Wednesday, December 13, 2023

2024 Southern Literature Reading Challenge

Doing this one again.



Definitions of the South are flexible, so I’ve decided to base my definition on the current makeup of the Southern Legislative Conference:


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. Fatally Frosted--Jessica Beck
  2. When Martin Luther King Wore Roller Skates--Mark Weakland
  3. Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer--Carole Boston Weatherford (reread)
  4. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek--Kim Michele Richardson
  5. Home--Toni Morrison
  6. Killers of the Flower Moon--David Grann
  7. The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez--Adrianna Cuevas
  8. Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker--Jennifer Chiverini
  9. Garden Spells--Sarah Addison Allen
  10. Life is Sweet--Elizabeth Bass
  11. Whistling Past the Graveyard--Susan Crandall
  12. Evil Eclairs--Jessica Beck
  13. Paradise Peak--Janet Dailey
  14. Summers at the Saint--Mary Kay Andrews
  15. Come & Get It--Kiley Reid
  16. Powdered Peril--Jessica Beck  
  17. The Story of My Life--Helen Keller
  18. Freewater--Amina Luqman-Dawson
  19. King and the Dragonflies--Kacen Callender
  20. Memphis--Tara M. Stringfellow
  21. The Twelve Jays of Christmas--Donna Andrews
Calling challenge complete on December 30

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