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from the A challenge of relative ease and merriment 2017 group.
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I'm afraid my final result is identical to my last progress update, so I'll spare you what would essentially be a duplicate of that post. I've been doing a LOT of reading over the past few weeks, due to illness, but sadly only things that didn't fit into any of my unfulfilled categories. I'll think about which my favourites were and get back to you on that. :-)
Only a very few weeks left to go, and I have... not completed the challenge. A couple of the categories stump me so far, but I have a few books lined up, I just don't think I'll have the time to finish them all before 31 December. This is my list of completed challenges:
2. A book written before 1900 -- Madame de Villeneuve's The Story of the Beauty and the Beast: The Original Classic French Fairytale (1740)
3. A non-fiction book - Grejen med substantiv och pronomen by Sara Lövestam
5. A YA novel -- Traitor to the Throne by Alwyn Hamilton
6. A book of fantastical fiction (
7. A cozy mystery -- Brownies and Broomsticks by Bailey Cates
11. A book written by someone under the age of 30 -- Red Rising by Pierce Brown
12. A media tie-in -- Pawnee: The Greatest Town in America by Leslie Knope (Parks and Recreation)
13. An LGBTQIA* book -- The Sumage Solution by G. L. Carriger (gay paranormal romance)
15. A
16. A book that is part of a series but not the first book - Within the Sanctuary of Wings by Marie Brennan
18. A book with an animal on the cover -- Song of the Lion by Anne Hillerman
19. A book mostly set in the desert -- Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton
20. A book that was adapted into a movie - En man som heter Ove by Fredrik Backman
BONUS: watch a movie that was based on a book! (maybe make it the same as #20) -- En man som heter Ove
Books I have lined up for uncompleted challenges:
1. a book released in 2017 - Neil Gaiman: Norse Mythology
8. a debut novel -- Erin Morgenstern: The Night Circus
10. a biography/autobiography/memoir -- Patti Smith: Just Kids
17. a Goodreads Choice Awards winner (any year, any category): Neil Gaiman: Trigger Warning
Challenges where I still have no idea of what to read, or haven't decided:
4. a kids book
9. a book of poetry or drama (that is to say a play, not just ~dramatic~)
14. a book about food
Laura wrote: "Bunny wrote: "Thomas wrote: "- - A book you claim to have read, or discuss like you did, but never have. :)"
I think that one should have an alternative, if chosen. . . I've done it, but the only time I can think of now is with the final book in the Twilight series!
Maybe a book that you've pretended to have read, a book you were assigned in school and actually skipped, or a book you've always meant to read?
I have actually done precisely that, with a book assigned in school. I just asked my classmates about it before the test, and then I went in and bullshitted through the whole test. The truly and deeply embarrassing thing was that when we got the test back, the teacher held me up as the only person who seemed to have actually read the book, judging by the test...
Oh, good suggestions, there, Bunny!
How about a book that was adapted into a TV series? And a book with a protagonist that has some degree of disability or functional variation (physical, cognitive or neural -- whatever the correct English term is)? Also, I am nowhere near finishing this year's challenge, haha, although I will try to fill as many of the categories as I can.
Here is my progress -- not very much so far, only four!A book written before 1900 - Madame de Villeneuve's The Story of the Beauty and the Beast: The Original Classic French Fairytale (from 1740)
A non-fiction book - Grejen med substantiv och pronomen by Sara Lövestam
A book of fantastical fiction (fantasy/scifi/paranormal) - Dawn by Octavia Butler
A debut novel - En man som heter Ove by Fredrik Backman (I might move this one to "book that was adapted into a movie" later, though)
I have some books lined up for other categories, but not so far for the cozy mystery, LGBTQIA*, food, and kids book categories. I'll be sure to check the recommendations you lot have posted here!
There is actually a list here on Goodreads of books written by authors under 30! It's here. (A couple of those are also Goodreads Choice Awards, or part of a series that has appeared there.)
Bunny: There is always the Castle (TV show) tie-in novels. But personally I would count things like Nanny Ogg's Cookbook (Discworld) or a Harry Potter-verse knitting book or whatever.
It's also a wonderful little book that looks deceptively like a children's book but speaks equally to grown-ups. It tears me up every time. Read it regardless of its category!
Martha: The Little Prince would rather qualify as a novel that has been adapted into a movie.
Hello, everyone! I'm Pernilla, and I live in Sweden (across the street from Pocki, actually). I mostly read in English, though. I've always loved reading, but tend toward fiction of the more fantastical kind -- fantasy, science fiction, that sort of thing (so that is going to be the easy category for me). Since I like crafts and historical costume I also read books on those, but aside from that I have a hard time concentrating on non-fiction literature. So that category is going to be hard, haha!Another big challenge this year will probably be a creepy/scary book, since me and horror don't go very well together...
I took part of the 2016 challenge and... failed spectacularly. XD Let's see how it goes this time!
