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Erica's 2019 Guster Reading Challenge
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The writing was good and it might be one of those “right book at the wrong time” things for me, I found I was constantly distracted while reading it, it just wasn’t really holding my attention. I really like the story of one of the characters but the others were just kind of meh. I am looking forward to reading Jesus’ Son though as I have heard amazing things about it.
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Lori wrote: "What did you think of Bird Box? Did you also watch the movie? I thought the book was amazing!"I did like it, quick moving and holds your interest. I haven't seen the movie yet but I am very curious!
Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
Chuck Palahniuk
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***lesson learned: Beware who you ask to recommend a book to you
GUSTER READING CHALLENGE FINISHED!!!!!!!!
“Fall in Two” – Read a book with a number in the titleTwo Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus“Mona Lisa” – Read a book about art or that features artThe Curiosities by Susan Gloss“Love for Me” – Read a love storyLove and Other Words by Christina Lauren“Window” – Read a book with an inanimate object in the titleThe Library Book by Susan Orlean“Eden” – Read a book about temptationAll We Shall Know by Donal Ryan“Scars & Stitches” – Read a used book, the more banged up the betterBeware of God by Shalom Auslander“The Prize” – Read a book about someone who’s lost themselvesMislaid by Nell Zink“Dissolve” – Read a book and take credit here if it didn’t leave a lasting impressionSing to It by Amy Hempel“Cocoon” – Read a book while you’re wrapped up in a blanket, or under the sheets in bedHeart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot“Happy Frappy” – Read a book that takes place near or on a riverEverything Under by Daisy Johnson“Parachute” – Take the plunge and read a book in a genre you don’t normally readFight Club 2Goldfly (1997)
“Great Escape” – Read a book while you’re on a road trip, or in which a portion of the book takes place in a carWhere Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley“Demons” – Read a book that features an evil entity or someone with evil intentBird Box by Josh Malerman“Perfect” – Read a book about drugs and drug useTweak by Nic Sheff“Airport Song” – Read a book that you picked up at an airport, or that features an airplane/airportFreefall by Jessica Barry“Medicine” – Take a sick day and read a bookThe World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman“X-Ray Eyes” – Read a song about a superhero or someone with strange powersThe Power by Naomi Alderman“Grin” – Read a book that makes you feel goodOne Day in December by Josie Silver“Getting Even” – Read a book about revengeCarrie by Stephen King“Bury Me” – Read a book in which a character diesSadie by Courtney Summers“Rocketship” – Read a book that takes place in outer spaceThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsLost and Gone Forever (1999)
“What You Wish For” – Read a book that was on your wishlistThe Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware“Barrel of a Gun” – Read a book written by or featuring a movie starThe Seven Husbands of Evevlyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid“Either Way” – Read a book you’ve been on the fence aboutDear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich“Fa Fa” – Read a book that features a made up language/dialectA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess“I Spy” – Read a book from your TBR pile that is on one of your friend’s bookshelvesThe Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides“Center of Attention” – Read a book written in first personBetween Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys“All the Way Up to Heaven” – Read a book in your favorite reading spotThe Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal“Happier” – Read whatever the fuck you want and take credit hereToil and Trouble by Augusten Burroughs“So Long” – Read a book with more than 400 pagesThe Sparsholt Affair by Alan Hollinghurst“Two Points for Honesty” – Read a book that someone recommends to you and then tell them what you honestly thought of itThe Possessed by F. Dostoyevsky“Rainy Day” – Read a book on a rainy dayOne Little Secret by Cate HolahanKeep It Together (2003)
“Diane” – Read a book with a female protagConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata“Careful” – Read a book that you borrowed from someoneOver The Top: A Raw Journey to Self Love by Jonathan Van NessAmsterdam” – Read a book set in a different countryWomen in Sunlight by Frances Mayes“Backyard” – Read a book written by an author from your hometown/stateThe Anatomy of Dreams byChloe Benjamin“Homecoming King” – Read a book about high school or that features teenagersA Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi“Ramona” – Read a book written by someone who identifies as femaleThe Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan“Jesus on the Radio” – Listen to a bookish podcast/audiobookMoonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane“Keep it Together” – Read a book that keeps freaking you right the fuck outThe 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton“Come Downstairs and Say Hello” – Read a book while at, or hiding from, a family gatheringThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum“Red Oyster Cult” – Read a book that features a mother/focuses on character’s relationship with their motherThe Far Field by Madhuri Vijay“Long Way Down” – Read a book written in third personComfort and Joy by Jim Grimsley“I Hope Tomorrow is Like Today” – Read a book that takes place in the futureAfter the Flood by Kassandra Montag“Untitled Hidden Track” – Read a book that you uncovered accidentallyAsymmetry by Lisa Halliday“Two at a Time” – Read a book written by two authorsWhat if It's Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera“Say That to My Face” – Read a book someone would classify as a “guilty pleasure”Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren“Starless Heaven” – Read a book at the beachWomen Talking by Miriam Toews“Days” – Read a book that takes place over the span of just a few daysOne Good Turn by Kate AtkinsonGanging Up on the Sun (2006)
“Lightning Rod” – Read a Cli-Fi book (a book that features climate change or strange weather)The Rain Watcher by Tatiana de Rosnay“Satellite” – Read a book that takes place primarily at nightNick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn“Manifest Destiny” – Read a book that someone randomly selects for you off your bookshelfIn Another Time by Jillian Cantor“One Man Wrecking Machine” – Read a Sci-Fi bookTimebound by Rysa Walker“The Captain” – Read a book that takes place on the ocean or on a ship/boatThe Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea by Sebastian Junger“The New Underground” – Read a book that takes place in a dystopian setting/time, or features a cultThe Testaments by Margaret Atwood“Ruby Falls” – Read a book with a color in the titleBrown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson“C’mon” – Read a book that didn’t sit well with youGirl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake“Empire State” – Read a book that takes place in NYC or is written by an author who calls NYC homeIf Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin“Dear Valentine” – Read a book that takes place on or around a holidayThe Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy“The Beginning of the End” – Read a book about the end of the worldGood Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman“Hang On” – Read a book that’s about another book, or is written as a book in a bookThe Starless Sea by Erin MorgensternSatellite EP (2007)
“G Major” – Read a book about music or features a band or musicianDaisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid“Rise & Shine” – Spend the morning reading and take credit herePicture Us in the Light by Kelly Loy Gilbert“Timothy Leary” – Read a book with a man’s name in the titleI Love Dick by Chris Kraus“I’m Through” – If you’re reading a book that you’re just not into, DNF it and take credit hereC by Tom McCarthyEasy Wonderful (2010)
“Architects & Engineers” – Read a book that takes place in a cityHistory is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera“Do You Love Me” – Read a book by your favorite authorEmma by Jane Austen“On the Ocean” – Read a book that is dark and foreshadowingOne of Us by Tawni O'Dell“This Could All Be Yours” – Read a self-help or motivational bookG'Morning, G'Night by Lin-Manuel Miranda“Stay with Me Jesus” – Read a book that features religion or about a religious conspiracyA Place For Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza“Bad Bad World” – Read a book in which the title contains the same word twiceYoung Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin“This is How it Feels to Have a Broken Heart” – Read a book that takes place during a war or has a character who has served in a warA Land of Permanent Goodbyes by Atia Abawi“What You Call Love” – Read a book in your favorite genreOn Earth We are Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong“That’s No Way to Get into Heaven” – Read a book in which the main character(s) does something wickedThe Care and Keeping of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray“Jesus and Mary” – Read a book that features angels or a rapture/biblical end timesThe Rapture of Canaan by Sheri Reynolds“Hercules” – Read a book about a mythological characterThe Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro“Do What You Want” – Read whatever floats your boat and take credit hereSmile by Roddy Doyle“Well” – Read a book that takes you down a weird, trippy rabbit holeRant by Chuck Palahniuk“Jonah” – Read a book that features a giant fish or whaleFluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings by Christopher Moore“Lost at Sea” – Read a book and if it made it absolutely no sense to you, take credit hereGingerbread by Helen OyeyemiOn the Ocean EP (2011)
“Big White Bed” – Read a book in bed, and only in bedHarbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson“Every Moment” – Read a book that you just can’t put down/stop thinking aboutThe Island of Sea Women by Lisa SeeEvermotion (2015)
“Long Night” – Read a book that kept you up all nightThe Reckless Oath We Made by Bryn Greenwood“Endlessly” – Read a book and take credit for it here if it felt like it was never going to endTree of Smoke by Denis Johnson“Doin’ it By Myself” – Read a book in which the protag is a hermit/antisocial/lonelyPretend I'm Dead by Jen Beagin“Lazy Love” – Read a book instead of doing anything else and take credit for your procrastination hereWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson“Simple Machine” – Read a digital bookDream Boy by Jim Grimsley“Expectation” – Read a book and if it didn’t meet your expectations, take credit hereThe Long Take by Robin Robertson“Gangway” – Read a book with just one word in the titleAutumn by Ali Smith“Kid Dreams” – Read a book that features a child protagonistClover Blue by Eldonna Edwards“Never Coming Down” – Read a book that’s set in the 70’sNever Fall Down by Patricia McCormick“It is Just What it is” – Read a book that’s pretty straightforwardAll You Can Ever Know: a Memoir by Nicole Chung“Farewell” – Read the last book written by an authorThe Dreamers by Karen Thompson WalkerLook Alive (2019)
“Look Alive” – Read a book about zombies or dead peopleZone One by Colson Whitehead“Don’t Go” – Read a book and if it made you wish it had never ended, take credit for it hereLanny by Max Porter“Hard Times” – Read a book you borrowed from the libraryOn the Come Up by Angie Thomas“Hello Mr Sun” – Go outside, sit in the sun, and read a book, then take credit for it hereA Horse Walks Into a Bar by David Grossman“Overexcited” – Read a book you could not wait to get your hands onThe Lost Man by Jane Harper“Summertime” – Read a book that takes place in the summerThe Summer of Jordie Perez by Amy Spaulding“Terrified” – Read a horror bookImaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky“Mind Kontrol” – Give into the hype and read a book that everyone else is talking aboutEducated by Tara Westover“Not for Nothing” – Read a book that you know is going to piss you offTampa by Alissa Nutting“When You Go Quiet” – Read a book that you get totally, 100% absorbed in and take credit for it hereBroken by Daniel Clay