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Zurtilik
Oct 23, 2015

The Biggest Brain in Guardia
Name: Zurtilik
Personal Challenge: 30
Booklord 2022?: Yes

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Zurtilik
Oct 23, 2015

The Biggest Brain in Guardia
Reading As Of 2/1722

1. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. by Judy Blume
2. Star Trek Deep Space Nine #3: Bloodletter by K. W. Jeter
3. Reprieve by James Han Mattson


Book Lord Challenge: (I'll note which books fit which parameter with their corresponding number.)
1. Set a goal for number of books and/or another personal challenge. 3/30
2. Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 25% of them are not written by men. 1
3. Of the books you read this year, make sure a least 25% of them are written by writers of colour. 3
4. Of the books you read this year, make sure at least 8% of them are written by LGBTQ writers. 3
5. Read something originally published...
a. In the past year - 3
b. At least 5 years ago
c. At least 25 years ago
d. At least 50 years ago - 1
e. At least 100 years ago
f. At least 250 years ago
g. At least 500 years ago
6. Read two works by the same author
7. Read something by a disabled author
8. Read an issue of a story-focused/literary magazine (there are many available online entirely for free!)
9. Read an anthology or collection containing the work of more than one author
10. Read something from a genre you rarely or never read - 3
11. Read something about exploration
12. Read something about transformation
13. Read something about film or television
14. Read something fictional, based (however loosely) on a historical event
15. Read something written by an author living in the opposite hemisphere from you where you currently live/the one you'd call home (North/South and/or East/West - Bonus Points* for both axes!)
16. Read something about mountains
17. Read something you've been meaning to read for a while, but haven't yet
18. Re-read something you love - 1
19. Read something scary - 3?
20. Look through some other Book Barn threads (or the Discord) and pick a book suggested or discussed there to read (Bonus Points* if you also post in that thread to discuss the book once you've read it!)
21. Ask someone in this thread for a Wildcard to read OR read something that was explicitly recommended to you either by someone you know, or by someone in another thread in The Book Barn (Bonus Points* if you do both!)
22. Read something that will teach you something new (and briefly tell us what you learned!)

Zurtilik fucked around with this message at 16:14 on Feb 17, 2022

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