Fantasy Buddy Reads discussion

Finished the first one in 2017, and a New Year brings new challenges:

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1. A buddy read with someone in the group: Emperor of Thorns
2. A debut novel: Blood Song
3. A book under 300 pages: The Monster at the End of this Book
4. A book you own and haven’t read yet: The Cartel
5. A book with a blue cover
6. A book in a series you have already started
7. A book with an anti-hero: Prince of Thorns
8. A book recommended by someone on Goodreads: The Last Wish
9. A Young Adult book: Street Freaks
10. A book by an author you have not read before: Where Loyalties Lie
11. A book with a one-word title: Private
12. A book you can read in one day: Pierce Brown's Red Rising: Sons of Ares
13. FREE SPACE
14. A book featuring an unlikely friendship: The Power of the Dog
15. A book over 800 pages
16. A book published before 1970: Peter Pan
17. A book on your to-read list for more than one year: King of Thorns
18. A book with a person on the cover: Grey Sister
19. A book from a (sub)genre you don’t usually read: Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
20. A book by an author under 25 at the time it was published
21. A book with a dragon in it: Kings of the Wyld
22. A book published this year: Iron Gold
23. A standalone book: Ghosts of Tomorrow
24. The last book in a series: Emperor of Thorns
25. A book of your choice: Evil is a Matter of Perspective: An Anthology of Antagonists

Good luck Chris :)

Thanks, Jenna :)

2. A debut novel: Blood Song
22. A book published this year: Iron Gold

Updating this challenge:

4. A book you own and haven’t read yet: The Cartel
7. A book with an anti-hero: Prince of Thorns
11. A book with a one-word title: Private
12. A book you can read in one day: Pierce Brown's Red Rising: Sons of Ares
14. A book featuring an unlikely friendship: The Power of the Dog
18. A book with a person on the cover: Grey Sister
19. A book from a (sub)genre you don’t usually read: Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies

I'm going to try this challenge again, after a long hiatus...Using Bill's alternative version:

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1. A buddy read with someone in the group - Fairy Tale
2. A debut novel -
3. A book under 300 pages - Biography of a Phantom: A Robert Johnson Blues Odyssey
4. A book you own and haven’t read yet - The Walking Dead: Compendium Four
5. A book with a purple cover - Empire of Silence
6. A book in a series you have already started - Tsalmoth
7. A book with an anti-hero - City of Dreams
8. A book recommended by someone on Goodreads - Red Country
9. A Young Adult book - Starsight
10. A book by an author you have not read before - What Lies in the Woods
11. A book with a one-word title - Revival
12. A book you can read in one day - Basketful of Heads
13. FREE SPACE
14. A book featuring an unlikely friendship - Jhereg
15. A book over 1,000 pages
16. A book published before 1960
17. A book on your to-read list for more than three years - Tiassa
18. A book with a person on the cover - Tell Me Everything: A Memoir
19. A book from a (sub)genre you don’t usually read
20. A book by an author over 60 at the time it was published - The Donut Legion
21. A book with a dragon in it - Wards of Faerie
22. A book published this year - Tress of the Emerald Sea
23. A standalone book - The Cowboy and the Cossack
24. The last book in a series - A Time of Courage
25. A book of your choice - The Book That Wouldn’t Burn