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2021 Challenge > 7 -- An Author With Only 1 Published Book

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Lindsey Rojem (lrojem) | 1971 comments Mod
For this category, we’re picking any author who has only one published book to their name.


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Jeanette (jenb_73) | 62 comments The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer


message 4: by Julia (last edited Apr 13, 2021 06:02PM) (new)

Julia (_mj_howard) | 91 comments Mary’s Last Dance by Mary Li

Changed my mind a few times, but ended up reading this, and very glad I did,


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Jackie (jackster-boo) | 9 comments Gone with the Wind


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Jene (wvbooknerd) | 1 comments The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay

Great YA!


message 9: by NCChris (new)

NCChris | 32 comments The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Anne Shaffer & Annie Barrows


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J. Mancini | 4 comments One of my favorites of all time that meets this category Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden. It was the first book that kept me up all night reading!


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Areti (aretik) | 6 comments The Story of Edgar Sawtelle- David Wroblewski


message 13: by Marielle (new)

Marielle | 16 comments Merlijn Kamerling - Nu ik je zie


message 14: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer (jbwinters) | 1 comments I just finished reading Leaving Montana by Thomas Whaley...Wow!!! This was an incredible journey to have experienced. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for this particular challenge. My only hope is this won't be the only book Mr. Whaley ever writes!


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Ben Truong | 60 comments Completion Post:

Trigger Warning: Rape

Just finished reading: "The Prophets" by Robert Jones Jr. (★★★★★), it centers on the relationship between Samuel and Isaiah, two slaves in the American South and the ramifications such a relationship has on the plantation. This novel is an epic attempt to imagine a history of Black queerness from the African past to the antebellum American South.

Jones spins a sprawling story of jealousy and passion that foregrounds Black queerness, asserting that queerness has always been part of the Black experience – not just in the slave past, but the African one as well.


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Jenn (ninij) | 3 comments Black Buck Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour is a debut by this author so I am going to read this.


message 17: by Janet (new)

Janet Berkman (jannie_b) | 16 comments There's huge buzz around The Push, the debut novel by Ashley Audrain.


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Shonna Froebel | 255 comments The Push by Ashley Audrain. https://cdnbookworm.blogspot.com/2021...


message 19: by Maureen (new)

Maureen (mschoenberger) | 14 comments The Less people know about Us
By Axton Betz-Hamilton


message 20: by Shannon (new)

Shannon | 13 comments I read Conjure Women by Afia Atakora and I really enjoyed it. Beautifully written and absolutely transporting with great plot twists. I am excited to read whatever Atakora writes next.


message 21: by Elma (new)

Elma | 6 comments A reread: German poetry collection "Mir platzt der Kotzkragen" by musician Tobias Bamborschke


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Elspeth (elspethm) | 49 comments I just finished A Very Punchable Face. Since it's his first book, he only has 1! It's pretty funny about his life and job at SNL.


message 23: by Rhonda (new)

Rhonda | 13 comments Green lights by Matthew McConaghey


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Memoirs of a Gheisha by Arthur Golden


message 25: by Brianna (new)

Brianna (bricheese) | 17 comments Phantom Tollbooth


message 26: by Lynn (new)

Lynn  Davidson | 108 comments Does The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath work for this one?


message 28: by Christine (new)

Christine | 2 comments Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston


message 29: by Lindsey (new)

Lindsey Rojem (lrojem) | 1971 comments Mod
Lynn wrote: "Does The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath work for this one?"

I don't think so, if you click on Sylvia Plath it looks like she has a number of published works


message 30: by Lynn (new)

Lynn  Davidson | 108 comments Lindsey wrote: "Lynn wrote: "Does The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath work for this one?"

I don't think so, if you click on Sylvia Plath it looks like she has a number of published works"


Thank you for that link, Lindsey.


message 31: by Mary (new)

Mary (marywoodard) | 3 comments I read The Push by Ashley Audrain. Highly recommend!


message 32: by Carol (new)

Carol (cquan01) | 601 comments I read The Last Story of Mina Lee by Nancy Jooyum Kim.


message 33: by Lindsey (new)

Lindsey Rojem (lrojem) | 1971 comments Mod
I read The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi, 4 Stars

The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi


message 35: by Anneli (new)

Anneli | 66 comments My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent.


message 38: by Beth (new)

Beth | 212 comments Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson


message 39: by Lisa Marie (last edited May 26, 2021 07:47AM) (new)

Lisa Marie Kemmerer (readingwithlisamarie) | 283 comments Read The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman for this challenge. I really enjoyed this book and couldn't put it down 5 STARS


message 40: by Kim (new)

Kim Hampton | 266 comments Early Morning in the Land of Dreams by Marla Cantrell. She is the director at my local library. This is her first book, and she sent a copy to Elizabeth Berg, who liked it so much that she told her agent to give Marla a call!


message 41: by Aliza (new)

Aliza Baronofsky | 2 comments This one has time travel!
The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A Flynn.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...


message 43: by Tracy (new)

Tracy | 59 comments I read The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power by Deirdre Mask, non-fiction. Sounds like it could be boring, but it's about the importance of having an address and all the ways it is difficult to HAVE an address, and the significance of the address you might have. Which I realize also doesn't sound that interesting, but it actually was eye-opening. This book could also be the inspiration for Prompt 15 - a book mentioned in a book. This book mentions The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs


message 45: by Cassie (new)

Cassie (cwalters-shantal) | 107 comments The Traveler by Daren Simkin

The Traveler by Daren Simkin
Completed: August 20, 2021


message 46: by Angela Y (new)

Angela Y (yangelareads) ♡ | 267 comments The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse


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