Virginie's Reading Focus challenge

[Virginie, Meow.]

Current themes:


• You again?
• Size doesn't matter!
• Capes & Powers + It's just a game!
• TBD

Old themes:

• New and Shiny
• One and Done
• Have I heard this before?
• A book about a book about a...

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[Virginie, Meow.]

You again?
Re-reads of favorites, to refresh my memory before the sequel or simply for comfort

Start date: Jan 1, 2020
End date: Dec 31, 2020
Target: none - as much as I can

1. The Death of Dulgath
2. Every Heart a Doorway
3. Storm Front
4. Minimum Wage Magic
5. Part-Time Gods

[Virginie, Meow.]

Size doesn't matter!
Novellas (under 250 pages) - all genres included

Start date: Jan 1, 2020
End date: Dec 31, 2020
Target: none - as much as I can

1. Ormeshadow
2. Every Heart a Doorway
3. Down Among the Sticks and Bones
4. Sisters of the Vast Black
5. The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday
6. Beneath the Sugar Sky
7. In an Absent Dream
8. Come Tumbling Down
9. Upright Women Wanted

[Virginie, Meow.]

Capes & Powers
Genre: Superhero fiction - no comics

Start date: Jan 1, 2020
End date: Dec 31, 2020
Target: none - as much as I can

1. The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination
2. Worm
3. Soon I Will Be Invincible

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It's just a game!
Genre: LitRPG

Start date: Jan 1, 2020
End date: Dec 31, 2020
Target: none - as much as I can

1. Big Trouble
2. At Large
3. Well Done

[Virginie, Meow.]

TBD
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Start date: Jun 25, 2020
End date: ?
Target: 3 books

1.

[Janette]

I like the idea of at least 12 new and shiny books.

[Virginie, Meow.]

Gives me an excuse to buy new books haha.

[Helen, I·ᴍ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪʙʀᴀʀʏ]

I have the opposite problem. I read the shiny while the old get dusty or e-dusty.

[Tnkw01]

I like the old stuff or at least the old "style".

[Virginie, Meow.]

New and Shiny
Books originally published in 2018 or 2019

Start date: Jan 1, 2019
End date: Dec 31, 2019

2019 releases: at least 12
1. Dragon Pearl
2. Holy Sister
3. Finder
4. Part-Time Gods
5. Storm of Locusts
6. Hollow Kingdom
7. Gideon the Ninth
8. The Ten Thousand Doors of January
9. Spaceside

2018 releases: as much as I can
1. Spinning Silver
2. In the Vanishers’ Palace
3. Empire of Sand
4. Grey Sister
5. To Kill a Kingdom
6. Blanca & Roja
7. Super Powereds: Year 4
8. Siege Tactics
9. Good Guys
10. The Tangled Lands
11. Sew You Want to be a Hero
12. Fire & Heist
13. The Right to Arm Bears

I didn't get 12 books from 2019 but I'm happy with my 13 from 2018 :)

[Virginie, Meow.]

One and Done
SFF Standalones; might include other genres as well

Start date: Jan 1, 2019
End date: Dec 31, 2019
Target: none - as much as I can

1. Spinning Silver
2. Dragon Pearl
3. The Broken Sword
4. In the Vanishers’ Palace
5. Sea of Rust
6. To Kill a Kingdom
7. Snapshot
8. Blanca & Roja
9. The Goblin Emperor
10. Hollow Kingdom
11. Station Eleven
12. Good Guys
13. The Tangled Lands
14. City of Bones
15. Fire & Heist
16. The Ten Thousand Doors of January

I was aiming at 12 (one per month) but exceeded that number! It's quite the achievement for me as I used to read only 3-4 standalones a year before. I'm VERY proud :D

[Virginie, Meow.]

Have I heard this before?
Re-tellings of myths or fairy-tales

Start date: Jan 1, 2019
End date: Dec 31, 2019
Target: none - as much as I can

1. Spinning Silver (Rumplestiltskin)
2. The Broken Sword (Scandinavian sagas)
3. In the Vanishers’ Palace (Beauty and the Beast)
4. To Kill a Kingdom (The Little Mermaid)
5. Blanca & Roja (Snow-White & Rose-Red)

I have a mixed opinion on this theme. While it was interesting, most of the re-tellings I came across were YA. Nothing wrong with that, but YA is not really my cup of tea.

[Bill]

Well done with last years challenge. I like your themes for this year. I’m still trying to figure out mine.

[Virginie, Meow.]

Thanks, Bill!
I had the superhero theme is mind for quite a while, as Super Powereds: Year 1 (and the entire series) became an absolute favorite.
I still have two slots to fill, and can't think of anything right now. It's really weird 'cause I had a ton of ideas late 2019 but they're eluding me now that I need them. And of course, I didn't bother writing them down somewhere :p

[Bill]

Of course. I did the same thing. I always think throughout the year of things I would like to do in the following year and then the new year comes and my mine goes blank.

[Tnkw01]

Very creative. I like the different themes.

[Helen, I·ᴍ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪʙʀᴀʀʏ]

Well done. We should have more standalones as botm.

[Virginie, Meow.]

Helen wrote: "Well done. We should have more standalones as botm."

The January & February 2020 are both standalones (and were MY nominations muhahaha). I just nominated the first in a trilogy for March though :/

[Helen, I·ᴍ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪʙʀᴀʀʏ]

Lol

[Virginie, Meow.]

Finally found my fourth theme. I was hesitating so much, trying to choose between a few and having more ideas poping into my mind that I reached this decision: I'll just do them all! lol

So rather than doing one theme an entire year, I'll be switching themes when I've read 3 books within it or when I get tired of it, whichever comes first. The good part is that the 'Five books about...' articles at Tor.com will be an endless source of ideas :)

First one: Books in which reading/writing/books/libraries/bookstores play a prominent part.

[Virginie, Meow.]

A book about a book about a...
Books in which reading/writing/books/libraries/bookstores play a prominent part

Start date: Jan 1, 2020
End date: Jun 25, 2020
Target: 3 books

1. Sorcery of Thorns
2. The Library of the Unwritten
3. The Starless Sea