Chapter Adventure Reading Challenges discussion

To get you started:

1. The Costa Book Awards presented each January, recognizes books written by authors based in the UK and Ireland. The prize has five categories – First Novel, Novel, Biography, Poetry and Children’s Book – with one of the five winning books selected as the overall Costa Book of the Year.

A winning book from any year, in any of the Costa categories, would count for January.

https://www.costa.co.uk/behind-the-be...

Our recs are Eleanor Oliphant, Gail Honeyman is Completely Fine which won the 2017 Costa Book Award for First Novel and Life After Life, Kate Atkinson won the 2013 Costa Award for Best Novel


2. The American Library Association Awards (including the Youth Media Awards) were announced in January in 2019 … but in February in previous years!. So depending on the year you choose you would count your book for either Jan or Feb. See this list for ideas:

http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/award...

3. There are several awards, but the Alex Awards is one of Tanya's favorites to read books from. This award is given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults. From those winners she recommends the following books...

http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/alex-...



** Comment below with what you plan to read!

I was reading Life After Life. I know a lot of people love this book but I think its going to be a dnf for me.

Kimberly wrote: "I was reading Life After Life. I know a lot of people love this book but I think its going to be a dnf for me."

Okay, I'm giving it another try but I'm so nervous! I just can't with books that make bad things happen to children. :)

Kimberly wrote: "Kimberly wrote: "I was reading Life After Life. I know a lot of people love this book but I think its going to be a dnf for me."

Okay, I'm giving it another try but I'm so nervous! I just can't wi..."

It's not so bad - but it's slow pace.

I've read Elenor before and really enjoyed it. Both the books from the Alex Awards have been on my to read list. Choices choices...

woot! Finished Spinning Silver – Naomi Novik for my January read. :D

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Ok I actually finished two January Award Winners...

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan 1/12/20
Winner of the 2013 ALA/RUSA Listen List
http://www.ala.org/rusa/awards/listen...
Awarded in January - 5 Minute Librarian Book Award Calendar

The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman 1/12/20
Winner of the 2002 Barbara Gittings Literature award (Stonewall Book Awards)
http://www.ala.org/rt/glbtrt/award/st...
Also announced in January (see site above)

cat wrote: "woot! Finished Spinning Silver – Naomi Novik for my January read. :D"

One of my favorite books! It's so good.

Vanessa wrote: "Ok I actually finished two January Award Winners...

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan 1/12/20
Winner of the 2013 ALA/RUSA Listen List
http://www.ala...."

Fantastic! I haven't read The Laramie Project but I really loved Mr. Prenumbra.

Just finished The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Scott Turton (2018 Costa Book Award--First Novel)

I was going to read This is How it Always is for the Jan award but didn't get the book from my library hold in time. So, I had to take the shortcut way out this month and read The Polar Express. because none of my other Jan reads lined up with an award this month. The Polar Express won a Caldecott Medal in 1986

My review of it is found here. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

My blog post on it can be found here https://titlesurfingwithtraci.blogspo...


Maybe I will get lucky and get the Laurie Frankel book done before month end

Traci wrote: "I was going to read This is How it Always is for the Jan award but didn't get the book from my library hold in time. So, I had to take the shortcut way out this month and read [book:The Polar Expre..."

It counts!

I was not going to do the Book Award challenge. But I changed my mind. So I decided to read 2 books in February ... the one for January and the one for February.

I just finished


The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

The book won the Costa Book Award in 2018.

Bev wrote: "Just finished The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Scott Turton (2018 Costa Book Award--First Novel)"

I've been wanting to read this one. How was it?

Simone wrote: "I was not going to do the Book Award challenge. But I changed my mind. So I decided to read 2 books in February ... the one for January and the one for February.

I just finished

[bookcover:The 7..."

Awesome!!

Traci wrote: "I was going to read This is How it Always is for the Jan award but didn't get the book from my library hold in time. So, I had to take the shortcut way out this month and read [book:The Polar Expre..."

I also ended up reading Normal People by Sally Rooney so I got a full length novel in as well

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


https://titlesurfingwithtraci.blogspo...

Traci wrote: "TI also ended up reading Normal People"

Ecellent choice Traci - I saw that it was the 2018 Costa Award Winner for Best Novel - I just finished it too - it came out of library hold too late for January for me ... but it was definitely interesting. I liked it and am still thinking about the characters days after I finished reading it!