The Heroines Bookshelf Reading Challenge

The Heroine's Bookshelf Reading Challenge is inspired by the book of the same name; the challenge is to read some of the books referenced in The Heroine's Bookshelf.  As rereads aren't allowed, I have to be a little more creative!  ('Sister' books are allowed -- presumably, other books by the featured authors.)  I'm hoping to do three for this challenge!


So far, I think I might try...
Participating?  Read The Heroine's Bookshelf and have some thoughts you'd like to share?  Any recommendations?

    Comments

    1. TeresaDecember 2, 2010 at 2:03 PM

      I am just finishing up The Heroine's Bookshelf and thought that a challenge based on the book would be an excellent idea. Looks like you beat me to it. :)

      I swore I wasn't going to join any more challenges... but this is such a good one!

      ReplyDelete
    2. Mirella PatzerDecember 2, 2010 at 2:08 PM

      Hi Audra,

      Thanks for your comments on History and Women. I love your blog! A fellow book worm is always a welcome friend.

      ReplyDelete
    3. AudraDecember 2, 2010 at 2:08 PM

      Do it, do it! ;) It's actually hosted (and I presume, conceived by) Bibliophilian -- I'm just a follower. An easily tempted on. I'm slowly unrolling my 2011 challenges this week...so many good ones!

      ReplyDelete
    4. AleethaDecember 2, 2010 at 8:25 PM

      I am curios with all your list especially The Long Winter. Unfortunately, It's not easy to find them around.

      I doubt to join the challenge. But I am going to read all Ally Carter's books, Gallagher Girls series. The translated one.

      ReplyDelete
    5. MTeacressDecember 3, 2010 at 2:29 PM

      I love reading challenges. I participated in Fall Into Reading for the last couple of months. Have fun with The Heroine's Bookshelf!

      ReplyDelete

    Post a Comment

    Popular posts from this blog

    Gillespie and I by Jane Harris

    Image
    Title:Gillespie and I
    Author: Jane Harris

    Genre: Fiction (British / Scottish / 19th century / Artists / Unreliable Narrator / Missing Children / Secret Identities)
    Publisher/Publication Date: Harper Perennial (1/31/2012)
    Source:TLC Book Tours

    Rating: Loved like I wanted to marry it!
    Did I finish?: Yes, inhaled over a matter of days.
    One-sentence summary: Elderly Harriet Baxter puts down in writing the events from her tumultuous time in Glasgow in the late 1880s while facing another mystery of her own.
    Reading Challenges:Historical Fiction, Victorian

    Do I like the cover?: I love it: it's striking, and kind of creepy, and reflects elements from the novel.

    I'm reminded of...: A.S. Byatt, Shirley Jackson, Sarah Waters

    First line: It would appear that I am to be the first to write a book on Gillespie.

    Did... I get up early three mornings to have more time to read?: YES, and this was after staying up wicked late to keep reading. (Perhaps why my cold was prolonged. Ooops!)

    Buy, Borrow, or Avo…
    Read more

    The Age of Desire by Jennie Fields

    Image
    Title:The Age of Desire
    Author: Jennie Fields

    Genre: Fiction (Historical / early 20th Century / Historical Figures Fictionalized / Paris / Edith Wharton / Marriage / Adultery / Female Friendship)
    Publisher/Publication Date: Viking (8/6/12)
    Source: The publisher

    Rating: Liked, in the end, after a rough go for a while!
    Did I finish?: I did.
    One-sentence summary: Three years in Edith Wharton's life, from 1907 to 1910, in which she finds sensual pleasure, marital discord, strained friendship, and social scandal in Paris.
    Reading Challenges:Historical Fiction, Victorian

    Do I like the cover?: I actually love the cover. Even though the model isn't facing us, that feels fairly proper for Edith Wharton -- private, a bit aloof -- and while the dress might not be totally historically accurate, it gives me the flavor of the era.

    I'm reminded of...: Daisy Goodwin

    First line: He stands at the edge of the salon, and Edith has the uncomfortable feeling he's staring.

    Did... I love the small art…
    Read more

    Q by Evan Mandery

    Image
    Title:Q: A Novel
    Author: Evan Mandery

    Genre: Fiction (Contemporary / New York City / Relationships / Writers / Time Travel)
    Publisher/Publication Date: Harper Paperbacks (8/23/2011)
    Source:TLC Book Tours

    Rating: Okay to liked at moments.
    Did I finish?: I did, although it was tough at some parts.
    One-sentence summary: A man bails on marrying the love of his life after his future self warns him not to, unleashing more unhappy future selves.

    Do I like the cover?: Yes, although it gave me the impression this was more of a hipster-y novel than it is.

    I'm reminded of...: Scarlett Thomas, Gary Shteyngart

    First line: Q, Quentina Elizabeth Deveril, is the love of my life.

    Did... I develop a bit of a crush on Q: YES. The courtship of Q and the narrator is too cute for words. Luff.

    Did... I sigh, happily, at the end: YES. The last chapter was just perfect.

    Buy, Borrow, or Avoid?: Borrow, I think, as it has a lovely romance at the heart of the story that's unusual and appealing.

    Why did I …
    Read more

    Books Read in 2019

    Image
    January

    Oyinkan Braithwaite, My Sister, the Serial Killer
    Alyssa Cole, An Extraordinary Union
    Jenny Lawson, Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
    Aja Monet, My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter
    Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Signal to Noise
    Kaoru Mori, Emma, Vol 1
    Kaoru Mori, Emma, Vol 2
    Sarah Perry, Melmoth

    February

    Alyssa Cole, A Prince on Paper
    Claire G. Coleman, Terra Nullius
    Sangu Mandanna, A Spark of White Fire
    Mandeliene Smith, Rutting Season
    Susan Tan, Cilla Lee-Jenkins: Future Author Extraordinaire

    March

    Alyssa Cole, A Hope Divided
    Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology
    David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
    Lauren Layne, Blurred Lines
    Lauren Layne, Irresistibly Yours
    Lauren Layne, I Wish You Were Mine
    Lauren Layne, Made for You
    Lauren Layne, Only with You
    Lauren Layne, Someone like You
    Lauren Layne, Walk of Shame
    Jessica Lemmon, Arm Candy
    Jessica Lemmon, The Bastard Billionaire
    Jessica Lemmon, The Billionaire Bachelor
    Jessica Lemmon, The Bill…
    Read more