2015: Genre Challenge

[Maria]

where is the july challenge? i know its mental health from the comments but i cant find the recomendations

[Caron]

Maria wrote: "where is the july challenge? i know its mental health from the comments but i cant find the recomendations"

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

There you go.

[Maria]

Caron wrote: "Maria wrote: "where is the july challenge? i know its mental health from the comments but i cant find the recomendations"

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/......"
Thank you very much :)

[Coco]

What's the august challenge? :)

[Vicki]

It's posted above but i'm on my phone so I can't see the message number. But the challenge is verse/poetry books.

[Coco]

Ah okay, thank you :)

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

Coco wrote: "Ah okay, thank you :)"

Were you able to find it Coco?

The August genre is:
AUGUST'S GENRE: VERSE/POETRY BOOKS

Description: These are books that are written in verse, a type of poetry. They are very quick reads and can usually be read in an hour or two. Some very popular authors with verse books include Ellen Hopkins and Lisa Schroeder.

[Vicki]

I see that the genre thread has a nice "banner" now for July and August! Very cool!

[Jessie (Saffity)]

Coming in halfway through, but still going to try :)

July:

August:

September:

October:

November:

December:

[Vicki]

Jessie wrote: "Coming in halfway through, but still going to try :)

July:

August:

September:

October:

November:

December:"

Good luck, Jessie!

[Gisbelle]

Description

Dying Earth is a subgenre of science fantasy which takes place in the far future at either the end of life on Earth or the End of Time, when the laws of the universe themselves fail. It differs from the apocalyptic subgenre in that it deals not with catastrophic destruction, but with entropic exhaustion of the Earth.

Popular Dying Earth Books

[Vicki]

SO DIFFERENT, GIS!!! Woo hoo! :o) Way to go, girl!

[Gisbelle]

:)

Here are some that I've read and loved:

[Caron]

Gisbelle wrote: ":)

Here are some that I've read and loved:


[bookcov..."

Thank goodness for your comment. I was about to freak over nothing. I had no idea what this genre entailed. I own The Testing. Yes, thank you. One more off my TBR pile.

[Gisbelle]

You're welcome :)

[Vicki]

Definitely going to read

[Gisbelle]

It's an amazing book. I loved it so much!

[Vicki]

I'd forgotten all about it. I read book 1 but for some reason didn't read book 2. Woo hoo!

[Gisbelle]

I truly think book 2 is far better than book 1 :D

[Vicki]

That's good to know! YAY!

[Amanda]

This sounds like a fun genre. I'm looking through books I own that I still need to read, would fit the category?

[Gisbelle]

Amanda wrote: "This sounds like a fun genre. I'm looking through books I own that I still need to read, would fit the category?"

Yes, it does fit.


I have no idea what to read yet.

[Amanda]

Yay, thank you :)

I hope you find a book that you want to read.

[Gisbelle]

You're welcome. I hope so too :)

[Shannon]

Would The 5th Wave count for the Dying Earth genre? I'm not entirely sure and I just wanted to check before I bought something else :)

[Gisbelle]

In my opinion it doesn't fit as it's more focusing on the alien invasion.

[Gisbelle]

Zombies are living-dead creatures often referred to as flesh eating or brain eating creatures spread by an infection such as a virus or by a bite.

New Releases | Most Read of the Week | Best Zombie Books

[Vicki]

Oh no!!! Zombies??? Lol I'll have to contact Trisha! Lol

[Mandiann]

Hmmm... I will continue the series my coworker is lending me and read

[Mehsi]

Ohhh zombies! Best genre ever. :D I already got a book ready, so I will be reading that.

[Caron]

Oooooh Zombies!! Yes! This I can deal with :)

[Gisbelle]

We only have a few months left to go before the challenge comes to an end. I hope everyone enjoyed the books their have picked.

[Vicki]

I've thoroughly enjoyed this challenge!!! I hope we have it again in 2016!

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

I've loved this challenge EVERY month. I hate that I've gotten behind!!

THIS ONE: BEST Genre Ever :)

Thanks Gisbelle!

[Christie]

I feel adding me and earl and the dying girl as a humor is wrong, but I guess it is not.... still kinda stuck on dying earth but I will come up with something... I am thinking the postman or z for Zechariah. I think they fit the category

[Vanessa Gayle ⚔️]

Start: 1/1/2015
Completed: 8/12

January: Fairytale - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J K Rowling
February: Spy - Legend by Marie Lu
March: LGBT - City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
April: Tragedy -
May: Time Travel - Cleopatra in Space #1: Target Practice by Mike Maihack
June: Humor - Lenore: CootiesLenore: Cooties by Roman Dirge
July: Mental Health - Gris Grimly's Frankenstein by Gris Grimly
August: Verse -
September: Dying Earth - The Bad Rescue of Devon Streeter by B C Johnson
October: Zombie - The Walking Dead Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye by Robert Kirkman
November:
December:

[Gisbelle]

Description

Thrillers are characterized by fast pacing, frequent action, and resourceful heroes who must thwart the plans of more-powerful and better-equipped villains. Literary devices such as suspense, red herrings and cliffhangers are used extensively.

New Releases | Most Read of the Week | Thrillers

[Vicki]

YES!!!I LOVE THRILLERS!!!

[Gisbelle]

Yay! Me too :) Only 2 months left before the challenge is over!!!

[Vicki]

Don't say that! LOL Say only two months until we start a new one!

Are you going to do this one again in January? This is absolutely one of my FAVORITES!! :o)

[Gisbelle]

Yes. And I hope to start another annual challenge next year too :)

[Gisbelle]

Lol apparently I am not good with words :D

[Vicki]

Why do you say that? You ARE good with words!!

I'm excited that you're going to continue it and I can't wait to see the annual challenge!

[Amanda]

Yay, I just checked out a book from the library last week that fits this category :)

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

YAY! Me too! Well...I mean I have a ton that I didn't get to in October! I'm so excited to read more Thrillers

Thanks Gisbelle!

[Gisbelle]

Vicki wrote: "Why do you say that? You ARE good with words!!

I'm excited that you're going to continue it and I can't wait to see the annual challenge!"

:)

[Gisbelle]

Amanda wrote: "Yay, I just checked out a book from the library last week that fits this category :)"

Great! I hope you like the book.

[Gisbelle]

Trisha wrote: "YAY! Me too! Well...I mean I have a ton that I didn't get to in October! I'm so excited to read more Thrillers

Thanks Gisbelle!"

I only read like 5 books in October lol

You're welcome.

[Gisbelle]

Alternate history or alternative history is a subgenre of speculative fiction (or science fiction) and historical fiction that is set in a world in which history has diverged from the actual history of the world. Alternate history literature asks the question, "What if history had developed differently?"

New Releases | Most Read | Popular Alternate History Books

[Gisbelle]

This wraps up 2015 Genre Challenge. If you have any requests for 2016 Genre Challenge, please post below or send me a PM.