Fantasy Buddy Reads discussion

Self-challenge: Non-SFF (Aiming for 1 a month... not limited to eBook/physical)

January Icebreaker contemporary romance
February
March
April Butcher & Blackbird
May Boss Man Bridegroom
June Orphan X
July
August Bumpin': The Modern Guide to Pregnancy: Navigating the Wild, Weird, and Wonderful Journey From Conception Through Birth and Beyond
September
October
November
December

A-Z: Topic 26/26
(view spoiler)[ A. I. or Alchemy: Ancillary Justice

Brandishing (as in a weapon) or Banishing (spirit or somebody exiled from a kingdom): An Easy Death

Coven or Cult: Akata Warrior

Dragon or Detective:Baking Bad

Elements or Elves: Theft of Swords

Fairy (any Fey-type creature) or Family:The Unkindest Tide

Ghost or Goblin: What Feasts at Night

Horror or Humor:The Color of Magic

Interstellar or International:Aurora Rising

Jungle (any type of forest) or Justice:Of Blood and Fire

Kraken or King:sooo many kings Malice

Love or Lies:Kushiel's Dart

Multiverse or Magic: Kitty Cat Kill Sat: A Feline Space Adventure

Necromancers (zombies, raising or talking to the dead) or Nobleman: The Dead Take the A Train

Ocean or Oracle: The Bone Doll's Twin

Priest or Power:The Sword of Kaigen

Quest or Queen:A Killing Frost

Romance or Revenge:Swordheart

Soldier or Sidekick: Hard Eight

Teacher or Thief: Magic Burns

Undercover or Unhappy: Be the Serpent

Vampires or Vagrants: Empire of the Vampire

Werewolves or Witches: Magic Bites

Xenmorph (any aliens) or Xenophobe: Great North Road

Yeti or Youth (a teen or child):The Invasion

Zombies or Zeppelins (or any other type of airship): Everlost (hide spoiler)]

Author First/Middle/Last 17/26
(view spoiler)[ A-Ann Leckie Translation State
B-Bennett The Tainted Cup
C-Colfer Highfire
D-Damien Hanson BuyMort: Grand Opening: How I Became the Accidental Warlord of Arizona
E- Evanovich Three to Get Deadly
F
G-Guy Gavriel Kay The Summer Tree
H-Helene Wecker The Golem and the Jinni
I-Ilona Andrews Magic Burns
J-Jonathon L HowardCarter & Lovecraft
K-Kingfisher A Sorceress Comes to Call
L-
M-McGuire When Sorrows Come
N-NK Jemisin The Fifth Season
O
P-Priest Maplecroft
Q
R-Mary Doria Russell The Sparrow
S-Scalzi Old Man's War
T-TJ Klune The Lightning-Struck Heart
U
V-Victor LaValle Lone Women
W-
X
Y
Z-Zack Argyle Voice of War
(hide spoiler)]

Book Name (excluding The/A, etc.) 15/26
(view spoiler)[ A-Ancillary Sword
B-Bury Your Gays
C-Cinnamon Bun
D-Discount Armageddon
E-The End of All Things
F-Four to Score
G-
H-High Five
I-Insomnia
J
K
L-Luck in the Shadows
M-The Malevolent Seven
N-
O-One for the Money
P-Provenance
Q-
R-
S-Seven Up
T-Two for the Dough
U
V-Valor
W
X
Y
Z-Zoe's Tale
(hide spoiler)]

Character Names 4/26
(view spoiler)[ A-Ashley Constituent Service: A Third District Story
B
C
D-Diesel Visions of Sugar Plums
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S-Samuel Singh To the Nines
T
U
V-Verity Chaos Choreography
W
X
Y
Z (hide spoiler)]

Bingo is for non-audio :)

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O . O . X . O . O

O . . O . O . O

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1. A buddy read with someone in the group
2. A debut novel
3. A book under 300 pages
4. A book you own and haven’t read yet
5. A book with a blue cover
6. A book in a series you have already startedA Desolation Called Peace
7. A book with an anti-hero
8. A book recommended by someone on Goodreads
9. A Young Adult book
10. A book by an author you have not read before
11. A book with a one-word title
12. A book you can read in one day
13. FREE SPACE
14. A book featuring an unlikely friendship
15. A book over 800 pages
16. A book published before 1970
17. A book on your to-read list for more than one year A Memory Called Empire
18. A book with a person on the cover
19. A book from a (sub)genre you don’t usually read
20. A book by an author under 25 at the time it was published
21. A book with a dragon in it
22. A book published this year
23. A standalone book
24. The last book in a series
25. A book of your choice

Overflowing Bookshelf Physical

Classics
0/10
(view spoiler)[ Little Women
Don Quixote
Heart of Darkness
Robinson Crusoe
A Tale of Two Cities
Crime and Punishment
Les Miserables
Moby-Dick, or, the Whale
Anna Karenina
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (hide spoiler)]
Fantasy
0/28
(view spoiler)[ Half a War
In Other Lands
Water Sleeps
Soldiers Live
Forge of Darkness
Fall of Light
Blood and Bone
Assail
Magician: Apprentice
Black Sun Rising
The Gilda Stories
Ship of Magic
Ship of Destiny
The Mad Ship
Libriomancer
The Lions of Al-Rassan
Fire and Hemlock
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Devices and Desires
Titus Groan
The Curse of the Mistwraith
The Princess Bride
City of Bones
Manna from Heaven
Lord of Light
My Soul to Keep

The Whispering Dark (hide spoiler)]
Science Fiction
0/8
(view spoiler)[ Parable of the Talents
Neuromancer
The Left Hand of Darkness
Noor
We Light Up the Sky
Bluebeard
Look at the Birdie: Unpublished Short Fiction
A Memory Called Empire (hide spoiler)]
Horror
0/3
(view spoiler)[ The Dead Zone
Pet Sematary
'Salem's Lot (hide spoiler)]
Fiction
0/13
(view spoiler)[ The Master and Margarita
Foucault's Pendulum
Like Water for Chocolate
Then We Came to the End
Freedom
Memoirs of a Geisha
Snow Falling on Cedars
The Road
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Satanic Verses
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
White Teeth
The Color Purple (hide spoiler)]

Non-Fiction
0/4
(view spoiler)[ The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
The Origin of Species
The Life and Death of Planet Earth: How the New Science of Astrobiology Charts the Ultimate Fate of Our World
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (hide spoiler)]

Total physical books
0/?

Note to self: update with physical collection

Overflowing Audio

Audible
Mercy Thompson 1-13 Moon Called
Blackfish City
Tigana 1/17/24
Destiny of the Dead
Apocalypse Nyx 1-3
Space Team 1-7
The Employees
The Bones Beneath My Skin
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
A Bachelor Establishment
Ruin and Rising
Siege and Storm
Iron Gold
Dark Age
The Priory of the Orange Tree
Three Parts Dead
The Shadow of the Torturer 1-4
The Gilda Stories
An Echo of Things to Come
Jhereg
The Element of Fire
the space race: an audible original
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Doomsday Book
First Don
Dead Witch Walking 1-8
Invisible Man
The Dying Earth

Libro
Black Leopard, Red Wolf
Dhalgren
City of Bones
A Memory Called Empire

Needs updating as of 12/27

Incomplete Series-- tracked by Google Sheet updated 10/19/24

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

I Need another challenge so... Book Cover Challenge!
Red cover
Orange cover
Yellow cover
Green cover
Blue cover
Purple cover
Grey cover
Pink cover
White cover
Black cover
Metallic cover

Cover with the author’s name in the biggest font
Cover with the title in the biggest font

Cover with a tower
Cover with a cityscape
Cover with a boat/ship
Cover with a spaceship
Cover with a house
Cover with a truck
Cover with a car

Cover with a tree
Cover with a mountain
Cover with a night sky
Cover with the ocean
Cover with a jungle/forest

Cover with a man
Cover with a woman
Cover with a dragon
Cover with a bird
Cover with a dog
Cover with a cat
Cover with a magical creature


Cover with a weapon
Cover with a gun
Cover with a sword
Cover with a bow/arrow
Cover with an axe
Cover with a crown
Cover with a cloak
Cover with a mask

2023 Archive (view spoiler)[
Self:
January Crisis in the Red Zone: The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come
February Let the Right One In (horror)
March
April
May Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (fiction)
June
July
August The Kiss Quotient Contemporary romance
SeptemberRemarkably Bright Creatures Fiction
OctoberThree Blind Dates Contemporary romance
November
December

Topic 26/26
(view spoiler)[ A. I. or Alchemy: Chimes at Midnight

Brandishing (as in a weapon) or Banishing (spirit or somebody exiled from a kingdom): Last Dragon Standing

Coven or Clan: Black Sun

Dragon or Detective:A Dragon of a Different Color

Elements or Elves: The Spirit Lens

Fairy (any Fey-type creature) or Family: Rosemary and Rue

Ghost or Goblin: Ghost Story

Horror or Humor:Ninth House

Interstellar or International:The Atrocity Archives

Jungle (any type of forest) or Justice:An Artificial Night

Kraken or King:Last Argument of Kings

Love or Lies: Skin Game

Murder or Magic: A Local Habitation

Necromancers (zombies, raising or talking to the dead) or Nobleman: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

Ocean or Oracle: One Salt Sea

Priest or Power: Shorefall

Quest or Queen:Cold Days

Romance or Revenge:Best Served Cold

Soldier or Sidekick: The Heroes

Teacher or Thief: Foundryside

Undercover or Unhappy:The Broken Kingdoms

Vampires or Vagrants: Peace Talks

Werewolves or Witches: The Witch's Heart

Xenmorph (any aliens) or Xenophobe: Ancillary Justice

Yeti or Youth (a teen or child):The Fairy-Tale Detectives

Zombies or Zeppelins (or any other type of airship): Gideon the Ninth (not true zombies but it works since necromancers was taken (hide spoiler)]

Author First/Middle/Last 16/26
(view spoiler)[ A-Abercrombie Before They Are Hanged
B-Berg The Spirit Lens
C-Clines 14
D
E
F
G-G. L. Carriger The 5th Gender
H
I
J-Jodi Taylor Doing Time
K-Kane Dragon Heist
L-Leckie Ancillary Sword
M-Molly J Bragg Scatter
N-Nathan Lowell The Wizard's Butler
O
P-Paolini To Sleep in a Sea of Stars Sneak Peek
Q
R-Ruocchio Empire of Silence
S-Silvia Morena-Garcia The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
T-T. J. Klune The House in the Cerulean Sea
U
V
W-Wurts Sorcerer's Legacy
X
Y
Z-Zelazny Nine Princes in Amber (hide spoiler)]

Book Name (excluding The/A, etc.) 17/26
(view spoiler)[ A-Ashes of Honor
B-Beware of Chicken
C-The Courts of Chaos
D-Dungeon Crawler Carl
E-Exit Strategy
F-Fugitive Telemetry
G-The Guns of Avalon
H-The Hand of Oberon
I
J
K
L-Late Eclipses
M-Minimum Wage Magic
N-No Good Dragon Goes Unpunished
O-One Good Dragon Deserves Another
P-Part-Time Gods
Q-Quarter Share
R-Red Country
S-Sign of the Unicorn
T
U
V
W-The Winter Long
X
Y
Z (hide spoiler)]

Character Names 1/26
(view spoiler)[ A
B-Breq Ancillary Mercy
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z (hide spoiler)]

Bingo
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1. A buddy read with someone in the groupThe Ember Blade
2. A debut novelLegend
3. A book under 300 pagesLost in the Moment and Found
4. A book you own and haven’t read yetSkyward
5. A book with a blue coverInto the Riverlands
6. A book in a series you have already startedMorning Star
7. A book with an anti-heroThe Blade Itself
8. A book recommended by someone on Goodreads
9. A Young Adult book
10. A book by an author you have not read beforeGodkiller
11. A book with a one-word titleIlluminations
12. A book you can read in one day
13. FREE SPACE
14. A book featuring an unlikely friendship Minor Mage
15. A book over 800 pagesDeadhouse Gates
16. A book published before 1970
17. A book on your to-read list for more than one year
18. A book with a person on the cover
19. A book from a (sub)genre you don’t usually read
20. A book by an author under 25 at the time it was published
21. A book with a dragon in it
22. A book published this year The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England
23. A standalone book Some Desperate Glory
24. The last book in a series The Lost Metal
25. A book of your choice

Book Cover
(view spoiler)[ Red cover
Orange cover
Yellow cover
Green cover
Blue cover
Purple cover
Grey cover
Pink cover
White cover
Black cover
Metallic cover

Cover with the author’s name in the biggest font
Cover with the title in the biggest font

Cover with a tower
Cover with a cityscape
Cover with a boat/ship
Cover with a spaceship
Cover with a house

Cover with a tree
Cover with a mountain
Cover with a night sky

Cover with a man
Cover with a woman
Cover with a dragon
Cover with a bird
Cover with a dog
Cover with a cat
Cover with a magical creature

Cover with a weapon
Cover with a sword
Cover with a bow/arrow
Cover with an axe
Cover with a crown
Cover with a cloak
Cover with a mask (hide spoiler)]
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Had to actually update all my challenges to get those bonus points! I'll try to update as I go now, because that took me wayyy too long