Looking back, I think the idea of my Aussie YA Challenge took hold right when I was supposed to be making my book bingo and the fear and uncertainty about trying something new was what I focused on and forgot to create my card. But now we’re a year on, and the regular New Year chaos of January has arrived I can return to our regular programming with posts about goals, my blogiversary, trying to catch up on the backlog of reviews, and of course bingo!
I really like my choices this year. I do think I copped out a little avoiding things I didn’t really want to read. I could have added fantasy but then I’d have to read one and I don’t want to be forced to, especially when I have a record of hit or miss when it comes to that. I’ve also done this enough that I have a few dozen options to cycle through that give me a variety of reading options. Classics, space operas, and mythology will all cycle round again no doubt. I might have fun with creative covers next time too.
The other thing I avoided was a trope box. I’ve never been good with finding a book based solely on tropes. Until recently, when the trope is usually the only thing listed on a blurb instead of a plot, how were you supposed to even know something was enemies to loves or fake dating until you read it? I’ll happily discover these things later, but I don’t need to seek them out.
Maybe I’ll be brave next year and go wild on tropes, fantasy, and covers, but for now I’ve got this lot to tackle.
