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Godzilla-read's Easy & Simple 2023 Reading Challenge
January- Choose a book that you enjoyed as a teenager to reread.
February- Go to your shelf/stack and choose the fourth book from the beginning/top.
March- A book a parental figure enjoys. If you don't have a parental figure, choose a friend.
April- Pick up a book you've seen mentioned on another book blog.
May- A book under 200-pages.
June- A book with a robot or cyborg in it.
July- Pick a newer (within the last 50 years) poetry collection.
August- A book with a purple cover.
September- A book with a rabbit on the cover.
October- Try to find a book with a queer couple in it.
November- A nonfiction book that you've been meaning to read for at least one year now.
December- Choose a children's holiday book for a winter tradition that you do not celebrate, but would like to learn more about.
Tag me if you decide this is up your alley!
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THE STUDYBLR WITH KNIVES SERVER PRESENTS:
*✧ 2023 Jumbo Reading Challenge ✧*
a brand new year is upon us, so what better way to celebrate than with a fresh reading challenge! this year we decided to fill the gap between our thematic challenges with our biggest challenge yet - this 25 prompt challenge will last from january to the end of december and has 5 bonus prompts to make things a bit easier. most of the prompts are also quite broad, so they encourage you to diversify your reading without being too restricting and sucking all the fun out of reading :)
RULES:
-> please reblog this post if you’re participating
-> for each of the prompts, read a book of your choice and cross the prompt out on the above template
-> post your updates in the form of text posts, bookish photos, or anything else you come up with under the tag #studyblr w/knives reading challenge!
-> the jumbo challenge will last the entire year, but as always, feel free to take however long to complete it
! be sure to hide any spoilers under the cut when posting updates/reviews, so people can avoid them if needed :)
[transcript & explanations of the prompts under the cut]
This year's 25 prompts are:
1. released in 2023
2. by an author of colour
3. punny title *
4. transgender main character
5. recommended by a friend
6. horror or thriller
7. magical realism or high fantasy
8. poetry or nonfiction *
9. space opera or urban fantasy
10. rivals to lovers (academic/sports/workplace/etc. rivals to lovers)
11. mythology inspired *
12. #ownvoices
13. clever cover * (a book with a cover that you don't truly understand till after you've read the book)
14. ugly cover (or as we like to call it, this book deserved better)
15. minimalistic cover
16. water in the title (the word water, sea, ocean, river, lake,... in the title)
17. nonbinary author
18. main character of colour
19. black and white cover
20. one word title
21. bright, colourful cover
22. name of a place in the title (can be a real or fictional place)
23. intimidating book (a book that's intimidating to you for whatever reason)
24. heart or clockface on the cover *
25. title starting with the same letter as your name/nickname (the/a/an or their equivalents in other languages obviously don't count :))
*prompts marked with an asterisk are bonus prompts, meaning you don't have to complete them on storygraph in order to finish the challenge.
as per usual, the challenge is also on storygraph (check the reblogs of the post for the link) and if you have any questions about the challenge at all, my asks are open
#studyblr w/knives reading challenge#studyblr w/knives reading challenge: jumbo 2023#sabrinas posts#studyblr#bookblr#booklr#2023 reading challenge#bookish#myhoneststudyblr#serendistudy#emmastudies#medustudies#knife gang#studying
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Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. In the search for the transcendent, Richard, Henry, Camilla, Francis, and Bunny gradually reveal their dark natures and the terrifying secret that binds them together.
An international bestseller from Donna Tartt, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Goldfinch, The Secret History is the must-have winter thriller.
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✩🥂🫧2023 Reading Wrap Up:
What a year! I graduated from college, got my first big girl job, got to meet so many of my favorite authors, and read some amazing books ☺️ I am super proud of what I accomplished in 2023 and my year in books. Here’s to another great year of reading and new releases🥂
MY YEAR IN BOOKS:
Books read — 102
Pages read — 41,343
Average book length — 349 pages
Longest Book — “Iron Flame” by Rebecca Yarros (640 pages)
Shortest Book — “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (23 pages)
Top 5 Books —
“Love Redesigned” by Lauren Asher
“Legendborn” by Tracy Deonn
“Love, Theoretically” by @ever-so-ali
“Divine Rivals” by Rebecca Ross
“Pestilence” by @laurathalassa
#booklr#book blog#book blogger#bookish#bibliophile#book rec#reading wrap up#2023 reading challenge#2023 reading wrap up#2023 books#2023 reads#bookaholic#bookworm#book recommendations#book photo shoot#book pile#book photo#book photography#book account#book addict#book reader
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Book Review #114 of 2023--
System Collapse by Martha Wells. Rating: 4 stars.
Read from September 6th to 8th.
Before I get into the review, a quick thank you to both NetGalley and the publishers over at Tor giving me access to one of my most anticipated releases of the year in exchange for an honest review. If you've been here for any length of time then you already know about the Murderbot Diaries, but let me give you a quick series synopsis. In the series, we follow a Security Unit (SecUnit) who has hacked their governor module and all it wants now is to do its job while watching its shows. But SecUnit finds itself getting attached to humans as it travels the universe which inevitably leads to more danger and drama and dealing with more Corporation Rim companies than it would like. In this one, we follow SecUnit and its 'friend' ART who must protect their humans and some how prevent a company from seizing a colony of humans for their own selfish reasons. If only SecUnit wasn't starting to malfunction. This is the seventh in the series and it comes out on November 14th. Available for preorder now.
Discussing Murderbot with people who haven't read the series is hard, especially now that we're on number seven in the series. But we all know the basic premise, right? A SecUnit has gone rogue because it wants to not be controlled by a system that can kill it for disobeying. Oh, and so it can watch its shows. I will always enjoy getting back into this world. I think the author does such a great job with both the human characters and the constructs that always draws me in. This one actually made me like Ratthi way more than I did before which came as a huge surprise and showed me just how good of an author Martha Wells really is. At times I hated that something was wrong with Murderbot and that they weren't on top of their game the way they usually are. But we also got to see how trauma has impacted them and what happens when trauma just keeps getting compounded without any sort of treatment. The thing that I LOVED about this one was that we got both Murderbot and ART while also getting all of their humans. I love that the teams were mixed together based on task and ability instead of who came from where. And I loved that by the end Murderbot found itself attached to all the humans not just the ones it knew before meeting ART.
There were a few moments that felt unclear in the action. There is usually a decent amount of fight sequences/action scenes in this series and usually I can follow them pretty well, but in this one it felt more muddled. I think it might actually be me and not the book. I have a lot of real life stress going on at the moment so I feel like my focus has been pretty split. I'm willing to say it might not be the book's fault here. Just my attention span at the moment. I also wasn't 100% sure where this fit timeline wise for the series. It seems like it would fit after Network Effect and not the latest novella which is Fugitive Telemetry. Please correct me if I'm wrong here.
Overall, it's Murderbot and you cannot go wrong with reading some Murderbot. I will always sing this series' praises. Probably not my favorite but up there for sure.
#netgalley#tor#The Murderbot Diaries#Murderbot Diaries#book review#book reviews#booklr#bookblr#bookstagram#books read in 2023#2023 reading challenge#goodreads challenge#goodreads#bookish#books
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119/120
5/5
My mind is reeling. Like what the fuck. This one was so good. I feel like it totally just knocked out all the others and claimed my favourite spot.
The writing was atmospheric, immersive, really descriptive. I loved it. It was tense and a little creepy. The characters were amazing. I totally recommend using the audible narration along with it. This story was perfect for a short story, and I think this set my new standard for horror short stories.
#booklr#booktok#reading#reading challenge#horrorbooks#2023 reading#2023 reading challenge#best of luck#jason mott
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Book 45, for the prompt "a book about or based on an urban legend"
I'm really enjoying this series. It makes me want to go on a deep research dive into Japanese urban legends and horror stories again, but I don't have any time 😩
The start of this one finished the eight-foot-tall woman arc. They go out for drinks to celebrate.
Sorawo is very relatable 😩
Then, after the waiter prophesied the OIL CROW, the two of them stumble back into the Otherside. At night. When it's the most dangerous.
Things obviously go well.
The walking gallows is so incredibly creative and I hate it. Same with the face things. But we're learning more about the Otherside, so that's something.
And worry not! The American army is here, and they're definitely going to save us and absolutely not shoot someone. Looking at you, Greg. >://
Reading these types of books is me continuously going "Oh!! I know this one!!!". Kisaragi Station is the star of this arc, and I really wish I had the next volume. I want to see what the train is and what's going on.
⭐⭐⭐⭐
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2023 Reading Through the Decades Reading Challenge
Calling all readers on tumblr! If you happen to love reading and learning, I warmly invite you to join my reading challenge Reading Through the Decades! The challenge will last from January 2023 to January 2024, and the plan is to read literature from/about the 1900s (and 2000s) decade by decade.
What to Read for the Challenge?
The purpose of the challenge is to read about a specific decade during each month. During the challenge, I am planning to read:
literature published during a given decade (e.g. in April, books published in the 1930s),
literature set during a given decade (e.g. in April, fiction set in the 1930s but published later/earlier),
and non-fiction about a given decade and about events/people of that decade (e.g. in April, non-fiction about the Spanish Civil War or Charlie Chaplin).
I will also make recommendations posts in the beginning of each month to suggest books one could read during that month and to share my plans on what I’m thinking of reading.
A Multimedia Experience
To enhance my experience, I’m also planning to combine other forms of media. This includes:
movies,
documentaries,
TV shows,
and music.
The tag for the challenge is #reading through the decades. So, if you want to join, please use the tag so I can find your posts! Absolutely anyone and everyone can join in, and you can do the challenge in whatever way best suits you 😊
#langblr#studyblr#booklr#reading challenge#reading through the decades#2023 reading challenge#and pls go ahead and reblog this! i'm very excited about this challenge and would love to have others participate!#my goal is to read as much queer and female-centric stuff as possible for this challenge
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January Reading Challenge 2023: Choose a book that you enjoyed as a teenager to reread.
Ok, I’m kinda cheating on this one, but it works. Back in high school, I had a dog named Pluto who was prone to seizures due to a brain injury before we got him. Whenever he’d be walking it off, I would read to him. I got through several books this way and we started to read Sheila Burnford’s THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY, but Pluto passed away halfway through.
I’ve never been able to finish the book on account of the grief from his passing. For my January reading challenge, I’m taking this book that I love and I’m going to start from the beginning and try to read it all the way through.
Wish me luck.
📖 The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
#godzilla reads#the incredible journey#sheila burnford#January reading challenge#2023 reading challenge#reading#reads#books#booklr#bookworm#bookish#book blog#bibliophile
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Books 73-78 read in 2023.
The last reading roundup of the year.
LOST IN THE MOMENT AND FOUND by Seanan McGuire
MISLAID IN PARTS HALF-KNOWN by Seanan McGuire
The great 2023 Reread of the ENTIRE Wayward Children series was so much fun. I see so much of myself & my loves in these books, which is, I think, the entire point.
THE DEEP SKY by Yume Kitasei
A Very Queer, Who Done It, Locked Room, in Deep Space. Delightful.
WALK AMONG US, a Vampire: The Masquerade anthology
I loved one of the novellas. I liked one a lot. And I'm undecided about the third, as I keep thinking about it, but it makes me frustrated, and yet sometimes that's the point of art.
WHAT FEASTS AT NIGHT by T. Kingfisher
Nonbinary. Spooky. Trauma. I loved it. T. Kingfisher is my current Have a Great Time Reading author.
NIGHT SIDE OF THE RIVER by Jeanette Winterson
Technically I'm still reading this, but End of the Year, blah blah blah. It's been a while since I've read a Jeanette Winterson book, and I'm as in love with her writing as I was back in college. Spooky, literary stories for Yuletide.
#books read in 2023#2023 reads#2023 reading goals#2023 reading challenge#book#books#book covers#book review#book recs#bookreccs#book recommendations#i read books#readmore#reading roundup
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“Does such a thing as ‘the fatal flaw,’ that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? I used to think it didn't. Now I think it does. And I think that mine is this: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs.”
―Donna Tartt, The Secret History
#2023 reading challenge#bookblr#reading recs#tbr#reading room#books#donna tartt#the secret history#secret history#aesthetic#henry winter#richard papen#francis abernathy#camilla macaulay#charles macauley#julian morrow#bunny corcoran
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I saw this for 2022 and now I wanna do it for this year
23 books I want to finish in 2023
Ash Princess by Laura Sebastian
Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo
The Silmarillion by Tolkien
One last stop by Casey McQuiston
Star War's Episode I
A Court of Thrones and Roses by Sarah J Maas
Lady Smoke by Laura Sebastian
Ember Queen by Laura Sebastian
Carry on by Simon Snow
Wayward son by Simon Snow
Any way the wind blows by Simon Snow
In Deeper Waters by F. T. Lukens
So this is ever after by F. T. Lukens
Seide und Schwert by Kai Meyer
Lanze und Licht by Kai Meyer
Drache und Diamant by Kai Meyer
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia C. S. Lewis
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader C. S. Lewis
The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis
The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis
The Magician’s Nephew by C. S. Lewis
The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis
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23 Books I Want to Read in 2023
1984 by George Orwell (Currently reading)
The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake
How Do You Live? by Genzaburo Yoshino
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
Fairy Tale by Stephen King
Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
S. by Doug Durst (& J.J. Abrams)
In the Weeds by B.K. Borison
Mixed Signals by B.K. Borison
A World Without You by Beth Revis
This Time It's Real by Ann Liang
Babel by R.F. Kuang
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
NOS 4R2 by Joe Hill
The Curator by Owen King
The Midnight Club by Christopher Pike
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Your Name by Makoto Shinkai
Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker
Long Live the Pumpkin Queen by Shea Ernshaw
Thank you so much for tagging me @thequeerlibrarian! It was so much fun putting this list together, let's see how many I actually check off!
I'm tagging:
@maddiesbookshelves
@lifeofbookworm
@beardedbookdragon
@therefugeofbooks
@just0nemorepage
If you don't want to do this and I tagged you, please don't feel pressure to do so! If I didn't tag you, but you see this and want to do it, please feel free to tag me once you're done, I would love to see it!
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Book Review #115 of 2023--
The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. Rating: 4 stars.
Read from September 8th to 10th.
One of my most anticipated new releases for the year has finally come out and been read. I'm seriously considering getting rid of my Barnes and Noble membership because this bad boy didn't make it to my house for over a week after release. Though there was a holiday in there so maybe we don't make any rash decisions. This is the fourth book in The Inheritance Games series and it follows two of the Hawthorne Brothers as they attempt to help out non-Hawthorne family members.
It was so refreshing to dive into this book. If you're a fan of the series you already know that there are a ton of riddles, games, puzzles throughout and I loved getting back into this world and attempting to solve the same puzzles as our main characters. I also love how this took two really different characters and gave them both an opportunity to be examined by the reader. I don't think anything in this series so far has given me a chance to dive so deep into who these characters are, how they think, what they feel, and their history. Jameson and Grayson have this thing where they work really well together but they also highlight each others differences. So, I loved the depth of character exploration in this one as well as the ability to see through their eyes. I also really loved the setting for Jameson's adventure in this one. It's starts in this sort of secret society in London and eventually finds its way to a beautiful castle. Grayson's adventure is set in Phoenix, but there are still plenty of riddles to solve there too. I don't know. There's just something about the Hawthornes and something about this world of unbelievable wealth and power and how each brother wields it. I can read book after book about these characters.
I felt like this one was sort of explaining things to the reader a little too much. At one point Jameson is in the secret society and is going to play 21 and a new character says 'Bonne Chance' to him as she walks away which the narration then goes on to explain to the reader means 'Good luck' in English. Having taken French for several years felt like I was being talked down to. Now, not everyone has taken several years of French, but I felt like context clues also gave this away? There are definitely times in this series when I need the author to explain to me how these brilliant characters have solved these riddles. But there are also times when I've been given enough context or can figure it out myself and don't need to feel like it's being dumbed down for me as a reader. I hope that makes sense. It definitely felt like I was solving some clues and then having them explained to me anyway. While we do get the world of The Inheritance Games expanded, I felt like the cast of characters got smaller. We do meet new characters but I missed seeing Alisa and her weird entanglements with the Hawthorne family. We also didn't get Libby in this one at all. Which is a little sad since we share a name and so many other things. Let me live vicariously through the character who is basically me except she also gets a rich cowboy. Haha.
It's the world of the Inheritance Games and I'm always down for it. I'm so excited that these adventures don't end here.
#new release#book review#book reviews#The Inheritance Games#Jennifer Lynn Barnes#books read in 2023#2023 reading challenge#goodreads challenge#goodreads#booklr#bookblr#bookstagram#bookish#books
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Tell me how many books you’ve read and what your goal is in the tags! 🫶🏼
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61/120
5/5
The 6th book of The Murderbot Diaries finally came out on Kindle Unlimited. I am so happy to be able to get back to Murderbot and this series. This one certainly gets a special place in my heart and library.
“They don’t want me. (Hey, I don’t want me, either, but I’m stuck with me.)”
Lines like that are placed all throughout the series, and it’s coming back to it and still getting these moments that make this series feel like home. Reading this book definitely felt like I was coming back home. I loved being able to see how much Murderbot has grown, and how much he hasn’t in some ways, throughout not only the series but this book as well. I do think that this instalment is my favourite out of the series.
#booklr#booktok#reading#reading challenge#2023 reading#scifibooks#2023 reading challenge#the murderbot diaries#martha wells#fugitive telemetry
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