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1 Number in the Title Author from a Different Continent Featured Creature Minority Author Now a Major Motion Picture
2 Independent Author Set in War Orange Crush Short and Sweet Banned Book
3 Based on Folklore Title: [X] of [Y] FREE SPACE - Off Your TBR Pile LGBTQIA+ Lead Saddle Up
4 New Release Alliterative Title Judge A Book By Its Cover Award Winner Gamble, Game, or Contest
5 Steppin’ Up! Political Late to the Party Cozy Read Jerk with a Heart of Gold

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  • JaymesRS@literature.cafeOPM
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    7 days ago

    2D Short and Sweet: Read a individual piece of work under 170 pages or 40,000 words. HARD MODE: Read a collection of this type of short work.

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      1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England, Comprising All the Parts You Can Remember, Including 103 Good Things, 5 Bad Kings and 2 Genuine Dates – Sellar, Yeatman, and Reynolds.

      Worth all of its 116 pages. (Also valid for 1A, but I have other plans for that square.)

    • Contrariwise@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      4 days ago

      Suggestion: any anthology, especially any edited by Ellen Datlow (books span multiple genres)

      My card: Ellen Datlow, ed. - Mad Hatters and March Hares