Kathy E - Spring Reading Challenge

[Kathy]

Kathy's Spring Reading Challenge
12/12 Finished 3/30/23

The Phrases:

1. springtime
✅A City of Bells - Elizabeth Goudge (author's initials)

2. bloom
✅Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell (author's initials)

3. sun shining
✅The Getting of Wisdom - Henry Handel Richardson (title)

4. baby animals
✅The Innocents Abroad: Original Illustrations - Mark Twain(title)

5. eggs
✅State of Terror - Hillary Rodham Clinton (title)

6. tulips
✅A Great Reckoning - Louise Penny (author's initials)

7. jellybeans
✅Ballet Shoes -Noel Streatfeild (title)

8. rainstorm
✅Embers - Sándor Márai (author's initials)

9. sprout
✅Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm - Kate Douglas Wiggin (title)

10. warming
✅The Death of Mrs. Westaway - Ruth Ware (author's initials)

11. spring break
✅Aura - Carlos Fuentes (title)

12. raincoat
✅The Custom Of The Country - Edith Wharton (title)

[Kathy]

Finished 3/5/23

5. eggs
State of Terror - Hillary Rodham Clinton (title) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

[Kathy]

Finished 3/6/23


11. spring break
Aura - Carlos Fuentes (title) ⭐⭐⭐⭐


A short book - 145 pages and it's the bilingual edition so there's Spanish on one page, English on the other. Horror and magical realism.

[Kathy]

Finished 3/9/23

6. tulips
A Great Reckoning - Louise Penny (author's initials) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[Kathy]

Finished 3/10/23

9. sprout
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm - Kate Douglas Wiggin (title) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

[Kathy]

Finished 3/11/23

8. rainstorm
Embers - Sándor Márai (author's initials) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[Kathy]

Finished 3/15/23

10. warming
The Death of Mrs. Westaway - Ruth Ware (author's initials) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

[Kathy]

Finished 3/19/23

12. raincoat
✅The Custom Of The Country - Edith Wharton (title) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[Kathy]

Finished 3/22/23

2. bloom
Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell (author's initials) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[Kathy]

Finished 3/23/23

3. sun shining
The Getting of Wisdom - Henry Handel Richardson (title) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

[Kathy]

Finished 3/28/23

1. springtime
A City of Bells - Elizabeth Goudge (author's initials) ⭐⭐⭐.5

[Kathy]

Finished 3/29/23

4. baby animals
The Innocents Abroad: Original Illustrations (title) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

[Kathy]

Finished 3/30/23

7. jellybeans
Ballet Shoes - Noel Streatfeild (title) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐


Finished the challenge once. 3/30/23

[Kathy]

Kathy's Spring Reading Challenge - 2nd Round
12/12 Finished 4/25/23

The Phrases:

1. springtime
✅Sea of Tranquility - Emily St. John Mandel (author's initials)

2. bloom
✅Some Tame Gazelle - Barbara Pym (cover - blooms of irises)


3. sun shining
✅The Red and the Black - Stendhal (author's initials)

4. baby animals
✅Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates (title)

5. eggs
✅A Dying Fall (Ruth Galloway #5) - Elly Griffiths (author's initials)

6. tulips
✅The Plain in Flames - Juan Rulfo (title)

7. jellybeans
✅Death on the Menu - Lucy Burdette (author's initials)

8. rainstorm
✅The Outcast Dead - Elly Griffiths (title)

9. sprout
✅Theater Shoes - Noel Streatfeild (title)

10. warming
✅An Academic Question - Barbara Pym (title)

11. spring break
✅At the Sign of the Cat and Racket Honoré de Balzac (title)

12. raincoat
✅The Bonesetter's Daughter: A Novel - Amy Tan (author's initials)

[Kathy]

Finished 3/31/23

1. springtime
Sea of Tranquility - Emily St. John Mandel (author's initials) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

[Kathy]

Finished 4/4/23

12. raincoat
The Bonesetter's Daughter: A Novel - Amy Tan (author's initials) ⭐⭐⭐

[Kathy]

Finished 4/5/23

5. eggs
A Dying Fall (Ruth Galloway #5) - Elly Griffiths (author's initials) ⭐⭐⭐

[Kathy]

Finished 4/10/23
2. bloom
Some Tame Gazelle - Barbara Pym (cover - blooms of irises) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

[Kathy]

Finished 4/10/23

3. sun shining
The Red and the Black - Stendhal (author's initials) ⭐⭐⭐⭐


Finished 4/11/23

8. rainstorm
✅The Outcast Dead - Elly Griffiths (title) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

[Kathy]

Finished 4/13/23

4. baby animals
Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates (title) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

[Kathy]

Finished 4/14/23

11. spring break
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket Honoré de Balzac (title) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[Kathy]

Finished 4/15/23

7. jellybeans
Death on the Menu - Lucy Burdette (author's initials) ⭐⭐⭐

[Kathy]

Finished 4/21/23

10. warming
An Academic Question - Barbara Pym (title) ⭐⭐⭐

[Kathy]

Finished 4/23/23

9. sprout
Theater Shoes - Noel Streatfeild (title) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

[Misty]

Kathy wrote: "Finished 3/30/23

7. jellybeans
Ballet Shoes - Noel Streatfeild (title) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐


Finished the challenge once. 3/30/23"

I can't think of these books without seeing Meg Ryan crying while recommending them to a random woman in a bookstore from You've Got Mail! :)

[Kathy]

They are lovable books! I can just see that scene.

[Kathy]

Finished 4/25/23

6. tulips
The Plain in Flames - Juan Rulfo (title) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐


Challenge finished 4/25/23

[Kathy]

Round 3
Finished 5/25/23

12/12

The Phrases:

1. springtime
✅Glass Town: The Imaginary World of the Brontës - Isabel Greenberg (author's initials)

2. bloom
✅Instructions for a Heatwave - Maggie O'Farrell (author's initials)

3. sun shining
✅The Condor Passes - Shirley Ann Grau (author's initials)

4. baby animals
✅The Scent of Water - Elizabeth Goudge (title)

5. eggs
✅New Grub Street - George Gissing (author's initials)

6. tulips
✅The Lost and Found Bookshop - Susan Wiggs (title)

7. jellybeans
✅The Blue Room - Georges Simenon (title)

8. rainstorm
✅The Trees - Conrad Richter (title)

9. sprout
✅Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club - J. Ryan Stradal (title)

10. warming
✅Green Tea - J. Sheridan Le Fanu (title)

11. spring break
✅Mary Barton - Elizabeth Gaskell (author's initials)

12. raincoat
✅Destination Unknown - Agatha Christie (author's initials)