Karishma's Interactive Standalone, Novella and Short Story Bingo

[Karishma]

Like Laura, whose challenge I'm shamelessly copying please tell me your favourite novella, standalone and short story.
I don't have anything on my TBR so can't post choices for you.

I will set up the bingo post etc when I am at the laptop.

[Karishma]

Standalone Bingo

1. The Wall of Winnipeg and Me - 673 - R - Laura
2. Song of the Beast - 467 - Laura
3. Momo - 237 - Anni
4. The Neverending Story - Anni
5. The Martian - Anni
6. The Lions of Al-Rassan - Arkadeb
7. The Seventh Bride - Anni - On KU
8. Guns of the Dawn - Arkadeb & Scott
9. Burial Rites - Bea
10. The Library at Mount Char - Bea
11. American Gods - Siobhan
12. Tigana - Manju
13. The Siren - Niki
14. The Goblin Emperor - Niki
15. The Golem and the Jinni - Virginie
16. A Cat Called Birmingham - Hailee
17. The Loneliest Girl in the Universe - Angel Jr
18.Lancelot - Petrik
19. A Ladder to the Sky - Petrik
20. Sadie - Slytherpuff
21. Shelter in Place - Soo
22. Dracula - Diana
23. Frankenstein - Diana
24. The Heart's Invisible Furies - Manju
25. Boy's Life - Petrik

[Karishma]

Novella and Short Story Bingo

1. Of Mice and Men - Laura
2. Winter's Bite - Elinor
3. Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell - Arkadeb & Niki
4. Galactic North - Galactic North/Great Wall of Mars - Arkadeb
5. During the Dance - Scott
6. Perfect State - Scott
7. The Emperor's Soul - Arkadeb & Diana
8. Rogue Protocol - Niki
9. Exit Strategy - Niki
10. When We Were Starless by Simone Heller - Virginie
Audio - http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/helle...
11. Between the Firmaments - Virginie
12. Down Among the Sticks and Bones - Angela Jr
13. Beneath the Sugar Sky - Angela Jr
14. In an Absent Dream - Angela Jr
15. Zero G - Soo
16. The Cage - Soo
17. Snapshot - Diana
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[Virginie]

Do we give you one short, one novella AND one standalone? :D

[Karishma]

Yes!

Also, we are restarting our club from today right?

And see your PM!

[Laura]

Hhm! I'm thinking about it. Do you want fantasy or any genre?

[Karishma]

Laura wrote: "Hhm! I'm thinking about it. Do you want fantasy or any genre?"

Any Genre except Horror!

[Laura]

Short story easy - Of Mice and Men

Favourite standalone that you may like, I think I'll go with The Wall of Winnipeg and Me or The Curse of Chalion or The Host or Song of the Beast

Depending on your mood you could choose one of these. :D

[Elinor]

One short story I haven't read yet but we need to be reading together : Annie Bellet stuff ! for example Winter's Bite

[Karishma]

I have read The Host, except that all of them look great, Btw is The Curse of Chalion a standalone or a duology?

[Karishma]

Elinor Master of Gifs wrote: "One short story I haven't read yet but we need to be reading together : Annie Bellet stuff ! for example Winter's Bite"

Yess of course - all of her short stories :D

And what about a standalone and a novella?

[Karishma]

Elinor Master of Gifs wrote: "One short story I haven't read yet but we need to be reading together : Annie Bellet stuff ! for example Winter's Bite"

We can do a Annie Bellett short a month in MacHalo!

[Laura]

Karishma wrote: "I have read The Host, except that all of them look great, Btw is The Curse of Chalion a standalone or a duology?"

You can read Curse of Chalion as a standalone though it is a duology per se. Different POVs.

As short stories go, I liked even Be Strong And Finish The Drive and Tucker's Way. Both of them have sequels but still I liked them.

[Karishma]

Laura wrote: "Karishma wrote: "I have read The Host, except that all of them look great, Btw is The Curse of Chalion a standalone or a duology?"

You can read Curse of Chalion as a standalone though it is a duol..."

I can find Of Mice and Men, I will look for these two also!

[Anni]

Sadly I don't have any short story to recommend, as I rarly read them...

But I would like to recommend 2 standalones Momo, it's a cute children book, but the author has a special way to write books that suit children and adults both, he adds cultural problems to his story that make you wonder what really should be important in life and so it's for people of all ages. :)

And The Martian, I loved this one!

I'm not sure what does count as novella, but I liked The Seventh Bride, it's also on Kindle Unlimited and the audiobook was great!

[Virginie]

Karishma wrote: "Yes!

Also, we are restarting our club from today right?

And see your PM!"

I set the One Story a Day schedule so that we restart next week (on the 7th). I'm a bit swamped in things to do (mostly paperwork I ignored while on vacation....) and BRs to start. Is that OK?

[RuinEleint]

For standalones, I recommend:

The Lions of Al-Rassan

and

Guns of the Dawn

For Novella, I recommend:

Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell

and

Homecoming (You can also find it in the anthology Legends II.

For short story, I recommend

Zoo Day by Jim Butcher found in Brief Cases

and

either Great Wall of Mars or Galactic North in Galactic North by Alastair Reynolds.

[Bea]

Standalone: Burial Rites
Not fantasy but I thought it was amazing!

Not sure if Roverandom counts as a novella but it's geat if you're looking for something cute and easy :)

[Karishma]

Arkadeb wrote: "For standalones, I recommend:

The Lions of Al-Rassan

and

Guns of the Dawn

For Novella, I recommend:

Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell

a..."

Thank you - will shadows for silence work as a standalone for someone who hasn't read Sanderson's other work?

[Karishma]

Bea wrote: "Standalone: Burial Rites
Not fantasy but I thought it was amazing!

Not sure if Roverandom counts as a novella but it's geat if you're looking for something cute and..."

Thanks, I have already read Roverandom - it's so good :D

Novella would mean anything between 75-175 pages for me but I think general definition is 250 pages.

Do you have any other suggestions?

[Scott , Karsa Orlong]

I second Guns of the Dawn

Short story: During the Dance is by Mark Lawrence but not fantasy.

Novella: Perfect State Scifi, Sanderson.

[Bea]

Karishma wrote: "Bea wrote: "Standalone: Burial Rites
Not fantasy but I thought it was amazing!

Not sure if Roverandom counts as a novella but it's geat if you're looking for someth..."

Yes, it's so precious, right?
I'm not a big novella-reader to be honest...
If you need another Fantasy-standalone, The Library at Mount Char is great!

[RuinEleint]

Karishma wrote: "Arkadeb wrote: "For standalones, I recommend:

The Lions of Al-Rassan

and

Guns of the Dawn

For Novella, I recommend:

Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell

Yeah, its set in the Cosmere universe, but it does not directly depend on or reference other books.

Another Sanderson you could try with almost no internal references at all is The Emperor's Soul

[Silvana]

I have shelves for these challenges last year so you might want to take a look:

Standalone;
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Shorts-Novelette-Novellas :
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Good luck!

[Elinor]

Karishma wrote: "Elinor Master of Gifs wrote: "One short story I haven't read yet but we need to be reading together : Annie Bellet stuff ! for example Winter's Bite"

We can do a Annie Bellett shor..."

YES.

[Elinor]

Karishma wrote: "Elinor Master of Gifs wrote: "One short story I haven't read yet but we need to be reading together : Annie Bellet stuff ! for example Winter's Bite"

Yess of course - all of her sh..."

I'm thinking about it, but it seems I don't read that many stand alone...

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

I second shadows for silence as a stand-alone. It’s one of my favs!

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

All systems red by Martha wells is my next pick. :)

[Karishma]

Thanks Niki, I'm adding Shadows for Silence anyway, can you suggest a new one?

And I have read All systems red - it was great!

Thanks.

[Elinor]

I saw it on another thread and OF COURSE this is one of my favorite stand alone - favorite, period : Station Eleven !

[Karishma]

Elinor Master of Gifs wrote: "I saw it on another thread and OF COURSE this is one of my favorite stand alone - favorite, period : Station Eleven !"

Done!

[Elinor]

I hope you like it ! (I feel so much pressure now)

[Karishma]

Scott wrote: "I second Guns of the Dawn

Short story: During the Dance is by Mark Lawrence but not fantasy.

Novella: Perfect State Scifi, Sanderson."

Thanks Scott, since I'm already adding Guns via Arkadeb could you suggest something else too?

And any genre works for me except horror!

[Siobhan]

I can't think of any novellas or short stories because the only ones I read tend to be linked to series I'm reading.

However, one of my favourite ever novels I'd like to nominate is American Gods. And there's some tie in short stories if you like it! :)

[Karishma]

Siobhan wrote: "I can't think of any novellas or short stories because the only ones I read tend to be linked to series I'm reading.

However, one of my favourite ever novels I'd like to nominate is [book:American..."

Thank you, Neil Gaiman is mostly misses with me but I have been looking for an excuse to try just one more and this gives me the perfect excuse!

[Em Lost In Books]

Karishma wrote: "Standalone Bingo..."

I nominate Tigana

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

I don’t read a lot of standalones or novellas (unless they’re tied to a series), but I went through my list of books read and the one that popped out was The Siren by Kiera Cass.

I just suggested Goblin Emperor on Virginie’s because that one looks good lol.

[Karishma]

Em Lost In Books wrote: "Karishma wrote: "Standalone Bingo..."

I nominate Tigana"

Thanks!

[Virginie]

Short story
Argh, I barely started to read short stories, and read most of them with you! 😱 Right now, I can only think of When We Were Starless by Simone Heller, published in the issue 145 of Clarkesworld. I think this is my favorite of all shorts I read in 2018. The audio version (narrated by Kate Baker) is amazing :)
http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/helle...

Novella: Between the Firmaments by J.Y. Yang.
I haven't read it yet but I think it's something you'd like. Plus, it's available for free (I think :p) on the Book Smugglers Publishing website :D

Standalone: The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
I'm usually not into magical realism but really loved this one. There's a sequel in the works but you can totally read it as a standalone :D

EDIT: Ah, I'm happy with my standalone choice now; it was this or Tigana but Manju was faster :p

[Karishma]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "I don’t read a lot of standalones or novellas (unless they’re tied to a series), but I went through my list of books read and the one that popped out was The Siren by Kiera Cass.

I just suggested..."

I will add both, thanks!

[Bea]

Karishma wrote: "Siobhan wrote: "I can't think of any novellas or short stories because the only ones I read tend to be linked to series I'm reading.

However, one of my favourite ever novels I'd like to nominate i..."

I am currently reading American Gods and I'm struggling with it. Maybe I'll dnf it...😖

[Hailee]

I don't know if this really counts as a short story or movella but i recommend A Cat Called Birmingham. One of the gunniest books I've read. I'm actually rereading it as my first book of 2019 😁.

I'll get back to you about a standalone since the only one I can think of at the moment is The Sunne in Splendour and reccing you a 1200+ page book just seems cruel 😂

[Narilka]

Hmm. This is either a novella or short story, I'm not sure which. The Dispatcher by John Scalzi. It's 128 pages and I quite enjoyed it last year.

[Angela Jr.]

I don't know if you'd be interested in a novella series, but wayward children starting with Every Heart a Doorway is pretty nice.

Don't really read short stories except for sherlock holmes.

Standalones:
The Loneliest Girl in the Universe, Ready Player One, Since You've Been Gone or More Than This are all really great!

[Siobhan]

Bea wrote: "Karishma wrote: "Siobhan wrote: "I can't think of any novellas or short stories because the only ones I read tend to be linked to series I'm reading.

However, one of my favourite ever novels I'd l..."

Aw no! Maybe I'm in the minority then! I adored it.

[Kathrine]

I nominate my favorite novella (I think?), which is Tolkien's Smith of Wooton Major. It's such a wonderful little tale which has stuck with me since I read it a few months ago

[Narilka]

How about Spinning Silver for stand alone?