Johanna'a Spring Reading Challenge

[Johanna]

Spring
🍀Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in SPRING (you can ignore or use a, an, or the): The Gifted School

March Birthdays: Gabriel García Márquez
🍀 Read a book with themes inspired by the author's life or values (family, magical realism, Latin American politics/social issues): Next Year in Havana (Latin American politics)

March Madness:
🍀Read a book set in Kansas, North Carolina, California, or Tennessee: Crimes Against a Book Club (California)

St. Patrick's Day
🍀Read a book with a theme of good vs. evil: Night

APRIL

April Fool's Day
⚾️ Read a book whose author's initials are found in APRIL FOOLS DAY: Outer Banks by Anne Rivers Siddons

Spring Sports: Baseball
⚾️ Read a book with a 3 in the page number: When Life Gives You Lululemons (343 pages)

Earth Day
⚾️ Read a book with a green cover OR with a plant on the cover:
An American Marriage

April Birthdays: Maya Angelou
⚾️ Read a book by an author who has more than 30 published works: The Institute by Stephen King

MAY

May Day
🌸 Read a book that has the letters MAY (in any order) in the title: The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell

Cinco de Mayo
🌸 Read a book set in Mexico: Like Water for Chocolate

May Birthdays: Frank L. Baum
🌸 Read a book with a female main character that leaves home: The Secret Life of Bees


Mother's Day
Read a book featured on one of these lists:
🌸 15 Important Books about Motherhood: Pachinko

[Johanna]

MARCH

SPRING
1. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in SPRING (you can ignore or use a, an, or the): The Gifted School
2. Read a coming-of-age or inspirational book
3. Read a book with themes related to nature:

MARCH BIRTHDAYS: GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ
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): Next Year in Havana
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.
2. Read a book published between 1931 and 1968
3. Read a book set in Kansas, North Carolina, California, or Tennessee: Crimes Against a Book Club

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: Night
3. In honor of the famous Shamrock, read a book that is third or fourth in a series.

[Johanna]

APRIL

APRIL FOOL'S DAY
1. Read a humorous book.
2. Read a book with a fish on the cover.
3. Read a book whose author's initials are found in APRIL FOOLS DAY. Outer Banks

SPRING SPORTS: BASEBALL
1. Read a book written in OR set in the 1800s.
2. Read a book with a 3 in the page number: When Life Gives You Lululemons (343 pages)
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:
An American Marriage
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: The Institute by Stephen King
3. Read a book featuring the Civil Rights movement.

[Johanna]

MAY

May Day
1. Read a book that has the letters MAY (in any order) in the title: The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
2. Read a book with a colorful cover: Nine Perfect Strangers The Great Alone
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 Wind in the Door

May Birthdays: Frank L. Baum
1. Read a children's/middle grade/YA book. (You can ignore the 100 page rule.)
2. Read a book with a female main character that leaves home: The Secret Life of Bees
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:
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: Pachinko
🌸 25 Modern Mom Must-Reads