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Reading GBBW 2021 Challenges > Jade's 2021 Challenge

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Jade (dark987) | 6 comments Here I go, I'm gonna start easy with

Quest for Women: Decade

2010 Mon Ami Ben - Julia Romp
2011 Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? - Jeanette Winterson
2012 Bring Up the Bodies - Hilary Mantel
2013 Americanah - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
2014 Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More - Janet Mock
2015 If This Is a Woman: Inside Ravensbruck - Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women - Sarah Helm
2016 Behold the Dreamers - Imbolo Mbue
2017 A Book of American Martyrs - Joyce Carol Oates
2018 Miss Islande - Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
2019 The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience - Hillary Rodham Clinton & Chelsea Clinton


message 2: by Jade (last edited Jan 05, 2021 02:46AM) (new)

Jade (dark987) | 6 comments I might try also later on the BINGO challenge or somehting else , but I don't want to bit off more than I can chew XD

B
1 - Published in the pre-1800s A Vindication of the Rights of Men/A Vindication of the Rights of Women - Mary Wollstonecraft
2 - Fantasy The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms - N.K. Jemisin
3 - Less than 5,000 Ratings on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ The Mermaid from Jeju - Sumi Hahn
4 - Disability as Theme and/or Disabled Author Mon amie Ben - Julia Romp
5 - Long Read - More than 600 Pages

I
1 - Nobel Laureate Author - Not Just For Lit "Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige" - LAGERLOF SELMA
2 - Sci-Fi Station Eleven Emily St. John Mandel
3 - Translated from Language Other Than English/Not Originally Written in English L'Exception - Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
4 - Queer Theme and/or Author Annie on My Mind - Nancy Garden
5 - Less than 1,000 Ratings on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Mother Tongues: Travels Through Tribal Europe - Helena Drysdale

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1 - Mystery/Thriller Sharp Objects - Gillian Flynn
2 - Published in the 1900s Irish Myths and Legends - Lady Augusta Gregory
3 - Free Space
4 - Potential Classic Published After 1970
5 - Nonfiction The Comfort Women: Sexual Violence and Postcolonial Memory in Korea and Japan - C. Sarah Soh

G
1 - Published in the 1800s Persuasion - Jane Austen
2 - Less than 10,000 Ratings on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Afghanistan, Where God Only Comes To Weep - Siba Shakib
3 - Author Born in Latin America The Murmur of Bees - Sofía Segovia
4 - Play The Children - Lucy Kirkwood
5 - Short Story Collection The first prehistoric serial killer and other stories - Teresa Solana

O
1 - Poetry The Collected Poems - Sylvia Plath
2 - Author Born in Africa Homegoing - Yaa Gyasi
3 - Author Born in Asia La Fille aux sept noms - Hyeonseo Lee
4 - Novella - Less than 200 Pages Get It Right - Skye Kilaen
5 - Published in the 2000s Elle s'appelait Sarah - Tatiana De Rosnay


message 3: by Luke (new)

Luke (korrick) | 2004 comments Welcome to the challenges, Jade. Take on whatever amount is comfortable, and I hope you enjoy the works you pick.


message 4: by Jade (new)

Jade (dark987) | 6 comments Thanks! yes a lot of books I'm looking forward reading this year.


message 5: by Kayleigh (new)

Kayleigh | 9 comments Last year I read 'Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? - Jeanette Winterson' and absolutely loved it, I highly recommend the audiobook read by the author, she brings it to life, hope you enjoy it too.


message 6: by Jade (new)

Jade (dark987) | 6 comments Oh great! I've heard great things about it, i'm really looking forward to read it. Thanks for the advice, if I can get my hand on the audio I'll defenitly give it a go then!


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