Another fun challenge for 2008 is one being hosted by Kim. The idea is pick a holiday or other observance for each month and read a book relating to it. (For more information, click here.) I'm joining in the fun not because I don't already have enough to read next year(!) but because I like the idea of using books to "celebrate" the events of the year. I'm hoping to get my daughters - and maybe even my son - to assist me with these celebrations. Of course, where I can cross-list books to other challenges, I'll be doing that too! (By the way, I "borrowed" the graphic from Lynne; I hope she doesn't mind.)
This is my preliminary list of events and some of the related books:
- January - Martin Luther King Jr. Day (January 21)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou - February - Library Lovers' Month
a book I check out from the library - March - Women's History Month
Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History
by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich - April - No Housework Day (April 7)
- May - Astronomy Day (May 10)
Seeing in the Dark : How Amateur Astronomers Are Discovering the Wonders of the Universe by Timothy Ferris - June - Dairy Month
Dairy Queen: A Novel by Catherine Gilbert Murdock - July - Independence Day (July 4)
- August - Sister's Day (August 3)
In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner - September - Banned Books Week
(September 27 to October 4)
one of the many books that has ever been challenged or banned - October - National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- November - International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women (November 25)
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson - December - Winter Solstice (December 21)
For April - No Housework Day - how about the Lorna Landvik book ANGRY HOUSEWIVES EATING BON-BONS? Sounds like they weren't doing housework!
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I'm reading Mrs. Kimble right now. It would fit into October because one of the three wives is a breast cancer survivor.
ReplyDeleteHello, fellow challenge fiend! Isn't this one a fun idea? I see we're both doing Dairy Month. Dairy Queen is SO excellent - I'm actually excited on your behalf, it's that good. Since I've already read that one, I'm doing a mystery about a woman dairy farmer called Till the Cows Come Home.
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ReplyDeletei've already Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons - or that would be an excellent choice for April. i also thought of The Undomestic Godess - but i've read that one too.
i've also already read Mrs. Kimble - or that would work for October.
keep the suggestions coming! :)
I love your choice of Speak, it's such a powerful book. And In Her Shoes is a super choice for Sister's Day!
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