Friday, December 4, 2020

Southern Literature Reading Challenge 2021

The blog Introverted Reader hosted his one for several years until around 2016, and has brought it back this year. I will read as many as possible.




Definition of “The South”

  • Alabama
  • Arkansas
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri
  • North Carolina
  • Oklahoma
  • South Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • Virginia
  • West Virginia

Levels

Level 1–C’mon in the house! Read 1-2 books.

Level 2–Pull up a seat and stay a while! Read 3-4 books

Level 3–Have a glass of sweet iced tea, honey. Read 5-6 books

Level 4–Y’all come back now, y’hear! Read 7+ books

My Books:

  1. Lost Soul, Be At Peace--Maggie Thrash
  2. The Edge of Town--Dorothy Garlock
  3. Dear Justyce--Nic Stone
  4. Absalom, Absalom!--William Faulkner
  5. The Vanishing Half--Brit Bennett
  6. Twelve Angry Librarians--Miranda James
  7. If Morning Ever Comes--Anne Tyler
  8. The Wedding Dress--Rachel Hauck
  9. If I Was Your Girl--Meredith Russo
  10. Isaac's Storm--Erik Larson
  11. Chamomile Mourning--Laura Childs
  12. Hello, Summer--Mary Kay Andrews
  13. Same Beach, Next Year--Dorothea Benton Frank
  14. Inside Out & Back Again--Thanhha Lai
  15. Calico Joe--John Grisham
  16. Men We Reaped--Jesmyn Ward
  17. The Summer's End--Mary Alice Monroe
  18. Shades of Earl Grey--Laura Childs
  19. The Four Winds--Kristin Hannah
  20. Hillbilly Elegy--J.D. Vance
  21. Barracoon--Zora Neale Hurston
  22. The Pelican Brief--John Grisham
  23. Vampires Never Get Old--Zoraida Cordova (ed.)
  24. The Newcomer--Mary Kay Andrews
  25. Twelve Years a Slave--Solomon Northup
  26. A Lowcountry Wedding--Mary Alice Monroe
  27. A Lowcountry Christmas--Mary Alice Monroe
  28. The Santa Suit--Mary Kay Andrews
  29. The Teaberry Strangler--Laura Childs
  30. Shop Till You Drop--Elaine Viets

Challenge completed on December 31

3 comments:

Elephant's Child said...

Love the levels. And often read from this genre.

Bob Johns said...

Sounds fun!

Jen at Introverted Reader said...

Thanks for signing up! Good luck with the challenge!