Book Buzz discussion

Did you like the categories for 2023? What were your thoughts?
Which was your favourite to complete?

These are the 2023 categories:

A book about friendship
A book told from a child's point of view
A book celebrating Black Joy
A book about sports
A book written by an Indigenous author age 30 or younger
A book about a land you'd like to explore
A book by a 2SLGBTQ+ author who is also part of another marginalized group
A book about a person over age 65
A book about survival
A banned or challenged book
A book by a person living with a non-apparent disability
A book that makes you happy

Advanced Challenge:
A book with an alliterative title
A book about an optimistic future
A play or screenplay
A book set in Atlantic Canada
A book with multiple timelines
A book about a historical event you are unfamiliar with
A book with a month in the title
A book you would recommend to your younger self
A non-fiction graphic novel
A book you've read more than once
A book with a food item in the title
A book of investigative non-fiction
A book written before 1923 (for 2023!)
A book published this year

I'm on track to finish--fingers crossed.

The multiple timelines category was the easiest for me this year. I read a lot of thrillers that move back and forth, so I probably had a few that fit. I'm using The Villa for the category.

The most challenging one has been: A book written before 1923. My reading tends to be more recent.

Ok. I am done and I think this year, I haven't used too many creative interpretations of categories.

My Regular Challenge titles:
1. Friendship: Gouda Friends by Cathy Yardley
2. Child's Point of View: Pet by Catherine Chidgey
3. Black Joy: Murder is a Piece of Cake by Valerie Burns
4. About Sports: Small Game by Blair Braverman
5. Indigenous author under 30: All the Way: My life on Ice by Jordin Tootoo
6. A land you'd like to explore: Dirt Creek by Hayley Scrivenor (rural Australia)
7. 2SLGBTQ+ author who is also part of another marginalized group: Survivor's Guilt by Robyn Gigl
8. A person over 65: The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharpe by Leonie Swann
9. About Survival: The Heat will Kill You First by Jeff Goodell
10. A banned or challenged book: Love in the Library by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Yas Imamura
11. Non-apparent disability: Third Person by Emma Grove
12. Makes you happy: Everyone in my Family has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

I'll add my advanced challenge later. Would love to hear what your choices are!

And now for my advanced picks:
13. Alliterative title: My Murder by Katie Williams
14. Optimistic future: Charlotte Illes is not a Detective by Katie Siegel
15. Play or Screenplay: Doubt: a Parable by John Patrick Shanley
16. Atlantic Canada: Viola Desmond won't be Budged by Jody Nyasha Warner & Richard Rudnicki
17. Multiple Timelines: The Villa by Rachel Hawkins
18. Unfamiliar Historical event: Better the Blood by Michael Bennett
19. Month in the Title: March v 1 by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell
20. Recommend to younger self: Lone Women by Victor Lavalle
21. Non-fiction Graphic Novel: The Life-changing Manga of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
22. Read more than once: Dinosaur Philosophy by James Stewart
23. Food item/title: Donut Fall in Love by Jackie Lau
24. Investigative NF: Burn it Down by Maureen Ryan
25. Written before 1923: Trial by Jury by Gilbert and Sullivan
26. Published in 2023: All the Sinners Bleed by SA Cosby

Phew. I usually read a lot of NF but hardly anything this year.