Reading Women Challenge - 2019

I am joining the 2019 Reading Women Challenge.. I do read alot of women writers but want to expand my reading horizon and challenge myself to read different types of books from writers I may not have read before.

https://www.readingwomenpodcast.com/reading-women-challenge-2019/
 
Below are the categories you can choose from.. the challenge is not to necessarily read all of them but to choose books from different categories.

https://www.readingwomenpodcast.com/reading-women-challenge-2019/ 

1. A mystery or thriller written by a woman of color
   • Check out our episode about mysteries and thrillers for some great options.
2. A book about a woman with a mental illness
3. A book by an author from Nigeria or New Zealand
4. A book about or set in Appalachia
   • Find out more about Appalachia on the Appalachian Regional Commission’s website.
   • For more inspiration, listen to our interview with fellow Appalachian Elizabeth Catte!
5. A children's book
6. A multigenerational family saga
7. A book featuring a woman in science
8. A play
9. A novella
   • A novella is a text of written, fictional, narrative prose normally longer than a short story but shorter than a novel, somewhere between 17,500 and 40,000 words.
10. A book about a woman athlete
11. A book featuring a religion other than your own
    • If you have no religion, then choose to read about whatever religion you like!
12. A Lambda Literary Award winner
    • Learn more about the Lambda Literary Awards on their website.
13. A myth retelling
    • Check out our crossover with Jean, the host of That’s Ancient History, for more inspiration. Jean also has a guide myth retellings over on her blog!
14. A translated book published before 1945
15. A book written by a South Asian author
    • The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), a contiguous block of countries, started in 1985 with seven countries—Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka—and added Afghanistan as an eighth member in 2007.
    • The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature is an excellent resource for recommendations for this prompt.
16. A book by an Indigenous woman
    • This includes Native, First Nations, and Indigenous women from anywhere in the world.
17. A book from the 2018 Reading Women Award shortlist
    • 2018 RWA Fiction Shortlist
    • 2018 RWA Nonfiction Shortlist
18. A romance or love story
19. A book about nature
20. A historical fiction book
21. A book you bought or borrowed in 2019
22. A book you picked up because of the cover
23. Any book from a series
24. A young adult book by a woman of color

BONUS:

• A book by Jesmyn Ward
• A book by Jhumpa Lahiri