Rachel’s Comments (group member since Dec 06, 2019)

Rachel’s comments from the Indie Challenge group.

Ninja wrote: "I might join you keeping track here. I've got a twitter thread but I tend to forget to update...

Crowdfunded books I have that are great are The Sewing Machine by Natalie Fergie (Unbound), anythi..."

Thanks for the suggestions. I went and had a look at the Unbound website and came across Notes From the Sofa by Raymond Briggs. It looks like a fun read.

I’ve already read The Princess Saves Herself in this One. Unfortunately I was very disappointed in it, but I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t really know a lot about poetry.

As I don’t post about my reading online, I thought I would share my reading challenge here:

A debut - Grace's Table (completed), The Bone Season (completed)
An anthology - Rogues
Kids or YA - The Bone Season (completed)
An author from another country - Grace's Table (completed), Scoundrel (completed), Lingo: A Language Spotter's Guide to Europe
Underrated book - The Wolves of Leninsky Prospekt (completed), Grace's Table (completed), The Red Beach Hut (completed), Menopause: All you need to know in one concise manual: Signs and symptoms - Time to rethink HRT - Holistic treatments - Coping at work - Advice for all the family (completed)
An award winner - The Heart Goes Last/The Luminaries
Book that defies genre - How to Stop Time (completed)
A women’s press - The Red Beach Hut (completed)
Brilliant backlist - The Red Beach Hut (completed), How to Stop Time (completed), Scoundrel (completed), The Bone Season (completed), Lingo: A Language Spotter's Guide to Europe
A poetry collection -
Non-fiction - Menopause: All you need to know in one concise manual: Signs and symptoms - Time to rethink HRT - Holistic treatments - Coping at work - Advice for all the family (completed), Lingo: A Language Spotter's Guide to Europe
Favourite - The Bone Season (completed)
Genre fiction - How to Stop Time (completed), Scoundrel (completed), The Bone Season (completed)
Recommended by a friend -
Book from a series - Scoundrel (completed), The Bone Season (completed)
A crowdfunded book - Notes From the Sofa
A new to you press - The Wolves of Leninsky Prospekt (completed), Grace's Table (completed), The Red Beach Hut (completed), Lingo: A Language Spotter's Guide to Europe
A book from your TBR - The Red Beach Hut (completed), How to Stop Time (completed), The Bone Season (completed, Lingo: A Language Spotter's Guide to Europe
Biography - Reasons to Stay Alive
Translated book - Lingo: A Language Spotter's Guide to Europe
Marginalised people - The Red Beach Hut (completed), More Than This
A press over 20 years old - Menopause: All you need to know in one concise manual: Signs and symptoms - Time to rethink HRT - Holistic treatments - Coping at work - Advice for all the family (completed), How to Stop Time (completed), Scoundrel (completed), The Bone Season (completed), Lingo: A Language Spotter's Guide to Europe
A Ninja book - The Wolves of Leninsky Prospekt (completed), Grace's Table (completed)
LGBTQIA - The Red Beach Hut (completed)
Free -

For most of the challenges I have a few books to choose from. The challenges I am struggling with are ‘A poetry collection’ and ‘A crowdfunded book’ and I’d really appreciate some recommendations.

Hi, my name is Rachel.

My husband would say that I have too many books. I would say that there is no such thing. I just don’t have enough time to read them.

My aim this year is to read as many of my own books as I can. I’m hoping that the reading challenge will help me do that.

I follow some Bookish accounts on YouTube and Instagram but I don’t tend to post about my own reading.

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