2025 Reading Challenge discussion

MAKE YOUR OWN BOOK AWARDS
Duration: 1 October - 31 December 2018

We're rolling out the red carpet and getting our gladrags on! It's time for a very special awards ceremony where you choose the categories and the winners.
For every book you read during this quarterly challenge, you must give an award to each one. The award can be for anything you like from the serious such as best setting or most historically accurate, to the light-hearted such as best character with blond hair or best relationship. If you want, you can also award the worst books with categories like most tropes used or biggest plot hole.
Once you've completed your challenge, there's one final award to give: best book of the quarter which will go to the book you've rated highest.

Lindsay will be leading this challenge. Thank you :)

I'm in for 20 books!

1. The Most Predictable Gaslighting Award - The Breakdown by B.A. Paris - completed October 2018 - 3.5 stars
2. Best Childhood Friendship Between a Boy and Girl - Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson - completed October 2018 - 4 stars
3. Best Crime Novel Featuring Female Characters - The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter - completed October 2018 - 4.5 stars
4. Best Voyage from Sri Lanka - The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje - completed October 2018 - 4 stars
5. Best '80's references - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline - completed October 2018 - 4.5 stars
6. Best Consistent Plot Twists and Turns - Iron Gold by Pierce Brown - completed October 2018 - 4 stars
7. Best Slasher Book - Final Girls by Riley Sager - completed October 2018 - 4 stars
8. Best Novel About a Female Priest - Woman of God by James Patterson - completed October 2018 - 4 stars
9. Best Sequel About Blue Girls - Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor - completed October 2018 - 4.5 stars
10. Best Retelling of Frankenstein - The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White - completed October 2018 - 4.5 stars
11. Best Retelling of 1001 Nights - The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh - completed October 2018 - 4 stars
12. Most Realistic Depiction of the Aftermath of Grief - Night Road by Kristin Hannah - completed November 2018 - 4 stars
13. Best Descriptive Title - Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward - completed November 2018 - 4.5 stars
14. Best Hope Notes - Almost Everything: Notes on Hope by Anne Lamott - completed November 2018 - 5 stars
15. Best book where I finished and said thank god, I'm not her - Mrs. Bridge by Evan Connell - completed November 2018 - 3.5 stars
16. Best Description of the Differences Between Seattle and Atlanta - The Marriage Lie by Kimberly Belle - completed November 2018 - 3.5 stars
17. Best fantasy series finale of 2018 - Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas - completed November 2018 - 5 stars
18. Best Nordic Noir Written by Female Authors - The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbol - completed November 2018 - 4 stars
19. I didn't care about any of them at the end - The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell - completed November 2018 - 2.5 stars
20. Best character turning into a seraph - Fierce Like a Firestorm by Lana Popovic - completed November 2018 - 3.5 stars
21. Best hairy detective novel - The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith - completed November 2018 - 4 stars
22. Best bourbon descriptions - The Bourbon Kings by J.R. Ward - completed November 2018 - 3.5 stars

22/20 - challenge completed!!!

I'm in for 10 books!

Welcome everyone. I will track progress here. Please let me know if I make any mistakes or miss anything. Good luck and I'm looking forward to seeing the awards you give.

Agnieszka (msg 38) 27/50
Amy (msg 15) 20/20 ✅
Ash (msg 73) 6/25
Brittany (msg 24) 1/30
Cindy III (msg 17) 0/7
Claire (msg 14) 0/5
Dlyn (msg 6) 3/8
Ilona (msg 37) 10/10 ✅
Janine (msg 31) 0/15
June (msg 51) 11/15
Kristin (msg 2) 10/10 ✅
Lainey (msg 106) 3/10
Lindsay (msg 12) 14/15
Lucian (msg 53) 6/17
Lynnette (msg 25) 2/6
Matilde (msg 27) 3/6
Megan (msg 3) 22/20 ✅
Mie (msg 9) 8/8 ✅
Nikki (msg 16) 5/5 ✅
Octothorpe Reader Leora K (msg 46) 7/20
Rachael (msg 11) 16/15 ✅
Rachelnyc (msg 4) 0/10
Rebecca (msg 50) 1/5
Robin (msg 13) 0/5
Sally (msg 33) 0/12
Sarahkat (msg 10) 27/25 ✅
Sharon (msg 21) 0/28
Ziggy (msg 7) 20/20 ✅

I’ll join for 8, please 😊 8/8 - COMPLETE ✔️

✅ Golden Son - Best Narrator Acting Award
✅ Speaker for the Dead - Ultimate Pigs in Space Award
✅ The Song of Achilles - Best Sleeping Pill Award
✅ It Ends with Us - Tear-jerker of the Year Award
✅ Gathering Blue - Best WOW effect Award
✅ Career of Evil - Funniest Character Nick Name Award
✅ Messenger - May the force be with you Award
✅ Son - Most anticipated conclusion Award

I am in! I'll go for 25

I'm going to aim for 10 15 books please.

COMPLETED: 16/15

🏆 Best collection of middle grade fantasy stories: Four Tales finished 6 October, ****
🏆 Best Book Cover featuring a green octopus: The Watchmaker of Filigree Street finished 12 October, *** with review
🏆 Best book written by the sister of a pop star: On the Other Side finished 14 October, **** with review
🏆 The Monopoly Board Award for London-based Detectives: The Hanging Club finished 18 October, ****
🏆 The Did Not See That Coming Award: Shutter Island finished 21 October, ****
🏆 The Flux Capacitor Award for Best Use of Flashbacks: Library of the Dead finished 27 October, ****
🏆 Best Sleeping Beauty Retelling: The Witch's Kiss finished 29 October, **** with review
🏆 Most unnecessary sequel: The Witch's Tears finished 1 November, *** with review
🏆 Back from the Dead Award: The Witch’s Blood finished 6 November, **** with review
🏆 By Will or Not By Will? That is the Question: Pericles finished 9 November, ***
🏆 The I Forgot How Good This Was Award: Seraphina finished 14 November, *****
🏆 Most Interesting Villain: Jannoula in Shadow Scale finished 17 November, ****
🏆 The book is 1000x more better than the film: Eragon finished 23 November, ***** with review
🏆 Favourite Female Non-Human Character: Saphira in Eldest finished 29 November, *****
🏆 Best Book of the Quarter: Brisingr finished 4 December, *****
🏆 Here Be Dragons Award: Inheritance finished 13 December, **** with review

I'm in for 15 inventive awards!

1) Speaker for the Dead Best comeback of a fallen hero award.
2) A Brief History of Time The book that came closest to making my head explode award.
3) Animal Farm The politicians are pigs award.
4) Cross Stitch The highest kilt count award.
5) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix The most vile villain award for Dolores Umbridge.
6) The Summer of Impossible Things The book that requires the biggest suspension of reality award.
7) Mary Poppins Comes Back The book character least like her Disney self award.
8) Panty The weirdest story about leopard print underwear award.
9) Fifteen Dogs The dogs are better than people award.
10) The Emergency Zoo The most positive spin on tragic real events award.
11) The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake The I'm not quite sure what just happened award.
12) Artemis The book most likely to make you want to move to the moon award
13) Letters to a Young Gymnast The honest memoir award
14) Our House The most twists and turns award

I'm really behind on reading and will try for 5

I'll try for 5.

I will go for 20-- awards to be decided as I read. DONE!!

1. The WTH Just Happened in This Book Award-- Sometimes I Lie
2. The Best Teenage Detective Award-- A Study in Charlotte
3. The Best Penguin Chase Award-- A Woman Named Bagoo
4. The Love Conquers All Award-- The Extra-Terrestrial Delivery
5. The Just Like My Teacher Made Me Read Award-- The Mills of God
6. The Should Have Made Me Cry But Didn't Award -- Lovely
7. The Most Likely to Make You Crave Italian Food Award-- Dealing in Murder
8. The Oh My God I Can Never Get That Time Back Award-- Just Let Time Pass
9. The Most Likely to Break Your Heart: Only Child
10. The Biggest Difference Between the Book Character and the TV Character Award: The Surgeon
11. The Best Combination of Football and Opera Award: Out and In
12. The Most Hilarious Sidekick Banter Award: Rapture in Death
13. The Best Stream of Consciousness Award: Knowing Joe
14. The Best Minnesota Detective Award: Virgil Flowers in Mad River
15. The Triumph in the Face of Adversity Award: White Rose, Black Forest
16. The Most Beautiful Ghost Award: Lady of Breken Manor
17. The Really, Now Your Finally Going to Do Something Award: Everything We Keep
18. The Book with the Most Unnecessary Filler Award: Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus
19. The Wow I Liked This Way More Than I Thought I Would Award: Minority Report
20. The Person Most Likely to Be Almost Killed Award: Anne in Secrets to the Grave

I'll go in for 5 books please :)

1. Most quotable quotes: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2. Biggest character degrade in a series: Restore Me
3. Most corrupt religious order: Changeling
4. The book that never ends (a.k.a. The -unnecessarily- longest book): Kingdom of Ash
5. Most sincere life realization: Orange Is the New Black

5/5 --- CHALLENGE COMPLETE!

Cool idea.
I am in for 7

Update msg 9: 1/8
✅ Golden Son - Best Narrator Acting Award
- don’t always like it when narrators act too much, but this guy (Danish) had so many different voices and his robot-voice made me laugh out loud 😄

Mie wrote: "Update msg 9: 1/8
✅ Golden Son - Best Narrator Acting Award
- don’t always like it when narrators act too much, but this guy (Danish) had so many different voices and his robot-voic..."

Congratulations on being first off the mark Mie and glad you enjoyed it.

The Most Predictable Gaslighting Award Goes to . . . The Breakdown by B.A. Paris. This book was an ok mystery. I liked the writing, which is what kept me reading. I figured out the twist and found the plot rather predictable. The main character annoyed me, but as my greatest fear (besides sharks and gators) is losing my mind, I understood her a bit. Worth reading. 3.5 stars

1/20

Well, I need to read 28 more books to reach my goal for the year so I'm in for 28!

Megan wrote: "The Most Predictable Gaslighting Award Goes to . . . The Breakdown by B.A. Paris. This book was an ok mystery. I liked the writing, which is what kept me reading. I figured out the ..."

Liking the award category Megan!

Sharon wrote: "Well, I need to read 28 more books to reach my goal for the year so I'm in for 28!"

Welcome Sharon.

I’ve been reading about 10 books a month so I’ll try for 30.

1. The Unlikelies: Most Oblivious Parents. One girl's parents have no idea she's been doing heroin for a year. All of the parents of the main characters have no idea where their children are. Ever.

I'll try for 6 books for this one and decide on the awards as I go

And the award for Best Friendship Between a Boy and a Girl goes to . . . Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson. This is a well-written book perfect for young readers! Even though the book is a bit dated, it still holds up in our modern society. I appreciate how the author shows the children's struggles without explicitly discussing them. Definitely worth reading! 4 stars

2/20

Okey I´ll try and do 6 books, and 6 awards as that is what I´m missing from my 2018 goodreads reading challenge.

1. The Award for best relationship between a main character and an animal companion goes to Bringebærdalen
2. The Award for best story about a lost princess goes to Veien følger hjertet
3. The Award for prettiest book cover goes to The Willful Princess and the Piebald Prince
4. The Award for best LGBTQIAAP+ retelling goes to: Peter Darling
5. The Award for best male companion in a book goes to Simon in City of Fallen Angels
6.

Total: 5/6

Welcome Brittany, Lynnette and Matilde and good luck.

Update msg 9: 2/8

✅ Speaker for the Dead - Ultimate Pigs in Space Award
- when I learned that the alien species in this book is called Piggies, then the award gave itself 😄

1/25

1. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman: Most lost and confused protagonist

What a fun idea! I'm in for 15 books.

3/25

2. Batman, Volume 5: Zero Year: Dark City by Scott Snyder: Best telling of a Batman origin story
3. Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt: Best narrator accent

This one is fun! I am in for 12.

Updated message 11: 1/10.
Can I also say that the awards we've given out so far are very creative? Some even made me giggle

Update msg 9: 3/8
✅ The Song of Achilles - Best Sleeping Pill Award
- I actually did manage to fall asleep at one point during this veeeery slow paced story 😴

I'd like to join for 10 books!

10/10

1) A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas - Most ridiculous words used in sex scenes

2) A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas - Best and most diverse set of characters in a fantasy novel

3) The Complete Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - Best fictional detective

4) The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas - Most vain assassin

5) The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers - Best spacetravel novel

6) Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas - Highest pages read/hour ratio this year.

7) Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery - Favourite English children's classic read as an adult

8) The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway - Biggest fish featured in Nobel prize winning work.

9) An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green - Best SciFi by a debut author

10) Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari - Best book to help you sleep.

I'm in and start with 15 but will most likely bump it up later. I'll add links, ratings & date read when I'm on my PC again.
MMC = male main character
FMC = female man character

MAKE YOUR OWN BOOK AWARDS
Duration: 10/1/18 - 12/31/18
Completed: 27/50

1. Most Ridiculous Sex Scene: Let it Ride book 6 of Vegas Series by Mimi Barbour 4* 10/1 major spoiler - sorry wasn't possible to explain without :-( (view spoiler)[in a closet while one of MMC's kidnappers is sleeping in the same room (hide spoiler)]
2. Favorite Fictional Married Couple: Tanz mit dem Tod=Visions in Death by J.D. Robb 4* 10/3 - Eve Dallas & Roarke
3. Lamest Erotica: The Don't-Do List by Rebecca Milton 3* 10/5
4. Best Contemporary Espionage (Mystery) Thriller: A Delicate Truth by John le Carré 5* 10/6
5. Favorite Fictional Genius: Im Takt Des Todes=Simple Genius book 1 of Im Takt des Todes/Bis zum letzten Atemzug by David Baldacci 4* 10/7 - Viggie (short for Vigenère the 11-year old daughter of the first victim - supposedly autistic - wonderful piano player, more than genius mathematician, and amazing coder & cryptographer)
6. Favorite Reformed Bad Boy: Remedial Rocket Science by Susannah Nix 4* 10/8 MMC
7. Least Favorite Short Story Collection: Three for Hallowe'en by Loretta Livingstone 3* 10/8
8. Most Unusual Game: The Endgame by Jeffrey Archer 3* 10/8
9. Most Abominable (Literary) Political Couple: Bis zum letzten Atemzug=First Family book 2 of Im Takt des Todes/Bis zum letzten Atemzug by David Baldacci 5* 10/11 Dan(iel) & Jane Cox - the American President & First Lady
10. Best Sociocritical Thriller: Cop Town by Karin Slaughter 6* 10/11 - describing situation of female police officers and minorities in mid-1970s' Georgia
11. Best New Humorous Mystery 2018: Ausgefressen by Moritz Matthies 4* 10/12 - lit. transl. Ate Something Clean or Was Up To Something or Was Naughty
12. Favorite PMC team: Singed book 2 of Titanium Security Series Box Set I by Kaylea Cross 4* 10/13 Titanium Security's team
13. Favorite Security Nerd(s): Burned book 3 of Titanium Security Series Box Set I by Kaylea Cross 4* 10/14 - both MCs
14. Least Necessary Prequel: Diary of an AssCan by Andy Weir 3* 10/14
15. The Cuttest (Almost) Victim: In den Armen der Nacht=Survivor In Death by J.D. Robb 5* 10/18 - Nixie
16. Best Surprise: Der Marsianer=The Martian by Andy Weir 6* 10/19 - I hate SF but loved this book :-)
17. Are For Real? (Worst Mother): Love Under Fire by Jennifer Youngblood & Sandra Poole 3* 10/20 MMC's mother
18. Favorite Edgy romantic suspense author/series: Edge of Darkness by Karen Rose 5* 10/21
19. Favorite Military Real-Life Hero: Kein Held für einen Tag: Geheime Missionen, tödliche Einsätze, harte Niederlagen - Mein Leben als Navy Seal=No Hero: The Evolution of a Navy SEAL by Mark Owen & Kevin Maurer 4* 10/22
20. Most Confusing and Still Lovable Heroine: Whiskey Rebellion by Liliana Hart 4* 10/23
21. Favorite Fantasy novella/prequel: Cinder Ellie by J.M. Stengl 4* 10/23 - usually I don't like fantasy but really want to read the next book in this series :-)
22. Most Action Packed Novella/Prequel: Last Chance by Lindsay McKenna 4* 10/24
23. Favorite New-To-Me-Author: Deadly Aim by Patricia H. Rushford 6* 10/25
24. Oh Get A Grip! (Most Annoying Set of Characters): Whiskey Sour by Liliana Hart 3* 10/26
25. Favorite Animal Hero: Unleashed book 1 of Sydney Rye Mysteries Books 1-3 by Emily Kimelman 4* 10/27 - Blue
26. Oh Come-On! (Most Dissapointing Sequel): Death In The Dark book 2 of Sydney Rye Mysteries Books 1-3 by Emily Kimelman 3* 10/27
27. Give Me More! (Unexpected Good): Song of the Meadowlark by Sherri Wilson Johnson 5* 10/28
28.

(view spoiler)[
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate ?* 10/?/18 (339)
Bel Canto=Bel Canto by Ann Patchett ?* ?/?/18 (384)
Beyond All Dreams by Elizabeth Camden ?* 11/?/18 (368)
Burnout & Depression: Das Hilfebuch in der Lebenskrise by Ulrich Voderholzer, Andreas Hillert & Gabriele Hiller ?* 11/?/18 (192) lit. transl: Burnout & Depression: The Help in a Life Crisis
Changes That Heal: The Four Shifts That Make Everything Better…And That Anyone Can Do by Henry Cloud ?* ?/?/18 (368)
Dead End=Dead Scared by Sharon J. Bolton ?* 12?/?/18 (432) Lacey Flint #2
Journey's Embrace by Dora Hiers ?* 10/?/18 (241) Marshals of Journey Creek #3
To Protect & Serve by Staci Stallings ?* 11/?/18 (352) Courage #1
Verkaufe Brautkleid, Ungetragen: Wahre Geschichten by Hannah Winkler ?* 11/?/18 (256) lit. transl: To Sell Wedding Dress, Never Worn: True Stories (hide spoiler)]

Updated post 15--
1. The WTH Just Happened in This Book Award-- Sometimes I Lie
2. Best Teenage Detective-- A Study in Charlotte

And the award for Best Crime Novel Featuring Female Characters goes to . . . The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter. Not only does this author create interesting female characters, but she writes brilliantly as well. The plot was dynamic and shifted just enough to hold my interest and keep me reading. The last two days, getting back to the book was the first thought that crossed my mind in the morning - always a great sign! Definitely worth reading! 4.5 stars

3/20

Mie wrote: "...Best Sleeping Pill Award
- I actually did manage to fall asleep at one point during this veeeery slow paced story 😴"

Ziggy wrote: "...Worst Way to Get The Plot Started. award Uncle Quentin forgets he needs to go out of town for work, the 4 kids and dog can’t stay in the house by themselves because the cook is out for two weeks. The soloution send 4 kids and dog by themselves on a biking trip through the English countryside sleeping in tents by themselves. Yep that is safer than staying home by themselves."

Megan wrote: "...The Most Predictable Gaslighting Award..."

Amy wrote: "...The WTH Just Happened in This Book Award..."

I love these award names (and the reasons for them) so much!

Updated post 15--

3. The Best Penguin Chase-- A Woman Named Bagoo

Update msg 9: 4/8
✅ It Ends with Us - Tear-jerker of the Year Award
- I loved it, I hated it, I stopped reading it, I couldn’t stop reading it, and yes: I cried 😭 (gave it 5 stars, in case you were wondering)

Updated post 15--

The Love Conquers All Award-- The Extra-Terrestrial Delivery

Updated to here.

MAKE YOUR OWN BOOK AWARDS
Duration: 1 October - 31 December 2018

1. Trigger a Craving Award - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2. Non-predictable Plot Twist Award - The Cruel Prince
3. Most sought after fantasy Library Award - Beauty and the Beast Novelization
4. The Most Nostalgic-Reminds-Me-of-Another-Book Book - Hunted
5. Most well-thought-out Time Travel Plot Twist - Caught in Time
6. Most empty-plot-retelling :( - Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book
7. Most creative villain-turned-into-secondary character - The Beast Within: A Tale of Beauty's Prince





Awards Given: 7
Awards to Give: 20

5/25

4. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl: Quickest read-aloud chapter book
5. Batman: Eternal, Volume 1 by Scott Snyder: Best reason to read graphic novels in order, including all tie-ins.

And the award for Best Voyage from Sri Lanka goes to . . . . The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje. I love this author's writing! He has a wonderful way of weaving past and future events into a main narrative, almost like asides in a conversation. And I love how he describes his characters. I listened to the audiobook, which he read. It was good, and he has an interesting reading voice, but I was confused as to his pronunciation of some of the words in the book. The book appears to be semi autobiographical. Definitely worth reading! 4 stars

4/20

I’ll join in for 5!

I’ll join for 15 books

1. The Award For Throwing Shade in a Novel: Finders Keepers- Read Oct 9

2. The AWARD for a Follow-up Book: The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race Read Oct 9

3. The Award for longest title: What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky Oct 14

4. The Award for Best Non-Human Protagonist: Children of Time Oct 17

5. The Award for the strangest Character Name: Hieronymus Bosch in The Black Echo Oct 19

6. The Best Book on Occupational Hazard: The Radium Girls Oct 29

7. The currently most controversial fantasy series: A Game of Thrones Nov 12

8. The comedic non-fiction novel : This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor Nov 16

9. The best Jamaican short story teller: Olive Senior featuring Discerner of Hearts Nov Nov 27

10. Best characterization of an alien species: Adulthood Rites Nov 14

11. A book which improves with repeated reading: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Nov 14

Updated post 15--

5. The Just Like My Teacher Made Me Read Award-- The Mills of God

Edit 26th of Dec: 13/17 completed

I need to do 17 books this quarter to meet my yearly goal. So here we go!

1. The award for The Most Haunted Mind goes to: The Minds of Billy Milligan - 4.5 ⭐️
2. The award for Best Use of Wolf Pelts by a Character goes to: Red Rising - 3.75 ⭐️
3. The award for Closest Matrix-Like Universe goes to: Snow Crash - 3.00 ⭐️
4. The award for Most Insightful Look Into our Future goes to: Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100 - 3.50 ⭐️
5. The award for If I Would Be Born Again I'd Have To Be... goes to: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking - 4.5 ⭐️
6. The award for Young Adult Done Right goes to: The Fault in Our Stars - 4.75 ⭐️
7. The award for The Ugliest Maggot goes to: Battle Angel Alita - 4.00 ⭐️
8. The award for 300 Pages of Telegrams goes to: The Tattooist of Auschwitz - 2.75 ⭐️
9. The award for Biggest Con of the 21st Century goes to: Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup - 4.75 ⭐️
10. The award for Second Part Definitely Better than First goes to: Golden Son - 4.50 ⭐️
11. The award for I'm a Bad Boy and I Need to Curse a Lot goes to: Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly - 2.75 ⭐️
12. The award for Best Short Horror goes to: The Visible Filth - 3.75 ⭐️
13. The award for Best Kept Secret for the End goes to: Morning Star - 4.75 ⭐️

Currently reading:

And the book award for Best '80's references goes to . . . Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. What a great ride! This book embodies the best kind of sci-fi - good geeks against bad guys, totally immersive world, and lots of cultural references to make even a girl born in 1981 feel like she was out of touch. Writing is good, but the characters and the world are the selling point! Definitely worth reading! 4.5 stars

5/20

Update msg 9: 5/9
✅ Gathering Blue - Best WOW effect Award
- just finished this book and the feeling I am left with is... oh, you guessed it 😉

Update to message 25.
2 books read so far and the awards are as followed:

~ The Meanest Farmers as presented by my son to Boggis, Bunce and Bean from Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl. He absolutely loved this book as our daily read aloud. Brought back fond memories of my own childhood and having the same story read to me.

~ The Most Heartbreaking storyline I've read so far presented to The Good Mother by Sinéad Moriarty. It is such a beautifully written story about such a tragic and horrific thing to ever happen to a family. It also touched on a taboo subject in such a beautiful way. Would definitely recommend (but also recommend a huge box of tissues)