Task #1: A book published posthumously

[Brian]

I have Romain Gary's The Kites on my to read lust, so probably that.

[Natalie]

So far, A Long Fatal Love Chase by Louisa May Alcott has been pretty fantastic

[Cathy]

I'm reading "America" by Franz Kafka.

[Amanda]

I want to read more David Foster Wallace (still haven't tackled Infinite Jest.....), has anyone read The Pale King?

[Cathy]

Thanks, Monica, for mentioning Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? By Kathleen Collins. I'm starting that book today. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

[LYNDSEY]

Jodie wrote: "I'll be taking on Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton. I knew I was saving it for something!"

I was great on audio. I really enjoyed it.

[Teresa]

I'm going with something different. Daisy-Head Mayzie by Dr. Seuss, The Vicar of Nibbleswicke by Roald Dahl, A Presumption of Death or The Assassination Bureau, Ltd.

[Carol]

Do you think I could count "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society ? Mary Ann Shaffer died before publication. The book was completed by her niece Annie Barrows- at least that's what I was told. It has been on TBR list for a while.

[Brian]

Amanda: I enjoyed The Pake King but I have read a number of DFW books including Infinite Jest. I don't think I would recommend Pale King as your first DFW read. But, yes, read it.

[Krystal]

Hi everyone! I'm thinking of doing The Trial x Kafka which I'd downloaded last year but never started or Micro x Michael Crichton 😊

[Amanda]

Brian wrote: "Amanda: I enjoyed The Pake King but I have read a number of DFW books including Infinite Jest. I don't think I would recommend Pale King as your first DFW read. But, yes, read it."

Thanks! I have read some of his essays which I very much enjoyed, but not any literature yet. Maybe I'll tackle them both this year (The Pale King and Infinite Jest).

[Erin]

I'm on NO-BUY, so I have to pick something already in my TBR room, so I'm going with either The Master and Margarita or The Silmarillion as well.

I really really want to buy Wilder's Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography, but I can't buy anything until I make it to St. Patrick's Day without buying a single book! Garrrrrrr.

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Have you checked your public library?

[Jay]

I double-dipped with nature book A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There on this one.

[Kerri]

All of the Stieg Larsson Millennium Trilogy books were published posthumously (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest). I've already read them, so I plan to read Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey or A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.

[Lauren]

I, too, went with Ariel by Sylvia Plath.

[Beth]

Variablestar wrote: "Do you think I could count "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society ? Mary Ann Shaffer died before publication. The book was completed by her niece Annie Barrows- at least ..."

I think this does count! I just double checked this as it is also on my to read shelve and in the detail about the author it says she died before it was published.

[Nathalie]

I will be reading The Girl Who Played with Fire, since I already read the first one :) I’ll also be reading the next one (The Girl who kicked the Hornets nest) as the fiction book in translations! So this series knocks two of them off!

[willaful]

I read half of The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories but I really wasn't finding it very interesting, so I'm giving up and going to try Gratitude.

[Sarah]

Teresa wrote: "I'm going with something different. Daisy-Head Mayzie by Dr. Seuss, The Vicar of Nibbleswicke by Roald Dahl, A Presumption of Death or The Assassination ..."</i>

Would a Dr. Seuss book work even though it is a children's picture book? I was considering [book:Hooray For Diffendoofer Day!

[Teresa]

Sarah, in, my opinion yes. The prompt doesn't specify what type/genre/age level, only that the book was published posthumously.

[Kris]

I highly recommend, Our Souls at Night, by Kent Haruf for this one. It's a slight book, but very moving.

[Jessica]

I was thinking of I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer, that was just published a few weeks ago. Plus, it will count for true crime for those who are double dipping.

[Renee]

Thoroughly enjoying A LowCountry Heart, posthumously published work of Pat Conroy

[Karen]

Question: Do you think Both Flesh and Not by David Foster Wallace would count in this category as the essay collection was published after his death but the essays themselves were each published in various publications before his death?
Note: I'm okay with fudging such details, I'm just curious to know if this would technically be considered a posthumous publication.

[ChezJulie]

I would count it (Both Flesh and Not) as a posthumous work, because it was not collected together into this form until after his death. Most collections of essays and short stories include pieces that were previously published elsewhere, but we still think of them as being published for the first time as a book.

[Viv]

I read Inside the Wave by Helen Dunmore, which is a collection of poems written just prior to the author's death and published posthumously. It won the Costa Book of the Year, but I'm not sure it was really my cup of tea, although there was a definite poignancy.

[Julia]

I just finished and really liked* I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara. I would prefer not to double dip, -- unless I run out of time-- so I'm counting it as my true crime book. It was posthumously published.

* And creeped out, too.

[Rochelle]

I recently finished Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank. I've been meaning to read this one for a long time, so I'm really pleased I finally got to it for the challenge.
Needless to say it's an important read and one that gets under your skin. I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since I finished

[Joel]

Started late, but just finished Kafka’s “The Trial”. It’s the first I’ve ever read of Kafka and I really liked it. I will definitely check out more Kafka. Which is of course exactly why I love this group. Finding things I love that I probably would not have read otherwise.

[Renee]

I just finished Lowcountry Heart by Pat Conroy, it’s also an anthology of essays. Excellent read, I wish I could thank him for his writing.

[Ana]

Pirate Latitudes
Didn't know very much about it but it was a fun, historical adventure romp. Also made me wonder why it was just found on his computer instead of published. Was he not happy with it, was there more to still be done?
(copied from my finished tasks post)

[Deb]

Shelley wrote: "I read The Master and Margarita. I enjoyed it, but could definitely see where he never finished editing it. The second half was pretty rough."

Shelly: Let me see if I can find it. That was an assigned book for me and our instructor told us to read it in a certain order if we wanted the timeline right.

[Stephanie]

I'm listening to I'll Be Gone in the Dark as well--I can't believe how good it is! Highly recommend it (especially the audiobook).

[Deb]

Joel wrote: "Started late, but just finished Kafka’s “The Trial”. It’s the first I’ve ever read of Kafka and I really liked it. I will definitely check out more Kafka. Which is of course exactly why I love this..." I just picked this one up at the library as my choice.

[Jennifer]

I just finished Our Souls at Night, not realizing it was published posthumously and loved it! This is also a great choice if you're looking for shorter books to get caught up.

[Sweta]

Completed the Millennium series(1-3) by Stieg Larsson.

[Karen]

Completed Task:1

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[Sheenah]

Sally wrote: "I have two options
The Opposite of Loneliness by Keegan (she graduated from Yale and then died in a car accident, this is her essa..."
I'm reading The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories right now and I'm really enjoying it. Her short stories leave me feeling melancholy, so I'm reading it in small doses.

[Sheenah]

Just finished The Opposite on Loneliness by Marina Keegan.

[Wellington]

I have read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows for this challenge. I decided to pick this one up because the title was so intriguing and I just had to know what it was about. I was not disappointed!

[John]

Yes, I have also read “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society”. Lovely read. And am also reading “Northanger Abbey”

[Julia]

I read Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston which came out last week and it was being checked into my library as I was checking out other books and said, "May I please borrow that?" After getting it on Kindle the night before.
It's sooo good.

[Elizabeth]

This is one I have been struggling with deciding what I wanted to read, and I ended up reading one without realising that's what it was until I was already reading it.

Kiviuq's Journey: Oral History from the Arviat Region is the version of a traditional Inuit story (Kiviuq is a popular figure in Inuit stories) that Henry Isluanik knew growing up in the Kivalliq region of Nunavut. He told the story aloud in Inuktitut, and it was recorded. It was published after his death (with his family's permission), including Inuktitut syllabics with an English translation. It also features art from Germaine Arnaktauyok.

I have read a number of stories featuring Kiviuq before, but most of them have been intended for children, and all have them have only featured parts of Kiviuq's story. This is the first time I have read one that was both for adults and the complete story (or rather, one version of the complete story).

[Jackie]

I am going to read "I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer" by Michelle McNamara. Also checks off a True Crime book.

[Barbara]

I read Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston, published this year. Hurston died in 1960.

[Deborah]

Barbara wrote: "I read Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston, published this year. Hurston died in 1960."

Its on my list to read also, what did you think about it?

[Sherri]

I read Barracoon:The Story of the Last Black Cargo by Zora Neale Hurston.

[Jessica]

I read A Long Fatal Love Chase for this one. I really enjoyed it! Definitely a departure from LIttle Women or Eight Cousins.

[Leslie (updates on SG)]

I read Factfulness by Hans Rosling. Bill Gates and I agree: everyone should read this book.