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Shooting for 75 this year. I've ranged 40-120 over the last decade. Doing the booklord challenge + whatever bonuses I reasonably can. January (Wow, didn't read much this month considering I'm currently unemployed) 1. Ninefox Gambit - Yoon Ha Lee 2. Raven Stratagem - Yoon Ha Lee 3. Bridge of Birds - Barry Hughart 4. Aurora - Kim Stanley Robinson Average page count: 384 1. Set a goal for number of books or another personal challenge (4/75) 2. Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by women. (0/15) 3. Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by someone non-white. (2/15) (Yoon Ha Lee) 4. Read at least one book by an LGBT author. (2/8 for 10%) (Yoon Ha Lee, double dipping) 5. Participate in the TBB BotM thread at least once in 2018. 6. Ask another poster to issue you a wildcard, then read it. 7. Get a recommendation from a friend or loved one. 8. Read something written before you were born. (Bridge of Birds) 9. Read a book published in 2018 (or if you're eager to start early, the latter half of 2017). 10. Read something translated from another language. 11. Read something political. 12. Read a poetry collection. 13. Read a collection of short stories. 14. Read a play. 15. Read something involving history. 16. Read something biographical. 17. Read something about religion. 18. Read something from a non-traditional perspective. 19. Read something that has been banned, censored, or challenged. 20. Read something about music. 21. Read something that involves Maslow's hierarchy of needs. 22. Read something about the future. - 3 of my 4 books in January Also, requesting my wildcard. Loutre fucked around with this message at 22:18 on Feb 2, 2018 |
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February 1. Prey - Michael Crichton 2. Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions - Valeria Luiselli 2. Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke 3. The Pride of Chanur - C.J. Cherryh 4. At the Mountains of Madness - H.P. Lovecraft 5. The Collapsing Empire - John Scalzi 6. Children of Time - Adrian Tchaikovsky Average page count: 411. Read over 50% more than January, total. 1. Set a goal for number of books or another personal challenge (10/75) 2. Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by women. (3/15) (Luiselli, Cherryh, Clarke) 3. Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by someone non-white. (3/15) (Luiselli) 4. Read at least one book by an LGBT author. (3/8 for 10%) (C.J. Cherryh) 5. Participate in the TBB BotM thread at least once in 2018. 9. Read a book published in 2018 (or if you're eager to start early, the latter half of 2017). 10. Read something translated from another language. 11. Read something political. 12. Read a poetry collection. 13. Read a collection of short stories. 14. Read a play. 15. Read something involving history. 16. Read something biographical. 17. Read something about religion. 18. Read something from a non-traditional perspective. (Does a novel half-told from the perspective of a race of spiders count?) 19. Read something that has been banned, censored, or challenged. 20. Read something about music. 21. Read something that involves Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Going to need to find some more non-fiction that interests me for the last half of the challenges. Should be interesting since I primarily read books for entertainment.
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