Read Women discussion

Teeing up my planning thread:

1. Published between 1750 - 1900
2. Author is of African descent
3. Fairy Tales and/or Retellings
4. Speculative Fiction
5. In translation
6. LGBTQ+ Theme and/or Author
7. Author over 50
8. Published between 1900 - 1970
9. Nature and/or the Environment
10. Author is of indigenous descent
11. Neurodivergence
12. Author is of Asian descent
13. MENA
14. Feminism
15. Author born in or resides in a Nordic country
16. Immigration/displacement
17. Author is a contributor to Margaret Busby Daughters of Africa collection (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daughte...)
18. Memoir or biography
19. Monsters of any kind
20. Ancient World

Alternate/Substitute Prompts:
1. Published by a small press
2. 1001 BBYD
(https://1001bookreviews.com/the-1001-...)
3. NYTimes Bestsellers (listed by year @
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_o...)
4. The Caribbean - author born in or resides in/story takes place predominately in
5. Book Riot’s 100 Classics by Authors of Color. (https://bookriot.com/100-must-read-cl...)

Completed.

2. Author of African descent

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. Jan 11.

8. Published between 1900-1970

These Names Make Clues by E.C.R. Lorac. Mar 14.

1. Published between 1750 - 1900

Lady Susan by Jane Austen. Feb 20.

5. In translation.

The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson. April 3.

16. Immigration/Displacement

Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head: Poems by Warsan Shire. April 19.

12. Author is of Asian descent.
From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement by Paula Yoo. May 10.

10. author of indigenous descent.

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich. June 18.

14. Feminism

Why They Marched: Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote by Susan Ware. June 16.

17. author is a contributor to Daughters of Africa.

Maru by Bessie Head. Finished July 9.

18. Memoir or biography

The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer by Kate Summerscale. Finished July 9.

15. Author born or resides in a Nordic country

The Tenant by Danish author, Katrine Engberg. Finished August 13.

13. A Pure Heart by Rajia Hassib. Finished October 29.

I'm substituting author born in the Caribbean for #4 Speculative Fiction. I finished Cuba: An American History by Ada Ferrer on November 7, 2022.

For #3, I'm counting the female half of the team, the illustrator, Kinuko Y. Craft, as the author, with her spouse Mahlon, of Beauty and the Beast, an absolute stunning interpretation of the classic tale. Finished October 20, 2022.

I am almost done with Finding Me for #7, and will join in the group read of Her Body and Other Parties: Stories for #6. That still leaves me 4 prompts to accomplish. We'll see : )

#19 Monsters of any kind

Under My Skin by Lisa Unger. Finished in November. In this book, the monster is the killer of the protagonist's husband, and threatener to her own safety.

#7 Author over 50

Finding Me by Viola Davis. Finished December 8.

#6LGBTQ+ author

Her Body and Other Parties: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado. Finished December 14/15.