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Alicia wrote: "
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 448
Task: Religion / 2. Jewish MC
How it fits: One of the..."
Life of Riley is on hold because I'm not sure it will fit the QPR prompt but I'm looking into it more.
Alicia wrote: "
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 354
Task: Miscellaneous / 12. Poor or fin..."
The Small Things will count since it sounds like the narrating character Anna has anxiety. For future MC prompts make sure its a POV character for the prompt you're choosing.
I'm not sure Girl on the Verge counts. Being Thai-American itself wouldn't count, but if she's white and Thai that would count. Let me know if you have anymore details.
Also I'm unsure if Love Frankie would count. Is there actually a romance between the two girls? Because from what it sounds like its mostly a coming of age story. Let me know.
Alicia wrote: "
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 308
Task: 14. Sci-fi with queer characters
How it fi..."
I'm not seeing anything on Alpha's submission for having an intersex MC. It sounds like there might be a trans MC, so this will not count for this prompt.
I'm not certain The Love Hypothesis or American Queen would count since I do not know if either of these authors are queer. If you know otherwise let me know and I will count them.
A Crown of Petals and Ice will not count for that prompt as Native Land is meant to mean land that is held by Native, Indigenous or First Nations people. Fae do not fall into that category.
Alicia wrote: "
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 432
Task: religions / 8. Mythology that in..."
Is this one based off a real life mythology? Otherwise it won't be able to count for that prompt.
Jenn wrote: "
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 560, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5......"
Looks like you already submitted a book for this prompt, I'll write it down but let me know if you want to move it somewhere else!
_____Name__|__Books_|__Buddy__|__Pages__|__Bonus__|__Total__
___________|__Read__|__Reads__|__Read___|__Points_|__Points_
Ta___________|____3___|__________|____12____|__________|____12____
Celia________|____6___|____16____|____20____|__________|____36____
Andy_________|________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Ellen-Arwen__|____4___|____10____|____14____|__________|____24____
Caroline_____|____8___|____14____|____30____|__________|____44____
Atulya_______|____2___|__________|_____6____|__________|_____6____
Jenn_________|____9___|__________|____34____|__________|____34____
Alicia_______|___38___|____16____|___127____|__________|___143____
ADDMEMBER___|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
On hold/not counted:
Prodigy- Message 29 not counted as does not fit the prompt submitted
On hold - Life of Riley message 30, not sure this fits for QPR as it’s not the same as being best friends.
On hold - Girl on the Verge - message 31, not sure MC is biracial since only indicated she is Thai-American but that by itself does not mean she’s biracial. Looking for clarification whether MC is also white or another ethnicity/race.
Oh hold - Love Frankie - message 31, waiting for clarification on whether there is an F/F romance.
Alpha’s Submission - Message 32, not counted as the MC is not Intersex, but possibly transgender.
On hold -The Love Hypothesis & American Queen - message 32, need confirmation the author’s are queer in order for them to count.
A Crown of Petals & Ice - message 32, not counted since Native Land is meant to mean land that is held by Native, Indigenous or First Nations people. Fae do not fall into that category.
On hold - Daughter of Shattered Skies - message 38, not counted as needing clarification as to whether the mythology is based on a real world religion.
Deathless Divide - message 46, counted and marked as second book for BIPOC: Historical Fiction category, can be moved if wanted.
Spreadsheet for the categories: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Religion: MC is an athiest
How it fits: MC is an athiest
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 200
Queer: Sci-fi
How it fits: MPG Sci-fi, by queer authors
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 448 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Miscellaneous: Dark Academia by a marginalized author
how it fits: tagged Dark Academia and by a Latine female author
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
BR: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 400
BIPOC: Cast of BIPOC Characters
how it fits: Cast of mainly Black and African characters
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 384
Language & Geography: Set on Earth but not in the US or UK
how it fits: Set in Nigeria
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
BR: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 369
Miscellaneous: Poor or financially unstable
how it fits: Both MCs are poor and make questionable financial decisions
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 312
Queer: By a nonbinary author
how it fits: Mark Oshiro is nonbinary and this is a queer book
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
BR: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 384
Queer: Features a F/F Main Pairing
how it fits: By a queer author and has an FF romance
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
BR: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 400
BIPOC: Magical Realism by a Latine author
how it fits: MPG Magical realism and the author is Ecuadorian
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
BR: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 336
Miscellaneous: Poetry by a marginalized author
How it fits: Poetry collection by a Black woman author
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 160
BIPOC: Features BIPOC MCs and a HEA
How it fits: All MCs get a HEA and are Black, author is also Black
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 304
Queer: Pansexual/Panromantic List
how it fits: on the list!
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
BR: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 384
Language & Geography: Translated Literary Fiction
how it fits: MPG Literary Fiction, translated from German
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 192
Language & Geography: Features a language spoken in Africa
how it fits: Nigerian languages in the book including Igbo
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
BR: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 496
Queer: Graphic Novel
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 256 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Queer: Nonbinary MC
how it fits: MC is genderfluid and the author is queer
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 416
Queer: Features a QPR
how it fits: Gladdy and Maddy have a QPR by the end of the book, author is queer
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 434
BIPOC: South or West Asian MC
how it fits: Vietnamese and Vietnamese-American MCs (Southeastern Asian country)
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 400
Religion: Muslim MC
how it fits: Hani is Muslim, and author is also Muslim
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 352
Language & Geography: A book incorporating Creole
How it fits: features Nigerian pidgin English, a Creole-based English dialect that is a lingua franca in Nigeria
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
BR: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 400
Religion: Features Sikhism
How it fits: MC is Sikh and so is the author
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 304
BIPOC: 2022 Release
how it fits: Came out in February
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 336
Miscellaneous: Mental Heath Focus by a BIPOC author
How it fits: By a BIPOC author, focus on Nora's depression
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 336
Andy wrote: "Jenn wrote: "Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 560, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show..."
My bad! I didn't have it crossed off on my list lol. Can you please switch this to "BIPOC on cover"?
Jenn wrote: "Andy wrote: "Jenn wrote: "Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 560, https://www.goodreads...."
Absolutely! Moved it :)
BIPOC: Debut
How it fits: Debut by a Black author
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 224
BIPOC: Native MC from a continent that is not the Americas
How it fits: MC and Author are Aboriginal and the MC lives in Australia
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 256
Queer" Transgender MC
How it fits: Obie is trans and so is the author
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 352
Religion: New release with a religious MC who is non-Christian
How it fits: Published in March, two MCs are Muslim and so is the author
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 384
Queer: Queer polyamorous love triangle
How it fits: MC is bisexual and polyamorous, in a relationship with a man and a woman. Author is queer.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
BR: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 475
Queer: Queer Cast
How it fits: Multiple queer characters and author is queer
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 304
Queer: M/M Main Pairing
How it fits: Main romance is MM and the author is queer
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 352
Queer: Aromantic MC
how it fits: MC is aromantic and asexual, author is queer
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 433
Queer: MC uses a label within the nonbinary umbrella besides nonbinary
how it fits: MC is genderfluid
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 402
Queer: Queer 2022 release
How it fits: To be published in August, MCs and author are queer
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 320
Miscellaneous: Female dominated sport by a BIPOC author
How it fits: About softball! By a Black author
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
pages: 240
Miscellaneous: Smashing the Patriarchy
How it fits: About how society's view of sex is targeted towards men and the issues that causes and how feminism could benefit it
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 304
Miscellaneous: Fat MC
How it fits: MC is fat
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 336
BIPOC: BIPOC on the cover
How it fits: two Black women on the cover
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 215
Disability: Chronically ill MC
How it fits: Author, MC and audiobook narrator have POTS
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
BR: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 400
Queer: Happy book
How it fits: Book is generally happy, MC and author are queer
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 352
Okay, give me a minute there's a few here you had questions for. Life of Riley. They were best friends by the end of the book, but it's not an issue if you don't want to count it.
Girl on the Verge: had a Thai mum and causcasian dad. Sorry for not clarifying better.
Love Frankie definitely had a FF relationship. (Very toxic first girlfriend, but it was there)
Alpha's Submission: there were four Male MCs, and one gets pregnant... so his sexual anatomy does not fit the 'regular' male role.
The Love Hypothesis & American Queen. I don't know about the author's sexual preferences and I'm not about to ask, so those won't count
Daughter of Shattered Skies. Sorry, the prompt didn't ask for a real religion to be used.
Crown of Petals and Ice. Sorry, again the prompt didn't ask for real reservations and that's what they were called in the book. I'm sure I'll come across another book that fits by the end.
I think that was everything, let me know if I missed something!
Review: Clap When You Land review
BR: Clap When You Land BR comments 12 - 14
Pages: 432 Clap When You Land
Task: Queer/LGBTQIAP+ - book with a queer MC that is not a coming out story
How it fits: Yahaira is very open about having a girlfriend, but it isn't the main focus of the novel, and her philosophy is that those who care enough definitely know (and also author self describes as queer)
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 321
BR: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Misc: Poor or financially unstable MC
How it fits: (view spoiler)
Alicia wrote: "Okay, give me a minute there's a few here you had questions for. Life of Riley. They were best friends by the end of the book, but it's not an issue if you don't want to count it.
Girl on the Verg..."
Counted Girl on the Verge and Love Frankie! I had a friend reach out to the author to ask for Life of Riley. QPR's are a bit different from being best friends--it's something sorta in between platonic friends and a romantic relationship. Sorry for not clarifying that sooner!
For Alpha's submission, trans men can get pregnant. Trans men who choose not to get bottom surgery can still have a uterus and the ability to menstruate as well as become pregnant. That's why I'm uncertain if this character is intersex or trans. Does the book have any more details there?
As for the other ones, sorry I didn't have that clearer in the prompt instructions, I'm going to go through them and try to add some clarification in the sign up thread!
_____Name__|__Books_|__Buddy__|__Pages__|__Bonus__|__Total__
___________|__Read__|__Reads__|__Read___|__Points_|__Points_
Andy_________|___39___|____41____|___132____|__________|___173____
Alicia_______|___40___|____16____|___134____|__________|___150____
Caroline_____|____9___|____17____|____33____|__________|____50____
Celia________|____7___|____20____|____24____|__________|____44____
Jenn_________|____9___|__________|____34____|__________|____34____
Ellen-Arwen__|____4___|____10____|____14____|__________|____24____
Ta___________|____3___|__________|____12____|__________|____12____
Atulya_______|____2___|__________|_____6____|__________|_____6____
ADDMEMBER___|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
On hold:
On hold - Life of Riley message 30, not sure this fits for QPR, waiting for author confirmation or denial.
On hold - Alpha’s Submission - Message 32, not counted as not sure if the MC is intersex or transgender
Spreadsheet for the categories: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Andy wrote: "Alicia wrote: "Okay, give me a minute there's a few here you had questions for. Life of Riley. They were best friends by the end of the book, but it's not an issue if you don't want to count it.
G..."
Alpha's submission. He's not trans, there've been no surgeries, was born this way. He is literally a man but gets pregnant in the book. (The hinted trans character is a different MC)
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
BOTM: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 352
Task: Disability / 8. Disabled MC in a MPG Fantasy book
How it fits: MC is mute and MC fantasy
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 445
Religion: Involves a non-Christian holiday
How it fits: Mentions several non-Christian holidays, e.g. the Crowning Feast
Review: We Ride Upon Sticks review
BR: We Ride Upon Sticks BR comments 2-7
Pages: 367 We Ride Upon Sticks
Task: BIPOC - historical fiction
How it fits: historical fiction by Vietnamese author, featuring characters who are Vietnamese, Korean, African American, and Eastern European (as well as white)
Caroline, hope you don't mind I copied your how it fits word for word on this one
Review: Room review
BR: Room BR posts 17 - 22
Pages: 321 Room
Task: Miscellaneous - Poor or financially unstable MC
How it fits: (view spoiler)
Celia wrote: "Caroline, hope you don't mind I copied your how it fits word for word on this oneReview: Room review
BR: Room BR posts 17 - 22
Pages: 321 Room
Task: Miscel..."
Haha, no problem!
Review: Akata Woman review
BR: The Nsibidi Scripts series BR comments 34, 35, 38-41
Pages: 416 Akata Woman
Language/Geography: features a language spoken on the African continent
How it fits: features Igbo and Efik
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
BOTM: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 805, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Task: Religion 1. Involves a non-Christian holiday
How if fits: celebrating solstice
Forgot to post this one in Feb. Not sure if I can still claim BOTM points as I'm posting it in March
Review: The Fallen Stones review
Pages: 219
Nonfiction: about a trade that happens in South America
How it fits: the live butterfly trade for butterfly gardens around the world for entertainment and conservation is a main topic of this book. Although the book takes place in Central America, much of this trade originates in South America as well.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 361
task: BIPOC/ 6. BIPOC on the cover
How it fits: BIPOC MC Britta on cover
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 352
Task: Disability - Disabled MC in a MPG Fantasy book
How it fits: MC is mute and MC fantasy
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 290
Task: Miscellaneous - A book with a MC that has an intersectional identity
How it fits: Simone identifies as intersectional
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy:
Pages: 403
Task: BIPOC - Non-Western inspired Fantasy
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 475
Religion: Atheist MC
How it fits: Keshad is atheist
Review: Arash the Archer and the Lost Prince review
Pages: 117 Arash the Archer & The Lost Prince
Language / Geography: set in Western or Central Asia
How it fits: set in ancient Persia
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 667
Disability: MC has in invisible disability
How it fits: Author and MC both had epilepsy
(Not sure if that would count, but I was thinking epilepsy would largely be invisible unless someone saw you having a seizure, but it could still affect your life a lot at other times)
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 518
BR: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Language & Geography: MC's first language is not English
How it fits: The MCs speak a variety of languages, but none of them are English
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 448
BIPOC: Published before 2000
How it fits: Author is black and book was first published in 1998
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 4968 (3180 read this challenge)
Language: A character uses sign language
How it fits: Juniper uses a sign language callled Gimb
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 496
BR: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Language & Geography: Best-seller from an author from a non-English majority speaking country
How it fits: Pachinko is a New York Times best seller and the author is from South Korea
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 352 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Religion: 7. Muslim MC
How it fits: one of the MCs is a practicing muslim
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 175 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Queer/LGBTQIAP+: 5. Asexual MC
How it fits: Nancy is asexual
Review: City of Saints and Thieves review
BR: City of Saints and Thieves BR posts 2, 3, 6
Pages: 432 City of Saints & Thieves
Task: Language/Geography - MC's first language is NOT English
How it fits: Tina's first and main language is Swahili
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 278 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Queer/LGBTQIAP+: 10. M/M main pairing
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 416 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color): 2. Black MC
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 432 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Religion: 2. Jewish MC
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 288 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Queer/LGBTQIAP+: 9. Nonbinary MC
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 336 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Miscellaneous: 12. Poor or financially unstable MC
How it fits: MC struggles with money after loosing her job and at one point can't pay for her own food.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 359
BR: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Queer/LGBTQIAP+: Sci-fi with queer characters
How it fits: MPG sci-fi, features two women married to each other, and author is a woman married to a woman
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 352 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Queer/LGBTQIAP+: 12. By a queer BIPOC author
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 318 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
Queer/LGBTQIAP+: 11. F/F main pairing
Review: Las Biuty Queens review
Pages: 146 Las Biuty Queens: Stories
Task: Language/Geography - a queer translated book
How it fits: translated from Spanish, book about the transgender experience
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 310
BR: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Miscellaneous: Read about a person or event that a government has tried to cover up
How it fits: Book is about the COVID-19 pandemic, which various governments have tried to cover up
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Prodigy is not able to count for the prompt you listed it for. June is white and Native American while Day is Mongolian.
This prompt would include people descended from these countries: Jordan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar, Yemen, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Syria, Israel, State of Palestine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Georgia, Cyprus, Afghanistan, and Egypt, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Pakistan, Nepal, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Singapore.