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5th Annual Reading Challenge > Karen L.'s 2026 Challenge 12+4 - Memoirs only (List 2)

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message 1: by Karen (new)

Nov 30, 2025 09:11AM

I never seem to get around to reading the memoirs on my shelf, so I am creating a list just for them.

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1. Bread of Angels: A Memoir by Patti Smith
2. Traveling With Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story by Sue Monk Kidd;Ann Kidd Taylor
3. Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness by Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
4. Dimestore: A Writer's Life by Lee Smith
5. My Reading Life by Pat Conroy
6. Where the Past Begins: Memory and Imagination by Amy Tan
7. Townie by Andre Dubus III
8. Morningstar: Growing Up With Books by Ann Hood
9. The Florist's Daughter by Patricia Hampl
10. She Read to Us in theLate Afternoons: A Life in Novels by Kathleen Hill
11. Poetry Will Save Your Life: A Memoir by Jill Bialosky
12. Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality by Sarah McBride

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13. Conversations with Mom: An Aging Baby Boomer, in Need of an Elder, Writes to Her Dead Mother by Betsy Robinson
14. Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha Trethewey
15. This One Wild and Precious Life: A Hopeful Path Forward in a Fractured World by Sarah Wilson
16. She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan

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message 2: by Bill, Moderator (new)

Nov 30, 2025 09:39AM

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Great challenge idea, Karen. I've been tempted by the Patti Smith memoir.

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message 3: by Michelle (new)

Nov 30, 2025 12:59PM

Memoirs only is a great idea and challenging. I'm looking forward to your reviews.

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message 4: by Karen (new)

Nov 30, 2025 09:18PM

Bill wrote: "Great challenge idea, Karen. I've been tempted by the Patti Smith memoir."

Thanks, Bill. I read M Train a few years ago and was so impressed by Patti Smith. I have read most of her memoirs. I'm still working on her poetry. She is very well-read.

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message 5: by Karen (new)

Nov 30, 2025 09:19PM

Michelle wrote: "Memoirs only is a great idea and challenging. I'm looking forward to your reviews."

Thanks, Michelle!

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message 6: by Alondra, Moderator Schmoderator (new)

Dec 01, 2025 06:13AM

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I hope to get back to NF and Memoirs soon. Even if its just 1-2 a year. This is a great idea Karen.

Good luck and happy reading.

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message 7: by Karen (new)

Dec 01, 2025 08:47PM

Alondra wrote: "I hope to get back to NF and Memoirs soon. Even if its just 1-2 a year. This is a great idea Karen.

Good luck and happy reading."

Thanks, Alondra. It might be a little bit a stretch for me to read all of these in one year. But why not try?

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Books mentioned in this topic

M Train (other topics)
Bread of Angels: A Memoir (other topics)
Traveling With Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story (other topics)
Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness (other topics)
Dimestore: A Writer's Life (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic

Patti Smith (other topics)
Sue Monk Kidd;Ann Kidd Taylor (other topics)
Lee Smith (other topics)
Pat Conroy (other topics)
Amy Tan (other topics)
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