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Task #2: Read a debut novel
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I'm going to read Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs...I asked for it for Christmas so I know I'm going to want to dig in!
I just read an advanced copy of The Bear and The Nightingale by Katherine Arden. It comes out in January and I recommend it for this category. It's set in Russia and inspired by Russian fairy tales which was really interesting for me since I have not recently read a novel set in Russia.
A few debut novels I read last year that I recommend:Ways to Disappear
The Girls
We Love You, Charlie Freeman
The Vegetarian
I always wanted to read Joseph Miller's debut novel - Catch 22. I think the book ok fits perfectly for this task!
Or To Kill A Mocking Bird is a great choice too!
So many great options! For now I think I will say The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, as I am already planning to re-read it for the PopSugar challenge.
This is a good prompt for so many books it will be tough to choose but I was leaning towards recent debut's like Idaho, The Dry (Australian crime), Lincoln in the Bardo, Here Comes the Sun .... I will probably have totally different ideas by the time I get to this.
I'm going with What They Always Tell Us. For me it, it also works for 100 miles from my location, as well as YA novel by author who identifies as LGBTQ+.
'The wrath and the dawn' by Renee Ahdieh. I love fantasy and this is supposed to be a great debut.
Book Riot wrote: "Use this space to discuss books you're reading or that might fit the second Read Harder task."The Bookpage website has a great list called "Dazzling Debuts." I'm sorry I don't know how to post the link but the list includes: Sweetbitter, The Mirror Thief, In the Language of Miracles, Academy Street, The Bookseller, and The Furies.
Britt wrote: "I'm going to read Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs...I asked for it for Christmas so I know I'm going to want to dig in!"I enjoyed this book a lot. I'm thinking of the 2nd book, Hollow City, as my choice. Enjoy!
Book Riot wrote: "Use this space to discuss books you're reading or that might fit the second Read Harder task."Book Riot wrote: "Use this space to discuss books you're reading or that might fit the second Read Harder task."
I read The Gargoyle by David Anderson this year and loved it.
This one seems to be pretty easy, but I'm going to do a reread of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks since we're doing it for book club next year.
Laura wrote: "Britt wrote: "I'm going to read Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs...I asked for it for Christmas so I know I'm going to want to dig in!"I enjoyed this book a lot. I'm th..."
But the 2nd book wouldn't be a debut novel.
I'm thinking of reading The Mothers by Britt Bennet, since I already have it.
Cindy wrote: "This one seems to be pretty easy, but I'm going to do a reread of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks since we're doing it for book club next year."Ooh, great book!
Cindy wrote: "This one seems to be pretty easy, but I'm going to do a reread of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks since we're doing it for book club next year."The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lax is not technically a novel. It is narrative nonfiction. It's soooo good, though, so give yourself a pass on the "novel" designation and reread it!
I'm reading "Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist" for this one. For me, it could also count for the "book set within 100 miles" category.
I have a lot of books I could read for this task. It's going to be hard to choose.
Cindy wrote: "This one seems to be pretty easy, but I'm going to do a reread of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks since we're doing it for book club next year."If you don't already have a book for the "non-fiction book about technology" task, this might be a better fit for that. It's not a novel, but it does cover the development of one of the foundation tools for modern medical science.
I'm going to read "The Girls" by Emma Cline. It's been on my TBR for a bit.
Saw This Is Where It Ends on sale on Amazon the other day and picked it up so I'll be using that for this task.
The Girl in the Road by Monica Byrne is a good Sci-fi debut novel. It does have adult themes, in case that's something of concern.
I'm not sure yet, but I'm considering Zahrah the Windseeker. I read something else from Nnedi Okorafor (Binti), which I absolutely loved. Turns out the library has a bunch of her stuff, including her debut novel.
Can everyone just go read Leslye Walton's The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender please? I thought it was PHENOMENAL. I read it early 2016 and might reread it for that challenge this year again.
Ashley wrote: "Looking to finally read Red Rising - I'm so late to this party!"Loved this series. Couldn't read them fast enough. Enjoy!
I'm planning to read "The Illusionist", by Colson Whitehead.
First, I was planning to go with The Vegetarian, but after reading more about it, I decided on Sleeping Giants. Correct me if I am wrong, The Vegetarian seems like her first English debut novel. I'll try to find another task to fit it in.
I've got a debut shelf with lots of books. I think any Goodreads member should be able to access it:https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Some of my favorites: Behold the Dreamers. Eileen, Homegoing, The Nix, and Work Like Any Other.
I am just jumping into Rich and Pretty. A couple friends liked it but it has a really bad GR rating.
I'm reading Jonathon Strange & Mr Norrell for this task.
I'm reading Ready Player One for this challenge since I've owned it for a while and have been meaning to get to it. Halfway through and I love it so far!
I'm reading
for this challenge. This book is very hard to put down.
Would A Confederacy of Dunces count for this? It is technically the first novel published John Kennedy Toole, but his second book published The Neon Bible was written first.
As far as I understand it doesn't has to be a newly published book, right? I'm reading The Pearl That Broke Its Shell at the moment, which is Hashimis debut made in 2014. Would that count?
I'm reading Only Love Can Break Your Heart by Ed Tarkington for this challenge.
I am reading Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie for this one. Not only is it her debut but she also won the Hugo, the Nebula, the Locus, the Arthur C Clarke, British SF Association awards for it!
Here I'm looking at either An Untamed State, We Love You, Charlie Freeman, or Behold the DreamersFor others looking, last year I read Here Comes the Sun and Homegoing. Both were excellent debut novels.
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