Reading Envy 153: Reading Envy Summer Reading Challenge 2019

Jenny repurposes a summer wedding rhyme for this year's summer reading challenge. You get to pick which books fit each category, and make your own square.

Something swampy

Something blue

Something translated

Something true

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Books discussed:

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Wounds: Six Stories from the Border of Hell by Nathan Ballingrud
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Minnow by James E. McTeer II
The Story of Land and Sea by Katy Simpson-Smith
Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore by Elizabeth Rush
St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
Florida by Lauren Groff
Shadow Country by Peter Matthiessen
Area X trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer (starts with Annihilation)
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
The Anthropology of Turquoise by Ellen Meloy
The Condomnauts by Yoss
Fired Up: Kindling and Keeping the Spark in Creative Teams by Andrew Johnston


Other mentions:
DCL Blue Book List
Daily Mayo - Books with Blue Covers
Listopia - Best Books with Blue Covers
August is Women in Translation month #WITMonth @Biblibio in Twitter
May is Asian Pacific Islander Heritage month #apicelebrasian
Lost in Translations
Man Booker International Prize


Related Episodes:
Episode 034 - The Liminal Space Between with guest Paul Weimer
Episode 041 - Grotesque Beauty with Nathan Ballingrud
Episode 054 - Retired Pirates with Jason Roland
Episode 131 - Tartan Noir and More with Claire Duffy
Episode 133 - To Understand the World with Lauren Weinhold
Episode 151- The Stories They Tell with Karen
Episode 152 - Kill 'em and Leave with Nadine

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