2023 Clear Your TBR! (Taylor Swift Lyric Inspired) Monthly Challenge - hosted by jamiejanae_6

August- august
🎶 “ But I can see us lost in the memory, August slipped away into a moment in time, ‘Cause it was never mine”
-Read a historical fiction book set in a different moment in time.

💫 Read a book about a foreign (to you) place. 
 
📖: News of the World, We Must Be Brave, The Wonder, What’s Mine And Yours, The Last Summer at Chelsea Beach
All books added
The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis

The Queen's Gambit

The Queen’s Gambit #1

Walter Tevis

11 hours, 50 minutes • missing pub info (editions) user-added

fiction literary thriller
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Catching Fire

The Hunger Games #2

Suzanne Collins

391 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

300 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Close Quarters by Kandi Steiner

Close Quarters

Kandi Steiner

350 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

The Prince and the Dressmaker

Jen Wang

288 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
If You Could See the Sun by Ann Liang

If You Could See the Sun

Ann Liang

336 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary magical realism young adult adventurous emotional fast-paced
The Last Summer at Chelsea Beach by Pam Jenoff

The Last Summer at Chelsea Beach

Pam Jenoff

384 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction historical romance emotional informative inspiring slow-paced
What's Mine and Yours by Naima Coster

What's Mine and Yours

Naima Coster

341 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue

The Wonder

Emma Donoghue

291 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical mystery mysterious reflective slow-paced
We Must Be Brave by Frances Liardet

We Must Be Brave

Frances Liardet

464 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced