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What is this? This is the annual TBB Reading Challenge. It's exactly what it says on the tin - goon readers challenge themselves to read a certain number of books throughout the year. Typically people post at the end of each month to say what they've read, and also talk a bit about - what they liked, what they didn't, would they recommend it etc. Is that it? Yes and no. There's nothing wrong with saying "I want to read a book a week" and cracking on, but it can also be interesting to set other goals that you think might diversify your reading - like trying to read more work in translation, or reading only non-fiction, or whatever. Choose your own adventure. The 2017 Booklord Challenge Or don't. This year I am the booklord and as is traditional this is my challenge to you, goons: 1) Read some books. Set a number and go hog wild. 2) Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by women. 3) Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by someone non-white. 4) Read at least one book by an LGBT author. 5) Read at least one TBB BoTM and post in the monthly thread about it. 6) Read a book someone else in the thread recommends (a wildcard!) 7) Read something that was recently published (anything from after 1st January 2016). 8) Read something which was published before you were born. 9) Read something in translation. 10) Read something from somewhere you want to travel. 11) Read something political. 12) Read something historical. 12a) Read something about the First World War. 13) Read something biographical. 14) Read some poetry. 15) Read a play. 16) Read a collection of short stories. 17) Read something long (500+ pages). 18) Read something which was banned or censored. 19) Read a satire. 20) Read something about honour. 21) Read something about fear. 22) Read something about one (or more!) of the seven sins. 23) Read something that you love. 24) Read something from a non-human perspective. For categories 2 and 3, feel free to combine them with other stuff - so if you read some poetry by an Asian woman, it counts against both categories and against 14 as well. For everything else, I encourage you to try and read separate books for each - the point of the challenge is to encourage diversity, so while it might give you a nice feeling of robotic efficiency to tick off 5 categories in one go, it's missing the point a bit. What do I get if I complete the challenge? A deep and overriding sense of satisfaction from completing an arbitrary list set by a stranger on the internet.
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2017 Book Challengers Name: Number: Booklord's challenge: Name: AnonymousNarcotics Number: 40 Booklord's challenge: No Name: Aphra Bane Number: 20 Booklord: no Extra: at least 3 books by Indigenous Australian authors, and at least 10 books from my "bought years ago and haven't looked at since" pile Name: apophenium Number: 40 Booklord: Yes Name: Balaeniceps Number: 26 Booklord: I'll try Name: Bandiet Number: ??? Booklord's challenge: Yes Name: Ben Nevis Number: 60 Booklord's challenge: Yes Name: The Berzerker Number: 40 Booklord's challenge: Yes Name: Bilirubin Number: 30 Booklord's challenge: Yes Name: bowmore Number: 25 Booklord's challenge: Yes Name: bromplicated Number: 25 Booklord's challenge: Yes Name: Chamberk Number: Aiming for about 52. Booklord Challenge: Sure Name: Chekans 3 16 Number: 45 Booklord: Si. Name: clq Number: 35 Booklord's challenge: Yes Name: Corrode Number: 90 Booklord's challenge: Yes Name: Deathbot Number: 100. Booklord challenge: Not this time. Name: Dineren Number: 52 Booklord's challenge: Yes Name: Enfys Number: 50 Booklord's challenge: Yes Name: Fart of Darkness Number: 52 Booklord: Yes! Name: Franchescanado Number: 42 Booklord's challenge: Yes Name: Furious Lobster Number: 52 Booklord's challenge: Yes Name: Gertrude Perkins Number: 52 Booklord: Yes! Extra: At least 1/3 books by people of colour, at least 1/3 books by women. Name: Grizzled Patriarch Number: 40 Booklord: Hell Yeah Name: Groke Number: 40 Booklord's challenge: Yes Extra: At least 10 Norwegian books (translations don't count) At least 5 nonfiction books Read every BOTM (except optionally for ones I've read before) No more than 5 rereads (vs. the vanilla goal, I would count them against specific goals) Name: Guy A. Person Number: whatever Book Lord: Yes Name: Hantama Number: 30 Booklord's challenge: Yes Extra: 10 in Japanese, 5 in German Name: Kekekela Number: 10 Booklord: No Extra: At least 8 non-fiction Name: ltr Number: 52 Booklord's challenge: Yes Name: Lumius Number: 25 Booklord: Yes Name: mdemone Number: 100 Booklord's challenge: Yes Name: mollsmolyneux Number: 25 Booklord challenge: Yes Name: Mr. Squishy Number: 60 Booklord's challenge: Yes Name: nerdpony Number: 52 Booklord's challenge: Yes Extra: BookRiot 12 Nobel winners 6 BotMs At least 20 women, at least 20 PoCs, at least 5 in German, at least 10 in translation, at least 5 published in 2017 Review everything I read on Goodreads Name: Old Story Number: 52 Booklord's challenge: Yes Name: Pieholes Number: 20 Booklord's challenge: No Name: potatocubed Number: 26 Booklord's challenge: Yes Name: Radio! Number: 52 Booklord's challenge: Yes Name: Robot Mil Number: 40 Booklord: Yes Name: Safety Biscuits Number: 100 Booklord's challenge: Yes Name: Sandwolf Number: 30 Booklord's Challenge: Not really Name: screenwritersblues Number: 30 Booklord's challenge: No Name: Siminu Number: 40 Booklord: Hellsyeah Name: Stupid_Sexy_Flander Number: 80 Booklord's challenge: No Name: Talas Number: 75 Booklord's challenge: Yes Name: thatdarnedbob Number: 80 Booklord's challenge: Yes Name: tookie Number: 60 Booklord's challenge: Yes Name: ToxicFrog Number: 96 Booklord's challenge: Yes Extra: - ≥10% nonfictiction - ≤25% rereads More than 20% LGBT Name: TrixRabbo Number: 42 Booklord's challenge: No Name: ulvir Number: ??? Booklord's challenge: Yes Name: USMC_Karl Number: 30 Booklord's challenge: Yes Name: wezlar Number: 70 Booklord's challenge: Yes Living Image fucked around with this message at 14:27 on Aug 20, 2017 |
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Help! I only read graphic novels about elf wizards! Many goons use the reading challenge as a way to branch out from exclusively reading genre fiction with pictures of barbarians and heavy-bosomed Aryan women on the covers. Poetry and plays are particularly difficult because many people don't know where to start. Some suggestions are below: Plays: Franchescanado posted:PLAYS TO TRY Poetry: --awaiting effortpost-- Living Image fucked around with this message at 21:50 on Dec 26, 2016 |
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The 2017 reading challenge is available for sign-ups! Please declare how many books you're aiming for, and whether or not you're taking the booklord's challenge. If anyone wants to make an effortpost of poetry suggestions similar to Franchescanado's one about plays, feel free. If there's anything else you're looking at on the challenge list which you think you might struggle with, post and I'm sure someone will have good suggestions. Particularly good ones will be shamelessly stolen and included in the third post. In 2016 I'm up to 85 books with a couple more entries to straggle in, so in 2017 I'll aim to beat that with a nice round 90.
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Dec 26, 2016 21:55
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I'm in for 52 books and the booklord challenge as well. Challenge looks a bit more difficult but up for it and will hopefully improve my variety of books next year.
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Dec 27, 2016 03:37
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I've never actually participated in this, but I love to read and tend to stay only within the genres I like so.... why not? I spend way too much time at work, but I'll go in for 30 books. I'll definitely take up the booklord's challenge, as it seems like the perfect vehicle to expand my reading horizons a bit. so, I guess my application form is this: Name: USMC_Karl Number: 30 Booklord's challenge: Yes
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Dec 27, 2016 04:51
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I'm in for 40 again, and I'm doing the Booklord Challenge. e: I'll take a wildcard, but please make it by a non-white author. The Berzerker fucked around with this message at 06:34 on Dec 27, 2016 |
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Dec 27, 2016 06:29
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No vanilla number for me, that felt silly this year and I am comfortable with the amount of books I read. But I will do the rest of the booklord challenge.
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Dec 27, 2016 06:47
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I am in. Same parameters as last year: Booklord challenge Vanilla number: 40 (so 8 by women and 8 by nonwhite authors) At least 10 Norwegian books (translations don't count) At least 5 nonfiction books Read every BOTM (except optionally for ones I've read before) No more than 5 rereads (vs. the vanilla goal, I would count them against specific goals)
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Dec 27, 2016 08:09
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The Berzerker posted:I'm in for 40 again, and I'm doing the Booklord Challenge. Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong
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Dec 27, 2016 09:35
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Name: Furious Lobster Number: 52 Booklord's challenge: Yes
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Dec 27, 2016 09:40
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This looks great! More challenging than this year, and I really enjoyed this year's challenge, and it got me reading again (and reading different types of books than genre) I'm up for the book lord challenge, and I'll up my number to 50. Also could someone give me a wildcard by a non-white author as well?
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Dec 27, 2016 10:52
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I'm in for 25 books, and an honest go at the challenge
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Dec 27, 2016 12:34
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Enfys posted:This looks great! More challenging than this year, and I really enjoyed this year's challenge, and it got me reading again (and reading different types of books than genre) Revenge, Yoko Ogawa. Good luck everyone signing up, and it's encouraging to see so many attempting the challenge
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Dec 27, 2016 12:42
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I'm hoping to read a few longer books this year, so I'm in for 42 books and I'll do the Book Lord challenge. Someone please give me a wild card that is preferably literature and not fantasy or romance. So, 8-9 books will have to be written by a woman and/or minority.
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Dec 27, 2016 13:44
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Oh yeah, wildcard me something, please.
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Dec 27, 2016 13:53
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Groke posted:Oh yeah, wildcard me something, please. Aquarium by David Vann
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Dec 27, 2016 13:55
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Hello yes sign me up please! Vanilla number: 52 Booklord challenge: yes
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Furious Lobster posted:Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong Is that this or am I looking at the wrong thing?
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Franchescanado posted:Aquarium by David Vann Thanks, looks interesting.
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Dec 27, 2016 18:47
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Sure, I'll sign up again. 60 books + challenge.
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Dec 27, 2016 19:28
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I'll have a go. 26 books + the challenge. Also comics and RPG books don't count, because I read loads of those anyway.
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Dec 27, 2016 20:47
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The Berzerker posted:Is that this or am I looking at the wrong thing? Yes, it's a multi-volume book and has very strong cultural influences on East Asia in general; I prefer the Moss Roberts translation to the above link. To help you sort out the characters and get a better understanding of the long story, I've found, this specific case, watching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8rkcJ5sYDI, a recently produced tv series, simultaneously while reading the books as well. It does make the process that much more time-consuming but made the book more vibrant. The book has a ton of characters and here, I really do think a visual aid is warranted.
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Dec 27, 2016 20:57
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I appreciate that, though I can't imagine I'm going to watch a 95 episode TV series, on top of a 2500 page book, for just one of the 24 challenges in the Booklord this year.
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Dec 27, 2016 21:07
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The Berzerker posted:I appreciate that, though I can't imagine I'm going to watch a 95 episode TV series, on top of a 2500 page book, for just one of the 24 challenges in the Booklord this year. "Can I get a fun wild card?" "IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME BY PROUST. ALL OF IT."
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The Berzerker posted:I appreciate that, though I can't imagine I'm going to watch a 95 episode TV series, on top of a 2500 page book, for just one of the 24 challenges in the Booklord this year. It could knock out 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22 and parts of 1 and 3  .
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Dec 27, 2016 21:24
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I didn't do the format thingy to make it easy to copy/paste. Name: Franchescanado Number: 42 Booklord's challenge: Yes Still need a wild card, but I'm not really rushing.
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Dec 27, 2016 21:30
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Franchescanado posted:I didn't do the format thingy to make it easy to copy/paste. In Search of Lost Time by Proust. The whole thing. If I'm failing the challenge this year I'm taking you all with me (e: to be clear, I am kidding. except for the part about me failing the challenge, I am totally going to fail it this year)
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Dec 27, 2016 21:33
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The Berzerker posted:In Search of Lost Time by Proust. The whole thing. If I'm failing the challenge this year I'm taking you all with me Hahaha, I'm starting 2017 with Infinite Jest, and I'll be reading either Mason & Dixon or Against the Day by T. Pynchon before the end. I'm good on long books, bud.
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Dec 27, 2016 21:52
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Franchescanado posted:"Can I get a fun wild card?" that's a perfectly reasonable thing to read in a year, as are any of the chinese classics
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Dec 28, 2016 00:30
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I am not doing to book lord challenge this year because, well, I was the book lord last year (and a very lovely one at that). However I do plan on reading 30 books as usual and also reading 13 Indiespensable books. Indiespensable is a program by Powell's out of Portland where every six weeks or so they send you a new book. There's always goodies included and sometimes it's a ARC book, which is just awesome.
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I already stated that I'm in, but I'd actually like to clarify something. challenge 9 (Read something in translation) basically means that I'm supposed to read a translated book, right? As in, the book is not originally English but has been translated to English? I spend all frigging day editing Korean patents and I'll be damned if I have to try to fumble my way through a Korean book. I'd also like to request a wildcard. Anything (reasonable) at all. please! screenwritersblues posted:Indiespensable is a program by Powell's out of Portland where every six weeks or so they send you a new book. There's always goodies included and sometimes it's a ARC book, which is just awesome. So wait, this is a subscription service that costs $40 (+$10 for international folks) per shipment and sends you a book once every month and a half or so? That actually sounds pretty fun. I'm guessing you are a current subscriber, would you recommend it for a person living outside of the US? I normally don't balk at spending money, but is a little beyond my impulse purchase range. USMC_Karl fucked around with this message at 03:44 on Dec 28, 2016 |
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WIldcard meUSMC_Karl posted:I already stated that I'm in, but I'd actually like to clarify something. challenge 9 (Read something in translation) basically means that I'm supposed to read a translated book, right? As in, the book is not originally English but has been translated to English? I spend all frigging day editing Korean patents and I'll be damned if I have to try to fumble my way through a Korean book. I would presume reading a book that was originally in English in a Korean translation would qualify too. e2: oh you're tracking it? Ya, put me down for 60 Mr. Squishy fucked around with this message at 04:14 on Dec 28, 2016 |
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Yes, 9 is 'read something in English which has been translated from another language.' Multilingual people, feel free to read something translated into any of the languages you speak.
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Dec 28, 2016 08:48
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Sign me up nerd. I will read 52 books in 2017 and I accept your booklord challenge.
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USMC_Karl posted:So wait, this is a subscription service that costs $40 (+$10 for international folks) per shipment and sends you a book once every month and a half or so? That actually sounds pretty fun. I'm guessing you are a current subscriber, would you recommend it for a person living outside of the US? I normally don't balk at spending money, but is a little beyond my impulse purchase range. I've been doing it for two years now and it's a great program. The books are hit or miss. I have 20 of them and read seven of them. Out of those seven, I would say that I've enjoyed four of them, was not crazy about two of them, and was disappointed by one (City on Fire, which was very overhyped and confusing as poo poo.) Its 39.95 +12 for you, so you're looking at 51.95 for it, but if you don't like the program, you can unsubscribe at any time. The preview books and other books that they throw in all the time are pretty awesome. I got John Darnielle's next book in press packageing, which was an old VHS box, in one two books ago. I can give you a list of all the ones that I have and what my ratings were if you like. The Strand out of NYC also does one as well. I'm doing the YA one from them for $30 and yes I would recomend it for someone. Where are you located BTW?
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I think I'll do like Bandiet in 2017. I won't set a number, but I'll do the booklord challenges.
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Dec 28, 2016 16:54
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Sign me up for 75 books and yes to the booklord challenge.
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Dec 28, 2016 19:16
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Should have everyone up to here.
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Looking over my reading list from the past year I can see I'm in desperate need of some diversity. This should at least give me incentive to branch out. Name: Dineren Number: 52 Booklord's challenge: Yes
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