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message 1: by Tsipi (last edited Jan 02, 2023 09:35AM) (new)

Dec 02, 2021 04:05AM

My resolute challenge list:

1. A book with a main character whose name starts with A, T, or Y
馃摍 Crier's War by Nina Varela (Ayla)
2. A book connected to a book you read in 2021
馃摍 Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells
3. A book with 22 or more letters in the title
馃摍 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
4. A book that fits your favorite prompt that did not make the list
馃摍 Seventh Heaven by Alice Hoffman

5. A book by an author with two sets of double letters in their name
馃摍 King's Dragon by Kate Elliott
6. A book with an image of a source of light on the cover
馃摍 Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
7. A book related to psychology, neuroscience or the mind
馃摍 The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
8. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 1
馃摍 The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey

9. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 2
馃摍 The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo
10. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 3
馃摍 Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
11. A book from historical fiction genre
馃摍 The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
12. A book related to glass
馃摍 The Shadowglass by Rin Chupeco
13. A book about a woman in STEM
馃摍 The Half-Life of Marie Curie by Lauren Gunderson

14. A book with fewer than 5000 ratings on 欧宝娱乐
馃摍 The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste
15. A book without a person on the cover
馃摍 Still Life by Sarah Winman
16. A book related to Earth Day
馃摍 A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet
17. A book from NPR's Book Concierge
馃摍 Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon

18. A book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author
馃摍 I'm Waiting for You and Other Stories by Bo-Young Kim
19. A book that involves alternate reality, alternate worlds, or alternate history
馃摍 Catch the Lightning by Catherine Asaro
20. A fiction or nonfiction book that is set during 1900 -1951
馃摍 Ha'penny by Jo Walton
21. A book with one of the Monopoly tokens on the cover
馃摍 The Magpie Lord by K.J. Charles (tophat)
* The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson (tophat)
22. A book with a Jewish character or author
馃摍
* Naomi Novik * 讗拽讜讜专讬讜诐 *

23. A book that features loving LGBTQIA+ relationship
馃摍 Witchmark by C.L. Polk
24. A book related to inclement weather
馃摍 The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
25. A book less than 220 pages OR more than 440 pages
馃摍 Unbought and Unbossed by Shirley Chisholm
26. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 1
馃摍 Jade City by Fonda Lee

27. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 2
馃摍 The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
28. A book that won an award from Powell's list of book awards
馃摍 The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
29. A book set on or near a body of water
馃摍 The House of Discarded Dreams by Ekaterina Sedia
30. A book related to mythology
馃摍 A Master of Djinn by P. Dj猫l铆 Clark

31. A book published at least 10 years ago
馃摍 The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson
32. A book where the main character is a female detective/private eye/police officer
馃摍 The Likeness by Tana French
33. The next book in a series
馃摍 The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden
34. A book with an academic setting or with a teacher that plays an important role
馃摍 A Deadly Education or The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik

35. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 1
馃摍 Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (mycology)
36. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 2
馃摍 All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
37. A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name
馃摍 The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion by Margaret Killjoy
38. A book by a Latin American author
*
39. A book from the TIME list of 100 Best YA Books of All Time
馃摍 The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas

40. A book related to one of the 22 Tarot Major Arcana cards
馃摍 The Bone Shard Emperor by Andrea Stewart
41. A book with a theme of food or drink
馃摍 Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
42. A book with a language or nationality in the title
馃摍 Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress
43. A book set in a small town or rural area
馃摍 Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
44. A book with gothic elements
馃摍 Flyaway by Kathleen Jennings

45. A book related to a game
馃摍 Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat (memory in title)
46. A book with a non-human as one of the main characters
馃摍 Shadow World by A.C. Crispin
47. A book with handwriting on the cover
馃摍 Across the Spectrum
48. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2021 or 2022
馃摍 The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

49. A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons"
馃摍 The House of Always by Jenn Lyons
50. A book that involves aging, or a character in their golden years
馃摍 The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt by Andrea Bobotis
51. A book published in 2022
馃摍 The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka
52. A book with a time-related word in the title
馃摍 The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker

20 Books by Black Women* Challenge
* and nonbinary persons

馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson
馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Harlem On Lock by Karen P. Williams
馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon
馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� The Autobiography of My Mother by Jamaica Kincaid
馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Popisho by Leone Ross
馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Home by Nnedi Okorafor
馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor
馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk
馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Unbought and Unbossed by Shirley Chisholm
馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler
馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Unexpected Stories by Octavia E. Butler
馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste
馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Ayiti by Roxane Gay
馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Witchmark by C.L. Polk
馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Stormsong by C.L. Polk
馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Soulstar by C.L. Polk
馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

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message 2: by Tsipi (last edited Mar 11, 2022 08:09AM) (new)

Jan 09, 2022 02:14AM

My Stats:

Books read in 2022:
鉁� ATY Prompts:
馃摎 Library books:
馃捇 Ebooks:
馃摉 Print books:
馃帶 Audio Books
馃浉 Sci-Fi
馃 Post apocalyptic/dystopian
馃馃徔 Fantasy
馃椉 Contemporary fiction
馃搯 Alt history
馃暟锔� Historical fiction
馃彌锔� Classic
鉁嶏笍 Bio/Memoir
馃摑 Non-fiction
馃拃 Horror
馃尮 Romance
馃攷 Detective
馃帳 Poetry
馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� POC author
馃寛 Queer
馃懇馃徑鈥嶐煢� Disabled
馃悶 Under 200 pages
馃悩 Over 600 pages
鉂� DNFs
馃尡 Short stories

Additional symbols:

鈿э笍鈾傦笍

5 猸愶笍 4 猸愶笍

3 猸愶笍 2 猸愶笍

1 猸愶笍 Unrated

January - 18/4
February - 9
March -
April -
May -
June -
July -
August -
September -
October -
November -
December -

Reminder list of books I should have finished last year

* The City We Became
* Transcendent Kingdom

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message 3: by Tsipi (last edited Feb 07, 2022 08:14AM) (new)

Jan 09, 2022 02:28AM

January

馃帶馃馃徔馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃捇馃馃徔馃悶 The Dawn Chorus by Samantha Shannon
馃带馃椉馃摎馃懇馃徑鈥嶐煢�讗拽讜讜专讬讜诐 by Yaara Shehori 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� 馃寛鈾傦笍A Master of Djinn by P. Dj猫l铆 Clark 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃拃馃摎馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃带馃椉馃摎 An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten 猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃椉馃寛 Olive Oil and White Bread by Georgia Beers 猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃捇馃馃徔 The Mask Falling by Samantha Shannon
馃帶鉁嶏笍馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� 馃寛鈾傦笍Unprotected: A Memoir by Billy Porter
馃帶馃拃馃摎馃悶The Grownup by Gillian Flynn 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃浉馃悶The Prynne Viper by Bianca Marais 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢�The Heart Forger by Rin Chupeco
馃帶馃椉馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢�Harlem On Lock by Karen P. Williams 猸愶笍
馃带馃椉馃闷 Ordinary Love and Good Will: Two Novellas by Jane Smiley
馃带馃弥锔忦煇� A Lost Lady by Willa Cather 猸愶笍
馃帶馃暟锔忦煇� Wild Swan: A Story of Florence Nightingale by Patti Callahan 猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃带馃椉馃寛Backcast by Ann McMan 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃 A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃尡馃帶馃馃徔馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢扁檪锔�We Are the Water People by Troy Onyango
馃尡馃帶馃椉馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Nadine by Vimi Bajaj
馃尡馃帶馃椉馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Star Child by Camille Acker
馃尡馃帶馃椉馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� 鈾傦笍A Love Like This: A Short Story by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim

Favorite January read: A tie between Mexican Gothic and A Children's Bible
Least favorite: Oh, how to choose. Willa Cather is so blatantly racist, it isn't even about the quality of the book. Audible freebies were meh to traumatizing. This month was a shit show with a few points of light.

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message 4: by Tsipi (last edited Feb 28, 2022 04:52AM) (new)

Feb 05, 2022 05:58AM

February

馃捇馃馃徔馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� 馃寛 Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃摉馃搯馃寛 Ha'penny by Jo Walton 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃带馃椉馃摎馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� 馃悶The White Book by Han Kang
馃帶馃浉馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Primary Inversion by Catherine Asaro 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃寛 Wake of Vultures by Lila Bowen 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃捇馃馃徔馃拃馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� 馃悶鈾傦笍Ring Shout by P. Dj猫l铆 Clark 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃暟锔� 馃摎馃寛 Matrix by Lauren Groff 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃寛鈿э笍 Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃寛馃暟锔忦煣氿煆筐熆茵熅垛€嶐煢� The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍

Favorite February read: Can't choose. All my 4-star books had something I loved and something that I had trouble with.
Least favorite: Both the White Book and Wake of Vultures were letdowns in their own way.

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message 5: by Tsipi (last edited May 16, 2022 03:48AM) (new)

Mar 02, 2022 07:52AM

March

馃帶馃馃徔馃拃馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� 馃寛鈿э笍 Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃暟锔� 馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� The Autobiography of My Mother by Jamaica Kincaid 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃浉馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� 馃悩 Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang
馃帶馃暟锔� 馃摎馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃捇馃馃徔馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� 馃悩 Jade City by Fonda Lee 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃椉馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃 馃摎 The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃攷馃摎 Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie 猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃捇馃馃徔 Magical Makeover by Brenda Trim 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃带馃馃徔馃寛 Crier's War by Nina Varela 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃捇馃馃徔馃寛鈿э笍馃悶 The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion by Margaret Killjoy 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃摉馃浉馃悶 Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃捇馃寛 The Magpie Lord by K.J. Charles
馃帶馃浉 Amatka by Karin Tidbeck 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃捇馃摑馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� 馃悶 UNeducation, Vol 1: A Residential School Graphic Novel by Jason Eaglespeaker
馃帶馃馃徔馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Popisho by Leone Ross 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Black Water Sister by Zen Cho 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃暟锔� The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt by Andrea Bobotis 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃椉 Charming Deformities by Michelle Tea 猸愶笍
馃帶馃浉馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Catch the Lightning by Catherine Asaro 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃捇馃寛 A Case of Possession by K.J. Charles 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃捇馃寛 Flight of Magpies by K.J. Charles 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃寛 The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃暟锔� 馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim 猸愶笍猸愶笍

馃尡馃捇馃寛 The Smuggler and the Warlord by K.J. Charles
馃尡馃捇馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� The Tiger Came to the Mountains by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Favorite March read: I can't believe I had 5 5-star books this month!!! For different reasons, there are three:
鉂ｏ笍 The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion is the queer anarchist novel I've been waiting for and didn't even know!
鉂ｏ笍 Jade City was just a terrific and refreshing Asian epic fantasy.
鉂ｏ笍 The Unspoken Name was my most enjoyable listen. It made me truly happy.
Least favorite: Hands down, Michelle Tea is on my shit list.

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message 6: by Tsipi (last edited Jun 14, 2022 06:41AM) (new)

Apr 05, 2022 12:57AM

April

馃帶馃椉馃摎馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Intimacies by Katie Kitamura 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃椉馃摎馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� The Sentence by Louise Erdrich 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃摎馃摑馃悶 Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃浉馃寛 The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃摎 A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃暟锔� 馃摎馃寛 The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃摎 The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃捇馃馃徔 Jade War by Fonda Lee 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔 The House of Discarded Dreams by Ekaterina Sedia 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃椉 Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃捇馃馃徔 Baby by J.K. Accinni 猸愶笍
馃帶馃椉馃摎 Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃浉馃摎馃悶 Home by Nnedi Okorafor 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃浉馃摎 The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃摎馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
馃帶馃暟锔� 馃攷馃摎馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃悩 The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃椉Seventh Heaven by Alice Hoffman 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃摉馃馃徔馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� 馃寛 The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍

Favorite April read: The Stars Are Legion and Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine. But then, also Naomi Novik. It was a good month!
Least favorite: Baby 馃ぎ

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May 05, 2022 06:18AM

May

馃帶馃椉馃摎馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃浉 Shadow World by A.C. Crispin 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃摎馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� The Midnight Bargain 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃捇馃馃徔馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� 馃悩 Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃摎馃寛馃悶 Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃浉 Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃浉馃摎鈿э笍 The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃捇馃浉馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� 馃寛鈿э笍 Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki 猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃暟锔� 馃摎 Still Life by Sarah Winman 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃摉鉁嶏笍馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� 馃悶 Unbought and Unbossed by Shirley Chisholm 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃捇馃馃徔馃悶 Hearts of Stone by Emma Newman 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃捇馃攷 The Likeness by Tana French 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃 馃摎 The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood

馃尡馃捇馃馃徔 The Long View by Susan Palwick
馃尡馃捇馃浉馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Hush by Mary Anne Mohanraj

Favorite May read: Still Life is nearly perfect, and was just so beautiful.
Least favorite: Light from Uncommon Stars, wish I could delete it from my memory.

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message 8: by Tsipi (last edited Jul 07, 2022 02:43AM) (new)

Jun 02, 2022 04:09AM

June

馃帶馃暟锔� 馃摎馃悩 The Rose Code by Kate Quinn 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃捇馃暟锔� The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃摎馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃悩 The Name of All Things by Jenn Lyons 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃椉馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶鉁嶏笍馃摎馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� The Bone Shard Emperor by Andrea Stewart 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔 The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍

馃尡馃捇馃浉馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Synthetic Perennial by Vivianni Glass
馃尡馃捇馃浉馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Girl Oil by Grace P. Fong

Favorite June read: I guess The Girl in the Tower, though others were good each in a different way so hard to compare.
Least favorite: Evelyn Hugo.

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Jul 07, 2022 02:40AM

July

馃帶馃馃徔馃摎馃悩 King's Dragon by Kate Elliott 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃摎馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� 馃悶 Unexpected Stories by Octavia E. Butler 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃椉馃摎馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Ghost Forest by Pik-Shuen Fung 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃浉馃摎 Valor's Choice by Tanya Huff 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃浉馃摎鈿э笍 All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃摉馃馃徔 This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃浉馃 馃摎馃寛 Firebreak by Nicole Kornher-Stace 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃摎 Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃摎 The Little Shop of Found Things by Paula Brackston 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃捇馃馃徔馃悶 mulberry down!! by Nicole Kornher-Stace 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃摎馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� 馃寛 The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃 馃摎 MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃摎 The Memory of Souls by Jenn Lyons 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃椉馃摎 Three Apples Fell from the Sky by Narine Abgaryan 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃椉馃摎馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍

Favorite July read: There isn't one clear favorite, this was a very 3.5 to 4-star month. But I guess This Savage Song and A Memory of Souls will stay with me in the most positive way, and also Firebreaker was a bit of a revelation. So, three of 16.5 (Split Tooth not listed) is as decisive as I'm gonna get.
Least favorite: My only clear 3-star was The Little Shop of Found Things, so this one.

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Aug 08, 2022 07:55AM

August

馃帶馃馃徔馃摎馃悩 The House of Always by Jenn Lyons 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃浉馃摎 Infomocracy by Malka Ann Older 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃浉馃摎馃寛 The First Sister by Linden A. Lewis 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃捇馃浉馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃暟锔忦煇� The Half-Life of Marie Curie by Lauren Gunderson 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃浉馃寛 Ammonite by Nicola Griffith 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔 Clockwork Boys by T. Kingfisher 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔 The Wonder Engine by T. Kingfisher 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� 馃摎馃寛馃悶 Ayiti by Roxane Gay 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃捇馃暟锔� 馃寛 Think of England by K.J. Charles 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃攷馃摎 Airs Above the Ground by Mary Stewart 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃浉馃摎 Medusa Uploaded by Emily Devenport 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃暟锔� 馃馃徔馃摎 Sistersong by Lucy Holland 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃浉馃懇馃徑鈥嶐煢金煋� The Fallen by Ada Hoffmann 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃摎馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃摎 Arrow's Flight by Mercedes Lackey 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃摎 The Thousand Eyes by A.K. Larkwood 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔 A Wizard鈥檚 Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃 馃摎 Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃摎馃寛馃悶 Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃摎馃寛鈾傦笍The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃暟锔� 馃摎馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍

Favorite August read: Another 3-4 star month of a lot of sequels and no clear "blew my mind" books. I guess this month should be dedicated to T. Kingfisher who provided much joy and is a wonderful discovery. I also really liked Hollow Kingdom.
Least favorite: Terra Nullius, by far.

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Sep 04, 2022 06:18AM

September

馃帶馃馃徔馃悩 The Discord of Gods by Jenn Lyons 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃捇馃馃徔馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃浉馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� I'm Waiting for You and Other Stories by Bo-Young Kim 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶鉁嶏笍馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Redefining Realness by Janet Mock 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃暟锔� 馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃悩 Prince of Dogs by Kate Elliott 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃悶 Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃悶 Flyaway by Kathleen Jennings 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃摉馃馃徔馃悩 Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃浉 Beholder's Eye by Julie E. Czerneda 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔 Unnatural Magic by C.M. Waggoner 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃浉 Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Witchmark by C.L. Polk 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Stormsong by C.L. Polk 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Soulstar by C.L. Polk 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃悶 In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃椉馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍

Favorite September read: Ugh. Everything is 4 stars. Which isn't a bad thing, but it's like: I can't really focus and nothing is giving me that extra wow factor. Lot's of really good books, so I'll point out Bo-Young Kim for the new factor, and Seanan McGuire and C. L. Polk for keeping me interested.

Least favorite: None. All were good, all had something I could critique.

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Oct 01, 2022 08:32AM

October

馃帶馃馃徔馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� The Shadowglass by Rin Chupeco 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� 馃悶鈾傦笍The Black God's Drums by P. Dj猫l铆 Clark 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃浉馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� 馃悶 Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes 鉂�
馃帶馃馃徔馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� The House of Binding Thorns by Aliette de Bodard 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔 Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔鈾傦笍Watership Down by Richard Adams 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃椉馃寛 Radio Silence by Alice Oseman 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃暟锔� 馃寛 An Unseen Attraction by K.J. Charles 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃寛 Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃暟锔� 馃寛 An Unnatural Vice by K.J. Charles 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃摉馃椉馃寛鈿э笍馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃暟锔� 馃寛 An Unsuitable Heir by K.J. Charles 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔 The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃椉Shit Cassandra Saw by Gwen E. Kirby 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃浉馃悶 Rika Mechanized by M.D. Cooper 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃浉 Rika Outcast by M.D. Cooper 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔 A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃摉馃搯 Half a Crown by Jo Walton 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔 Swordheart by T. Kingfisher 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔 Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍

Favorite October read: I don't usually reread books anymore, but somehow this month I reread TWO: One a classic favorite (Watership Down) and one a new favorite (Gideon the Ninth). Is it fair to count them? Barring those, my next favorite was Swordheart, and I'd definitely count T. Kingfisher as the discovery of the year.

Least favorite: I DNFed Chilling Effect, so that one.

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Nov 09, 2022 04:31AM

November

馃帶馃馃徔馃寛 Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃寛 A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃暟锔� A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃寛 The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry by C.M. Waggoner 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔 This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃寛馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� A Snake Falls to Earth by A Snake Falls to Earth 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃椉The Door by Magda Szab贸猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃寛 Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍

Favorite November read: Nona!! But it was such a good month, how unfair to the rest of the books.

Least favorite: No such thing.

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Dec 09, 2022 01:35AM

December

馃帶馃馃徔馃寛馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� Siren Queen by Nghi Vo 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔馃寛 The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃椉馃寛馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃椉馃恳馃径鈥嶐煢� The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔 The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔 The Hidden Palace by Helene Wecker 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔 Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔 The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔 Paladin's Strength by T. Kingfisher 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔 The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃暟锔� 馃寛 A Thief in the Night by K.J. Charles 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
馃帶馃馃徔 The Book of X by Sarah Rose Etter 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍

Favorite December read:
Golden, Golem, X.

Least favorite
Blue Sword has all the usual issues of 1980s fantasy. Not bad, but I guess this one.

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A Thief in the Night (other topics)
The Book of X (other topics)
The Blue Sword (other topics)
The Seed Keeper (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic

K.J. Charles (other topics)
Sarah Rose Etter (other topics)
Robin McKinley (other topics)
Helene Wecker (other topics)
Diane Wilson (other topics)
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