Read Women discussion

2022 20-Theme Challenge
8/20 read

1. Published between 1750 - 1900
2. Author is of African descent, living anywhere
3. Fairy Tales and/or Retellings
4. Speculative Fiction Orlando by Virginia Woolf
5. In translation Weekend i forstaden by Lisa Taddeo
6. LGBTQ+ Theme and/or Author The Lydia Steptoe Stories by Djuna Barnes
7. Author over 50 S. S. Proleterka by Fleur Jaeggy
8. Published between 1900 - 1970 Natsangersken by Ulla Ryum (1963)
9. Nature and/or the Environment
10. Author is of indigenous descent
11. Neurodivergence - author, main character or subject matter The Catalyst 33 by Ирена Јорданова (about a mind-altering drug making you forever happy)
12. Author is of Asian descent, living anywhere
13. MENA - Author born in or resides in/story takes place predominately in a MENA country
14. Feminism or feminist perspective Kvinder i kamp: 150 års kamp for frihed, lighed, søsterskab! AKA Women in Battle by Marta Breen
15. Author born in or resides in a Nordic country (Scandinavia + Finland + Iceland + Greenland + the Faroe Islands + the Åland Islands)
16. Immigration/displacement (F or NF)
17. Author is a contributor to Margaret Busby Daughters of Africa collection (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daughte...)
18. Memoir or biography Jeg by Caroline Storgaard Gyldmark
19. Monsters of any kind - Stalin, those living under the bed, fantastic, historical … Exit by Belinda Bauer
20. Ancient World – the subject can be a (real) heroine of the ancient world, or the novel takes place in ancient times, or the author is a woman writing about ancient history, culture etc. (ideas: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...)

Alt. 4. The Caribbean - author born in or resides in/story takes place predominately in Kvinde, hustru, kone by Tiphanie Yanique (Virgin Islands)

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...)

5. Book Riot’s 100 Classics by Authors of Color. (https://bookriot.com/100-must-read-cl...)

I'll post some ideas here...

2 read already:
Orlando by Virginia Woolf (may use this for 1, but I'll start by using it for 4 as I'm not much of a speculative fiction reader, and well this definitely speculative

Jeg by Caroline Storgaard Gyldmark for 18 Autobiographical

Just finished S. S. Proleterka by Fleur Jaeggy - an amazing book!
And since she's born 1940 and it came out in 2001, I'm writing it up for 'author over 50'.

Updated with a batch more:

5. In translation Weekend i forstaden by Lisa Taddeo
6. LGBTQ+ Theme and/or Author The Lydia Steptoe Stories by Djuna Barnes
8. Published between 1900 - 1970 Natsangersken by Ulla Ryum (1963)
11. Neurodivergence - author, main character or subject matter The Catalyst 33 by Ирена Јорданова (about a mind-altering drug making you forever happy)
19. Monsters of any kind - Stalin, those living under the bed, fantastic, historical … Exit by Belinda Bauer

Alt. 4. The Caribbean - author born in or resides in/story takes place predominately in Kvinde, hustru, kone by Tiphanie Yanique (Virgin Islands)

So I totally forgot to update this, but I filled in what I could - I've read more women in translation (about 50 in total), but they don't fit the categories. I'll try again in 2023!