Joss’s Comments (group member since Feb 10, 2017)

Joss’s comments from the A challenge of relative ease and merriment 2017 group.

✔️a book released in 2017 - The Marshal's Lover
✔️a book written before 1900 - Ruth
✔️ a non-fiction book - The Year of Living Danishly: My Twelve Months Unearthing the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country
✔️ a kids book - A Little Princess
✔️a YA novel - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
✔️a book of fantastical fiction (fantasy/scifi/paranormal) The Hundredth Queen
✔️a cozy mystery - The Toll-Gate
✔️ a debut novel - Ninefox Gambit
✔️ a book of poetry or drama (that is to say a play, not just ~dramatic~) - The Crucible
✔️a biography/autobiography/memoir - As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
✔️a book written by someone under the age of 30 - The Masqueraders (thank you for pointing out that Georgette Heyer published several before she was 30!))
✔️a media tie-in (clarification in a thread) - Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Long Way Home
✔️ an LGBTQIA* book - The Eagle's Heir
✔️a book about food - The Christmas Chronicles: Notes, Stories and 100 Essential Recipes for Midwinter
✔️a scary/creepy book - The Yellow Wallpaper
✔️ a book that is part of a series but not the first book (could be a later released prequel though) - Behold a Pale Horse
✔️a Goodreads Choice Awards winner (any year, any category) - The Book of Life
✔️a book with an animal on the cover - The Crow Road
✔️a book mostly set in the desert - Crocodile on the Sandbank
✔️a book that was adapted into a movie - Charlotte Gray

I really liked Ninefox Gambit (and have since read the 2nd in the series, eagerly awaiting the 3rd!). The Marshal's Lover was superb as was The Eagle's Heir (also by Jo Graham) which I chose for LGBTQIA because it's a choose-your-own-adventure 'book' where you can be any combination of sex, gender and orientation you like. Glad to see the category is back for next year though! The hardest category was biography and media tie-in (I started As You wish for the latter but moved it to 'memoir' when I realised I had nothing else for that, and am finishing Long Way Home today instead).

Oh, and the movie based on a book challenge turned out to be super easy as they've been showing all the Harry Potter films over Christmas - last one tonight!

✔️a book released in 2017 - The Marshal's Lover
✔️a book written before 1900 - Ruth
✔️ a non-fiction book - The Year of Living Danishly: My Twelve Months Unearthing the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country
✔️ a kids book - A Little Princess
✔️a YA novel - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
✔️a book of fantastical fiction (fantasy/scifi/paranormal) The Hundredth Queen
✔️a cozy mystery - The Toll-Gate
✔️ a debut novel - Ninefox Gambit
✔️ a book of poetry or drama (that is to say a play, not just ~dramatic~) - The Crucible
a biography/autobiography/memoir -
a book written by someone under the age of 30
a media tie-in (clarification in a thread)
✔️ an LGBTQIA* book - The Eagle's Heir
✔️a book about food - The Christmas Chronicles: Notes, Stories and 100 Essential Recipes for Midwinter
✔️a scary/creepy book - The Yellow Wallpaper
✔️ a book that is part of a series but not the first book (could be a later released prequel though) - Behold a Pale Horse
✔️a Goodreads Choice Awards winner (any year, any category) - The Book of Life
✔️a book with an animal on the cover - The Crow Road
a book mostly set in the desert
✔️a book that was adapted into a movie - Charlotte Gray

a book released in 2017
✔️a book written before 1900 - Ruth
✔️ a non-fiction book - The Year of Living Danishly: My Twelve Months Unearthing the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country
✔️ a kids book - A Little Princess
a YA novel
a book of fantastical fiction (fantasy/scifi/paranormal)
a cozy mystery
✔️ a debut novel - Ninefox Gambit
✔️ a book of poetry or drama (that is to say a play, not just ~dramatic~) - The Crucible
a biography/autobiography/memoir -
a book written by someone under the age of 30
a media tie-in (clarification in a thread)
✔️ an LGBTQIA* book - The Eagle's Heir
a book about food
a scary/creepy book
✔️ a book that is part of a series but not the first book (could be a later released prequel though) - Behold a Pale Horse
a Goodreads Choice Awards winner (any year, any category)
a book with an animal on the cover
a book mostly set in the desert
a book that was adapted into a movie

a book released in 2017
a book written before 1900
✔️ a non-fiction book - The Year of Living Danishly: My Twelve Months Unearthing the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country
✔️ a kids book - A Little Princess
a YA novel
a book of fantastical fiction (fantasy/scifi/paranormal)
a cozy mystery
a debut novel
a book of poetry or drama (that is to say a play, not just ~dramatic~)
a biography/autobiography/memoir -
a book written by someone under the age of 30
a media tie-in (clarification in a thread)
an LGBTQIA* book
a book about food
a scary/creepy book
✔️ a book that is part of a series but not the first book (could be a later released prequel though) - Behold a Pale Horse
a Goodreads Choice Awards winner (any year, any category)
a book with an animal on the cover
a book mostly set in the desert
a book that was adapted into a movie

Hi, I'm Joss, I was invited last year but failed miserably. Joining a bit late this year but it sounds like a great idea so I'll try to catch up! I live in Wales (though lived in Denmark for a few years), and I'm an archaeologist too - even did an osteo degree though never got to use it much until this last year.
I'm mostly a fantasy/historical fan, but I want to read more widely so this will be good encouragement!