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I was hoping it would be something related to Women's History month, but DANG! I was hoping it would be fiction OR non-fiction. I had planned to read Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou. I guess I'll just have to settle for her I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. As if that's "settling"! Actually, the only reason for choosing Letter over Caged Bird is that the first is shorter. I had planned to read Caged Bird this year anyway, just later in the year. So, for me, PERFECT!
Witch's Heart is on my Libby shelf right now.....
I have the problem of too many choices right now. I will get back to you. I am considering a few:The Secret, Book & Scone Society by Ellory Adams
Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
English Trifle by Josi S Kilpack
Persuasion by Jane Austen
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Like I said...too many choices.
After I finish my current audiobook, I will be listening to The Indigo Girl by Natasha Boyd.
Don't know what I will choose yet, but I definitely have options on my TBR.
I just finished A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking on Sunday.I just started The Duke Who Didn't for Reader's Choice, which will also fit here.
I decided I am going to read shatter me by Tahereh Mafi
I started Testing Pandora in February and finished it last night. It's a prequel to a space opera about a woman with autism.
Finished The Witch's Heart. Meh. I don't understand why, but while I've always loved and adored all things Greek/Roman mythology I just.... don't care when it's Scandinavian mythology. There is absolutely no reason for this, and yet here we are.
I read A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder by Dianne Freeman for this prompt. It wasn't on my original list, but I am glad that I gave it a try. It is a pretty good book!
I'm currently reading the third Lady Harleigh book. I love them, but the fact that they aren't all available on audio is tragic.
I’m reading Lady Cop Makes Trouble by Amy Stewart.
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I am reading The Tobacco Wives by Adele Myers. Halfway right now. Finding options for the March challenge wasn't hard. Narrowing it down is/was the hard part. This happened to be the one I started.
I have finished I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou . You might be interested in my
review.
Brittany wrote: "I plan to read The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera for this month's challenge."I loved this book! I found it really hard to put down, something that rarely happens for me.
I finished The Indigo Girl by Natasha Boyd and thoroughly enjoyed it!
I am still working on The Tobacco Wives which I will get back to. In the meantime I read Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth by E.L. Konigsburg.
I read The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson. It concerns themes such as motherhood, relationships, and untraditional families and features several female characters. I also managed to squeeze Sunflower Sisters by Martha Kelly in before the end of the month. Woman author and three main and several additional female characters, and historical - so it definitely qualifies for a Women's History Month read.
I've read a couple more books for this Prompt.My List of completed books so far:
1. A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder by Dianne Freeman
2. Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
3. The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Books read in March that fit this challenge:The Witch's Heart
A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Murder
We Hear Voices
Deadly Editions
Anne of Avonlea
Guidebook to Murder
The Mother Code
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking
Mrs. Jeffries Plays the Cook
I also read The Care And Feeding of Waspish Widows. The beginning and end were good, the middle bogged down.
I have read these books for this challengeEternal by Lisa Scottoline
The House That Jane Built: A Story about Jane Addams by Tanya Lee Stone
The Royal Nanny by Karen Harper
A Mercy by Toni Morrison
If you're looking for quick and absolutely delightful reads to sneak in for this challenge I HIGHLY recommendDealing with Dragons (Patricia Wrede)
Sorcery and Cecelia (Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer)
Sorcery is a comfort read for me and now that I've gotten ahold of the audio on Libby I'm listening to it for the third time in a week, lol.
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I just finished The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera. It is fantastic!
Britt, Book Habitue wrote: "If you're looking for quick and absolutely delightful reads to sneak in for this challenge I HIGHLY recommendDealing with Dragons (Patricia Wrede)
Sorcery and Cecelia (Patricia Wrede and Caroline ..."
I have read both of those and really like them. Have you read any of the others in the "Sorcery" series? I was wondering if they were as good as this one.
List continued:1. A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder by Dianne Freeman
2. Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
3. The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
4. Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen
Linda- YES! They are both fantastic. The third one might actually be my favorite, as it has letters between Thomas and James as well and I love it.
Brittany wrote: "I just finished The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera. It is fantastic!"It is so good I think it ought to get a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction although I doubt anyone would ever submit a children's book for that award.
I read Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia.
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Dealing with Dragons (Patricia Wrede)
Sorcery and Cecelia (..."
I remember liking the first one best, but it's been so long, that's all I recall. sorry.
Does "A Snake Falls to Earth" count? I just finished that one!
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Yup!
Sharing this article from KSL. I'm going to have to look for several of these picture books.Celebrate Women's History Month with these inspiring picture books
https://www.ksl.com/article/50374859/...
Wow! Thanks for finding and sharing this, JoAnn!
I read State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny, which had a female U.S. Secretary of State as the main character. It was a great read!
JoAnn wrote: "Sharing this article from KSL. I'm going to have to look for several of these picture books.Picture book biographies of women are some of my favorite books! I've already read two from that article, and I'll be adding others to my to-read list. Thanks for sharing!
I read The Paris Secret and The Duke Who Didn't.I've been reading The Last Graduate but probably won't finish soon enough.
I also finished Sisters in Arms by Kaia Alderson.
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March is Women's History Month. This month commemorates and encourages the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American history. For your challenge this month you need to read a fiction book written by a woman that also has a woman as a main character.
You can read in any genre, books like Me Before You, Shadow and Bone, The Love Hypothesis, The Witch's Heart (which is a current Reader's Choice), Fifty Words for Rain, The Girl with the Louding Voice, A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking, The Island of Sea Women, etc.
Let me know what you pick, and when you finish. Everyone who finishes in March will be entered into a drawing to win a free book.
To learn more about Women's History Month visit:
https://womenshistorymonth.gov/