Maribeth’s Comments (group member since Mar 30, 2018)

Maribeth’s comments from the Book Nerd Reading Challenge group.

📚Pick 32 from these categories:📚
- A book set on a ranch or featuring cowboys
- A book set during Christmas
- A book that features a library

- A book set during wartime
A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere
- A book from an author you’ve never read before
- An Author whose last name starts with U, V, W, X, Y, or Z
- A book by a person of color
- A book by an author from Illinois
- A book written by a celebrity
- A book with one of the four seasons in the title

- A book that doesn’t contain the letter “A”
- A book with a cat on the cover
- A book with your favorite color on the cover
- A black and white cover
- A cover that features nature
- A book with an unreliable narrator
- A book that involves a ghost
- A book where one of the main characters is royalty
- A book with an LGBT theme or character
- A historical fiction
- A disaster novel (fiction or nonfiction)
- Genre you don’t normally read
- Young Adult book
- Nonfiction
- Graphic Novel
- A book you got from a library display
- A book you saw someone else reading
- A book from the Great American Read
- NY Times Bestseller
- An Edgar Award winner
- A banned book
- Recommended from Goodreads
- A book that you’ve owned for a while but haven’t gotten around to reading
- Audiobook
- Book of your choice
- Book published in 2019

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Thanks for the opportunity to participate in this book nerd challenge. I read a few books that I would not have otherwise. The librarians were helpful with their suggestions. Thanks so much. Maribeth Westlund

Thank you. I appreciate the suggestions.

I would love to hear of a recommendation.

Beneath A Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan
Again WWII - story of young Italian Man during the war. It is a great read and a Best seller.

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones. I loved it until the end. I struggled with the character of Celestial.

A man called Ove - Fredrik Backman
Delightful but crabby old man that watches the neighborhood.

Kristin Hannah's Nightingale was set in WW II. It is about those living in an occupied territory. So moving.

Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld is the modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice. Fluff reading

📚Pick 32 from these categories:📚
-Audiobook The Female Persuasion
-Book that became a movie Radium Girls
-First book in a series - Private James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
-Genre you don’t normally read - Vox

-Book by author from another country Britt Marie was here
-Book published in your decade of birth
-A children’s book you’ve never read - Llama, Llama Red Pajamas.
-Book with a blue cover: Killers Choice
-Book with a long title (over 5+ words) The Wife, The Maid and The Mistress
-Young Adult book - Verity
-Book that has been on your To Be Read list the longest
-Book published in 2018 Lawn Boy
-Book set in the Illinois: The Black Hour
-Book set in the South: Sing Unburied Sing
-Book title with one word: Vibe
-New York Times bestseller - Educated
-Book recommended by a librarian: Little Fires Everywhere
-Book that you can finish in one day - Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
-Book about espionage/spy: Beneath a Scarlet Sky
-Book with an ugly cover The Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao
-Book set during wartime - Manhattan Beach
-Book with an animal on the cover Collared
-Book you would love to read again Orphan Train
-Hugo Award winner
-Book translated into English 100 year old man who climbed out the window
-Book that scares you - Something is In the Water
-Book about a culture you are unfamiliar with: Garden of the Lost and the Abandoned
-Book from the bottom shelf of the library
-Book about a historical figure (fiction or non- fiction) Lincoln in the Bardo
-Graphic Novel - 9/11 Report: A graphic Adaption
-Book of your choice The Leavers
-Book you chose because of cover The Great Alone
-Book recommended from Goodreads Eleanor Oliphant
-Book with multiple narrators An American Marriage
-Book set in two different time periods Alice Network
-Book that is a retelling of a classic story Eligible

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