Friday, December 9, 2016

2017 Pages of Starlight Speculative Fiction Reading Challenge

(The Umbrella Genre for Fantasy, Sci-Fi and Steampunk. So's Horror, but let's just ignore that, shall we? Even if not overtly stated, each book should fit into those genres.) I searched high and low for a 2017 challenge that I could do - because I want to be challenged, but not pushed so far outside my genres that I would probably dislike whatever I read - and found nothing. So, I created my own. You are more than welcome to join in if you want! Just copy and past the topics onto a blog post - or however you participate in challenges - and make sure to leave me a link so I can visit.

#1 A Fairytale Retelling
#2 A Historical Fantasy
#3 A Book From NPR's Top 100 SF/F List
#4 A Non-British Steampunk
#5 Crossed With Another Genre (like a sci-fi mystery)
#6 A Manga
#7 A Comic Book
#8 An Urban Fantasy
#9 A Classic
#10 About Superheroes
#12 A Western (Space Western or Cattle Punk)
#13 An Earth-Based Sci-Fi
#14 A Sci-Fi With Aliens
#15 Based Around a Non-White Culture
#16 With a Main Character of Color
#17 With a LGBTQIA Main Character
#18 With an Aro or Ace Character
#19Written By a POC Author
#20 Has a M/M Romance
#21 Has a  F/F Romance
#22 Published Last Year
#23 Published Before 2000
#24 A Novella


I plan to update in January with a few of the books I plan on reading to fit these topics. If you decide to join up, I'd love to know, so just leave me a link!

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This is awesome, I'm definitely going to try this challenge! I also read a lot of speculative fiction and I'm looking to read more diverse books so this challenge is perfect :D Thanks for making it!
1 reply · active 429 weeks ago
That's great, so glad to hear you're joining in! Hope you have fun with it.
Cool I'm in
1 reply · active 426 weeks ago
Awesome, welcome!
I feel dumb asking, but what's an Ace or Aro character?
3 replies · active 426 weeks ago
Ace is asexual and aro is aromantic. (Don't feel dumb, the first time I heard some saying they were ace, I had no clue.) :)
Thanks! I definitely would not have guessed that. Now to find a book that has that...
I've actually been putting a Goodreads list to very good use in helping me with this topic. It's still pretty short, but maybe you could find something there.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/105434.Aro_an...

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