Book Selections for Erin's 6.0 Challenge

It took me daaayyyyysss to generate selections for the categories of Erin's Book Challenge 6.0.  I wish I was kidding, but I take this challenge (and reading) very seriously.  It didn't take me nearly as long to narrow down my selections to 1 or 2 books for each category, much to my surprise.

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5 points: Freebie – Read a book that is at least 200 pages.

These are the 4 audiobooks that I currently have on Audible that I haven't listened to that aren't Outlander books.  Please note, 2 of these are WW2 books.  Predictable much?  Yes, yes I am.

• Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly  
• It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover  
• Black Cross by Greg Iles  
• One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid  

10 points: Read a book that starts with the letter “W”.

Selected from my to-be read list (TBR).  Gotta whittle that sucker down somehow.

• When the Moon is Low by Nadia Hashimi   
• We're All Damaged by Matthew Norman   
• We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver   

10 points: Read a book with six words in the title.

Scouring the TBR list, some of these came up.  Others I ran across during other searches.

• Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison  
• Please Don't Come Back from the Moon by Dean Bakopoulos  
• Mate: Become the Man Women Want by Tucker Max  
• The Woman Who Stole My Life by Marian Keyes  
• The Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia Hand  
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows  
• The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon  

15 points: Read a book that has a (mostly) green cover.

This was the most difficult selection.  Argh!  I'm halfway through Voyager (Outlander #3), which is green.  I finished Burying the Honeysuckle Girls and The Last Anniversary, which are mostly green, after I completed the previous challenge.  Please note that I'm a stickler and the cover had to be green, green.  Not teal, not blue-green, not "well, maybe that could pass for green if I turn up my screen warmth"... Only actual GREEN would do. 

• Trail of Broken Wings by Sejal Badani  
• Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison  
• Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Dicks  
• A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty by Joshilyn Jackson  
• The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen  
• Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery  

20 points: Read a book with a homonym in the title

I actually returned this ebook to the library since I hadn't started it yet, so I can check it out again in a month or so to read.

• Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas  
• Other options from this list, if applicable.

20 points: Read a book by your favorite author.

I don't think I have a favorite author, so I skimmed my read list for authors that frequently showed up.

• The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes   
• The Emperor of the Eight Islands by Lian Hearn  

25 points: Read a book set in the city/town/state/territory/county/province where you live. 

I live in Charleston, SC.  I figured that wouldn't be too difficult.  While I know that Pat Conroy is a local legend, I enjoyed The Secret Lives of Bees so much that Kidd was my preference.

• South of Broad by Pat Conroy  
• Choosing Charleston by T. Lynn Ocean  
• The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd  

30 points: Read a “Rory Gilmore” book. 

My first glimpse at the provided list was rather scary.  Once I actually read through it, it wasn't so bad after all.

• Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald  
• Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach  
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon  

30 points: Read a book from a genre that you’ve never read (or rarely read.)

I knew when I saw this one that Notorious RBG would be my pick.  I selected a backup, just in case, but I doubt I will need it.  I rarely read autobiographies, preferring my WW2 world.

• Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik  
• Scandalous Women: The Lives and Loves of History's Most Notorious Women by Elizabeth Kerri Mahon  

35 points: Read a book with time travel.

I already own this book on Audible (thanks for that series sale), so this was an easy selection.  I remember back when I was hesitant on reading Outlander.. and here I am, committing myself to not only read book 4 after the challenge starts, but to complete book 3 (I have no less than 20 hours left) prior to the challenge starting. 

• Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon