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Denise wrote: "I just found the group, but I'm going to enter the books I read this year that fit, the prompts. Hope to join the 2025 challenge from the start1. Biography, autobiography or memoir
2- Business, ..."
Welcome, Denise ! Thank you for joining Book Nook Cafe and joining in the challenge.
I look forward to seeing the books you choose.
Wow, Denise, you covered so much of the Challenge, without even knowing you were doing so! That's so cool. The rest should be a breeze for you...unless (like me) you are less a fan of audio books. :-)Congratulations on this list.
Denise wrote: "I just found the group, but I'm going to enter the books I read this year that fit, the prompts. Hope to join the 2025 challenge from the start√1. Biography, autobiography or memoir: BORN TO RUN ..."
I really enjoyed reading your list, Denise.
I try to make the list eclectic to inspire us to read more widely. You apparently already do read all type of books. I admire that.
Thanks for sharing with us.
madrano wrote: "Wow, Denise, you covered so much of the Challenge, without even knowing you were doing so! That's so cool. The rest should be a breeze for you...unless (like me) you are less a fan of audio books. ..."Thank you. I will not be doing the audiobook prompt but I already did 4 of the extras so that should count.
Alias Reader wrote: "Denise wrote: "I just found the group, but I'm going to enter the books I read this year that fit, the prompts. Hope to join the 2025 challenge from the start√1. Biography, autobiography or memoi..."
Thank you, yes I am a fan of all sorts of books. I don't do audiobooks but otherwise pretty much anything with words is fair game.
Denise wrote: "Thank you. I will not be doing the audiobook prompt but I already did 4 of the extras so that should count. ..."Yes, it's the "saving grace" of those extra prompts! lol
Using extra prompts as replacements, I have completed the challenge:I just found the group, but I'm going to enter the books I read this year that fit, the prompts. Hope to join the 2025 challenge from the start
√1. Biography, autobiography or memoir: BORN TO RUN BY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
√2- Business, economics, finance (personal, business or home) F or NF THE CHAOS MACHINE BY MAX FISHER
√3- Health, fitness or diet: CONSIDER THE FORK BY BEE WILSON
√4- History: THE NICKEL BOYS BY COLSON WHITEHEAD
√5- Historical fiction: LONDON BY EDWARD RUTHERFURD
√6- Humorous story, or comedian wrote it, or light hearted fun read: WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY BY MICHIKO AOYAMA
√7- Legal or lawyer character F / NF: THE AGE OF INNOCENCE BY EDITH WHARTON
√8- LGBTQ+ character F/NF: ERASURE BY PERCIVAL EVERETT
√9- Medical or character related to topic F/NF: THE WOMEN BY KRISTIN HANNAH
√10- Mystery, Thriller, or suspense: MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
√11- Political, social science or governments F/NF: X SAVES THE WORLD BY JEFF GORDINIER
√12- romance, relationships or love. F/NF: WOMEN TALKING BY MIRIAM TOEWS
√13- science F/NF: FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON BY DANIEL KEYES
√14--travel F/NF: AROUND TJHE WORLD IN 80 DAYS BY JULES VERNE
√15- philosophy, ethics, morality: GOD IS NOT GREAT BY CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
√16- Young adult book F/NF: LITTLE WOMEN BY LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
√17- Spiritual or inspirational F/NF: BRAIDING SWEETGRASS BY ROBIN WALL KIMMERER
√18- book that takes place during a holiday. Any holiday.: PEMBERLEY BY EMMA TENNANT (CHRISTMAS)
√19- book with a relationship in the title (father, mother, daughter, son, sister or brother etc. ): THE MAN WHO MISTOOK HIS WIFE FOR A HAT BY OLIVER SACKS
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√20- The Arts: Music, art, theater, acting, dance or poetry.: DAISY JONES AND THE SIX BY TAYLOR JENKINS REID
√21- Banned book or Challenged book: THE CATCHER IN THE RYE BY J. D. SALINGER
√22- Debut novel: PINEAPPLE STREET BY JENNY JACKSON
√23- Award winning book or nominated for award: THE REMAINS OF THE DAY BY KAZUO ISHIGURO
√24- A play: A DOLL'S HOUSE BY HENRIK IBSEN
√25- A book published before you were born: THE SUN ALSO RISES BY ERNEST HEMINGWAY
√26- Published in 2024: KAMOGAWA FOOD DETECTIVES
√27- Nature, environment or animals. F/NF: LAST CHANCE TO SEE BY DOUGLAS ADAMS
√28- book that takes place in WWI, WWII, or other war F/NF… ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE BY ANTHONY DOERR
√29- cosmology, space, astronauts, outer space- F/NF: THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE BY DOUGLAS ADAMS
√30- Sports F/NF: WHY WE LOVE BASEBALL BY JOE POSNANSKI
√31- Horror or scary : NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT BY SHANE BLACK
√32- Self help or creative or How to: THE SUBTLE ART OF NOT GIVING A F*CK BY MARK MANSON
√33- psychology: SOCIOPATH: A MEMOIR BY PATRIC GAGNE
√34- food mentioned in book, recipes or chef mentioned in book F/NF: THE DIRECTION OF THE WIND BY MANSI SHAH
√35- about a disability or character has a disability F/NF: WHY WE READ BY SHANNON REED (SHE IS PROFOUNDLY HARD OF HEARING)
√36- a book about one of your 5 senses ( touch, sight, hearing, smell and taste) F/NF: EL DEAFO BY CECE BELL
√37- color in title: THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE TRAIN BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
√38- Weather related F/NF THE WAGER BY DAVID GRANN
√39- Myth, sci fi, magical realism, or fantasy: IF CATS DISAPPEARED FROM THE WORLD BY GENKI KAWAMURA
√40- Dystopian: FAHRENHEIT 451 BY RAY BRADBURY
√41- Author last name begins with B, N or C: THE SECRET ADVERSARY BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
42- audio book: Nope, not my thing
√43 - Topic or a character has one of the 7 deadly sins or more! (pride, greed, envy, gluttony, sloth, wrath and lust) F/NF: NONE OF THIS IS TRUE BY LISA JEWELL (ENVY AND WRATH)
√44- Book with one word title: IDENTITY BY MILAN KUNDERA
√45- A book over 500 pages: BABEL BY R. F. KUANG
√46- A book with either an Index, Map, photographs or Glossary: APEIROGON BY COLUM MCCANN
√47- Translated into English: THE GIRL WHO READS ON THE METRO BY CHRISTINE FLEURY-FERET
√48- Book that takes place in or is about a country you don't live in. F/NF: ANNE OF GREEN GABLES BY L. M. MONTGOMERY
√49- Short story collection Or Essay collection: LESSER KNOWN MONSTERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY BY KIM FU
√50- book written by a BIPOC author or character is BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color )) F/NF : THERE THERE BY TOMMY ORANGE
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Extra prompts from participants in the challenge.
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√51- Author not a native of the country in which the book is set.: WIDE SARGASSO SEA BY JEAN RHYS
√52- Book written by an Indie author or Indie press.: PATHETIC LITERATURE BY EILEEN MYLES
53- Read 2 books by Vendela Vida
54- Read 2 books by Sara Gran,
√55- Crime, F/NF: THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
√56 - immigrants/immigration F/NF: THE BEEKEEPER OF ALEPPO BY CHRISTY LEFTERI
Denise, your books read is quite impressive. Thank you for reminding me to add this one to my TBR notebook.
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama
Alias Reader wrote: "Denise, your books read is quite impressive. Thank you for reminding me to add this one to my TBR notebook.
[book:What You Are Look..."I really enjoyed that book, I thought it was really sweet.
Denise wrote: "Using extra prompts as replacements, I have completed the challenge:I just found the group, but I'm going to enter the books I read this year that fit, the prompts. Hope to join the 2025 challenge..."
Congratulations, Denise! What a wealth of books your read this year. That you joined us late is remarkable, let alone the fact that you read some big ones, such as London --Edward Rutherford, which is over 800 pages!
The books you listed which appeal to me (in addition to the one Alias shared) follow:
Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat--Bee Wilson. I had to immediately look up cider owl. lol
The Kamogawa Food Detectives--Hisashi Kashiwai, translated by Jesse Kirkwood. Sounds neat!
Pineapple Street--Jenny Jackson, although many of the GoodReads reviews were pans.
madrano wrote: "Pineapple Street--Jenny Jackson, although many of the GoodReads reviews were pans."
A few of my friends read it and enjoyed it. It was a library group read. I think if you grew up in Brooklyn Heights there is that added enjoyment of knowing the places discussed.
I can imagine, Alias. When i read books which feature places i've lived, or sometimes even visited, it enhances my pleasure. Last night i watched a (so-so) movie, which was filmed here in downtown Dallas. It was neat to see the buildings from the rooftops.
Thanks for the comment, as it's encouraging.
madrano wrote: "Denise wrote: "Using extra prompts as replacements, I have completed the challenge:I just found the group, but I'm going to enter the books I read this year that fit, the prompts. Hope to join the..."
I really liked Consider the Fork and plan to read her other books. It was reviewed in The Atlantic along what these other books I added to my TBR after the review: What She Ate by Laura Shapiro ...and another book I will add later after I find it lol, the title is slipping my mind
I thought Pineapple Street was ok. Not great but not bad either. One character made what I thought was an unconvincing change.
Kamogawa I loved though its predictable. Its short and sweet, good for a fast feel good read.
Thanks for the further comments, Denise. I'm on the waiting list for the Kamogawa.
Books reviewed in the Atlantic along with Consider the Fork:What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women and the Food That Tells Their Stories
The Way We Eat Now: How the Food Revolution Has Transformed Our Lives, Our Bodies, and Our World
Pressure Cooker: Why Home Cooking Won't Solve Our Problems and What We Can Do About It
What an interesting duo of books. The list of women shared in the first was informative, i must say. I was going that one to my TBR, for Eleanor Roosevelt alone, but the GR reviews were all over the place. What i read in them about Helen Gurley Brown was shameful. Maybe i just don't want to know all this. Denise, did you read (or plan to) either of these? The second didn't call to me now that my children are grown. I did good by them, imo. lol
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Books mentioned in this topic
Pressure Cooker: Why Home Cooking Won't Solve Our Problems and What We Can Do About It (other topics)What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women and the Food That Tells Their Stories (other topics)
The Way We Eat Now: How the Food Revolution Has Transformed Our Lives, Our Bodies, and Our World (other topics)
London (other topics)
The Kamogawa Food Detectives (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Helen Gurley Brown (other topics)Edward Rutherford (other topics)
Bee Wilson (other topics)
Hisashi Kashiwai (other topics)
Jesse Kirkwood (other topics)
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√1. Biography, autobiography or memoir: BORN TO RUN BY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
√2- Business, economics, finance (personal, business or home) F or NF THE CHAOS MACHINE BY MAX FISHER
√3- Health, fitness or diet: CONSIDER THE FORK BY BEE WILSON
√4- History: THE NICKEL BOYS BY COLSON WHITEHEAD
√5- Historical fiction: LONDON BY EDWARD RUTHERFURD
√6- Humorous story, or comedian wrote it, or light hearted fun read: WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY BY MICHIKO AOYAMA
√7- Legal or lawyer character F / NF: THE AGE OF INNOCENCE BY EDITH WHARTON
√8- LGBTQ+ character F/NF: ERASURE BY PERCIVAL EVERETT
√9- Medical or character related to topic F/NF: THE WOMEN BY KRISTIN HANNAH
√10- Mystery, Thriller, or suspense: MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
√11- Political, social science or governments F/NF: X SAVES THE WORLD BY JEFF GORDINIER
√12- romance, relationships or love. F/NF: WOMEN TALKING BY MIRIAM TOEWS
√13- science F/NF: FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON BY DANIEL KEYES
√14--travel F/NF: AROUND TJHE WORLD IN 80 DAYS BY JULES VERNE
√15- philosophy, ethics, morality: GOD IS NOT GREAT BY CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
√16- Young adult book F/NF: LITTLE WOMEN BY LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
√17- Spiritual or inspirational F/NF: BRAIDING SWEETGRASS BY ROBIN WALL KIMMERER
√18- book that takes place during a holiday. Any holiday.: PEMBERLEY BY EMMA TENNANT (CHRISTMAS)
19- book with a relationship in the title (father, mother, daughter, son, sister or brother etc. )
√20- The Arts: Music, art, theater, acting, dance or poetry.: DAISY JONES AND THE SIX BY TAYLOR JENKINS REID
√21- Banned book or Challenged book: THE CATCHER IN THE RYE BY J. D. SALINGER
√22- Debut novel: PINEAPPLE STREET BY JENNY JACKSON
√23- Award winning book or nominated for award: THE REMAINS OF THE DAY BY KAZUO ISHIGURO
√24- A play: A DOLL'S HOUSE BY HENRIK IBSEN
√25- A book published before you were born: THE SUN ALSO RISES BY ERNEST HEMINGWAY
√26- Published in 2024: KAMOGAWA FOOD DETECTIVES
√27- Nature, environment or animals. F/NF: LAST CHANCE TO SEE BY DOUGLAS ADAMS
√28- book that takes place in WWI, WWII, or other war F/NF… ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE BY ANTHONY DOERR
√29- cosmology, space, astronauts, outer space- F/NF: THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE BY DOUGLAS ADAMS
√30- Sports F/NF: WHY WE LOVE BASEBALL BY JOE POSNANSKI
√31- Horror or scary : NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT BY SHANE BLACK
√32- Self help or creative or How to: THE SUBTLE ART OF NOT GIVING A F*CK BY MARK MANSON
√33- psychology: SOCIOPATH: A MEMOIR BY PATRIC GAGNE
√34- food mentioned in book, recipes or chef mentioned in book F/NF: THE DIRECTION OF THE WIND BY MANSI SHAH
√35- about a disability or character has a disability F/NF: WHY WE READ BY SHANNON REED (SHE IS PROFOUNDLY HARD OF HEARING)
√36- a book about one of your 5 senses ( touch, sight, hearing, smell and taste) F/NF: EL DEAFO BY CECE BELL
√37- color in title: THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE TRAIN BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
√38- Weather related F/NF THE WAGER BY DAVID GRANN
√39- Myth, sci fi, magical realism, or fantasy: IF CATS DISAPPEARED FROM THE WORLD BY GENKI KAWAMURA
√40- Dystopian: FAHRENHEIT 451 BY RAY BRADBURY
√41- Author last name begins with B, N or C: THE SECRET ADVERSARY BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
42- audio book: Nope, not my thing
√43 - Topic or a character has one of the 7 deadly sins or more! (pride, greed, envy, gluttony, sloth, wrath and lust) F/NF: NONE OF THIS IS TRUE BY LISA JEWELL (ENVY AND WRATH)
√44- Book with one word title: IDENTITY BY MILAN KUNDERA
√45- A book over 500 pages: BABEL BY R. F. KUANG
√46- A book with either an Index, Map, photographs or Glossary: APEIROGON BY COLUM MCCANN
√47- Translated into English: THE GIRL WHO READS ON THE METRO BY CHRISTINE FLEURY-FERET
√48- Book that takes place in or is about a country you don't live in. F/NF: ANNE OF GREEN GABLES BY L. M. MONTGOMERY
√49- Short story collection Or Essay collection: LESSER KNOWN MONSTERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY BY KIM FU
√50- book written by a BIPOC author or character is BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color )) F/NF : THERE THERE BY TOMMY ORANGE
*****************************************************
Extra prompts from participants in the challenge.
*****************************************************
√51- Author not a native of the country in which the book is set.: WIDE SARGASSO SEA BY JEAN RHYS
√52- Book written by an Indie author or Indie press.: PATHETIC LITERATURE BY EILEEN MYLES
53- Read 2 books by Vendela Vida
54- Read 2 books by Sara Gran,
√55- Crime, F/NF: THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
√56 - immigrants/immigration F/NF: THE BEEKEEPER OF ALEPPO BY CHRISTY LEFTERI