Tansy Rayner Roberts
Fake Geek Girl by Tansy Rayner Roberts (this is free on Amazon!)
Welcome to Orphancorp by Marlee Jane Ward
Future Leaders of Nowhere by Emily O'Beirne
Points of Departure by Emily O'Beirne
Paris Syndrome by Lisa Walker

[Tien]

oh um, is it heroes AND villains or heroes OR villains?

Just that your recs are split into heroes & villains...?

[Chiara]

Tien wrote: "oh um, is it heroes AND villains or heroes OR villains?

Just that your recs are split into heroes & villains...?"

The book can be either about a hero or a villain or both! The recs are split because there weren't any lists for both of them :)

[Tien]

Chiara wrote: "#LoveOzYA bisexual protagonist: "

oh and does Pink ok for this?

[Chiara]

Tien wrote: "Chiara wrote: "#LoveOzYA bisexual protagonist: "

oh and does Pink ok for this?"

Yep!

[Tien]

Thanks, Chiara :)

[Chiara]

No problem!

[Marie]

Thanks so much for the recommendations - this is really useful.

[Marie]

Chiara wrote: "Recommendations!

Heroes & Villains: http://www.yainterrobang.com/superher... and https://bookriot.com/2017/11/09/novel... and https://bookriot.com/2017/09/07/ya-ab......"

LOVED Fake Geek Girl - thanks for the recommendation. I got it free on Amazon, but am more than happy to buy her other books/novellas now as I really like her voice/world.

[Marie]

Tien wrote: "Marie wrote: "So, I was saving Obsidio for the AI prompt... but most of the books written by duo authors I want to read, I've read, so I'll save it for July now. SOOOO, anyone have any artificial i..."

[Chiara]

Marie, glad to hear you liked Fake Geek Girl! If you read The Bromancers in the same series it also has a bi protagonist :)

[Marie]

Chiara wrote: "Marie, glad to hear you liked Fake Geek Girl! If you read The Bromancers in the same series it also has a bi protagonist :)"

Chiara wrote: "Marie, glad to hear you liked Fake Geek Girl! If you read The Bromancers in the same series it also has a bi protagonist :)"

Chiara wrote: "Marie, glad to hear you liked Fake Geek Girl! If you read The Bromancers in the same series it also has a bi protagonist :)"

Great. I couldn't download to my kindle on the train, but can do it in work. A unique structure which I kind of liked.

[Clare]

I'm currently reading Fake Geek Girl and loving it!

If anyone's looking for a book with bisexual protag & religion: Ask Me How I Got Here is an amazing verse novel with catholicism vs abortion, sensitively written. From reading this I discovered there are Catholics who are pro-choice. (I grew up catholic and don't think highly of it these days)

[Marie]

Tien wrote: "Am a sucker for challenges & planning, so here I am!! Thanks for running this :)

January prompts
#1: The Diviners (The Diviners #1) by Libba Bray -Read 09/01
#2: [bo..."


My Sister Rosa is excellent... still gives me chills over a year after reading it!

[Tien]

Thanks, Marie! I did enjoy Larbalestier's Razorhurst so I think I'll like this one too!

[Tien]

Clare wrote: "Clare's Challenge

#2: Sibling rivalry: P is for Pearl"

Is it really? If so, I'm going to read the same too :)

[Clare]

Tien wrote: "#2: Sibling rivalry: P is for Pearl"

Is it really? If so, I'm going to read the same too :)"

I hope so, I haven't started yet. Theres a step brother & I think they don't get on.

[Chiara]

July
A book by two or more authors: What If It's Us
A character you identify with: Afterworlds
Visually impaired protagonist: The Young Elites
#LoveOzYA - lesbian protagonist: The Flywheel

[Tien]

Chiara wrote: "Visually impaired protagonist: The Young Elites"

Ooh!! I was going to read Girl, Stolen but maybe I'll read The Rose Society instead! hhhmmm... choices!

[Niamh]

Does anyone have any suggestions for the third July prompt - visually/hearing impaired protagonist? I was thinking about reading Whisper by Lynette Noni but I believe the main character is mute not hearing impaired, is that correct?

[Chiara]

Tien wrote: "Chiara wrote: "Visually impaired protagonist: The Young Elites"

Ooh!! I was going to read Girl, Stolen but maybe I'll read The Rose Society instead! hhhmmm... choices!"

I haven't read The Young Elites yet so I'm really excited!

[Chiara]

Niamh wrote: "Does anyone have any suggestions for the third July prompt - visually/hearing impaired protagonist? I was thinking about reading Whisper by Lynette Noni but I believe the main chara..."

Hi Niamh, from reviews it appears the character in Whisper has selective mutism, and thus does not fit the prompt.

I will be doing a proper recommendation post soon, but for now, here are some lists from Disability in Kidlit. Though you will have to double check the book you pick features a protagonist, and not a side character!

Visually impaired: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list... and https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Hearing impaired: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list... and https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

[Niamh]

Chiara wrote: "Niamh wrote: "Does anyone have any suggestions for the third July prompt - visually/hearing impaired protagonist? I was thinking about reading Whisper by Lynette Noni but I believe ..."

Thanks, Chiara!

[Clare]

Niamh wrote: "Does anyone have any suggestions for the third July prompt - visually/hearing impaired protagonist?..."

Talk Under Water has hearing impared protag & is #loveOzYA

I'm going to read You're Welcome, Universe (when I catch up on all the months I'm behind)

[Chiara]

Niamh wrote: "Thanks, Chiara!"

No problem! I hope you find one you like :)

[Sarah]

July prompts:
#1: A book by two or more authors - These Broken Stars
#2: A character you identify with - Clancy of the Undertow
#3: Visually / Hearing impaired protagonist - The Young Elites
#4: #LoveOzYA / #LoveNZYA book: Gay or lesbian protagonist - The Flywheel

[Tien]

Can I just check if my August plan is ok?

#1: Fighting injustice: Renegades (Renegades #1) by Marissa Meyer
#2:Sibling rivalry: Black Dove, White Raven by Elizabeth Wein
#3: Jewish protagonist: Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity #1) by Elizabeth Wein
#4: #LoveOzYA / #LoveNZYA book: Thrills and chills. My Sister Rosa by Justine Larbalestier

[Marie]

I know this isn't directed at me but thanks for the ideas. I was looking at Code Name Verity too as an option. I'll probably go for The Hate U Give for #1 as it's on my shelf already. My Sister Rosa is very very chilling!