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Delphi (they/them) ([personal profile] delphi) wrote2025-04-07 07:04 pm
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100 Book Challenge Meme

Throwing my list in for the 100 Books Challenge meme:

Delphi's Formative Reading

As some other folks have noted on theirs, this isn't a rec list or endorsement of any of the authors or content, just a look back at books that shaped me personally or creatively—ones that made me think about myself or the world in different ways, ones that made me realize the possibilities of writing, and ones I just glommed onto. There's one or two there that I only read about ten years back, but for the most part these are books from my childhood, teens, and twenties. I limited authors to one book, going with the first one of theirs that made a deep impression.

If you give it a go, let me know how many you've read!

(I started by just trying to think of a hundred books I re-read in my youth, without factoring in any importance, but once the list came together, I looked it over and was like: Yeah...that tracks.)
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[personal profile] scintilla10 2025-04-08 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
Oooh, 29! :D

I love thinking of this as "books that shaped you," rather than as straightforward recs or "favourites" (so hard to quantify!). So cool to see so many titles that had meaning to me, too, on your list.