RMFAO (Reading My Frigging A** Off) discussion

Hello dear members of RMFAO,

Here comes another year and this time it brings with it the 9th instalment of the RMFAO Genre Challenge!

With 17 genres to be read over 12 months and a special game month in July, we are back with loads of adventures for the daring bibliophiles.

For the uninitiated, in Genre Challenge, we read one genre every month and two genres when we have the alternate-genre months. The genre-list is posted in advance so that everyone can plan their reads well in time each month.

The focus of this challenge is not only to read more books in the genres we love but also to explore new, long-forgotten, unfamiliar or lesser-known genres. As we don't want to burden or restrict the participants by specifying sub-genres (because that creates a very different set of its own problems that will hinder the actual reading), we prefer that the readers pick the sub-genres at their convenience.

You do not have to buy new books to participate in this challenge; all you have to do is go through the books you already have and organise your TBR-list as per the genres for this challenge.
Another, one of the coolest things, about this challenge is that the moderators are super awesome and keep on sharing tons of resources and recommendations!

In order to participate, simply announce your participation here (you can even blog about it if you want to or share a post about it on social media.)

And now on to the Genre List...

RMFAO 2023 Genre-List:
‣ January - Science-Fiction
‣ February* - Women's Fiction or Westerns
‣ March - Mystery-Thriller
‣ April* - Young Adult or Graphic Novels
‣ May* - Classics or Literary Fiction
‣ June - Non-Fiction
‣ July - Game Month**
‣ August - Contemporary Fiction
‣ September* - Humour or World Fiction
‣ October - Horror
‣ November* - Historical or Steampunk
‣ December* - Adventure or Fantasy

*Alternate-Genre Month - For these months, we will have 2 genre options to choose from. You can pick and do either of the two or both, it's totally upto you!

**Game Month - We will be sharing 4 Game Options with you and you will have to pick your reads according to the Game Options or Challenges. The Challenges/Options will be revealed 15 days before the Game Month begins on the Game Month Thread.

Monthly Levels:
Level 1: Casual Reader: 1-2 books (easy)
Level 2: Frequent Reader: 2-4 books (moderate)
Level 3: Bookworm: 4-6 books (mildly strenuous)
Level 4: Bibliophile: 6-8 books (strenuous)
Level 5: Bookiopath: 8 books or more (challenging)

You can announce the level you'd be going for each month on the respective discussion threads which we will share here every month.

Also, don't forget to mention what type of books you'd be reading:
HB: Hardbacks
PB: Paperbacks
EB: E-Books
AB: Audio Books

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PLEASE READ (especially new members):
1. You can read any number of books for the respective genre each month in one particular month.
2. Take your time and go through your entire TBR-list before deciding on the books to read.
3. You can join the challenge at any stage (in any month.)
4. You can drop out of the challenge any time you like.
5. You can select different levels every month.
6. Use this discussion board to share your reads with other members of the group.
7. Please be active and don't hesitate to ask questions or recommend books.
8. We encourage social shares, so if you'd be sharing or mentioning this challenge on your social media, don't forget to tag - #RMFAO and @thereadingbud

For any queries, you can post a comment or send a message to the group or the mods at any time. We'd love to hear from you!

Other challenges that you can participate in:
✒︎ RMFAO 2023 Classics Catchup
✒︎ RMFAO 2023 Audiobook Challenge
✒︎ RMFAO 2023 A-Z Author Alphabet Challenge
✒︎ RMFAO 2023 A-Z Title Alphabet Challenge
✒︎ RMFAO 2023 Title Link Challenge
✒︎ RMFAO 2023 Theme-Link Challenge
✒︎ RMFAO 2023 Series Challenge

If you're as crazy about reading and books as we are, then go wild combining all or any challenges to spice up your reading lists!

All The Best and Happy Reading!

The links will be updated soon!!

RMFAO 2023 Genre-List:
‣ January - Science-Fiction
‣ February* - Women's Fiction or Westerns
‣ March - Mystery-Thriller
‣ April* - Young Adult or Graphic Novels
‣ May* - Classics or Literary Fiction
‣ June - Non-Fiction
‣ July - Game Month**
‣ August - Contemporary Fiction
‣ September* - Humour or World Fiction
‣ October - Horror
‣ November* - Historical or Steampunk
‣ December* - Adventure or Fantasy

The February Genre Challenge thread can be found here:

Women's Fiction OR Westerns

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

The March Genre Challenge thread can be found here:

Mystery/Thriller

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

The April Genre Challenge thread can be found here:

Young Adult OR Graphic Novels

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Brenda's RMFAO 2023 Genre-List:


‣ January - Science-Fiction
‣ February* - Women's Fiction or Westerns
‣ March - Mystery-Thriller
‣ April* - Young Adult or Graphic Novels
‣ May* - Classics or Literary Fiction
‣ June - Non-Fiction
‣ July - Game Month**
‣ August - Contemporary Fiction
‣ September* - Humour or World Fiction
‣ October - Horror
‣ November* - Historical or Steampunk
‣ December* - Adventure or Fantasy

Brenda wrote: "Brenda's RMFAO 2023 Genre-List:.."

Brenda,

The message boards for each month's Genre Challenge can be found in this folder:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

You can post your book titles for the challenge in the specific folder for each month you participate. This message board is more of a general announcement board for the challenge and a link will be posted here each month for the specific genre to be read.

I hope this helps. It can be a bit confusing at first. You can post any questions you have about the Genre Challenge here.

The May Genre Challenge message board can be found here:

Classics OR Literary Fiction

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

The June Genre Challenge message board can be found here:

Non-Fiction

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

July's Genre Challenge is going to be Game Month. I wanted to post the 4 Games a bit early, so that those getting books through inter-library loans can plan ahead and receive their books in time for the challenge.

1. Catch Phrase Game - This was very popular last year, so we wanted to bring it back for our final Game Month. Read a book with a catch-phrase title. The book's title can be a pun, nursery rhyme, variation on a movie/book title, popular phrase, etc. Often seen in Cozies and other mysteries.

2. Christmas in July - Read a book set during Christmas, in winter or somewhere cold.

3. Solo Game - Read a book with only one word in the title, or one person/thing on the cover.

4. RMFAO Game - Read a book whose title contains a word beginning with R, M, F, A or O. (Excluding the words "a" or "an".)

Here is the link for 2023 Game Month:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

The Genre Challenge for August is Contemporary Fiction, and the folder can be found here:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Please post comments for this Challenge in the folder found in the above link.

The Genre Challenge for September is Humor OR World Fiction, and the folder can be found here:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Please post comments for this Challenge in the folder found in the above link.

The November Genre Challenge is:

Historical or Steampunk

The folder can be found here:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Please post comments for this Challenge in the folder found in the above link.

The December Genre Challenge is

Fantasy or Adventure

The folder can be found here:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Please post comments for this Challenge in the folder found in the above link.