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This week I'll be working on but won't necessarily get done due to life:#21 The Golem's Eye which is the sequel to "The Amulet of Samarkand" : )
I'll also be working on #52 - Six of Crows (for book set in a fictional location)
Sophie wrote: "I really liked the Bartimeus series and plan to read The Ring of Solomon, the prequel, this year."Yeah I'm really excited to read some more of the series, I'd love to read a bit about Bartimeus and Ptolomy as well and what their relationship was like, although who knows it might get into that in the third book. I'm going to wait and see!
Finished Golem's Eye and Captive Prince (royalty) Now I'm working on
44 - recommended book - The Winner's Curse
Finished Winner's CurseNow working on 34 - Out of Africa, which takes place only just barely in the southern hemisphere (seriously 100 km south of the equator) but not going to hold that against it as I rarely read books that take place in Africa, let alone the southern hemisphere
Also def finishing Six of Crows this week, which has been taking a while only because I'm reading it as a buddy read so I need to keep up with the agreed on pace so I don't accidently spew spoilers during our discussion due to reading too much ahead XD
Done Out of Africa - doing Vicious for dual timeline because there are so many other single word books that I also want to do, and technically Vicious is divided into different time periods : )
Yes, Vicious works well for dual timeline with the present and the events in the past.You can do as you wish for your plan, but it'd be interesting if you add your rating when you finish a book :)
I already rate and review all of my books on my own account, and people are free to look at them there, though I may add links once I have more time in the future. Though I'm currently packing for a 3 week trip in Japan which I'm leaving for in t-minus 14 hours so...it'll happen if and when it happens.
So I finished Vicious and loved it. Easily 5/5I also started and finished Carry On for book without an e and I rated it 3/5 as it's so similar to Drarry fanfiction, and there's a lot of Drarry fanfiction that's quite frankly much better than this. I still ended up enjoying it, I just didn't love it the way I thought I would.
I started and finished "I am Spock" for a book that I've owned for a while but haven't read. I thought that was a 4/5 kind of book, but def recommend it for people who like Star Trek, Spock and Nimoy as it was predominately about that, Nimoy's work in Star Trek and relationship to Spock.
I've been working hard to get ahead on this around the year in 52 books challenge so I can read some sequels that don't fit into these 52 categories and also work on basically a project, the enormous TOME of a book (that is none-the-less great so far) that will doubtless take me more than a week - The Count of Monte Cristo : )
You had a great start to the year! I loved Six of Crows too, and plan to read the sequel this year.
Katie wrote: "I'm reading The Count of Monte Cristo as well, Michelle :) I'm only a quarter of the way through, but it is great so far."I also got about a quarter of the way through. So far so good. Some parts can be a bit tedious but nothing at all like Vic Hugo's obsession about historical minute details in Les Miserables.
Anna wrote: "You had a great start to the year! I loved Six of Crows too, and plan to read the sequel this year."Actually starting Six of Crows next week. A friend of mine and I started the Grisha trilogy in the fall and now are reading the Six of Crows duology together. : )
So I finished Dark Matter which I thought was good but a touch overrated. Now reading (in addition to Count of Monte Cristo) The Brief and Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao for magical realism.
The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao I gave a 2.8/5...as there were some things I liked and many things I did not, but regardless I found myself somewhat invested. I am now starting up Illuminae for book by two or more authors. I am still reading Count of Monte Cristo and am about 1/3rd done.
Starting Fluke while continuing to read my other books. I just really felt in the mood for it. I've wanted to read it for a while as it's about a man who was turned into a dog but who isn't really aware that he used to be a man and him trying to piece it together. At least that's my understanding. For book that is a single word. : )
Still really excited to read Fluke ,but I decided to switch my pick for single word title to Attachments, as I just need something that's a bit light hearted given all of the more serious books I've been bogged down with this month. (bogged down with by choice but still, I need a bit of counterbalance : ) )
I finished Attachments, it was super cute, review forthcoming. I decided to read How to be a Normal Person for a book with a longer title as I like the fact that it has queer and asexual representation and an asexual in a relationship. It was also written hilariously well the subject matter of being in a relationship with an asexual person was really well done. : ) Again, review forthcoming.
I'm almost done The Count of Monte Cristo : ) about 12% left.
As I started A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh this week, I decided this would be a great choice for books with illustrations. It's very cute and when Pooh gets stuck Rabbit's front door hole, it's hilarious seeing Rabbit use the "south" side of his body, the part in the house as a "towel horse."
Fina-freaken-ly I finished The Count of Monte Cristo (liked it a lot but did not love it - not enough revenging, too much plotting) and I also wrote a review for The Art of Being Normal. Those two reviews plus the review for Attachments will be posted above.
Started and finished A.A.Milne's Winnie the Pooh which is SUPER cute. I wasn't initially thinking of Blood Divine but I read it on NetGalley and loved it so I included it is sub catergory of a genre, regardless of whether or not some people would say it even counts. (it's horror/supernatural with a glbtq couple that gets together in it : ) ) Currently working on The One and Only Ivan (animal on the cover), To Kill a Mockingbird (book that's been on my TBR for forever) and Eat Sweat Play (non-fiction).
Finished The One and Only Ivan. It was ok. Added my review above.
I just realized "The School for Good and Evil" has an author who is a POC so I just added that. ; ) I will probably still read Legend by Marie Lu this year, but just so I get the challenge done for sure I'm adding it now!Also I LOVED TSFGAE!
Hi Michelle,Just curious about your random pick, did you purposely go into the bookstore and grab that book off the shelf for this task?
Anyways, lucky pick! The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures is a great book!! Really interesting, I learned a lot about the Hmong culture ( had never even heard of it) and as far as non fiction goes, I thought it was very well written and easy to get through. This was a really interesting topic for me because I am a nurse, but I've loaned it out to a couple of people who have also enjoyed it and I have recommended it. I think my mom has it now ;-)
I'm curious to see what you think
Happy reading!!
Tracy wrote: "Hi Michelle,Just curious about your random pick, did you purposely go into the bookstore and grab that book off the shelf for this task?
Anyways, lucky pick! [book:The Spirit Catches You and You..."
My workplace has a take a book leave a book shelf and I blindly reached for something on that shelf. XD I'm looking forward to eventually reading it though, it was a lucky pick!
Finished Eat, Sweat, Play - which I really enjoyed / learned a lot aboutIlluminae - which was ok (a bit overrated, but still enjoyable)
Bear, Otter and the Kid which is a book published by a lesser known publisher which I loved.
I'm now working on To Kill a Mockingbird
Finished To Kill a Mockingbird. It resonated. I kind of liked it. This month I'll be working on An Ember in the Ashes for a book being released as a movie this year.
Crenshaw for a book with my fave colour on the cover (purples)
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The Help for historical fiction.
Finished Ember in the Ashes and I like it. I started The Spirit Catches you and You Fall Down (my random pick) and am enjoying it so far.
Actually decided to change The Help to my perspectives book : ) Halfway done and really liking it. Added A Wish After Midnight as my timetravel book and I enjoyed that.
Did not like Crenshaw, didn't hold the magic I was hoping it would and felt very little for the characters.
Actually decided to change The Help back to historical because I realized that A Darker Shade of Magic had multiple perspectives. Also V.E.Schwab has become a fave author of mine this year so I decided to add This Savage Song as a book by my fave author.
Finished The Help : ) It was good, though not my favourite book. Just changed my recommendation from an author book as TJ Klune <3<3<3 is a new author love as of this year!
Finished Acrobat as my book recommended by my fave author and I really liked it a lot : ) I finished A Spirit Catches you and you fall down, also loved it.
Finished Jonathan Livingstone Seagull for a book in the middle of my tbr, did not like it >O<
Finished Redshirts and liked it. : ) Working on Cinder and am enjoying it so far.
Have fun with Cinder! I'm finishing the series soon, I enjoyed most of the books so far and love the characters :)
I loved Red shirts too. I kept imagining the Enterprise all the way through. :)
Anastasia wrote: "I loved Red shirts too. I kept imagining the Enterprise all the way through. :)"Yeah Redshirts was a lot of fun!
Read On the Jellicoe Road for top YA book. Not a fan :( the pacing at the beginning was just so bad and it went on for so long! I did finish it though and yeah it got considerably better in the second half but I'm not going to rate a book where I hated reading the first half (which was 150 pages) very well. Just...no. I'm currently reading All the Bright Places for book that comes out as a movie this year.
So I read many of these books in 2017, but didn't get done the challenge. I'm not planning on joining in for 2018, but am planning on finishing this challenge for sure! I think it really helped me broaden what I read and understand myself as a reader more. As I have seven books left to read, I'll just slowly meander through the rest (perhaps at a rate of one per month). This month I'm reading "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" for the best books of the 21st century so far category. :D February - A Study in Scarlet (mystery)
And the other five picks are -
Bestseller - The Lost World OR The Host
An Adventure book - Into the Wild
BBC big reads list - Perfume
Book with an unreliable narrator – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest OR Room
A Banned book - American Psycho OR Lolita
Penguin Modern classic - Shooting an Elephant (George Orwell) OR The Outsider (Albert Camus)
Honestly I'm really just hoping to get this done by the end of 2018 so if it doesn't happen in seven months it doesn't happen. Not putting too much pressure on myself, just don't want to leave it unfinished!
Have you Read " Diary of a Fairy Godmother"? Your title reminds me of it.
I have not read Diary of a Fairy Godmother, and am looking into it now. Also posting to say I'm changing my "best book of the 21st century so far' to The Time Traveller's Wife and I both wasn't feeling Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and also...with what's going on in my life right now felt it wasn't the most ideal time to read it. Honestly though I'm further into The Time Traveller's Wife than I ever got with Extremely Loud and I'm MUCH more into TTTW (at least so far)
Michelle wrote: "I have not read Diary of a Fairy Godmother, and am looking into it now. Also posting to say I'm changing my "best book of the 21st century so far' to The Time Traveller's Wife and I both wasn't fee..."I read The Time Travelers Wife a few months ago and LOVED it :-)
Completed Time Traveller's Wife and really liked it :D Currently working on A Study in Scarlet
Completed Time Traveller's Wife and really liked it :D Currently working on A Study in Scarlet
Just completed my challenge for "modern classic" by reading "The Stranger" by Albert Camus. Not a big fan, but review is above. I still have the following left: Bestseller - The Lost World OR The Host OR Girl on the Train
BBC big reads list - Perfume
Book with an unreliable narrator – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest OR Room
A Banned book - American Psycho OR Lolita
Currently working on Perfume :D
I swore when I started this , that, even if I didn't get it done within the year I would get it done eventually. Of course the hope then became 2018 and now it's 2019. That being said, I'm well on my way now. I am finishing up my final book "Lolita" for banned books, which I am aiming to get done by the end of this week. I know it doesn't really count as I didn't complete the challenge within the year (and IF anyone sees this don't give me any praise until I actually declare Lolita done) but I think this challenge was really good at getting me to try some new things that I might not have otherwise.
Time schmime. It doesn’t matter how long it takes - you’re doing a great job!
Around the Year in 52 Books
Books mentioned in this topic
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures (other topics)The Ring of Solomon (other topics)
The Ring of Solomon (other topics)
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1. A book from the 카지노싸이트 Choice Awards 2016 – Dark Matter**
2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view) –A Darker Shade of Magic **
3. A book you meant to read in 2016 –Stiff **
4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E" – Carry On **
5. A historical fiction – The Help **
6. A book being released as a movie in 2017 – Murder on the Orient Express **
7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title – The One and Only Ivan **
8. A book written by a person of colour – The School For Good and Evil **
9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list – Jonathan Livingstone Seagull **
10. A dual-timeline novel –Vicious **
11. A category from another challenge – (A BOOK THAT’S BEEN ON YOUR TBR LIST FOR WAY TOO LONG) – To Kill a Mockingbird **
12. A book based on a myth – Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief **
13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors – Acrobat **
14. A book with a strong female character – Huntress **
15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland) – Britt-Marie Was Here **
16. A mystery – A Study in Scarlet **
17. A book with illustrations – Winnie the Pooh **
18. A really long book (600+ pages) – The Count of Monte Cristo **
19. A New York Times best-seller – The Girl on the Train **
20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading – I am Spock**
21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read – The Golem's Eye **
22. A book by an author you haven't read before – An Unlocked Heart by: K. C. Wells **
23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list (link) - Perfume **
24. A book written by at least two authors – Illuminae **
25. A book about a famous historical figure – The Diary of a Young Girl **
26. An adventure book – Into the Wild **
27. A book by one of your favorite authors – This Savage Song **
28. A non-fiction – Eat Sweat Play **
29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre) - check all the editions – Bear, Otter and the Kid **
30. A book from 카지노싸이트 Top 100 YA Books (link) – On the Jellicoe Road **
31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre – Blood Divine - Horror, Paranormal, LGBTQIA **
32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle) – How to be a Normal Person **
33. A magical realism novel – The Brief and Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao **
34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere – Out of Africa**
35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty – Captive Prince **
36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee (link) – Redshirts **
37. A book you choose randomly – The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down **
38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature – Cinder **
39. An epistolary fiction – Dracula **
40. A book published in 2017 – Geekerella **
41. A book with an unreliable narrator – One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest **
42. A best book of the 21st century (so far) – The Time Traveller's Wife **
43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold) – Phantom **
44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next" (link) – The Winner's Curse **
45. A book with a one-word title – Attachments **
46. A time travel novel – A Wish After Midnight **
47. A past suggestion that didn't win (link) – (Book with my Favourite Colour on the cover) – Crenshaw **
48. A banned book – Lolita **
49. A book from someone else's bookshelf – Luck in the Shadows **
50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any edition – The Outsider **
51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays) – Consider the Lobster **
52. A book set in a fictional location – Six of Crows **
My Reviews:
Acrobat - /book/show/1...
Attachments - /review/show...
Bear, Otter and the Kid - /review/show...
Blood Divine - /review/show...
The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - /review/show...
Captive Prince - /review/show...
Carry On - /review/show...
Consider the Lobster -
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The Count of Monte Cristo - /review/show...
Crenshaw - /review/show...
A Darker Shade of Magic - /book/show/2...
Dark Matter -
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Dracula -
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Eat, Sweat, Play - /review/show...
Geekerella - /review/show...
The Girl on the Train - /book/show/2...
The Golem's Eye - /review/show...
The Help - /review/show...
How to be a Normal Person - /review/show...
Huntress - /review/show...
Illuminae - /review/show...
Jonathan Livingstone Seagull - /review/show...
Lolita - /review/show...
Luck in the Shadows
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Murder on the Orient Express - /review/show...
The One and Only Ivan - /review/show...
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest - /review/show...
On the Jellicoe Road
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Out of Africa - /review/show...
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief -
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Perfume - /review/show...
Phantoms -
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Redshirts -
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The School for Good and Evil - /review/show...
Six of Crows - /review/show...
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down - /review/show...
Stiff -
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The Stranger - /review/show...
A Study in Scarlet - /review/show...
The Time Traveler's Wife -
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To Kill a Mockingbird - /review/show...
An Unlocked Heart -
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Vicious - /review/show...
The Winner's Curse -
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Winnie the Pooh -
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A Wish After Midnight - /book/show/6...