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May Monthly Reading Challenge - SciFi Fantasy theme



Let's celebrate The Aurealis Awards presented by HarperVoyager - Gala Awards Ceremony - 21 May 2011, by reading SciFi or Fantasy for the month of May.

The Aurealis Awards, are for works of speculative fiction written by an Australian citizen, or permanent resident, and published for the first time between 1 November 2009 and 31 December 2010.

To join the challenge choose a book with a SciFi or Fantasy theme. The book you choose can crossover into other challenges.

Here are some book suggestions for the challenge:







http://www.goodreads.com/genres/scien...

Indulge yourself with a well-loved science fiction or fantasy novel! Happy Reading...

Looks pretty awesome, doesn't it!! ;)

Heh - I've been reading the other novels shortlisted in the Aurealis Fantasy book category. Just finished Death Most Definite - SFF set in Brisbane, which was great fun.

Carmel wrote: "This challenge looks fabulous, if I say so myself!!"

LOOKS smashin! Wooohooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo~!!

I love SciFi & SciFiRom & Fantasy. Will have to decide what to read.

Andrea wrote: "Heh - I've been reading the other novels shortlisted in the Aurealis Fantasy book category. Just finished Death Most Definite - SFF set in Brisbane, which was great fun."

You'll have to save one for May, Andrea!! :)

Laura wrote: "Carmel wrote: "This challenge looks fabulous, if I say so myself!!"

LOOKS smashin! Wooohooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo~!!"

:D LOL

Sandra wrote: "I love SciFi & SciFiRom & Fantasy. Will have to decide what to read."

Oooo, that's good Sandra!! Good excuse for another good book...:)

Brenda wrote: "You'll have to save one for May, Andrea!!

I intersperse them with bunches of other books (plus need to read the book before Stormlord Rising first), so I expect at least one of them will settle comfortably into May.

Andrea wrote: "Brenda wrote: "You'll have to save one for May, Andrea!!

I intersperse them with bunches of other books (plus need to read the book before Stormlord Rising first), so I expect at ..."

Yay!!! Let us know which one you're going to read once you figure it out...:) We'd love to know!

Yay, looks like a great challenge Brenda!

Fortunately, there are PLENTY fantasy/sci-fi books on my to-read list, so I will have no problem choosing one.
Tossing up between any Stephen King book or The Secret Hour

� Jessica � wrote: "Yay, looks like a great challenge Brenda!

Fortunately, there are PLENTY fantasy/sci-fi books on my to-read list, so I will have no problem choosing one.
Tossing up between any [author:Stephen Ki..."

Glad you're happy about it Jess!! Your choices sound good, and if you have lots on your TBR list, it certainly will make it easy for you!! :)

I think I will read Neuromancer and The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, cuz I've been meaning to get to them and now I have an excuse

Knowledge Lost wrote: "I think I will read Neuromancer and The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, cuz I've been meaning to get to them and now I have an excuse"

Good on you Knowledge...it's great to have an excuse, isn't it!! :)

Truth is they are on my bookshelf and I would of read them anyway :-P

:D yay my chosen reading genre hazzar!
soo many books I can now say I need to read for the challenge :D

might go with ( I really need to finish this serise if any one is looking for an awesome fantasy/ sci fi book is a great one you wouldnt regret it, its a bit of a rare series to find now, took me a while to find them all in the right covers but soo worth it!)

not sure what else ill read but I'm sure more will pop up

Melanie wrote: ":D yay my chosen reading genre hazzar!
soo many books I can now say I need to read for the challenge :D

might go with [bookc..."

Wow Melanie, fabulous choices!!! :)

Knowledge Lost wrote: "Truth is they are on my bookshelf and I would of read them anyway :-P"

zactly makes challenge easier :D

I have The Death of Grass by John Christopher ready to go - so now have an excuse to pull it up to the top of the TBR pile.

Oh lovely, I will enjoy this.

On the recommendation of someone in the group I ordered The Magicians' Guildby Trudi Canavan. I have been looking forward to reading this and I will be able to count another Australian author to my list for this year.

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card and if I finish that I might read a second book.

Sounds excellent Sally906 and Jacinta! :)

Mickey wrote: "Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card and if I finish that I might read a second book."

Lovely Mickey!!

Andrea wrote: "Heh - I've been reading the other novels shortlisted in the Aurealis Fantasy book category. Just finished Death Most Definite - SFF set in Brisbane, which was great fun."

Bok 2 Managing Death gets even better :)

Michael wrote: "I'll join in not really my fav genre's but what the hey.

Here's what i will be reading Clarity

Thanks to Brenda for the invite. :D"

My pleasure Michael :) Your book sounds interesting, let us know what you think when you've read it, won't you :)

Sally906 wrote: "I have The Death of Grass by John Christopher ready to go - so now have an excuse to pull it up to the top of the TBR pile."

Sally906 - The Death Of Grass is superb. My opinion, of course, and it's years since I read it, though I still have the paperback. Pretty grim in spots but very believable and a great storyline.

@ Brenda - stunning illustrations!

@ KnowledgeLost - The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress sounds familiar, I may have read it a long time ago. The title certainly set off a good vibe.

@ everyone - one of the greatest S.F. books you'll ever read is Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Left Hand Of Darkness", if you can find a copy.

Happy reading!

Monya (aka Mary)

Thanks for all your input Monya! I'll have a look for The Left Hand of Darkness, see if my library has a copy. :)
(I can't take all the credit for the illustrations, or the rest of the challenge..Laura and Carmel had a major hand in it too) :)

Yay! I'm sure I'll read a few of these from my TBR mountain over the course of the month. :) Love the illustrations!!

That will be great Cheryl!! We actually had lots of illustrations to choose from, it was very hard to select only two!!! :)

Jacinta wrote: "On the recommendation of someone in the group I ordered The Magicians' Guild by Trudi Canavan"

I found the first one a bit bland, Jacinta, but even if you find the same, stick with it. I loved The Novice so much I've reread it about 5 times.

Mickey wrote: "Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card and if I finish that I might read a second book."

Good choice, Mickey. Ender's Game is one of my favourite SciFi book, and the sequel Speaker for the Dead was a big influence on my deciding to study anthropology.

I'll be reading The Prodigal Mage in May, but does it really count if I only join challenges when they fit books I was planning to read anyway? It feels like cheating.

I'm going to read The Sevenfold Spell (fantasy)

Im going to read Unwind by Neal Shusterman for this challenge :)

I've gotta see if any of my boooks will fit..Maybe Chew will (sorta).

Happy reading everyone ^_^

Fabulous choices everyone!!! Enjoy (come 1st May!) :)

Awesomeness!! Starting Do Androids dream of electric sheep.

Wow, fabulous title Bookaddict! Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?..great looking cover too... :)

Great book and movie too :-)

Philip K Dick is a genius

Knowledge Lost wrote: "Great book and movie too :-)

Philip K Dick is a genius"

agreed! a scanner darkly was a good book too

Every book I've read of his has left me with something to ponder

Will definitely be in this challenge. Not sure which book yet as I have lots of sci-fi on my TBR list. In fact I have recently purchased many sci-fi books from a fantastic 2nd hand book shop who specialise in it.

For those in Adelaide, checkout the Blackwood Book Exchange if you want sci-fi or fantasy (or any other book - it's quite a big shop). The owner, David, is an avid collector from the US. Every so often he returns home to bring back another shipping crate of books.

Murray wrote: "...I found the first one a bit bland, Jacinta, but even if you find the same, stick with..."

Thanks for the heads up there Murray, I am looking forward to delving into a new author's world.

Murray wrote: "I'll be reading The Prodigal Mage in May, but does it really count if I only join challenges when they fit books I was planning to read anyway? It feels like cheating."

I like it when we have opportunities to share what we are reading regardless of the reasons as it allows me to check out new titles and authors. Click, click, click there they go, added to my TBR list and then I order from BD as I work through the physical pile. Saves me soooo much internet trawling time.

It works so well Jacinta!!

Almost done with-and really enjoying Unwind by Neal Shusterman

� Jessica � wrote: "Almost done with-and really enjoying Unwind by Neal Shusterman"

Jess, is this your May challenge book? Umm..isn't it still April?? LOL.. Now you'll have to pick another one...;)

EDIT: Just saw this isn't your challenge one Jess...my apologies...:) >_<

Awks :S
Oh well, I'll find another one on my shelf :)

HAHA!!!! OK Jess!! ;)

I'm thinking of a few. Maybe Threshold by Sara Douglass, or Black Trillium by Marion Zimmer Bradley. This is the first in a series, and I have the first three books, so that would be a good one to clear from my TBR. Problem is I have many sci-fi waiting TBR.