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*1 bonus point if your book is on 2 of the lists in message 1
*1 bonus point if your book is on one of these lists & used in any one of the challenges listed below
*2 bonus points if your book is on one of these lists & used in multiple challenges listed below
*2 bonus points if your book is on 2 lists & used in any of the challenges listed below
*3 bonus points if your books is on 2 lists & used in multiple challenges listed below
*4 bonus points if you buddy read a book on any list with at least 1 other person (Sign up here)
Challenges Accepted for Bonus points
The Name Game
Ready Player One
Road Trip
A to Z Challenge
I like Big Books and I Cannot Lie
TBR Busters
Buzzwords
You Can Always Be Number One
Water Balloon Wars
Olympic Games
Bookopoly
Q&A
Q: Can we read a different book in the series than the book on the list?
A: Not for this challenge. We are focused on the listopia for this challenge.
Q: Can we use a different edition than the one on the list?
A: Yes, it is the same book so the edition you use does not matter.
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LaurLa 29
bamaace83 30
Tru 138
Angie 89
Christene_little library
Jenny 94
Erica 4
Bernadette 23
Sammy 170
Ashley 34
Heather 4
Listopia Madness
August 2024
My Listopia Madness Challenge (msg 4)
📗2023 New Releases: Hockey & Figure Skating Fiction
📘 Most Interesting World
📙 Freaky, Odd, and Thought-Twisting but Overall Compelling Reads
📕 LGBTQ Science Fiction and Fantasy
📔 Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
📒 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books
Book🚦Majesty🚦379 pp🚦08.04 ★★★★🚦📔#9367
Points🚦3 page points + 2 bonus for TBR/Bookopoly🚦5 points
Book🚦The Lunatic Cafe🚦388 pp🚦08.11 ★★★🚦📔#2659 + 📒#5768
Points🚦3 page points + 3 bonus for 2 lists
and TBR/Bookopoly🚦6 points
Book🚦Rogue Protocol🚦158 pp🚦08.12 ★★★★🚦📔#2659 📕#476 📔#5529 📒#981
Points🚦1 page point + 3 bonus for 2 lists and TBR/Bookopoly🚦4 points
Book🚦Origins of an Academy Bully🚦127 pp🚦08.19 ★★★★🚦📘#4887
Points🚦1 page point + 2 bonus for TBR/Bookopoly🚦3 points
Book🚦7th Heaven🚦396 pp🚦08.20 ★★★★🚦📘#3658
Points🚦3 page points + 2 bonus for TBR/Bookopoly🚦5 points
Book🚦Storm Front🚦336 pp🚦08.27 ★★★🚦📘#52 📔#215 📒#181
Points🚦3 page points + 3 bonus for 2 lists and TBR/Bookopoly🚦6 points
RUNNING TOTAL🚦29
I'm holding a spot and I spy hockey....Total Points: 30
1. Puck Princess by Lexi James #100 on Hockey List 3 page points, 2 bonus points (Olympics, Bookopoly) - 5 points
2. Power Play by Lexi James #94 on Hockey List 3 page points, 2 bonus points (Olympics, Bookopoly) - 5 points
3. Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness #996 on Movie list, #1130 on World list 7 page points, 3 bonus points (Olympics, Bookopoly) - 10 points
4. Bad Intentions by Mila Kane #57 on Hockey List 3 page points (Olympics)- 4 points
5. Devious Obsession by S. Massery #1 on Hockey list 5 page points (Olympics) - 6 points
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Yes, I gave you a hockey list in honor of the Olympics.
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Donna wrote: "The 3rd list is in honor of Tru, Jenny & Sammy... 😈"Snort. Gee...thanks? I feel so special.
Now I've got to go and see if there's anything I'll read on it, lol.
ETA: Oh good glory - you picked because it's got The Haunted Vagina on it!!!! I am NOT reading that again.....
Listopia - August 2024📗2023 New Releases: Hockey & Figure Skating Fiction
📘 Most Interesting World
📙 Freaky, Odd, and Thought-Twisting but Overall Compelling Reads
📕 LGBTQ Science Fiction and Fantasy
📔 Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
📒 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books
Total Points: 138
1. Seducing My Brother-in-Law by Shae Michaels 📗#257 - 3 page points, 2 bonus points (TBR, Olympics) 8/2 5 points
2. Lion in the Valley by Elizabeth Peters 📘#2851 - 3 page points, 2 bonus points (#1, Olympics) 8/2 5 points
3. Time to Shine: A Witty and Romantic Hockey Romance for the Holidays by Rachel Reid 📗#250 - 3 page points, 2 bonus points (A-Z, #1) 8/2 5 points
4. The October Man by Ben Aaronovitch 📘#4762 - 1 page point, 2 bonus points (#1, A-Z) 8/3 3 points
5. Skeleton Crew by Jordan Castillo Price 📕#1959 - 3 page points, 2 bonus points (A-Z, TBR) 8/4 5 points
6. Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey 📕#376 - 1 page point, 2 bonus points (#1, A-Z) 8/4 3 points
7. Road Rules by Brigham Vaughn 📗#120 - 3 page points, 2 bonus points (TBR, #1) 8/4 5 points
8. Black Dog Blues by Rhys Ford 📕#708 - 1 page point, 2 bonus points (#1, A-Z) 8/5 3 points
9. Mad Lizard Mambo by Rhys Ford 📕#738 - 1 page point, 2 bonus points (Buzz, A-Z) 8/6 3 points
10. Game Misconduct by Ari Baran 📗#257 - 3 page points, 2 bonus points (TBR, #1) 8/8 5 points
11. Jacked Cat Jive by Rhys Ford 📕#733 - 1 page point, 2 bonus points (Buzz, A-Z) 8/9 3 points
12. Delay of Game by Ari Baran 📗#257 - 3 page points, 2 bonus points (TBR, Olympics) 8/10 5 points
13. Silk Dragon Salsa by Rhys Ford 📕#851 - 1 page point, 2 bonus points (Buzz, Olympics) 8/10 3 points
14. Foolish Puckboy by Eden Finley 📗#43 - 3 page points, 2 bonus points (Buzz, #1) 8/13 5 points
15. A Power Unbound 📕#1340 - 3 page points, 2 bonus points (Buzz, TBR) 8/13 5 points
16. His Realm by Mary Calmes 📕#1340 - 3 page points, 2 bonus points (Olympics, TBR) 8/16 5 points
17. Old Man's War by John Scalzi 📘#168 & 📔#532 - 3 page points, 3 bonus points (#1, Buzz) 8/17 6 points
18. The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi 📒#342 & 📘#929 - 3 page points, 3 bonus points (A-Z, Buzz) 8/15 6 points
19. Destination Unknown by Agatha Christie 📘#3444 - 3 page points, 2 bonus points (A-Z, Olympics) 8/18 5 points
20. The Last Colony by John Scalzi 📒#342 & 📘#1452 - 3 page points, 3 bonus points (A-Z, Buzz) 8/19 6 points
21. Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir 📕#162 & 📘#6403 - 5 page points, 3 bonus points (TBR, Big Books), 4 BR points - 8/21 12 points
22. Let's Do This by Loren Leigh 📗#208 - 3 page points, 2 bonus points (Buzz, TBR) 8/25 5 points
23. The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle 📒#65 & 📕#331 - 5 page points, 3 bonus points (TBR, Big Books) 8/25 8 points
24. Venus in Furs by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch 📙#52 - 1 page point, 1 bonus point (A-Z) 8/25 2 points
25. Linesman by S.K. Dunstall 📒#6033 - 3 page points, 2 bonus points (A-Z, Olympics) 8/25 5 points
26. Alliance by S.K. Dunstall 📒#5654 - 3 page points, 2 bonus points (A-Z, Olympics) 8/27 5 points
27. Confluence by S.K. Dunstall 📒#3288 - 3 page points, 2 bonus points (A-Z, Olympics) 8/28 5 points
28. Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi 📒#1914 & 📔#7123 - 3 page points, bonus points (A-Z) 8/30 5 points
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Duration: August 1 - 31, 2024
August Lists | Total Points: 89
📗2023 New Releases: Hockey & Figure Skating Fiction
📘 Most Interesting World
📙 Freaky, Odd, and Thought-Twisting but Overall Compelling Reads
📕 LGBTQ Science Fiction and Fantasy
📔 Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
📒 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books
Books Read:
📘2591 | Beyond Reach | 594 pgs | 5p + x 2bp | WB - TBR
📔31220 | Undead and Unfinished | 338 pgs | 3p + x 2bp | WB - TBR
📔3412 | Up From the Grave | 384 pgs | 3p + x 2bp | WB - TBR
📕 1160 | Lucky Town | 116 pgs | 1p + x 2bp | WB - TBR
📘2259 | Mind's Eye | 332 pgs | 3p + x 2bp | WB - BZ
📘5019 | Cherry Bomb | 368 pgs | 3p + 2bp | WB - BZ
📘4558 | Forgotten in Death | 378 pgs | 3p + 2bp | WB - BZ
📘283 | West With Giraffes | 381 pgs | 3p + 6bp | WB - BZ - 📚
📘1024 📔2342 | Origin | 638 pgs| 5p + 7bp | WB - BZ - 📚
📘4118 | Abandoned in Death | 356 pgs | 3p + 2bp | WB - BZ
📕162 📘6403 | Harrow the Ninth | 538 pgs| 5p + 7bp | WB - OG - 📚
📘1632 📒6831 | The Last Town | 294 pgs | 1p + 3bp | WB - BZ
📘2213 📔22395 | The Blessing Way | 304 pgs | 3p + 3bp | WB - TBR
📔7177 📒 1916 | Agent to the Stars | 386 pgs | 3p + 3bp | WB - AZ
Donna wrote: "The 3rd list is in honor of Tru, Jenny & Sammy... 😈"So which of us is Freaky, Odd or Thought-Twisting?
Don't answer that!
My spot, buy the way.
Ready Player One
Road Trip
A to Z Challenge
TBR Busters
Buzzwords
Water Balloon Wars
Olympic Games
Bookopoly
📗2023 New Releases: Hockey & Figure Skating Fiction
📘 Most Interesting World
📙 Freaky, Odd, and Thought-Twisting but Overall Compelling Reads
📕 LGBTQ Science Fiction and Fantasy
📔 Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
📒 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books
Running total 94
1. Cyteen 680pgs, 📕398, 📒7781, olympics, bookopoly 5+3=8
2. Harrow the Ninth 510pgs, 📕#162 & 📘#6403, bookopoly, water, br w/Truitt, 5+3+4=12
3. Leviathan Falls, 528 pgs, 📔24069, 📒43, bookopoly, water, 5+3=8
4. The Book of Elsewhere 352pgs, 📒7852, bookopoly, water 3+2=5
5. Midnight Sun 833pgs, 📘4776, bookopoly, water 7+2=9
6. One Second After 352pgs, 📒5657, bookopoly, water 3+2=5
7. Midnight’s Children 647pgs, 📘2149, 📔15343, bookopoly, water 5+3=8
8. Wizard and Glass 845pgs, 📔#632 & 📒#1117, bookopoly, water, br w/ Sammy 7+3+4=14
9. Chain-Gang All-Stars 367pgs 📔19367, water, bookopoly 3+2-5
10. Heat Wave 198pgs, 📘2817, water, bookopoly 1+2=3
11. Watership Down 487pgs, 📒272, 📘91, water, bookopoly 3+3=6
12. Faceless Killers 280pgs, 📘1869, water, bookopoly 1+2=3
13. Dragonflight 299pgs 📘110, 📒47, water, bookopoly 1+3=4
14. Agent to the Stars 286pgs, 📒1914 & 📔7123 , water, bookopoly 1+3=4
I'll keep trying. And I'm with Truitt... NOT reading The Haunted Vagina!2023 New Releases: Hockey & Figure Skating Fiction https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Most Interesting World https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
Freaky, Odd, and Thought-Twisting but Overall Compelling Reads https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
Provided by August 1st place winner:
Provided by August 2nd place winner:
Provided by August 3rd place winner:
1. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 📘 #31, 📒 #4, TBR, Olympics, Road Trip 1 page point + 3 bonus, total 4
August - Listopia 2024Total Points: 23
📚 Buddy Read
🔤 A to Z Challenge
🥇 Olympics
🎲 Bookopoly
📖 Big Book
📗 2023 New Releases: Hockey & Figure Skating Fiction
📘 Most Interesting World
📙 Freaky, Odd, and Thought-Twisting but Overall Compelling Reads
📕 LGBTQ Science Fiction and Fantasy
📔 Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
📒 Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
Books Read:
The Book That Wouldn’t Burn/Mark Lawrence - 8/4, 559 pages, 📒#6,113, 🥇🎲📖: 7 pts
The Long Walk - 8/6, 370 pgs, 📒#436, 🥇🎲: 5 pts
Origin/Dan Brown - 8/19, 461 pages 📘#1,024, 📔#2,342, 📚🥇🎲: 6 pts
West With Giraffes/Lynda Rutledge - 8/30, 381 pages, 📘#294, 🥇🎲: 5 pts
Why do I always miss this one when it's posted? I'm in, of course.📗2023 New Releases: Hockey & Figure Skating Fiction
📘 Most Interesting World
📙 Freaky, Odd, and Thought-Twisting but Overall Compelling Reads
📕 LGBTQ Science Fiction and Fantasy
📔 Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
📒 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books
total Points: 170
1. Ex-Heroes📔#4005 - 3 points + 2 points for Balloons & buzz
2. Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception 📔#474 & 📘#6606 - 3 points + 3 points for 2 lists, balloons & TBR
3. The Notebook 📘 #6836 & 📒#4645 - 1 point + 3 points for 2 lists, balloons & TBR
4. A Medicine for Melancholy and Other Stories 📒#2520 - 3 points + 2 points for balloons & tbr
5. The Last Town 📘#1632 & 📒#6831 - 1 point + 3 points for 2 lists, balloons & A-Z
6. The Stars Now Unclaimed📒#6796 - 3 points + 2 points for balloons & buzz
7. Legends & Lattes📕#291 - 3 points + 2 points for balloons & TBR
8. The Whalebone Theatre📔#747 - 5 points + 2 points for balloons & olympics
9. A Deadly Education📘#1859 & 📔#4863 - 3 points + 3 points for 2 lists, balloons & A-Z
10. The Good Sister 📘#2389 - 3 points + 2 points for balloons & A-Z
11. The Word is Murder 📘#4090 - 3 points + 2 points for balloons & buzz
12. Turn a Blind Eye📘#6305 - 3 points + 2 points for balloons & TBR
13. The Demolished Man 📔#3649 & 📒#132 - 1 point + 3 points for 2 lists, balloons & TBR
14. The Kiss Quotient📘#1443 & 📔#4013 - 3 points + 3 points for 2 lists, balloons and Buzz
15. The Crimson Petal and the White📘#2568 & 📔#2288 - 10 points + 3 points for 2 lists, balloons & olympics
16. Wizard and Glass 📔#632 & 📒#1117 - 7 points + 3 points for 2 lists, balloons & olympic games + 4 points BR with Jenny)
17. The Witching Hour 📔#168 - 10 points + 2 points for balloons & big books
18. The Blade Itself 📘#2287 & 📔#924 - 5 points + 3 points for 2 lists, balloons & TBR
19. Wolfsong 📕#271 & 📔#23547 - 5 points + 3 points for balloons & Olympics
20. The Mysterious Affair at Styles📘#1095 - 1 point + 2 points for balloons & A-Z
21. Casino Royale 📘#730 - 1 point + 2 points for balloons & buzz
22. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit📘#3173 & 📔#30068 - 1 point + 3 points for 2 lists, balloons & buzz
23. Ninth House 📒#6033 - 3 points + 2 points for balloons & A-Z
24. A Man Called Ove 📘#2618 & 📔#2558 - 3 points + 3 points for 2 lists, balloons & TBR
25. Mary Poppins📒#1051 &📔#7828 - 1 point + 3 points for 2 lists, balloons & A-Z
26. Weyward 📒#6416 - 3 points + 2 points for balloons & Buzz
27. The Rats 📔#4242 - 1 point + 2 points for balloons & TBR
28. Agent to the Stars 📔#7177 & 📒#1916 - 1 point + 3 points for 2 lists, balloons & A-Z
29. The Doll Factory 📔#20572 - 3 points + 2 points for balloons & buzz
30. The Cement Garden📘#2094 - 1 point + 2 points for balloons & buzz
31. The Sense of an Ending📘#4457 - 1 point + 2 points for balloons & A-Z
Erica wrote: "I'll keep trying. And I'm with Truitt... NOT reading The Haunted Vagina!"We've already been there, done that! 😆
That is an odd list. Haunted Vagina, Motherfucking Sharks, and then Catch-22 and The Name of the Rose?Ok...
Jenny wrote: "That is an odd list. Haunted Vagina, Motherfucking Sharks, and then Catch-22 and The Name of the Rose?Ok..."
And The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - very split personality.
Now as far as I can tell, the first list is mostly sports romances (really not my cup of tea), but if anyone comes across any really good sports themed books that aren't romances (on that list or elsewhere. Please do holler. There can be romance in the book, just not the main focus with sports only as an afterthought/backdrop.I loved The Art of Fielding, and I really enjoyed the Beartown trilogy too. I'm looking more for books like those, if anyone has any recs! Open to any and all sports, but generally prefer the more physical kind to say, snooker 😉
Sports fiction? Not my genre, but, a book that I found wonderful was
.Of course, it could be because I remember that game like it was yesterday, and I lived about three blocks from one of the players growing up, but still. It isn't on that list or anything.
Will I be able to follow it having not actually watched that one? I was too busy being a baby, lol!
Sammy wrote: "Erica wrote: "I'll keep trying. And I'm with Truitt... NOT reading The Haunted Vagina!"We've already been there, done that! 😆"
Yes, I noticed... How could you NOT??? And - who THINKS of these things?????
Sammy wrote: "Will I be able to follow it having not actually watched that one? I was too busy being a baby, lol!"Easy to follow. But just in case you are unsure, watch the movie Miracle with Snake Pliskin I mean Kurt Russell in it, and you will likely want to know more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd0_D...
Awesome, thanks. Adding both to me "keep an eye out for" list.
I love my hockey romance books but I also understand just wanting a good sports book. I really like Mariana Zupata's books. There will be a some romance in them but From Lukov with Love has a good storyline before romance jumps in. Save it for one of those challenges that needs you to read a sports book but I would recommend the audio version. She has a couple others that are more sport heavy than hot smoking hockey guys like I read most of the time.
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Total Points: 34
📚 Buddy Read
🔤 A to Z Challenge
🥇 Olympics
📗 2023 New Releases: Hockey & Figure Skating Fiction
📘 Most Interesting World
📙 Freaky, Odd, and Thought-Twisting but Overall Compelling Reads
📕 LGBTQ Science Fiction and Fantasy
📔 Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
📒 Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
Books Read:
1-Aug: None of This Is True, 370pgs, 📔#618🥇🔤=5pts
3-Aug: Lobizona, 400pgs, 📔#24813🥇🔤=5pts
8-Aug: The Girl with All the Gifts, 461pgs, 📒#621📘#820🥇=5pts
10-Aug: The White Tiger, 276pgs, 📔#1632📘#4626🥇=3pts
14-Aug: Hooked, 312pgs, 📔#7436🔤🥇=5pts
28-Aug: Twisted Hate, 522pgs, 📔#6468🥇=6pts
29-Aug: The Graham Effect, 498pgs, 📗#5🔤🥇=5pts
bamaace83 wrote: "I love my hockey romance books but I also understand just wanting a good sports book. I really like Mariana Zupata's books. There will be a some romance in them but From Lukov with Love, I read Kulti, but unfortunately the author's ignorance on the sport in question was blatant, which spoiled it for me. If it was something she knew more about, I would probably have enjoyed it more.
Oh no, lol!I sent Donna my pick before coming over here to see what you and Sammy had picked, Jenny. We're going to have LOTS of overlap this month.
Too funny...
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Truitt_T wrote: "Oh no, lol!I sent Donna my pick before coming over here to see what you and Sammy had picked, Jenny. We're going to have LOTS of overlap this month.
Too funny..."
Extra points for the books found on both lists then!
We may have books on three and four lists this month. :)
Donna - Since Fairytale Retellings is over, May we have I Like Big Books as a bonus in its place?
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Donna wrote: "I thought I removed that... Yes, I will replace it with that challenge."Excellent - thank you!
Donna wrote: "All the lists have been posted. Happy reading, folks!"Danke!
There was a glaring void on the LGBTQ Sci-fi list. One of my favorite books wasn't on it, so I added it. I won't be reading it this round, but I highly encourage you guys to read it. I absolutely fell in love with this book.
Also, some books from different lists that are oh so good, and not as well known (I think) are-
(movie list 9313) Historical fiction
(movie 8033, Best 2296)
(1266 best) Screw with your brain fun.
(6178 best) Ditto
(6896 best) Long political-ish fantasy.And two from my favorite author ever-
(3240 best) and
(1601 LGBT)I know we don't often do recommendations on this thread, but I couldn't resist.
Jenny wrote: "There was a glaring void on the LGBTQ Sci-fi list. One of my favorite books wasn't on it, so I added it. I won't be reading it this round, but I highly encourage you guys to read it. I absolutely f..."Why shouldn't we do recommendations on this thread?
And I am so happy to find someone else who enjoyed The Sol Majestic! If yo ever want to do a buddy reread, I'm in.
I've been meaning to read several of the other books you mentioned. I'll get around to them someday....
Have you read anything else by Steinmetz? I want more of The Sol Majestic world, but I haven't tried anything else of his to see if they are as good.
I am totally in for a buddy reread at some point. Bonus points if we can visit that galactic restaurant as well.
Jenny wrote: "Have you read anything else by Steinmetz? I want more of The Sol Majestic world, but I haven't tried anything else of his to see if they are as good."I haven't. I really should, though.
Jenny wrote: "Ooh. another great one from your list is The Light Brigade
Have you read that one?"
Yes!!! Kameron Hurley is a fascinating athor and I thought The Light Brigade was excellent. I have a bunch of Hurley's books on my tbr.
I read a short review of The Light Brigade in which the reviewer mentioned the MC's gender, after Hurley went the majority of the book avoiding any mention of it. I was so peeved, I emailed the reviewer. I may have been a bit harsh, lol.
I thought of them as a her if I remember, but I don't remember why. Like I think of Murderbot as a male, with no clues sending me that way. My brain does what it does.I think it is a generational thing. I grew up with the example of most jobs being held by men, so that is the default in my imagination.
Although with Hurley's book, I had read The Stars Are Legion first, which is pretty female-centric, so I must have gone in that direction with the Light Brigade.
Another book that does the no hints to gender really well is Scalzi's Lock In
Jenny wrote: "I thought of them as a her if I remember, but I don't remember why. Like I think of Murderbot as a male, with no clues sending me that way. My brain does what it does.I think it is a generational ..."
I went the same way you did with gender for both. And I love both Lock In and Head On and agree that Scalzi tread a very careful line. I'll admit, though, that I have the Wil Wheaton versions on audio, which encourage me to lean male.
I listened to both Wheaton's and Amber Benson's, and they both worked. But, I listened to Wil's first, so I did the same thing.
I'm not finding many of my TBR books on any of the lists (but there are a few on my own at least!). Lots and lots and lots of already read ones though 😆Most disappointed I can't find Termination Shock on any of them. My one planned re-read, and it's not among the thousands I have read already 😆
Got to ask... WTF is The Yorkshire Shepherdess doing on Jenny's list? 😂And The Tattooist of Auschwitz!!
Sammy wrote: "Got to ask... WTF is The Yorkshire Shepherdess doing on Jenny's list? 😂And The Tattooist of Auschwitz!!"
I love the disclaimer at the top of the best sci-fi (my) list! Basically it reads "this got too bloated with ridiculousness, and there is a new list with only sci-fi on it if you click here."
I thought the extra ridiculousness would be better for this group though. teehee
Yeah, I normally like mixed-genre lists, because I can't read just one genre all month. I'd be bored senseless, lol.
Jenny - Was this the first time you read Cyteen? I've been considering a reread.ETA: Good glory - I just looked at the audio version and I don't remember the books being that long.....
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Monthly Challenge: August 2024
Welcome to our monthly Listopia Madness challenge. It is a relatively simple challenge. Every month you will get 3 listopia lists from me and 3 from the winners of the previous month. *Please note that if you do not respond in a reasonable amount of time that the 4th place person (and so on) will replace you until we get 3 lists.
How it works
📘You will read as many books as you want from as many of the lists provided as you want.
📘You will score each book using the point system provided below
📘You will keep a running tally of your total in your post (try to keep your books in one comment, if possible for easy tracking)
📘I will contact the 3 highest-scoring readers at the end of the month and they will each choose one listopia list to be included in the next month's challenge.
Challenge rules:
📘No poetry or cookbooks allowed.
📘Standard Rules Apply
Book Points
Graphic Novel Points
Page Count Limit: 100 (Actual page count)
Please use this formula to find your adjusted page count (for points):
#Pgs x 1/4 = Adjusted Page Count
❀If your adjusted page count is less than 100, you will get 0.5 points for the book. If it is 100 or higher see the page point chart above for points.
Listopia Lists
2023 New Releases: Hockey & Figure Skating Fiction
Most Interesting World
Freaky, Odd, and Thought-Twisting but Overall Compelling Reads
LGBTQ Science Fiction and Fantasy Provided by July1st place winner: Tru
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies Provided by July 2nd place winner: Sammy
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books Provided by July 3rd place winner: Jenny
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