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2022 20-Theme Challenge
Current Progress: 21/20 books

1. Published between 1750 - 1900
TBR: Silas Marner by George Eliot

2. Author is of African descent, living anywhere
The Son of the House

3. Fairy Tales and/or Retellings
A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson

4. Speculative Fiction
The School for Good Mothers

5. In translation
Fresh Water for Flowers by Valérie Perrin

6. LGBTQ+ Theme and/or Author
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories

7. Author over 50
Manifesto for a Moral Revolution: Practices to Build a Better World

8. Published between 1900 - 1970
Beast In View

9. Nature and/or the Environment
Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver

10. Author is of indigenous descent
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

11. Neurodivergence - author, main character or subject matter
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

12. Author is of Asian descent, living anywhere
The Secret Keeper of Jaipur

13. MENA - Author born in or resides in/story takes place predominately in a MENA country
Mornings in Jenin

14. Feminism or feminist perspective
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez
The Rose Code

15. Author born in or resides in a Nordic country (Scandinavia + Finland + Iceland + Greenland + the Faroe Islands + the Åland Islands)
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten

16. Immigration/displacement (F or NF)
A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa

17. Author is a contributor to Margaret Busby Daughters of Africa collection (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daughte...)
*TBR: Zami: A New Spelling of My Name

18. Memoir or biography
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

19. Monsters of any kind - Stalin, those living under the bed, fantastic, historical …
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

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...)
Circe by Madeline Miller

Alternate/Substitute Prompts:
1. Published by a small press
2. 1001 BBYD
(https://1001bookreviews.com/the-1001-...)
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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
Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender
When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole

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

#7. Author over 50
Currently reading Manifesto for a Moral Revolution by Jacqueline Novogratz

4) Speculative Fiction
The School For Good Mothers - Jessamine Chan

2) Author of African Descent
The Son of The House - Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia

4) When No One Is Watching - Alyssa Cole

19) Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism - Amanda Montell

The Secret Keeper of Jaipur by Alka Joshi

#18) Memoir or Bio: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

19) A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson

10. Author is of indigenous descent
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

16. Immigration/displacement (F or NF)
A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza

9. Nature and/or the Environment
Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver

#8) Beast In View by Margaret Millar

#15) An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten

#14) The Rose Code

#14) Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez

#20) Circe by Madeline Miller

#13 (and fits #16) Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa

At some point I've lost track of which books I've added comments for! The main list is updated -
I have two TBRs to completed the "main" 1-20 List:
#1)Published between 1750-1900 - TBR: Silas Marner
#17) Margaret Busby Contribution - TBR: Zami: A New Spelling of My Name

May or may not get these both read by the end of the year... if not, they're first on my 2023 list :)

You've read such a great range of selections, Lindsey. I need to try the Alyssa Cole again. I wasn't feeling it and had been so certain it would be great that I think I should pick it up in 2023 and see if it hits me differently. I've also got Silas Marner on my shelf and realize it's not very long. Maybe we can try a buddy read some time in the new year if the timing works.

Carol wrote: "You've read such a great range of selections, Lindsey. I need to try the Alyssa Cole again. I wasn't feeling it and had been so certain it would be great that I think I should pick it up in 2023 an..."

Thanks Carol! I really enjoyed this challenge. Several of these books wouldn't have been on my radar without searching to fill the prompts.

The Alyssa Cole book was definitely outside of my norm. I listened on Audio and really enjoyed the narrator, so that may have factored in.

I keep pushing Silas back in my list - you're right, it's not long and probably should get going on it! I'd be up for a buddy read.