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CUDDLERAY: a comfort (re)read or old favorite
KNEETOUCHING: any book featuring a queer relationship - The Duke at Hazard
NOT GRATE, BOB: any GR award winner
SOMETHING UNIQUELY MEMER: free space!
SPEAKING OF CHRIS PINE: any collection or anthology
VAGENDA OF MANOCIDE: a misandrist masterpiece
NIBNOBBLING: finish a book you started in a previous year The Dark Vineyard by Martin Walker
TL;DR: a book under 150 pages (or... 4 hours? if listening to audio)
A GARBAGE LANGUAGE FOR GARBAGE PEOPLE: any book in translation
LOL N00B: a 'classic' you've been meaning to read, +1 for one beloved by meme Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John Le Carre
SOMEONE WHO TRIED: a book you really want to feel like you've read; if you fail you can claim the point by DDing your efforts to meme
GRANDLESNACK: anything by/about an old person, fucking optional
GRATE TEAMWORK AND COMMUNICATIONS: set in the corporate world
STEEN: by or about a musician; +1 for steen's
THE OTHER MEMERS ABOVE HAVE TASTE AND STANDARDS BUT NOT ME.: something you wouldn't admit to reading irlj - No Quick Fix by Mary Calmes
THE STACKIE STUDIOS COLLECTION 001: a book with a lighthouse on the cover (any edition)
LOL READING FATTY: set in or about a library
WHO KNOWS, YOKO!!: about a break up or break down, the messier the better - The Long Way Home by Louise Penny
GRIMM THREAD!: includes a character from a folk- or fairy-tale
PROJECTING LIKE AN IMAX: a book that's been adapted into a movie or tv show - Tell Me You Love Me, Junie Moon by Marjorie Kellogg
LOL METAFILTER: featuring internet history
POTATO GUN: has an unsolved mystery or unresolved ending
MID BUT IN LOVE: featuring an improbable natural disaster and/or bees
no ethos?: experimental fiction; OR non-fiction about a social experiment
2LOL2MEME: a prequel
HARD-HITTING INVESTIGATIVE REPORT: written by a journalist
BEAR IS DRIVING: canadian literature; +1 for bear
CORVID-19: includes birbs or birbfax
ONLY A CRAB: about evolution and/or crabs; OR is les mis
IDC FOR PRAIRIES: a YA or children's classic, no prairies allowed
NAPRICOT: has 'sleep' in the title
Please clap.: hinges on some sort of loss (keys, magic powers, election, favorite limb, etc) - The Survivors by Jane Harper
PLUCKY GIRL DETECTIVES: starring lady detectives - The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
TRICATULAR: sci-fi with an especially insane premise
A DOPER PERSON: fiction about someone going on a self-improvement journey; OR any self-help or self-improvement book - Fix It Up by Mary Calmes
COMPLEX SIMPLICITY: a book that helps you learn about something you don't understand
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A GARBAGE LANGUAGE FOR GARBAGE PEOPLE: a book in translation; OR about language/linguistics
AVOIDING LORD BYRON: featuring a really annyong character - Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater
BUDGET SUBMERSIBLES: about ocean exploration
CARPET DANCY: set in a place you badly want to visit - Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker
CRUMBLE: part of a series - The Gunslinger by Stephen King
CUDDLERAY: comfort read or old favorite - The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah
DO NOT. LOL NO.: ino it's gonna be a trainwreck but i'm reading it anyway
ERASING AJA: any horror - Salem's Lot by Stephen King
FLAGGOS: pirates/piracy; OR vexillology
GET A GRIP, DUSTY: unreliable narrator The Last Heir to Blackwood Library by Hester Fox
HARD-HITTING INVESTIGATIVE REPORT: any book by a journalist - The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale
ICU, VILLAIN!: protagonist is an anti-hero - When Christmas Comes by Andrew Klavan
IT'S ABOUT GRIEF: in which someone goes to a funeral The Witch of Willow Hall by Hester Fox
IT'S SIX IN THE MORNING: by/about a theatre kid; OR set in/about the theatre - An Act of Villainy by Ashley Weaver
KNEETOUCHING: featuring a queer relationship - Big Gay Wedding by Byron Lane
LEAVES FELL, AND SWIRLED: ~literary~ fiction; OR something with purple prose - The Swimmer by John Cheever
LOL LATEST: old current events (definition of 'old' up to you)
LOL MEMER MATH: a book that's stem-related
LOLHAN: set in or about a country you don't know anything about
LOTL: any fantasy book - Mister Impossible by Maggie Stiefvater
LUNCH IS ARBITRARY: any book about food Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
MOAR MINE THAN HERS: a book that features infidelity - The Essex Serpent by Sarah perry
NO ONE READS LIKE GASTON!: fairy tale/myth retelling/remix/update
NIBNOBBLING: finish a book you started last year
NOT GRATE, BOB: any GR award winner
PARTY IN VATICAN CITY: about heists/cons/con artists - Dead Lions by Mick Herron
THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR AUDIBLE MERRIMENT: any book written before 1900
SAMPILE: by/about someone named sam/samantha/samit/samwise etc
SIR THOMAS MOAR: set during or about tudor era or 16th-century
SLEEPOVER SHIFT: someone has a secret; OR there's a sleepover Slow Horses by Mick Herron
SOMETHING UNIQUELY MEMER: free space! - Spook Street by Mick Herron
SPEAKING OF CHRIS PINE: any collection or anthology - The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers
TL;DR: any book under 150 pages - Death in Venice by Thomas Mann
VAGENDA OF MANOCIDE: a misandrist masterpiece
WHAT IS A NATURE BOOK?: a book about nature!! A Lullaby of Witches by Hester Fox
WHOMST: bio/memior of a new-to-you person
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2LOL2MEME: prequel
ANGY WITH RAGE: in which someone commits a ~crime of passion~
CHAMPAGNE!: about the first person to do a thing - THE SCIENCE OF MURDER: THE FORENSICS OF AGATHA CHRISTIE BY CARLA VALENTINE
CUDDLERAY: new feel-good read OR an old favorite
D-LIST CELEBRITY: any biography or memoir
DARK FUCKPRINCE(SS): features a dark fuckprince(ss) - SHADOW AND BONE BY LEIGH BARDUGO
DICKENSIAN PRINCIPLES: about social justice/progressive causes OR something by charles dickens
DILDO MCGEE: a sexy mystery STRANGERS BY TAICHI YAMADA
DON'T NEED TOES TO FUCK: any cold-weather adventure, ideally featuring frostbite
F R E E S L U T S: any book about sex A NOBLEMAN'S GUIDE TO SEDUCING A SCOUNDREL BY KH CHARLES
IDC FOR PRAIRIES: a children's or YA classic, no prairies
KNEETOUCHING: featuring any queer relationship BRIDESHEAD REVISITED BY EVELYN WAUGH
LENNY NARDS: about or set during the renaissance or italy, +1 for lenny nards himself
LOL N00B: a meme classic you've been meaning to read
MACKENZIE, PLEASE: mistaken identity OR stockholm syndrome
MIMI'S DANCE SQUAD: social media has an integral role - Trust the Plan by Will Sommer
MY COUNTRY POSSIBLY LOLZIL: by a south american author
NIBNOBBLING: book you've started but haven't yet finished
NOT GRATE, BOB: any goodreads choice award winner
ONLY A CRAB: about evolution or crabs; OR les mis
penis: lol men, masculinity, the patriarchy ALTERNATE CHANNELS
PETFARMING: animals The Cat's Meow: How Cats Evolved from the Savanna to Your Sofa
REGARDS TO JOEL: someone gets lost / goes missing
RILLRILLING: stalking - A Murder on W Street by Andy Kroll
SHILLING FOR OATLY: about a salesperson or MLM
SOMEONE WHO TRIED: so long you doubt you'll finish
SOMETHING UNIQUELY MEMER: free space - SIEGE AND STORM BY LEIGH BARDUGO
SPARKING CLEAN LIES!: conflicting POVs (rashomon, gone girl); someone lied to get published - FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE
SPEAKING OF CHRIS PINE: collection: short stories, essays, poetry, etc
SUNBABBY: incest :)
TALL FOR NO REASON: physically tall book OR by/about a v tall person
TINY SHORTS: sports
TL;DR: <150 pages
VAGENDA OF MANOCIDE: any misandrist masterpiece
WEARING CASUAL CLOTHES: by an author writing outside their usual genre
WHAT IS THE PLOT OF ROBOCOP?: satire, nonfiction about police violence

BONUS
SNOOTSPAWN: in which something hatches
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BEAR IS DRIVING, canadian literature, preferably featuring a car chase. +1 for bear - How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny
BONKERS TO CHONKERS, a book that was recced to you VERY enthusiastically, or that was a wild ride - GOOD AS GONE BY AMY GENTRY
BUTTERING JORTS, a book that seems totally unnecessary
CUDDLERAY, reread an old favorite
DD TENDERNESS, any romance novel Husband Material by Alexis Hall
DELICATE FUGGOS, a book with a misleading title, or about vampires
DO NOT. LOL NO., a book you suspect will be a trainwreck but are going to read anyway
DO SERIAL KILLERS NOT CARE ABOUT MY KIDNEY DONATION?, a roman à clef, or a book about organ donation or serial killers IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT BY JUDY BLUME
DUMB DOLPHINS, a book featuring a dumb but great character
ERASING AJA, any horror novel or religious novel - Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
FINDING ST OLAF, anything written when the author was over 70
HARD-HITTING INVESTIGATIVE REPORT, written by a journalist - In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
I LIKE TO BOODITH BOODITH, any book by an infamous & wanky fandomer
I WAS DEAD THE WHOLE TIME, a book you've been spoiled for
INTERROGATING THE TEXT FROM THE RONG PERSPECTIVE, anything by anne rice (or one of her aliases)
KITTYPETS, fiction or nonfiction about cats of any kind. double points for warrior cats Ruin of a Rake by Cat Sebastian
KNEETOUCHING, queer relationship - The Soldier's Scoundrel by Cat Sebastian
LOL LATEST, current events book you've been meaning to read for at least a year - Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow
NO ONE READS LIKE GASTON!, fairy tale retelling, remix or update
NOT GRATE, BOB, any goodreads choice award winner
PANTIES ON HEAD, conspiracies or paranoia - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carre
PARTY IN VATICAN CITY, cons, con artists, or heists Lawrence Browne Affair by Cat Sebastian
PLUCKY GIRL DETECTIVES, any book featuring a lady detective - POSTERN OF FATE BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
QUACKING THE Q, book about linguistics or ducks
REVOLUTIONIZE THE ACT OF SITTING, a book about design or designers in some way Beyond the Best Dressed by Esther Zuckerman
MOAR MINE THAN HERS, any book featuring infidelity - The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler
SEXY SNORLAX, monsterfucking! THE DUNWICH HORROR
SOMEONE WHO TRIED, a book you doubt you're going to finish. give yourself the point only if you DD your progress to meme when you give up.
SOMETHING UNIQUELY MEMER, free space! - Farewell My Lovely by Raymond Chandler
SPEAKING OF CHRIS PINE, a short story collection LOVECRAFT COLLECTION
THE GREGS, book set in or about a Slavic country
TL;DR, a book under 150 pages THE CASE OF CHARLES DEXTER WARD
VAGENDA OF MANOCIDE, any misantlerist masterpiece
WHAT IS THE PLOT OF ROBOCOP?, satire, or nonfiction about police violence
WHOMST, biography or memoir about someone you've never heard of - WORKING STIFF
YOU'RE A BAD GATEWAY, featuring a technological disaster - Bad Blood by John Carreyrou

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