VioletBramble's 2021 Category Challenge

Hi! I'm Kelly. This will be my 11th year in the Category Challenge. I did even worse than usual keeping up in 2020 - thanks to Covid. With the resurgence of the virus here I anticipate the same thing happening in 2021. With that in mind I have planned this years challenge to be a combination of basic categories and a few categories that I hope will be more fun.
My reading goals for 2021:
1) Read at least 50 books (I'm actually planning 64)
2) Review 2 books a month
3) Listen to at least 8 Audiobooks
4) Read primarily from my TBR pile. Primarily being ~75%
5) Participate in the SFF Kit, Scaredy Kit and Genre CAT.
6) Limit time on Facebook to 15 mins/day. (big fail on this one in 2020)

Happy New Year and Happy Reading in 2021!

Fiction

1) Wilder Girls - Rory Power
2) Your Perfect Year -Charlotte Lucas
3) Hollow Kingdom -Kira Jane Buxton
4) Heads Will Roll - Kate McKinnon and Emily Lynne
5) The Queen's Gambit - Walter Tevis
6) Burn - Patrick Ness
7) A Dance to the Music of Time: A Question of Upbringing - Anthony Powell
8) Interview With the Robot - Lee Bacon
9) A Dance to the Music of Time: A Buyer's Market - Anthony Powell
10) Gideon the Ninth- Tamsyn Muir
11) Harrow the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir
12) Her Body and Other Stories - Carmen Maria Machado
13) The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - Suzanne Collins
14) The Kingdom of Back - Marie Lu
15) Beartown- Fredrik Backman
16) The Last True Poets of the Sea - Julia Drake
17) Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - JK Rowling
18) Oona Out of Order - Margarita Montimore
19) The Left-Handed Booksellers of London - Garth Nix
20) Cemetery Boys - Aiden Thomas
21) The Saturday Night Ghost Club - Craig Davidson
22) Lovecraft Country - Matt Ruff
23) The Personal Librarian - Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
24) Red,White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
25) Gods of Jade and Shadow - Silvia Moreno-Garcia
26) The Last Book Party- Karen Dukess
27) Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts - Kate Racculia
28) Project Hail Mary- Andy Weir
29) Malibu Rising- Taylor Jenkins Reid
30) Find Layla - Meg Elison
31) Dear Evan Hansen- Steven Levenson
32) Moon Over Soho - Ben Aaronovitch
33) Timekeeper - Tara Sim
34) Firekeeper's Daughter - Angeline Boulley
35) Ready Player Two - Ernest Cline
36) The Ten Thousand Doors of January- Alix E Harrow
37) The Stand-In- Lily Chu
38) The One Hundred Years of Lenni & Margot - Marianne Cronin
39) The Sparrow - Mary Doria Russell
40) The Overstory - Richard Powers
41) The Institute - Stephen King
42) Later - Stephen King
43) The Bookish Life of Nina Hill - Abbi Waxman
44) A Beautiful Poison- Lydia King
45) Exhalation - Ted Chiang
46) A Deadly Education - Naomi Novik
47) On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong
48) The Wicked Deep - Shea Ernshaw
49) The Matzah Ball - Jean Meltzer
50) A Holly Jolly Diwali - Sonya Lalli
51) Joyland- Stephen King
52) A Great Reckoning- Louise Penny
53) The Test - Sylvain Neuval
54) Doctor Who: The Day She Saved the Doctor - Jenny T Colgan

NonFiction

1) Ellis Island: A People's History - Malgorzata Szejnert
2) Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit -Jeanette Winterson
3) The Light in the Dark: A Winter Journal - Horatio Clare
4) Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? - Caitlin Doughty
5) Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life - William Finnegan
6) Music and the Brain - Aniruddh Patel
7) Tomboyland : Essays - Melissa Faliveno
8) The Soul of an Octopus - Sy Montgomery
9) The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder - Charles Graeber
10) Mentors: How to Help and Be Helped - Russell Brand
11) Burnt Out - Selina Barker
12) My Life as a Kitchen Witch - Red Tash

Poetry

1) You're Not a Girl in a Movie- Hala Alyan
2) Sweeney Astray- Seamus Heaney
3) Wade in the Water: Poems - Tracy K Smith
4) Forgive Yourself These Tiny Acts of Self-Destructionm- Jared Singer
5) New American Best Friend - Olivia Gatwood
6) Still Can't Do My Daughter's Hair- William Evans
7) Spoon River Anthology- Edgar Lee Masters

Graphic Novels

1) Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: Occult Edition - Roberto Aguirre Sacasa
2) Exorsisters - Ian Boothby
3) Check Please! Book 1 #Hockey - Ngozi Ukazu
4) Monstress Vol 1: Awakening - Marjorie Liu
5) Monstress Vol 2: The Blood - Marjorie Liu
6) Check Please! Book 2: Sticks and Scones - Ngozi Ukazu
7) Monstress Vol 3: Haven- Marjorie Liu
8) Monstress Vol 4: The Chosen - Marjorie Liu
9) Monstress Vol 5: Warchild -Marjorie Liu
10) Locke & Key 5: Clockworks - Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez
11) Locke & Key 6: Alpha & Omega - Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez

Books About Magic

1) Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - JK Rowling
2) Cemetery Boys - Aiden Thomas
3) Lovecraft Country - Matt Ruff
4) The Left-Handed Booksellers of London- Garth Nix
5) Gods of Jade and Shadow - Silivia Moreno-Garcia
6) Moon Over Soho- Ben Aaronovitch
7) The Wicked Deep- Shea Ernshaw
8) A Deadly Education- Naomi Novik

Books About Music

1) Laurel Canyon: The Inside Story of Rock-and-Roll's Legendary Neighborhood - Michael Walker
2) The Kingdom of Back - Marie Lu
3) Music and the Brain - Aniruddh Patel
4) St. Vincent: Words Music
5) Tom Morello at Minetta Lane Theatre: Speaking Truth to Power Through Stories and Song
6) The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes- Suzanne Collins
7) The Last True Poets of the Sea - Julia Drake
8) Welcome to my Panic - Billie Joe Armstrong
9) Moon Over Soho - Ben Aaronovitch
10) Words and Music: Sleater-Kinney One More Hour

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CATS and KITS

January
Scaredy Kit YA/Graphic
Wilder Girls - Rory Power
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: Occult Edition - Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Exorsisters: Vol 1 - Ian Boothby
SFF Kit - meant to read in 2020
Hollow Kingdom - Kira Jane Buxton
GenreCAT NonFiction
Ellis Island: A People's History - Malgorzata Szejnert
RandomCAT - LOL
Hollow Kingdom - Kira Jane Buxton

February
Scaredy Kit - NonFiction
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? - Caitlin Doughty
SFF Kit - Sentient things
Interview With the Robot - Lee Bacon
GenreCAT - memoir/biography
The Light in the Dark: A Winter Journal- Horatio Clare
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life - William Finnegan
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit - Jeanette Winterson
RandomCAT - fruits & veggies
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit - Jeanette Winterson

March
Scaredy Kit - Short Stories
Her Body and Other Parties - Carmen Maria Machado
SFF Kit - Indy in Space
Gideon the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir
Harrow the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir
GenreCAT - Action& Adventure
Gideon the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir
Harrow the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir
RandomCat Surprise!
The Soul of an Octopus- Sy Montgomery

April
SFFKit - Series
Moon Over Soho - Ben Aaronovitch
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - Suzanne Collins
GenreCAT- Literary Fiction
Beartown - Frederick Backman
RandomCAT - Book from the library of a CC LTer
Beartown -Frederick Backman

May
SFFKit -Time Travel
Oona Out of Order
ScaredyKit - Withches and Magic
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Akata Witch
Deadly Education
GenreCAT - short stories/essays
Tomboyland
RandomCAT - Let's Play Monopoly!
Wade in the Water: Poems

June
ScaredyKit - Diverse Perspectives
Cemetery Boys
Lovecraft Country
SFFKit - It's About the Journey
The Left-handed Booksellers of London
GenreCAT - Historical Fiction
The Personal Librarian
RandomCAT - Retelling
The Last True Poets of the Sea

July
ScaredyKit - Ghosts and Hauntings
The Saturday Night Ghost Club
Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts
SFFKit - Historical Fiction
Gods of Jade and Shadow
GenreCAT - Romance
Red, White & Royal Blue
RandomCAT - Summer
The Last Book Party
Malibu Rising

August
ScaredyKit - Adrift (water and space)
Project Hail Mary
SFFKit - Female author
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
GenreCAT - Poetry/Drama/Graphic Novels
Dear Evan Hansen
Check Please! Book 1 #Hockey
Check Please! Book 2 Sticks & Scones
Monstress 1
Monstress 2
Monstress 3
Monstress 4
Monstress 5
Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
Still Can't Do My Daughter's Hair
New American Best Friend
Forgive Yourself These Tiny Acts of Self- Destruction
RandomCAT - Travel
Timekeeper

September
ScaredyKit - the dead, their habits and abodes
Spoon River Anthology - Edgar Lee Masters
SFFKit -Near future/ Alt reality
Ready Player Two - Ernest Cline
GenreCAT - YA/Childrens
Find Layla - Meg Elison
Firekeeper's Daughter- Angeline Boulley
RandomCAT - Prize Winners
The Overstory - Richard Powers

October
ScaredyKit - Real Life Monsters
The Good Nurse: A True story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder - Charles Graeber
SFFKit Creature Feature
The Sparrow - Mary Doria Russell
GenreAT - Horror/Supernatural
Later -Stephen King
RandomCAT - Giving to Others
The One Hundred Years of Lenni & Margot - Marianne Cronin
Mentors: How to Help and Be Helped - Russell Brand

November
ScaredyKit - Stephen King and Family
The Institute - Stephen King
Locke & Key 5: Clockworks - Joe Hill
Locke & Key 6: Alpha & Omega - Joe Hill
SFFKit -Short Stories
Exhalation - Ted Chiang
Doctor Who: The Day She Saved the Doctor- Jenny T Colgan
GenreCAT - Science Fiction/ Fantasy
A Deadly Education - Naomi Novik
RandomCAT -Fortune & Glory
A Deadly Education - Naomi Novik

December
ScaredyKit - Horror thriller
Joyland - Stephen King
SFFKit - Gothic fantasy
The Wicked Deep - Shea Ernshaw
GenreCAT - Mysteries
A Beautiful Poison - Lydia Kang
A Great Reckoning- Louise Penny
RandomCAT - Holiday
The Matzah Ball - Jean Meltzer
A Holly Jolly Diwali - Sonya Lalli

Hope you have a great year in reading!

Good luck with your reading in 2021!

(And stay away from the book of faces!)

Hi Kelly, I've dropped a star here and I'm sending lots of good wishes for you to stay safe and healthy, and not worked too hard - hopefully things will get better for all us soon.

Happy to find your thread and wishing you a wonderful year of reading.

>9 VioletBramble: Awwww that Cats and Kits picture is adorable!

Glad to have you back, and sending you strength and health.

Welcome back and enjoy your reading!

Somehow in the plethora of threads this year, I missed yours starting. Hope you have a good year reading, Kelly.

Good luck with your 2021 reading!