Got a couple more titles filled in, and I indulged in a B&N order with some Xmas cash while it lingers (most of it's going on groceries), so more of my chosen titles are on my way to my book pile. While I was at it, I ordered the newest Tad Williams book, The Heart of What Was Lost, a tie-in between his two Osten Ard trilogies (the second trilogy, The Last King of Osten Ard, doesn't seem to have an official release date, unfortunately.) Not part of the challenge, but I'm looking forward to going back to one of my favorite fantasy realms.
As for the challenge, I'm still in the early bits of Eats, Shoots & Leaves and Wild Seed. Both are going well, though I should be spending more time reading them. (Every time I think I'm coming out of the November Numbness, something even worse comes along to knock me back...)
Updated list:
1. No hablo: A translation. The Three-Body Problem, by Liu Cixin.
2. Rainbow warrior: A book with a color in the title. The Red Pyramid, by Rick Riordan.
3. Bits and pieces: An anthology (poetry, short stories, whatever). The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, edited by John Joseph Adams.
4. Out of this world: A book taking place in space or on another planet. Golden Son, by Pierce Brown.
5. Tuesdays with Balaam’s Ass: A book with a non-human (animal or fantastic creature) main character. The Hunt for Elsewhere, by Beatrice Vine.
6. Loose ends: A book you started last year and haven’t yet finished. Eats, Shoots, & Leaves by Lynne Truss. Started
7. Crossing the (color) lines: A book about a PoC, any variety, written by an author of the same variety.Wild Seed, by Octavia E. Butler. Started
8. What you will read to your grandchildren: A children's book (middle grade or lower). Pax, by Sarah Pennypacker.
9. Steady there, cowboy: A western. TBA
10. He did drone on a bit: A book more than 600 pages. 11/22/63, by Stephen King.
11. Three-color mythology: A graphic novel or comic book. TBA
12. Better known for . . .: A book by someone who’s more famous for doing something else. Holy Cow, by David Duchovny.