2024 Zodiac Challenge

[CJ]

That's good to hear because I already bought the ebook with the audiobook! I like to read along with audiobooks when I can, especially for longer books.

[CJ]

Finished my little cyclic zodiac challenge today.

RAT 2020: Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi
OX 2021: To the Warm Horizon by Jin-Young Choi
TIGER 2022: Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White
RABBIT 2023: In Ascension by Martin MacInnes
DRAGON 2024: Sektor 47 by N. N. Jehangir
SNAKE 2013: Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi
HORSE 2014: Authority by Jeff VanderMeer
SHEEP 2015: Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie
MONKEY 2016: Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee
ROOSTER 1993: Siege of Darkness by R. A. Salvatore
DOG 2006: Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds
PIG 1971: The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin

All of these were 4 or 5 stars reads for me, except for Authority, which despite having really loved Annihilation, I found pretty disappointing.

[Kaia]

CJ wrote: "Finished my little cyclic zodiac challenge today.

RAT 2020: Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi
OX 2021: To the Warm Horizon by Jin-Young Choi
TIGER 2022: [book:Hell Fol..."

Congratulations, CJ!

[Stephen]

As with the TBR challenge, I stopped reading from my list for this challenge 2 or 3 months ago. Looks like I’m at 7/12. I may read one or two more but I’m clearly not going to complete the challenge.

[Meredith]

I finished my goal of reading twice through the Zodiac. Whew! It definitely became a challenge filling the last several signs with a second read, and I read some interesting works spanning the years. Thanks for the challenging challenge this year!

RAT : 1972 The Word for World Is Forest, 2020 Finna

OX : 1961 The Phantom Tollbooth, 2021 Sword Stone Table: Old Legends, New Voices

TIGER : 1998 Brown Girl in the Ring, 2022 Gobbelino London & a Worry of WeresThe Giver,

RABBIT : 1987 D is for Deadbeat, 2023 Under the Smokestrewn Sky

DRAGON : 2000 Stardoc, 2024 Mislaid in Parts Half-Known

SNAKE : 1989 Pyramids, 2013 Crazy Rich Asians

HORSE : 1954 Lord of the Flies, 2014 Zero Sum Game

SHEEP : 1967 Lord of Light, 2003 Inkheart

MONKEY : 1968 MASH: A Novel about Three Army Doctors, 2016 A Pressing Engagement

ROOSTER : 1993 The Giver, 2017 Djinn City

DOG : 2006 Inda, 2018 The Quantum Magician

PIG : 2007 The Rookie, 2019 The Vanishing Stair

[CBRetriever]

amazing!!!

[Kaia]

Wow! Congratulations Meredith!

[a.g.e. montagner]

With some tweaking I should be able to complete the challenge, in retrospect.

RAT (1972) The Word for World Is Forest
OX (2021) Carcoma
TIGER (1974) The Dispossessed
RABBIT (2023) The Vaster Wilds
DRAGON (Confident, intelligent, enthusiastic) Amazzonia: Viaggio al centro del mondo
SNAKE (2013) Mom & Me & Mom
HORSE (1966) Babel-17
SHEEP (2015) The Fifth Season
MONKEY (2016) The Obelisk Gate
ROOSTER (2017) The Stone Sky
DOG (Lovely, honest, prudent) The Bird King
PIG (2019) This Is How You Lose the Time War

[Taffy :)]

2024 Zodiac Challenge: 34/34

Cyclic: 12/12 🥳
✧ Rat: [2008] The Hunger Games
✧ Ox: [1937] Of Mice and Men
✧ Sheep: [2015] Six of Crows
✧ Rabbit: [1987] Hatchet
✧ Dragon: [2012] Throne of Glass
✧ Snake: [1906] The Call of the Wild / White Fang
✧ Horse: [1954] Lord of the Flies
✧ Tiger: [1818] Frankenstein
✧ Monkey: [2016] Caraval
✧ Rooster: [1993] The Giver
✧ Dog: [1958] Old Yeller
✧ Pig: [2019] The Awakening

Descriptive: 12/12 🥳
1. Angelfall
2. Incendiary
3. Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone [HP #1]
4. The Princess Bride
5. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder [AGGGTM #1]
6. Crooked Kingdom [SoC #2]
7. The Lost Hero [HoO #1]
8. The Secret Life of Bees
9. The Naturals #1
10. The Sea of Monsters [PJO #2]
11. Charlotte's Web
12. Chalice of the Gods [PJO #6]

Balanced: 5/5 🥳
- Characteristics: The 5th Wave
- Yin v. Yang: One of Us is Lying (Addy)
- Characteristics: All In [The Naturals #3]
- Mood: How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- Light v. Evil: Princess of Souls [Hundred Kingdoms #2]

Elements: 5/5 🥳
- Benevolent Wood: One of Us is Lying (#1)
- Respectful Fire: Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban (HP #3)
- Honest Earth: As You Wish
- Righteous Earth: The Cruel Prince (TFoTA #1)
- Wise Water: Ender's Game (Ender's Saga #1)

[Meredith]

Congrats a.g.e!

Wow, Taffy, that's impressive!

[Kaia]

Congratulations, a.g.e. and Taffy!