https://i.imgur.com/yIwrfhD.png I’m hoping to read Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracey Kidder this year, which is about doctor and anthropologist Paul Farmer. I’ve always be been interested in the medical field, though only recently started reading related books. I also studied anthropology in uni...

https://i.imgur.com/PjbTia1.png I took Nnedi Okorafor’s Home , which is science fiction, and transformed it into a non-fiction book. I used a medium blue background with white floral decorations, which is somewhat reminiscent of a wallpaper found in a house or similar. In the center is a white bloc...

https://i.imgur.com/1fXP3HT.png I chose The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. Taking up most of the pale pink cover is a close-up of a red rose done in a water colour style (with some parts darker than others). The title runs over two lines and sits above the illustration in a large dark red font th...

https://i.imgur.com/dgNXWb9.png I chose the encyclopaedia that Emily Wilde is busy working on in Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett. The book cover is ‘made of’ deep blue blue canvas with some stars and space gasses showing through to give it a slight otherworldly feel. There...

https://i.imgur.com/gwRKAnw.png I’ve chosen Red Moon by Kim Stanley Robinson. The foreground consists of stylised dunes in varying shades of red, pink and peach, and each outlined in white. A moon is tucked between the last two dunes and sits off-centre. Above is the title in a large serif font wit...

https://i.imgur.com/sbUyhAH.png This is a bookmark that Zoe Faust, from The Accidental Alchemist by Gigi Pandian, would likely use. She runs an online store called Elixir, which sells alchemical texts and apparatus. Though bookmarks don’t form part of her online orders, I’ve pretended as if they do...

https://i.imgur.com/3WPEpSD.png I picked Galazon, which is a city featured in A College of Magics by Caroline Stevermer. I chose a green upside-down triangle for the shape, to reference the many trees in Galazon (which the protagonist frequently longs for). There are two triangles, one inner and on...

Thank you to everyone who joined us as part of this literary adventure. We thoroughly enjoyed exploring various books with you and reading your well-thought out responses – it was a pleasure to have you all as our tour guides through so much new wordy terrain. Of course, this was a bout so we need t...

Hi everyone, This has been a hard post to write for a variety of reasons. As some of you no doubt would have noticed, I've been gradually stepping down from a number of positions around HOL as I've increasingly tried to find a balance between work and my health. It is with a heavy heart that I annou...

Our literary adventure will be coming to an end on Sunday, 23 August - the last day to submit any reviews or tasks. If you'd like to check your progress towards any of the awards, an 'Awards' tab has been added to the spreadsheet.

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Pack your bags, we're going on a literary adventure! Our theme for Book Bout is.... Adventure/Exploration That being said, not every book you read has to fit the theme - but you'll be able to earn more points for your team if you do. Team Points Books Each book you read for the challenge (and post a...

Each prompt can only be used once and you can't use more than one prompt for a single book. Please keep in mind the posting guidelines from the Overview thread and remember to update your sign up post with details . This should include a brief justification about why you think a prompt fits your par...

The Voyagers and Wanderers are going head to head in their quest to explore far-flung lands, wild ideas and shortcuts to other time periods. If you want to join these literary adventurers, remember that team signups are open until 17 August. Teams are as follows: Voyagers Adaleine Shuster Amy Smith ...

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With summer upon us and classwork a distant memory, the opportunity to travel by means of the written word has well and truly arrived. This year, we're putting a competitive twist on our usual summer reading challenge. Introducing... Book Bout! Unlike past reading challenges where you individually p...

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The words for the last Flash Fiction for the school year (we'll be back next term with something different ^_^) are: puzzle, flash, abacus The Book Club heads gathered around the table, discussing plans for the coming term. Tarma had several flashes of inspiration for ideas that could be used. Amy f...