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01 December 2019 @ 02:58 pm

The Book Recs Advent Calendar

It's a long time since I made a discussion post here but with Christmas approaching, I thought we had to do something! So here I am with a Book Rec Advent Calendar!

The idea is very simple: for each day until Christmas, I'll give you a category so you can rec one book! Yep, only one book par day!

I'll post all the categories in this post so just start your comments with "DAY #".

Of course, you can join at any time and fulfill the past categories!

DAY 1 - A book you can read on a day (less than 150 pages)
DAY 2 - A Romance (F/M, M/M, F/F,...)
DAY 3 - An historical fiction or a non-fiction about history
DAY 4 - A science-fiction book
DAY 5 - A book focusing on nature (fiction or non-fiction)
DAY 6 - You favourite childhood book
DAY 7 - A thriller
DAY 8 - A cozy mystery
DAY 9 - A comic or a manga
DAY 10 - A book that was made into a film or a TV series
DAY 11 - A Cookbook
DAY 12 - A series (at least 3 published books)
DAY 13 - An horror story
DAY 14 - An anthology
DAY 15 - A poetry book or a play
DAY 16 - A biography or an autobiography
DAY 17 - A book you read at leat twice
DAY 18 - A book about myths or fairytales
DAY 19 - A fantasy book
DAY 20 - A book from your favourite author
DAY 21 - A book about winter or Christmas
DAY 22 - A very long book (more than 500 pages)
DAY 23 - A book with a female main character
DAY 24 - A book you received as a gift this year (for Christmas or not)

(sorry for my absence for a few days)

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blackjackcat.livejournal.com on December 1st, 2019 03:48 pm (UTC)
Day #1

Oo fun!

Adulthood is a Myth: A Sarah's Scribbles Collection

Edited 2019-12-01 03:48 pm (UTC)

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aeris444.livejournal.com on December 1st, 2019 04:52 pm (UTC)
RE: Day #1

I can only recommend this rec! ;-)

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blackjackcat.livejournal.com on December 1st, 2019 05:25 pm (UTC)

brunettepet.livejournal.com on December 1st, 2019 08:35 pm (UTC)

blackjackcat.livejournal.com on December 1st, 2019 08:38 pm (UTC)

just-ann-now.livejournal.com on December 1st, 2019 04:41 pm (UTC)

Day #1:

What a great idea!

All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries, #1 (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32758901-all-systems-red)

Edited 2019-12-01 04:42 pm (UTC)

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honor-reid.livejournal.com on December 1st, 2019 08:54 pm (UTC)

Oh my goodness that was what I was going to rec. The Murderbot Diaries are such a great series!!

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gallaghers.livejournal.com on December 1st, 2019 05:04 pm (UTC)
day #1

who among us? by mario benedetti

aeris444.livejournal.com on December 1st, 2019 05:23 pm (UTC)
Day #1

Princess Princess Ever after (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30025791-princess-princess-ever-after)

eurydice72.livejournal.com on December 1st, 2019 10:06 pm (UTC)

If It Ain't Love by Tamara Allen (https://www.amazon.com/If-Aint-Love-Tamara-Allen-ebook/dp/B005KV1EHW/)

I love this author to pieces. This is one of her short works and jam-packed with her gorgeous writing.

capriceum.livejournal.com on December 2nd, 2019 03:35 am (UTC)
Day #1

Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls

kingstoken.livejournal.com on December 2nd, 2019 05:44 pm (UTC)
Day #1

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, to get you int he holiday mood!

deinonychus-1.livejournal.com on December 2nd, 2019 08:29 pm (UTC)
Day 2

The Adrien English series by Josh Lanyon. It's a five or six book series of m/m romance with murder mystery. The books do follow on from each other so should be read in the correct order and not as stand-alones. Funny, action packed, also makes me cry in some places, and a lovely believable slow-burn relationship development.

Book one in the series is Fatal Shadows.

Damn, now I want to re-read them all again amd i really haven't got time! (Although all the books in the series are quite short, possibly a little longer than novella length certainly for the first book, later books get a bit longer).

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blackjackcat.livejournal.com on December 2nd, 2019 11:32 pm (UTC)
RE: Day 2

That sounds like a good series. I like slow burn. Wish my library had copies. :(

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honor-reid.livejournal.com on December 3rd, 2019 04:58 am (UTC)

aeris444.livejournal.com on December 3rd, 2019 07:40 pm (UTC)

blackjackcat.livejournal.com on December 2nd, 2019 11:21 pm (UTC)
Day #2

Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler

honor-reid.livejournal.com on December 3rd, 2019 04:51 am (UTC)
Day 2

I would highly recommend Spectred Isle (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35118935-spectred-isle)by KJ Charles.

It is an awesomely well written romance that takes place after WW1 where magic is real plus it delves into the English mythology of the Green Man.

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aeris444.livejournal.com on December 3rd, 2019 07:41 pm (UTC)
RE: Day 2

I need to read books from KJ Charles! So many books...So little time...

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lil-1337.livejournal.com on December 3rd, 2019 05:55 am (UTC)

Day #2

What If It's Us
by Becky Albertalli, Adam Silvera

"Critically acclaimed and bestselling authors Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera combine their talents in this smart, funny, heartfelt collaboration about two very different boys who can’t decide if the universe is pushing them together—or pulling them apart."

https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062795250/what-if-its-us/

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blackjackcat.livejournal.com on December 3rd, 2019 05:45 pm (UTC)

That sounds interesting. What would you rate it?

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lil-1337.livejournal.com on December 3rd, 2019 06:22 pm (UTC)

blackjackcat.livejournal.com on December 7th, 2019 11:14 pm (UTC)

aeris444.livejournal.com on December 3rd, 2019 07:41 pm (UTC)

lil-1337.livejournal.com on December 6th, 2019 02:48 am (UTC)

aeris444.livejournal.com on December 3rd, 2019 07:42 pm (UTC)
Day #2

Red, White and Royal Blue (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41150487-red-white-royal-blue)

When his mother became President, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic, genius—his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House. There's only one problem: Alex has a beef with the actual prince, Henry, across the pond. And when the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an Alex-Henry altercation, U.S./British relations take a turn for the worse.

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brunettepet.livejournal.com on December 8th, 2019 07:31 pm (UTC)
RE: Day #2

I enjoyed this one a lot!

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aeris444.livejournal.com on December 3rd, 2019 07:50 pm (UTC)
Day #3

A History of the World in 100 Objects
(https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9553383-a-history-of-the-world-in-100-objects?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=IBbXfQNHKY&rank=3)
Neil MacGregor's A History of the World in 100 Objects takes a bold, original approach to human history, exploring past civilizations through the objects that defined them. Encompassing a grand sweep of human history, A History of the World in 100 Objects begins with one of the earliest surviving objects made by human hands, a chopping tool from the Olduvai gorge in Africa, and ends with objects which characterise the world we live in today

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honor-reid.livejournal.com on December 4th, 2019 05:44 am (UTC)
RE: Day #3

I just got this book but I haven't had a chance to read it yet. I am glad to hear you liked it!

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eurydice72.livejournal.com on December 4th, 2019 12:29 am (UTC)
Day #2

Nor Iron Bars a Cage by Kaje Harper (https://www.amazon.com/Iron-Bars-Cage-Kaje-Harper-ebook/dp/B00FNXC8EU/)

Kaje Harper is one of my favorite m/m authors ever, and this is one of her best. It's m/m fantasy romance at its best - a traumatized sorcerer, the old friend who now works for the king, an adventure with dark intrigue...I could go on and on.

Oh, and did I mention that it's free? Harper wrote this for a Goodreads group, an amazing feat because it's amazing and long and she wrote it in what seems like record time, and has consistently offered it for free to readers. You've got nothing to lose if you like the genre. :)

eurydice72.livejournal.com on December 4th, 2019 01:26 am (UTC)
Day #3

Watermark by Vanitha Sankaran (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061849278/)

This is a gorgeous story about a mute albino girl in Medieval France who learns her father's trade of paper-making. While it can be a little slow, it's so lyrical and compelling, it's totally worth it.

dragonydreams.livejournal.com on December 4th, 2019 02:12 am (UTC)
Day #3

I recently finished The Only Woman in the Room (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39971465-the-only-woman-in-the-room) by Marie Benedict

It was really learning more about Hedy Lemar.

Edited 2019-12-04 02:12 am (UTC)

honor-reid.livejournal.com on December 4th, 2019 05:41 am (UTC)
#3

The Complete Persepolis (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/991197.The_Complete_Persepolis)by Marjane Satrapi

I loved this book. The way the author tells of her childhood and adolescence in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution, it is so heartfelt and well written.

capriceum.livejournal.com on December 4th, 2019 05:46 am (UTC)
Day #3

The Devil Aspect by Craig Russell (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45428507-the-devil-aspect)

I listened to the audiobook back in August and it was so good.

blackjackcat.livejournal.com on December 4th, 2019 06:53 am (UTC)
Day #3

Red River by Chie Shinohara

kingstoken.livejournal.com on December 5th, 2019 12:44 am (UTC)
Day #2

Someone to Trust by Mary Balogh

kingstoken.livejournal.com on December 5th, 2019 12:48 am (UTC)
Day #3

Morning Glory by LaVyrle Spencer

aeris444.livejournal.com on December 5th, 2019 07:10 pm (UTC)

Sorry for the delay in posting day four...

aeris444.livejournal.com on December 5th, 2019 07:14 pm (UTC)
Day #4

The Ice People (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/106753.The_Ice_People)

I read this one in French when I was in high school and it's still one of my favourite SF books!

When a French expedition in Antarctica reveals ruins of a 900,000 year old civilization, scientists from all over the world flock to the site to help explore & understand. The entire planet watches via global satellite tv, mesmerized, as they uncover a chamber in which a man & a woman have been in suspended animation since, as the French title suggests, 'the night of time'. The woman, Eléa, is awakened. Thru a translating machine she tells the story of her world, herself & her husband Paikan & how war destroyed her civilization.

eurydice72.livejournal.com on December 5th, 2019 09:16 pm (UTC)
Day #4

Everybody's probably read this, but I don't care because it's one of my favorite books ever: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (https://smile.amazon.com/Wrinkle-Time-Quintet/dp/0312367546/)

Yes, it's a children's book. Yes, it tends to oversimplify. I don't care. Meg Murry was the first heroine I ever read who made me feel like maybe I wasn't such a freak and that being smart and different could be strengths instead of weaknesses. I love her to pieces.

eurydice72.livejournal.com on December 5th, 2019 09:21 pm (UTC)
Day #5

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (https://smile.amazon.com/Where-Crawdads-Sing-Delia-Owens/dp/0735219095/)

The author is a nature writer, and this was her first fiction novel. It's about a young girl in 1950s North Carolina who gets abandoned at a young age and has to survive on her own in the marshes of NC. This is probably stretching the "focusing on nature" aspect of today's rec, but honestly, her environment is just as much a character as she is, and the descriptions are evocative and many. I cried more than once reading this.