
Happy Saturday!
I’ve finished my personal challenge of reading a book from each genre listed on the Goodreads search page. My final list is below. Now for my next NEW reading challenge. I’m going to start an A-Z reading challenge. I may or may not read them all in order, we’ll see. So many books, so little time! Let me know about any really great book recommendations that I should put on my ever-growing list!
Have a great day! I hope you do or learn something NEW today!
***Finished list of books read for the Goodreads genre challenge:
Art: Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon (3 stars).
Biography: Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by Deborah Heiligman (3 stars)
Business: Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance (3 stars)
Chick Lit: Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks (3 stars)
Children’s: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, (3 stars)
Christian: Forgiving What You Can’t Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That’s Beautiful Again (2 stars)
Classics: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (3 stars)
Comics: Big Nate Nailed It! by Lincoln Peirce (2 stars)
Contemporary: Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid (3 stars)
Cookbooks: Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines
Crime: I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara (3 stars)
Ebooks: (multiple books on this list!)
Fantasy: Six of Crows (3.5 stars)
Fiction: Homecoming by Kate Morton (3 stars)
Gay and Lesbian: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (3 stars)
Graphic Novel: Steve Jobs: Insanely Great by Jessie Hartland (3 stars)
Historical Fiction: Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill (3 stars)
History: The Vagabonds: The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison’s Ten-Year Road Trip by Jeff Guinn (3 stars)
Horror: The Birds and Other Stores by Daphne de Maurier (3.5 stars)
Humor and Comedy: How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur (3 stars)
Manga: Kung Fu Klutz and Karate Cool by D.J. Milky, Mark Seidenberg, and Erich Owen (2 stars)
Memoir: A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout (3 stars)
Music: Who was Johnny Cash by Jim Gigliotti (3 stars)
Mystery: Little Big Lies by Liane Moriarty (3 stars)
Nonfiction: The Tale-Tell Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Quest for What Makes Us Human by V.S. Ramachandran (3 stars)
Paranormal: The Custodians, Beyond Abduction by Dolores Cannon (3 stars)
Philosophy: The Little Book of Philosophy: An Introduction to the Key Thinkers and Theories You Need to Know by Rachel Poulton (3 stars)
Poetry: Three Stories and Ten Poems by Ernest Hemingway (3 stars)
Psychology: The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self by Michael Easter (3 stars)
Religion: A House Full of Females: Plural Marriage and Women’s Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835-1870 by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (3 stars)
Romance: The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams (3 stars)
Science: This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin (3 stars)
Science Fiction: Legion by Brandon Sanderson (3.5 stars)
Self Help: Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone by Brene Brown (3 stars)
Suspense: The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith (3 stars)
Spirituality: Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life by Dacher Keltner (3 stars)
Sports: The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance by David Epstein (3 stars)
Thriller: The Whistler by John Grisham (3 stars)
Travel: Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel by Rolf Potts (3 stars)
Young Adult: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins (3 stars)
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Good luck with your challenge, Lenore!
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An impressive list from which I’ve only read The Little Prince and The Bell Jar. This one should enhance a list: https://derrickjknight.com/2022/12/05/the-grapes-of-wrath/
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I listened to a dramatization of The Grapes of Wrath this last spring. I don’t know if that counts as reading it, haha. I listened to it to see how similar it was to The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah before we discussed that book at my book group. Perhaps the author of the review I read that suggested it was too similar thinks Steinbeck has a monopoly on stories of broken families during the Depression Era trying their luck in California. I’ll have to actually read the hard copy someday. I missed out on Christensen’s terrific illustration!
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Thanks very much, Lenore
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