2025 Reading Challenge discussion

187/140 - challenge completed!!!

2020 Books and Adaptations:

Movie Adaptations where previously read the book:
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott and movie by Greta Gerwig - incredibly good
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson and movie by Michael B. Jordan - Fantastic and moving
- Cuckoo's Calling and The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith - I wish the Silkworm was one episode longer, but good overall
- Can you keep a secret - even with the effort to bring the story into 2020, it still did not age well as an adaptation
- The Stranger by Harlan Coben series - really good adaptation!
- Career of Evil - not my favorite adaptation of the Cormoran Strike books. It felt rushed.
- Emma. (2020) - really enjoyed it!
- little fires everywhere - loved it!
- Becoming - loved it!
- Babysitters Club - loved the reboot!
- Stargirl - not the best adaptation but movie was enjoyable
- The Witches - good adaptation but I thought the ending was odd
- Rebecca (2020) - not as good as the original

Saw the movie first:
- Snowpiercer: The Escape by Jacques Lob and Jean-Marc Rochette - completed April 2020
- The Good Shepherd by C.S Forester (Greyhound) - watched July 2020
- Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik - completed August 2020 - watched 2018

Adapted:
- The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie - completed February 2020
- The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng - completed April 2020 (movie premiered in Asia 2019)
- A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness - completed April 2020 (watched movie May 2020 - beautiful)
- Austenland by Shannon Hale - completed July 2020 (Movie was just ok)
- The Green Bicycle by Haifaa al Mansour - completed September 2020
- Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi - completed September 2020
- The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski - completed October 2020
- The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera - completed December 2020

Coming Soon 2020-2021:
- I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara - completed January 2020 - HBO docuseries to premiere soon - docuseries was fabulous!
- Lethal White by J.K. Rowling - completed March 2020 - season 4 of Strike to premiere soon
- Inés of My Soul by Isabel Allende (being produced for Chilean and Spanish television with exclusive streaming rights in US to Amazon Prime June 2019) - completed March 2020
- The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel (set to release on BBC 2021) - completed June 2020

Optioned:
- American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins - completed February 2020 - optioned by Imperative Entertainment 2019
- The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste - completed February 2020 - optioned by Atlas Entertainment October 2019
- Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke (FX purchased series rights 2017) - completed April 2020
- The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix (rights acquired by PMK productions 2020) - completed May 2020
- Binti by Nnedi Okorafor (being adapted for Hulu series) - completed May 2020
- Long Bright River by Liz Moore (film rights purchased by Amy Pascal in 2018) - completed May 2020
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins (optioned by Lionsgate) - completed June 2020
- Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (Screen rights purchased by Sight Unseen 2019) - completed July 2020
- Lock Every Door by Riley Sager (screen rights optioned by Paramount TV 2019) - completed August 2020
- All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg (optioned by Heydey 2018) - completed August 2020
- Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (optioned in 2012) - completed August 2020
- Every Heart a Doorwayby Seanan McGuire (optioned by Syfy 2019) - completed August 2020
- Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron (optioned by Michael B. Jordan 2019) - completed August 2020
- The Power by Naomi Alderman (optioned by Amazon) - completed September 2020

2020 Goodreads Choice

- The House in the Cerulean Sea by a TJ Klune - completed April 2020 - 5 stars
- Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen - completed October 2020 - 5 stars
- Untamed by Glennon Doyle - completed May 2020 - 5 stars
- Dear Justyce by Nic Stone - completed October 2020 - 5 stars
- The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd - completed June 2020 - 5 stars
- Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert - completed April 2020 - 5 stars
- Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad - completed March 2020 - 5 stars
- Almost American Girl by Robin Ha - completed November 2020 - 5 stars
- Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change by Maggie Smith - completed March 2020 - 5 stars
- The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix - completed May 2020 - 5 stars
- Recipe for Persuasion by Sonali Dev - completed May 2020 - 5 stars
- Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall - completed June 2020 - 5 stars
- Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid - Completed July 2020 - 5 stars
- Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory - completed July 2020 - 5 stars
- The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave - completed September 2020 - 5 stars
- Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi - completed October 2020 - 5 stars
- Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas - completed November 2020 - 5 stars
- The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett - completed November 2020 - 5 stars
- The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson - completed December 2020 - 5 stars
- The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel - completed June 2020 - 4.5 stars
- The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James - completed June 2020 - 4.5 stars
- A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson - completed December 2020 - 4.5 stars
- Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles - completed December 2020 - 4.5 stars
- House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas - completed April 2020 - 4.5 stars
- Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore - completed April 2020 - 4.5 stars
- The Book of Koli by M.R. Carey - completed July 2020 - 4.5 stars
- On the Corner of Hope and Main by Beverly Jenkins - completed August 2020 - 4.5 stars
- Even If We Break by Marieke Nijkamp - completed October 2020 - 4.5 stars
- Black Widow: A Sad-Funny Journey Through Grief for People Who Normally Avoid Books with Words Like "Journey" in the Title by Leslie Gray Streeter - completed March 2020 - 4.5 stars
- Chaos Reigning by Jessie Mihalik - completed September 2020 - 4.5 stars
- Maya and the Rising Dark by Rena Barron - completed November 2020 - 4.5 stars
- The Life and (Medieval) Times of Kit Sweetly by Jamie Pacton - completed November 2020 - 4.5 stars
- How to Catch a Queen by Alyssa Cole - completed December 2020 - 4.5 stars
- Tweet Cute by Emma Lord - completed November 2020 - 4 stars
- Diamond City by Francesca Flores - completed March 2020 - 4 stars
- A Taste of Sage by Yaffa S. Santos - completed July 2020 - 4 stars
- These Ghosts Are Family by Maisy Card - completed October 2020 - 4 stars
- The Last of the Moon Girls by Barbara Davis - completed September 2020 - 4 stars
- The House of Deep Water by Jeni McFarland - completed June 2020 - 4 stars
- Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land by Noe Alvarez - completed July 2020 - 4 stars
- The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate - completed November 2020 - 4 stars
- F*ck Your Diet: And Other Things My Thighs Tell Me by Chloe Hilliard - completed November 2020 - 4 stars
- How to Be Fine: What We Learned from Living by the Rules of 50 Self-Help Books by Jolenta Greenberg and Kristen Meizner - completed December 2020 - 4 stars
- The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez - completed November 2020 - 4 stars
- Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsudo, translated by Polly Barton - completed October 2020 - 4 stars
- Long Bright River by Liz Moore - completed May 2020 - 4 stars
- Charming as a Verb by Ben Phillipe - completed October 2020 - 4 stars
- Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler - completed May 2020 - 4 stars
- All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace - completed November 2020 - 4 stars
- We Keep Us Safe: Building Secure, Just, and Inclusive Communities by Zach Norris - completed March 2020 - 4 stars
- An Outcast and an Ally by Caitlin Lochner - completed August 2020 - 4 stars
- Dirt: Adventures, with Family, in the Kitchens of Lyon, Looking for the Origins of French Cooking by Bill Buford - completed November 2020 - 4 stars
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins - completed June 2020 - 3.5 stars
- The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel - completed May 2020 - 3.5 stars
- A Hundred Suns by Karin Tanabe - completed May 2020 - 3.5 stars
- Sweet on You: A Filipino Christmas romance by Carla de Guzman - completed December 2020 - 3.5 stars
- Jane Anonymous by Laurie Faria Stolarz - completed January 2020 - 3.5 stars
- This Is Not How It Ends by Rochelle B. Weinstein - completed January 2020 - 3.5 stars
- A Single Swallow by Zhang Ling, translated by Shelly Bryant - completed September 2020 - 3.5 stars
- Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs by Jennifer Finney Boylan - completed October 2020 - 3.5 stars
- Enter the Aardvark by Jessica Anthony - completed April 2020 - 3 stars
- Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies: And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who's Been There by Tara Schuster - completed April 2020 - 2.5 stars
- American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins - completed February 2020 - 2 stars
- Blue Flowers by Carola Saavedra - completed February 2020 - 2 stars
- The Museum of Forgotten Memories by Anstey Harris - completed 2020 - 2 stars
- I Choose You by Gayle Curtis - completed April 2020 - 1 star

WPB Women's Book Club 2020:

January - Dear Martin by Nic Stone - previously read
February - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid - previously read
March - Spilled Milk by K.L. Randis - completed February 2020
April - Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke - completed April 2020
May - A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness - completed April 2020
June - Jayber Crow by Wendell Barry - completed June 2020
July - Spilled Milk
August - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett - completed July 2020
September - The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes by Anna McPartlin - completed September 2020
October - The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave - completed September 2020
November - Recursion by Blake Crouch - completed October 2020
December -The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune - read earlier this year

Challenge - Books I Voted For Group Read (that didn't win):
- February: The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
- November: Falling Together by Marisa de los Santos
- December: The Longest Night by Andria Williams
- August: The Once and Future King by T. H. White
- November: The Throwback Special by Chris Bachelder
- January: Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
- March: Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist by Sylvia Acevedo
- May: Bird Box by Josh Malerman
- July: The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister by Anne Lister
- August: Binti by Nnedi Okorafor - completed May 2020
- September: A Killer Harvest by Paul Cleave
- October: Caraval by Stephanie Garber
- November: The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
- December: The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
- January: A Vision of Light by Judith Merkle Riley; How to Be an Antiracist by Irbam X. Kendi
- February: The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
- March: Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
- April: Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
- May: Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
- June: Weather by Jenny Offill
- july: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
- August: Me: Elton John Official Autobiography by Elton John
- September: The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean Auel
- October: The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman
- November: The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
- December: Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts
- January: The Lightest Object in the Universe by Kimi Eisele

Personal Serial Challenge 2020:

Broken Earth trilogy by N.K. Jemisin (3/3):
- The Obelisk Gate - completed January 2020
- The Stone Sky - completed January 2020

Cormoran Strike Series by Robert Galbraith (4/4):
- The Silkworm - completed January 2020
- Career of Evil - completed February 2020
- Lethal White - completed March 2020

Hercule Poirot series by Agatha Christie:
- The Murder on the Links - completed February 2020
- Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie - completed April 2020

The Brown Sisters trilogy by Talia Hibbert (2/3):
- Get a Life, Chloe Brown - completed January 2020
- Take a Hint, Dani Brown - completed April 2020

The Austen Project (2/4):
- Sense & Sensibility by Joanna Trollope - completed January 2020

The Edge by Ilona Andrews (4/4):
- Steel's Edge - completed February 2020

The Vine Witch by Luanne G. Smith (1/2):
- The Vine Witch - completed February 2020

The Isandor novels by Claudie Arseneault (2/4):
- City of Betrayal - completed February 2020

New Kid series by Jerry Craft (1/2):
- New Kid - completed March 2020

Diamond City trilogy by Francesca Flores (1/3):
- Diamond City - completed March 2020

Highway 59 series by Attica Locke (2/2):
- Bluebird, Bluebird - completed April 2020
- Heaven, My Home by Attica Locke - completed October 2020

Crescent City trilogy by Sarah J. Maas (1/**):
- House of Earth and Blood - completed April 2020

Ravenspire series by C.J. Redwine (4/4):
- The Blood Spell - completed May 2020

Blessings series by Beverly Jenkins (11/11):
- Bring on the Blessings - completed May 2020
- A Second Helping - completed May 2020
- Something Old, Something New - completed a May 2020
- A Wish and a Prayer - completed June 2020
- Crystal Clear - completed June 2020
- Heart of Gold - completed June 2020
- For Your Love - completed June 2020
- Stepping to a New Day - completed July 2020
- Chasing Down a Dream - completed August 2020
- Second Time Sweeter - completed August 2020
- On the Corner of Hope and Main - completed August 2020

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor (3/3):
- Binti - completed May 2020
- Home - completed May 2020
- The Night Masquerade - completed May 2020

The Rajes by Sonali Dev (2/2):
- Recipe for Persuasion - completed May 2020

Thomas Cromwell trilogy by Hilary Mantel (3/3):
- The Mirror & the Light - completed June 2020

The Grey Whale Inn by Karen MacInerney (2/10):
- Dead and Berried - completed June 2020

The Wright Brothers by Christina C. Jones (1/3):
- Getting Schooled - completed June 2020

The Brothers Sinister by Courtney Milan (7/7):
- The Duchess War - completed July 2020
- A Kiss for Midwinter - completed July 2020
- The Heiress Effect - completed August 2020
- The Countess Conspiracy - completed September 2020
- The Suffragette Scandal - completed September 2020
- Talk Sweetly to Me - completed October 2020

The Rampart Trilogy by M.R. Carey (1/3):
- The Book of Koli - completed July 2020

The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory (5/5):
- Party of Two - completed July 2020

The Consortium Trilogy by Jessie Mihalik (3/3):
- Polaris Rising - completed July 2020
- Aurora Blazing - completed September 2020
- Chaos Reigning - completed September 2020

The Gaither Sisters by Rita Williams-Garcia (3/3):
- One Crazy Summer - completed July 2020
- P.S. Be Eleven - completed August 2020
- Gone Crazy in Alabama - completed September 2020

Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis (1/2):
- The Good Luck Girls - completed August 2020

Wayward children series by Seanan McGuire (2/7):
- Every Heart a Doorway - completed August 2020
- Down Among the Sticks and Bones - completed December 2020

March trilogy by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (1/3):
- March: Book One - completed August 2020
- March: Book Two - completed September 2020

Kingdom of Souls trilogy by Rena Barron (1/3):
- Kingdom of Souls - completed September 2020

The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski (1/8):
- The Last Wish - completed October 2020

The Rising Dark series by Rena Barron (1/3):
- Maya and the Rising Dark - completed November 2020

Runaway Royals by Alyssa Cole (1/3):
- How to Catch a Queen - completed December 2020

Bromance book club by Lyssa Kay Adams (1/3):
- The Bromance Book Club - completed December 2020

2020 PopSugar Reading Challenge:
1. Book that's published in 2020 - Jane Anonymous by Laurie Faria Stolarz - completed January 2020
2. Book by a Trans or Nonbinary Author - Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love by Jonathan Van Ness - completed April 2020
3. Book with a Great First Line - Career of Evil by J.K. Rowling - completed February 2020
4. Book About a Book Club - The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix - completed May 2020
5. Book Set in a City That Has Hosted the Olympics - I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara - completed January 2020
6. A Bildungsroman - Spilled Milk by K.L. Randis - completed February 2020
7. First Book You Touch on a Shelf With Your Eyes Closed - A Soldier and a Liar by Caitlin Lochner - completed July 2020
8. Book With an Upside-Down Image on the Cover - Dead Politician Society by Robin Spano - completed August 2020
9. Book With a Map - The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin - completed January 2020
10. Book Recommended by Your Favorite Blog, Vlog, Podcast, or Online Book Club - Women Talking by Miriam Toews - completed January 2020
11. An Anthology - Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves by Glory Edim - completed July 2020
12. Book That Passes the Bechdel Test - The Rent Collector by Camron Wright - completed March 2020
13. Book With the Same Title as a Movie or Show but is Unrelated to it - SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson - completed February 2020
14. Book by an Author with Flora or Fauna in Their Name - Diamond City by Francesca Flores - completed March 2020
15. Book About or Involving Social Media - Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad - completed March 2020
16. Book that has a Book on the Cover - The Vine Witch by Luanne G. Smith - completed February 2020
17. Medical Thriller - The Line Between by Tosca Lee - completed August 2020
18. Book with a Made-Up Language - The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune - completed April 2020
19. Book Set in a Country that Begins with the Letter "C" - Everfair by Nisi Shawl - completed February 2020
20. Book You Picked Because Title Caught Your Attention - City of Betrayal by Claudie Arseneault - completed February 2020
21. Book Published the Month of Your Birthday - Steel's Edge by Ilona Andrews - completed February 2020
22. Book About or By Women in STEM - Lost and Wanted by Nell Fruedenberger - completed May 2020
23. Book that Won Award in 2019 - Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong - completed February 2020
24. Book on a Subject You Know Nothing About - The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia - completed February 2020
25. Book With Only Words on the Cover - We Keep Us Safe: Building Secure, Just, and Inclusive Communities by Zach Norris - completed March 2020
26. Book with a Pun in the Title - Dead and Berried by Karen MacInerney - completed June 2020
27. Book Featuring a Deadly Sin - Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America by Patrick Phillips - completed January 2020
28. Book with Robot, Cyborg, or AI Character - The Book of Koli by M.R. Carey - completed July 2020
29. Book with a Bird on Cover - American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins - completed February 2020
30. Fiction or Nonfiction about a World Leader - The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste - completed February 2020
31. Book with Gold, Silver, or Bronze in Title - Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik - completed March 2020
32. Book by a WOC - Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert - completed January 2020
33. Book with at least 4-Star Rating on Goodreads - This Is Not How It Ends by Rochelle B. Weinstein - completed January 2020
34. Book Meant to Read in 2019 - Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed - completed January 2020
35. Book with Three-Word Title - The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin - completed January 2020
36. Book with a Pink Cover - Untamed by Glennon Doyle - completed May 2020
37. Western - The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis - completed August 2020
38. Book by or about a Journalist - God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America by Lyz Lenz - completed January 2020
39. Read a Banned Book During Banned Book Week - This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki, illustrations by Jillian Tamaki - completed September 2020
40. Favorite Prompt from Past PopSugar Challenge (next book in series) - The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith - completed January 2020
41. Book Written by Author in Their 20's - Wilder Girls by Rory Power - completed January 2020
42. Book with "20" or "Twenty" in Title - Twenty-One Days by Anne Perry - completed May 2020
43. Book with a Character with Vision Impairment or Enhancement - The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish - completed January 2020
44. Book Set in the 1920's - Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - completed January 2020
45. Book Set in Japan - Wildcard by Marie Lu - completed January 2020
46. Book by an Author who has Written More than 20 Books - Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler - completed May 2020
47. Book with More than 20 Letters in the Title - How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones - completed January 2020
48. Book Published in the 20th Century - Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie - completed April 2020
49. Book from Series with More than 20 Books - The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie - completed February 2020
50. Book with a Main Character in Their 20's - Sense & Sensibility by Joanna Trollope - completed January 2020

50/50 - challenge completed!!!

Reading Women Challenge 2020

All books read for this challenge must be by or about women. Please note that the spirit of this challenge is not to read books by men.

1) A Book by an Author from the Caribbean or India - Recipe for Persuasion by Sonali Dev - completed May 2020
2) A Book Translated from an Asian Language - A Single Swallow by Zhang Ling, translated by Shelly Bryant - completed September 2020
3) A Book about the Environment - Wilder Girls by Rory Power - completed January 2020
4) Picture Book Written/Illustrated by a BIPOC Author - Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o and illustrated by Vashti Harrison - completed September 2020
5) A Winner of the Stella Prize or the Women’s Prize for Fiction - The Power by Naomi Alderman - completed September 2029
6) A Nonfiction Title by a Woman Historian - Womanist Midrash by Wilda C. Gafney - completed March 2020
7) A Book Featuring Afrofuturism or Africanfuturism - The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin - completed January 2020
8) An Anthology by Multiple Authors - Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves by Glory Edim - completed July 2020
9) A Book Inspired by Folklore - Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - completed January 2020
10) A Book About a Woman Artist - Untamed by Glennon Doyle - completed May 2020
11) Read and Watch a Book-to-Movie Adaptation - Career of Evil by J.K. Rowling - completed February 2020, series watched March 2020
12) A Book About a Woman Who Inspires You - SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson - completed February 2020
13) A Book by an Arab Woman - Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad - completed March 2020
14) A Book Set in Japan or by a Japanese Author - Wildcard by Marie Lu - completed January 2020
15) A Biography - Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik - completed August 2020
16) A Book Featuring a Woman with a Disability - Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert - completed January 2020
17) A Book Over 500 Pages - Lethal White by J.K. Rowling - completed March 2020
18) A Book Under 100 Pages - Binti by Nnedi Okorafor - completed May 2020
19) A Book That’s Frequently Recommended to You - The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish - completed January 2020
20) A Feel-Good or Happy Book - The Vine Witch by Luanne G. Smith - completed February 2020
21) A Book about Food - A Taste of Sage by Yaffa S. Santos - completed July 2020
22) A Book by Either a Favorite or a New-to-You Publisher - God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America by Lyz Lenz - completed January 2020
23) A Book by an LGBTQ+ Author - City of Betrayal by Claudie Arseneault - completed February 2020
24) A Book from the 2019 Reading Women Award Shortlists and Honorable Mentions - Women Talking by Miriam Toews - completed January 2020

BONUS
25) A Book by Toni Morrison - The Bluest Eye - completed July 2020
26) A Book by Isabel Allende - Inés of My Soul - completed March 2020

26/26 - challenge completed!!!

BOOK RIOT READ HARDER 2020

1. YA Nonfiction - The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater - completed May 2020
2. Retelling of classic of canon, fairytale, or myth by POC - Recipe for Persuasionby Sonali Dev - completed May 2020
3. Mystery where victim is not a woman - The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith - completed January 2020
4. Graphic memoir - Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi - completed September 2020
5. Book about natural disaster - The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin - completed January 2020
6. Play by POC and/or queer author - The Piano Lesson by August Wilson - completed December 2020
7. Historical fiction not set in WWII - The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia - completed February 2020
8. Audiobook of poetry - SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson - completed February 2020
9. LAST book in series - The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin - completed January 2020
10. Book that takes place in rural setting - Women Talking by Miriam Toews - completed January 2020
11. Debut novel by queer author - Everfair by Nisi Shawl - completed February 2020
12. Memoir by someone from religious tradition (or lack of tradition) that is not your own - God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America by Lyz Lenz - completed January 2020
13. Food book about a cuisine you've never tried before - A Taste of Sage by Yaffa S. Santos - completed July 2020
14. Romance starring single parent - This Is Not How It Ends by Rochelle B. Weinstein - completed Janaury 2020
15. Book about climate change - Snowpiercer: The Escape by Jacques Lob and Jean-Marc Rochette - completed April 2020
16. Doorstopper (over 500 pages) published after 1950 written by a woman - The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish - completed January 2020
17. Sci-fi/fantasy novella (under 120 pages) - Binti by Nnedi Okorafor - completed May 2020
18. Picture book with human main character from marginalized community - Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o and illustrated by Vashti Harrison - completed September 2020
19. Book by or about a refugee - American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins - completed February 2020
20. Middle grade book that doesn't take place in US or UK - The Green Bicycle by Haifaa al Mansour - completed September 2020
21. Read book with main character or protagonist with disability - Wilder Girls by Rory Power - completed January 2020
22. Horror book published by an indie press - The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix - completed May 2020
23. edition of a literary magazine - The New Yorker - completed September 2020
24. Book in any genre by Native, First Nations, or indigenous author - Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land by Noe Alvarez - completed July 2020

24/24 - challenge completed!!!

Clear the Shelves
January 1, 2020-December 31, 2020

Physical Books:
- God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America by Lyz Lenz - completed January 2020
- I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara - completed January 2020
- Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - completed January 2020
- Wilder Girls by Rory Power - completed January 2020
- Sense & Sensibility by Joanna Trollope - completed January 2020
- Wildcard by Marie Lu - completed January 2020
- Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed - completed January 2020
- Jane Anonymous by Laurie Faria Stolarz - completed January 2020
- Blue Flowers by Carola Saavedra - completed February 2020
- Diamond City by Francesca Flores - completed March 2020
- The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune - completed April 2020
- Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mobster by Stephen L. Carter - completed May 2020
- A Hundred Suns by Karin Tanabe - completed May 2020
- Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves by Glory Edim - completed July 2020
- Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik - completed July 2020

Ebooks:
- The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish - completed January 2020
- The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin - completed January 2020
- Women Talking by Miriam Toews - completed January 2020
- This Is Not How It Ends by Rochelle B. Weinstein - completed January 2020
- Steel's Edge by Ilona Andrews - completed February 2020
- City of Betrayal by Claudie Arseneault - completed February 2020
- The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia - completed February 2020
- New Kid by Jerry Craft - completed March 2020
- Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik - completed March 2020
- Inés of My Soul by Isabel Allende - completed March 2020
- Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke - completed April 2020
- I Choose You by Gayle Curtis - completed April 2020
- The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater - completed May 2020
- Binti by Nnedi Okorafor - completed May 2020
- Home by Nnedi Okorafor - completed May 2020
- The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor - completed May 2020
- The Duchess War by Courtney Milan - completed July 2020
- Austenland by Shannon Hale - completed July 2020
- The Book of Koli by M.R. Carey - completed July 2020
- Meet Cute by Helena Hunting - completed July 2020
- Midnight in Austenland by Shannon Hale - completed August 2020
- Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik - completed August 2020

Audible Books:

37/30 - challenge completed!!!

Global Voices 2020

Voices From Around The World
1. African - The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste - completed February 2020
2. Asian - The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng - completed April 2020
3. Caribbean - These Ghosts Are Family by Maisy Card - completed October 2020
4. Indigenous - Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land by Noe Alvarez - completed July 2020
5. Latin American - Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - completed January 2020
6. Middle Eastern - The Green Bicycle by Haifaa al Mansour - completed September 2020
7. Oceanic - The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera - completed December 2020
8. From a Dependent Territory (e.g., Puerto Rican) or State with Limited Recognition (e.g., Palestinian) - Through the Eye of the Deer: An Anthology of Native American Women Writers by Carolyn Dunn and Carol Comfort - completed December 2020
9. Immigrant, Refugee, Migrant, or Asylum-Seeker - Inés of My Soul by Isabel Allende - completed March 2020
10. Black or Multiracial - The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin - completed January 2020

Diversity of Beliefs
11. Agnostic, Atheist, or Humanist - The Greatest Love Story Ever Told by Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman - completed August 2020
12. Buddhist or Hindu - How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones - completed January 2020
13. Jewish - The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish - completed January 2020
14. Muslim - Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed - completed January 2020
15. Practioner of a Minor Religion or Non-Religious form of Spirituality - Women Talking by Miriam Toews - completed January 2020
16. Activist, Freedom Fighter, or Political Minority - Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mobster by a Stephen L. Carter - completed May 2020

Love is Love is Love
17. Asexual, Aromantic, or Celibate - City of Betrayal by Claudie Arseneault - completed February 2020
18. Gay or Lesbian - Wilder Girls by Rory Power - completed January 2020
19. Bisexual or Pansexual - Everfair by Nisi Shawl
20. Adopted, Fostered, or raised by someone other than one's biological parents - Something Old, Something New by Beverly Jenkins - completed May 2020

Every Body Has Value
21. Body Positive, Body Neutral, or Fat Positive person who is a size or shape outside of their society's beauty norms (Diet, Weightloss, or other Body Modification books are not allowed for this prompt.) - Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love by Jonathan Van Ness - completed April 2020
22. Non-binary, Genderqueer, Intersex or Transgender - Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs by Jennifer Finney Boylan - completed October 2020
23. Child (under 18) or Elder (over 75) - The Little Red Chairs by Edna O’Brien - completed December 2020
24. Differently-Abled (e.g., Autistic, Deaf) - Even If We Break by Marieke Nijkamp - completed October 2020
25. Living with a visible or invisible Chronic Health Condition or Physical Disability - Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert - completed January 2020
26. Living with a Mental Health Condition, Cognitive/Intellectual Disability, or Addiction - Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change by Maggie Smith - completed March 2020
27. Currently or Previously Incarcerated or Institutionalized - March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell - completed August 2020
28. Low-Income or Financially Insecure - Diamond City by Francesca Flores - completed March 2020
29. Survivor of Abuse, Neglect, Sexual Assault, a Hate Crime, or Human Trafficking - Spilled Milk by K.L. Randis - completed February 2020
30. Victim of State-Sponsored Violence or Institutional/Systemic Discrimination - The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune - completed April 2020

Bonus & Advanced Prompts
31. Read a book written by people indigenous to where you live or frequently visit. - A Seminole Legend: The Life of Betty Mae Tiger Jumper by Betty Mae Tiger Jumper and Patsy West - completed November 2020
32. Read a book translated from a language other than English. - The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia - completed February 2020
33. Read a book that addresses social justice or ethics or in medicine, law, fashion, food, consumerism, or environmental stewardship as it relates to race, class, sex/gender, etc. - We Keep Us Safe: Building Secure, Just, and Inclusive Communities by Zach Norris - completed March 2020
34. Read a “classic,” award-winning, or scholarly #ownvoices book that also meets the criteria for one of the above prompts. - Womanist Midrash by Wilda C. Gafney - completed March 2020
35. Read a book of poetry or a graphic novel that also meets the criteria for one of the above prompts. - New Kid by Jerry Craft - completed March 2020
36. Read an #ownvoices book promoted or written by a Bookstagrammer, Booktuber, Book Blogger, Goodreads Super Reviewer, or an Activist or Educator who uses social media as a tool to teach and inspire change. - Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad - completed March 2020
37. Listen to an #ownvoices book read by the author, read the book and attend an author event about the book, or watch a recording of such an event. - SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson - completed February 2020
38. Read a book about intersectional feminism or Black feminism. - Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall - completed June 2020
39. Read a book that discusses unearned privilege, colonialism, imperialism, or white supremacy. - Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America by Patrick Phillips - completed January 2020
40. Read a book that helps you understand your own cultural heritage. - God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America by Lyz Lenz - completed January 2020

40/20 - challenge completed!

Find Your Flight

Flight #1 - Feminism and Christianity - completed!
- God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America by Lyz Lenz - completed January 2020
- Womanist Midrash by Wilda C. Gafney - completed March 2020
- A Year of Biblical Womanhood by Rachel Held Evans - completed May 2020
- Untamed by Glennon Doyle - completed May 2020

Flight #2 - Mexico - completed!
- Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - completed January 2020
- American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins - completed February 2020
- The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia - completed February 2020

Flight #3 - Ethiopia
- The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste - completed February 2020
- Through These Veins by Anne Marie Ruff - completed August 2020
- Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese - completed August 2020

Flight #4 - Asexuality
- City of Betrayal by Claudie Arseneault - completed February 2020
- The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater - completed May 2020
- An Outcast and an Ally by Caitlin Lochner - completed August 2020
- Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire - completed August 2020

4/4 Flights, 14/12 books - challenge completed!!!

MEET US AT THE BOOKSHOP
Duration: January 1 to March 31, 2020

1. Historical Fiction - The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish - completed January 2020
2. Religion - God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America by Lyz Lenz - completed January
2020
3. True Crime - I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara - completed January 2020
4. Dystopian Sci Fi - The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin - completed January 2020
5. Fantasy - Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - completed January 2020
6. Literary fiction - Women Talking by Miriam Toews - completed January 2020
7. YA Horror - Wilder Girls by Rory Power - completed January 2020
8. Romance - Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert - completed January 2020
9. Retellings - Sense & Sensibility by Joanna Trollope - completed January 2020
10. LitRPG - Wildcard by Marie Lu - completed January 2020
11. YA Fiction - Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed - completed January 2020
12. Memoir - How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones - completed January 2020
13. History - Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America by Patrick Phillips - completed January 2020
14. Mystery - The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith - completed January 2020
15. Romantic Fantasy - Steel's Edge by Ilona Andrews - completed February 2020
16. Paranormal Fantasy - The Vine Witch by Luanne G. Smith - completed February 2020
17. Humor - Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong - completed February 2020
18. Poetry - SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson - completed February 2020
19. Graphic Novel - New Kid by Jerry Craft - completed March 2020

19/10 - completed!!!

Sight Reading
January 1, 2020-January 31, 2020

If reading is the art of interpreting squiggles on a page into a full story of the mind, sight reading is the art of interpreting squiggles on a page into song. Choose from the prompts below and just tell us how many books you would like to read for the challenge! We apologize in advance if you have songs stuck in your heads for days,)

1. Pull Out All the Stops Read a book featuring a musical instrument, either on the cover or being featured in the story. - Sense & Sensibility by Joanna Trollope - completed

2. Preaching to the Choir Read a book featuring a singer or singers. - Women Talking by Miriam Toews - completed

3. Blowing Your Own Trumpet Read a book about someone who is loud or someone who likes to tout their accomplishments. - Wilder Girls by Rory Power - completed

4. Music to My Ears Read a book featuring a song in the title or something musical on the cover.

5. All That Jazz Read a book set during the jazz age or about someone who is really excited. - Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - completed

6. Playing Second Fiddle Read a book where there is a prominent secondary character or with the number 2 in the title. - The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin - completed

7. Beat the Band Read a book about a group of people engaged in a mutual activity. - God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America by Lyz Lenz - completed

8. The Same Old Song and Dance Read a book about someone who dances or about something that happened in the past. - I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara - completed

9. Play it by Ear Read a book where one of the characters has trouble hearing. - The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith - completed

10. I Can See Clearly Now Read a book where one of the characters has trouble seeing. - The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish - completed

9/4 - challenge completed!!!

HAVE BOOK, WILL TRAVEL
Duration: February 1 through February 29, 2020

Based on February's monthly theme of "Language," this challenge encourages all you armchair travelers to read works of fiction or non-fiction that have been translated from another language into your own.
Read books set anywhere; neither the settings, authors, no original language need be unique. The only restriction is that your book was originally written in another language.

To join this challenge, please let the challenge leader know how many books you plan to read. Happy trails!

1. The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia - completed
2. Blue Flowers by Carola Saavedra - completed

2/2 - challenge completed

1st Read-a-Thon of 2020 - January 19, 2020

12:00-7:15 - sleep
7:15-8:15 - reading, 27% done with first book
8:15-9:30 - walk dog, breakfast, social media
9:30-12:30 - reading, completed first book - Sense & Sensibility by Joanna Trollope
12:15-1:30 - lunch break
1:30-6:45- reading, completed second book - Wildcard by Marie Lu
6:45-10:45 - dinner and movie break to watch Sense and Sensibility
10:45-11:59 - reading until I fall asleep

8.75/8 hours of reading
2/2 books read

Creativity Island Escape
Duration: April 1 to June 30, 2020

Ever wish you could escape all the daily worries and run off somewhere to be endlessly creative? Well, with this challenge, we can give you a taste of that by escaping into some great, creative reads!

To join this challenge, post to let the challenge leader know how many books you plan to read. If you are new to participating in this group's challenges, please check out the Yearly, Quarterly, Monthly Challenges - Start Here thread for more information.

Let your creativity inspire you!

Inspiration
1. Only your imagination limits you. Read about someone who is engaged in a creative profession (such as art, music, writing, film/TV production, and scientific R&D). - Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love by Jonathan Van Ness - completed April 2020
2. Read adventurously. Read a book out of your comfort zone (a new genre, topic, author, and so forth). - Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie - completed April 2020
3. Dare to dream. Read fiction or non-fiction that is set in a place you've always dreamed of visiting. - A Hundred Suns by Karin Tanabe - completed May 2020
4. Focus on goals, not obstacles. Read a book about overcoming adversity. - Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke - completed April 2020
5. Dream big; do bigger. Read a book with an author or a protagonist who is an activist. - Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mobster by Stephen L. Carter - completed May 2020
6. Seize the day. Read a book that features a zero-to-hero protagonist. - The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune - completed April 2020
7. If it rains on your parade, dance in it. Read a cli-fi novel or a book with an important weather event. - Snowpiercer: The Escape by Jacques Lob and Jean-Marc Rochette - completed April 2020
8. Never let a stumble be the end of your journey. Read a book about someone who's mentally or cognitively challenged. - The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng - completed April 2020
9. We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. Read a book involving the theme of sustainable living. - Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry - completed June 2020
10. A cup of positivi-tea is like having a bath on the inside. Read a book with a pun in its title. - Dead and Berried by Karen MacInerney - completed June 2020

Escape
1. Houdini. Read a book about someone who escapes confinement or seeks freedom. - House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas - completed April 2020
2. Take a break from life. Read a book that involves a hobby or pastime. - Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert - completed April 2020
3. Don't fence me in. Read a western or a book involving prison. - The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater - completed May 2020
4. Hegira: a flight or escape to safety. Read about a migrant, a refugee, or an asylum-seeker. - The Illusion of Separateness by Simon Van Booy - completed April 2020
5. Not all who wander are lost. Read a book about a wandering or lost person or with a title including "wander," "lost," or related words. - Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore - completed April 2020
6. Virtual living. Read a book in the fantasy or science fiction genre. - The Blood Spell by C.J. Redwine - completed May 2020
7. We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us. Read a travelogue or a book that takes place on multiple continents. - Enter the Aardvark by Jessica Anthony - completed April 2020
8. Take the money and run. Read a book about a successful heist or a (guilty or innocent) fugitive. - I Choose You by Gayle Curtis - completed April 2020
9. It is always fair sailing, when you escape evil. Read a book with a title or cover art that's related to sailing, ships, the ocean, or evil. - The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel - completed May 2020
10. To escape fear, you have to go through it, not around it. Read a horror/thriller book. - The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix - completed May 2020

20/10 - challenge completed!!!

SHADES OF GREEN
Duration: April 1 - April 30, 2020

Following on from our "Shades of Blue" challenge last year, this month we will be collecting as many shades of green in our books as possible. You may use books with green covers, books with green shades in their titles and books by authors called Green. Although you can only count each book once, feel free to see if you could find books that fit all three criteria. Please let us know the number of books you would like to read for this challenge.

1. The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng - completed
2. Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies: And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who's Been There by Tara Schuster - completed

2/2 - challenge completed!!!

Come Sail Away With Me
May 1, 2020-May 31, 2020

This month we are traversing the ocean blue with nautically-inclined books.

1. Read a book with a blue cover ( more than 50 % blue ) - Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler - completed
2. Read a book with a green cover ( more than 50% green)
3. Read a book with an ocean name in the title ( Pacific, Indian, Altlantic, Southern, Artic) - The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix - completed
4. Read a book in which characters swim in the ocean - The Blood Spell by C.J. Redwine - completed
5. Read a book where characters escape on the ocean - The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel - completed
6. Read a book where characters survive the ocean
7. Read a book with the word "tide" in the text
8. Read a book with the letters "water " in the title
9. Read a book with the letters "plastic" in the title
10. Read a book in which the word "pollution" can be found in the text - A Year of Biblical Womanhood by Rachel Held Evans - completed

5/4 - challenge completed!!!

Singing in the Rain
June 1, 2020-June 30, 2020

Let's sing out way through the weather!

1. Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me by Elton John: “All my pictures seem to fade to black and white.” Read a book with a black and white cover or a book that has been made into a movie.

2. Against the Wind by Bob Seger: “It seems like yesterday, but it was long ago.” Read a book written before 1980 (the year this song came out) or a book featuring a windy event.

3. It’s Raining Men by The Weather Girls: “Hallelujah, it’s raining men.” Read a book with a male protagonist written by a female author. - The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel - completed

4. Over the Rainbow by Judy Garland: “Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high, there’s a land that I heard of once in a lullaby.” Read a fantasy or fairy tale retelling or book set in an alternate reality.

5. Riders on the Storm by The Doors: “There’s a killer on the road.” Read a true crime book or any book that features some sort of crime. - The House of Deep Water by Jeni McFarland - completed

6. Shelter from the Storm by Bob Dylan: “I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form.” Read a book about exploring the unknown, a horror novel, or a book with a paranormal theme. - Dead and Berried by Karen MacInerney - completed

7. The Wind Beneath My Wings by Bette Midler: “Did you ever know that you’re my hero.” Read a book written by or about someone you admire, with a heroic protagonist, or by one of your favorite authors. - A Wish and a Prayer by Beverly Jenkins - completed

8. Thunder Road by Bruce Springsteen: “You’re thinking that maybe we ain’t that young anymore.” Read a book you loved when you were young or a book written by an author over fifty. - Crystal Clear by Beverly Jenkins - completed

9. Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves: “I’m walking on sunshine and don’t it feel good.” Read a book that makes you feel good or a book from your favorite genre. - Heart of Gold by Beverly Jenkins - completed

10.Hurricane by Neil Young: “That perfect feeling when time just slips.” Read a book set in either the past or the future or a book that features time travel. - Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry - completed

7/5 - challenge completed!!!

WOMEN OF THE WORLD
Duration: 1 July - 30 September, 2020

In last year's poll to select the group's 2020 yearly theme, "Women of the World" ranked among the top three choices. This quarterly challenge acknowledges the popularity of that theme among our members.

This challenge encourages you to read books in any genre that are authored by women and set in different parts of the globe. The author need not be be a native of the country which is the book's primary setting. Alternative histories and futuristic settings qualify, but not imaginary countries/worlds.

You may choose to read multiple books in a single region or spread your books across different regions. Multiple books set in the same country are allowed; however, to promote cultural diversity, however, you may only count 2 books set in the country where you live. Feel free to read multiple books set in the same region but a different country from where you live.

If you are uncertain about the geographic affiliation of a particular country, please refer to the United Nations geoscheme

Based on that geoscheme, we are using the five regions below:
🌍 Africa (Northern, Eastern, Middle, Southern, Western Africa)
🌏 Asia (Central, Eastern, Southeastern, Southern, Western Asia)
🌍 Europe (Eastern, Northern, Southern, Western Europe)
🌎 Americas (Caribbbean and Central/North/South America)
🌏 Oceania (Australia, New Zealand, Melansia, Micronesia, Polynesia)

Americas:
- The Dutch House by Ann Patchett (USA) - completed July 2020
- Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (USA) - completed July 2020
- Dead Politician Society by Robin Spano (Canada) - completed August 2020

Europe:
- American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt by Karen Harper (England) - completed July 2020
- The Duchess War by Courtney Milan - completed July 2020
- Austenland by Shannon Hale (England) - completed July 2020
- Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman (England) - completed August 2020
- Midnight in Austenland by Shannon Hale (England) - completed August 2020
- The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes by Anna McPartlin (Ireland) - completed September 2020
- The Power by Naomi Alderman (England) - completed September 2020
- The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave (Norway) - completed September 2020

Asia:
- The Sapphire Widow by Dinah Jeffries (Sri Lanka) - completed July 2020
- The Green Bicycle by Haifaa al Mansour (Saudi Arabia) - completed September 2020
- Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi (Iran) - completed September 2020
- A Single Swallow by Zhang Ling, translated by Shelly Bryant (China) - completed September 2020

Africa:
- Through These Veins by Anne Marie Ruff (Ethiopia) - completed August 2020

16/10 - msg 16 - completed challenge!!!

TURN ON, TUNE IN, SPACE OUT!
Duration: 1 July - 31 July, 2020

Have you been feeling just a little out of sorts lately?
Work-related pressures? Housework piling up a bit?
Now's your chance to take a breather and visit other realities.

For this challenge, read any fantasy or science fiction novel that takes place either on a different planet/world or in outer space.
Non-fiction books about the solar system also qualify, if that's your delight.

If you are new to the group or the group's challenges, check out the Yearly, Quarterly, Monthly Challenges - Start Here thread for more information.

To come space out with us, simply let the challenge leader know how many books you plan to read during the month of July.
Join the fun! Do or do not. There is no try...

1. A Soldier and a Liar by Caitlin Lochner - completed
2. Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik - completed

2/2 - msg 14 - challenge completed !!!

Popsugar summer:
- book with summer in the title - One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia - completed July 2020
- Summer drink or cocktail on cover - Meet Cute by Helena Hunting - completed July 2020
- Favorite summertime destination - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett - completed July 2020
- Book about vacation - Austenland by Shannon Hale - completed July 2020
- LGBTQ protagonist - The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis - Completed August 2020
- Item found at beach in title - The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd - completed June 2020
- Water or pool on cover - The Sapphire Widow by Dinah Jeffries - completed July 2020
- Set at resort or hotel - Dead and Berried by Karen MacInerney - completed June 2020
- Release date in June July or August - Stepping to a New Day by Beverly Jenkins - completed July 2020
- Summer-set thriller - Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman - completed August 2020
- Summer romance - The Duchess War by Courtney Milan - completed July 2020
- Black history in America - For Your Love by a Beverly Jenkins - completed June 2020
- Scary book - Lock Every Door by Riley Sager - completed August 2020
- Summer before high school or college - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins - completed June 2020
- Beach town - American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt by Karen Harper - completed July 2020
- Sun sand waves in title - The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James - completed June 2020
- Sunglasses on cover - All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg - completed August 2020
- Camping or summer camp - Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land by Noe Alvarez - completed July 2020
- Beach read - Getting Schooled by Christina C. Jones - completed June 2020
- Nostalgic for summer - Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli - completed July 2020

20/20 - challenges completed!!!

Friends are Forever
August 1-31, 2020

1. A Loyal Best Friend: Someone who always has your back, no matter what. Read a book about someone who is loyal. - Lock Every Door by Riley Sager - completed

2. A Fearless Adventurer: This friend likes to pull us out of our comfort zone and help us take risks. Read a book about someone taking a risk. - Chasing Down a Dream by Beverly Jenkins - completed

3. A Brutally Honest Confidant: Someone who will tell you how it is, regardless of your feelings about the topic. Read a book where honesty may or may not be the best policy. - Midnight in Austenland by Shannon Hale - completed

4. A Wise Mentor: Someone who can help steer you in the right direction and offer great advice. Read a self-help book.

5. A Friend From A Different Culture: Someone with different beliefs or background to you. Read a book that focuses on a different culture to your own. - An Outcast and an Ally by Caitlin Lochner - completed

6. A Polar Opposite: Someone that has people saying 'how do they get along so well'. Read a book involving an unlikely friendship. - Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman - completed

7. A Friendly Neighbour: Sometimes, those who we see every day can become our closest friends. Read a book borrowed from or recommended by someone who is close to you. - All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg - completed

8. A Work Pal: Like above, if we see them every day, we are likely to befriend them. Read a book involving a work relationship of any kind - The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis - completed

7/3 - challenge completed!!! msg 3

Rock the Vote
10/27/20-12/8/20

Fiction
Read prior to 10/27 - American Dirt, The Glass Hotel, Such a Fun Age, and Transcendent Kingdom
First Round Vote : Transcendent Kingdom
Second round vote : Transcendent Kingdom

Mystery
Read prior to 10/27 - Long Bright River and The Sun Down Motel
First Round Vote : The Sun Down Motel
second round vote : The Sun Down Motel

Historical
Read prior to 10/27 - The Mirror & the Light and The Book of Longings
First Round Vote : The Book of Longings
second round vote : The Book of Longings
Read for voting: The Book of Lost Friends, The Vanishing Half

Fantasy
Read prior to 10/27 - House of Earth and Blood and The House in the Cerulean Sea
First Round Vote : The House in the Cerulean Sea
Second round vote : The House in the Cerulean Sea

Romance
Read prior to 10/27 - Party of Two and Take a Hint, Dani Brown
First Round Vote : Take a Hint, Dani Brown
Second round vote : Take a Hint, Dani Brown

Sci Fic
Read prior to 10/27 - The Book of Koli
Read for voting - The Vanished Birds
First Round Vote : The Book of Koli
Second round vote : The Book of Koli

Horror
Read prior to 10/27 - The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
First Round Vote : The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
Second round vote : The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

Humor
Read for voting: F*ck Your Diet: And Other Things My Thighs Tell Me
Second Round Vote : F*ck Your Diet: And Other Things My Thighs Tell Me

Nonfiction
Read prior to 10/27 - Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies: And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who's Been There, Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor, and Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
First Round Vote : Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Second round vote : Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

Memoir
Read prior to 10/27 - Untamed
First Round Vote : Untamed
Second round vote : Untamed

History
Second Round Vote : Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Science
Second Round Vote : Vesper Flights

Food
Read for voting: Dirt: Adventures, with Family, in the Kitchens of Lyon, Looking for the Origins of French Cooking
Second Round Vote : Eat a Peach

Graphic novels
Read for voting - Almost American Girl
First Round Vote : Almost American Girl
Second Round Vote : Almost American Girl

Poetry
First Round Vote : Write-in - Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change

Debut
Read prior to 10/27 - Such a Fun Age
First Round Vote : Such a Fun Age
Second round vote : Such a Fun Age
Read for voting: Cemetery Boys

YA Fiction
First Round Vote : Write-in - Dear Justyce
Second round vote : Clap When You Land
Read for voting: Tweet Cute, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

YA Fantasy
Read prior to 10/27 - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Read for voting - All the Stars and Teeth, Cemetery Boys
Second Round Vote : Cemetery Boys
Final vote : Cemetery Boys

Middle Grade
Read for voting - Maya and the Rising Dark
First Round Vote : Write-in - Maya and the Rising Dark
Second round vote : Clean Getaway

11/10 - challenge completed!!!

November group read - The Zodiac Killer by W.L. Knightley. I truly hope that the two authors who wrote this were aiming for satire and just missed the mark. Otherwise, this a throwback, misogynistic book. There were holes in the plot, it ends in a weird cliffhanger, and I hated every character. And the casual way that underage children are abused with barely a batted eye was just wrong. Not worth reading, and I’m not continuing the series either. 1 star