Yearly Solo Challenge 2--Be Intentional Reviews

[Caroline]

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 336
BR: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Queer/LGBTQIAP+: Nonbinary MC
How it fits: Tupo is nonbinary and author is a woman married to a woman

[Caroline]

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 500
BR: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Language and Geography: Bilingual MC
How it fits: Henry speaks French and English

[Celia]

Review: Skye Falling review
BR: Skye Falling BR posts 11, 14
Pages: 320 Skye Falling
Task: Queer/LGBTQIAP+ - Lambda award
How it fits: 2022 winner for Lesbian fiction (lesbian author)

[Ellen-Arwen]

Sorry - catching up; I'll do them as I go along in future! (for my own sake, lol, this took forever)

Queer/LGBTQIAP+


Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 403
Prompt 11. F/F pairing
How it fits: main characters Wren and Lei




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Pages: 116 (when divided by 4)
Prompt 12: graphic novel(s) with queer MC



BIPOC


Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 192
Prompt 1:Cast of BIPOC character
How it fits: all characters are BIPOC



Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 480
Prompt 8: Native or Indigenous MC from the Americas
How it fits: Betty's father is Cherokee, so Betty is half Cherokee and she grows up learning their customs



Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 197
Prompt 20: BIPOC author published before 2000
How it fits: published in 1845



Disability


Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 480
Prompt 6: from one of the disability lists
How it fits: Number 9 on this list: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/...



Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 320
Prompt 13 MC has an invisible disibility
How it fits: Bug suffers from Marfan syndrome https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/marfan-...



Religion


Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 805
Prompt 1: Involves a non-Christian holiday
How it fits: celebrates Winter Solstice



Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 533 (most read version)
Prompt 9: A fantasy or sci-fi book with a Muslim MC
How it fits: MPG fantasy, and the king explains at the end why the people of Daevabad are Muslim



Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 160
Prompt 17: Book with Pagan influences
How it fits: Silvie and her family are reenacting Pagan/druidic rituals and everyday life as an archaeology 'experiment'



Status updates: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 336 (most popular edition)
Prompt 19: book about religious cults
How it fits: Jon Ronson spends about a decade of his life investigating different cults, some religious, some not



Language and Geography


Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 354
Prompt 1: Bilingual MC
How it fits: MC speaks Spanish and English



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Pages: 170 (when divided)
Prompt 2: Character uses sign language
How it fits: in book two, everyone in the community uses sign language to accommodate one of its members



Non-Fiction


Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 224
Prompt 3: memoir by a transgender and/or non-binary author



Miscellaneous


Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 352
Prompt 4: MC uses a label within the nonbinary umbrella besides nonbinary (genderqueer, genderfluid, agender, demiboy, demigirl, two spirit, etc.)
How it fits: Syd identifies as agender



Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 290
Prompt 20: A book with a MC that has an intersectional identity
How it fits: Simone identifies as intersectional

[Ta || bookishbluehead]

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 273 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Nonfiction: 4. Memoir or non-fiction by a refugee author
How it fits: author is a refugee from North Korea


Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 464 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Language & Geography: 3. Translated into English
How it fits: Book by a german author


Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 432 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Language & Geography: 1. Bilingual MC
How it fits: MC speaks English and Italian


Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 485 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Religion: 10. Atheist MC
How it fits: Rosa is an atheist


Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 160 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Religion: 18. MC is a monk
How it fits: MC is a monk


Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
384 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Queer/LGBTQIAP+: 13. Graphic novel with a queer MC
How it fits: Nick and Charlie both are queer

[Celia]

Review: Love, Hate & Other Filters review
BR: Love, Hate & Other Filters BR posts 6-10
Pages: 281 Love, Hate & Other Filters
Task: Features a language spoken in India
How it fits: Maya's parents speak Urdu to each other when they're stressed

[Celia]

Review: Holding Up the Universe review
Pages: 391 Holding Up the Universe
BR: Holding Up the Universe BR comments 6-10
Task: Disability - MC has an invisible disability
How it fits: Jack has prosopagnosia, which is the inability to see faces. This is neurological and invisible

[Celia]

Review: Three Kisses, One Midnight review
BR: Three Kisses, One Midnight BR comments 12, 14-16
Pages: 288 Three Kisses, One Midnight
BIPOC - Romance Novel With BIPOC MCs
How it fits: MPG romance, Asian characters, Asian authors (representative)

[Celia]

Review: Girls of Paper and Fire review
BOTM: Girls of Paper and Fire BOTM (posts 2-5)
Pages: 385 Girls of Paper and Fire
LGBTQIAP+ - F/F main pairing
How it fits: Lei and Wren realize their sexuality and love for each other throughout the story

[Jenn]

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 352, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
Queer/LGBTQIAP+: Asexual MC
How it fits: MC is ACE

[Caroline]

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 403
Language & Geography: Set on Earth but not in the US or the UK
How it fits: Set in Russia


Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 226
BIPOC: Black MC
How it fits: MC and author are both black

[Jenn]

Review/Status Updates: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 384, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Queer/LGBTQIAP+: Read a book from the Pansexual or Panromantic List
How it Fits: On the list

[Jenn]

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 320, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Queer/LGBTQIAP+: By a queer BIPOC author

[Jenn]

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 474, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Queer/LGBTQIAP+: Book with a queer MC that is not a coming out story

[Jenn]

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 384, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Queer/LGBTQIAP+: Graphic novel with a queer MC

[Jenn]

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 304, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
BIOPIC: Black MC

[Jenn]

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 384, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Queer/LGBTQIAP+: F/F main pairing

[Jenn]

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 338, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
BIOPIC: Book with a happily ever after & BIPOC MCs

[Jenn]

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...#
Pages: 336, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Disability: MP Mental Health

[Jenn]

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 338, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
BIOPIC: Romance novel with BIPOC MC

[Jenn]

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 352, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Queer/LGBTQIAP+: Book with queer MC that is a happy book

[Jenn]

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...#
Pages: 377, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Language & Geography: Set on Earth but not in the US or the UK
How it Fits: Set in Paris

[Jenn]

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 336, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Language & Geography: A book written in English that has non-English phrases

[Jenn]

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 263, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Miscellaneous: Poor or financially unstable MC
How it Fits: Alexis is extremely poor

[Celia]

Review: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon review
Pages: 278
Religion - Mythology that involves a polytheistic religion
How it fits: contains myths and legends based on polytheistic Chinese mythology

[Celia]

Combining under 100 pages


Review: Raspberry Ripple Murder review
Pages: 86
BOTM: Raspberry Ripple Murder Feb BOTM comments 8-10


Review: The Princess Saves Herself in this one review
BR: Women are Some Kind of Magic series BR posts 37-41
Pages: 156 / 2 (poetry) = 73 The Princess Saves Herself in This One

Total pages: 159

Task: Misc/other - fat MC
How it fits: both books involve MCs coming to terms with their struggle to lose weight

[Ellen-Arwen]

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 330
Misc: a book about mental health by a BIPOC author
How it fits: Queenie's mental illness



Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 335
Misc: poor MC



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Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Queer/LGBTAIAP+: sci-fi with a queer cast


Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Pages: 240
Language and geography: Set in the global South