- The Best New True Crime Stories – Mitzi Szereto
- The Lessons of History – Will & Ariel Durant
- When Women Rules the World – Kara Cooney
- Surprised by Joy – CS Lewis
- Deviant – Harold Schechter
- The Demon Next Door – Bryan Burrough
- The Perfect Kill – Robert B Baer
- Road Trip Elegies: Montreal to New York – Rufus Wainwright
- Ghost in the Wind – EJ Copperman
- Night Magick – Suri Rosen
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#HRCYED Adaptations
This is what I’m planning to read for the HRCYED Adaptations prompt. This is one of the hardest prompts for me. Not because I don’t enjoy most of the adaptations, but because I’ve already read so many of the source materials! (Note: I am trying to do this challenge with only books I own or can get from the library.)
- Modern Retelling: A Blade So Black (Alice in Wonderland retelling)
- Mustical: The Woman in White – Wilkie Collins
- Graphic Novel: Jules Vern’s 20,000 Leagues under the Sea (graphic novel adaptation of the novel)
- Play: Brewster’s Millions – George Barr McCutcheon (I recommend the movie. Say it ages ago, but it’s funny.)
- TV Show: The Leftovers – Tom Perrotta
- Web Series: Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen (My friends rave about the Lizzie Bennet Diaries)
- Animation: The Fantastic Mr. Fox – Roald Dahl
- Movie: Heist Society – Ally Carter
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#HRCYED Series Staircase
This is what I’m planning to read for the HRCYED Series Staircase: (Note: I am trying to do this challenge with only books I own or can get from the library.)
- Solo: Riapoke – Bryan Nowak
- Duology:
- A Hard Day’s Knight – Simon R Green
- The Bride Wore Black Leather – Simon R Green
- (Completing a larger series with the last two books is acceptable as per the FAQ)
- Trilogy: (I recommend the movies if you can find them!)
- Nightwatch – Sergei Lukyanenko
- Daywatch – Sergei Lukyanenko
- Twilightwatch – Sergei Lukyanenko
- Four or More:
- False Value – Ben Aaronovitch
- Amongst Our Weapons – Ben Aaronovitch
- Stone and Sky – Ben Aaronovitch
- Winter’s Gifts – Ben Aaronovitch
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#HRCYED Progress Update
It’s been three months since I started working on the Hardest Reading Challenge You’ll Ever Do (HERCYED) 2.0.
While I’ve been putting up reading lists for each prompt, I might not always read exactly as planned. Part of the challenge for myself is trying to do as many of these prompts as possible using the books that I already have on hand. This is my round up of what progress I’ve made so far:
Completed Prompt: Subgenres of Choice (in August)
Completed Prompt: 24 Hour Readathon (in September)
Completed Prompt: Non-Fiction
For this prompt you need to read five books in five different subcategories of non-fiction. For example: Biography vs Science vs Self-Help, etc.
I read:
- Thick – Tressie McMillan Cottom (May be replaced before I submit depending on whether I have time to read another non-fiction or not)
- Kitchen Confidential – Anthony Bourdain
- The Awful End of Prince William the Silent – Lisa Jardine
- Dogtripping – David Rosenfelt
- Messy – Tim Harford
In Progress:
- By the Hundreds: 4/7
- Series Staircase: 6/10
- The Last 10 Years: 3/10 or 11 if you want to earn +5 points
- Adaptations: 6/8
- Around the World: 3/7
- Spooky Creatures: 3/8
- Become the Avatar: 1/4
- Animals: 3/5
- Queer Alphabet: 2/9
- BIPOC Authors: 3/10
- New Releases: 4/12
- Challenge Yourself: 2/??
- Readathon Challenge: 3/25
- Make a Quote: 0/6
- The Even Bigger Rainbow: 5/13
- Translation Challenge: 0/5
- Heritage Months: 2/12
- Disability Challenge: 0/5
- TBR Game Challenge: 0/6
- Award Season: 0/7
- HRCYED 1: 3/3 (All replaceable)
I am enjoying this challenge. I have decided that although I have plans to read individual books for everything, I am going to take the opportunity to double-up books. That means that I may end up changing my lists before my finalized submissions, if I have enough time, but for now, each book will count against two prompts. This will change the numbers a bit next month, I reckon.
Anyway, if you’d like to learn more about HRCYED, and join the madness, you can find the announcement here:
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#HRCYED Become the Avatar
This is what I’m planning to read for the HRCYED Become the Avatar Prompt. I’m going with cover image rather than title. (Note: I am trying to do this challenge with only books I own or can get from the library.)
- Water – Daisy Darker – Alice Feeney (read)
- Earth – The God of the Woods – Liz Moore
- Fire – Agatha H and the Siege of Mechanicsburg – Phil & Kaja Foglio
- Air – The Affinity Bridge – George Mann
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#HRCYED Favorite HRCYED 1.0 Prompt
This is what I’m planning to read for the HRCYED Favorite Prompt from HRCYED 1.0: Garage Sale : (Note: I am trying to do this challenge with only books I own or can get from the library.)
- Diablo Mesa – Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- Killed at the Whim of a Hat – Colin Cotterill
- The Serpent of Venice – Christopher Moore
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#HRCYED Progress Update
It’s been two months since I started working on the Hardest Reading Challenge You’ll Ever Do (HERCYED) 2.0.
While I’ve been putting up reading lists for each prompt, I might not always read exactly as planned. Part of the challenge for myself is trying to do as many of these prompts as possible using the books that I already have on hand. This is my round up of what progress I’ve made so far:
Completed Prompt: Subgenres of Choice (in August)
Completed Prompt: 24 Hour Reading Challenge — Read as many books as you can in one day, from waking to sleeping. Goal is at least 3. I was home sick the day that I did this prompt, so I didn’t get nearly as many done as I’d hoped.
Books Read: (A total of 672 pages)
- Sport for the Baron – John Creasey (I really enjoy all of the Creasey books I’ve read and recommend them as popcorn books)
- Nimona – Noelle Stevenson
- Wolf in the Fold – Simon R Green (Hawk & Fisher are just such fun.)
- STARTED: The World’s 100 Best Short Stories (“Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, “The Red Room”, and “Kari Aasen in Heaven”
In Progress:
- By the Hundreds: 3/7
- Series Staircase: 4/10
- The Last 10 Years: 3/10 or 11 if you want to earn +5 points
- Adaptations: 4/8
- Around the World: 2/7
- Spooky Creatures: 1/8
- Become the Avatar: 1/4
- Animals: 3/5
- Queer Alphabet: 2/9
- BIPOC Authors: 3/10
- New Releases: 2/12
- Challenge Yourself: 2/??
- Non-Fiction: 3/5
So, I’ve definitely found myself reading a lot more because of this challenge and I am getting through my TBR. All in all, I think this has been a good challenge to take on even if it’s one more piece of stress I probably shouldn’t be taking on.
Anyway, if you’d like to learn more about HRCYED, you can find the announcement here:
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#HRCYED Award Season
This is what I’m reading for the HRCYED Award Season Prompt. The Bram Stoker Awards don’t put out a longlist or nominee list, so I’ve had to do more than one award to get all of the levels. (As per the FAQ, this is allowed.)
Bram Stoker Award:
- Winner: The Reformatory – Tananarive Due
- Winner: The Daughters of Black Island – Christa Carmen
- Finalist: Black River Orchard – Chuck Wendig
- Finalist: How to Sell a Haunted House – Grady Hendrix
Women’s Prize:
- Semifinalist: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue – VE Schwab
- Semifinalist: Children of Blood and Bone – Tomi Adeyemi
Locus Award:
- Nominee: Space Oddity – Catherynne M Valente
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