Tentative Reading Plan for MMD 2017 Challenge

1. Book Chosen by the Cover- Zoo City by Lauren Beukes
2. Book w/ Reputation of being un-put-downable- Where'd you Go Bernadette by Maria Semple
3. Book set Somewhere You've  Never Been but Want to Visit- Dot and the Kangaroo by Ethel Pedley
4. Book Already Read- Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
5. Juicy Memoir- Destination Dachshund: Three Months, Three Generations, and Sixty Dachshunds: A Travel Memoir by Lisa Fleetwood
6. Book about Books/Reading- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
7. Book in a Genre You Usually Avoid- The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
8. Book You Don't Want to Admit You are Dying to Read- Heat Wave by Richard Castle
9. Book in Backlist of New Favorite Author- Girl in the Red Hood by Brittany Fichter
10. Book Recommended by Someone w/ Great Taste- Hinds' Feet on High Places
11. Book You Were Excited to Buy/Borrow but Haven't Read Yet- Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis
12. Book about a Topic you Already Love- East by Edith Pattou

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