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Share your progress on the 2019 Challenge here.
Ask questions, offer recommendations, get suggestions.
What categories are you most excited about?

Please note:
Book Buzz is not moderating the challenge this year, but I'd love to hear about how it's going for you.

My plan is to complete as much of the challenge as possible by reading graphic novels. A couple of the categories may be tricky--like a book I should have read in school but didn't--maybe I can read a GN adaptation of a classic?

So far I have completed:
4. A book set in Toronto: Young Frances by Hartley Lin is a really good book about a young woman working as a law clerk for a high powered law firm.
5. A book by an author in a visible minority: Tina's Mouth by Keshni Kashyap about the teenage daughter of Indian immigrants who has found Satre and is questioning her life.

gourmetkat wrote: "Ooh this is great! Now we can discuss the books as we go along. I am finishing the first one on my list and will chime in again when I finish it. (I'm lucky it's one we're doing for French book clu..."

I was going to say that you're "killing two birds with one stone" but there was recent discussion on Twitter about using language that has less violence towards animals and we should use the phrase "feeding two birds with one scone".

In any case, I applaud your efficiency.

18. A book you previously tried to read and gave up on.

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

This one is a questionable inclusion because I never "gave up" on it. I just had to restart it a couple of times. The plot is complicated and there are a million characters in it and I just couldn't get through it but I always knew I'd get there in the end.

If anyone's is looking for a twisty mystery with a science fiction twist, I recommend this one.

A book set in Toronto: I'm reading The Hidden Keys by André Alexis. I read his other award winning book Fifteen Dogs and took a guess that The Hidden Keys would also be set in Toronto, since that is where Alexis lives.

Sidenote I'm also interested to know his personal background as my family has ties to Trinidad and also the last name Alexis. We may be relatives! haha

Nutshel for the library Bookclub. I guess that counts as recommended by a librarian.

A. wrote: "Nutshel for the library Bookclub. I guess that counts as recommended by a librarian."

Yes, that counts! Other ways to get staff recommendations include the blogs we post on our website, printed booklists available in branches, and book displays.

Twitter is another good way to get recommendations. Every Thursday between 12-1 pm, library staff from all over North America will give suggestions using #AskALibrarian

TPL also has 4 staff twitterers:
@TPLBRNDN
@TPLChristie
@TPLWendy
and me, I'm @TPLMaggie

We will be happy to give personal suggestions.

On my second book of the challenge. First was A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne - an LGBTQ+ author. It was fabulous! Now reading Washington Black, my book by an award-winning Canadian author, Esi Edugyan. Loving it so far.

Hello Everyone! I have joined so many challenges I must complete this one.

So far I have completed #13: A book that has been adapted into a movie/show: BIRD BOX by Josh Malerman.

I have to admit this book was much better than the movie. Half of the really good parts were taken out and that of course has to deal with budgeting. Honestly, I was underwhelmed.

Please if anyone has a suggestion for a non-prose book, please send it my way! Thanks everyone!

You could read one you should have read if you had studied in another country, I can give you some suggestions from Spain, like The Quixote, or One hundred years of solitude.

Does anybody have this challenge in excel format. I would like to sign whenever I complete one book.

gourmetkat wrote: "I don't know if I will also try to do the advanced challenge. But if I do I have a dilemma. I CAN'T read a book I should have read in school but didn't! English and French were my favourite subject..."

I was interpreting this one as a book that would have been good to study in school but *wasn't* assigned for whatever reason (because the assigned reading was dominated by dead white men, because the book hadn't been written yet, because we only read 1 Shakespeare play a year...etc.)

Read a book that would have been meaningful to you in your school years and tick this one off the list.

I don't want to be too subversive but rebellion is in my nature. This is *your* challenge. Engage with it in a way that is worthwhile to you.

Chantel wrote: "Please if anyone has a suggestion for a non-prose book, please send it my way"

The Long Take by Robin Robertson is a novel written in verse. It was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize last year, so it's probably a good place to start.

There's a list of novels in verse here on GoodReads:
/shelf/show/...

I’ve been busy this year. So far I’ve read:
A book set in Toronto: The Ward, edited by John Lorinc.
Non-prose: The Secret Path by Gord Downie and Jeff Lemire.
Read Indigenous: Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice.
Award winning Canadian Author: Warlight by Michael Ondaatje.
I recommend all of them! Currently reading Trickster Drift by Eden Robinson which could be a recommendation from a librarian (on the January book list on TPL’s site) or a book by an author in a visible minority. If you are looking at Trickster Drift, you MUST read Son of a Trickster first or it will make no sense.

I was stuck on the bus this morning and finished reading Relish by Lucy Knisley. She's a graphic novelist who writes autobiographical books. Relish is about her lifelong relationship with eating and cooking, aided and abetted by her chef mother and foodie father.

I've read a few books by Knisley and they're all enjoyable.

I don't think I can fit this one in to a challenge category but recommend it if you're looking for a graphic novel.

ok Just reading about this challenge today.... better get started. any recommendations?

Challenge accepted! I just found the checklist, but so far, I've read:

a graphic novel:
Ripley's Believe it or not! - Tony Isabella (ARC copy through NetGalley)

A book on mental health:
a Danger to Herself and Others - Alyssa Sheinmel

a book on a topic I know nothing about:
Wicked Bugs - Amy Stewart: which was awesome, btw. Recommending for anyone looking to check off this item on their challenge list

...I have a long commute... :p

Shirley Jackson's The Birds Nest could this be considered a book on mental health?
I got it out cause I like the haunting of hill house but I also want it to count for one of the reading list books because it may take me a while to read it.

Hello every one!
I am participating in the challenge for the first time this year and i decided to start with the advanced one! I know what you are all thinking but I really like reading so I think I can pull it off.

Do you have any suggestions for me? So far I read nothing that fits in. Just please keep in mind that I am a teenager, like YA novels, Teen, Scifi, and pretty much anything except historical fiction.

Drop your suggestions below and I will make sure to read them and respond too!

Peace and love
to all.

Sel wrote: "Hello every one!
I am participating in the challenge for the first time this year and i decided to start with the advanced one! I know what you are all thinking but I really like reading so I thin..."

Hello Sel! For the books by a visible minority category, may I suggest the work of Angie Thomas? Her books: The Hate U Give and On the Come Up are both YA, are focused on teenage girls and are in my opinion, excellent! The former also works for the adaptation category as well.

Another YA/teen novel I'd suggest for the LGBT+ author category is They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera. Like Thomas I really admire that his characters actually speak and feel like real human beings. It also ticks that sci-fi/speculative fiction box as it takes place in an alternate world in which humans are told when their last day on Earth is.

Best of luck with the challenge!

Jessi wrote: "ok Just reading about this challenge today.... better get started. any recommendations?"
Hi, Jessi
Welcome to the challenge!
Are you looking to complete a specific part of the challenge?
What sorts of books do you enjoy?

Jessi wrote: "Shirley Jackson's The Birds Nest could this be considered a book on mental health?
I got it out cause I like the haunting of hill house but I also want it to count for one of the reading list book..."
Hi, again
Definitely The Bird's Nest counts. She was a bit annoyed that it was marketed as a psychological horror instead of literary fiction.

Jackson experienced some of the symptoms of the main character, Elizabeth. She had anxiety, paranoia, insomnia, and backaches. Towards the end of her life, she had agoraphobia and was more or less home bound.

Shirley Jackson was such a wonderful writer, it's a shame that she died when she was only 48.

Have you read We Have Always Lived in the Castle? It's my favourite of hers.

Sel wrote: "Hello every one!
I am participating in the challenge for the first time this year and i decided to start with the advanced one! I know what you are all thinking but I really like reading so I thin..."

Suggestions for
4. A book set in Toronto

Acceleration by Graham McNamee
I loved this crime thriller about a teen working in the TTC lost and found department who finds a journal that may be connected to recent serial killings.

The Chaos by Nalo Hopkinson
About a supernatural creature loose in Toronto--this works for the author in a visible minority category also.

Past Tense by Star Spider
Someone just mentioned this to me today. It's set around The Beach/Beaches neighbourhood about a high school student whose mother is suffering from a mental illness. It checks a few of the boxes: LGBTQ+, about mental health, and set in Toronto

If you like graphic novels, the Scott Pilgrim books by Bryan Lee O'Malley have cameo appearances from 2 Toronto libraries and all kinds of local landmarks--this works as an adaptation too.

Skim by Mariko Tamaki (graphic novel)
--works for LGBTQ+ and visible minority author categories.

Ugh. I just realized you wanted suggestions for the Advanced Challenge. Will try again.

Abbi wrote: "Sel wrote: "Hello every one!
I am participating in the challenge for the first time this year and i decided to start with the advanced one! I know what you are all thinking but I really like readi..."

Here's a good list of books by authors with disabilities:

Books by Disabled Authors

I didn't realize that Octavia Butler had dyslexia. She's a wonderful science fiction author and I'd recommend Kindred to anyone who hasn't read it.

I didn't see him on that list but one of my favourite SF authors, Terry Pratchett, had Alzheimer's Disease for the last several years of his life--Good Omens, the book he wrote with Neil Gaiman, is wonderful--and qualifies for the adaptations category as well.

If you haven't read anything by Seanan McGuire you might give her a try. Every Heart a Doorway is the beginning of the Wayward Children series--it's really good and is considered YA.

(Edited to add the link to the disabled authors list.)

I had a bit of a reading lull but I've completed another book for the challenge--thanks to insomnia for making all of this possible.

It is My Brother's Husband, Volume 2.

It fits into so many categories!

2. A Graphic Novel
5. An author in a visible minority
6. An LGBTQ+ author
9. A book in translation
13 A book adapted for TV or film
19. A book set in a country you'd like to visit: Japan

Now, a technical question: Gengoroh Tagame would be a visible minority in Canada but not in his native Japan. Does he still count for that category?

In the end I'll probably use it for 19 in any case.

gourmetkat wrote: "For 5. A book by an author in a visible minority, I listened to A Cutting Season by Attica Locke."
I keep hearing good things about her books but I haven't tried one yet.
Did you enjoy it?

My latest read was The Witch Elm by Tana French. It's a stand alone-- not part of her Dublin Murder Squad series.

Toby is a man recovering from an assault (head injury) who goes to stay with his uncle who has terminal cancer and also to get his own strength back.

During his stay, a skeleton is found in the back yard and identified as a classmate of Toby's who had gone missing many years earlier.

Toby's memories of the time are unclear so he begins to conduct his own investigation of sorts.

It's a really good book with lots of twists and turns. The chapters are too long, but it was a fast read.

gourmetkat wrote: "7. A book about mental health. I decided to use The Silent Patient for this category. I think I saw it as one of the librarian's recommendations a while ago, so thought about using it for that (alt..."

I wonder if I recommended it at some point. That ending is something else.

I'm marking 2 more categories complete today and they're both a little sketchy. If there were a judging panel, I'm not sure they would be acceptable.

13. A book adapted into a movie or TV series
Flawed by Andrea Dorfman
It's actually graphic novel adaptation of Dorfman's NFB short film--nominated for an Emmy award.

I've got the category backwards, but I think it fits the spirit of the challenge.

20. Two books with same or very similar titles.
The Party by Elizabeth Day
The Party by Robyn Harding

Technically, I finished reading Elizabeth Day's book in December.

The nice thing about a year long challenge is that there is still time to read books that will be more suitable.

I have been reading thrillers lately but I've decided to take a break from that and catch up on my non-fiction.

I moved close enough to work that I can walk now but I miss reading on the subway. I'm experimenting with eAudiobooks.

So, I am listening to Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right. It's fascinating and a little terrifying.

On those rare occasions when I am in my car, I'm listening to Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood by Karina Longworth. I enjoy her podcast You Must Remember This--a scholarly look at Hollywood scandals--and this book is so interesting and well researched I almost wish there was a road trip I could take so I could listen to more.

Hi All! Can’t believe I just found out about this group. As an avid and longtime TPL user, I’m happy to know Book BuZz exists.

As for the Reading Challenge, the following are what I’ve covered:

1.) A book by an author in visible minority: “The Night Tiger� by Yangtze Choo. One of the incredible stories I’ve read. It’s historical fiction, magical realism, romance, murder mystery, coming-of-age story, folklore, Colonial fiction and family drama. A lot happens in this book, yet it’s so fast moving, so moving and I’m amazed that the author came up with a such a brilliant story. It’s set in 1930’s Malayasia, when this country was still under British rule.

2.) A book about mental health: Currently Reading “The Great Alone� by Kristin Hannah. Set in Alaska in the 1970’s, it centres on the Allbright family and their close-knit yet isolated community, which is torn apart by abuse and violence due Ernt Allbright’s severe PTSD and alcoholism, as a result of being a POW during the Vietnam War. Alaska is described in breathtaking and vivid prose but the treatment of mental illness, I am finding is too simplistic. Or that could be because it’s in the POV of a thirteen year old.

3.) A book set in a country you’d like to visit: Have read Jane Austen’s “Northanger Abbey� set in England, especially the English countryside. Always have wanted to see the verdant English countryside with its historical abbeys, houses and castles. If I ever went to England, I’d say I’m more inclined to see the countryside and spend more time there than in London.

Just adding in from my previous comment. I looked over my Read list on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ and realized that I can add a few more books into the TPL 2019 Reading Challenge.

- A book that has been adapted into a movie or tv show: “In Cold Blood� by Truman Capote. This book pretty much invented the true crime genre in books. Capote builds up the dread and tension and foreshadowing, doesn’t shy away from describing the gory and sad details of the actual crime itself nor does he skimp on describing the impact of the horrific murders on the small community. The ending is bittersweet too, as people are shown as moving on with their lives, as those who had been murdered, just lie, mouldering, in the ground below.

- A book that is a translation: “A Man Called Ove� originally published in 2012 in Swedish. There’s already a Swedish movie adaptation of this and a Hollywood adaptation starring Tom Hanks, as the curmudgeon old widower Ove with a sad & lonely life story, will be happening. This is a funny and heartfelt story, in line with the legendary Animation movie, “Up�.

Ilham wrote: "Just adding in from my previous comment. I looked over my Read list on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ and realized that I can add a few more books into the TPL 2019 Reading Challenge.

- A book that has been adapted i..."

I do this at the end of the year--take a look at what I've read and organize all of it into categories. It amazes me year after year how many categories are filled without trying. Some others, like this year's Periodic Table and author sharing your initials categories, I really need to think about.

Recently discovered this and have surprisingly made good progress without trying. Now trying to hit on some of the harder categories before the end of the year. This is my progress so far:

REGULAR
1. Canadian award-winning author: Bunny by Hannah Moscovitch
2. Set in Toronto: Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez
3. Author in a visible minority: Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth
4. LGBTQ author: Indecent by Paula Vogel
5. Translation: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
6. Mental health: The Scar by Mary Cregan
7. Topic I know nothing about: Best Before by Nicola Temple
8. Banned or challenged: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
9. Adapted into a movie or show: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

ADVANCED
1. Newcomer, refugee or immigrant: The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez by Aaron Bobrow-Strain
2. First & Best: Square by Mac Barnett

Am currently reading A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking to use towards Author with a Disability.

Bit late in the year, but I know a few of my already-read books should count towards some of the categories haha.

Basic Challenge:
2. A Graphic novel - I read the first volume of Y: The Last Man in August - interesting concept, I'll probably read the rest at some point.
5. A Book By An Author in a Visible Minority - Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (highly recommend)
7. A book about mental health - The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn (main character suffers from severe agoraphobia)
13. A book that's been adapted into a movie/TV show - Bird Box by Josh Malerman

Advanced:
19. A book set in a country you'd like to visit - The Book of Hidden Things by Francesco Dimitri (set in Italy)
23. A Book from Read Indigenous List - Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice

Danielle wrote: "Bit late in the year, but I know a few of my already-read books should count towards some of the categories haha.

Basic Challenge:
2. A Graphic novel - I read the first volume of Y: The Last Man i..."

Update:
8. A non-prose book - The Sun and her Flowers by Rupi Kaur

I Finished the 1st part of the Reading Challenge
1. A book recommended by library staff
There There
2. A graphic novel
Blue is the warmest Colour
3. A book from a Canadian award -winning author
Tuco by Brian Butt
4. A book set in Toronto
The Necrofiles
5.A book by a visible minority
Zami by Audre Lorde
6. A book by an LGBTQ+ author
The miseducation of Cameron Post
7. A book about Mental Health
Waking up by Sam Harris
8. A non-prose book
Goddess gone fishing for a map of the Universe
by Sherry D. Wilson
9. A book in translation
Girl with the dragon tattoo
10. A book on a topic you know nothing about
Alexander Hamilton
11.A book you’ve always meant to read
The little Prince
12.A book that has been banned or challenged
Love and Rockets
13. A book that has been adapted into a movie or a show
Time Travellers Wife
12 A book by an author that has the same initial as me
Nathanial West: The day of the Locust

Advanced challenge I don’t know if I will finish this one but its started 5 books to go:
1 A book by an author with a disability
Kindred by Octavia Butler
2.
3
4
5.
6. 2 books with similar or the same titles
Brown Girl in the Ring by Lynette Roy then Nalo Hopkinson
7. A book from our First & Best lists
Ocean meets Sky
8. A book by an eh List Writer
Brother
9 A book from Read Indigenous
Trickster Drift
10.
11. A book thats related to the Periodic Table of Elements
The Poisoners Handbook

Update 2

4. A book set in Toronto - That Time I Loved You by Carrianne Leung

Danielle wrote: "Bit late in the year, but I know a few of my already-read books should count towards some of the categories haha.

Basic Challenge:
2. A Graphic novel - I read the first volume of Y: The Last Man i..."

10. A book on a topic you know nothing about - Burned: A Story of a Murder and the Crime That Wasn't by Edward Humes

Up to 9 books read, 7 from the basic challenge, 2 from the advanced challenge

6. a book by an LGBTQ+ author
Stealing Nasreen

10 books down

Danielle wrote: "6. a book by an LGBTQ+ author
Stealing Nasreen

10 books down"

11. A book you've always meant to read
Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn

I dunno about 'always' but I have been wanting to read it for quite some time.
Update Dec 23: 9. A Book in Translation - The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani

Current Status:
1. A book recommended to you by library staff
2. A graphic novel
Y: The Last Man
3. A book from an award-winning Canadian author
4. A book set in Toronto
That Time I Loved You by Carrianne Leung
5. A book by an author in a visible minority
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
6. A book by an LGBTQ+ author
Stealing Nasreen
7. A book about mental health
The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn
8. A non-prose book
The Sun and her Flowers by Rupi Kaur
9. A book in translation
The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani
10. A book on a topic you know nothing about
Burned: A Story of a Murder and the Crime That Wasn't by Edward Humes
11. A book you've always meant to read
Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
12. A book that's been banned or challenged
13. A book that has been adapted into a movie or a television show
Bird Box by Josh Malerman
14. A book by an author with the same initials as you

Advanced:
15. A book by an author with a disability
16. A book about being a newcomer, refugee or immigrant
17. A book you should have read in school but didn't
18. A book you previously tried to read and gave up on
19. A book set in a country you'd like to visit
The Book of Hidden Things by Francesco Dimitri
20. Two books with the same/very similar titles
21. A book from our First & Best lists*
22. A book by an eh List writer*
23. A book from Read Indigenous*
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
24. A book from The List: Great Reads for Youth*
25. A book that's related to the Periodic Table of Elements*

TPL Reading Challenge - 2019
1. A book recommended to you by library staff
Title: Recursion by Blake Crouch
2. A graphic novel
Title: The Watchmen by Alan Moore
3. A book from a Canadian award-winning author
Title: I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid (RBC Taylor Emerging Writer Award)
4. A book set in Toronto
Title: Fifteen Dogs by Andre Alexis
5. A book by an author in a visible minority
Title: Heavy by Kiese Laymon
6. A book by an LGBTQ+ author
Title: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
7. A book about mental health
Title: Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
8. A non-prose book
Title: Mary’s Monster by Lita Judge
9. A book in translation
Title: Excursion to Tinadri by Andrea Camilleri (Italian to English)
10. A book on a topic you know nothing about
Title: How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us about Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan
11. A book you’ve always meant to read
Title: Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov
12. A book that has been banned or challenged
Title: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
13. A book that has been adapted into a movie or show
Title: The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith (adapted for TV � BBC series)
14. A book by an author with the same initials as you
Title: Lost by Gregory Maguire and Last Days of Night by Graham Moore
15. A book by an author with a disability
Title: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
16. A book about being a newcomer, refugee or immigrant
Title: The Test by Sylvain Neuvel
17. A book you should have read in school, but didn’t
Title: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
18. A book you previously tried to read and gave up on
Title: 2666 by Roberto Bolaño
19. A book set in a country you’d like to visit
Title: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
20. Two books with the same/very similar titles
Titles: The Double, Fyodor Dostoevsky and The Double, José Saramago
21. A book from our First & Best lists*
Title: Counting in Mi'kmaw = Mawkiljemk Mi'kmawiktuk by Loretta Gould
22. A book by an eh List writer*
Title: Foe by Iain Reid
23. A book from Read Indigenous*
Title: Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
24. A book from The List: Great Reads for Youth*
Title: The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
25. A book that’s related to the Periodic Table of Elements*
Title: The Periodic Table by Primo Levi

Finished. and I'm calling "Its a wrap" :)
1. A book recommended by library staff
There There
2. A graphic novel
Blue is the warmest Colour
3. A book from a Canadian award -winning author
Tuco by Brian Butt
4. A book set in Toronto
The Necrofiles
5.A book by a visible minority
Zami by Audre Lorde
6. A book by an LGBTQ+ author
The miseducation of Cameron Post
7. A book about Mental Health
Waking up by Sam Harris
8. A non-prose book
Goddess gone fishing for a map of the Universe
by Sherry D. Wilson
9. A book in translation
Girl with the dragon tattoo
10. A book on a topic you know nothing about
Alexander Hamilton
11.A book you’ve always meant to read
The little Prince
12.A book that has been banned or challenged
Love and Rockets
13. A book that has been adapted into a movie or a tv show
Time Travellers Wife
14 A book by an author that has the same initial as me
Nathanial West: The day of the Locust

Advanced challenge I finished! A definite challenge I admit.
15 A book by an author with a disability
Kindred by Octavia Butler
16.A book about being a newcomer, refugee or immigrant
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
17. A book you should have read in school but didn't
Fifth Business
18. A book you previously tried to read and gave up on
How we are Hungry by Dave Eggers
19. A book set in a country you'd like to visit
Shakkai by Lynn V. Andrews
20. 2 books with similar or the same titles
Brown Girl in the Ring by Lynette Roy then Nalo Hopkinson
21. A book from our First & Best lists
Ocean meets Sky
22. A book by an eh List Writer
Brother
23 A book from Read Indigenous
Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot
24. A book from The List: Great Reads for Youth
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
25. A book thats related to the Periodic Table of Elements
The Poisoners Handbook

Book Buzz wrote: "Share your progress on the 2019 Challenge here.
Ask questions, offer recommendations, get suggestions.
What categories are you most excited about?

Please note:
Book Buzz is not moderating the c..."

Is there a challenge for 2020?

Yes, there is a 2020 challenge.

I'm so sorry to be so slow at updating.
The challenge categories are posted and the discussion will be live by 12 pm today.

Marissa wrote: "Book Buzz wrote: "Share your progress on the 2019 Challenge here.
Ask questions, offer recommendations, get suggestions.
What categories are you most excited about?

Please note:
Book Buzz is no..."