Melanie A's Personal Challenge Thread (Comments welcome)

[Melanie]

This is my personal challenge thread.

2025 Read All the Books
2025 TBR Cleanup
2025 Science Fiction and Fantasy Booklover's Combat

Chat Thread for Team Sci-Fi

[Melanie]

Team Sci-Fi Prompts:

Science Fiction Challenges

Aliens
1. Area 51: Read a book with an alien character.
2. Starry Night: Read a book with at least one star on the cover.

Alt History
1. Back in the Day: Read a book set 20+ years ago.
2. Historicity: Read a book with a time machine or historical figure on the cover.

Clones
1. DNA: Read a book with clones or twins in it.
2. Palindrome: Read a book with a mirrored cover (cover features a graphic that reads the same on both sides).

Dimensional Travel
1. AltDimension: Read a book set in more than 1 dimension.
2. Portal: Read a book with any kind of portal on the cover.

Space Travel
1. The Black: Read a book set in outer space.
2. Nebula: Read a book with a space scene on the cover.

Terraforming
1. Oxygen: Read a book that features terraforming.
2. Foliage: Read a book with any kind of flora on the cover.

Biological Engineering
1. Lab: Read a book with a character that is a biologist and/or engineer.
2. DNA: Read a book with a helix on the cover.

LitRPG
1. Game: Read any book classified as LitRPG or a novelized version of a video game.
2. Console: Read a book with any gaming console or DND dice on the cover.

Big Data
1. Arithmetic: Read a book with an accountant or mathematician as a main character.
2. Data: Read a book with numbers on the cover.

Mad Science
1. Scientist: Read a book with a scientist as a main character.
2. Gear: Read a book with anyone in a lab coat or lab beakers on the cover.

Artificial Intelligence
1. Intelligence: Read a book where AI is an important character or important to the plot.
2. Robot: Read a book with a computer or code on the cover.

Time Travel
1. Time Machine: Read a book where time travel is part of the plot.
2. Clock: Read a book with any kind of time keeping device on the cover.

[Melanie]

Dimensional Travel.

Alt Dimension: read a book with at least one dimension.

Merry Christmas and a Happy End of the World: A Fun Festive Adventure for Human Children of All Ages

Book: Merry Christmas and a Happy End of the World by Iestyn Long.

[Olga]

Hi Melanie!
Have you checked our buddy read plans for some of the promts? You're welcome to join if you want.

[Melanie]

Hello! I will have a look at those, thank you. I'm looking forward to The Poppy War one this month, even though that's not for a prompt.

[Olga]

Melanie wrote: "Hello! I will have a look at those, thank you. I'm looking forward to The Poppy War one this month, even though that's not for a prompt."

We can see if we can shoehorn it in one of the prompts )) Who knows...

[Melanie]

Clones
1. DNA: Read a book with clones or twins in it.

A Memory Called Empire

[Melanie]

Terraforming
1. Oxygen: Read a book that features terraforming.
2. Foliage: Read a book with any kind of flora on the cover.

Oxygen - The Terraformers

[Olga]

I also have Terraformers lined up for this prompt :)
How did you like it?

[Melanie]

It's really good. My copy had tiny print, but it was well worth it. It's kind of slow, but the world is amazing. :)

[Melanie]

(view spoiler)[Artificial Intelligence
1. Intelligence: Read a book where AI is an important character or important to the plot.

Neuromancer (hide spoiler)]

[Melanie]

Aliens
1. Area 51: Read a book with an alien character.
2. Starry Night: Read a book with at least one star on the cover. Space Unicorn Blues

[Melanie]

Terraforming

2. Foliage: Read a book with any kind of flora on the cover. Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky



6/24

[Cheryl L]

What did you think of Alien Clay? It has been recommended to me numerous times because of the weird biology.

[Melanie]

It is really good. It was a slow start for me, but well worth it in the end. The weird biology is good! The ending really got me; I'm glad I read it.

[Cheryl L]

Ooooo, I'll have to make sure I get to that this summer!