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message 1: by Rebecca (last edited May 11, 2012 06:37PM) (new)

Rebecca (bexlibris) Hello everyone,

I have a lot of books- but most of them are unread. I have started a blog to help me keep track of my reading goal (which is 80 books by the end of the year) and I have joined some challenges. Most of these challenges are to help me just get through my books in an organized manner because I have a hard time choosing what to read.

Anyway- I want to do a challenge where I read one book in almost every genre (Literary Fiction, Crime/Mystery Fiction, Romantic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Non Fiction, Horror, Thriller /Suspense, Classic) but I would like to read books that I don't have OR haven't heard of. So If anyone has any recommendations- they can be both adult or Y.A.

I don't like paranormal books so much so I probably won't read those- but I will read almost anything else.


message 2: by Christina (new)

Christina (bookcrussh) Have you tried The Ruins by Scott B. Smith ? I personally didn't fancy it, but, then again, I don't read many thrillers or horror novels.


message 3: by Julia (new)

Julia | 432 comments Hi Rebecca,

Literary: I, Iago A Novel by Nicole Galland

Mystery, though a case can be made for literary & science fiction as well: The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon

Romantic, not typically a genre I seek, but: Beguilement (The Sharing Knife, #1) by Lois McMaster Bujold

Historical: Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick and Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu

fantasy: The Painted Boy by Charles de Lint , Welcome to Bordertown by Ellen Kushner , War for the Oaks by Emma Bull and The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern .

science fiction: Across the Universe (Across the Universe, #1) by Beth Revis I'm currently reading this and really enjoying it. Of course, it could vere off into a weird place... Also, Partials (Partials, #1) by Dan Wells or Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler .

Non-fiction: The Warmth of Other Suns The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

Horror etc. also not a go to genre for me, usually and this is one I plan to read, not one I've read yet: The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson


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