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I think I even have one queue'd up on my phone, I just didn't get around to listening/reading it. Maybe I should count listening to a narrative podcast?

Anyway, here's my 2017 PopSugar Reading Challenge Update.

A Book...

  1. recommended by a librarian: Kees van Beijnum, De Offers
  2. that has been on your TBR for way too long: Erich Remarque, Van het westelijk front geen nieuws (All quiet on the western front)
  3. of letters: Mary Ann Shaffer, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
  4. an audiobook: -
  5. by a person of colour: Octavia Butler, Parable of the talents; Laila Lalami, The moor's account
  6. with one of the seasons in the title: Elizabeth Strout, Winter
  7. that is a story within a story: Anthony Horowitz, Magpie murder
  8. by multiple authors: James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes
  9. an espionage thriller: Charles Stross, Empire Games
  10. with a cat on the cover: Régis Hautière, De oorlog van de Lulu's
  11. by an author with a pseudonym: Georges Sand, Mauprat
  12. a bestseller from a gnere you don't normally read: De ontdeugende hertogin; Joe Hill, The heart-shaped box
  13. by or about a person who has a disability: Lois McMaster Bujold, Borders of Infinity
  14. involving travel: Cormac McCarthy, De weg
  15. with a subtitle: Anne Carson, De schoonheid van de echtgenoot, een fictie essay in 29 tango's
  16. that's been published in 2017: Empire games, Het eind is ons begin
  17. involving a mythical creature: Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the lightning thief
  18. that never fails to make you smile: China Miéville, The Last Days of New Paris
  19. about food: Anna Thomas, Love soup
  20. with career advice: Cal Newport, Diep Werk
  21. from a non-human perspective: Charlie Stross, Saturn's Children
  22. a steampunk novel: Steampunk’d (okay, that’s a short story collection)
  23. with a red spine: Noodweer
  24. set in the wilderness: Jeff Vandermeer, Vernietiging (Annihalation)
  25. you loved as a child: Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl
  26. by an author from a country you've never visited: Ramez Naam, Nexus; Hiromi Kawakami, De koffer van de leraar
  27. with a title that's a character's name: Posy Simmonds, Tamara Drewe
  28. set during wartime: Terry Pratchett, Monstruous Regiment
  29. with an unreliable narrator: Justine Larbalestier, Leugens
  30. with pictures: Posy Simmonds, Tamara Drewe; Neil Gaiman, Black Orchid
  31. where the main character is a different ethnicity than you: Parable of the talents; Tas van de leraar; Saturday's kinderen; A Brief History of Seven Killings
  32. about an interesting woman: Mary McCarthy, De groep; Elena Ferrante, Mijn geniale vriendin
  33. Set in two different time periods: Charles Stross, Empire Games
  34. with a month or day of the week in the title: Ayesha Harruna Attah, Saturday's kinderen
  35. set in a hotel: Kenneth Cameron, Winter at Death’s Hotel
  36. written by someone you admire: Femke Halsema, Pluche
  37. that's becoming a movie in 2017: Madeleine L’Engle, Een Plooi in de Tijd (A wrinkle in time
  38. set around a holiday other than Christmas: A.B. Yehoshua, Vriendschappelijk vuur
  39. first book in a series you haven't read before: Leigh Bardugo, List en Leugens
  40. you bought on a trip: Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings

 

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 It's almost tradition for me: Dewey's Readathon - and the accompanying scheduling issues.

A Readathon? What's that?

The rules: read as much as you can in 24 hours. Can be audiobooks, graphic novels, fan fic, regular novels in both ebook or regular format. Check in on a social medium of your choice: there is a group on Fb, GR, and a lively convo on Twitter to squee. That's it. 

Scheduling Issues
Every year I try to keep my calender clear for that day, and ususally it's a struggle. This year, the People's Climate March in on Saturday afternoon. And every year, I try to come up with solutions. 

Tentative Plan
I will of course join the Climate March in Amsterdam. I will bring an audiobook to listen to on the train back home. I will likely try to read the rest of the night at home. I put out a call on Fb to see if anyone is interested in joining me to Read in Public Sunday from noon onwards. 

Tentative Reading List
  • I have my eye on Het Derde Huwelijk (The Third Marriage) by Tom Lanoye as the audiobook. 
  • DH got me De Tas van de Leraar (I think it's translated as The Briefcase?) by Hiromi Kawakami, which I really look forward to reading.
  • I just started The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami. I might have finished that by April 29th though. 
The rest remains to be determined.

Anyone else participating?

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