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January! 1. Crossroads of Twilight. Robert Jordan. This one was really boring to read. Nothing gets resolved, even stuff from the book 9. 2. Dr.STONE 1. Riichiro Inagaki. A fun story with a lot of science. The art is weird in some aspects, but it also has its fun moments. 3. Armada. Ernest Cline. A fun read with a lot of forced stuff. Unlikeable characters, predictable story and a barrage of references that should have made me smile but just made me cringe. 4. Annihilation. Jeff VanderMeer. Creepy and atmospheric... but I just didn't feel the story right even if the characters are very interesting. In the end, the book just leaves you with more questions than answers. 5. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Mark Haddon. A quick and easy story narrated by an autistic child. Very representative of their way of thinking, but the story and most other characters are quite simple. 6. The Turn of the Screw. Henry James. The story and the characters are pretty good. If only the book wasn't that hard to read... 7. Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend. Matthew Dicks. The characters are interesting and the story started boring but got really good in the middle and that caught me by surprise. I really liked it. 8. Nova. Samuel R. Delaney. It's kind of hard not to ignore all the problems this book has with real science. But if you can, you will find an enjoyable story with interesting characters. 1. Set a goal for number of books or another personal challenge: (8/60) 2. Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by women. (0/12) bonus: Of these make sure half are by authors new to you 3. Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by someone non-white. (1/12) bonus: Of these make sure half are by authors new to you bonus: Make sure 10% of the books you read this year are by LGBT authors (1/6) 5. Participate in the TBB BotM thread at least once in 2018 (thread stickied each month at the top of the forum). bonus: Participate in the SHAMEFUL The Greatest Books You've Never Read thread 6. Ask another poster to issue you a wildcard, then read it. bonus: Similarly, get a wildcard from another thread in this forum 7. Get a recommendation from a friend or loved one. bonus: Read literally the first in-person book recommendation you get in 2018 (solicited or not) bonus: Read a book written/published the exact year you were born 9. Read a book published in 2018 (or if you're eager to start early, the latter half of 2017). bonus: Read something that wins an award in 2018, but only after it is announced (i.e. don't apply retroactively) 11. Read something political. bonus: Read something political from/about a country you aren't from and don't currently live in 12. Read a poetry collection. bonus: Read poems by at least 10 different poets 13. Read a collection of short stories. bonus: Read short stories by at least 10 different authors 14. Read a play. bonus: Read a play first published in the last 10 years 15. Read something involving history. bonus: Read something about a (nonfictional) war that didn't involve the U.S. 16. Read something biographical. bonus: Read something biographical about someone you've met/seen in person 17. Read something about religion. bonus: Read a major religious text 18. Read something from a non-traditional perspective. bonus: Read something narrated in the 2nd person 19. Read something that has been banned, censored, or challenged. bonus: Read something currently banned, censored, or challenged in its country of origin 20. Read something about music. bonus: Read something about a genre of music you're explicitly not a fan of 21. Read something that involves Maslow's hierarchy of needs. bonus: Read something about hunger bonus: Read something about a future that takes place before the current year Talas fucked around with this message at 04:20 on Feb 1, 2018 |
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February! 9. Knife of Dreams. Robert Jordan. Finally, things are moving again and it's an awesome feeling. The WoT series at its best. 10. The Art of Neil Gaiman. Hayley Campbell. It's always interesting to read about the process in the creation of art, especially the written kind. 11. Kokoro. Natsume Soseki. A depressing story in the setting of a changing Japan. It's sad and dry, but in the end, it sticks in the mind for days. 12. Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture, Volume 1. Ishikawa Masayuki. A weird tale about a boy who can see bacteria and his adventures in an agriculture school. Characters could better, we'll see how this goes. 13. Planet of Exile. Ursula K. Le Guin. An average read. The ideas were pretty good and the setting was awesome, but the story and the characters were lacking. 14. Momo. Michael Ende. The right book at the right time, moving the strings of a broken hearth. Showing me how time is never wasted and there are things that take exactly that. Beautiful. 15. Crystal Express. Bruce Sterling. A pretty good collection of short stories. As usual, some are mediocre, some are good and some are very good. 1. Set a goal for number of books or another personal challenge: (15/60) 2. Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by women. (2/12) bonus: Of these make sure half are by authors new to you 3. Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by someone non-white. (4/12) bonus: Of these make sure half are by authors new to you bonus: Make sure 10% of the books you read this year are by LGBT authors (2/6) 5. Participate in the TBB BotM thread at least once in 2018 (thread stickied each month at the top of the forum). bonus: Participate in the SHAMEFUL The Greatest Books You've Never Read thread 6. Ask another poster to issue you a wildcard, then read it. bonus: Similarly, get a wildcard from another thread in this forum 7. Get a recommendation from a friend or loved one. bonus: Read literally the first in-person book recommendation you get in 2018 (solicited or not) bonus: Read a book written/published the exact year you were born 9. Read a book published in 2018 (or if you're eager to start early, the latter half of 2017). bonus: Read something that wins an award in 2018, but only after it is announced (i.e. don't apply retroactively) 11. Read something political. bonus: Read something political from/about a country you aren't from and don't currently live in 12. Read a poetry collection. bonus: Read poems by at least 10 different poets bonus: Read short stories by at least 10 different authors 14. Read a play. bonus: Read a play first published in the last 10 years 15. Read something involving history. bonus: Read something about a (nonfictional) war that didn't involve the U.S. bonus: Read something biographical about someone you've met/seen in person 17. Read something about religion. bonus: Read a major religious text 18. Read something from a non-traditional perspective. bonus: Read something narrated in the 2nd person 19. Read something that has been banned, censored, or challenged. bonus: Read something currently banned, censored, or challenged in its country of origin 20. Read something about music. bonus: Read something about a genre of music you're explicitly not a fan of 21. Read something that involves Maslow's hierarchy of needs. bonus: Read something about hunger bonus: Read something about a future that takes place before the current year
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March! 16. Venas Abiertas de Amιrica Latina. Eduardo Galeano. Usually, history is told by the winners, in cases like this, it's told by the losers. When a book tells you the history of the theft of culture, people and resources, you can't help to feel angry. 17. City of Illusions. Ursula K. Le Guin. A beautiful tale of a lonely man in a lonely world trying to find himself. Some characters are lacking, but it's a very good chapter in the Hainish cycle. 18. Dhalgren. Samuel R. Delaney. A very difficult book to read... the plot is almost nonsensical and it was hard to find any story. Then again, the world built inside is quite interesting. 19. Anathem. Neal Stephenson. A really fun story inside a mix of philosophy, science fiction, and fantasy. The characters were pretty good and even the slow parts had something good in them. 20. New Spring. Robert Jordan. A prequel in the Wheel of Time series, it would be better if it wasn't connected to the bigger series. Also, it's kind of slow to get to the point, instead, it showers us with references to other characters or weird cameos of people we are going to meet in the normal books. Still, kind of fun. 1. Set a goal for number of books or another personal challenge: (15/60) 2. Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by women. (4/12) bonus: Of these make sure half are by authors new to you 3. Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by someone non-white. (6/12) bonus: Of these make sure half are by authors new to you bonus: Make sure 10% of the books you read this year are by LGBT authors (3/6) 5. Participate in the TBB BotM thread at least once in 2018 (thread stickied each month at the top of the forum). bonus: Participate in the SHAMEFUL The Greatest Books You've Never Read thread 6. Ask another poster to issue you a wildcard, then read it. bonus: Similarly, get a wildcard from another thread in this forum 7. Get a recommendation from a friend or loved one. bonus: Read literally the first in-person book recommendation you get in 2018 (solicited or not) bonus: Read a book written/published the exact year you were born 9. Read a book published in 2018 (or if you're eager to start early, the latter half of 2017). bonus: Read something that wins an award in 2018, but only after it is announced (i.e. don't apply retroactively) bonus: Read something political from/about a country you aren't from and don't currently live in 12. Read a poetry collection. bonus: Read poems by at least 10 different poets bonus: Read short stories by at least 10 different authors 14. Read a play. bonus: Read a play first published in the last 10 years bonus: Read something about a (nonfictional) war that didn't involve the U.S. bonus: Read something biographical about someone you've met/seen in person 17. Read something about religion. bonus: Read a major religious text 18. Read something from a non-traditional perspective. bonus: Read something narrated in the 2nd person bonus: Read something currently banned, censored, or challenged in its country of origin 20. Read something about music. bonus: Read something about a genre of music you're explicitly not a fan of 21. Read something that involves Maslow's hierarchy of needs. bonus: Read something about hunger bonus: Read something about a future that takes place before the current year
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April! 21. The Walking Dead Vol. 1. Robert Kirkman. A quite interesting story, I didn't have any precedent for this, but some of the characters have potential. I'm not sure if I'll continue with the other media, but at least, this was ok. 22. Singularity Sky. Charles Stross. It almost lost me with the bland characters and stereotypical bad guys, but the twists in the story got me good. A pretty fun book. 23. A Wrinkle in Time. Madeleine L'Engle. The book started pretty good and then got bad quite suddenly. The themes were not subtle at all and it was really forceful even with the explanations. The characters were weak and the story simple, which is not a bad thing usually, but not in this case. 24. Vagabond Vol. 1. Takehiko Inoue. A brutal and very well drawn adaptation of the history of Miyamoto Musashi. The violence is visceral and the story is mostly told in images, which gives it a peculiar character. 25. Shogun. James Clavell. Probably a lot of non-historical facts in this books, still it was quite fun and intriguing. The characters were very complex and the story had a nice pacing even if the book was really long. 26. Off Season. Jack Ketchum. A very entertaining story with a lot of cinematic "scenes". The throw-away characters and villains without purpose or self-preservation are the weak points of the book. 1. Set a goal for number of books or another personal challenge: (26/60) 2. Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by women. (6/12) bonus: Of these make sure half are by authors new to you 3. Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by someone non-white. (8/12) bonus: Of these make sure half are by authors new to you bonus: Make sure 10% of the books you read this year are by LGBT authors (4/6) 5. Participate in the TBB BotM thread at least once in 2018 (thread stickied each month at the top of the forum). bonus: Participate in the SHAMEFUL The Greatest Books You've Never Read thread 6. Ask another poster to issue you a wildcard, then read it. bonus: Similarly, get a wildcard from another thread in this forum bonus: Read literally the first in-person book recommendation you get in 2018 (solicited or not) bonus: Read a book written/published the exact year you were born 9. Read a book published in 2018 (or if you're eager to start early, the latter half of 2017). bonus: Read something that wins an award in 2018, but only after it is announced (i.e. don't apply retroactively) bonus: Read something political from/about a country you aren't from and don't currently live in 12. Read a poetry collection. bonus: Read poems by at least 10 different poets bonus: Read short stories by at least 10 different authors 14. Read a play. bonus: Read a play first published in the last 10 years bonus: Read something about a (nonfictional) war that didn't involve the U.S. bonus: Read something biographical about someone you've met/seen in person 17. Read something about religion. bonus: Read a major religious text 18. Read something from a non-traditional perspective. bonus: Read something narrated in the 2nd person bonus: Read something currently banned, censored, or challenged in its country of origin 20. Read something about music. bonus: Read something about a genre of music you're explicitly not a fan of 21. Read something that involves Maslow's hierarchy of needs. bonus: Read something about hunger bonus: Read something about a future that takes place before the current year
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May! 27. The Gathering Storm. Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson. Okay, this was very good. The story advanced, we got some badass moments, the characters were pretty good and the action was quite cinematic. Things are getting good in the Wheel of Time universe! 28. Las Batallas en el Desierto. Josι Emilio Pacheco. It's amazing how much content and meaning can be put it such a short book. The characters were amazing and concise, the setting of a Mexico in transition is also amazingly detailed. 29. The Word for World is Forest. Ursula K. Le Guin. A good short book, the themes are already seen in many media. The colonial invaders and the special natives in conflict. Here we have some nice story in the same vein, but with better characters and more time for reflection. 30. Cold Skin. Albert Sαnchez Piρol. Slow and mediocre. The story is all over the place even if there's not much of a setting, the ending is very bad. If only, the main character is interesting, everything else didn't hold my interest. 31. Shoukoku no Altair 1. Kotono Kato. A very interesting story about an alternate world Turkey and the soon to be invasion of their enemies, the non-Holy Roman Empire. The characters need more time to shine, but I suppose there are all the next volumes for that. 32. Downbelow Station. C. J. Cherryh. This book has some very detailed worldbuilding and political intrigue. But the story was too long for what it was, and the themes were not treated very well. The characters were pretty good, but in the end, was a little hard to read. 1. Set a goal for number of books or another personal challenge: (32/60) 2. Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by women. (8/12) bonus: Of these make sure half are by authors new to you 3. Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by someone non-white. (10/12) bonus: Of these make sure half are by authors new to you bonus: Make sure 10% of the books you read this year are by LGBT authors (5/6) 5. Participate in the TBB BotM thread at least once in 2018 (thread stickied each month at the top of the forum). bonus: Participate in the SHAMEFUL The Greatest Books You've Never Read thread 6. Ask another poster to issue you a wildcard, then read it. bonus: Similarly, get a wildcard from another thread in this forum bonus: Read literally the first in-person book recommendation you get in 2018 (solicited or not) bonus: Read a book written/published the exact year you were born 9. Read a book published in 2018 (or if you're eager to start early, the latter half of 2017). bonus: Read something that wins an award in 2018, but only after it is announced (i.e. don't apply retroactively) bonus: Read something political from/about a country you aren't from and don't currently live in 12. Read a poetry collection. bonus: Read poems by at least 10 different poets bonus: Read short stories by at least 10 different authors 14. Read a play. bonus: Read a play first published in the last 10 years bonus: Read something about a (nonfictional) war that didn't involve the U.S. bonus: Read something biographical about someone you've met/seen in person 17. Read something about religion. bonus: Read a major religious text 18. Read something from a non-traditional perspective. bonus: Read something narrated in the 2nd person bonus: Read something currently banned, censored, or challenged in its country of origin 20. Read something about music. bonus: Read something about a genre of music you're explicitly not a fan of 21. Read something that involves Maslow's hierarchy of needs. bonus: Read something about hunger bonus: Read something about a future that takes place before the current year [/quote]
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June! 33. Persuasion. Jane Austen. A pretty good book, the plot was great and the characters charming. If only, things get resolved quite quickly, but in an enjoyable way. 34. 1984. George Orwell. An amazing classic. Always a pleasure to read again. There's so much to take out of it I couldn't even start. 35. Towers of Midnight. Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson. Making an action-packed fantasy book shouldn't be this easy to read, but it is. Most of the problems of the earlier books are been fixed at an amazing pace keeping the characters true to their personalities. Very good! 36. The Story of God: A Biblical Comedy about Love. Chris Matheson. A very funny and blasphemous book. Quite an experience in taking everything the bible exactly as it says. Also, it dragged a little sometimes, a very understandable flaw. 37. Planetes, Vol. 1. Makoto Yukimura. A classic space opera with a story of exploration, human progress, and mental illness. The characters are relatable and the art is very good. 1. Set a goal for number of books or another personal challenge: (37/60) 2. Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by women. (9/12) bonus: Of these make sure half are by authors new to you 3. Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by someone non-white. (11/12) bonus: Of these make sure half are by authors new to you bonus: Make sure 10% of the books you read this year are by LGBT authors (5/6) 5. Participate in the TBB BotM thread at least once in 2018 (thread stickied each month at the top of the forum). bonus: Participate in the SHAMEFUL The Greatest Books You've Never Read thread 6. Ask another poster to issue you a wildcard, then read it. bonus: Similarly, get a wildcard from another thread in this forum bonus: Read literally the first in-person book recommendation you get in 2018 (solicited or not) bonus: Read a book written/published the exact year you were born 9. Read a book published in 2018 (or if you're eager to start early, the latter half of 2017). bonus: Read something that wins an award in 2018, but only after it is announced (i.e. don't apply retroactively) bonus: Read something political from/about a country you aren't from and don't currently live in 12. Read a poetry collection. bonus: Read poems by at least 10 different poets bonus: Read short stories by at least 10 different authors 14. Read a play. bonus: Read a play first published in the last 10 years bonus: Read something about a (nonfictional) war that didn't involve the U.S. bonus: Read something biographical about someone you've met/seen in person bonus: Read a major religious text 18. Read something from a non-traditional perspective. bonus: Read something narrated in the 2nd person bonus: Read something currently banned, censored, or challenged in its country of origin 20. Read something about music. bonus: Read something about a genre of music you're explicitly not a fan of 21. Read something that involves Maslow's hierarchy of needs. bonus: Read something about hunger bonus: Read something about a future that takes place before the current year
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July! 38. Red Mars. Kim Stanley Robinson. A pretty good narration of the colonization of Mars, but a little frustrating because the characters are very unlikeable. 39. Uglies. Scott Westerfeld. This dystopian story is interesting and quick, the main characters not so much and it suffers from many YA tropes, but it's good enough, I guess. 40. Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West. Cormac McCarthy. Completely awesome and brutal. Since my father is from Chihuahua, it was amazing to read about places I have been to. Better every time I read it. 41. DMZ, Vol. 1: On the Ground. Brian Wood. Not really my thing, it seems interesting and it has some pretty nice art, but the story is lacking. 42. Gifts. Ursula K. Le Guin. Even if this is clearly a YA fantasy short book, it was very enjoyable. Not big, not epic, focused in characters with a great worldbuilding. Pretty good. 1. Set a goal for number of books or another personal challenge: (42/60) 2. Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by women. (10/12) bonus: Of these make sure half are by authors new to you 3. Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 20% of them are written by someone non-white. (11/12) bonus: Of these make sure half are by authors new to you bonus: Make sure 10% of the books you read this year are by LGBT authors (5/6) 5. Participate in the TBB BotM thread at least once in 2018 (thread stickied each month at the top of the forum). bonus: Participate in the SHAMEFUL The Greatest Books You've Never Read thread 6. Ask another poster to issue you a wildcard, then read it. bonus: Similarly, get a wildcard from another thread in this forum bonus: Read literally the first in-person book recommendation you get in 2018 (solicited or not) bonus: Read a book written/published the exact year you were born 9. Read a book published in 2018 (or if you're eager to start early, the latter half of 2017). bonus: Read something that wins an award in 2018, but only after it is announced (i.e. don't apply retroactively) bonus: Read something political from/about a country you aren't from and don't currently live in 12. Read a poetry collection. bonus: Read poems by at least 10 different poets bonus: Read short stories by at least 10 different authors 14. Read a play. bonus: Read a play first published in the last 10 years bonus: Read something about a (nonfictional) war that didn't involve the U.S. bonus: Read something biographical about someone you've met/seen in person bonus: Read a major religious text bonus: Read something narrated in the 2nd person bonus: Read something currently banned, censored, or challenged in its country of origin 20. Read something about music. bonus: Read something about a genre of music you're explicitly not a fan of 21. Read something that involves Maslow's hierarchy of needs. bonus: Read something about hunger bonus: Read something about a future that takes place before the current year
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August! 43. Norse Mythology. Neil Gaiman. A very decent introduction to Norse myths. Kind of funny, kind of sad, a little too simple, but that is fine. 44. Newton and the Counterfeiter: The Unknown Detective Career of the World's Greatest Scientist. Thomas Levenson. A pretty entertaining book, especially the parts about Newton and his investigations. Too bad it got boring after a while. 45. Statistics for Dummies. Deborah J. Rumsey. For learning and reference. Just fine for beginners, I suppose. I still need to learn more, though. 46. Overlord, Vol. 1. Kugane Maruyama. Nothing special, the premise is ok and the art is generic, at least it was quick and fun. 47. The Crystal Cave. Mary Steward. I don't understand how this book got popular, it reads a little amateurish and with a lot of forced events. The only interesting character is Merlin and not that much. The story is just okay, but it had many plots that went nowhere. Just mediocre. 1. Set a goal for number of books or another personal challenge: (47/60) bonus: Of these make sure half are by authors new to you bonus: Of these make sure half are by authors new to you bonus: Make sure 10% of the books you read this year are by LGBT authors (5/6) 5. Participate in the TBB BotM thread at least once in 2018 (thread stickied each month at the top of the forum). bonus: Participate in the SHAMEFUL The Greatest Books You've Never Read thread 6. Ask another poster to issue you a wildcard, then read it. bonus: Similarly, get a wildcard from another thread in this forum bonus: Read literally the first in-person book recommendation you get in 2018 (solicited or not) bonus: Read a book written/published the exact year you were born bonus: Read something that wins an award in 2018, but only after it is announced (i.e. don't apply retroactively) bonus: Read something political from/about a country you aren't from and don't currently live in 12. Read a poetry collection. bonus: Read poems by at least 10 different poets bonus: Read short stories by at least 10 different authors 14. Read a play. bonus: Read a play first published in the last 10 years bonus: Read something about a (nonfictional) war that didn't involve the U.S. bonus: Read something biographical about someone you've met/seen in person bonus: Read a major religious text bonus: Read something narrated in the 2nd person bonus: Read something currently banned, censored, or challenged in its country of origin 20. Read something about music. bonus: Read something about a genre of music you're explicitly not a fan of 21. Read something that involves Maslow's hierarchy of needs. bonus: Read something about hunger bonus: Read something about a future that takes place before the current year
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September! 48. War and Peace. Leo Tolstoy. Amazing book, totally worth the time spent reading it and rereading again. 49. Reamde. Neal Stephenson. A pretty fun book with an interesting story and good characters... just too drat long. 50. Monster, Vol. 1. Naoki Urasawa. A very nice manga with good characters and an interesting mystery and story. Pretty good. 51. The Wasteland, Prufrock and Other Poems. T.S. Eliot. I'm still working on my comprehension of poetry. But I must say that this was pretty good, or at least, I took some from it. 52. La revolucioncita mexicana. Eduardo del Rνo. Pretty good, sometimes is interesting to read about historical events in a different perspective... I mean, different from the official line. 1. Set a goal for number of books or another personal challenge: (52/60) bonus: Of these make sure half are by authors new to you bonus: Of these make sure half are by authors new to you bonus: Make sure 10% of the books you read this year are by LGBT authors (6/6) 5. Participate in the TBB BotM thread at least once in 2018 (thread stickied each month at the top of the forum). bonus: Participate in the SHAMEFUL The Greatest Books You've Never Read thread 6. Ask another poster to issue you a wildcard, then read it. bonus: Similarly, get a wildcard from another thread in this forum bonus: Read literally the first in-person book recommendation you get in 2018 (solicited or not) bonus: Read a book written/published the exact year you were born bonus: Read something that wins an award in 2018, but only after it is announced (i.e. don't apply retroactively) bonus: Read something political from/about a country you aren't from and don't currently live in bonus: Read poems by at least 10 different poets bonus: Read short stories by at least 10 different authors 14. Read a play. bonus: Read a play first published in the last 10 years bonus: Read something about a (nonfictional) war that didn't involve the U.S. bonus: Read something biographical about someone you've met/seen in person bonus: Read a major religious text bonus: Read something narrated in the 2nd person bonus: Read something currently banned, censored, or challenged in its country of origin 20. Read something about music. bonus: Read something about a genre of music you're explicitly not a fan of 21. Read something that involves Maslow's hierarchy of needs. bonus: Read something about hunger bonus: Read something about a future that takes place before the current year
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October! 53. A Memory of Light. Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson. After fourteen books, the WoT had a better ending than I thought it was possible. Most plots were closed and some right by the end. If only, some characters felt off and some stuff was rushed, but it was very entertaining. 54. Neuromancer. Willian Gibson. It's always a pleasure to read this book, the weird language and the almost nonsensical images are just part of the mixture that pulls you into the matrix. Awesome. 55. Goblin Slayer Vol 1. Kumo Kagyu. Okay, this one was really brutal. Still, it doesn't seem to relish on that brutality, fortunately. Also, I think the protagonist is Batman if his family was killed by goblins... which actually happened, then he's Batman if Batman lived in a generic fantasy world. 56. Horns. Joe Hill. This is a pretty nice and direct book, with an intriguing story and compelling characters with flaws as humans should be. Too bad the second part got boring after the really nice first part. 1. Set a goal for number of books or another personal challenge: (56/60) bonus: Of these make sure half are by authors new to you bonus: Of these make sure half are by authors new to you bonus: Make sure 10% of the books you read this year are by LGBT authors (6/6) 5. Participate in the TBB BotM thread at least once in 2018 (thread stickied each month at the top of the forum). bonus: Participate in the SHAMEFUL The Greatest Books You've Never Read thread 6. Ask another poster to issue you a wildcard, then read it. bonus: Similarly, get a wildcard from another thread in this forum bonus: Read literally the first in-person book recommendation you get in 2018 (solicited or not) bonus: Read a book written/published the exact year you were born bonus: Read something that wins an award in 2018, but only after it is announced (i.e. don't apply retroactively) bonus: Read something political from/about a country you aren't from and don't currently live in bonus: Read poems by at least 10 different poets bonus: Read short stories by at least 10 different authors 14. Read a play. bonus: Read a play first published in the last 10 years bonus: Read something about a (nonfictional) war that didn't involve the U.S. bonus: Read something biographical about someone you've met/seen in person bonus: Read a major religious text bonus: Read something narrated in the 2nd person bonus: Read something currently banned, censored, or challenged in its country of origin 20. Read something about music. bonus: Read something about a genre of music you're explicitly not a fan of bonus: Read something about hunger bonus: Read something about a future that takes place before the current year
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November! Challenge almost finished, need a WILDCARD, please. 57. The Day of the Triffids. John Wyndham. If this was written today, it would be considered a very bad book. Thankfully, it wasn't and it basically setups the basics of the post-apocalyptic genre. Very interesting even if sometimes the story just lost me at a times. 58. Vinland Saga, Omnibus 1. Makoto Yukimura. A take on Nordic legends from a Japanese author with the common tropes of a manga. But those tropes are going down every chapter, si it turns out to be a very interesting representation of history. And the art is great. 59. All Quiet on the Western Front. Erich Maria Remarque. Wow, if I had to describe this book in one word, it would be "soul-crushing", but that's two words and it's ok because life is meaningless. The story is engaging and the character captivating. I won't be reading this again in a while, that's for sure. 60. A Head Full of Ghosts. Paul Tremblay. Not scary at all. It was more like a drama around schizophrenia and pop culture essays. There's was only one fleshed out character and the others were just cartoons. bonus: Of these make sure half are by authors new to you bonus: Of these make sure half are by authors new to you bonus: Make sure 10% of the books you read this year are by LGBT authors (6/6) 5. Participate in the TBB BotM thread at least once in 2018 (thread stickied each month at the top of the forum). bonus: Participate in the SHAMEFUL The Greatest Books You've Never Read thread 6. Ask another poster to issue you a wildcard, then read it. bonus: Similarly, get a wildcard from another thread in this forum bonus: Read literally the first in-person book recommendation you get in 2018 (solicited or not) bonus: Read a book written/published the exact year you were born bonus: Read something that wins an award in 2018, but only after it is announced (i.e. don't apply retroactively) bonus: Read something political from/about a country you aren't from and don't currently live in bonus: Read poems by at least 10 different poets bonus: Read short stories by at least 10 different authors 14. Read a play. bonus: Read a play first published in the last 10 years bonus: Read something about a (nonfictional) war that didn't involve the U.S. bonus: Read something biographical about someone you've met/seen in person bonus: Read a major religious text bonus: Read something narrated in the 2nd person bonus: Read something currently banned, censored, or challenged in its country of origin bonus: Read something about a genre of music you're explicitly not a fan of bonus: Read something about hunger bonus: Read something about a future that takes place before the current year
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Gertrude Perkins posted:If you've not seen/read it, definitely check out Tony Kushner's Angels In America.
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December! 61. The Illiad. Homer. I've reread this many times and always found something new. This time was a question: is the spat between the gods something we mortals should suffer? It's fun to try rhetorical questions about this piece of classical work in the context of his audience. Anyway, everyone should read this at least once. 62. Beauty. Sheri S. Tepper. Wow, this book was a mess of different stories meshed together by some weird kind of reasonable ideas. The author probably decided to dump everything in one book. Anyway, at least it was kind of entertaining to read the trainwreck. 63. Los Cuatro Acuerdos. Miguel Ruiz. Some good advice to live. I wish it was easier to follow them, so more people could do it. 64. The 5 Love Languages. Gary Chapman. I like how this provides examples on how to do the advice provided. More books should be like this. Also short. 65. El Llano en Llamas. Juan Rulfo. Some of the short stories are kind of weird but good overall. 66. Angels in America. Tony Kushner. A pretty good play with a LGTB theme, full of emotions and fleshed out characters. A little over dramatic sometimes, but good overall. 67. Bird Box. Josh Malerman. The premise was really intriguing and reminiscence of other works. Well, it didn't live up the hype for me, in the end, I was more curious about the setting than anything else, even the characters. Oh, and the end was just bad. 68. Todos los Cuentos. Gabriel Garcνa Mαrquez. A collection of Gacνa Mαrquez' short stories. Some of them are weird, some are pretty good. 69. Don Quijote. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. A classic. Always a pleasure to read and reread. bonus: Of these make sure half are by authors new to you bonus: Of these make sure half are by authors new to you bonus: Make sure 10% of the books you read this year are by LGBT authors (7/6) 5. Participate in the TBB BotM thread at least once in 2018 (thread stickied each month at the top of the forum). bonus: Participate in the SHAMEFUL The Greatest Books You've Never Read thread bonus: Similarly, get a wildcard from another thread in this forum bonus: Read literally the first in-person book recommendation you get in 2018 (solicited or not) bonus: Read a book written/published the exact year you were born bonus: Read something that wins an award in 2018, but only after it is announced (i.e. don't apply retroactively) bonus: Read something political from/about a country you aren't from and don't currently live in bonus: Read poems by at least 10 different poets bonus: Read short stories by at least 10 different authors bonus: Read a play first published in the last 10 years bonus: Read something about a (nonfictional) war that didn't involve the U.S. bonus: Read something biographical about someone you've met/seen in person bonus: Read a major religious text bonus: Read something narrated in the 2nd person bonus: Read something currently banned, censored, or challenged in its country of origin bonus: Read something about a genre of music you're explicitly not a fan of bonus: Read something about hunger bonus: Read something about a future that takes place before the current year Missed one booklord challenge, but everything else is done! 
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