#20 book challenge

[franticvampirereads]

Twenty Books Challenge

Hypothetically, you are only able to keep 20 of your books. Only one book per author/series. So what books are you keeping?

Tagged by the lovely @dkafterdark! Thank you for the tag, this was literally the hardest thing ever 😭💕!

1. Lady Knight by Tamora Pierce (this one has my heart and always will)

2. The Last Sun by K.D. Edwards

3. I’ll Be The One by Lyla Lee

4. Therapy Game Restart vol 1 by Meguru Hinohara

5. On The Ice by Amy Aislin (it’s so hard to pick just one!! 😭)

6. On A Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

7. Network Effect by Martha Wells

8. White Trash Warlock by David R Slayton

9. The Scapegracers by H.A. Clarke

10. In Strange Woods by Claire Cray

11. Blank Canvas by E.M. Lindsey

12. Taproot by Kezzy Young

13. Wild Blue Wonder by Carlie Sorosiak

14. Wolfsong by TJ Klune

15. Psycho by Onley James

16. Cherry Picked by May Archer (it was so fucking difficult to pick just one May Archer book 😭)

17. Charisma Check by Charlie Novak

18. Bite Me! By Fae Quin

19. Best Laid Plans by Roan Parrish

20. Role Model by Rachel Reid (I love Shane & Ilya but I love Harris & Troy just as much! 😭💕)

Tagging: @glaciya @therefugeofbooks @godzilla-reads @sleepyphilia and anyone else who would like to do this tag and hasn’t yet!

[bookcub]

20 book challenge

@aliteraryprincess tagged me a while back!!

Hypothetically, you are only able to keep 20 of your books. Only one book per author/series. So what books are you keeping?

the name of the wind by patrick rothfuss- this is an obvious choice. i am bringing my 10th anniversary version. i love this book and its enormous. easy to read over and over again and full of mini stories within as well.

graceling by kristin cashore- full of action and character growth, a consistent favorite of mine. i never get sick of analyzing it.

spindles end by robin mckinley- lyrical and one of my favorite retellings. super easy to get lost in the words

kiki strike: inside the shadow city by kirsten miller- super fun and contains 98% of the useful information i know

beauty queens by libba bray- clever, funny, and ruthless in its take down of american society.

in the hand of the goddess by tamora pierce- i reread this book the most out of the series and has some of the best fight scenes ever. if im angry, i read the fight scenes and feel so much better

hold me by courtney milan- queer you've got mail but make it nerdy? your faves could never

girl gone viral by alisha rai- this isn't technically an ace romance novel but to me, it is. warm and lovely, this is the perfect warm drink of a book

in other lands by sarah rees brennan- every reread, i discover new details and i also laugh and cry. i can't not include it.

strange the dreamer by laini taylor- a big ole book to keep me occupied. fantastic characters and themes and writing.

elatsoe by darcie little badger- i have not reread this book enough times to be able to part with it

starless sea by erin morgenstern- it's about the STORIES

an ember in the ashes by sabaa tahir- another long book that i need to reread so i can read the rest of the series

bloodmarked by tracey deonn- alas, i don't own legendborn, otherwise that would be here instead

emma by jane austen- i havent finished this (it's been like 2 years omg) so if its one of 20, i might actually finish it, no?

dread nation by justina ireland- owned this a long time. have not read. see above reasoning

jane eyre by charlotte bronte-

refusing compulsory sexuality: a black asexual lens on our sex obesessed society by sherronda j brown- another book i need to finish (it's only been a few months and i should have one (1) nonfiction in here)

the girl who drank the moon by kelley barnhill- a new addition to my collection. its sticking around

red white and royal blue by casey mcquiston- an addictive book. gotta keep it

tagging @logarithmicpanda @druggeddraccus @elenajohansenreads @flyingcrowbar and anyone else who wants to do this!!

[mountainmaven]

Twenty Books Challenge

Hypothetically, you are only able to keep 20 of your books. Only one book per author/series. So what books are you keeping?

I was tagged by @the-forest-library - thank you!

This was way harder than I imagined (and I still messed up because I have 2 books by the same author oops). I was surprised by how many of the books I chose to keep are non-fiction. I also may have messed up with the rules with some of my collection books but oh well.

From the bottom up:

The Lost Words by Robert MacFarlane & Jackie Morris - just a beautiful book that reminds us how important words are.

The Uncle Wiggly Book by Howard R. Garis. One of the first books I read as a child, and this is the copy I've had since childhood. It's also the book that started my book collecting hobby.

The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde - such a sweet, fun story and this one has great illustrations. (this is the book I'd switch out for something else since I messed up with the rules)

Hold Still by various. This was a project started by The Duchess of Cambridge during The COVID Pandemic. She and the National Portrait Gallery collected thousands of photos and went through and chose the top 100 to put into book form. It's a story of life during a modern pandemic. It's incredibly moving.

Collective Wisdom: Lessons, Inspiration, and Advice From Women Over 50 by Grace Bonney. A Christmas gift from one of my kids in 2021. It's a beautiful collection from women, most of whom are average, every day women, very few celebrities or well knowns are in this book. And the diversity is great too (Native, WOC, Disabled, Trans etc.).

The Complete Language of Flowers by S. Theresa Dietz the classic book of flowers and their meanings with beautiful drawings.

Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky. 50 Inspiring and notable women in Science. Fun, cartoonish illustrations as well.

American Prince by Tony Curtis. Because he's so pretty, and his whole face lit up when I told him what I thought of his book when he signed it for me.

The Snow Queen and Other Winter Tales by various. Collection of tales from various Fairy Tale books and authors. I have a few of these but this one I think is my favorite.

The Works of H.G. Wells by H.G. Wells. A collection of stories by Wells. The Time Machine was the first Science Fiction book I'd read. I read it as a teen and I loved it.

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (and this would be the one Wilde book I'd keep since I'm only allowed to have one book by the same author). This is my all time favorite book.

The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen. I have loved and own every book Allen has written, but I think this is my favorite.

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. I have a few copies of this book, it's a favorite. I chose this version because it's just very pretty.

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer. Because Mother Nature DGAF. Also as I was being admitted to the hospital for my hysterectomy the admitting nurse who was doing all my vitals, giving me my IV etc. was reading this book and we discussed it. We both agreed that this book confirmed for us that we never want to climb Mount Everest.

Timeless by Gail Carriger. The final book in the Soulless series. I loved this whole series. I chose the last book, however, because it's one of the few series that I absolutely loved everything about how it ended.

The Radium Girls by Kate Moore. The incredibly infuriating story of the women who risked their lives in watch factories and how little help they got. This book made me a better feminist and grew my understanding of the importance of women's rights and how important our history is.

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. I think this was the first Gaiman book I read and it's my favorite.

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder. A series I read one summer in my youth. I chose this one because of its iconic cover, and because it's the first in the series.

The Aviary by Kathleen O'Dell. One of my kids read this when they were younger and suggested it to me. It's one of my all time favorite middle grade reads. It's magical.

The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. My 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Bauer (my favorite teacher ever) read this out loud to us in class. I fell in love with the story. I never read it again until I was a married adult with children. It's the first book I ever re-read as an adult (Uncle Wiggly is the first book I ever re-read). And I re-read TLtWatW at least every couple of years. I tag anyone who wants to do this!!

[hiimcanadia]

I remember in high school a lot of english teachers would make us write down words that we didn't know when we were reading novels for class, but they would require at least a certain number of these words, so whenever I was reading I was forced to use some of my focus searching for words that I could believably pretend I didn't know for points.

And so now when I'm reading books for fun and I actually find a lot of words I don't know, I get a little bit annoyed. Cuz if it's this easy to find books that are actually challenging when I'm not even looking, why did teachers keep giving me books where I had to pretend that I, as a 17 year old, didn't know what "envy" or "resilient" meant.

[booksandrandomfandoms]

JOMP day 20

Close - up

A close up shot of my remaining physical tbr for this month … not doing too great 😅 I’m going to focus on the 3 on top of the stack though so hopefully I can at least get through those

[its-raccinky]

I am back on my bullshit with an original art challenge

[asthewintersun]

day 01/100 | one hundred days of books

i've spent this week reading ninth house, after finally getting my hands on it last november. i recall there being controversy when it was first released, but honestly, i still don't understand why it provoked so much anger. the book comes with its own undercurrents of anger, and with so much still unresolved i don't expect that to end any time soon, but there's also something cathartic in it, every time a man gets brutalised for his misogyny, every time alex gets to truly show who she is. this was definitely not an easy read, but it was a powerful one.

[milfygerard]

oh my god it just had some kind of bad pacing what is this video length for

[failfemme]

okay like half of my coworkers have commented on it so i now feel confident saying. i am the fastest shelver in this here town.

[a-ramblinrose]

JOMP BPC || January 9 || Biggest Weakness:  Pretty Bookmarks! 

I literally just posted about my newest acquisition 😝. Also, maybe there's one coming with my next book order...

[theredandwhitequeen]

Book 20 of the 50 book challenge. Heartstopper vol v by Alice Oseman. I wanted to reread this to remind myself where Charlie and Nick and everyone else will be at in season 3. I still really enjoyed it again.

[just0nemorepage]

April Just One More Page BPC 📚 // Day 20 ➜ Pastels.

↳ Pastelly purples!

[shame-is-a-wasted-emotion]

Day 20 of Chris Colfer celebration month!!

Day 20 prompt: reading a book

Fortunately he is an author himself. So many books ❤️❤️

@fallevs

[artemismatchalatte]

2023 Pinterest 50 Book Reading Challenge

5. A Book Written by Someone under 35

Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto

[booksandrandomfandoms]

JOMP day 20

Lgbtqia +

My current audiobook, about 2 1/2 hours left … it’s alright

It’s also good for some romance readathon prompts: a bipoc author & colors of the sun on the cover (a popular prompt for me 😂)

Kinda weird this month it’s one of 2 ya books I’ve read so it’s vibing differently than everything else I’ve read recently 😅 but I do have another ya book I’m hoping to get to before the end of the month

[godzilla-reads]

20 Books Challenge

Hypothetically, you are only able to keep20 of your books. Only one book per author/series. So what books are you keeping?

Tagged by @franticvampirereads , thank you for the challenge!

Watership Down by Richard Adams

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

The Ice Dragon by George R.R. Martin

The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd

Devotions by Mary Oliver

Lassie by Eric Knight

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa

Great Soul of Siberia by Sooyong Park

The Last Quarter of the Moon by Chi Zijian

The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkine

Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

Tithe by Holly Black

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

M is for Magic by Neil Gaiman

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill

Tagging: @balaenabooks @introvertia @the-forest-library and @stefito0o