Challenges from Exploding Steamboats discussion

As usual, I will permit myself to double-dip (or triple-dip and beyond), but I hope that won't be necessary.

{X} * A book that scares you - Children of Time
{X} * A book set in a hotel - Hotel Pastis: A Novel of Provence
{X} A book translated from its original language - Oishinbo a la carte, Volume 1 - Japanese Cuisine
{X} A book that unleashes your creativity - Caturday
{X} A book that features summer recipes or outdoor summer activities - The Bookshop of Yesterdays
{X} A book that takes place on the water - Seafire
{X} A book that features fishing or fishermen - Daughters of the Lake
{X} A book that features a popular summer sport - Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy
{X} A book that puts a spin on a well-known fairy tale - Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood
{X} A classic or contemporary Western - Mystery at Ding-Dong Gulch
A book from the bottom of your TBR pile
{X} A book that's been sitting on your Goodreads shelves for a while - Every Heart a Doorway
{X} A Choose-Your-Own Adventure novel - The Cave of Time
{X} A book about the end of the world as we know it - Station Eleven
A book you were forced to read in school - The Odyssey
{X} A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't - The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson/Those Extraordinary Twins
{X} A book that features letters or journal entries - Illuminae
{X} A book about your country's independence - Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
{X} A book that has the words red, white, or blue in the title - The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest
{X} A book that takes place in outer space - We Are Legion
{X} A book that takes place at a nudist colony or features nudists - Granny Bares It All
{X} A book that takes place on an island or in which the characters find themselves stranded - Confessions of a Mask
{X} A book that you picked up at a library sale or thrift store - Hide This French Book 101
A book that you bought while on vacation - Persimmon Creek
{X} A book by an author of color - Year of Yes
{X} A book that is becoming a movie this year - Where'd You Go, Bernadette
{X} A book published posthumously - De Profundis
{X} A book of colonial or postcolonial literature - The Traitor Baru Cormorant
A book of social science - Fake Geek Girls: Fandom, Gender, and the Convergence Culture Industry
An assigned book you hated (or never finished) - The Canterbury Tales Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew
{X} An anthology of poetry - 2015 Battle of the Bards Poetry Contest: Winning Entries
A sequel - Vengeful Taste of Marrow
A book first published the year you were born - Ringworld
Nordic noir - Snowblind
{X} A book set in the decade you were born - The Stepford Wives
A book by an indigenous author - The Marrow Thieves Future Home of the Living God
{X} Finish a series - Burning Ridge

{X} A book set in a small town - Stalking Ground
{X} A book with "tea" in the title - The Tea Shop
{X} A book featuring a professional investigator - Killing Trail
{X} A book about or featuring an animal you love - The Only Harmless Great Thing

I did the first two prompts last year, so I won't work on those this year. I have three from last year I am going to try to finish this year. :) Thank you!!

I was looking for a separate thread for the prompts at the bottom -- specifically A book set in a small town. But I am not finding them. Is there a reason (perhaps related to why you have them slightly separate)?

Cheryl wrote: "I was looking for a separate thread for the prompts at the bottom -- specifically A book set in a small town. But I am not finding them. Is there a reason (perhaps related to why you have them slig..."

Just that I haven't had enough time these past few weeks and January is disappearing too quickly! I hope to be able to get back to it tonight. :-)

Late joining - need to see what I've already read this year that qualifies. (I've removed some entries, like "a book you hated" because I'm 100% not interested in forcing myself through something like that.)

[ ] A book that unleashes your creativity
[ ] A book that features summer recipes or outdoor summer activities
[ ] A book that takes place on the water
[X] A book that features fishing or fishermen
* The Mermaid
[ ] A book that features a popular summer sport
[X] A book that puts a spin on a well-known fairy tale
* The Girl in Red
[ ] A classic or contemporary Western
[ ] A book from the bottom of your TBR pile
[ ] A book that's been sitting on your Goodreads shelves for a while
[ ] A Choose-Your-Own Adventure novel
[X] A book about the end of the world as we know it
* Bird Box
[X] A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't
* All Quiet on the Western Front
[X] A book that features letters or journal entries
* The Martian
[ ] A book about your country's independence
[X] A book that has the words red, white, or blue in the title
* The Blue Bedspread
[X] A book that takes place in outer space
* The Martian
[ ] A book that takes place at a nudist colony or features nudists
[X] A book that takes place on an island or in which the characters find themselves stranded
* Cat's Cradle
[ ] A book that you picked up at a library sale or thrift store
[ ] A book that you bought while on vacation
[X] A book by an author of color
* Chaos: A Fable
[ ] A book that is becoming a movie this year
[X] A book published posthumously
* When Breath Becomes Air
[ ] A book of colonial or postcolonial literature
[X] A book of social science
* Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
[ ] An anthology of poetry
[X] A sequel
* A Clash of Kings
[ ] A book first published the year you were born
[ ] Nordic noir
[ ] A book set in the decade you were born
[ ] A book by an indigenous author
[ ] Finish a series
[X] A book set in a small town
* Winter's Bone
[ ] A book with "tea" in the title
[ ] A book featuring a professional investigator


2017 carry-overs:

[ ] A book about a haunted building
[ ] A book about a sheriff
[ ] A political memoir
[X] A book with a protagonist who has your occupation
* The Good Nurse
[ ] The first book you see in a bookstore

2018 carry-overs:

[ ] A forgotten classic
[X] A book you heard about online
* Verity
[X] A book that scares you
* Blackout: Remembering What I Drank to Forget
[X] An armchair travel book
* The Last Unicorn (It's more than just a travel book, but I'm going to count it anyway.)
[ ] A steampunk novel
[ ] A book set in a hotel
[X] A book about sports
* Touching the Void (I'm going to consider ice climbing a sport.)
[ ] A nonfiction book about technology
[ ] A collection of poetry in translation on a theme other than love
[ ] A book you picked based on its cover
[X] A nonfiction book about nature
* The Fruit Hunters