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I have seen other readers mention this challenge, but have never before participated.
That changes now!
Okay, yes, I have already committed to at least 6 other reading challenges for 2019...
So...what's one more? LOL :)
Seriously, I am already having such fun creating lists and
communicating with other readers for the other challenges:
2019 Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge (Popsugar)
2019 Historical Fiction Reading Challenge
2019 Back to the Classics
2019 Cloak and Dagger Challenge
2019 Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge (RHC)
There are 24 reading prompts and 2 Bonus prompts!
2019 Back to the Classics
2019 Cloak and Dagger Challenge
2019 Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge (RHC)
There are 24 reading prompts and 2 Bonus prompts!
As of December 31, 2019
Prompts completed: 17/26
Books read: 98
Those completed in 2020
Prompts completed:
2 books total read as of January 5
Those completed in 2020
Prompts completed:
2 books total read as of January 5
*A book I own
**A book already scheduled for one of the book clubs in which I participate
*The Monogram Murders (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #1)
by Sophie Hannah, Agatha Christie
Pleasantville by Attica Locke (Jay Pleasant #2)
LOVED her debut Black Water Rising which is Jay Pleasant #1!
Pleasantville by Attica Locke (Jay Pleasant #2)
LOVED her debut Black Water Rising which is Jay Pleasant #1!
2. A book about a woman with a mental illness
Two Can Keep a Secret-Sadie
*Beautiful Bad
*The Wife Between Us: A Novel-Vanessa's depression and...?
*A High-End Finish-Penny
*The Kiss Quotient-Autism spectrum disorder
*Beloved
*I Never Promised you a Rose Garden
I first read this at age 13-14. It would be VERY interesting to reread it 50 years later!
*Saving April by Sarah A. Denzil (the book that is supposed to be very very similar to
*Beautiful Bad
*The Wife Between Us: A Novel-Vanessa's depression and...?
*A High-End Finish-Penny
*The Kiss Quotient-Autism spectrum disorder
*Beloved
*I Never Promised you a Rose Garden
I first read this at age 13-14. It would be VERY interesting to reread it 50 years later!
*Saving April by Sarah A. Denzil (the book that is supposed to be very very similar to
The Woman in the Window which I have already devoured!)
3. A book by an author from Nigeria or New Zealand
*The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
Purple Hibiscus by Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie
Americanah by Chiminanda Ngozi Adichie
*The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
Purple Hibiscus by Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie
Americanah by Chiminanda Ngozi Adichie
4. A book about or set in Appalachia
*Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
* **The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
*Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
*Serafina and the Splintered Heart by Robert Beatty
*Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
* **The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
*Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
*Serafina and the Splintered Heart by Robert Beatty
5. A children's book
*One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
*Emlyn's Moon
*Ivy and Bean
*Wonder
*The Maltese Feline
*Nate the Great and the Stolen Base
*Steel Magic (The Magic Series #1)
*Freckles by Gene Stratton-Porter
Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery
*Emlyn's Moon
*Ivy and Bean
*Wonder
*The Maltese Feline
*Nate the Great and the Stolen Base
*Steel Magic (The Magic Series #1)
*Freckles by Gene Stratton-Porter
Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery
6. A multigenerational family saga
* **Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
*Wise Children
The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
* **Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
*Wise Children
The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
7. A book featuring a woman in science
*The Atomic Weight of Love by Elizabeth Church
*The Calculating Stars
*Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
*A Closed and Common Orbit
*Record of a Spaceborn Few-Eyas
*The Kiss Quotient-Stella is an econometrician
*Binti-math
*To Be Taught, if Fortunate
* **The Dress Shop of Dreams-both Cora and her mother
*Hidden Figures:The Untold Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped
Launch Our Nation into Space by Margot Lee Shetterly
I heard her speak in 2017 and have a personally inscribed copy of the book! I have
been looking for an excuse to read it...and here it is! :) I loved the movie, but
according to Shetterly, there is even more in the book than was covered in the
movie.
*The Calculating Stars
*Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
*A Closed and Common Orbit
*Record of a Spaceborn Few-Eyas
*The Kiss Quotient-Stella is an econometrician
*Binti-math
*To Be Taught, if Fortunate
* **The Dress Shop of Dreams-both Cora and her mother
*Hidden Figures:The Untold Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped
Launch Our Nation into Space by Margot Lee Shetterly
I heard her speak in 2017 and have a personally inscribed copy of the book! I have
been looking for an excuse to read it...and here it is! :) I loved the movie, but
according to Shetterly, there is even more in the book than was covered in the
movie.
8. A play
*A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
9. A novella
*Binti
*To Be Taught, if Fortunate
The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
*There's No Such Thing as a Comfortable Bra
*Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
*Binti
*To Be Taught, if Fortunate
The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
*There's No Such Thing as a Comfortable Bra
*Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
10. A book about a woman athlete
The Fair Fight
*Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina by Michaela DePrince
Girl Runner by Carrie Snyder
The Fair Fight
*Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina by Michaela DePrince
Girl Runner by Carrie Snyder
11. A book featuring a religion other than your own
* **Chocolat-Catholicism
* **Wait for Me, Jack
* **Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
* **The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
*A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
* **The Dress Shop of Dreams-Catholicism
*There's No Such Thing as a Comfortable Bra
*Excellent Women
Purple Hibiscus by Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie
Three Daughters of Eve by Elif Shafak
* **Chocolat-Catholicism
* **Wait for Me, Jack
* **Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
* **The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
*A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
* **The Dress Shop of Dreams-Catholicism
*There's No Such Thing as a Comfortable Bra
*Excellent Women
Purple Hibiscus by Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie
Three Daughters of Eve by Elif Shafak
12. A Lambda Literary Award winner
*George by Alex Gino
Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Children's/Young Adult 2016
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
Lesbian Fiction 2000
Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane Gay
LGBTQ Anthology 2019
Bird-Eyes by Madelyn Arnold
Lesbian Debut Fiction 1989
Gaudi Afternoon by Barbara Wilson (Cassandra Riley #1)
Lesbian Mystery 1991
Ninth Life by Lauren Wright Douglas (Caitlin Reece #2)
Lesbian Mystery 1991
Murder by Tradition by Katherine V. Forrest (Kate Delafield #4)
Lesbian Mystery 1992
Running Fiercely Toward a High Thin Sound by Judith Katz
Lesbian Fiction 1993
A Small Sacrifice by Ellen Hart (Jane Lawless #5)
Lesbian Mystery 1995
Aimee & Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943 by Erica Fischer
Lesbian Biography/Autobiography 1996
*George by Alex Gino
Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Children's/Young Adult 2016
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
Lesbian Fiction 2000
Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane Gay
LGBTQ Anthology 2019
Bird-Eyes by Madelyn Arnold
Lesbian Debut Fiction 1989
Gaudi Afternoon by Barbara Wilson (Cassandra Riley #1)
Lesbian Mystery 1991
Ninth Life by Lauren Wright Douglas (Caitlin Reece #2)
Lesbian Mystery 1991
Murder by Tradition by Katherine V. Forrest (Kate Delafield #4)
Lesbian Mystery 1992
Running Fiercely Toward a High Thin Sound by Judith Katz
Lesbian Fiction 1993
A Small Sacrifice by Ellen Hart (Jane Lawless #5)
Lesbian Mystery 1995
Aimee & Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943 by Erica Fischer
Lesbian Biography/Autobiography 1996
13. A myth retelling
*The Song of Achilles
*The Things She's Seen
Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
(based upon American Indian/Native American mythology/folklore)
Children of Virtue and Vengeance
The Girl in the Tower, The Winter of the Witch
The Winter of the Witch is due to be released 1/8/2019, but I really want to read the
second installment in this Winternight Trilogy, The Girl in the Tower first! I LOVED the
first installment, The Bear and Nightingale!
The Silence of the Girls
*The Song of Achilles
*The Things She's Seen
Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
(based upon American Indian/Native American mythology/folklore)
Children of Virtue and Vengeance
The Girl in the Tower, The Winter of the Witch
The Winter of the Witch is due to be released 1/8/2019, but I really want to read the
second installment in this Winternight Trilogy, The Girl in the Tower first! I LOVED the
first installment, The Bear and Nightingale!
The Silence of the Girls
14. A translated book published before 1945
*Gigi, Julie Carneilhan and Chance Acquaintances: Three Short Novels
After Midnight (may have to read in eformat)
The Dogs and the Wolves by Irene Nemirovsky
Claudine at School by Colette
After Midnight by Irmgard Keun
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
The Wreath (Kristin Lavsrandatter #1) by Sigrid Undset
*Gigi, Julie Carneilhan and Chance Acquaintances: Three Short Novels
After Midnight (may have to read in eformat)
The Dogs and the Wolves by Irene Nemirovsky
Claudine at School by Colette
After Midnight by Irmgard Keun
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
The Wreath (Kristin Lavsrandatter #1) by Sigrid Undset
Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector
Himself: The Autobiography of a Hindu Lady by Ramabai Ranade
Himself: The Autobiography of a Hindu Lady by Ramabai Ranade
15. A book written by a South Asian author (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhatan, India,
Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka)
*The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up and Was Shot by the Taliban
by Malala Yousafzai, Christina Lamb
*The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up and Was Shot by the Taliban
by Malala Yousafzai, Christina Lamb
16. A book by an indigenous female
*The Things She's Seen-Ambelin Kwaymullina and her brother Ezekiel Kwaymullina
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Or another Louise Erdrich book--I have read and loved The Round House.
Perhaps The Antelope Wife which I just picked up for $1 at my local library sale.
*The Things She's Seen-Ambelin Kwaymullina and her brother Ezekiel Kwaymullina
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Or another Louise Erdrich book--I have read and loved The Round House.
Perhaps The Antelope Wife which I just picked up for $1 at my local library sale.
Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko
17. A book from the 2018 Reading Women Award shortlist
18. A romance or love story
* **Wait for Me, Jack by Addison Jones
* **The Night Circus
* **On Turpentine Lane
*Becoming-love story between Michelle and Barack and a long-term marriage
surviving and thriving despite many challenges
*The Calculating Stars
*Butterflies, Flowers, Vol. 2
*The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
*Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens-Kya and Tate
* **The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek-Cussy Mary and Jackson
*The Girl Who Chased the Moon
*The Song of Achilles
*The Kiss Quotient
*Beloved
* **The Home-Maker
* **The Dress Shop of Dreams
* **One Day in December
*Black Panther: World of Wakanda
*The Starless Sea
*Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
* **The Night Circus
* **On Turpentine Lane
*Becoming-love story between Michelle and Barack and a long-term marriage
surviving and thriving despite many challenges
*The Calculating Stars
*Butterflies, Flowers, Vol. 2
*The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
*Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens-Kya and Tate
* **The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek-Cussy Mary and Jackson
*The Girl Who Chased the Moon
*The Song of Achilles
*The Kiss Quotient
*Beloved
* **The Home-Maker
* **The Dress Shop of Dreams
* **One Day in December
*Black Panther: World of Wakanda
*The Starless Sea
*Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
19. A book about nature
*Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
*Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
*The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
*Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
*Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
*The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
20. A historical fiction book
*The Atomic Weight of Love
* **The Night Circus
* **The Truth According to Us
*One Crazy Summer
* **Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
*The Calculating Stars
*The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
*Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
* **The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
*A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
*The Song of Achilles
*Beloved
*Wise Children
*Washington Black
* **The Home-Maker
*The Atomic Weight of Love
* **The Night Circus
* **The Truth According to Us
*One Crazy Summer
* **Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
*The Calculating Stars
*The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
*Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
* **The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
*A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
*The Song of Achilles
*Beloved
*Wise Children
*Washington Black
* **The Home-Maker
*To Kill a Mockingbird
21. A book you bought or borrowed in 2019
Two Can Keep a Secret
* **They Were Sisters by Dorothy Whipple
* **The Dry by Jane Harper
* **Wait for Me, Jack
Two Can Keep a Secret
* **They Were Sisters by Dorothy Whipple
* **The Dry by Jane Harper
* **Wait for Me, Jack
*The Witch Elm
*Beautiful Bad
* **The Truth According to Us
*One Crazy Summer
*Emlyn's Moon
*This Is How It Always Is
*Becoming
*The Calculating Stars
*Butterflies, Flowers, Vol. 2
*The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
*The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
*Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
* **The Trouble with Normal: Sex, Politics, and the Ethics of Queer Life
* **The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
*A Closed and Common Orbit
*The Maltese Feline
*A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
*Little Fires Everywhere
*Flowers for Algernon
*Record of a Spaceborn Few
*Nate the Great and the Stolen Base
*The Song of Achilles
*The Things She's Seen
*The Kiss Quotient
*My Best Friend's Exorcism
*Wise Children
*Binti
*Love, Lucy
*Asymmetry
*The End and Other Beginnings: Stories from the Future
*Washington Black
* **The Home-Maker
* **The Dress Shop of Dreams
* **One Day in December
*Black Panther: World of Wakanda
*The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
*To Catch a Cat
*The Starless Sea
*Excellent Women
22. A book you picked up because of the cover
*Nose Down, Eyes Up by Merrill Markhoe
*Beautiful Bad
* **The Truth According to Us
*One Crazy Summer
*Emlyn's Moon
*This Is How It Always Is
*Becoming
*The Calculating Stars
*Butterflies, Flowers, Vol. 2
*The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
*The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
*Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
* **The Trouble with Normal: Sex, Politics, and the Ethics of Queer Life
* **The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
*A Closed and Common Orbit
*The Maltese Feline
*A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
*Little Fires Everywhere
*Flowers for Algernon
*Record of a Spaceborn Few
*Nate the Great and the Stolen Base
*The Song of Achilles
*The Things She's Seen
*The Kiss Quotient
*My Best Friend's Exorcism
*Wise Children
*Binti
*Love, Lucy
*Asymmetry
*The End and Other Beginnings: Stories from the Future
*Washington Black
* **The Home-Maker
* **The Dress Shop of Dreams
* **One Day in December
*Black Panther: World of Wakanda
*The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
*To Catch a Cat
*The Starless Sea
*Excellent Women
22. A book you picked up because of the cover
*Nose Down, Eyes Up by Merrill Markhoe
23. A book from a series
*One Crazy Summer
*Emlyn's Moon
*Sorcery & Cecelia: or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot (Cecelia and Kate #1)
*Ivy and Bean (Ivy + Bean #1)
*The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut #1)
*Butterflies, Flowers, Vol. 2
*The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
* **Them Bones
*Wonder
*A Closed and Common Orbit
*The Maltese Feline
*Record of a Spaceborn Few
*Nate the Great and the Stolen Base
*The Handmaid's Tale-a sequel was just released
*A High-End Finish
*The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
*The Kiss Quotient
*Buried Bones
*Binti
*Steel Magic (The Magic Series #1)
Gaudi Afternoon by Barbara Wilson (Cassandra Riley #1)
Ninth Life by Lauren Wright Douglas (Caitlin Reece #2)
Murder by Tradition by Katherine V. Forrest (Kate Delafield #4)
A Small Sacrifice by Ellen Hart (Jane Lawless #5)
*Emlyn's Moon
*Sorcery & Cecelia: or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot (Cecelia and Kate #1)
*Ivy and Bean (Ivy + Bean #1)
*The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut #1)
*Butterflies, Flowers, Vol. 2
*The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
* **Them Bones
*Wonder
*A Closed and Common Orbit
*The Maltese Feline
*Record of a Spaceborn Few
*Nate the Great and the Stolen Base
*The Handmaid's Tale-a sequel was just released
*A High-End Finish
*The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
*The Kiss Quotient
*Buried Bones
*Binti
*Steel Magic (The Magic Series #1)
*Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
A Letter of Mary by Laurie R. KingGaudi Afternoon by Barbara Wilson (Cassandra Riley #1)
Ninth Life by Lauren Wright Douglas (Caitlin Reece #2)
Murder by Tradition by Katherine V. Forrest (Kate Delafield #4)
A Small Sacrifice by Ellen Hart (Jane Lawless #5)
24. A young adult book written by a female of color
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi
*Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi
BONUS
25. A book by Jesmyn Ward
Men We Reaped
Salvage the Bones
26. A book by Jhumpa Lahiri
*The Lowland (This would be my choice since I've read the other three!)
Interpreter of Maladies
The Namesake
Unaccustomed Earth
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