Friday, December 28, 2018

Reading Challenge l Modern Mrs. Darcy

Classics I've Been Meaning To Read

  • HP Lovecraft
  • Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carrol *reread
  • The Wonderful Wizard of OZ, L Frank Baum
  • Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen *reread
  • Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen *reread
  • The Picture of Dorian Grey, Oscar Wilde
  • Frankenstien, Mary Shelley
  • Dracula, Bram Stoker *reread
  • Mansfield Park, Jane Austen
  • Jaws, Peter Benchley (Is this a classic?)
  • Persuasion, Jane Austen *reread
  • The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka 

Recommended Books

  • Tampa, Alissa Nutting
  • Shadow and Bone, Leigh Bardugo
  • Shatter Me, Tahereh Mafi


Books in Translation

  • The Snowman, Jo Nesbo (Norwegian) 
  • The Police, Jo Nesbo (Norwegian)

Books Nominated For 2018 Awards




Books of Poetry OR Plays OR Essay Collections

Books I Read In A Day (Graphic Novels Don't Count)

  • Day Zero, Ezekiel Boone
  • Primal Waters, Steve Alten
  • Hells Aquarium, Steve Alten

Books With Over 500 Pages

  • The Bone Labyrinth, James Rollins
  • Glass, Ellen Hopkins
  • Deadline, Mira Grant
  • Mansfield Park, Jane Austen
  • The Trophy Taker, Lee Weeks
  • The Loch, Steve Alten

Books By My Favourite Authors

  • Zero Day, Ezekiel Boone


Banned Books

  • Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carrol
  • The Picture of Dorian Grey, Oscar Wilde
  • Frankenstien, Mary Shelley


Memoirs OR Biographies OR Creative Non-Fiction

  • Hope : A memoir of Survival in Cleveland, Amanda Berry
  • A Mothers Reckoning, Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy (Being Mother of Columbine Shooter Dylan Klebold), Sue Klebold
  • My Story, Elizabeth Smart
  • Breaking Free, Rachel Jeffs


Books about Different Races, Ethnicities Or Religions Than My Own
(Me being a : White, English,Christian)

  • The Cellar Minette Walters (not a flattering portrayal and not a common one, but also a very real view at the negative and manipulative ways the "race card" can be played to avoid suspicion and consequences) 

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