Beth’s 2020 Reading Corner

[Beth]

Reading Goal 36 books
completed: 39/36
1. Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates
2. Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts
3. An Odyssey: A Father, A Son and An Epic by Daniel Mendelsohn
4. Finding Vincent by Les Furnanz
5. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
6. The Muralist by BA Shapiro
7 When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O'Neal
8 The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
9 The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
10 The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall
11. The Toni Morrison Book Club by Juda Bennett
12. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
13. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
14. The Art of Inheriting Secrets byBarbara O'Neal
15. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
16, The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
17. In a Field of Blue byGemma Liviero
18. Paper Wife by Laila Ibrahim
19. The Last Tudor by Philippa Gregory
20. The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni
21. The Madwoman Upstairs by Catherine Lowell
22. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
23. The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
24. The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar
25. Carnegie's Maid by Marie Benedict
26. The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
27. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
28. The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
29. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
30. Honey and Venom: Confessions of an Urban Beekeeper by Andrew Cote
31. Capital Dames by Cokie Robers
32. The Magician's Assistant by Ann Patchett
33. The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dave
34. Callandar Square by Anne Perry
35. Find Me by Anne Fraiser
36. The Stationery Ship by Marjan Kamali
37. The Binder of Lost Stories by Cristina Caboni
38. Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine the and Murder of a President by Candice Millard
39. The Last of the Moon Girls by Barbara Davis

[Beth]

Clear the Shelves Challenge- committed to read 12 already owned books - physical or ebooks
Completed 11/12

Finish these books started in 2019
1. Dubliners
2 Grapes of Wrath

All Books Read:

1. Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates
2. An Odyssey: A Father, A Son and An Epic by Daniel Mendelsohn
3. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
4. Finding Vincent by Les Frunanz
5. The Muralist by BA Shapiro
6. When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O'Neal
7. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
8. The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni
9. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
10. The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
11, Capital Dames by Cokie Roberts

[Beth]

2020 Pop Sugar committed to 26

POPSUGAR READING CHALLENGE 2020
Duration: January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020

Progress:26/26

1. A book that's published in 2020 Honey and Venom: Confessions of an Urban Beekeeper by Andrew Cote
2. A book by a trans or nonbinary author The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar
3. A book with a great first line The Magicians Assistant by Anna Patchett
4. A book about a book club The Toni Morrison Book Club by Juda Bennett
5. A book set in a city that has hosted the Olympics
6. A bildungsroman - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
7. The first book you touch on a shelf with your eyes closed
8. A book with an upside-down image on the cover
9. A book with a map - Finding Vincent by Les Furnanz
10. A book recommended by your favorite blog, vlog, podcast, or online book club: An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic by Daniel Mendelsohn(PBS Now Read This)
11. An anthology
12. A book that passes the Bechdel test
13. A book with the same title as a movie or TV show but is unrelated to it
14. A book by an author with flora or fauna in their name
15. A book about or involving social media- The Art of Inheriting Secrets by Barbara O'Neal
16. A book that has a book on the cover - Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
17. A medical thriller The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
18. A book with a made-up language
19. A book set in a country beginning with "C" - Paper Wife by Laila Ibrahim. partially set in China
20. A book you picked because the title caught your attention
21. A book published the month of your birthday - When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O'Neal published 7/2019 according to GoodReads
22. A book about or by a woman in STEM
23. A book that won an award in 2019
24. A book on a subject you know nothing about- Radium Girls by Kate Moore
25. A book with only words on the cover, no images or graphics
26. A book with a pun in the title
27. A book featuring one of the seven deadly sins
28. A book with a robot, cyborg, or AI character
29. A book with a bird on the cover Find Me by Anne Frasier
30. A fiction or nonfiction book about a world leader
31. A book with "gold," "silver," or "bronze" in the title
32. A book by a WOC - The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dure
33. A book with at least a four-star rating on Goodreads - Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts
34. A book you meant to read in 2019- Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni
35. A book with a three-word title The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall
36. A book with a pink cover
37. A Western
38. A book by or about a journalist- Captial Dames by Cokie Roberts
39. Read a banned book during Banned Books Week
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

Advanced

41. A book written by an author in their 20s
42. A book with "20" or "twenty" in the title
43. A book with a character with a vision impairment or enhancement (a nod to 20/20 vision) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (Rochester goes blind)
44. A book set in the 1920s - The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
45. A book set in Japan, host of the 2020 Olympics
46. A book by an author who has written more than 20 books - Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates
47. A book with more than 20 letters in its title - The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
48. A book published in the 20th century - The Color Purple by Alice Walker - published 1982
49. A book from a series with more than 20 books - Callandar Square by Anne Perry
50. A book with a main character in their 20s The Muralist by B.A. Shapiro. The two central characters are in their 20s: Alizee Benoit and Dani Abrams

[Ross]

yep, I'm doing Clear the Shelves next year too.

[Beth]

planned bookclub reads:

August: Boys in the Boat by Daniel James BRown
September: The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
October: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
November: We were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
December: Followers by Megan Angelo

January: Becoming Mrs Lewis by Patti CAllahan
February:The Sewing Machine by Natalie Fergie
March: Ask Again Yes by Mary Beth Keane
April: Peace Like a River by Lief Enger