June - Someone Else's Shoes

[Joann]

Updated message #32 have now read 2/3

Everything I Never Told You - story of a family of mixed race in the 1970s

[Lindsay]

Completed 2/3

[Maxine]

Updated msg 3

3/3
Completed

[Paul Emily]

Updated message 34 with Maskerade by Terry Pratchett - Granny, Nanny, and Agnes are women

6/5

[Paul Emily]

Updated message 34

11/5

[Lindsay]

Update msg 6

3/3

[Janine]

Updated message 8, 6/3!

[Barbara]

Books Completed: 2/?

1. The Invention of Wings
- Slavery;

2. Look Who's Back
- Politics;

[Maria]

2/3

David Cooperfield - different gender 6-13-16

Spellbound #2 - one of the characters is a transgender 6-22 (sexual orientation)

[Sam F]

Updated:

Message 14

2/3 completed to date

[Kelly]

Updated #7.

4. George by Alex Gino ✔
- The main character, George, identifies as transgender.

COMPLETE: 4/4

[Sam F]

Updated Message 14

3/3 completed!

Great challenge - thank you for providing this opportunity.

[Paul Emily]

Updated message 34

13/5

[Lindsay]

Update msg 6

[Maria]

3/3

David Cooperfield - different gender
Spellbound #2 - one of the characters is a transgender
Chasing Butterflies - socioeconomic status

[Ultrajbk]

1/1 A Rumor of War - Philip Caputo

With this book I walked in the shoes of a Vietnam Veteran. One of the first books to kick start the literary telling of that war...and for good reason.

To all service men and women, now and of the past - thank you.

[Linda]

Please update msg#10. I completed this challenge 6/9/16
2016) JUNE-SOMEONE ELSE'S SHOES
Duration: June 1st - June 30th 2016

Progress: (4/4) Completed

1. Politics: Our Dumb World by The Onion 6/9/16
2. Religion:Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
***by John Eldredge 6/1/16
3. Gender: The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli 6/1/16
4. Freedom: Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell 6/2/16

[Jessica]

Updated Message 25...completed challenge :)

June: Someone Else's Shoes Challenge:

1. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
2. The Fictional Woman
3. Still Alice

3/3 - COMPLETED!

[Nicole]

*Update

1. (Victorian Era; Focus on Postmortem Photographers, as well as some focus on Spirit Photographers.)

2. (Long ago in Japan; [Spoilers:] A poor bamboo-cutter & his wife adopt a mysterious girl who has been temporarily exiled from the Land of Eternal Youth; Also features rich suitors, including 2 Princes.)

3. (Spanning many centuries; primarily set in Europe, but explores communities across the globe, including in Bolivia, Thailand, and the Philippines. Also touched upon Catholic monastic orders & confraternities. I found the parts on mummies in Tana Toraja, ñatitas in Bolivia, & the mummified Buddhist monks in Asia to be particularly interesting.)

4. (20th Century Male Polish-born Yiddish Poet)

5. (Various Japanese Poets; most poems from the 800s & 900s, I believe.)

6. (Explosives Technician, Child Soldiers, Soldiers; setting is fantasy SE Asian country.)

7. (Gang Members.)

8. (Gay Cuban-American Teenager)
9. (U.K.; Diet Instructor, Make-up Saleswoman, Freelance Retoucher, Guy w/ really weird disease/health fetishes, Woman who has orgies w/ lots of food involved, elderly woman)

10. (2 Teenagers w/ Schizophrenia.)

11. (Early 1900s; French Pediatrician & Psychoanalyst*)

*= I plan on entering the field of Psych. & I'm currently majoring in Psych. w/ specialization in Clinical Psych., so I don't completely see the Psychoanalyst part as being a diff. background.

Goal Met So Far: 11/2

[Paul Emily]

Updated message 34 with The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis - Parvana is an Afghani girl

14/5

[Ju]

I failed at this unfortunately - this month I did not finish a single book. But, it was a hard month personally so did a lot of walking in my own shoes by necessity. Hoping July is gentler!

[Sherry]

3/3 Completed ✔

1. The Calling (Inn at Eagle Hill #2) by Suzanne Woods Fisher [Read 6/01/2016]
2. A Sweet Misfortune (Virtues and Vices of the Old West #2) by Maggie Brendan [Read 6/11/2016]
3. Dust (Silo #3) by Hugh Howey [Read 6/27/2016]

Sorry for late posting! I went on vacation on 6/28 and read the last book for this challenge the night before and then had to sleep fast to catch the plane early early in the morning,