9 -- A Character-Driven Novel

[Jaklin]

Lessons in Chemistry finished 01/31. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Loved it!

[Erin]

I read The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr.

[Heather]

[Jenny]

Just finished Rachel Anne Mare's Flight of the White Crow. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

[Moonkiszt]

For this prompt I'll read 2 books, but for now have read one, The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler.

[Paula]

I was going to read Circe, but my copy of Just Stab Me Now came in on Friday and halfway through and this book fulfills this prompt.

[Paula]

Paula wrote: "I was going to read Circe, but my copy of Just Stab Me Now came in on Friday and halfway through and this book fulfills this prompt." I am going back to Circe for this. Just Stab Me Now is literally Self-Insert by Author.

[Reem]

[Amy]

A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth. Nothing but character!

[Aiks]

I read welcome to the hyunam-dong bookshop. A 5 star read.

[Eliza]

I went with Bel Canto by Ann Pachett. 1/5⭐️ for me.

[Haley]

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus - 4/5
Amazing! Could've fit several prompts for this year so I knew it was a must.

[Kim]

I read Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver. I gave it four stars.

[Anna]

I read Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney

[Becki]

My pick is Girl, Goddess, Queen by Bea Fitzgerald

[CiCi]

I read Aphrodite and the Duke by J.J. McAvoy.

[Lucilla]

I read Towing Jehovah by James K. Morrow for this prompt. This book was *so weird*. The premise is that God's 2-mile long dead body needs to be towed to the Arctic so it can be buried in an iceberg, which, yes, weird. But it's so much weirder than just that. I gave it 3 stars - even though I don't think I actually liked it - because the writing was truly excellent. No matter how frustrating the plot or characters were, I was always thoroughly drawn in and engaged in reading.

[Andrea]

I read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Such a great book!

[Guylou]

My choice: THE TAKEOVER by Cara Tamanachi

[Zoë]

I read The Idiot by Elif Batuman.

[d]

Belittled Women by Amanda Sellet

[Kelly]

“Stella Stands Alone” by Alexandria LaFaye is an inspiring novel about a white girl fighting to help former black slaves after the war. It describes her journey of self discovery.

[Hannah]

I read Sweetblood by Pete Hautman.

[Fisie]

I’m reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy

[Melissa]

This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel.
About 320pgs.

5/5 stars

[Liz]

I read Once There were Wolves for this prompt.

[Moonkiszt]

I read Circe by Madeline Miller

[Kristi]

I read Mansfield Park by Jane Austen and enjoyed following Fanny Price. 4⭐️

[Shonna]

I read Polly Fulton by John P. Marquand, a novel that was written in 1947. It was mentioned in The Trouble with You by Ellen Feldman, a book I read earlier this year as one of the main character's favourite books. The Trouble with You is set in the 1950s, and I was intrigued enough to track down the book and read. it.
https://cdnbookworm.blogspot.com/2024...

[chris]

I read Wonder by R.J. Palacio.

[Michelle]

The Curse of Pietro Houdini by Derek Miller

It's a good book, and truly shows the depths of humans in the midst of war. It's a coming of age story.

[Melissa]

I read Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

[Brown Bag Bargain Books]

We read The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult for the "character-driven novel" challenge.

[Inger 🌸]

I read Funny Story by Emily Henry

[AngieA]

I read The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck. The Good Earth
The epitomy of "character driven."

[Renee]

Would "Missing: A Private Novel" by James Patterson & Kathryn Fox qualify? Craig gets emotional involved with a client who comes to Private help search for her missing father. He makes decisions in the search in order to protect the missing man's daughter. Meanwhile, in another case of a stolen child, Craig may have led the killer to the murdered victim's door because of a poor decision Craig made putting the reputation of Private at risk. Any comments?? Thank you. If this book does not fit here, any suggestions?

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[Kim]

I have A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith and Weyward by Emilia Hart on my nightstand.

[Megan]

I read The Wild Robot by Peter Brown. 4 ⭐️s
Also counted for uneven bars in summer challenge

[Verix]

My first book of the year was Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert M. Pirsig; it's a very introspective book by the nature of all philosophical reads. On a motorcycle trip from the Midwest down to California with his son, the speaker gives a chautauqua to the reader about his considered idea of Quality - what it is, and how to understand it. The story is constantly shadowed by the ghost of a man named Phaedrus who is intimately familiar to the speaker, and much of the physical story (rather than the philosophical teachings) involves the speaker's mental turmoil, as well as that of his son.

[Rebecca]

For this prompt I read Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston.

[Heather]

The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult

[Vi]

The life of the mind by Christine Smallwood 💜 💜 💜 💜 💜

[Andrea]

I read The Inn of Hopes and Dreams by Andrea Severson.

This was the second book in the series. I enjoyed it! It was a quick, women's fiction read with light romance.

[Lara]

Reveal me

[Phil]

I read The Stranger by Albert Camus for this topic (Read August 11; 4*)

[Ashley]

In the Lives of Puppets, T.J. Klune is what i read.

[JoJo]

I read The Collected Works of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin. Loved this book. One of my highest rated for this year.

[Nike]

I've read The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante

[Rachel]

I read Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson

[Leonore]

Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller