January Buddy Assignments
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The themes for January will be:
HISTORICAL FICTION // CONTEMPORARY // FEMALE AUTHOR
You must choose books with these genres and themes for your buddy. If you think you might not have books in your tbr pile that fits this month's choices, please let your buddy know.
You can find your buddy's TBR lists here.
monkiainen & vickysg1 fred_mouse & thepowerofdeath royalblue31 & einhornmaedchen flirtable & badfalcon You have until the 5th to choose your partner's books.
no subject
Date: 2024-01-02 05:49 am (UTC)Choice 1: Tombland (Matthew Shardlake 7) - C.J. Sansom (historical fiction)
Choice 2: Au Bon Roman - Laurence Cossé (contemporary)
Choice 3: Heidi et ses enfants - Johanna Spyri (female author)
Happy reading!
no subject
Date: 2024-01-03 02:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-01-02 11:25 am (UTC)Choice 1: A Room With a View - E.M. Forster (tagged as contemporary)
Choice 2: Last Dance at the Discotheque for Deviants - Paul David Gould (tagged as historical)
Choice 3: The assassination of Margaret Thatcher and other stories - Hilary Mantel (female author)
Hope these are ok
no subject
Date: 2024-01-05 02:37 pm (UTC)Oh, that's a great set! Thank you.
no subject
Date: 2024-01-02 01:28 pm (UTC)Choice 1: The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki
(contemporary, female author)
Choice 2: Violeta by Isabel Allende (contemporary, historical fiction, female author)
Choice 3: Voyeur by Francesca Reece (contemporary, historical fiction, female author)
I hope these are okay. Happy new year!
no subject
Date: 2024-01-02 05:20 pm (UTC)Happy new year to you, as well :)
no subject
Date: 2024-01-02 05:33 pm (UTC)Choice 1:"The English Understand Wool" by Helen DeWitt (Contemporary)
Choice 2:"Bad Feminist" by Roxane Gay (Female author)
Choice 3: "Grand Union: Stories" by Zadie Smith (Contemporary/Female author)
I hope these are okay - I chose two contemporary because I assumed the two historical fictions you listed were too long. If I should pick something else, just tell me so :)
no subject
Date: 2024-01-03 02:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-01-04 09:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-01-02 05:47 pm (UTC)Choice 1: The Sunday Lunch Club by Juliet Ashton
Choice 2: A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3) by Sarah J. Maas
Choice 3: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Happy Reading! :-)
no subject
Date: 2024-01-03 07:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-01-04 11:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-01-03 02:41 pm (UTC)Choice 1: How to talk to nice english girls by Gretchen Evans (Historial fiction/Female author)
Choice 2: Red, White and Royal blue by Casey McQuiston (Contemporary/Female author)
Choice 3: Endless night by Agatha Christie (Female author)
I hope these are okay! Happy reading and Happy New Year!
no subject
Date: 2024-01-04 07:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-01-03 07:34 pm (UTC)The Colour Purple - Alice Walker (historical, female author)
Bridget Jones' Diary - Helen Fielding (contemporary, female author)
Happy New Year, and happy reading!
no subject
Date: 2024-01-04 11:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-01-05 02:45 pm (UTC)Choice 1: The Pumpkin Spice Café (Laurie Gilmore)
Choice 2: The Girl Who Chased the Moon (Sarah Addison Allen)
Choice 3: Remarkably Bright Creatures (Shelby Van Pelt)