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message 1: by Netanella (last edited Dec 07, 2025 05:33AM) (new)

Netanella | 375 comments Team Fantasy

Points: 30/32

Shape Shifting (view spoiler)
The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar by Indra Das The Shape-Changer's Wife by Sharon Shinn

Romantasy (view spoiler)
The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica The Two Princes of Mpfumo An Early Eighteenth-Century Journey into and out of Slavery (The Early Modern Americas) by Lindsay O'Neill

Angels and Devils (view spoiler)
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke White Is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi

Magical Object (view spoiler)
A Game in Yellow by Hailey Piper Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow

Poisoner (view spoiler)
Lightfall (The Everlands Trilogy, #1) by Ed Crocker The Bane Witch by Ava Morgyn

DnD Party (view spoiler)
Fog & Fireflies by T.H. Lehnen Afterparty by Daryl Gregory

Mythology (view spoiler)
Mother of Rome by Lauren J.A. Bear Thinning Blood A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity by Leah Myers

Undead (view spoiler)
The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark The Sea Gives Up the Dead Stories by Molly Olguín

Bestiary (view spoiler)
Wicked Jenny by Matt Hilton Stolen Tongues (Stolen Tongues, #1) by Felix Blackwell

Fantastic Flora (view spoiler)
Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris The Garden by Nick Newman

Magic Powers (view spoiler)
The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo White Cat (Curse Workers, #1) by Holly Black

Fairy Tales (view spoiler)
Salt Slow by Julia Armfield The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Charged Jewelry (view spoiler)
The Sailor on the Seas of Fate (The Elric Saga #2) by Michael Moorcock Heavenly Tyrant (Iron Widow, #2) by Xiran Jay Zhao

Powerful Weapon (view spoiler)
Elric of Melniboné (The Elric Saga #1) by Michael Moorcock Maggie's Grave by David Sodergren

Chekhov's Gun (view spoiler)
The Lightning Bottles by Marissa Stapley The End Surviving the Apocalypse by Richard Palmer

MacGuffin
1. Treasure: Read a book with a MacGuffin (an object or element in a story that drives the plot, but serves no further purpose).
2. Breathing: Read a book where the MacGuffin is a sentient being.


message 2: by Netanella (last edited Nov 24, 2025 04:19AM) (new)

Netanella | 375 comments Full Character Archetypes List

January Protagonist: Big Dumb Hero (view spoiler)
Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0) by Travis Baldree Nine Goblins by T. Kingfisher

January Antagonist: Monster (view spoiler)
Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1) by Travis Baldree Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi

February Protagonist: Love Interest (view spoiler)
Ice by Anna Kavan In the Vanishers’ Palace by Aliette de Bodard

February Antagonist: Rival (view spoiler)
The Fourth Consort by Edward Ashton Revelator by Daryl Gregory

March Protagonist: Sidekick (view spoiler)
White Line Fever by K.C. Jones The Spare Room by Helen Garner

March Antagonist: Assistant to the Villain (view spoiler)
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean Intercepts by T.J. Payne

April Protagonist: Mentor (view spoiler)
The Homecoming by Zoë Apostolides For She Is Wrath by Emily Varga

April Antagonist: Wicked Stepparent (view spoiler)
Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4) by Nghi Vo The Vengeance (The Vampires of Dumas, #1) by Emma Newman

May Protagonist: Friendly Creature (view spoiler)
Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher Eynhallow by Tim McGregor

May Antagonist: Mother Nature (view spoiler)
Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller Bloods Black Veterans of the Vietnam War An Oral History by Wallace Terry

June Protagonist: Strong Female (view spoiler)
The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks Dracul by Dacre Stoker

June Antagonist: Sociopath (view spoiler)
Goth by Otsuichi Midnight Burning by Paul Levine

July Protagonist: Orphan (view spoiler)
Ashes of August Manor by Blaine Daigle Mina's Matchbox by Yōko Ogawa

July Antagonist: Racist (view spoiler)
Every Weapon I Had A Vietnam Vet's Long Road to the Medal of Honor by Paris Davis If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home by Tim O'Brien

August Protagonist: Dynamic Leader (view spoiler)
The Black Farm (The Black Farm, #1) by Elias Witherow Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #2) by Matt Dinniman

August Antagonist: Gang-Boss (view spoiler)
Rumor Has It (Disco Space Opera #3) by Cat Rambo Our Lady Of Pain by John Blackburn

September Protagonist: Pollyanna (view spoiler)
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss

September Antagonist: Mad Scientist (view spoiler)
Rose/House by Arkady Martine E Pluribus Unicorn by Theodore Sturgeon

October Protagonist: Anti-hero (view spoiler)
Angel Down by Daniel Kraus The Fortress of the Pearl (The Elric Saga, #8) by Michael Moorcock

October Antagonist: Tyrant (view spoiler)
Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin The Memory of the Ogisi (The Forever Desert, #3) by Moses Ose Utomi

November Protagonist: Rebel (view spoiler)
Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann Pedro the Vast by Simón López Trujillo

November Antagonist: Crazed-Hunter (view spoiler)
The Night of the Long Knives by Fritz Leiber Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman


message 3: by Netanella (last edited Nov 24, 2025 04:19AM) (new)

Netanella | 375 comments Full Character Archetypes List


December Protagonist: The Chosen One
1. Destiny: Read a book where a preordained destiny is significant to the plot.
2. One and Only: Read a book where a character is labeled a chosen one.

December Antagonist: BBEG
1. End Game: Read the last book of a series. (The most recent book of an unfinished series would also count.)
2. Battle: Read a book where a huge battle is a climactic moment


message 4: by Netanella (last edited Nov 24, 2025 04:11AM) (new)

Netanella | 375 comments Powerpoints

Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez - 02.02.2025
Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi - 02.08.2025
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield - 02.10.2025
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao - 02.20.2025
The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes - 03.16.2025
We Are All Ghosts in the Forest by Lorraine Wilson
Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa - 04.26.2025
To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose - 05.10.2025
Annie Bot by Sierra Greer - 04.24.2025
Witch King by Martha Wells - 05.08.2025
You Sexy Thing by Cat Rambo - 06.01.2025
The Pomegranate Gate by Ariel Kaplan - 06.1.2025
Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes - 07.09.2025
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong - 07.31.2025
Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman - 08.08.2025
Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman - 09.06.2025
Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove - 09.07.2025
Esperance by Adam Oyebanji - 11.23.2025
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones - 10.14.2025
Greenteeth by Molly O'Neill - 11.12.2025
Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang


message 5: by Netanella (last edited Nov 24, 2025 04:13AM) (new)

Netanella | 375 comments 2025 Read All the Books 12: Books by the Dozen

Here are a Dozen Good Reasons to RATB: 30


Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree - 01.11.2025
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez - 02.02.2025
Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi - 02.08.2025
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke - 02.12.2025
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean - 03.05.2025
The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes - 03.16.2025
The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo - 03.24.2025
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu - 03.24.2025
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow - 03.25.2025
Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill - 04.05.2025
White Cat by Holly Black - 04.05.2025
Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa - 04.18.2025
A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan - 04.25.2025
Witch King by Martha Wells - 05.03.2025
The City & the City by China Miéville - 05.11.2025
Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller - 05.14.2025
Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher - 05.16.2025
You Sexy Thing by Cat Rambo - 06.01.2025
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel - 06.08.2025
Neuromancer by William Gibson - 06.23.2025
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 07.08.2025
Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes - 07.09.2025
The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong - 07.31.2025
Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman - 08.08.2025
Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman - 09.06.2025
Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove - 09.07.2025
Hyperion by Dan Simmons - 10.10.2025
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones - 10.14.2025
Greenteeth by Molly O'Neill - 11.12.2025
Esperance by Adam Oyebanji - 11.23.2025
Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1) by Travis Baldree Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi Piranesi by Susanna Clarke The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant (Fred, the Vampire Accountant, #1) by Drew Hayes The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu Sea of Rust (Sea of Rust, #1) by C. Robert Cargill Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow White Cat (Curse Workers, #1) by Holly Black Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1) by Marie Brennan Witch King (The Rising World, #1) by Martha Wells The City & the City by China Miéville Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher You Sexy Thing (Disco Space Opera #1) by Cat Rambo Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1) by William Gibson The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1) by Matt Dinniman Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1) by Dan Simmons The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones Greenteeth by Molly O'Neill Esperance by Adam Oyebanji


message 6: by Netanella (last edited Nov 24, 2025 04:14AM) (new)

Netanella | 375 comments Summer Bonus! (June 20 - September 22)


Fantasy Settings
Pseudo-Medieval (view spoiler)
In the Veins of the Drowning (The Siren Mage, #1) by Kalie Cassidy The Brood by Rebecca Baum

Expansive Empire (view spoiler)
Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1) by Matt Dinniman The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali

Magical City (view spoiler)
Neighbors by Michael H. Payne Eat the Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin


Science Fiction Settings
Multi-Cultural Alien Planet (view spoiler)
The Fortress of the Pearl (The Elric Saga, #8) by Michael Moorcock Devil's Gun (Disco Space Opera #2) by Cat Rambo


Intergalactic Empire (view spoiler)
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1) by Dan Simmons Kindred by Octavia E. Butler


Tech City (view spoiler)
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1) by William Gibson


message 7: by Netanella (last edited Nov 24, 2025 04:16AM) (new)

Netanella | 375 comments Read the Month Japanese Edition
kugatsu (September)
Duration: September 1, 2025 - September 30, 2025


K - Kindred by Octavia E. Butler - 09.29.2025
U - The Truth of the Aleke by Moses Ose Utomi - 06.26.2025
G - Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss - 09.06.2025
A - Rose/House by Arkady Martine - 09.30.2025
T - Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove - 09.07.2025
S - E Pluribus Unicorn by Theodore Sturgeon - 09.13.2025
U - The Memory of the Ogisi by Moses Ose Utomi - 10.26.2025
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler The Truth of the Aleke (Forever Desert, #2) by Moses Ose Utomi Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss Rose/House by Arkady Martine Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove E Pluribus Unicorn by Theodore Sturgeon The Memory of the Ogisi (The Forever Desert, #3) by Moses Ose Utomi
N - The Night of the Long Knives by Fritz Leiber - 11.18.2025
A - Aliza in Nazi-Land: A Heartbreaking Tale of Revenge, Power, and the Afterlife by Elyse Hoffman - 11.15.2025
G - Girls Against God by Jenny Hval - 09.28.2025
A - Angel Down by Daniel Kraus - 10.16.2025
T - The Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan - 09.19.2025
S - Shorted by Alex Irvine - 09.13.2025
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K - Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann - 11.06.2026
I - Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls - 09.20.2025
The Night of the Long Knives by Fritz Leiber Aliza in Nazi-Land A Heartbreaking Tale of Revenge, Power, and the Afterlife (Project 613) by Elyse Hoffman Girls Against God by Jenny Hval Angel Down by Daniel Kraus The Tropic of Serpents (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #2) by Marie Brennan Shorted by Alex Irvine Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls


message 8: by Terry (new)

Terry Birdgenaw | 2 comments Antuna's Story really fits for Multi-Cultural Alien Planet


message 9: by Netanella (new)

Netanella | 375 comments Terry wrote: "Antuna's Story really fits for Multi-Cultural Alien Planet"

I've heard good things about the book. I voted for it when it was up for the book of the month for this group!


message 10: by Netanella (last edited Nov 24, 2025 04:16AM) (new)

Netanella | 375 comments Read the Month Japanese Edition - jūgatsu (October)
Duration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025


jūgatsu

J: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones - 10.14.2025
U: The Memory of the Ogisi by Moses Ose Utomi - 10.26.2025
G: Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin - 10.17.2025
A: Angel Down by Daniel Kraus - 10.16.2025
T: 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak - 10.18.2025
S: Hyperion by Dan Simmons - 10.10.2025
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The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones The Memory of the Ogisi (The Forever Desert, #3) by Moses Ose Utomi Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin Angel Down by Daniel Kraus 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1) by Dan Simmons

kaminaduki
K: Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann - 11.06.2026
A: Aliza in Nazi-Land: A Heartbreaking Tale of Revenge, Power, and the Afterlife by Elyse Hoffman - 11.15.2025
M: The Fortress of the Pearl by Michael Moorcock - 10.03.2025
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N: The Night of the Long Knives by Fritz Leiber - 11.18.2025
A: Esperance by Adam Oyebanji - 11.23.2025
D: The Bone Mother by David Demchuk - 11.01.2025
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Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann Aliza in Nazi-Land A Heartbreaking Tale of Revenge, Power, and the Afterlife (Project 613) by Elyse Hoffman The Fortress of the Pearl (The Elric Saga, #8) by Michael Moorcock The Night of the Long Knives by Fritz Leiber Esperance by Adam Oyebanji The Bone Mother by David Demchuk


message 11: by Netanella (last edited Nov 24, 2025 04:15AM) (new)

Netanella | 375 comments 2025 Read the Season Japanese Edition
aki (Autumn)
September 22, 2025 through December 20, 2025



Aki

A K I

A: Angel Down by Daniel Kraus - 10.16.2025
K: Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann - 11.06.2026
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Angel Down by Daniel Kraus Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann

Holidays:

Shūbun no Hi -Autumnal Equinox (September 22)

S H U B U N N O H I

S: 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak - 10.18.2025
H: Hyperion by Dan Simmons - 10.10.2025
U: The Memory of the Ogisi by Moses Ose Utomi - 10.26.2025
B: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones - 10.14.2025
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N: The Night of the Long Knives by Fritz Leiber - 11.18.2025
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O: Greenteeth by Molly O'Neill - 11.12.2025
H: Aliza in Nazi-Land: A Heartbreaking Tale of Revenge, Power, and the Afterlife by Elyse Hoffman - 11.15.2025
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10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1) by Dan Simmons The Memory of the Ogisi (The Forever Desert, #3) by Moses Ose Utomi The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones The Night of the Long Knives by Fritz Leiber Greenteeth by Molly O'Neill Aliza in Nazi-Land A Heartbreaking Tale of Revenge, Power, and the Afterlife (Project 613) by Elyse Hoffman

Supōtsu no Hi - Sports Day (October 13)

S U P O T S U N O H I

S: The Man Who Lost the Sea by Theodore Sturgeon - 11.01.2025
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P: Pedro the Vast by Simón López Trujillo - 11.12.2025
O: The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI (Volume 4) by Tricia Bertram Gallant - 11.16.2025
T: Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman - 11.14.2025
S: The Lightning Bottles by Marissa Stapley - 11.04.2025
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O: Esperance by Adam Oyebanji - 11.23.2025
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The Man Who Lost the Sea by Theodore Sturgeon Pedro the Vast by Simón López Trujillo The Opposite of Cheating Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI (Volume 4) (Teaching, Engaging, and Thriving in Higher Ed) by Tricia Bertram Gallant Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman The Lightning Bottles by Marissa Stapley Esperance by Adam Oyebanji

Bunka no Hi - Culture Day (November 3)

B U N K A N O H I

B: Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin - 10.17.2025
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Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin

Kinrō Kansha no Hi - Labor Thanksgiving Day (November 23)

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message 12: by Netanella (new)

Netanella | 375 comments Folk Horror

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom - 06.28.2026
Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon - 07.17.2021
The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen - 04.20.2023
Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand - 05.01.2022
Slewfoot A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand

The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares by Joyce Carol Oates
Saffron and Brimstone: Strange Stories by Elizabeth Hand
Devil's Day by Andrew Michael Hurley
The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares by Joyce Carol Oates Saffron and Brimstone Strange Stories by Elizabeth Hand Devil's Day by Andrew Michael Hurley

But You Scared Me the Most by John Manderino
Angel of the Underground by David Andreas
Husk by Dave Zeltserman
Scarecrow by Richie Tankersley Cusick
The Equinox by MJ Preston
Witch Wood by John Buchan
The Spirit Wood by Robert Masello
3 Gates of the Dead by Jonathan Ryan
Bedfellow by Jeremy C. Shipp
A Cathedral of Myth and Bone by Kat Howard
The Drowning God by James Kendley
The Goat Foot God by Dion Fortune

But You Scared Me the Most And Other Short Stories by John Manderino Angel of the Underground by David Andreas Husk by Dave Zeltserman Scarecrow by Richie Tankersley Cusick The Equinox by M.J. Preston Witch Wood by John Buchan The Spirit Wood by Robert Masello 3 Gates of the Dead by Jonathan Ryan Bedfellow by Jeremy C. Shipp A Cathedral of Myth and Bone by Kat Howard The Drowning God by James Kendley The Goat-Foot God by Dion Fortune


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