The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Jessica PDX's Task: Stop That Slump!

I hit a major reading slump in November and didn't end up making as much progress on the SRC as I'd hoped, so getting picked to create a task for this season was quite a surprise! In the spirit of getting out of the reading doldrums, read ONE book by an author whose name does NOT contain ANY of the letters in SLUMP.

Examples:

Nancy Horan
Georgette Heyer
Janet Evanovich

To assist in moderation, only books with a single author can be used for this task - no writing teams or compilations by multiple authors.

A pseudonym may be used if it satisfies the task description, but ONLY if that pseudonym is the first author name listed on the GR main page for the book in question. For example, you could choose A Dark-Adapted Eye by the pseudonymous Barbara Vine because Barbara Vine is the first listed author. However, you could not use A Judgement in Stone, which is published under Vine's real name (Ruth Rendell) and doesn't work for this task.

Otherwise, normal SRC rules apply - here's hoping you find a great slump-busting read!

Approved:

Eowyn Ivey
Kathryn Fox
Anthony Doerr
Jeffery Deaver
Ian Rankin
Jonathan Cox
Roxane Gay
Jonathan Franzen
Yōko Ogawa
Nnedi Okorafor
Kara Cooney
Nick Hornby
Richard O. Weijo

Reserved for unapproved books.

This thread is now open!

I hate reading slumps

Eowyn Ivey
or
Kathryn Fox

So All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr works, right?

by Jeffery Deaver.

That's a good author name, right? I'm a little confused about the whole pseudonym rule, so I went with what I knew. :-)

So, these authors work for the task?

Ian Rankin
Jonathan Cox
Roxane Gay
Jonathan Franzen

Are translators allowed? I want to try reading Yōko Ogawa but my Japanese is somewhat lacking.

It's okay if not, because I just found Nnedi Okorafor as a backup.

how about The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney??

I wanted to give a suggestion!

Nick Hornby has a new book coming out (or any of his books are amazing) and unless I am losing it (possible since I was reading an entire thriller in the middle of the night) he works for this!

Does Our Dreams for Our Children by Richard O. Weijo?