Rabbit Hole #65: Hi! Remember Me? A Reading Update

Yeah. . . it's been a while. Five months. Gulp. Let's just ignore that little hiatus, shall we?

2017 Read Harder Challenge Update

A book about sports: Tales from the New Orleans Saints Sideline by Jeff Duncan

A debut novel: Bright Lines by Tanwi Nadini Islam

A book about books: A World Between Two Covers by Ann Morgan

A book by an immigrant or with a central immigration narrative: The Love Wife by Gish Jen

An all-ages comic: Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur by Amy Reeder

A travel memoir: Alibis--Essays on Elsewhere by André Aciman

A book you've read before: The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery; trans. from the French by Alison Anderson 

A book that is set within 100 miles of your location: The Grandissimes by George Washington Cable

A book set more than 5000 miles from your location: Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta

A book about war:  The Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel and Bret Witter

A YA or middle grade novel by an author who identifies as LGBTQ+: Ash by Malinda Lo

A book that has been banned or frequently challenged: Grendel by John Gardner

A classic by an author of color: Quicksand by Nella Larsen

A superhero comic with a female lead: Ms. Marvel, Vol. 4 by G. Willow Wilson

A book in which a character of color goes on a spiritual journey: Boxers and Saints by Gene Luen Yang (both books)

A collection of stories by a woman: Operation Monsoon by Shona Ramaya

A collection of poetry in translation on a theme other than love: Rilke Shake by Angelica Freitas; trans. from the Portuguese by Hilary Kaplan 

A book wherein all point-of-view characters are people of color: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi


I'm currently reading The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell for the fantasy novel challenge, so that leaves the following (books chosen and on my shelf!):

A nonfiction book about technology: Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

A book set in Central or South America by a Central or South American author: I, Rigoberta Menchu by Rigoberta Menchu

A book published between 1900-1950:  Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston

An LGBTQ+ romance novel: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin

A book published by a micropress: ??? (Anybody have any ideas? Anyone?)

That's 18/24 completed with five months left. Think I've got this.