Have you heard the news? I’m hosting a readathon in March: the Women’s History Month Readathon! The goal is to read books written by women during the month of March, and if you want to find out more about it, check out the announcement post.
I’ve created a bingo board of challenges for this readathon, and today I’m going to be talking about all of the books I hope to read over the course of the month. Here are the challenges:
I’ve managed to create a TBR of nine books that allow me to hit almost all of the challenges! The only one I don’t have a book for is a book with a female villain because honestly it’s often hard to tell before you read the book. Let me know if you know if any of the books on my TBR have a female villain!
Now here are all of the books I plan to read for this readathon and the challenges they fulfill…
Hurricane Season by Nicole Melleby
- less than 1k ratings on Goodreads
- debut
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White
- pink cover
- retelling
My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, & Jodi Meadows
- two or more female authors
- set over 100 years ago
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- published before you were born
- has a movie/TV adaptation
- “girl” or “woman” in the title
Unbowed: A Memoir by Wangari Maathai
- biography or memoir
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- set outside your home country
- woman of color on the cover
Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
- indigenous author
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
- trans author
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- reread of old favorite
If you want to join in with this readathon but you don’t have ideas for what books to read, you’re in luck: on Twitter, I’ve been creating recommendation threads for books that fit each challenge. There’s quite a bit of overlap between them as well, so you can find books that fit multiple challenges! Links to each thread are below:
books by trans authors 📖 books with “girl” or “woman” in the title 📖 books with less than 1k Goodreads ratings 📖 books with women of color on the covers 📖 books with a female villain 📖 books with two or more female authors 📖 books set over 100 years ago 📖 retellings 📖 books with movie/TV adaptations 📖 biographies and memoirs 📖 books with pink covers 📖 books by debut authors 📖 books by indigenous authors
Are you planning to join the Women’s History Month Readathon? What books do you plan to read? Have you read any of the books on my TBR?
x Margaret
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Weird Zeal 
Oh, this is too good. I was writing my February TBR rn, but I will need to radically change it to fit this challenge.
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I, of course, meant March *facepalms*
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Yay I hope this inspires you to read some incredible books! 😄
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Ooooooh you’re doing it again! I’ve been out of the loop, but I’m super excited. The prompts that have are super amazing too – I’m excited for loads of your books as well. Hurricane Season was amazing, and Race to the Sun and Mexican Gothic are both in books I need to read ASAP. Great post and good luck!!
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Yesss I’m doing it again! 😀 I’m glad you’re excited – I am too! I’m pretty sure you were the first one to recommend Hurricane Season to me, so it’s thanks to you that it’s on my TBR 😉 I can’t wait to read all of these! Thanks!
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This is such a great idea for a readathon! I would totally join if I didn’t have so much homework… happy reading!!
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Haha that’s completely understandable 😉 Good luck with the homework, and thanks!
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This is a lovely prompt! I love My Lady Jane and Hunger Games
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Thanks! I’m very excited to read(/reread) them 😀
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Oh, I can’t wait to see what you think of Mexican Gothic! It’s currently on my TBR, and I’m so curious about it!
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Yesss I can’t wait!! The cover is SO gorgeous
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Okay, this looks super amazing! I will definitely be joining! I’m already making a mental list of books to read in my head, haha 😅
I wasn’t even aware Women’s History Month was a thing, so thanks for bringing it to my attention. I love having monthly themes and just reading this has already inspired me with a bunch of post ideas. Ahh, I’m excited! 😄
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HOORAY, I can’t wait to see what’s on your TBR! 😀 I’m glad I could bring WHM to your attention and inspire post ideas too 🙂 I’m also very excited!!
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I can’t wait to join this readathon, I’m very excited and it is such a cool idea.
I loved seeing all the books you are going to read and I hope you enjoy them all. Mexican Gothic sounds so interesting and I love the cover. I would also love to check out My Lady Jane.
I will probably mention my TBR on my wrap up and on twitter.
Also I’m sorry but I don’t know if any have a female villain in either, hopefully one will.
Happy reading!! ❤
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YAY I can’t wait! 😀
Yesss all of these books look so interesting – Mexican Gothic has the most beautiful cover, and My Lady Jane is one that I feel like I’ll love! Can’t wait to see what’s on your TBR! 😊
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I loved seeing your TBR and I’m so excited for the Readathon! 🥰 I loved My Lady Jane when I read it, so I hope you’ll enjoy it as well – it’s got a lot of great humor and is a nice magical twist on historical events 😊 I also loved the recommendations you were doing on Twitter! 💗
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Yay I’m glad you’re excited! 😄 I really think I’ll love My Lady Jane as well – it sounds right up my alley. And I’m glad my Twitter recommendations were helpful! 😊
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