Flights of Fantasy discussion

The Challenge: Read at least one book from each category throughout the year.
While I will only count a category one, I will keep track of how many books I've read for any given category - choosing only one category for said books.

Categories:

Action/Adventure
AutoBiography/Biography
✓ Award Winner ~ Lexicon
Banned or Challenged
Chick-Lit (Women's Literature)
Classics
Crime Fiction
Cyberpunk
Drama
Dystopian
Educational
Erotica
Espionage
Fantasy
Free for All (Freebie, Open Slot)
GoodRead Author
Gothic
✓ Graphic Novels ~ Clover Omnibus, Kitchen Princess, Vol. 01 (+ add'l volumes in the series)
Hard-Boiled
Historical Fiction
Horror
✓ Humour ~ The Android's Dream
✓ Juvenile Fiction ~ The Dragon's Curse
LGBT
Literary Fiction
Magical Realism
Mobile Read Author
Mystery
Mythology
Noir
Non Fiction
Paranormal
Philosophical
Poetry
Post-Apocalyptic
Pulp Fiction
Religious/ Christian Fiction
✓ Romance ~ On the Edge (and the rest of The Edge series)
Science Fiction
Speculative Fiction
Steampunk
✓ Supernatural ~ The Rook
✓ Survival ~ The Martian
Thriller
Translated Work (Formerly Foreign)
True Crime
✓ Urban Fantasy ~Magic Bites (and others from the Kate Daniel's series)
Victorian
War
Western
Young Adult
Zombies

Primary Goal - One "Anything Once" Category a Month: [04 / 12]
Secondary Goal- Additional "Anything Once" Categories Each Month: [04]
Bonus Goal - All "Anything Once" Categories: [08 out of 52]

Nyssa wrote: "The Challenge: Read at least one book from each category throughout the year.

Categories:

Action/Adventure
AutoBiography/Biography
Award Winner
Banned or Challenged
Chick-Lit (Wome..."


This is a GREAT idea. So, I thought I would follow this just to read something different this year and so I am 'borrowing' your list. I usually stick to series since I'm addicted to series books when I find an author I like. I'll see how far I get using these categories.
I have a question on " HARD BOILED". I'm pretty sure that won't be a cookbook. So what do YOU envision as a 'hard boiled' book in this category?

1. Yay!! Welcome! Borrow away! :) You may also want to take a look at some of the categories other members have added to their lists as well (I borrowed some but not all of them). New suggestions are added to the bottom of the post. The "I'll Try Anything Once" Challenge - Discussion Thread

2. Hard Boiled is a subgenre of Mystery; and more specifically Detective stories.
A prime example would be: The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett - basically it's hard core, crime, detective novels. While I've seen it used mostly for older crime novels, Harry Dresden is also considered "Hard Boiled", especially in the earlier books. Here are some of the suggestions made by GoodReads: Hard Boiled.

I'm happy you will be trying this challenge as well! :) Best wishes for 2015!!

OH, excellent. I already do read Lee Childs and Jim Butcher. Dashiell Hammett I have on my Kindle. Dang, and I just finished the current graphic novel by Jim Butcher (Ghoul Goblin). Would have been two categories at once... Raymond Chandler is also a favorite of mine. Great choices. Thanks. Best to you and your 2015.

January 2015


Survival: The Martian

Juvenile Fiction: The Dragon's Curse

Graphic Novel: Clover Omnibus, Kitchen Princess, Vol. 01, Kitchen Princess, Vol, 02, Kitchen Princess, Vol. 03, Kitchen Princess, Omnibus 2,

You're really moving!

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Thank you..but the Manga novels are easy. They seem too be my goto palate cleansers right now. :)

February 2015


Supernatural: The Rook

March 2015

None! :(

April 2015


Romance: On the Edge
Award Winner: Lexicon
Humour: The Android's Dream

May 2015


Urban Fantasy: Magic Bites, A Questionable Client, Magic Burns, Magic Strikes
Romance: Bayou Moon

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