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Elena's 2023 Challenges
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Yep, exactly, I'll just try to do it without putting any pressure on myself.
💚 Team Challenges 2023 💚1. Happy New Year Challenge - January 2023. Team chat and reviews
2. The Jumanji Challenge! February 2023. Team chat and reviews
3. The Step-Back-In-Time Challenge - March 2023. Team chat and reviews
4. The 9th Annual 'Read-Whatever-You-Want' Challenge - August 2023. Team chat and reviews
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Brittany wrote: "Challenges are looking good Elena!"Thanks, I love them all :)
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Brittany wrote: "Oh!!! That looks like a fun challenge"Yeah, that one is going to be interesting and pretty tough, I can already see, where I'm going to struggle :D
I did the 2022 version of that challenge and I'm signed up for the 2023 as well. If you stick to reading the genre of the month it can push your boundaries. I ended up reading a few books I normally wouldn't have.
Gord wrote: "I did the 2022 version of that challenge and I'm signed up for the 2023 as well. If you stick to reading the genre of the month it can push your boundaries. I ended up reading a few books I normall..."So true! I tend to stick to a couple of genres for a long periods and I hope this challenge helps me to read more new genres.
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Brittany wrote: "Looking so fun Elena! The What to Read in 2023 Challenge is a good one, can get you reading some of those forgotten tbr books"Exactly, I've already picked some unexpected ones :D
🍓 I've also decided to track the books that were picked for me by other people, just to have a nice list to choose something new.November 2023:
October 2023:
September 2023:
August 2023:
May 2023:
April 2023:
March 2023:
February 2023:
January 2023:
And some nice recommendations I want to read at some point from the previous years
1. Dead Silence
2. What's a Ghoul to Do?
3. Undead and Unwed
4. The Yearbook
5. Not My Problem
6. October, October
7. The Cure
8. All Rhodes Lead Here
9. Poison Study
10. Iron Kissed
11. Signs of Cupidity
12. Burn for Me
13. The Mask of Mirrors
14. Daughter of Smoke & Bone
15. The Library of Legends
16. The Gilded Ones
17. Elvish
18. NPCs
19. Yurara, Vol. 1
20. Dragon Prince
21. The Halfling's Gem
22. Kiss My Cupcake
23. Winterwood
24. An Ember in the Ashes
25. Kingdom of Ash
26. Wicked Saints
27. Breakfast at the Honey Creek Café
28. Made You Up
29. Fated
30. The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, A Rún, Vol. 1
31. Spellslinger
32. The Dragon Republic
33. Red Winter
34. Ink
35. These Violent Delights
36. Rosemary and Rue
37. Cookie Dough, Snow & Wands Aglow
38. The Confectioner's Guild
39. Green Rider
40. Shiver
41. The Iron King
42. Fire
43. Magus of the Library, Vol. 1
44. 約束のネバーランド 1 Yakusoku no Neverland 1
45. Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 1
46. Valor's Choice
47. The Secret History
🍓Finished this year:
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What did you think of Aurora Burning?
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@Lili I loved Aurora Burning! Even more than the first book, it feels more like a space opera now as the setting is more distinctive, the narration became better and I also loved the romantic lines, they do not overpower the whole story, but just complement it. So good!@Lili, @Brittany I'm glad you like the idea :)
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Liliana wrote: "I feel like Aurora Burning was my favorite book of the series! Which is rare because a lot of series suffer from second book syndrome. Lol. Glad to hear you're enjoying it!"Usually it is true, but I keep bumping into the series, where I love the second book the most (Caraval, Shades of Magic, now Aurora Cycle).
I do usually find that the second book is not usually my favourite in a series, but there have been exceptions to that: Legendary, Chainbreaker, Vengeful, Our Dark Duet, King of Fools, all books where I liked that book, the second book, more than the respective first books in those series.
Jo wrote: "I do usually find that the second book is not usually my favourite in a series, but there have been exceptions to that: Legendary, Chainbreaker, Vengeful, Our Dark Duet, King of Fools, all books wh..."Sounds interesting, I might also try the series you've mentioned, but I haven't read yet :)
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Brittany wrote: "Oh! I'm still debating if I want to join that one"Give it a try, you can always quit.
Brittany wrote: "That does look like a fun one!"Oh it is! Though a tough one for me personally.
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Brittany wrote: "Yeah I'm going to do that challenge too Elena! I however do enjoy baseball, go Jays go."I do have some friends who love watching sports and do enjoy baseball too :) That's just me, I'm not into sports, I like hiking and yoga, but you can hardly name it doing sports :D
I didn't realize we were doing so many of the same challenges. I love to see what books people choose! That scavenger hunt challenge looks difficult!
✨ Brianna Raquel ✨ wrote: "I didn't realize we were doing so many of the same challenges. I love to see what books people choose! That scavenger hunt challenge looks difficult!"Indeed. I also love to see what books people read, usually I find a lot of interesting books to add to my TBR too. And yeah, that challenge is, well, challenging :D
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I too love seeing what people read for different challenges.
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❄️ [COMPLETE] I'll leave this December Readathon here, because the buttons are gorgeous and cozy :) A perfect transition into a new year.
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