Kathy's Spring Reading Challenge 2020

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MARCH

Spring
1. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in SPRING (you can ignore or use a, an, or the)
✅Summer at the Garden Cafe - Felicity Hayes-McCoy

2. Read a coming-of-age or inspirational book

3. Read a book with themes related to nature


March Birthdays: Gabriel García Márquez
1. Read a book set in Colombia.

2. Read a book with themes inspired by the author's life or values (family, magical realism, Latin American politics/social issues).
✅As Bright as Heaven - Susan Meissner

3. Read a book by an author who has won the Nobel Prize for Literature.


March Madness
1. Read a book with a page count that appears in the number 9,223,372,036,854,775,808
✅The House of Mirth - Edith Wharton (ATY24)

2. Read a book published between 1931 and 1968.

3. Read a book set in Kansas, North Carolina, California, or Tennessee.


St. Patrick's Day
1. Read a book written by an author whose initials appear in Maewyn Succat.

2. Read a book with a theme of good vs. evil.

3. In honor of the famous Shamrock, read a book that is third or fourth in a series.
✅Well-Schooled in Murder- Elizabeth George

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APRIL

April Fool's Day
1. Read a humorous book.
✅Summer Lightning - P.G. Wodehouse (Back to the Classics)

2. Read a book with a fish on the cover.

3. Read a book whose author's initials are found in APRIL FOOLS DAY.


Spring Sports: Baseball
1. Read a book written in OR set in the 1800s.
✅Down the Santa Fe Trail and into Mexico: The Diary of Susan Shelby Magoffin, 1846-1847

2. Read a book with a 3 in the page number.

3. Read a book off of one of these lists that feature sports:
⚾️ 30 Best Sports Books
⚾️ 25 Best Baseball Books
⚾️ Best Nonfiction Books about Sports


Earth Day
1. Read a book with a green cover OR with a plant on the cover.
✅The Flatshare


2. Read a book in which the character travels through more than one country.

3. Read a cli-fi book.


April Birthdays: Maya Angelou
1. Read a banned book.

2. Read a book by an author who has more than 30 published works.
✅Peril at End House - Agatha Christie

3. Read a book featuring the Civil Rights movement.

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MAY

May Day
1. Read a book that has the letters MAY (in any order) in the title.

2. Read a book with a colorful cover.
✅The Keeper of Lost Things - Ruth Hogan

3. Read a book where a character is a tradesman who works with their hands.


Cinco de Mayo
1. Read a book written by a Mexican or Mexican American author.

2. Read a book set in Mexico.

3. Read a book that is part of a series that contains a multiple of five books in the series (5 books, 10 books, 20 books, etc. in the series, but you can read any book of the series).
✅A Suitable Vengeance - Elizabeth George (#4 of 20 books in the Inspector Lynley series)


May Birthdays: Frank L. Baum
1. Read a children's/middle grade/YA book. (You can ignore the 100 page rule.)
✅Silhouette of a Sparrow - Molly Beth Griffin (ATY 50)

2. Read a book with a female main character that leaves home.

3. Read a book that was made into a movie.


Mother's Day
1. Read a book that starts with a letter in MOTHERS DAY.
✅Summer of '69 - Elin Hilderbrand

2. Read a book that features someone's relationship with their mother.

3. Read a book featured on one of these lists:
🌸 20 Books for Moms
🌸 15 Important Books about Motherhood
🌸 25 Modern Mom Must-Reads

[Kathy]

Finished 3 books:
Summer of '69
Silhouette of a Sparrow
The House of Mirth

Two in progress:
Peril at End House
Summer at the Garden Café

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Finished:
Peril at End House
Summer at the Garden Cafe




Two in progress:
The Flatshare - Beth O'Leary
Well-Schooled in Murder - Elizabeth George

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Finished:
The Flatshare

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Finished:
Summer Lightning
Well-Schooled in Murder