I have TWO books remaining for #10beforetheend—those two are also my remaining unread BookSpins, and the final two I need to complete #192025. Five days to finish two books and knock out three challenges… I think I can do it! (I am less confident I‘ll be able to finish the 20+ reviews I‘d like to catch up on…)
I completed all but one of my #10BeforeTheEnd reads, and enough of the tenth to know I need to be in a different frame of mind with different priorities to make finishing worth my time.
So I'm calling the challenge a success for this year. Thanks for hosting @ChaoticMissAdventures !
pickAaaaannd that‘s a wrap on my #10beforetheend challenge!
This was farcical, a look at race in America through an absurdist lens. Not Sidney (his real name) navigates modern America as a Black man with Ted Turner (yes THAT Ted Turner) and a propensity to become embroiled in situations that resemble the plots of Sidney Poitier movies. Also, Everett himself cameos.
Thank you @ChaoticMissAdventures for hosting and whittling down my physical TBR.
Update on my #10beforetheEnd. I've managed to read 7/10 which isn't bad. But I started the tagged book in July so would like to finish it before the new year. I can save the Jaouad and Bennett for 2026. @ChaoticMissAdventures
I finished up my #10BeforeTheEnd, with a little time to spare 📚🙂 Most of these were really great too.
so-soMy 9th #10beforetheend book & “Starts w/ your initial” for #OffMyShelf
For fans maybe of Karen Russell. This was a fantastical novel about a whaling family in the mid 19th century. Mercy goes on a quest to find her long missing father who has been at sea for almost a decade. With her is her cousin, Mordecai, who has not left his attic room perhaps ever? Weirdness and adventure ensue as Mercy learns the truth about her family and their history.
I‘ve been struggling with reading from a list so I haven‘t done well with #10BeforeTheEnd
Being a mood reader is tough on challenges. 🤦🏾♀️
pickI read this in October—an account of a mother & daughter forced to flee a life of privilege in Mexico and settle in a California farm labor camp during the Great Depression. It was fascinating to have read this *right* before starting Grapes of Wrath. Same era, same destination, different focus. As I read Grapes of Wrath, and the Joads headed for California, dreaming about living in a little white house and picking all the oranges they wanted, ⤵️
