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Original list: Bridge to TerabithiaAlternate suggestions:
* The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
* The Confessions of Nat Turner
Original list: To Kill a Mockingbird My alternate suggestion:
* Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Original list: The Wonderful Wizard of OzAlternate suggestions:
* All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
* In Cold Blood
Yay! I have books I can add to each state. I like having a bunch of people involved. I can start anew and not have to count the ones from the initial list!
My first book of the year was set in Japan and originally written in Japanese, making this a double-dip book. In the Miso Soup was quite good, though graphic and gory. Psychothriller that takes place in the red-light district of Japan. Not for everyone, but I liked it.
To be updated as I complete them, with an attempt to not double-dip:2017 carry-overs:
[ ] A book about a haunted building
[ ] A book about a sheriff
[X] A book featuring a bookstore
* The Man Who Loved Books Too Much
[X] A book set in a retirement community
* Making Rounds With Oscar
[X] A book set on another planet
* The Martian Chronicles
[ ] A political memoir
[ ] A book with a protagonist who has your occupation
[ ] The first book you see in a bookstore
[X] A book about a road trip
* The Pull of the Moon
2018:
[ ] A forgotten classic
[X] A book of short stories
* Make Something Up: Stories You Can't Unread
[ ] A book you heard about online
[ ] A book that scares you
[X] A book that became a movie
* Annihilation
[X] A book published this year
* Red Clocks
[X] A book set on a different continent
* Persepolis
[X] A book based on a true story
* Sin in the Second City
[X] The second book in a series
* Authority
[X] A book with a number in the title
* Persepolis 2
[ ] An armchair travel book
[ ] A steampunk novel
[X] A book with a month or day of the week in the title
* The Roses of May
[ ] A book set in a hotel
[X] A book recommended by an author you love
* The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break (recommended by Neil Gaiman)
[X] Any novel by a Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master
* The Martian Chronicles
[ ] A book about sports
[X] A book set within 100 miles of your location
* The Day Lincoln Was Shot
[ ] A nonfiction book about technology
[ ] A collection of poetry in translation on a theme other than love
[X] The oldest book in your TBR pile/list
Born to Run
[X] A book in translation
* In the Miso Soup
[X] A book by an indigenous person
* Born a Crime - Technically, I think this counts. I'm going to keep an eye out for a better fit, though.
[X] A book that takes place in your state
* Bearskin
[ ] A book you picked based on its cover
[ ] A nonfiction book about nature
I was talked into reading The Sparrow and I quite liked it.
I'm making my annual list of books and noticed some I didn't realize had been awarded:The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York (Society of Midland Authors Award for Adult Nonfiction )
Cemetery Girl (Prix Polar International (2013))
The All Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion Fannie Flagg is always good for a light read.The Girl With All the Gifts - a nice spin on the traditional zombie book
Herculine Barbin: Being the Recently Discovered Memoirs of a Nineteenth-century French Hermaphrodite This translation was originally published in 1978, but the memoirs themselves are from the mid-1800s, so I’m counting it.Now that I think on it, my reread of Beowulf would also count.
The Tiniest Vampire - I suppose this could also count for the illustrated children's book, now that I think about it.
Clinical Psychopharmacology Made Ridiculously Simple - a continuing education book, though a well done oneThe Brain That Changes Itself - quite good, about neuroplasticity
I'm in the midst of a reread (well, a listen, as it's on audiobook) of Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
