Lorna's Motley Reading Challenge 2024

[Lorna]

Motley Reading Challenge 2024
Completed November 2024

1. A humorous book
Somebody's Fool by Richard Russo

2. An autobiography/ biography
Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson

3. A locked room mystery
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

4. A children’s classic
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

5. A fairytale/retelling
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

6. A Nordic noir
Snowblind by Ragnar Jónasson

7. Banned or challenged book
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

8. A survival or nature story
The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff

9. About a historical figure
Lust for Life by Irving Stone

10. A book with indigenous people
Solar Storms by Linda Hogan

11. A holiday or celebration story
The Cricket on the Hearth and Other Christmas Stories by Charles Dickens

12. A novella under 100 pages
The Silverado Squatters: Six Selected Chapters by Robert Louis Stevenson

13. Snow/Winter in the title
Snow by Orhan Pamuk

14. Any color in the title
Rain of Gold by Victor Villaseñor

15. A title with more than 4 words
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell

16. An animal on the cover
Normal Rules Don't Apply: Stories by Kate Atkinson

17. A house on the cover
A Painted House by John Grisham

18. An authors debut
Butcher's Crossing by John Williams

19. A book you meant to read in 2023
Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros

20. A place you always wanted to visit
When Summer's in the Meadow by Niall Williams

21. Book has four or more stars on GR
North Woods by Daniel Mason

22. Winner of the GR awards of 2023
Weyward by Emilia Hart

23. Bought from a second hand store or borrowed from library
An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin

24. First book in a series
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

25. A book translated from another language
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende