2024 Recommended Reading Challenge - Discussion Thread

[Mike, Host & Producer of IRCB!]

This is the discussion thread for IRCB's 2024 Recommended Reading Challenge. Use it to discuss the challenge books you're reading, ask questions, and announce when you've completed the entire list.

Those who finish the challenge by December 16th, 2024 will get a personal shout-out on the podcast, and will get to help pick our January 2025 Book of the Month!

Also:
Progress Thread: for tracking your progress
Official Tracking Widget

RULES:
- You can join in at any point
- Books you have already read count towards the challenge
- Read any 24 comics from the podcasters and Goodreads mods, Patreon supporters, and your own picks for the Themes of the Month

From The Podcast Crew:
Danny - Know Your Station (CW: murder)
Erin - Little Monarchs
Kait L - Pulp
Kate S - Sunshine: A Graphic Novel
Mike - Girl Juice
Paloma - Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou Vol. 1: Great Manga Book for Adolescent and Adults
Paul - Defenders: There Are No Rules
René - ショーハショーテン! 1 Shouha Shouten! 1
Zach - The Many Deaths of Laila Starr

Patreon Supporters:
Paul G - Black Cloak Vol. 1
CK - A Guest in the House
Matt D - Camp Spirit
Kyle D - Atomic Robo and the Fightin' Scientists of Tesladyne
Tom - Shubeik Lubeik

[Kate]

I just finished A Guest in the House & whoa. Not at all what I was expecting and so good! Great rec CK, thanks!

[C.K.]

Glad you liked it, Kate! I love Emily Carroll's works.

[Paul]

Is “Girl Juice” available online, especially as a borrow? I see I can buy it from Amazon if needed, but my library isn’t carrying it and it’s looking like the only book I can’t borrow from somewhere (or already own).

Trying to plan ahead.

[Mike, Host & Producer of IRCB!]

Paul wrote: "Is “Girl Juice” available online, especially as a borrow? I see I can buy it from Amazon if needed, but my library isn’t carrying it and it’s looking like the only book I can’t borrow from somewher..."
Looks like it's on Kindle but I don't see it borrowable from hoopla, but I was able to find it on Libby as a digital borrow. Goodreads won't let me link anything but let me know if you can't find it!

[Chad]

Mike wrote: "Goodreads won't let me link anything but let me know if you can't find it!"

You can put links in Mike. You just have to fool GR into not thinking it's a link by removing the http://www. and throwing a space in the URL.

All those spammers kept linking to porn and now we can't have nice things.

[Paul]

As the person who recommended harder-to-find books the last couple years, I’m not against buying some where needed. My library has other Benji Nate books but not this one, so I was mostly wondering if I was missing a somewhat obvious channel (like viz.com for Shouha Shouten).

[Geoff]

This was a fun challenge! Thanks to the crew for organizing it. Glad I was able to get in the books to complete it this year!