Challenge Planning Thread

[Tash]

Niamh wrote: "My updated plan for October:

#1. Throne of Glass
#2. Song of the Current
#3. They Both Die at the End (audiobook) ✓
#4. [book:The Outcasts|10..."
Hey Nimah, Throne of Glass doesn't work as you know Sarah J Mass has a bunch of books and been published for a few years.
It has be an author who has One book in existence , It doesn't have be a 2018 debut. . Check out the 2018 debut list if you need some ideas and if you need help. We are always here https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

[Tien]

Tash wrote: "It has be an author who has One book in existence , It doesn't have be a 2018 debut."

ooh... it's debut author and not debut novel so author can only have 1 book in publication to date?!

Hmm... back to drawing board!

[Tash]

Tien wrote: "Tash wrote: "It has be an author who has One book in existence , It doesn't have be a 2018 debut."

ooh... it's debut author and not debut novel so author can only have 1 book in publication to dat..."
Yes Tien!

[Niamh]

Tash wrote: "It has be an author who has One book in existence , It doesn't have be a 2018 debut."

Ohhh I completely misinterpreted that prompt - my bad! Thanks for pointing that out for me :)

[Gothie]

Looking at options for November.
Set in college/uni I was thinking about The Magicians by Lev Grossman

Thoughts on whether a magic college meets the prompt?

I also have no idea what to read in December because I'm caught up so far :p

[Tash]

Gotherella wrote: "Looking at options for November.
Set in college/uni I was thinking about The Magicians by Lev Grossman

Thoughts on whether a magic college meets the prompt?

I also ..."

As Chiara said previously we are open to interpretation so that would be fine if it was a YA book. Unfortunately The Magicians is not.

[Gothie]

Ah, that was the other question I had. It did pop up in a YA list.

Anybody know of anything similar that is YA?
I'm not feeling a typical kind of college book.

[Tash]

Gotherella wrote: "Ah, that was the other question I had. It did pop up in a YA list.

Anybody know of anything similar that is YA?
I'm not feeling a typical kind of college book."

Hex Hall
The Novice
Is the only two I can think of hopefully someone else can think of one if these don't work for you

[Kelly (Diva Booknerd)]

Gotherella wrote: "I also have no idea what to read in December because I'm caught up so far"

You've been absolutely brilliant Gotherella!

[Tien]

Re: college prompt

If I look for college setting books, most will have been shelved as New Adult noting MCs will probably be 18 or older. However, looking at Tash's examples above, it seems we're looking more for a school setting but not the typical high school. Is that right?

So, any of below may work?

Half-Blood (Covenant #1)
Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School #1)
An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes #1)
Evernight (Evernight #1)

[Chiara]

Hi Tien,
New adult books are allowed as they're niche books and don't often get recognised. Two books I can think of in a college setting that are YA are Fangirl and Let's Talk About Love :)

[Chiara]

Here are two lists of YA books set at college:
https://bookriot.com/2018/01/23/ya-bo...
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/t...

[Marie]

Gill wrote: "Anyone else read Catching Teller Crow? I just finished it and I think it works for August 1 - fighting injustice, but wanted to check?"

I loved this book!

[Chiara]

November:

Judge it by its cover - Wild Beauty
Autistic protagonist - Viral Nation
Set at college/uni - Halloween Is Not A Verb
#LoveOzYA, a story of survival - Raven Flight

[Chiara]

Here's a great list from Disability in Kid Lit for the third November prompt - autistic protagonist: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Just make sure it's the POV main character, as always :)

[Sarah]

Thanks Chiara <3 :-)

[Clare]

Does Scott Westerfeld count as an Australian author?

[Tien]

yes. I asked that earlier in the year 😁

[Marie]

All I can say is thank the book god we have December to catch up! I’m soooo behind, just started my final Oct read. On this note, I would like to recommend ‘Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe’ by Benjamin Alire Sáenz - it’s fantastic :)

[Marie]

Hello YA Brains trust!

Would The Novice (Summoner #1) by Taran Matharu count for the 'college' November prompt? I'm trying to read books already on my shelf and this one is staring me in the face right now. I remember seeing this as a suggestion a little while back. Thoughts?

Mini blurb:-
When blacksmith apprentice Fletcher discovers that he has the ability to summon demons from another world, he travels to Adept Military Academy.

[Sarah]

Hi Marie,

Military Academy is enough for me :-) Lets call it a military collage *wink wink*
I don't think i'd heard of this book before, but It's now on my TBR as well :-).

Marie wrote: "Hello YA Brains trust!

Would The Novice (Summoner #1) by Taran Matharu count for the 'college' November prompt? I'm trying to read books already on my shelf and this one is staring me in the face ..."

[Marie]

Thanks Sarah, that's great. I keep getting books out of the library to read for this challenge( or buying them!) and I need to start reading what's on my shelves - ha ha.

[Chiara]

All look good to me!

[Marie]

One more left to read!!!! November’s college prompt. I might actually finish this challenge :) Are there plans to do it again next year? Just for fun? It really pushed me to read outside my YA box :) :) :)

[Bec (Aussie Book Dragon)]

Apologies if I've already reported some of these before. I've been so busy I can't remember what books I last listed here haha

May #2 Illuminae

June #1: To All the Boys I've Loved Before

July #1: Gemina

August #1: Obsidio

October #4: The Gift