The challenge runs from November 2009-November 2010 and participants are encouraged to read nonfiction and fiction books related to the rather broad idea of women’s studies. There are three levels that participants can target:
Philogynist: Read at least two books, including at least one non-fiction read
Bluestocking: Read at least five books, including at least two non-fiction reads
Suffragette: Read at least eight books, including at least three non-fiction reads
Initially I decided to go with the Bluestocking level and ran through my own TBR list for books that seem to fit. But after browsing some of the participants' blogs and checking out the books' availability in my library, I couldn't help adding more to my original list (and delaying my post in turn!) and realizing that I have plenty in my pool to go for the Suffragette level. Woohoo! Hopefully those on the list (especially the fiction picks) actually qualify for the challenge. In other words, my list is most likely to change.
My pool:
Fiction
The Female Man
Bastard out of Carolina
The Scent of the Gods
Then She Found Me
Mary Reilly
Evelina
The Painter from Shanghai
Becoming Madame Mao
Bone
Non-fiction
Polite Lies: On Being a Woman Caught Between Cultures
Hope in a Jar: The Making of America's Beauty Culture
Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating Your Body
The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women
Hungry: A Mother and Daughter Fight Anorexia
Foreign Correspondence: A Pen Pal's Journey from Down Under to All Over
When Heaven and Earth Changed Places
Lakota Woman
Letter to My Daughter
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2 comments:
SO MANY great books on so many incredible lists. I'm overwhelmed wanting to read ALL of them. I have Mary Reilly on my shelf, too and need to read. I missed pulling that for mine.
I know! I'm going to have to add more to my list soon! I was actually hoping to read Mary Reilly for the RIP IV challenge but I totally forgot to get it out before the end of that challenge. Heh.
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