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1prezzey
Bearbeitet: Dez. 29, 2010, 7:17 pm

I re-sorted my reading list and it seems like even with comics excluded I still have quite a lot of books on it... hence, a second challenge thread. This one has more Hungarian books, but still an amount of stuff in English, etc. go check it out :)

I gave in and made a grab bag category too ;P

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This is my free time reading and does not include work-related content. All books listed have already been read, I'm not putting planned reads here.

Short books are listed with a value of 0.5. The first number is the number of books that have been read in the category, the second is the value that book adds to the total.

Progress: 100 / 100 - FINISHED

1. Speculative fiction from the past 10 years - FINISHED

1 / 1 Needle in the Groove by Jeff Noon, March, in English
2 / 1 Falling out of Cars by Jeff Noon, April, in English
3 / 1 P5 by Victor Pelevin, May, in Hungarian
3.5 / 0.5 This Shape We're In by Jonathan Lethem, May, in English
4 / 0.5 Twelve Collections and the Teashop by Zoran Živković, July, in English
4.5 / 0.5 The Economy of Light by Jack Dann, September, in English
5 / 0.5 The Witnesses Are Gone by Joel Lane, September, in English
5.5 / 0.5 Night Cache by Andy Duncan, September, in English
6.5 / 1 Specials by Scott Westerfeld, September, in English
7.5 / 1 Extras by Scott Westerfeld, October, in English
8 / 0.5 Living With the Dead by Darrell Schweitzer, November, in English
9 / 1 Incarceron by Catherine Fisher, November, in English
10 / 1 Sun of Suns by Karl Schroeder, November, in English

2. 20th-21st century Hungarian literature - FINISHED

1 / 1 Hazaviszlek, jó? by Krisztina Tóth, January, in Hungarian
2 / 1 Vonalkód by Krisztina Tóth, January, in Hungarian
3 / 1 Utolsó kentaur by Noémi Szécsi, March, in Hungarian
3.5 / 0.5 Az árnyékember by Krisztina Tóth, March, in Hungarian
4.5 / 1 Saját halál by Péter Nádas, March, in Hungarian
5 / 0.5 Szívdesszert by Dániel Varró, April, in Hungarian
5.5 / 0.5 Például a galamb by Balázs Simon, April, in Hungarian
6 / 0.5 Trója-variációk by Péter Kántor, April, in Hungarian
7 / 1 Grafitnesz by Lajos Parti Nagy, May, in Hungarian
7.5 / 0.5 Római Egyes by Szilárd Rubin, July, in Hungarian
8 / 0.5 Manócska meghal by Attila Havasi, November, in Hungarian
9 / 1 Túl a Maszat-hegyen by Dániel Varró, May, in Hungarian
10 / 1 Rivalda 2007-2008: öt mai magyar dráma by various authors, October, in Hungarian

3. Books from countries underrepresented in my library - FINISHED

1 / 1 Az új Ádám by Helvi Hämäläinen, June, in Hungarian (Finland)
2 / 1 A halott almafák by Joel Lehtonen, June, in Hungarian (Finland)
3 / 1 Expressz ajánlott! by Iselin C. Hermann, June, in Hungarian (Denmark)
4 / 1 Akit állva temettek el by Joni Skiftesvik, June, in Hungarian (Finland)
4.5 / 0.5 Hummelhonung by Torgny Lindgren, July, in Hungarian (Sweden)
5.5 / 1 A tigris intelme by Gábor Osváth (Editor), September, in Hungarian (Korea)
6.5 / 1 20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth by Xiaolu Guo, July, in English (China)
7.5 / 1 Sozaboy by Ken Saro-Wiwa, June, in English (Nigeria)
8 / 0.5 So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba, June, in English (Senegal)
9 / 1 A hiba by Antonis Samarakis, October, in Hungarian (Greece)
10 / 1 Itt jártam - Az első letartóztatás by Sass Henno, October, in Hungarian (Estonia)

4. African Diaspora Reading Challenge - FINISHED

1 / 1 Maru by Bessie Head, June, in English (South Africa -> Botswana)
2 / 1 Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta, June, in English (Nigeria -> UK)
3 / 1 Matigari by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, June, in English (Kenya -> USA)
4 / 1 From a Crooked Rib by Nuruddin Farah, June, in English (Somalia -> various countries)
4.5 / 0.5 Of Chameleons and Gods by Jack Mapanje, July, in English (Malawi -> UK)
5.5 / 1 Opening Spaces by various authors, July, in English (various African countries -> various countries)
6.5 / 1 Decolonising the Mind by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʾo, August, in English (Kenya -> USA)
7 / 0.5 R.A.W. by Patience Agbabi, July, in English (Nigeria -> UK)
7.5 / 0.5 Native Guard by Natasha Trethewey (African American), August, in English
8.5 / 1 Bittersweet - Contemporary Black Women's Poetry by Karen McCarthy (ed.), August, in English (African-British, African-American)
9 / 0.5 Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination by Toni Morrison, September, in English (African-American)
10 / 1 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz, October, in English (Dominican-American)

5. Speculative fiction not from the past 10 years - FINISHED

1 / 1 Pixel Juice by Jeff Noon, May, in English
2 / 1 Nymphomation by Jeff Noon, May, in English
3 / 1 Voice of our Shadow by Jonathan Carroll, May, in English
4 / 1 Game-Players of Titan by Philip K. Dick, September, in Hungarian
5 / 1 Primary Inversion by Catherine Asaro, October, in English
6 / 1 Kvinden og aben by Peter Høeg, November, in Hungarian
7 / 1 Girl in Landscape by Jonathan Lethem, April, in English
8 / 1 Escape Attempt / Distant Rainbow by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky, December, in Hungarian
9 / 1 Some of Your Blood (+ padding :D ) by Theodore Sturgeon, December, in English
9.5 / 0.5 A kétbalkezes varázsló by Pál Békés, July, in Hungarian
10 / 0.5 Madarak aranyhegedűn by Magda Szécsi, May, in Hungarian

6. Miscellaneous nonfiction - FINISHED

1 / 1 Wrong About Japan by Peter Carey, June, in English
2 / 1 Strange Things - The Malevolent North in Canadian Literature by Margaret Atwood, June, in English
3 / 1 A sámán nyaklánca by Lajos Boglár, July, in Hungarian
4 / 1 Az élőerő - csernobili mesék - dokumentumregény by Szergej Mirnij, August, in Hungarian
5 / 1 E. T. Talk: How Will We Communicate with Intelligent Life on Other Worlds? by Fernando J. Ballesteros, October, in English
5.5 / 0.5 Hétköznapi Budapest by Gábor Gyáni, October, in Hungarian
6 / 0.5 Feliratos falvédők by Ákos Kovács (Ed.), October, in Hungarian
7 / 1 A garamut hangja by Beáta Bálintné Kiss, November, in Hungarian
7.5 / 0.5 Lovasíjász hagyományőrzés by Zoltán Németh, Réka Dóra Varga & Dávid Kovács-Kövi, November, in Hungarian
8.5 / 1 True Names and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier by James Frenkel (Ed.), November, in English
9.5 / 1 Ha jövő, akkor világűr by Iván Almár and Zoltán Galántai, December, in Hungarian
10 / 0.5 Kém voltam, lebuktam, megszöktem by Arisztid Atkáry, December, in Hungarian

7. Authors who are members of ethnic minorities in Hungary or who are ethnic Hungarians abroad - FINISHED

Books by Jewish authors with Jewish content are included in a separate "Jewish books" category below. Books by Jewish authors with no Jewish content go here. (The same is true for #8)

0.5 / 0.5 Elfelejtett tüzek by Károly Bari, March, in Hungarian (Hungarian Romani)
1 / 0.5 Cigányidők by Tamás Jónás, March, in Hungarian (Hungarian Romani)
1.5 / 0.5 Tenyérből mondtál jövendőt by Menyhért Lakatos, April, in Hungarian (Hungarian Romani)
2 / 0.5 Angárka és Busladarfi by Menyhért Lakatos, April, in Hungarian (Hungarian Romani)
2.5 / 0.5 A titok by Menyhért Lakatos, April, in Hungarian (Hungarian Romani)
3.5 / 1 Csak vitt a szél by Magda Szécsi, May, in Hungarian (Hungarian Romani)
4.5 / 1 Töredéklét by Magda Szécsi, May, in Hungarian (Hungarian Romani)
5.5 / 1 Turulpörkölt by Krzysztof Varga, May, in Hungarian (Polish Hungarian / Hungarian Polish)
6.5 / 1 Mindegy by Agota Kristof, October, in Hungarian (Hungarian in Switzerland)
7 / 0.5 Ősi cigány mesterségek és foglalkozások - Le romenge butya by György Rostás-Farkas, November, in Hungarian (Hungarian Romani)
8 / 1 Időtépő by Magda Szécsi, December, in Hungarian (Hungarian Romani)
8.5 / 0.5 Ostinato by Ildikó Márky, December, in Hungarian (Hungarian in Sweden)
9.5 / 1 Szia, Frici! by Magda Szécsi, July, in Hungarian (Hungarian Romani)
10.5 / 1 Bolygó tüzek by István Szilágyi, July, in Hungarian (Transsylvanian Hungarian)

8. Authors who are members of ethnic minorities elsewhere - FINISHED

1 / 1 Salve Papa! by Wladimir Kaminer, April, in German (Russian Jewish in Germany)
2 / 1 A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo, April, in English (Chinese in the UK)
3 / 1 For the Win by Cory Doctorow, December, in English (Canadian Jewish)
4 / 1 The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie (Spokane / Coeur d'Alene Indian in the US)
5 / 1 Tracks by Louise Erdrich (Anishinaabe in the US)
6 / 1 The Toughest Indian in the World by Sherman Alexie (Spokane / Coeur d'Alene Indian in the US), August, in English
6.5 / 0.5 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard, September, in English (British Jewish)
7 / 0.5 My Beautiful Laundrette by Hanif Kureishi, September, in English (British Pakistani)
7.5 / 0.5 Moscow Gold by Tariq Ali and Howard Brenton, September, in English (British Pakistani)
8 / 0.5 A nap állása by Ranya Paasonen, June, in Hungarian (Egyptian Finnish)
8.5 / 0.5 Coming Through Slaughter by Michael Ondaatje, August, in English (Sri Lankan Canadian)
9.5 / 1 Ablak Tibetre by various authors, October, in Hungarian (Tibetans in China)
10 / 0.5 A roma irodalom by Raјko Đurić, November, in Hungarian (Serbian Romani author living in Germany)

9. Jewish books - FINISHED

All sorts - this includes fiction, religious books, non-religious nonfiction, etc.

1 / 1 La confrérie des éveillés by Jacques Attali, September, in Hungarian (fiction)
2 / 1 Dafke by Viktória Lugosi, September, in Hungarian (fiction)
2.5 / 0.5 Kelekótya város : mesék, adomák, bölcsességek Chelm város legendáriumából by Zsuzsa Gábor, October, in Hungarian (fiction / humor)
3 / 0.5 She Nailed a Stake Through His Head: Tales of Biblical Terror by Tim Lieder (Ed.), November, in English (fiction)
4 / 1 Ajvé by Viktória Lugosi, December, in Hungarian (fiction)
4.5 / 0.5 Bátyám naplója by Petr Ginz, July, in Hungarian (nonfiction/diary)
5 / 0.5 The Final Solution: A Story of Detection by Michael Chabon, April, in English (YA fiction)
5.5 / 0.5 Petljura úr? by Andrzej Stanisław Kowalczyk, December, in Hungarian (nonfiction)
6 / 0.5 Karcok a Szentföldről: Magyar írók jeruzsálemi novellái by various authors, December, in Hungarian (fiction / travelogue / etc)
7 / 1 Path of the Just by the Ramchal (trans. Aryeh Kaplan), December, in English (religious nonfiction)
8 / 1 Opening the Inner Gates by Edward Hoffman (ed.), December, in English (new age fluff)
8.5 / 0.5 Tiepolo's Hound by Derek Walcott, December, in English (poetry/biography)
9 / 0.5 Haikus for Jews by David M. Bader, December, in English (poetry/humor)
10 / 1 The Gates of November by Chaim Potok, December, in English (historical nonfiction)

10. GRAB BAG!!1! - FINISHED

Books that do not fit elsewhere!

1 / 1 Unter der Sonne by Daniel Kehlmann, January, in German
2 / 1 Mamutvadászat by Tatiana Tolstaya, February, in Hungarian
2.5 / 0.5 Történetek állatokról és emberekről by Lyudmila Ulitskaya, February, in Hungarian
3 / 0.5 The Day Room by Don DeLillo, March, in English (play)
4 / 1 Yellow by Janni Visman, March, in English
4.5 / 0.5 Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker, May, in English (play)
5 / 0.5 Credible Witness by Timberlake Wertenbaker, May, in English (play)
5.5 / 0.5 Friss tinta - mai gyerekversek by various authors, October, in Hungarian (poetry)
6 / 0.5 Good Bones by Margaret Atwood, October, in English
6.5 / 0.5 Death and the King's Horseman by Wole Soyinka, October, in English (play)
7 / 0.5 Az ötujjú krumpli by Torgny Lindgren, November, in Hungarian
7.5 / 0.5 A Chorus of Disapproval by Alan Ayckbourn, November, in English (play)
8 / 0.5 You by Charles Benoit, November, in English
8.5 / 0.5 The Things We Do for Love by Alan Ayckbourn, November, in English (play)
9 / 0.5 A Web of Black Widows by Scott William Carter, December, in English
10 / 1 Flight by Sherman Alexie, December, in English

2prezzey
Okt. 10, 2010, 9:44 pm

I tried to make sure nothing was included on both my 101010 challenge lists, but, well, nothing is perfect... let me know if you spot any errors.

Also, feel free to ask me about my books, I confess I've been neglecting the conversation here.

3prezzey
Dez. 29, 2010, 7:17 pm

OK, I finished this one too (I've actually gone a few over, I haven't added those). I think next year I'm going to do only one and try a different challenge after I finish to add some variety.