Kristin B's (too many) Reading Challenges - Comments ok!

[Kristin B.]

Since this is MY thread I'm totally going to track some challenges that I'm working on for another group as well. ;)

But, I'll post this group's challenges first.

This will make it a lot easier to keep track of any books that I can use for more than one challenge between the groups.

Book titles will be added when completed.

[Kristin B.]

2022 TBR Cleanup Challenge

1. Book with nine lives Longshadow (view spoiler)[This book had the Faerie Lord/Lady that overseas ghosts crossing over. People died, people got brought back, people almost died but not really. Works for me. (hide spoiler)]
2. Don't be suspicious The Eye of the World (view spoiler)[The dagger that Mat picked up made him suspicious of everyone. Darkfriends had to work at not being suspicious to avoid detection. Mat and Rand spent a lot of time trying not to look suspicious so they could avoid the people looking for them. (hide spoiler)]
3. Dressed to the nines The Sudden Appearance of Hope (view spoiler)[ A lot of very fancy parties with people dressed very fancy. And sometimes murder in fancy dress! (hide spoiler)]
4. Head in the clouds Daughter of the Forest (view spoiler)[The six brothers get turned into swans. Heads are totally up in the clouds. (hide spoiler)]
5. One for the clubhouse Station Eleven (view spoiler)[Past book club book. (hide spoiler)]
6. Of its time Donkey Kong Country (view spoiler)[Pure 90's nostalgia! Definitely reminiscent of it's time. (hide spoiler)]
7. "Revolution is in the individual spirit" The Girl Who Ruled Fairyland - For a Little While (view spoiler)[Mallow was the first to strike at the awful King and brought him down. (hide spoiler)]
8. Cover with distinct art style The Last Wish (view spoiler)[A dragon breathing fire and a guy with white hair. Pretty distinct. (hide spoiler)]
9. 9 or 22 * How Long 'til Black Future Month? (view spoiler)[ There were 22 short stories. (hide spoiler)]
10. Why not both? The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There (view spoiler)[September lives between our world and Fairyland. Halloween and the shadows figure out how to have their independence without dooming Fairyland above. (hide spoiler)]
11. Seasonal A Court of Mist and Fury (view spoiler)[Four of the Fae courts are based on the seasons. (hide spoiler)]
12. I need a nap! Klara and the Sun (view spoiler)[Josie spent a lot of time napping while she was ill. (hide spoiler)]
13. Thorns and roses A Court of Thorns and Roses (view spoiler)[Do I need to explain this one? (hide spoiler)]
14. A little slice of heaven Under the Whispering Door (view spoiler)[ There is a doorway on the fourth floor of the tea shop that leads to "Heaven." (hide spoiler)]
15. Fluffy! The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (view spoiler)[The best adjective for Ouloo and Tupo. (hide spoiler)]
16. "Humans are doing the best they can" Record of a Spaceborn Few (view spoiler)[The humans of the Exodan fleet are doing the best they can with the resources they have in the fleet. They're also doing the best they can to understand their changing place in the universe. (hide spoiler)]
17. "Such conduct is the prerogative of the truly wise" Project Hail Mary (view spoiler)[Stratt is very wise and always gets her way. (hide spoiler)]
18. 240-270 pages The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (view spoiler)[ 247 pages (hide spoiler)]
19. Nein Dragonflight (view spoiler)[Honestly? Because it made me so mad I said "no" an awful lot. (hide spoiler)]
20. ??? Beautiful You (view spoiler)[I have so many questions. also. what the fuck even was it? (hide spoiler)]

Challenge Thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Challenge Link: https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/...

[Kristin B.]

2022 Read All the Books: On Cloud Nine
Pledging 12

Done:
The Eye of the World
The Last Wish
Station Eleven
Daughter of the Forest
Ariadne
Klara and the Sun
Fahrenheit 451
The Songs of Distant Earth
Dragonflight
Spinning Silver
Redshirts
Wild Seed
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Howl’s Moving Castle
The Witch's Heart
Nettle & Bone
The Book Eaters

Challenge Link: https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/...
Challenge Thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Kristin B.]

2020 Challenges

2020 TBR Cleanup
(view spoiler)[1. Inspired by a meme The Future of Another Timeline (view spoiler)[Specifically mentions that she was there for the inception of a Meme in the form of the Country Lad song. (hide spoiler)]
2. Nominated for 2+ awards (didn't win) Cinder
3. Small publisher The Living
4. Relationship between humans/animals Hollow Kingdom (view spoiler)[Told from the point of view of a crow, who is the pet of a human. Discusses the relationship of domestics, humans and the natural world. (hide spoiler)]
5. Recommended by a public figure The Martian (view spoiler)[I mean. A ton. But specifically, Wil Wheaton (hide spoiler)]
6. Steal from someone else Love Poems (view spoiler)[read on the recommendation of a friend on Facebook. So I "stole" the idea to read it. :) (hide spoiler)]
7. Makes you wonder Catfishing on CatNet (view spoiler)[speculative fiction about A.I., robotic helpers and self-driving cars (hide spoiler)]
8. Fits a past SFFBC nomination theme Robogenesis - We Are Sci-Fi Family (Found Family)
9. #ownvoices The House in the Cerulean Sea (view spoiler)[ Queer author and queer main characters. (hide spoiler)]
10. Won a smaller or regional award Middlegame (view spoiler)[Alex Award (hide spoiler)]
11. What a title?! How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse
12. Published in a memorable year A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking (view spoiler)[ 2020 is the most memorable year I have ever lived through. *Sigh.* (hide spoiler)]
13. #relatable Ready Player One (view spoiler)[How can this not be relatable when I grew up in the 80s? (hide spoiler)]
14. Seven or Twenty Riot Baby (view spoiler)[ Published in 2020 (hide spoiler)]
15. Dialect, slang, or pidgin languages The Windup Girl
16. Pushing the boundaries The Vanished Birds (view spoiler)[ Pushing the boundaries of space/space travel. Pushing the boundaries of Arho's endurance. (hide spoiler)]
17. The next [insert popular series here] The Burning World (view spoiler)[Similar to The Walking Dead (hide spoiler)]
18. LOLed IRL Artificial Condition
19. Seen in an ad or on social media Rogue Protocol (view spoiler)[ Well. I follow Martha Wells on social media. And Goodreads is social media and several of the folks I follow are (re)reading before Network Effect. So it totally counts. (hide spoiler)]
20. Hindsight is 20/20 This Is How You Lose the Time War (view spoiler)[Time travel. Can't get much clearer hindsight than that. (hide spoiler)]

Challenge Thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Challenge Link: https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/... (hide spoiler)]

Read All the Books: The Seven Wonders
(view spoiler)[Need 12 books (See below threads for past options)

Done:
The Windup Girl
Nine Princes in Amber
Hollow Kingdom
Catfishing on CatNet
The Martian
The Way of Kings
The Vanished Birds
Dune
Fahrenheit 451
The Dawnhounds
Ready Player One
Moon of the Crusted Snow

2020 Reads
This Alien Shore
The House of the Spirits
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
The Collapsing Empire
The Many-Coloured Land
The Sword of Kaigen
The Just City
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
Forty Thousand in Gehenna
The Ghost Bride
Servant of the Underworld
The Memory Police
The City We Became
Recursion
The Bone Shard Daughter
The Humans

Challenge Link: https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/... (hide spoiler)]

[Kristin B.]

2018 Challenges

2018 TBR Cleanup - (SFF Club)(view spoiler)[

1. The 13th book Annihilation (Decided to go with the 13th book that I read this year from the SFF club shelf.)
2. A book written by a young buck or geezer (use your own age definitions because I ain't goin' there) Oh Honey
3. A book with humor or horror Beauties in the Deep
4. 300-350 pages Artemis
5. A book that reminds you of home The Rules and Regulations for Mediating Myths & Magic
6. Suns, skies, stars, or planets on the cover Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
7. Chosen for the cover Children of Blood and Bone
8. "Missed it by that much" - a book you really wanted to read but didn't have time for The Handmaid's Tale
9. Based on the blurb or blerg - It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
10. A non-U.S. or UK publication/setting - My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
11. Gold on the cover, in the title, or in the author's name The Golem and the Jinni
12. A book with a vehicle on the cover, from a carriage to a spaceship Tongues of Serpents
13. An author's debut novel Being Mrs. Dracula
14. Make a list of 5-7 books and use "Eeny Meeny Miny Moe" to choose one The Nex
15. A book from a genre that's outside your comfort zone Freaks I've Met
16. A book with a mystery or romance Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
17. Standalone novel The Hate U Give
18. A book with a character you would marry, shag, or kill Shadow Man
19. Read a genre-bender A Wrinkle in Time
20. A book with an animal, vegetable, or mineral on the cover Crucible of Gold

Challenge Link: https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/...
Comment Link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... (hide spoiler)]

2018 Owned Book Challenge (SFF Club)(view spoiler)[

Beauties in the Deep - 60 Points
A genre I usually avoid - 15
Book club read - 25
Author I've Never Read - 10
Owned <1year - 10

The Handmaid's Tale - 70 points
Group Read
300 pages
Award winner
Turned into Media
Owned <1year

The Hate U Give - 85 points
Owned <1 year
300 pages
A genre I usually avoid
Group Read
Award
Author I've never read

The Nex -60 points
3 years
with cat
Self Pub

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry 70 points
<1 year
group read
award
Author I've never read
A genre I usually avoid

The Maze Runner 60 points
1 year
300 pages
1st in a series
award
Author I've never read
turned into movie

Dune 200 Points
1 year
750 pages
1st in a series
Award
Author I've never read
Buddy read
Turned into media

It Was a Dark and Stormy Night 25 Points
1 year
1st in a series
Author I've never read

Children of Blood and Bone 110 Points
1 year
500 pages
1st in a series
Author I've never read
buddy read
pre-order

Challenge Thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Total Points: 740
Number of books read: 9
Starting TBR list: 285
Ending TBR list: 336
(hide spoiler)]

Read All the Books 2018 - The Fifth Season(view spoiler)[ (SFF Club)
(Need 12 Books)
Read/Reading
The Golem and the Jinni
The Handmaid's Tale
Artemis
Fahrenheit 451
Ready Player One
Lord of Light
Brave New World
The Man in the High Castle
Nimona
The Underground Railroad
Dune
Alif the Unseen
Annihilation

Potential Books:
2018 books
Touch
Ninefox Gambit
Winter Tide
The Power
The Invisible Library
Among Others
Ancillary Mercy
Into the Drowning Deep
The Farthest Shore
Sea of Rust
Parable of the Sower
The Changeling
The Calculating Stars
Babel-17
The Traitor Baru Cormorant
Rosewater
The Song of Achilles
Jade City
China Mountain Zhang

Past Books:
Red Sister
Six of Crows
All the Birds in the Sky
Memory of Water
Sabriel
The Passage
The Aeronaut's Windlass
Seveneves
Red Rising
The Neverending Story
Station Eleven
The Hobbit
Hounded
The Martian
Anansi Boys
A Clash of Kings
The Blade Itself
The Final Empire
The Windup Girl
The War of the Worlds
The Gunslinger
Storm Front
Dragonflight
Wool Omnibus
A Wizard of Earthsea

Challenge Link: https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/...
Challenge Thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... (hide spoiler)]

2018 Inclusive Book Bingo (SFF Club)(view spoiler)[

January Group Read (11)- The Golem and the Jinni
February Group Read (16) - The Black Tides of Heaven
March Group Read (12) - Carnival
April Group Read (9) Lord of Light
April Group Read (17) Shadow Man
May Group Read (20) Planetfall
June Group Read (24) - Akata Witch and Alif the Unseen
July Group Read (23) Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach
August Group Read (5) Certain Dark Things
September Group Read (4) Midnight Robber
October Group Read (15) Dreadnought
November Group Read (13) Passing Strange
December Group Read (6) Future Home of the Living God
December Group Read (3) The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps

Bingo Card
01 / xx / 18 / xx / xx
02 / xx / 21 / 08 / 14
xx / xx / xx / xx / xx
xx / xx / 10 / xx / 19
xx / 07 / 15 / 22 / xx

Challenge Thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... (hide spoiler)]

[Cheryl]

Thank you for this strategy; I just added spaces for my other challenges, too.

[Kristin B.]

Cheryl wrote: "Thank you for this strategy; I just added spaces for my other challenges, too."

You're welcome! Glad you found it helpful! :)

[Kristin B.]

Abandoned EHRTBM 2018 challenges
(Life is busy and I've decided to cut back to just one book club. I am going to abandon these challenges and try really hard not to feel guilty about it.)

Alphabet Challenge (EHRTBM Club)(view spoiler)[

A - Artemis
B - Beauties in the Deep
C - Crucible of Gold
D - Dune
E - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
F -Fahrenheit 451
G - The Golem and the Jinni
H -The Handmaid's Tale
I - It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
J -
K -
L - League of Dragons
M - My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
N - The Nex
O - Oh Honey
P - Planetfall
Q -
R -Ready Player One
S - Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
T - Tongues of Serpents
U -The Underground Railroad
V -
W - A Wrinkle in Time
X -
Y -
Z -

My comment link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... (hide spoiler)]

Read Along Challenge 2018 (EHRTBM Club)(view spoiler)[ (Need 12 books)
(Make sure they are on the correct bookshelf)

Ready Player One
The Hate U Give
The Handmaid's Tale
Fahrenheit 451
A Wrinkle in Time
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Dune
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
A Brief History of Time

2018 Reads:
Never Let Me Go
The Book Thief
Murder on the Orient Express
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Diary of a Young Girl
Little Fires Everywhere
All the Light We Cannot See
1Q84
I Am a Cat: I
1984
The Bell Jar
The Alchemist
In Cold Blood
Jane Eyre
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Rebecca
The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Past Reads
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Martian

Challenge Link: https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/... (hide spoiler)]

EHRTBM Relay Race Link:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

EHRTBM House Cup Link:October through December
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

EHRTBM Olympics Link:
This challenge will run from 24:00 (midnight) EST January 10, 2018 – 24:00 EST February 24, 2018.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

EHRTBM TBR Revival Challenge 2018 (view spoiler)[

This is going to be an interesting one for me. I ported over when Shelfari closed, so a giant chunk of my books have the same "Date Added" date. So, I'm going to pick a bunch of them and just choose five of them to read. : )

All books have a date of January 16th, 2016.

1. Briarpatch
2. Hounded
3. The Nex
4. The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
5. Divergent
6. A Discovery of Witches
7. Hold Me Closer, Necromancer
8. Clockwork Angel
9. The Maze Runner
10. The Knife of Never Letting Go
11. The Hobbit
12. Coraline
13. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
14. The Alchemyst
15. Hart and Boot and Other Stories

Challenge Link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... (hide spoiler)]

[Kristin B.]

2019 Challenges:

Abandoned - (I won't be trying PopSugar again. Spent too much time worrying about fitting in books I wasn't actually interested in.)

2019 Popsugar challenge(view spoiler)[

1 A book becoming a movie in 2019 Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
2 A book that makes you nostalgic The Wrong Stars
3 A book written by a musician (fiction or nonfiction) War for the Oaks
4 A book you think should be turned into a movie A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe
5 A book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads
6 A book with a plant in the title or on the cover The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
7 A reread of a favorite book Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
8 A book about a hobby Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks: A Librarian's Love Letters and Breakup Notes to the Books in Her Life
9 A book you meant to read in 2018 The Gray House
10 A book with POP, SUGAR, or CHALLENGE in the title
11 A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover Bride of Dark and Stormy
12 A book inspired by myth/legend/folklore Strange Practice
13 A book published posthumously Beowulf
14 A book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie
15 A retelling of a classic The Mere Wife
16 A book with a question in the title When
17 A book set on college or university campus Strange the Dreamer
18 A book about someone with a superpower The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1: The Apocalypse Suite
19 A book told from multiple POVs A Bad Deal for the Whole Galaxy
20 A book set in space - All Systems Red
21 A book by two female authors
22 A book with SALTY, SWEET, BITTER, or SPICY in the title
23 A book set in Scandinavia Odd and the Frost Giants
24 A book that takes place in a single day
25 A debut novel Semiosis
26 A book that's published in 2019 The Winter of the Witch
27 A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature Catseye
28 A book recommended by a celebrity you admire All the Birds in the Sky
29 A book with LOVE in the title
30 A book featuring an amateur detective Warbreaker
31 A book about a family The Cloud Roads
32 A book author from Asia, Africa, or South America The Poppy War
33 A book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in title The Harbors of the Sun
34 A book that includes a wedding The Gospel of Loki
35 A book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter
36 A ghost story The Necessary Beggar
37 A book with a two-word title Artificial Condition
38 A novel based on a true story The Things They Carried
39 A book revolving around a puzzle or game Gideon the Ninth
40 Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading challenge (The next book in a series you started) Rogue Protocol
41 A "cli-fi" (climate fiction) book Early Riser
42 A "choose-your-own-adventure" book
43 An "own voices" book The Way of Thorn and Thunder
44 Read a book during the season it is set in The Long Walk
45 A LitRPG book The Land: Founding
46 A book with no chapters / unusual chapter headings / unconventionally numbered chapters Flowers for Algernon
47 Two books that share the same title
48 Two books that share the same title
49 A book that has inspired a common phrase or idiom The Once and Future King
50 A book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent Nevernight

Challenge Link: https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/... (hide spoiler)]

Completed:

Read All the Books: The Sixth Sense(view spoiler)[
Need 12 books (See below thread for past options)

Done:
Catseye
The Gospel of Loki
A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe
Early Riser
Flowers for Algernon
The Poppy War
War for the Oaks
Semiosis
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Warbreaker
Witchmark
All You Need Is Kill
All the Birds in the Sky
The Once and Future King
Elysium
Sabriel
A Night in the Lonesome October
The Mere Wife
Swords and Deviltry
Gods of Jade and Shadow
The Raven and the Reindeer

2019 Reads
Brown Girl in the Ring
Planetfall
Here and Now and Then
The Bone Witch
Spinning Silver
A Memory Called Empire
The Way of Kings
Warchild
The Wolf in the Whale
The Outside
An Unkindness of Ghosts
Remnant Population

Challenge Link: https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/... (hide spoiler)]

2019 TBR Cleanup(view spoiler)[

1. Oldest book Lud-in-the-Mist
2. Work of art
3. Novella or short story collection All Systems Red
4. Title is a question When
5. Ugly cover (and please share it!)
6. Has inspired other art forms Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
7. Your initials are in the title Bride of Dark and Stormy
8. A book recommended to you Rogue Protocol
9. A book that intimidates you The Long Walk
10. Reminds you of a song War for the Oaks
11. Buddy read (do not need to participate) Exit Strategy
12. Book with a luck symbol Flowers for Algernon
13. The 6th book The Edge of Worlds (sixth in the series when counting short story collections)
14. Last in a series The Winter of the Witch
15. One Hit Wonder Gideon the Ninth
16. Hidden Gem A Bad Deal for the Whole Galaxy
17. Someplace you want to go Strange Practice
18. Get On the Bandwagon A Night in the Lonesome October
19. Words in Title in Alphabetical Order Artificial Condition
20. Graphic or illustrated novel The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1: The Apocalypse Suite

Challenge Thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Comment Link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Challenge Link: https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/... (hide spoiler)]

[Kristin B.]

2019 SFFBC group challenge:

2019 Challenge: The Seven Kingdoms vs. The Heptarchate

Challenge Thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Challenge Link: https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/...
Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

For the group challenge you can read several books for each prompt (book1, book2, book3), so for example you can read multiple books for a certain theme, and they all count towards the group challenge.

Book 1: Sigil/Emblem
Book 2: Words/Motto
Book 3: Setting/Theme

Seven Kingdoms
Stark1:
The Gospel of Loki (view spoiler)[Fenris the wolf was pretty dire. (hide spoiler)]
Godsgrave (view spoiler)[Winter. I mean it's called Winter of the Witch, so... (hide spoiler)]
The Book of M (view spoiler)[There's a wolf that talks and gives dire information. I'm counting it here. I could put it under sentient fauna, but I already have four there and it would screw of my spreadsheet. So yeah, a wolf that says dire things. (hide spoiler)]
Stark2:
The Winter of the Witch (view spoiler)[Called the WINTER of the Witch. (hide spoiler)]
Witchmark (view spoiler)[The Invisibles are concerned with the coming winter and who will Sing to help control the weather. (Fits better in other categories, but I already have multiple there, so I'm sticking it here.) (hide spoiler)]
The Mere Wife (view spoiler)[Much of the story takes place in the snow of the mountains at Herot Hall (hide spoiler)]
Stark3:
Flowers for Algernon (view spoiler)[Learning disability (hide spoiler)]
The Gray House (view spoiler)[All residents of the house had some type of disability (hide spoiler)]
Odd and the Frost Giants (view spoiler)[Set in the winter extended by a frost giant. (hide spoiler)]
Gods of Jade and Shadow (view spoiler)[Centered around Mayan Mythology (hide spoiler)]
Lannister1:
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld (view spoiler)[Gules Lyon was a lion. (hide spoiler)]
Lannister2:
Early Riser (view spoiler)[There was a system of debts and repayment (hide spoiler)]
A Night in the Lonesome October (view spoiler)[Snuff howls (kind of like a roar) and all the familiars pay debts of information with information. (hide spoiler)]
Lannister3:
All Systems Red (view spoiler)[Story line had a lot of competition between corporations and discussion of illegal collection of alien artifacts/synthetics affecting politics and economy (hide spoiler)]
The Harbors of the Sun (view spoiler)[A lot of political machinations surround Moon's stay in the city. (hide spoiler)]
Arrows of the Queen (view spoiler)[Takes place in the political center of the palace with issues of assassination attempts and outside factions competing for the throne. (hide spoiler)]
Lud-in-the-Mist (view spoiler)[Revolved around the Mayor, who was eventually deposed due to the conniving doctor. (hide spoiler)]
Baratheon1:
Elysium (view spoiler)[There is an elk. Repeatedly. Which I'm calling close enough to a stag. There is also a man-like creature that has antlers that look like a crown. (hide spoiler)]
Baratheon2:
A Bad Deal for the Whole Galaxy (view spoiler)[The crew of the Capricious avenging Clarkesfall, defeating Vraba and being the only ones to say anything. Being furious after Vandevere sacrifices himself because he wouldn't have had to if they had had back up. (hide spoiler)]
All the Birds in the Sky (view spoiler)[The scientists demonstrated their fury by wiping out most of the witches. (hide spoiler)]
Strange the Dreamer (view spoiler)[There is a lot of fury on both sides. The citizens of weep for their 200 years of subjugation, and the Gadspawn (mostly Minya) for the Carnage. (hide spoiler)]
Baratheon3:
The Things They Carried (view spoiler)[War stories (hide spoiler)]
The Edge of Worlds (view spoiler)[Takes place primarily along the shore and on islands around the city in the sea mount. (hide spoiler)]
Warbreaker (view spoiler)[The sisters love each other, but feel inferior to each other. A "rebellious" faction and Military action. (hide spoiler)]
All You Need Is Kill (view spoiler)[Takes place along the shore of Japan. Mimics have taken over an island where the battle mainly happens. Also involves the military. (hide spoiler)]
Tyrell1:
Red, White & Royal Blue (view spoiler)[ There are some rosebushes mentioned, and Henry wears a tie with yellow roses for Texas on election night. (hide spoiler)]
Tyrell2:
War for the Oaks (view spoiler)[Eddi's power and confidence grows throughout the story until she is able to defeat the Queen of Air and Darkness. (hide spoiler)]
Stories of the Raksura, Volume 2: The Dead City & The Dark Earth Below (view spoiler)[The first clutches are born in the new colony tree, proving that the Court is growing strong (hide spoiler)]
The Once and Future King (view spoiler)[Follows Arthur as he grows from Wart to King Arthur. How his dream grows from a small idea to a reality. (hide spoiler)]
The Land: Founding (view spoiler)[The main character is literally leveling up as he story progresses. His character, companion and village all grow stronger throughout the book. (hide spoiler)]
Tyrell3:
Catseye (view spoiler)[Psychic connection with Sentient animals. (hide spoiler)]
The Strange Bird: A Borne Story (view spoiler)[The bird was the narrator and very sentient (hide spoiler)]
Stories of the Raksura, Volume 1: The Falling World & The Tale of Indigo and Cloud (view spoiler)[Has the story of Indigo and Cloud which deals with the politics of consorts. There were also sentient trees when they went to rescue the frozen Raksura (hide spoiler)]
Semiosis (view spoiler)[All the plants are sentient (hide spoiler)]
Martell1:
Nevernight (view spoiler)[The three suns of Aa fit pretty well. And there was A LOT of stabbing (hide spoiler)]
Martell2:
The Necessary Beggar (view spoiler)[The family goes through a lot, and there are issues, but Zama never gives up. She heals her family. (hide spoiler)]
Beowulf (view spoiler)[Beowulf was unbowed, unbent and unbroken against both Grendel and his mother. (hide spoiler)]
Martell3:
The Cloud Roads (view spoiler)[Poison was used on Moon and the Fell. The Raksura society also has a structure where females are the leaders. (hide spoiler)]
Lie With Me(view spoiler)[Closeted gay characters, discussion of the only male child needing to take over the family business. (hide spoiler)]
A Taste of Honey (view spoiler)[Gay characters, differences of male and female expectations, definitive MALE and FEMALE roles and occupations. (hide spoiler)]
Greyjoy1:
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (view spoiler)[A Kraken awakens from the deep (hide spoiler)]
The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1: The Apocalypse Suite (view spoiler)[One of the characters is named Kraken (hide spoiler)]
Darkdawn (view spoiler)[Mia summons a bunch of Sand Kraken. They murder many people. (hide spoiler)]
Greyjoy2:
A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe (view spoiler)[The Famine War was caused mainly by crops dying and Mother was kind of like an undead freak (hide spoiler)]
Sabriel (view spoiler)[Deals with the dead and the undead. Many dead things came back to Life. (hide spoiler)]
Gideon the Ninth (view spoiler)[All the Necromancy (hide spoiler)]
Greyjoy3:
The Serpent Sea (view spoiler)[Takes place almost entirely at sea. (hide spoiler)]
The Wrong Stars (view spoiler)[There are pirates on Glauketas, there are raids on several places, Revenge for Meditreme Station and for the subjugation of the Liars. (hide spoiler)]
Muse of Nightmares (view spoiler)[Nova was a Pirate in more than one way. There was a lot of revenge to be had. And the citadel was raided a few times. (hide spoiler)]
The Deep (view spoiler)[Literally set in the ocean (hide spoiler)]
Targaryen1:
The Poppy War,(view spoiler)[Mentions of the Dragon Emperor and the Speerlies exuded Fire. (hide spoiler)]
The Way of Thorn and Thunder (view spoiler)[The airships are called Dragons (hide spoiler)]
The Alchemists of Loom (view spoiler)[ One of the two main races are called Dragons (hide spoiler)]
Targaryen2:
The Siren Depths (view spoiler)[Lots of blood with Raksura and Aventerans being injured and killed. Fire set in order to escape the Kethel sac. (hide spoiler)]
Strange Practice (view spoiler)[Vampires, stabbings and a house fire. (hide spoiler)]
Swords and Deviltry (view spoiler)[Lots of blood in the action scenes and several fires set. (hide spoiler)]
Targaryen3:
Artificial Condition (view spoiler)[Murderbot has social anxiety/autism spectrum symptoms (hide spoiler)]
Rogue Protocol (view spoiler)[Murderbot has social anxiety/autism spectrum symptoms (hide spoiler)]
Exit Strategy (view spoiler)[Murderbot has social anxiety/autism spectrum symptoms (hide spoiler)]
When (view spoiler)[Depression in the mother. Main character is exiled among her peer group. (hide spoiler)]

SEVEN KINGDOMS prompt info
(view spoiler)[STARK
Sigil: Direwolf
Words: Winter Is Coming
Setting: Wintery
Themes: Mythology / Disability

LANNISTER
Sigil: Lion
Words: Hear Me Roar / A Lannister Always Pays His Debts
Setting: Mountains
Themes: Political intrigue / Economy

BARATHEON
Sigil: Stag & Crown
Words: Ours Is The Fury
Setting: Shore / Island
Themes: Rebellion / Military / Sibling rivalry

TYRELL
Sigil: Rose
Words: Growing Strong
Setting: Lush
Themes: Sentient flora/fauna / Political marriage

MARTELL
Sigil: Sun & Spear
Words: Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken
Setting: Desert
Themes: Gender politics / Poison

GREYJOY
Sigil: Kraken
Words: We Do Not Sow / What Is Dead May Never Die
Setting: Maritime
Themes: Pirates / Raids / Revenge

TARGARYEN
Sigil: Dragon
Words: Fire And Blood
Setting: Volcanic
Themes: Mental illness / Exiled protagonist (hide spoiler)]

[Kristin B.]

2021 TBR Cleanup
1. Take a gamble Sandstorm (view spoiler)[Chatper 2 takes place in a casino. Plus, a lot of the decisions in the book are taking a chance in some way. (hide spoiler)]
2. Red or black Hench (view spoiler)[Just because Leviathan was all black and Supercollider's costume was red. (hide spoiler)]
3. Behind the eight ball Moon Called (view spoiler)[ I'm using this here mostly because I promised a friend I would read it YEARS ago, and I am way behind. But also, Mercy tended to be in scrapes that you could consider being "behind the 8 ball." (hide spoiler)]
4. Charade Winter's Orbit (view spoiler)[Jainan's marriage and the Kingfisher operation were both charades. (hide spoiler)]
5. Agreeable alliteration Fate of the Fallen (view spoiler)[Alliteration in the title, and the author's name (hide spoiler)]
6. Jackpot Project Hail Mary (view spoiler)[Surviving at all in this book was pretty much hitting the jackpot. Plus meeting sentient life. Plus finding the solution that saves the world. (hide spoiler)]
7. Pawns A Deadly Education (view spoiler)[Any of the kids who weren't in an enclave was basically a pawn to be used by the more powerful kids. (hide spoiler)]
8. An 8 or 21 She Who Became the Sun (view spoiler)[Zhu Chongba's name was mentioned to have double eights (hide spoiler)]
9. Dealer's choice The Illustrated Man (view spoiler)[It's getting close to the end of the year. I've decided I'm the dealer and this is my choice. Plus, it's short stories. So you have a choice of what world you're in. (hide spoiler)]
10. X marks the spot The Steerswoman (view spoiler)[ A lot maps marked with x's where the jewels were found. (hide spoiler)]
11. Murrderrrrr Deeplight (view spoiler)[Lot's of murder. Particularly by Jelt. (hide spoiler)]
12. Back from the dead Escaping Exodus (view spoiler)[ Adallah is haunted by Parton and the ghosts of the mothers. (hide spoiler)]
13. Features a game or puzzle A Closed and Common Orbit (view spoiler)[ There are lots of sim games including "The Big Bug Crew and the Planetary Puzzle
" (hide spoiler)]
14. I have no gift for strategy The Book of Koli (view spoiler)[Koli really is atrocious at strategy, except for a brief shining moment with Senlas (hide spoiler)]
15. Features best friends Heirs of Grace (view spoiler)[ Bekah and Charlie are best friends. (hide spoiler)]
16. Queen of hearts Cage of Souls (view spoiler)[Mistress Ellera was sick and twisted and in charge of everyone. She fits the Queen of Hearts mold. (hide spoiler)]
17. Role-play We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (view spoiler)[Most of the main characters take their names from fiction. Riker actually dressing in Star Trek outfits and Home using the cartoon avatar for a while. (hide spoiler)]
18. Amazing race The Last Odyssey (view spoiler)[Sigma Force had to race the Apoctalypti to reach Tartarus first. (hide spoiler)]
19. Taboo The 5th Gender (view spoiler)[Taboo's all across gender, pregnancy, different alien races. (hide spoiler)]
20. Critical hit The Best of All Possible Worlds (view spoiler)[I figure a near genocide would count as a critical hit (hide spoiler)]

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2021 Read All the Books: Around the Shelf in Eight(y) Years
(view spoiler)[Need 12 books

Done
The Martian
Fate of the Fallen
The Best of All Possible Worlds
The Book of Koli
We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
The House in the Cerulean Sea
Everfair
Deeplight
Hench
Cage of Souls
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
The Day of the Triffids
She Who Became the Sun
A Closed and Common Orbit
Black Sun
Piranesi
The Steerswoman

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2021Alphabet Challenge - Abandoning
(view spoiler)[(Eventually I will learn my lesson not to do these. I never plan accordingly and then lose interest.)
Book Title
A Anxious People
B The Book Thief
C Cage of Souls
D A Deadly Education
E Escaping Exodus
F Fate of the Fallen
G The Gilda Stories
H The House in the Cerulean Sea
I I Would Leave Me If I Could: A Collection of Poetry
J
K
L The Last Odyssey
M The Martian
N No Matter the Wreckage
O On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes
P Project Hail Mary
Q Quiet Pine Trees
R
S Sandstorm
T Tooth and Claw
U
V
W A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
X
Y
Z

Author Name
A
B Patricia Briggs (Moon Called)
C G.L. Carriger (The 5th Gender)
D Nicky Drayden (Escaping Exodus)
E
F
G Jewelle L. Gómez (The Gilda Stories)
H Halsey (I Would Leave Me If I Could: A Collection of Poetry)
I
J
K Kel Kade (Fate of the Fallen)
L Karen Lord (The Best of All Possible Worlds)
M Everina Maxwell (Winter's Orbit)
N Naomi Novik (A Deadly Education)
O
P Tim Pratt (Heirs of Grace)
Q
R James Rollins (The Last Odyssey)
S Nisi Shawl (Everfair)
T Adrian Tchaikovsky (Walking to Aldebaran)
U
V Catherynne M. Valente (Silently and Very Fast)
W - Andy Weir (The Martian)
X
Y
Z - Markus Zusak (The Book Thief)

Number
0
1
2
3
4 The Four Profound Weaves
5 The 5th Gender
6
7
8
9

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