2024 READING CHALLENGE UPDATE

 

At the beginning of 2024 I created a reading challenge for myself with 24 general prompts, 24 women's fiction  prompts, 6 classics prompts, and 6 classic free reads. I completed 16 general prompts, 16 women's lit prompts, but, sadly, only one classics prompt.

COMPLETED GENERAL PROMPTS

Read a novel about an unusual friendship

84 Charing Cross Road ~ Helen Hanff

Read a novel set in a small town 

Miss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women's Literary Society

Amy Hill Hearth

Miss Dreamsville and the Lost Heiress of Collier County ~ Amy Hill Hearth

Read a novel about historical mystery

The Wife, the Mistress, and the Maid

Ariel Lawhon 

I Was Anastasia ~ Ariel Lawhon 

Read a novel about an unusual historical event

The Unknown Beloved ~ Amy Harmon

The Light of Luna Park ~ Addison Armstrong

Read a novel involving a disappearance

The Berry Pickers ~ Amanda Peters

Read a novel about a person reflecting on their life 

Tom Lake ~ Ann Patchett

Read a novel about a group of people bonding over a unique circumstance

Titanic Survivors' Book Club ~ Timothy Schaffert

Read a novel about the Golden Age of Hollywood 

City of Flickering Light ~ Juliette Fay 

Read a novel about a family that has a child taken from them 

Every Moment Since ~ Mary Beth Mayhew Whalen

Read a novel about a neuro A-typical or neuro-compromised character 

The Unseen World ~ Liz Moore 

Read a novel about long lost love 

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet ~ Jamie Ford 

Read a re-interpretation or spin-off novel of a literary classic

Vinegar Girl ~ Ann Tyler

(Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew)

Read a multi-generational family saga

Commonwealth ~ Ann Patchett

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COMPLETED CLASSICS PROMPT

Read a classic mystery novel 

Death on the Nile ~ Agatha Christie

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COMPLETED LIT LADIES PROMPTS :

Read a novel about female friendship

All the Summers In Between ~ Brooke Lea Foster

The Women ~ Kristen Hannah

Goldenseal ~ Maria Hummel 

Read a novel about a woman who survives a terrifying ordeal 

The House on Biscayne Bay ~ Chanel Cleeton

Read a novel about a woman who shows significant personal growth 

The Wedding People ~ Alison Espach

Read a novel about women helping women 

The Moonflowers ~ Abigail Rose-Marie

I'll Be Your Blue Sky ~ Marissa de Los Santos 

Read a novel with an adolescent female protagonist

 

Shelterwood ~ Lisa Wingate

Read a novel about sisters 

The Story Sisters ~ Alice Hoffman 

 

Miss Kopp Investigates ~ Amy Stewart 

Read a novel about a real life woman involved in a scandal or crime 

The Murderess  ~ Laurie Notaro

Read a novel about a woman who solves a crime 

How to Solve Your Own Murder ~ Kristen Perrin

MULTIPLE CHALLENGE BOOKS

Read a novel about the Golden Age of Hollywood 

Read a novel about two women from the same family generations apart 

The Last Secret of Lily Adams ~ Sarah Blaydes

Read a novel about the Golden Age of Hollywood 

Read a novel about a woman who gives up a child 

A Golden Life ~ Ginny Kubitz Moyer

Read a novel about the Golden Age of Hollywood 

Read a novel about sisters 

The Majestic Sisters ~ Jessica Ilse

Read a novel about a real life marriage or relationship 

Read two or more novels about the same historical figure 

Read a novel about a real life female writer 

Another Side of Paradise ~ Sally Koslow

Read a novel about a real life marriage or relationship 

Read two or more novels about the same historical figure

West of Sunset ~ Stewart O'Nan

Read a novel with an unreliable narrator

Read a novel about sisters

We Have Always Lived in the Castle ~ Shirley Jackson

Read a novel about female friendship

Read a novel about a woman involved in World War I

Read a novel about a real life rebellious woman 

Read a novel about women helping women 

Miss Morgan's Book Brigade ~ Janet Skeslien Charles 

Read a novel about a real life female writer 

Read a novel about a woman set in a century not the 19th 20th or 21st 

Read a novel about a real life rebellious woman 

By Any Other Name ~ Jodi Picoult

Read a novel about a real life rebellious woman 

Read a novel about a woman involved in the performing arts 

Maria : A Novel of Maria von Trapp ~ Michelle Moran

Read a novel about a woman involved in the performing arts 

Read a novel about sisters

The Singer Sisters ~ Sarah Seltzer

Read a novel about a woman ostracized from society 

Read a novel about female friendship

Polite Calamities ~ Jennifer Gold