Mental Illness Advocacy Reading Challenge 2012 - hosted by Amanda of Opinions of a Wolf.
Challenge Level: Acquainted – 4 books
Challenge Period: 1st January, 2012 – 31st December, 2012
Read: 2/4
Status: In Progress
Reviews:
- Stuart: A Life Backwards – Alexander Masters (Borderline Personality Disorder)
- Untying the Knot – Linda Gillard (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)
Relevant Adaptation Review:
- Girl, Interrupted (2000) (Borderline Personality Disorder)
The Sir Terry Pratchett Reading Challenge 2012 - hosted by Hannah of Once Upon A Time.
Challenge Goal: 1 book
Challenge Period: 1st January, 2012 – 31st December, 2012
Read: 1
Status: In Progress
Reviews:
A Year of Feminist Classics - Reading Challenge
Challenge Period: February 2012 – February 2013
Reading List and Schedule:
February – Feminism is for Everybody by bell hooks (Amy)March – The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine De Pizan (Jean)April – Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity by Julia Serano (Cass)- May – Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë read alongside Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (Iris)
- June – Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg (Emily)
- July – Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (Nancy)
- August – The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (Lauren)
- September – Borderlands/La Frontera by Gloria Anzaldua (Melissa)
- October – The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan (Jodie)
- November – Beyond the Veil by Fatema Mernissi (Ana)
- December – Women, Race, and Class by Angela Davis (Emily Jane)
- January – Feminism Without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practising Solidarity by Chandra Talpade Mohanty (Eva)
Read: 1
Status: In Progress
Reviews:
Once Upon a Time VI - hosted by Carl V of Stainless Steel Droppings.
Challenge Level: The Journey – 1 book or more
Challenge Period: 21st March, 2012 – 19th June, 2012
Read: 4
Status: In Progress
Reviews:
