2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

Yearly Challenge 92/55...
NBRC - SERIOUS READERS 92/101...
RRRC 92/100

1. The Giver by Lois Lowry 1/1/2014
2. Scarlet by Marissa Meyer 1/1/2014
3. Intentions of the Earl by Rose Gordon 1/2/2014
4. True by Laurann Dohner1/4/2014
5. How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran 1/10/2014
6. Surrender by Melody Anne 1/25/2014
7. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd 2/1/2014
8. Lift by Kelly Corrigan2/1/2014
9. Being Perfect by Anna Quindlen2/1/2014
10. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan2/2/2014
11. The Rosie Projectby Graeme Simsion2/4/2014
12. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier2/14/2014
13. The Ocean at the End of the Laneby Neil Gaiman 2/15/2014
14. Last Train to Istanbul by Ayşe Kulin 2/22/14
15. The Cupcake Romance by Regina Green 2/22/14
16. Recess by Corinna Parr 2/22/14
17. Lust and Honor by Harriet Schultz 2/22/14
18. Billionaire Boys' Clubby Simone Holloway 2/22/14
19. Billion Dollar Baby 1 by Simone Holloway 2/22/14
20. My First, My Last by Lacey Silks 2/22/14
21. The Cowboy Kissby Kristen James 2/22/14
22. The Billionaire's Desire by Ashley Blake 2/22/14
23.Bound by Lorelei James3/2/14
24.Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri3/6/2014
25.The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield3/18/2014
26.DRACULA XXX by Blue Horse Erotic Editions3/22/2014
27.Doctor's Ordersby Anita Dobs 3/22/2014
28.The Glass Case by Kristin Hannah 3/22/2014
29.One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nestby Ken Kesey3/28/2014
30.His Wantby Ana W. Fawkes4/9/2014
31.Cressby Marissa Meyer 4/13/2014
32. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 4/21/2014
33. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxyby Douglas Adams4/22/2014
34. Rocky Mountain Freedom by Vivian Arend 4/22/2014
35. Life of Pi by Yann Martel4/29/2014
36. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides5/12/2014
37. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson5/14/2014
38. Shiverby Maggie Stiefvater5/21/2014
39. Travelling Light: Poetry by Vickie Johnstone5/19/2014
40. Summer Fling by Mari Carr6/2/2014
41. Journey to the Edge of the Light: A Story of Love, Leukemia and Transformation by Cristina Nehring 6/1/2014
42 Linger by Maggie Stiefvater 6/1/2014
43. Breakfast of Championsby Kurt Vonnegut 6/5/2014
44. Unwind by Neal Shusterman 6/1/2014
45. Eternity Embraced by Larissa Ione5/24/2014
46. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 6/12/2014
47. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See6/22/2014
48. The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult6/13/2014
49. The Maze Runner by James Dashner6/25/2014
50. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini7/23/2014
51. Matt by Cat Johnson6/3/2014
52. The Commander by Cat Johnson6/4/2014
53. The Thirteenth Gift by Charlene Costanzo6/26/2014
54. Watership Down by Richard Adams7/13/14
55. Curveball by V.K. Sykes7/1/2014
56. Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman7/10/2014
57. Saving Grace by Christine Zolendz7/20/2014
58. The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera8/5/2014
59. Bought By The Billionaire Brothers by Alexx Andria6/3/2014
60. Ariel by Sylvia Plath7/2/2014
61. The Son by Lois Lowry8/1/2014
62. Four: The Transfer by Veronica Roth08/02/2014
63. The Initiate by Veronica Roth08/02/2014
64. Four: The Traitor by Veronica Roth08/02/2014
65. Flight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver08/05/2014
66. Cowboy Take Me Away by Lorelei James08/11/2014
67. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 12/22/2014
68. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt08/22/2014
69. Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris
70. The Lorax by Dr Suess 11/15/2014
71. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 10/22/2014
72. Still Alice by Lisa Genova
73.The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Miguel Ruiz
74. The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway 12/22/2014
75. Hanging in: Strategies for Teaching the Students Who Challenge Us Most by Jeffrey Benson
76. A Passage to India by E.M. Forster9/3/2014
77. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger9/28/2014
78. And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini9/24/2014
79. Sinner by Maggie Stiefvater 10/20/2014
80. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell 10/27/2014
81. Lord of the Flies by William Golding 11/8/2014
82. The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes 12/21/2014
83. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan 11/10/14
84. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld 11/28/2014
85. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card 12/6/2014
86. Seek My Face by John Updike 12/15/2014
87. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values by Robert M. Pirsig 12/10/2014
88. The Sonderberg Case by Elie Wiesel 12/2/2014
89. Meetings Don't Have to Suck by George Rodriguez12/1/2014
90. Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love by Xinran
91. The Circle by Laura Day
92. The Blue Day Book: A Lesson in Cheering Yourself Up by Bradley Trevor Greive 12/21/2014
93. The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg 12/24/2014

READ THE MONTH AROUND THE WORLD
Duration: January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014

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This is a modified spell out challenge where each month of the year is spelled out in a different language!

For each letter, read a book where that letter is contained somewhere in the title or the author's name. It does NOT need to be the first letter of the word. The book used must be read in the month it represents.

DONE!!! January: Kapampangan (a language of the Philippines)

5/5

✓E True
✓N Intentions of the Earl
✓E Scarlet
✓R The Giver
✓O How to Be a Woman


Done!!! February: Arabic (Algeria & Tunisia)

5/5

✔ F Lift
✔ I The Invention of Wings
✔ F Being Perfect
✔ R Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
✔ I The Rosie Project


Done!!! March: Malay (a language of places like Indonesia etc)

3/3

✔M Interpreter of Maladies
✔A The Thirteenth Tale
✔C One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest


DONE!!! April: Papiamento (a language of the Caribbean ABC Islands => Aruba, Bonaire & Curacao)

5/5

✔A The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Live
✔P Life of Pi
✔R Cress
✔E Rocky Mountain Freedom
✔L A Tree Grows in Brooklyn


DONE!!! May: Romanian (Romania)

3/3

✔M Middlesex
✔A Life After Life
✔I Shiver



DONE!!! June: Greenlandic (Greenland)

4/4

✓J Journey to the Edge of the Light: A Story of Love, Leukemia and Transformation
✓U Summer Fling
✓N Unwind
✓I Breakfast of Champions



DONE!!! July: Swahili (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda etc.)

5/5

✓J The Bell Jar
✓U The Maze Runner
✓L Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
✓A The Storyteller
✓I Saving Grace



DONE!!! August: Japanese (Japan)

6/6

✓H The Thirteenth Gift
✓A The Unbearable Lightness of Being
✓D A Thousand Splendid Suns
✓U Curveball
✓K Orange Is the New Black
✓I Watership Down


September: Basque (Basque Country, Spain)

5/5

✓I Bought By The Billionaire Brothers
✓RFour: The Traitor
✓A Four: The Transfer
✓I The Initiate
✓L Flight Behavior



October: Ewe (is a Niger–Congo language spoken in southeastern Ghana and southern Togo)

4/4

✓K Tuck Everlasting
✓E Cowboy Take Me Away
✓L The Lorax
✓E The Son



November: Venda (South Africa) (is a Bantu language predominately spoken in the Limpopo Province, Botswana)
4/4

✓L Gone Girl
✓A A Passage to India
✓R Lord of the Flies
✓A Ender's Game



December: Niuean (Niue Island, Tokelau)

6/6

✓ T The Cellist of Sarajevo
✓ E Uglies
✓ S Seek My Face
✓ E The Sonderberg Case
✓ M Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
✓ O The Joy Luck Club

THE TBR RANDOMISER CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2014

6/12

✓How to Be a Woman
✓ Rocky Mountain Freedom
✓ The Maze Runner
✓Curveball
Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives
Whitman: Poems
The Four Agreements
Fallen
Obsidian
✓The Thirteenth Gift
Dead Ever After
✓Bought By The Billionaire Brothers

THE GOODREADS AUTHORS CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2014

DONE!!!! 13/12
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✓Marissa Meyer
✓ Scarlet
✓Surrender
✓Melody Anne

✓Neil Gaiman
✓The Ocean at the End of the Lane
✓Rose Gordon
✓Intentions of the Earl
✓Sue Monk Kidd
✓The Invention of Wings
✓Kelly Corrigan
✓Lift
✓Corinna Parr
✓Recess
✓Harriet Schultz
✓Lust and Honor
✓Simone Holloway
✓ Billion Dollar Baby 1
✓Lacey Silks
✓ My First, My Last
✓Kristen James
✓The Cowboy Kiss
✓Ashley Blake
✓The Billionaire's Desire
✓Kristin Hannah
✓The Glass Case
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THE 2014 GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014

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Every November, the Goodreads Choice Awards come around to reward books published that year. This yearly challenge is in anticipation of the 2014 challenge. Read a book published in 2014 for each category. This is also a chance to challenge yourself to read new genres!

✓Fiction Summer Fling Mari Carr
Mystery & Thriller
✓ Historical Fiction The Invention of Wings Sue Monk Kidd
Fantasy
Paranormal Fantasy
Science Fiction
✓ Romance Bound Lorelei James
Horror
Memoir & Autobiography
History & Biography
Nonfiction Hanging in: Strategies for Teaching the Students Who Challenge Us Most Jeffrey Benson
Food & Cookbooks
Humor The Serpent of Venice: A Novel Christopher Moore
Graphic Novels & Comics
Poetry
Debut Goodreads Author
Young Adult Fiction
✓ Young Adult Fantasy Cress Marissa Meyer
Middle Grade & Children's
Picture Books

RECOMMENDED BY READING CHALLENGERS
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2014

DONE!!! 10/10

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Our group has its very own Listopia! Each member can add up to five books to the list but can vote for as many already on the list as he or she would like. Note: if a book is not the first in a series and requires that one read the previous book(s) first, please do not add it to the list. Books read for group reads will automatically be added.

For this challenge, set a goal for how many of these books you would like to read. You know they'll be good because your fellow reading challengers have recommended them!

1.✓ Life of Pi by Yann Martel
2.✓How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
3. ✓Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
4.✓The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
5.✓ Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
6.✓ Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
7. ✓The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
8. ✓ The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
9. ✓The Maze Runner by James Dashner
10.✓ Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
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2014 Monthly Themes
These will be used for the monthly Group Read selections, (Remember up for interpretation):

✓ - January - Best of books 2013 And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
✓ February - Je t'aime The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
✓ - March - Spring forward One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
✓ - April - Showers A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
✓- May - Birthdays Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
✓ June - End of term Unwind by Neal Shusterman
✓ - July - Summer holiday A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
August - Empires A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
September - Banned books Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
October - Scream! Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
November - Fireworks Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
December - Ice cold Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

FIRST QUARTER CHALLENGE: THE CHINESE ZODIAC (Shēngxiào)
Duration: January 1 - March 31, 2014

DONE!!! 4/4
Rooster✓Rabbit✓Pig✓ Snake✓
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1. The Horse. On January 31, 2014, it becomes the Year of the Horse! Horses like being the center of attention. Read a book where the main character is famous OR read a memoir about or a biography of a celebrity.

2. The Goat. Home is where Goats feel the most comfortable. Read a book that takes place in the country you were born in.

3. The Monkey. Monkeys are the masters of practical jokes. Read a humorous book.

4. The Rooster. Roosters tend to "tell it like it is." Read a non-fiction book.

5. The Dog. While loyal and faithful, Dogs have trouble finding mates. Read a book that contains a troubled romance.

6. The Pig. Pigs love to have fun but tend to prefer spending to saving. Read a book you have purchased (rather than borrowed).

7. The Rat. Constantly seeking knowledge, Rats are curious and clever. Read a book that teaches you something.

8. The Ox. Oxen aren't very sociable and prefer life-long friendships to casual acquaintances. Read a book in which the main character could be described as an introvert.

9. The Tiger. Tigers love to be challenged. Read a book you find challenging in some way maybe because of its length, style, or subject matter.

10. The Rabbit. Rabbits tend to enjoy meeting people from different places and learning about different cultures. Read a book about a culture not your own.

11. The Dragon. The Dragon is often considered to be the strongest sign, and the only one that is a mythical animal. Read a book that contains a mythical or paranormal creature.

12. The Snake. Snakes work hard but tend to be easily bored. To prevent boredom, read a short book (i.e., one with fewer than 100 pages). (hide spoiler)]

FIRST QUARTER CHALLENGE: LILAC'S RAINBOW CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 - March 31, 2014

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Thank you to Lilac for this lovely idea! Make a rainbow out of the book covers. You can use as few as four books (red, yellow, green, blue) or as many as you like as long as the final result is a rainbow of books. (hide spoiler)]

RED,ORANGE,YELLOW,GREEN,BLUE,DARK BLUE,PURPLE

I have finished my goal for January...now what to do??

start februarys books except for the month spellout!

thank Alison. I was trying to use the month around the world for my yearly goal and place all books read into it. I am quickly realizing I may have set my goal of 55 for the year too low. I'm am just concern that I won't hit the monthly goal during my busy months...I guess that is why they call it a challenge ;)

So here I go...I have finished all my books for January so I now have a plan...I am going to begin the longest book on my February list, that way it will be February when I finish it. Then I am going to read the two short books on my list which will free me up for all the group reads and books of the month. It feels good to have a plan :)

2014's A-Z Challenge o.n.e.
Duration: January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014 (One Year)

Use Author Names as the criteria. Your qualifying books must be written by an author whose first OR last name represents each letter of the alphabet.

One book per letter, and one letter per book, please! You can use the same author multiple times as long as they fit the criteria and as long as you use different books by said author. Please name the author and the book, plus the date you finished reading it. You can also share your rating if you'd like. For difficult letters, such as Q and X, if you have a hard time finding authors who fit, post here and ask for help! I'll accommodate you however I am able.

Example:
A - A. S. King - Please Ignore Vera Deitz - 10/1/11 *****
G - Grafton, Sue - W is for Wasted - 9/1/11 *****

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A- Melody Anne--- Surrender 1/25/14**
B- Betty Smith --- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4/21/14 *****
C-Caitlin Moran --- How to Be a Woman 1/10/14****
D-Laurann Dohner---True 1/4/14 *****
E- Jeffrey Eugenides --- Middlesex 5/12/2014 *****
F- Gillian Flynn --- Gone Girl 10/22/2014 ***
G-Rose Gordon---Intentions of the Earl 1/2/14 ****
H- Khaled Hosseini--- A Thousand Splendid Suns 7/23/2014 *****
I- Larissa Ione--- Eternity Embraced 5/24/2014 **
J- Jhumpa Lahiri---Interpreter of Maladies 3/6/2014 ***
K-Sue Monk Kidd--- The Invention of Wings 2/1/14 ****
L-Lois Lowry--- The Giver 1/1/14 *****
M-Marissa Meyer--- Scarlet 1/1/14 ****
N- Neil Gaiman--- The Ocean at the End of the Lane 2/15/2014***
O- Orson Scott Card --- Ender's Game 11/20/2014****
P- Sylvia Plath --- The Bell Jar 6/13/2014*****
Q-Anna Quindlen--- Being Perfect 2/1/2014 ***
R- Robin Sloan---Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore 2/2/2014 ***
S-Graeme Simsion---The Rosie Project 2/4/2014 ****
T- Amy Tan---The Joy Luck Club 11/5/2014 ****
U- John Updike--- Seek My Face 12/07/2014 ***
V- Vivian Arend --- Rocky Mountain Freedom 4/22/2014****
W- Scott Westerfeld --- Uglies 11/24/2014****
X- Xinran --- Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love
Y- Yann Martel --- Life of Pi 4/30/2014****
Z- Christine Zolendz --- Fall From Grace 7/20/2014 ***

A: B: C: D: E: F: G: H: I: J: K: L: M: N: O: P: Q: R: S: T: U: V: W: X: Y: Z:

Count Your Reads Challenge - 2014 o.n.e.
Duration: January 1st 2014 - December 31st 2014
DONE!!! 10/10
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Categories:

1. Read 2 books with one-word title. (eg. Speak, Sold)

2. Read 2 books with two-word title. (eg. Anna Karenina, The Slap)

3. Read 2 books with three-word title. (eg. April Fool's Day, Helen of Troy)

4. Read 2 books with four-word title. (eg. A Lineage of Grace, Once Bitten, Twice Shy)

5. Read 2 books with five word title. (eg. The Lord of the Rings, The Wind in the Willows)
Books Read: 8/10


One Word (2/2 Books)
1. True by Laurann Dohner ****
2. Scarlet by Marissa Meyer ***

Two Words (2/2 Books)
1. Being Perfect by Anna Quindlen ***
2. The Giver by Lois Lowry *****


Three Words (2/2 Books)
1. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri***
2. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion****


Four Words (2/2 Books)
1. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd ****
2. Last Train to Istanbul by Ayşe Kulin ****

Five Words (2/2 Books)
1. How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran ***
2. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan**** (hide spoiler)]

I have now updated all my kindle books onto goodreads! Whew!!!!

What I discovered:

1. I have too many unread books (1539)(READ = 629)
2. I'm a junky for free books.
3. I'm a junky for romance/erotica books.
4. I do base a book by it's cover.
5. I need to change my randomizer challenge to include only owned books.
6. Goodreads has helped me diversify my reading interest.
7. Goodreads needs a shelf besides "READ", "Want To Read", they need "MIGHT WANT TO READ" or "OWN BUT NOT SURE WHY"

ONE - BOOKS GALORE CHALLENGE
MARCH 10, 2014 - MARCH 10, 2016
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Goal: to read a book published for every year in your life. Still here reading?

Very basic rules: If you are in your 20's, you are given a year to complete it, in your 30's a year and a half, in your 40's 2 years. Add six months for every extra decade.

Your clock starts ticking the moment you post your list whether that's done before you start or as you go along whichever suits your needs.


✓1971 * The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
✓1972 Watership Down by Adams, Richard
✓1973 Breakfast of Champions by Vonnegut, Kurt
✓1974 Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values by Pirsig, Robert
✓1975 Tuck Everlasting by Babbitt, Natalie
1976
1977 * Caroline by Wright, Cynthia
1978 * Touch The Sun by Wright, Cynthia
✓1979 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Adams, Douglas
1980
✓1981 The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Kundera, Milan
1982 * The Words of Gandhi by Gandhi, Mahatma
1983
1984
1985 * The Handmaid's Tale by Atwood, Margaret
1986 * Donovan's Angel by Webb, Peggy
1987 * A Guest in the Jungle by Polster, James
1988 * The Bean Trees by Kingsolver, Barbara
1989 * The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Covey, Stephen R.
1990 * Dear Diary by Bush, Nancy
1991 * Outlander by Gabaldon, Diana
1992
1993 * Stardust by Gaiman, Neil
1994 * Intimate Strangers by Taylor, Laura
1995 * Hale's Point by Ryan, Patricia
1996
1997 * The Four Agreements by Ruiz, Miguel
1998 The Poisonwood Bible by Kingsolver, Barbara
✓ 1999 * Interpreter of Maladies by Lahiri, Jhumpa
2000 * Gathering Blue by Lowry, Lois
✓ 2001 * Life of Pi by Martel, Yann
✓ 2002 * Middlesex by Eugenides, Jeffrey
✓ 2003 The Time Traveler's Wife by Niffenegger, Audrey
2004 Cloud Atlas by Mitchell, David
✓ 2005 * Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by See, Lisa
✓ 2006 * The Thirteenth Tale by Setterfield, Diane
✓ 2007 * Unwind by Neal Shusterman
✓ 2008 * Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
2009 Fallen by Falter, Laury
✓2010 *Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman
2011 A Discovery of Witches by Harkness, Deborah
✓2012 * Gone Girl by Flynn, Gillian
✓2013 * Rocky Mountain Freedom by Vivian Arend
✓ 2014 * Cress by Meyer, Marissa
2015
2016

SECOND QUARTER CHALLENGE:
#READWOMEN2014
Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2014
DONE!!!! 3/3
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#readwomen2014 is a movement started by Joanna Walsh who was tired of the status quo. In her own words, this is what the movement is all about:
It’s a truth universally acknowledged, and confirmed by VIDA, that, though women read more books than men, and female authors are published in comparable numbers, they are more easily overlooked: a smaller presence in literary journals both as reviewers, and the reviewed, they also account for fewer literary translations.

It’s not whether women are published (because they are) but how they are published. Are men more likely to write what’s considered ‘important’ literary fiction, or could it be that more are regarded that way? I’ve heard female writer friends grouse when their books are given flowery covers though their writing’s not, when reviews, even press-releases, describe their work as “delicate” when it is forthright, “playful” when it is experimental, “delightful” when it is satirical, “carving a niche” when it is staking a claim (none of these examples is made up).

For this challenge, decide how many new-to-you female authors you would like to read. Once your goal is set, read! And come back and tell us who your favorites were to get great female authors more exposure. Each author can only count once.

Chloé is both the person who suggested this challenge and its leader. Thank you, Chloé!

1.✓ His Want by Ana W. Fawkes
2.✓ A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
3.✓ Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

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Book Vipers Magic Square
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The main challenge for 2014 is a little different to last years, but we hope it give you inspiration to discover new books and authors.

We have devised a magic square that has 25 book suggestions on it. Feel free to complete as many horizontal, vertical or diagonal lines as you are able to, or even complete the whole grid.

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This is the link to the grid:

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Start Date: December 20, 2013
End Date: December 31, 2014

MAGIC SQUARE CONTINUED

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✓ MEMOIR OF BIOGRAPHY - How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
✓ A BOOK RECEIVED AS A PRESENT - Being Perfect by Anna Quindlen
✓ SCIENCE FICTION OR FACT - Unwind
✓ FREE CHOICE 1 - Cress by Marissa Meyer
✓A BOOK OF POEMS - Travelling Light: Poetry by Vickie Johnstone

✓ YOUR FAVORITE GENRE - Bound by Lorelei James
✓ A TRAVEL BOOK - Life of Pi by Yann Martel
✓ A BOOK STILL ON YOUR SHELF AFTER 10 YEARS - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
✓RICHARD AND JUDY RECOMMENDED THIS ONE! - The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
✓A CLASSIC - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

✓NON FICTION - Journey to the Edge of the Light: A Story of Love, Leukemia and Transformation by Cristina Nehring
✓AN AWARD WINNER - The Giver by Lois Lowry
✓FREE CHOICE 2 - Rocky Mountain Freedom
✓ HISTORY NOVEL OR NON FICTION - The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
THE AUTHOR SHARES YOUR NAME -

✓ A BESTSELLER - Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
✓TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH - Last Train to Istanbul by Ayşe Kulin
✓ A GENRE YOU AVOID - Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
✓ A FRIENDS RECOMMENDATION - The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
✓ NEW AUTHOR - Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman

✓ A BOOK PICKED BECAUSE OF THE COVER - The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
✓ FREE CHOICE 3 - Surrender by Melody Anne
✓ A BOOK FROM A SMALL PUBLISHER - His Want by Ana W. Fawkes
✓ AN OLD FAVORITE - Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
✓ NOVEL OR TRUE CRIME - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

I would like to finish 3 of the series below ( more if I get the chance)

5/3
Lois Lowry - The Giver Quartet
1/4
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Charlaine Harris Sookie Stackhouse Series
12/13

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✓V.K. Sykes - The Philadelphia Patriots
4/4
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

✓ Marissa Meyer - The Lunar Chronicles
3/3
✓ ✓ ✓

Dan Brown - Robert Langdon
3/4
✓ ✓ ✓

✓Vivian Arend - Six Pack Ranch
6/6
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

✓Cat Johnson - Red, Hot & Blue
12/12
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Deborah Smith - Mossy Creek Hometown
6/8
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Rose Gordon - Scandalous Sisters
1/3
✓

✓Mari Carr - Compass Girls
3/3
✓ ✓✓

50 (59) BOOKS TO READ BEFORE YOU DIE

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1. The Lord of the Rings: The Complete Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
2. 1984 by George Orwell
3. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
4. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
5. ✓To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
6. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
7. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
8. ✓A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
9. ✓Lord of the Flies by William Golding
10. Hamlet by William Shakespeare
11. A Bend in the River by V.S. Naipaul
12. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
13. ✓The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
14. ✓ The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
15. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
16. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
17. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
18. Holy Bible: King James Version
19. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
20. Ulysses by James Joyce
21. The Quiet American by Graham Greene
22. Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
23. Money by Martin Amis
24. The Harry Potter Collection by J.K. Rowling
25. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville
26. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
27. His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass) BOX SET by Philip Pullman
28. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
29. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
30. ✓Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
31. ✓The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
32. On the Road by Jack Kerouac
33. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
34. The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope
35. The Outsider by Albert Camus
36. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
37. ✓Life of Pi by Yann Martel
38. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
39. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
40. Men Without Women by Ernest Hemingway
41. Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
42. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
43. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
44. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
45. ✓One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
46. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
47. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
48. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
49. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
50. The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde

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50 books from 1963 to 2013


✓1963 - The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
1964 - Herzog by Saul Bellow
1965 - The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
1966 - Against Interpretation by Susan Sontag
1967 - The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
1968 - Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
1969 - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
✓1970 - Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
1971 - The Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor
1972 - Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
1973 - Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
1974 - The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
1975 - The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux
1976 - Speedboat by Renata Adler
1977 - The Shining by Stephen King
1978 - The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch
1979 - The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
✓1980 - Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
1981 - Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak
1982 - The Color Purple by Alice Walker
1983 - Cathedral by Raymond Carver
1984 - Money by Martin Amis
1985 - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
1986 - Maus, I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
✓1987 - Beloved by Toni Morrison
1988 - Bad Behavior by Mary Gaitskill
1989 - Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
1990 - The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
1991 - Possession by A.S. Byatt
1992 - The Secret History by Donna Tartt
1993 - The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
1994 - The Ice Storm by Rick Moody
1995 - Sabbath's Theater by Philip Roth
1996 - Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
1997 - Underworld by Don DeLillo
1998 - Birds of America by Lorrie Moore
1999 - Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
2000 - Pastoralia by George Saunders
2001 - Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald
✓2002 - Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
2003 - The Known World by Edward P. Jones
2004 - The Epicure's Lament by Kate Christensen
2005 - Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link
2006 - The Road by Cormac McCarthy
2007 - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
2008 - Dangerous Laughter by Steven Millhauser
2009 - Lit by Mary Karr
2010 - A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
2011 - Pulphead by John Jeremiah Sullivan
2012 - Building Stories by Chris Ware
2013 - The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner

CHALLENGE LEFT OVERS


AUTHORS A TO Z
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RANDOMIZER
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Whitman: Poems
The Four Agreements
Fallen
Obsidian
Dead Ever After

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