Play Book Tag discussion

Thought I set this up already but am fashionably late as usual!

Trim List 2025

1. The Sleeping Dragon by Joel Rosenberg; The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins; Invisible Things by Mat Johnson
2. Blood of Elves by Andrej Sapkowski; Antarctica by Claire Keegan; The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates
3. Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis; Girlfriend on Mars by Deborah Willis; The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
4. Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb; The Children of Men by P.D. James; Private Rites by Julia Armfield;
5. Shadows Linger by Glen Cook; The Unraveling by Vi Keeland; The Wager by David Gran
6. Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher; Biography of X by Catherine Lacey; The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
7. Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny; We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer; I Will Show You How It Was: The Story of Wartime Kyiv by Illia Ponomarenko
8. Patriot by Alexei Navalny; Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver*; Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid* - July
9. Elric of Melniborne by Michael Moorcock; That’s Not My Name by Megan Lally* - DNF; Normal People by Sally Rooney - June
10. Bewilderment by Richard Powers; Eastbound by Maylis de Kerangal*; I Who Have Never Known Men by Jaqueline Hartman* - May
11. The Elusive Shift by Jon Peterson; Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad; Hard by a Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili
12. Joyful Recollections of Trauma by Paul Scheer; The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei

Honorable Mention:

The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton
Nuclear War: A Scenario
The Ministry of Time by Kaliene Bradley
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Redden Keefe
AnnieBot by Sierra Greer
The Chaos Machine by Max Fisher
Spells For Forgetting by Adrienne Young
Blood, Sweat and Pixels by Jason Shreier
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McCullough

* Available on Audiobook

Play Harder List 2025

1. A book with a dragon - Dragons of Autumn Twilight
2. Book set in Jungle - The Poisonwood Bible ?
3. Read a book at least a hundred years older than you are. - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
4. Read a book from NPR's 2024 Best Books of the year list - The God of the Woods - Review is here
5. Draw a random tarot card and read a book with a title that has to do with the card. Could either be literal i.e. if you drew The Magician, read The Magicians by Lev Grossman; OR pick any imagery from the card to find in a book title, i.e. if you drew the 3 of Swords you could read Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad because the 3 of Swords features a heart. If people don't own any tarot decks there are a number of free random generators like this one: https://www.dailytarotdraw.com/cards#...
6. A book with a family tree
7. Read a book that has a subtitle - Blood, Sweat, and Pixels
8. A book set in Africa - Nervous Conditions or The Poisonwood Bible
9. Read a book with a one word title. - Circe
10. Read a book with a predominantly YELLOW cover (at least 50%) - Martyr!
11. Read a book set in a National Park
12. A book that is next in a series you have been reading (or first if you aren't reading any series) - Shadows Linger or Blood of Elves or Royal Assassin

March
1. The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei - thriller, trim - 2 stars
2. The God of the Woods by Liz Moore - thriller, trim, play harder - 4.5 stars

April

3. Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad - trim - 5 stars

May

4. The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley - 5 stars

June

5. The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins - trim - 3 stars