Circadian Reading Challenge

[CBRetriever]

and another one (I was reading it at the teim as the one above)

UTC -10 = The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig - raised in Hawaii and the book is mostly set in Hawaii

while still a YA book, this one is quite a bit better than the prior book. Time traveling prate ships tickle your fancy?

Authors: -1, -2, -3, -4, -5, -6, , -7, -8, -9, -10, -11 and 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12
Settings: -1, -2, -3, -4, -5, -6, -7, -8, -9, -10, -11 and 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12

for 21 Authors and 21 Settings - hmmm, this should be 22 and 22 as I only have two time zones yet to read. Oh, I skipped UTC 2 in the numbering, so all is good

[Liane]

Wow CB, you are rocking this challenge! I was aiming for 15, so pressure is nearly off for me, though I still have some in my queue.

I've added just a few since my last update; I can't believe I didn't post these yet, but perhaps I've missed a post.
-11 The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach
-3 Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin
+10 Sabriel by Garth Nix
+12Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier

[CBRetriever]

Liane wrote: "Wow CB, you are rocking this challenge! I was aiming for 15, so pressure is nearly off for me, though I still have some in my queue.

I've added just a few since my last update; I can't believe I ..."

I read a lot and I read fast. The most difficult part of this challenge was populating the different time zones. I'm left with

The Master's Apprentice: A Retelling of the Faust Legend by Oliver Pötzsch and The Wall of Storms by Ken Liu and the first book also works for the series challenge (Duology).

However, I'm amazed that I'm this far ahead of the challenge curve this year

[Anna]

I have finished the challenge! ^_^ I changed two books at the last minute, because I happened to read another one that fit. I've left the original books as footnotes, because I do still plan on reading both of them. Enclave is on my very-soon TBR, and the short stories are for when I next start a new eye-reading collection. (I might come back and edit this if I remember after I finish one or both of them.)

UTC -12 --
UTC -11 -> UTC +13
✔ UTC -10 - Song of the Exile (Hawaiʻi)
✔ UTC -9 - Two Old Women (Gwich'in Athabaskan, Alaska)
✔ UTC -8 - Son of a Trickster (Haisla/Heiltsuk, British Columbia)
✔ UTC -7 - A Snake Falls to Earth (Lipan Apache, Texas)
✔ UTC -6 - The Wild Book (Mexico)
✔ UTC -5 - The Chaos (Jamaica)
✔ UTC -4 - It Would Be Night in Caracas (Venezuela)
✔ UTC -3 - Fever Dream (Argentina)
✔ UTC -2 - The Fox (Iceland)
✔ UTC -1 - Lullaby (Morocco)
✔ UTC +- - Everything There Was (Netherlands)
✔ UTC +1 - Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree (Nigeria)
✔ UTC +2 - Vieraat (Finland)
✔ UTC +3 - Frankenstein in Baghdad (Iraq)
✔ UTC +4 - City of Jasmine (Azerbaijan)
✔ UTC +5 - A Thousand Questions (Pakistan)
✔ UTC +6 - Strange Beasts of China (China)
✔ UTC +7 - The Mountains Sing (Vietnam)
✔ UTC +8 - Jade Fire Gold (Singapore)
✔ UTC +9 - Heaven (Japan)
✔ UTC +10 - Lies, Damned Lies (Australia) *
✔ UTC +11 - Sibona (Papua New Guinea)
✔ UTC +12 - Falling into Rarohenga (New Zealand)
✔ UTC +13 - The Wild Ones (Fiji) **

* Enclave (Australia)
** Vā : Stories by Women of the Moana (Samoa)

[CBRetriever]

CONGRATS!!!!

I finished

UTC 1 - The Master's Apprentice: A Retelling of the Faust Legend by Oliver Pötzsch - born in Germany and book is partially set in Germany

I still have this one to go:

UTC 8 - The Wall of Storms by Ken Liu - born in China and the book is set in a "China"

and then I'm done.

[Anna]

Woot, you're almost done, too!

[Liane]

Wow! Well done, Anna!

I've added Roadside Picnic +4 (Georgia)

Still have -9,-7,-6,-4,-2,-1,0,+5,+8 to go. It could happen.

[Anna]

There’s still lots of time!

[Liane]

Finished Blackfish City for 0 ages ago (replaced Consider Phlebas)

I have planned Jade City for -7; The Raven and the Reindeer for -6; The Marrow Thieves for -4; The Pilgrimage for -2; Blindness for -1; Machinehood for +5; The Bone Witch for +8;
I have -9 open still, but I am not committed to finishing all of these, so I'm not getting hung up on missing one at this point.

[Anna]

You can finish the missing ones next year if you still want to! :)

[Liane]

That’s a good idea, Anna. I just need to remember not to sign up for so many challenges next year. I know you can relate.

[Anna]

Haha, yes! :D

[Jenni]

Do botm books count?

[Anna]

Absolutely!

[CBRetriever]

I switched from Ken Liu's The Wall of Storms for UTC 8 to Sinopticon: A Celebration of Chinese Science Fiction edited by Xueting C. Ni for both country and author (all the authors are Chinese).

There was one really interesting story in the bunch which was sort a reverse of World War Z flip with the Zombies being the main characters: Flower of the Other Shore. All in all this is a collection worth reading.

[Anna]

I have that on my TBR, but I've been reading so little short fiction lately :( Glad to hear it's good!

[CBRetriever]

I'm trying to hit the 365 short stories a year this year and clear out the multitudes of anthologies I have in my TBR

Oh, I forgot to mention - that book completed both sides (country and author) for the Circadian Challenge

One more challenge to go with one book to go: The Bone Shard Daughter to make 15 for the Cloud 9 Challenge

[Liane]

For -7 I read Jade City by Fonda Lee. Not my fav, but I am enjoying the variety of styles and cultures from this challenge. Also, picking up some of the SFFBC backlist when they coincide.

remaining: -9; -6; -4; -2; -1; +5; +8

[Anna]

This isn’t the best challenge for reading the group shelf, but I’m happy to hear you’re finding the ones that work!