The Iron Tome A Thon is a readathon running throughout July, hosted by Bookshelves and Paperbacks. You can find all the details of the challenges in the announcement post here. I’m going to aim for the seven optional prompts then, if I’ve got time, I’ll just try to fit in as many adult fantasy books as I can. I do have a couple of other things I’m planning to read next month too, so we’ll see how I get on.
What do you think of the choices on my TBR?
For this readathon, I’ll be playing for #HouseStark! Let me know if we’re on the same team.
Castle Black
Read the group book: The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang
Winterfell
Read a book set (partially or fully) in a cold environment: A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
King’s Landing
Read a book about or involving royalty, politics or government: The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
Sunspear
Read a fantasy book inspired by a non-Western setting, or read a book by an author of color or an indigenous author: Certain Dark Things by Sylvia Moreno Garcia
Oldtown
Read a book about or involving an institution of knowledge or training: Red Sister by Mark Lawrence
Valyria
Read a book about or involving dragons: A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
Asshai
Read a dark/grimdark fantasy or read an urban fantasy: Chimes at Midnight by Seanan McGuire
…and beyond!
If I manage to finish those seven (and any other bookclub books, arcs etc.) I’ll have a go at putting a dent in this list of adult fantasy that’s already on my TBR.
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
Shadows & Dreams by Alexis Hall
Arm of the Sphinx by Josiah Bancroft
Awesome TBR! I’m participating as well, but I’ll be House Targaryen. It should be a fun read-a-thon!
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Best of luck!
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Thank you! You too!
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Good luck on this challenge! Go Team Stark 😉
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Thank you!
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Good luck! What a fantastic fantasy list! I’m jealous you are going to be reading so much good stuff!
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Thank you! I’m really excited 🙂
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Yeay~ I’m going to be Team Stark too though I haven’t posted by sign up post yet. Later this week! Red Sister was a great read!
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I’ll look out for it! Looking forward to seeing what you pick 😊
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Toby!! ❤
Pretty much the only books I defintiely want to read for this are The Dragon Republic and The Fifth Season, but I'll try to read more than that. Trying to build a TBR for this made me realise how much of the fantasy on my TBR that I actually want to read is YA, though.
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I’ve noticed the same, especially on the TBR I wanted to read soon. Even more especially since I realised I should really get reading a YALC TBR. 😂😅 But we’ll see how it goes. Looking these up renewed my interest in a lot of them.
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I still have to read Skin Game to catch up on Dresden lol :p and I also have Certain Dark Things on my TBR. I’ve heard really good things about that author
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Skin Game’s a reread for me, but it’s one of my favourites in the series so I’ve been wanting too for a while 😊
Certain Dark Things has been on my kindle for sooooo long lol!
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Nice! I’ll be glad to finally catch up with Skin Game, since I know the short story collections have stories that take place after Skin Game and I want to read those lol :p Yeah I’ve been getting into wanting to read Certain Dark Things much more now
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Ah, I’m so excited that you’re participating! Go Team Stark (I’m on Team Lannister just because, even though House Stark is my favorite house 😂). I think I might be reading Certain Dark Things and Red Sister too! Hope you enjoy all the books you pick up!
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Thanks! I hope you like them too 😊
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