2019 Reading Challenge Progress
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Beat the Backlist Challenge
Commitment level: 12 books.
Books I’m counting toward the challenge:
- Kindred, Octavia Butler
- Jude the Obscure, Thomas Hardy
- Most Likely to Succeed, Tony Wagner and Ted Dintersmith
- White Fragility, Robin D’Angelo
Sign up for the challenge here.
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Historical Fiction Challenge
Commitment level: 5 books (Victorian Reader). I may increase my commitment level if it looks like other commitment levels are in reach.
Books I’m counting toward the challenge:
- The Little Stranger, Sarah Waters (1940s Warwickshire, England; re-read)
- Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi (1700s-2000s America and Ghana/Gold Coast; re-read)
- Kindred, Octavia Butler (1800s Maryland)
- Washington Black, Esi Edugyan (1830s Barbados to mid-1800s Britain, Morocco, America, Canada, North Pole, etc.)
- The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs, Katherine Howe (1600s England to 2000s Cambridge and Marblehead, MA)
- Beloved, Toni Morrison (1800s Cincinnati, Ohio)
- The Nickel Boys, Colson Whitehead (1960s Marianna (renamed Eleanor), Florida)
- Song of Solomon, (1930s-1960s Detroit, Michigan and Virginia)
Sign up for the challenge here.
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Monthly Motif Challenge
Commitment level: 12 books
Books I’m counting toward the challenge:
- January: New to You Author: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
- February: Cover Love: Black Girl Magic, ed. by Mahogany L. Browne, Idrissa Simmonds, and Jamila Wood
- March: Royalty, Kingdoms, Empires, Governments
- April: Crack the Case: The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde
- May: One Sitting Reads
- June: Diversify Your Reading: They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
- July: Through The Years: 1919: Poems by Eve L. Ewing
- August: Mode of Transportation: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
- September: Animal, Number, Color, Name: The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs by Katherine Howe
- October: Tricks and Trades: Miles Morales: Spider-Man Vol. 1 by Saladin Ahmed
- November: Seasons, Elements, and Weather
- December: Last Chance: Jude the Obscure, Thomas Hardy
Sign up for the challenge here.
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Reading Women Reading Challenge
Commitment level: Fluid. Let’s see what happens.
Books I’m counting toward the challenge:
- The Little Stranger, Sarah Waters (#20, Historical fiction book)
- Kindred, Octavia Butler (#1 Mystery/thriller by a WOC)
- The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs, Katherine Howe (#6 Multi-gen family saga)
- 1919: Poems, Eve L. Ewing (#21 Book bought/borrowed in 2019)
Sign up for the challenge here.
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2019 Where Am I Reading?
Settings and locations for all the books I read in 2019.