500 Great Books By Women discussion

Looking forward to this one and a whole month to decide what to read!

Welcome to the challenge, Paul. I'm looking forward to your choices.

I've made a start on my choices
G3 Africa: Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga
I5 Novella: Exquisite Cadavers by Meena Kandasamy
O4 Nonfiction: The Five by Hallie Rubenfold
O2 Asia: Women Who Blow On Knots by Ece Temelkuran
B4 Queer: Mean Little Deaf Queer by Terry Galloway
N2 Long Read: Newfoundland by Rebbecca Ray
I4 Pre 1800s: The Tale of Genji

I'll be looking forward to your thoughts on Genji, so I hope you stick with that part of your plan.

The next batch
O5 Short Story Collection: Isobars by Janette Turner Hospital
O3 Poetry: Say Something Back by Denise Riley
N4 Less than 1000 ratings: The Three Sisters May Sinclair
G2 Nobel Laureate: The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing
G1 1800s: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

And a few more
N5 Fantasy: Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
N1 2000s: Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo
I1 Translation: Disoriental by Negar Djavadi
B5 Potential Classic: Liza's England by Pat Barker
B1 The 1900s: The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall

Getting there
B2 Scifi: The long way to a small angry planet by Becky Chambers
G5 Mystery/thriller: The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins
I3 Disability: Call me Ahab by Anne Finger
G4 Less than 5000 ratings: Jubilee by Margaret Walker
O1 Les than 10000 ratings: Winter by Ali Smith

And Finally
I2 Play: How I learned to drive by Paula Vogel
B3 Latin America: House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
N3 Free Space: I want to read two books in conjunction and one of them will fit into this free space. They are:
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
Jasmine and Stars: Reading more than Lolita in Tehran by Fatemeh Keshavarz

Paul, you are reading my all time favorite book The House of the Spirits. I hope you enjoy it. I also enjoyed Nervous Conditions. I recommend that one to a lot of people in need of an Africa square on various challenges.

Your list also looks interesting Brina. I have been trying to use books already on my shelves this year and to buy as few as possible; only actually buying two in total.

Lots of good choices, Paul. I'll be looking forward to your thoughts on a few, particularly Liza's England and Jasmine and Stars. I enjoyed Reading Lolita in Tehran, and hope to get to The Grass is Singing this year too. Have fun!

Thanks Kathleen

I have amended I2, the play to:
For colored girls who have considered suicide by Ntozake Shange

Paul I might use your square for sci fi. This is a hard genre for me and I actually want it to be a challenge. This book sounds interesting enough to hold my interest.

Feel free Brina; I also think it looks interesting

Cool choices!

I'm also thinking about:

The Tale of Genji for the I-4 pre 1800's square


Mean Little Deaf Queer: A Memoir for the I-3 disability square...

...time will tell what I end up selecting.

Hope you enjoy your choices!

Thank you Samy: I will keep an eye open for yours

Well, finally finsihed them all. The time when I chose them seems a long way away!