March - Title IX Challenge

[Cassandra]

TITLE IX* CHALLENGE (Because Women in the Title Make Great Books)
Duration: March 1 - March 31, 2017

* Title IX is an American law that prohibits sexual discrimination in education.

To honor the women in our lives, let's read books that feature women in the title. Since women fill so many different roles, there are tons of possibilities! Some examples of words include woman, girl, Miss, Mrs., lady, a woman's name, or even women-specific job titles such as waitress or actress.

Choose the number of books you want to read for this challenge and post that here.

Rachael is the creator and leader of this challenge. Thank you, Rachael!

[Janet]

I will join and start with 3 books.

[Gem]

I'm in for 1.

0/1 incomplete

[Mie]

Count me in for 5, please :-)

COMPLETE ✔️
✅ 1. Little Women ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅ 2. Third Girl ⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅ 3. En sag for Helen Walsh ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅ 4. Dovne piger syer med lang tråd : delvist sandfærdige erindringer (Piger = Girls) ⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅ 5. A Town Like Alice ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Lindsay]

I would like to aim for 5 please.

1) Ramona and Her Mother
2) Babette's Feast
3) The Handmaid's Tale
4) Indie Girl
5) Once We Were Sisters: A Memoir
6) Ramona and Her Father
7) The Girl with a Clock for a Heart
8) Hidden Figures: The Untold Story of the African American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race

[Tania]

I'm updating my goal to 7 I would like to join with a goal of 5.

COMPLETE : Progress: (7/7)

✓1. Duchess by Josephine Edgar (read 3/1)
✓2. Desperately Seeking Susan by Susan Dworkin (read 3/4)
✓3. Sisi: Empress on Her Own by Allison Pataki (read 3/8)
✓4. Elizabeth I: Legendary Queen Of England by Michael W. Simmons (read 3/9)
✓5. Charlotte's Web by E. B. White (read 3/10)
✓6. Heidi Grows Up by Charles Tritten (read 3/10)
✓7. The Queen's Lady by Barbara Kyle (read 3/21)

[[deleted user]]

I'm in for 10 books.

***COMPLETE***

✅ 1. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 03/03/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 2. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 03/07/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 3. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 03/12/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 03/18/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 5. Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding 03/07/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
✅ 6. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 03/26/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 7. Mister God, This is Anna by Fynn 03/24/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 8. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 03/28/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 9. Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel García Márquez 03/10/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 10. Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John Gray 03/14/2017 ★☆☆☆☆

10/10

[Jennifer]

I'm in for 3.

[Amanda]

I'm in for 4.

[Rachael]

Thank you Mods for choosing my challenge!
And welcome to everyone! Good luck and happy reading :)

Participants
updated to message 103

Amanda (message 9) 0/4
Cassandra 0/5
Cayleigh 0/2
Cheri 1/2
Cindy III 1/3
Claire 0/4
Gem 0/1
Jennifer 0/3
Jessica 0/3
Kristin 2/3
Lainey 1/4
Marelis 0/2
Maris 5/6
Marissa 3/5
Meghan 2/5
Pranoti 0/3
Rebecca 0/3
Sam F 0/2
Stephanie 0/2
Tanise 2/3 (3/3 completed 1st April)
Vernice 0/5
Victoria 2/3

Completed:
✔ Lindsay 8/5
✔ Mie 5/5
✔ Rachael 3/3
✔ Tania 7/7
✔ Vicki 10/10
✔ Eggp 5/5
✔ Debra 10/10
✔ Sherry 2/2
✔ Anna 10/10
✔ Janet 3/3
✔ Amanda (msg 30) 4/4
✔ Nik 1/1
✔ Kelly 5/5
✔ Meaghan 5/5
✔ Agnieszka 10/10

[Rachael]

I'm going to read 3 books for this challenge:
Emma read 15 March, ***
The Handmaid's Tale read 8 March, **** with review
The Constant Princess read 21 March, *****

COMPLETED: 3/3

[Jessica]

Please put me down for 3. Thanks! :)

[Debra]

I'm in for 10
1. The Girl In The Ice
2. Brenna's Wing
3. The Girl on the Train
4. Meg: Origins
5. Scarlett's Path: A Coming of Age Fantasy Adventure Series
6. 17 Deadly Women Through the Ages: True Crime
7. The Girl In The Red Hoodie
8. The Girl in the City
9. Daughter of the Goddess
10. Erin, Girl: A Novella

[Victoria]

TITLE IX CHALLENGE
Duration March 1, 2017 to March 31, 2017

1. The Girl at the Lion d'Or by Sebastian Faulks Completed 26.03.2017 Rating 3 stars
2. The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley Completed 18.03.2017 Rating 5 stars
3. Dark Aemilia: A Novel of Shakespeare's Dark Lady by Sally O'Reilly

[Cheri]

I'll sign up for two!

Completed: 1/2
1. A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro (4 stars)
2.

I'll probably choose from:
1. Pippi Longstocking
2. Shakespeare's Wife
3. All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation
4. The Mistress of Spices

[Maris]

I'm aiming for 6 books :)

These are my current choices, most possibly they will change though.

1. [ ] Lolita
2. [X] Anne of Green Gables
3. [X] Little Women
4. [X] The Danish Girl
5. [ ] Carrie
6. [X] Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Progress 4/6

[Sam F]

I'll try for 2.

[Meghan L]

I am aiming for 5, with these as possibilities:

1. Isolde, Queen of the Western Isle
2. What Alice Forgot
3. The Runaway Princess
4. The Swan Maiden
5. Hag-Seed

[Vernice]

I'm aiming for 5!

1. The Promise Girls
2. Memoirs of a Geisha
3. The Night Sister
4. Wench
5. The Girl You Left Behind

[Kelly]

Please sign my up for 5! Love this challenge!

TITLE IX* CHALLENGE (Because Women in the Title Make Great Books)
Duration: March 1st - March 31st, 2017

To honor the women in our lives, let's read books that feature women in the title. Since women fill so many different roles, there are tons of possibilities! Some examples of words include woman, girl, Miss, Mrs., lady, a woman's name, or even women-specific job titles such as waitress or actress.

1. All About Mia by Lisa Williamson ✔
2. Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona ✔
3. The Sin Eater’s Daughter by Melinda Salisbury ✔
4. The Scarecrow Queen by Melinda Salisbury ✔
5. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood ✔

Completed: 5/5

[Cassandra]

I'll try for five!

[Tanise]

I'm in for 3:

1. Lab Girl
2. The Lost Daughter
3. The Girl Who Played with Fire

[Marissa]

I will try for five!
Duration: 03/01/2017 - 03/31/2017
Progress: 3/5

1. Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple (03/03/17)
2. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (03/08/17)
3. Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley (03/28/17)
4.
5.

[Eggp]

Please put me down for 5, thanks!

Title IX Challenge, March 01 - March 31
Goal: 5/5, 100.00%

01. A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1) - 14 Mar 2017, 2/5
02. Maid in Waiting (The Forsyte Chronicles, #7) - 18 Mar 2017, 3/5
03. A Rose for Emily - 18 Mar 2017, 4/5
04. The Croning - 21 Mar 2017, 4/5
05. Wyrd Sisters (Discworld, #6) - 25 Mar 2017, 3/5

[Mie]

Update msg 4: 1/5
✅ Little Women ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Nik]

I'll hop in for one, please. I just like to stick my finger in every fun sounding pie—er, I mean challenge. :D

[Becca]

I will try to do 3 :)

[Sherry]

I'm in for 2!

[Stephanie]

I'm in for 2 please.

[Amanda]

I'm in for 4 please.

Title IX Challenge
Duration: March 1 - March 31, 2017

1. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins Completed 11/3/17 Rating 4 stars
2. How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran Completed 15/3/17 Rating 4 stars
3. The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey Completed 26/3/17 Rating 4 stars
4. Matilda by Roald Dahl Completed 30/3/17 Rating 4 stars

4/4

Challenge completed

[Vicki]

Sign me up for 10 please.

[Tania]

Updating message 6

Progress: (1/5)

✓1. Duchess by Josephine Edgar (3/1)

A common shop girl termed Duchess for her uncommon confidence and poise searches for adventure and finds much more.

[[deleted user]]

Update to message #7.

✅ 1. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 03/03/2017 ★★★☆☆

1/10

[Marissa]

Progress: 1/5 (the list of participants has my goal down for 3 even though I aimed for 5?)

1. Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

[Pranoti]

I will try to read 3

[Agnieszka]

I'll start with 5

TITLE IX CHALLENGE
Duration: March 1 - March 31, 2017
Completed: 10/5

1. Eine für vier (EINE FÜR VIER=The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 4* 'Eine' is the female form of 'one' in German - lit. translation: One(f) For Four
2. Honey Driver: Mord zur Geisterstunde=Walking with Ghosts 4*
3. Tea with Emma book 1 of The Teacup Novellas - The Collection currently reading
4. The Cop and the Girl from the Coffee Shop
5. Her Sensual Awakening
6. Seducing Red - Red is the female MC's nickname
7. Zeta Giannelli - Zeta is an Italian female name
8. Honey Driver: Mord nach Drehbuch=Killing Jane Austen
9. Das geheime Tagebuch der Lizzie Bennet=The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet
10. The Policewoman

[Rachael]

Marissa wrote: "Progress: 1/5 (the list of participants has my goal down for 3 even though I aimed for 5?)

1. Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple"

Updated everyone to here. And apologies Marissa for getting your goal wrong - not sure what happened there but it should be right now

[Tania]

Updated message 6

Progress: (2/5)

✓2. Desperately Seeking Susan by Susan Dworkin

Book based on the movie of the same name.

[Marelis]

I'm in with 2 books

[Meaghan]

Fantastic! I'm in for 5 please.

[Claire]

4 please.

[Cheri]

Update: 1/2
A woman's name in the title:
A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro (4 stars)

[[deleted user]]

Update to message #7.

✅ 5. Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding 03/07/2017 ★☆☆☆☆

2/10

[Cayleigh]

Count me in for two, please. :)

[[deleted user]]

Update to message #7.

✅ 2. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 03/07/2017 ★★☆☆☆

3/10

[Mie]

Update msg 4: 2/5
✅ A Town Like Alice ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Tania]

Updating message 6, Progress: (3/5)

✓3. Sisi: Empress on Her Own by Allison Pataki

[Marissa]

Update to Message #23

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (03/08/17)

Progress: 2/5

[[deleted user]]

Update to message #7.

✅ 9. Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel García Márquez 03/10/2017 ★★★★☆

4/10

[Tania]

Update to message 6, progress 4/5

✓4. Elizabeth I: Legendary Queen Of England by Michael W. Simmons

My review is here