#studyblr w/knives reading challenge: summer 2.0

[bulletnotestudies]

THE STUDYBLR WITH KNIVES SERVER PRESENTS: the Summer Reading Challenge 2.0 ☀︎

when i posted the first summer reading challenge a year ago, i honestly never thought so many people would participate and so many more challenges would be put together and enjoyed in good company :") so thanks to everyone who's joined up till now, i'm so glad these are as fun to take on as they are to design! summer is just around the corner and we have a fresh hot sunny reading challenge ready for you! and if you want, you can also check out the 2022 pride reading challenge

RULES: -> please reblog this post if you’re participating -> for each of the prompts, read a book of your choice and cross the prompt out on the above template -> post your updates in the form of text posts, bookish photos, or anything else you come up with under the tag #studyblr w/knives reading challenge! -> the challenge will last from the 1st of june till the 30th of september, but feel free to finish it at your own pace

! be sure to hide any spoilers under the cut when posting updates/reviews, so people can avoid them if needed :)

as always, the prompts are transcribed below the cut and if you want to join the challenge on Storygraph as well, check out the notes of this post. if you have any questions, feel free to leave them in my inbox!

Welcome to another summer reading challenge! This year, the prompts are:

released in the last 6 months

by an author of colour

by an lgbtq+ author

adapted for TV or a movie

novella or graphic novel

antihero or chosen one

heist or magical quest

classic or retelling of a classic

longer than 400 pages

childhood favourite

nonlinear timeline

shorter than 300 pages

a book that’s been on your tbr for over a year

a book by an author if your nationality

main character of color

a book that was published the year you were born

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[selkiestudies]

7 August 2022

A quick update on where I am on some reading challenges.

Got at least one bingo for genre challenge but aiming for blackout!

Late for pride month but read two Heartstopper books for pride challenge

Almost have a bingo for summer challenge! But I’m reading a bunch of books that hopefully will fill that out this month

Thanks to @bulletnotestudies and the studyblrs with knives gang for making these fun challenges!

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[upside-down-uni]

hi! about the reading challenges, i just wanted to ask: would it be fair to count the same book for more than one challenge (let's say for a prompt in the summer challenge and also for one in the pride one)? thank you and i hope you have a nice day! :)

Hi Anon! Feel absolutely free to count one book for as many challenges as you want! I hope you're having a good day as well ^^

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[l-in-the-creative-world]

My first week of the Summer Reading Challenge 2.0 and we have two books down!

Childhood favourite: The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo

Under 300 pages: Starling Days by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan

I started with Starling Days since I had grabbed that from the library last week. It’s a good book. I gave it 3.5 stars because I really loved the writing and even the story, but at times I wished it had been and done more. But still an amazing read. The Butterfly Lion was a quick one to finish and an instant 5 stars. It was one of the first books I fell in love with when I was little and it was lovely going back to it, especially reading from the same copy I first read the story in. Despite knowing what happens, I still cried twice at the sweet story. I know it’s a childrens book but I definitely recommend it if you’re looking for a quick read. While I’m here a little update on writing. I managed to reach 40,000 words, but steam has died down since hitting the mile stone. I’m hoping to get back on it.

Talking about getting back on it, the next book will be Me vs Brain for the first spot on the Challenge list.

I hope everyone’s week has been lovely and happy reading. ☀️📖

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[the---hermit]

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

I have read this book multiple times, actually I had just reread this last year (and I don't think I did a proper review post at the time). This is one of my top comfort books, I will never grow tired of it. To me it's the book equivalent to a cup of hot tea and a blanket when you most need it. I was at the verge of a reading slump, and in general I just needed that comfort feeling this book gives me, so I picked it up yet again.

At this point everyone more or less knows the plot of The Hobbit, it's the adventure of Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit hired as a burglar by Thorin Oakenshield and his company of Dwarves. The goal is to got at east to The Lonely Mountain, where Thorin's grandfather was king before the dragon Smaug attacked them. It's a very simple adventure that feels almost like a fairytale. It's such a cozy and engaging read, it's much more lighthearted and easy to read than The Lord Of The Rings, so give it a chance if you haven't yet. It's not as easy to explain why this story is so comforting to me, other than the cozy vibes it gives me, Bilbo gives me so much hope. He's a character I am very attached to, because I cannot help but to seem myself in him. He's just a quiet hobbit who enjoys the comfort of his house, to sit in his garden, eat and read a book. And yet, although a part of him fears adventure and unpredictability, he choses to follow is Took side and go on this adventure. What I also really like about his character is that throughout the whole novel Bilbo has this emotional ups and downs. He doesn't change in his character, he still misses his home and its comforts, even if he grows as a person. He realizes he is much more brave that he could ever think, he finds himself dealing with things he would have never imagined. Bilbo always makes me feel more confident as a person when reading this book. I am just ranting at this point, but I love this book so much, and it's so approachable, even as a fantasy book, so I can't believe some people have never read this.

I decided to use this reread for the studyblr w/ knives summer reading challenge 2.0 for the prompt magical quest. (I have posted an update recently, so I'll wait to have read a couple more books for the next one).

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[melaschnie]

i finally finished the summer reading challenge 2.0! wow, this is a whole 2.5 months earlier than last year askdf. some thoughts on each book i read since the last update post are under the cut :)

original post for the challenge || my storygraph (tell me if you add me so i know to add you back!)

adapted for tv or a movie

the queen’s gambit - walter tevis

since i watched the series and it is (surprisingly) close to the book, there wasn’t much that was new here for me. still, very solid reading choice, in my opinion lmao, would definitely recommend either reading this or watching the series, it’s very impressive.

over 400 pages

king of scars - leigh bardugo

i missed the universe a lot! kinda surprisingly, but also very much not lmao. especially the ending left me with goose bumps and Emotions so i can’t wait to have the time for rule of wolves!! [edit from later: i absolutely loved row :’)]

childhood favourite

the magician’s nephew - c. s. lewis

i only ever watched the movies as a kid/teenager, but i wanted to use this prompt as an excuse to actually read one of the books they are based on. it’s been.. underwhelming? in a way, i think i expected something different from the book but i don’t even know how to properly describe it. 

antihero or chosen one

carry on - rainbow rowell

started out great and then it got kind of... idk, too ya? too chosen one? yeah, that's about it. but it was very light-hearted, and i really enjoyed that. 

heist or magical quest

an absolutely remarkable thing - hank green

this book was a lot of fun and also w i l d. really impressive to see the entire social media movement as it was written (also scary but pssh). what it also accomplished was getting me more interested in looking into speculative fiction at some point soon again - it just seems like so many possibilities and so much fun!

novella or graphic novel

this winter - alice oseman

!! and :)) is literally all i can say. i kid you not, that are the only two things i wrote down after i read it lol

by an lgbtq+ author

solitaire - alice oseman

i now get what people mean by "you can tell it's her first published book". i can't put anything specific to it, but it seems kinda hectic and also unclear at some points, i guess? also, how is the school burning down not at all a plot point or even mentioned in heartstopper? at least i think it isn’t? anyway.

on your tbr for over a year

nick and charlie - alice oseman

so damn cute. very realistic. however, could they just fucking communicate? poor charlie, poor nick, but the pictures? omG

main character of colour

radio silence - alice oseman

so good. you really notice how alice grew as a writer since solitaire, and the plot was a lot more interesting to me as well. the characters are so much more fleshed out and it's such a joy following them and seeing the dynamic between frances and aled specifically, even though aled has such a hard time towards the end

author of your nationality

der steppenwolf - hermann hesse

what even was this book? i wouldn't know. however, i think i should stop reading classics that i’m not 100% interested in

by an author of colour

the hate u give - angie thomas

a very insightful, very shocking book, but i would guess a rather accurate insight into life as a POC in the US. the book left such an impression on me, i still don’t really know how to put it in words.

released the year you were born

blueprint - charlotte kerner

this is a book i wanted to reread for a while now. i read it in school about 10 years ago and remembered it had a lot of things to say about individuality and ethics. it did as i expected on a reread, but in my eyes it’s a pretty average book. not very catching so no surprise they made us read it in school /j

#yes i went on an alice oseman reading spree once i got home what about it ashdk #studyblr w/knives reading challenge #summer reading challenge 2.0 #reading #books #bookblr #reading time #literature #knife gang #*mine

[anurennero]

summer reading challenge 2.0 update!

almost a month into the challenge and i'm not quite up to speed, oops. so far i've read:

• childhood favorite: the city of dreaming books by walter moers

• adapted for tv/movie: my days at the morisaki bookshop by satoshi yagisawa

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[bulletnotestudies]

GUESS WHAT!

we have not one but two reading challenges coming soon, so u can really get in that summer reading :) there’s gonna be a: 1. PRIDE READING CHALLENGE where it’ll be all about lgbtq+ books 2. SUMMER READING CHALLENGE 2.0 - similar to the original challenge that started it all, but with fresh prompts

if you want to be tagged in the announcement post for either of them, reblog this post and put into the tags which taglist you want to be added to (can ofc be both!); you have till May 25th to do so x

see you soon with new challenges and till then, enjoy the spring mini reading challenge ❀

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[bulletnotestudies]

Summer Reading Challenge 2.0 - this has got to be my personal favourite prompt. i'm a sucker for a good heist story ☀︎

Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

Harvard art history student Will Chen is offered a job: 50 million dollars if he succeeds in bringing five priceless sculptures from prestigious museums in Europe and the US back to where they were originally stolen from - the Old Summer Palace in China. Together with his sister, a getaway driver, a hacker, and the son of an FBI investigator, he plans to return the artwork to where it belongs. An Ocean’s Eleven-esque story discussing perspectives on Chinese American identity and the aftermath of colonialism. (blurb by @dreamofghosts)

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

Looking for something exciting, the next remarkable thing, April May stumbles into a world of fame, conspiracy and mystery when she goes viral as first contact between humans and the (possibly alien) Carls. The robot-like solid statues suddenly appear in 12 places across the globe and leave the world community with two pressing questions: Who are they? What do they want? If you like Hank Green’s content, the Green brothers’ podcast, AI and urban sci-fi or internet shenanigans you’re gonna love this. I read this in one night. The category is: I wish I could read this for the first time again. (blurb by @bennistudies)

[more recommendations below the cut]

MORE GRIPPING HEIST STORIES: ☀︎ Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo ☀︎ Beneath the Citadel - Destiny Soria ☀︎ The Gilded Wolves - Roshani Chokshi ☀︎ The Last Magician - Lisa Maxwell

THRILLING MAGICAL QUESTS: ☀︎ The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien ☀︎ The Lightning Thief (PJO #1) - Rick Riordan ☀︎ A Darker Shade of Magic - V.E. Schwab ☀︎ Dragon Keeper - Robin Hobb

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[bulletnotestudies]

Summer Reading Challenge 2.0 - after a short break, we're back with more delightful book recs, this time ones by authors of colour ☀︎

Black Water Sister by Zen Cho

When Jessamine Taoh moves back to Malaysia with her family, she starts seeing the ghost of her grandmother. Her grandmother has decided Jess is the one to help her get revenge against a business magnate who has insulted her god, the Black Water Sister and is not giving Jess any choice in the matter. As Jess is dragged into a world of gods and ghosts, she has to learn to stand her ground and control her own destiny, because if she doesn't, she might die. (blurb by @tungumalaast)

The King Is Dead by Benjamin Dean

Did you enjoy Red, White & Royal Blue, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, One of Us Is Lying, or all of the above? Have we got a treat for you! 17-year-old James suddenly becomes King of the UK when his father dies - but his sudden ascendance to reign doesn't come with ease. The media isn’t happy with a Black man on the throne and someone from within the Palace keeps leaking private information that creates even more scandalous press. When his secret boyfriend disappears and anonymous threats are made against James’s life, he isn’t sure who he can trust anymore - or if he can trust anyone at all. (blurb by @dreamofghosts)

[more recommendations below the cut]

MORE AWESOME BOOKS BY AUTHORS OF COLOUR: ☀︎ The City We Became - N.K. Jemisin ☀︎ Children of Blood and Bone - Tomi Adeyemi ☀︎ The Poppy War - R.F. Kuang ☀︎ Burn Down, Rise Up - Vincent Tirado ☀︎ Iron Widow - Xiran Jay Zhao ☀︎ Light From Uncommon Stars - Ryka Aoki

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[bulletnotestudies]

Summer Reading Challenge 2.0 - time to diversify your reads by picking up a book by a queer author ☀︎

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Pitched as Dragonball meets furry Pacific Rim, Iron Widow is a genius sci-fi book set in an anachronistic Chinese culture that follows Wu Zetian, whose only wish is to avenge her sister’s sacrifice in a patriarchal militaristic state. This has: epic battles, a badass female protagonist, lgbtq+ characters, and a true love triangle (not a love corner). (blurb by @upside-down-uni)

Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

What Grace went to Las Vegas for: Partying after she finally got her PhD in astronomy. What she didn’t go to Las Vegas for: getting married to a beautiful stranger that makes her question everything and turns her world upside down. Honey Girl is about getting married and falling in love afterwards, letting go of some things and finally taking other things in hand, loving your friends so much it hurts and late night podcasts about magic that are maybe less about magic than about humans. This has: a main character and love interest of colour, found family, and the trials and tribulations of Adulting. (blurb by @upside-down-uni)

[more recommendations below the cut]

MORE AWESOME READS BY QUEER AUTHORS: ☀︎ A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab ☀︎ Lake Lore by Anna-Marie McLemore ☀︎ The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon ☀︎ Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas ☀︎ Heartstopper by Alice Oseman ☀︎ The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune ☀︎ Loveless by Alice Oseman ☀︎ Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty ☀︎ Crownchasers by Rebecca Coffindaffer ☀︎ Icebreaker by A.L. Graziadei ☀︎ Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant ☀︎ Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

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[bulletnotestudies]

Summer Reading Challenge 2.0 - these time-defying books are so good, they'll give you bookish jet lag ☀︎

This Is How You Lose the Time War by A. El-Mohtar and M. Gladstone

Burn before reading. Blue and Red are enemies on opposite sides of the Time War, who fall in love through their mocking correspondence, but if they are ever found out, it would mean the death of them both. Now they must change the past in order to ensure they have a future together. (blurb by @tungumalaast)

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

Beware of the gods that answer after the dark, for they may grant you eternal life but no one will remember you. Desperate to flee the future others have set for her in 1714, Addie prays for more time and thus enters a contract with the dark: she will live forever, but everyone she meets will forget her as soon as she's out of sight. Addie faces centuries and their challenges alone, until one day, in 2014, she meets a young man. And even though the door's closed behind her - he remembers. (blurb by @hannistudies)

[more recommendations below the cut]

MORE NONLINEAR NARRATIVES: ☀︎ A Closed And Common Orbit - Becky Chambers ☀︎ Funny You Should Ask - Elissa Sussman ☀︎ People We Meet on Vacation - Emily Henry ☀︎ I'll Give You the Sun - Jandy Nelson ☀︎ A Beautifully Foolish Endeavour - Hank Green ☀︎ The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern

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[bulletnotestudies]

Summer Reading Challenge 2.0 - the first book rec post is here: we're kicking things off with books featuring protagonists of colour ☀︎

The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling

After falsifying her resume in order to get a mysteriously well paying job a caver descends into a dangerous cave with only the support of her boss who knows she faked her resume. The only question is what will kill her first, her boss or the cave itself. (blurb by @tungumalaast)

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

Frances Janvier is a high achiever, determined to make it to university – even if it is not something she truly wants. Aled Last is the quiet, shy kid with a secret. When that secret unexpectedly brings them together, Frances finally allows herself to be who she is. With its realistic portrayal of what it's like to be a teen and a friendship between a boy and a girl that never threatens to develop into something more, it is a heartfelt book that will hit home for anyone who has struggled with academic pressure, mental health and figuring out what the right path for you is. (blurb by @asteristudy)

[more recommendations below the cut]

MORE PROTAGONISTS OF COLOUR: ☀︎ The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennet ☀︎ The Stars And the Blackness Between - Junauda Petrus ☀︎ The Black Flamingo - Dean Atta ☀︎ Children of Blood and Bone - Tomi Adeyemi ☀︎ Burn Down, Rise Up - Vincent Tirado ☀︎ The Charm Offensive - Allison Cochrun ☀︎ Cemetery Boys - Aiden Thomas ☀︎ Red, White & Royal Blue - Casey Mcquiston ☀︎ Felix Ever After - Kacen Callender ☀︎ I Was Born for This - Alice Oseman ☀︎ Girl, Woman, Other - Bernardine Evaristo ☀︎ The Deep Blue Between - Ayesha Harruna Attah ☀︎ Pet - Akwaeke Emezi ☀︎ Iron Widow - Xiran Jay Zhao ☀︎ Girls of Paper and Fire - Natasha Ngan

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[bulletnotestudies]

Summer Reading Challenge 2.0 - summer is the season for epic stories; will you choose a steadfast chosen one or a bold antihero? ☀︎

A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab

Four parallel Londons threatened by disease, a diplomat turned outlaw and a thief with dreams larger than life. A surprising deal and a quest with one key objective: stay alive. Almost the last of his kind, Kell is the Red London ambassador and travels as messenger between his home (where magic thrives), White London (where magic starves), and Grey London (where magic is long forgotten). His side hustle: smuggling magical artefacts from one to another, for anyone willing to pay the right price. When a job goes awry, he runs into Lila, a devious pickpocket with ambition, who somehow - impossibly - manages to follow him back to Red London. A deal is struck, an alliance formed, and secrets begin to unravel; all the while a perilous force threatens to take over. A masterfully crafted, vivid narrative of an interdimensional quest with magic at stake and lives on the line. (blurb by @bulletnotestudies and @hannistudies)

The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett

Sometimes all it takes to be a witch is determination and bravery - and a good swing with an old pan. When her younger brother goes missing, Tiffany embarks on a mission to bring him back from the land of the Queen of Elves. She learns about her bewitching abilities and how to see what others cannot. Her sidekicks: a bunch of Nac Mac Feegles, tiny men who like wearing kilts, swearing and giving someone a good kick with their boot - if no one’s around, even themselves. (blurb by @hannistudies)

[more recommendations below the cut]

MORE BRILLIANT ANTIHEROES: ☀︎ Vicious - V.E. Schwab ☀︎ Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo ☀︎ Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo ☀︎ The Atlas Six - Olivie Blake ☀︎ An Absolutely Remarkable Thing - Hank Green ☀︎ The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - V.E. Schwab ☀︎ The Lies of Locke Lamora - Scott Lynch ☀︎ Carrie - Stephen King ☀︎ Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn

HEROES WHO NEVER HAD A SAY IN THEIR DESTINY: ☀︎ Carry On - Rainbow Rowell ☀︎ The Raven Cycle - Maggie Stiefvater ☀︎ Dune - Frank Herbert ☀︎ Raven's Gate - Anthony Horrowitz ☀︎ Trail of Lightning - Rebecca Roanhorse ☀︎ An Absolutely Remarkable Thing - Hank Green ☀︎ Inkmistress - Audrey Coulthurst ☀︎ The Priory of The Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon

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[bulletnotestudies]

hello! would it be okay to tweak the challenge a little? for example, because i don’t put my age on the internet for safety and privacy, i’m not comfortable publicizing the year i was born, so for that challenge would it be okay to pick a book published during the month or the day instead? thank you so much for doing these challenges<3

absolutely!

#the point of the he challenge is first and foremost to get you reading - everything else is secondary :) #anon #studyblr w/knives reading challenge #studyblr w/knives reading challenge: summer 2.0 #sabrinas mail

[l-in-the-creative-world]

The Summer Reading Challenge 2.0 catch up! Three more books done.

Released in the last six months: Me VS Brain by Hayley Morris

By an author of colour: The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

Anti-hero or chosen one: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

It’s been a long two weeks and I’ve been slow with my reading. Though I really enjoyed all the books. Me VS Brain was a mixture of super funny and a little sad, which made it perfect. The Kiss Quotient wasn’t at all what I expected but in the best way. It had me hooked and if it wasn’t for work I would have finished it a lot quicker. And finally Dorian Gray. I wasn’t sure if this really fits for Antihero but google said so, and it’s been on my tbr for years, making it one I really wanted to tackle. There were beautiful moments in it and other times it took a lot to keep going. But generally a good read. I’ve also just started the first of the Percy Jackson books as the next book.

I hope everyone’s reading summer is going well ☀️ Happy reading 😊

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