Bibliothecary Reading Challenge 2024 - hosted by ravenlily

(February) Character Creation: Weapon
1 prompt per character

*For any weapon, you can read a book featuring that weapon on the cover OR read the prompt

A) Dagger - read a book under 200 pages
B) Axe - read a banned book
C) Mace - read a book published before 2010
D) Staff- read a magical realism or fabulism book
E) Spear - read a new release (within the last year)
F) Crossbow - read a book with multiple POVs
G) Longbow - read the first book in a series
H) Greatsword - read a book over 500 pages
I) Rapier - read a companion novel/novella
J) Scimitar - read a retelling
All books added
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

The English Patient

Michael Ondaatje

8 hours, 53 minutes • first pub 1992 (editions) user-added

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

Don Quixote

Don Quixote (2 Volumes) #1-2

Miguel de Cervantes

1072 pages • first pub 1615 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy literary adventurous funny reflective slow-paced
Dune (40th Anniversary Edition) by Frank Herbert

Dune (40th Anniversary Edition)

Dune #1

Frank Herbert

704 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

fiction classics science fiction adventurous challenging slow-paced
Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith

Build Your House Around My Body

Violet Kupersmith

401 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction horror literary magical realism dark mysterious medium-paced
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke

Rendezvous with Rama

Rama #1

Arthur C. Clarke

252 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

fiction classics science fiction adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Fifth Season

The Broken Earth #1

N.K. Jemisin

512 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

King of Scars

King of Scars #1

Leigh Bardugo

514 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous medium-paced
The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty

The Kingdom of Copper

The Daevabad Trilogy #2

S.A. Chakraborty

621 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Bunnicula by Deborah Howe, James Howe

Bunnicula

Bunnicula #1

Deborah Howe, James Howe

144 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

fiction childrens fantasy mystery adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
A Beautiful Friendship by David Weber, Jane Lindskold

A Beautiful Friendship

Honorverse: Stephanie Harrington #1

David Weber, Jane Lindskold

368 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction science fiction young adult adventurous fast-paced