Book Challenge 1
a book by your favourite author a new to you author (someone YOU haven't read before) a new release (2015 book) a book that was first published in a year when you were born an award winning book (Hugo, Nebula, BSAF award, Mythopoeic Award, Locus awards (SF and Fantasy), BFS award, World Fantasy Awards, Philip K. Dick Award, Arthur C. Clarke Award - all of these count). a book that was/is banned somewhere from SF/F genre ( potential list available here - https://www.worldswi...banned_sff.asp) a book that has had adaptations (either movie or graphic novel, or any adaptation) a book that you have already bought but haven't read a book where the MC is a person of color, or an author of color a book written by a woman a book written by a man a book that was originally published in language other than English a fantasy or science fiction classic a book influenced by mythology (could be Greek, Norse, Irish, Japanese...whatever) a book with pictures in it a book with more than 500 pages a book with less than 200 pages a horror book a YA book start and finish a series a book with a wizard/witch a book with a dragon or two a book with red or blue on the cover a book with animal(s) or non-human creature(s) (Elves, Fairies, Dwarfs and other suchlike beings count) on the cover a book with a one word title a book with a title of 6 or more words. a non-speculative fiction book (i.e non fantasy, non SF, non horror) a novelization from a movie or a videogame (i.e first came the movie, then the book - the opposite from challenge 7).