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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > The Book Barn > TBB Annual Reading Challenge 2017 - Book Lives Matter
 
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tookie
Nov 12, 2008
 Would love to participate. 60 books + the booklord challenge.

I completed it last year, but was terrible about posting. Hopefully I can do better in 2017!

My goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/638608-kate

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tookie
Nov 12, 2008
 And here's me, almost forgetting to post this month.

January

Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher 13
The Bird and the Sword by Amy Harmon 7
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks 23
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens by Jack Weatherford 12
Bloodchild: And Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler 16
An Ember In The Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Underground Airlines by Ben H Winters
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Inés of My Soul by Isabel Allende

Goal= 10/60
Women= 80%
POC= 40%

I really made an effort to start reading women/POC authors right out of the gate, so this was a pretty good reading month. I particularly enjoyed Homegoing because I'm a sucker for a generational narrative structure.

I'm currently reading T.C. Boyle's The Terranauts and Sarah Wise's The Blackest Streets: The Life and Death of a Victorian Slum. I'd be more than happy to take on a Wildcard this month if someone has something to suggest!

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.

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tookie
Nov 12, 2008

nerdpony posted:

You should read The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra. I finished it last night and really liked it.

Thank you! Adding that to the reading list now!

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tookie
Nov 12, 2008
 February

Barrel Fever By David Sedaris<super7</super>
The Terranauts By TC Boyle
Margaret The First By Danielle Dutton
The Foretelling By Alice Hoffman
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and A Grander View of Life By Ed Yong
One Wild Bird at a Time: Portraits of Individual Lives By Bernd Heinrich

Total: 16
Women: 62.5%
POC: 31.25%

I think my favorite this month is The Terranauts, which follows three different perspectives of a group of scientists volunteering to spend two years in a biodome. I love this kind of science fiction where the focus is on human relationships and how they break down in a stressed and strange environment. I also found One Wild Bird at a Time charming. If you like a guy who is obsessed with wild birds and will go to great lengths to learn more about them, then this is the book for you.


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.

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