I became aware of Alison Bechdel because of the Bechdelcast - a podcast that discussed movies using Alison Bechdel's "rules." I found one of her books, "Fun Home," at the Friends of the LIbrary sale. It sat on my shelf for ages, while I finished school. Eventually, it showed up on my bookclub's reading list, so I got around to reading it. I found it interesting that so many books were mentioned in the book. I had to find a list of them, so I could potentially read them all. I found the list on Goodreads, of course. It's listed below, along with the link to the Goodreads list.
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by Albert Camus
by Jane Austen
9 Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
by Colette
by James Joyce
by Homer
by Henry James
by Albert Camus
17 The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde
18 And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
by Randy Shilts
20 Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives
by Nancy Adair
by James Joyce
22 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
by James Joyce
by Jane Rule
25 Beaton in the Sixties: The Cecil Beaton Diaries as He Wrote Them, 1965-1969
by Cecil Beaton
26 The Unexpurgated Beaton: The Cecil Beaton Diaries As He Wrote Them, 1970-1980
by Hugo Vickers (Editor)
by C.A. Tripp
28 Our right to love: A lesbian resource book
by Ginny Vida
29 Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing
by May Sarton
30 Lesbian Nation: The Feminist Solution
by E.M. Forster
32 Paper Darts: The Letters of Virginia Woolf
by Kate Millett
36 The American Dream & The Zoo Story
by Edward Albee
by E.R. Eddison
by Ann Bannon
by Roald Dahl
42 The World of Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1-2)
by A.A. Milne
43 Gyn/Ecology: The Metaethics of Radical Feminism
by Mary Daly
44 The Dream of a Common Language
45 Beginning with O (Yale Series of Younger Poets)
by Olga Broumas
46 The gay report: Lesbians and gay men speak out about sexual experiences and lifestyles
by Karla Jay
47 The Front Runner (Harlan's Story, #1)
by Anaïs Nin
51 The Role of the Reader: Explorations in the Semiotics of Texts
by Umberto Eco
55 Goodbye, Mr. Chips / To You, Mr. Chips
by James Hilton
57 The Far Side of Paradise: A Biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
61 Sappho Was a Right-On Woman: A Liberated View of Lesbianism
62 The Addams Family: An Evilution
by Günter Grass
64 The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form
by John Ruskin
by E.B. White
69 No Sex Please, We're British: A Comedy in Two Acts
by Oscar Wilde
71 Danny Dunn, Time Traveler (Danny Dunn, #8)
by Jay Williams
by Moss Hart
74 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
76 The Letters of Virginia Woolf: Vol. One, 1888-1912
by Leo Tolstoy
79 The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life & Work
I had 2 trips planned for Summer 2023, so I was starting to second guess my decision to set my annual reading goal at 130 books. I have come to terms with the fact that I am now a couple of books ahead, so I'm not as nervous about it. I hit book 103 today, and my goal is 130. 27 to go between October 10 and December 31. Totally doable, I believe, especially since I have several books started. I can do it!
I found this article when I was searching for books and movies by women, for a meetup group. 60 Best Books for Women 2023 is a list of books by women authors. I have read some of them, and I have heard of several more. It's worth looking into some of them. Support the authors. Buy or check out the books on this list.
I hope that this link works - 2023 Annual Challenge . It's the link to my Goodreads annual challenge for 2023. As of June 3, 2023, I have read 62 books in 2023. My goal is to read 130 books, or exceed it. I have found, over the years, that how I am doing on my reading challenge reflects how my life feels like it is going. I am feeling somewhat on top of things at the moment, and the fact that I am almost halfway through my challenge at halfway through the year shows it.