2017 Reading Challenges

My 2017 Reading Challenges

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Read 70 books this year

2017 Reading Challenge

Sarah has read 1 book toward her goal of 70 books.

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Disclaimer for this challenge: I'm challenging myself to read half of the 52 categories

Around the World in 52 Books:

(Challenges in bold have been completed)

1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016 (link)
2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view
   • Baby Doll – Hollie Overton
3. A book you meant to read in 2016
4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E"
   • Caraval – Stephanie Garber
5. A historical fiction
   • A Heart’s Home – Colleen Coble
6. A book being released as a movie in 2017
   • Everything, Everything – Nicola Yoon
7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title
   • Guardians of Being – Eckhart Tolle
8. A book written by a person of color
   • When Dimple Met Rishi – Sandhya Menon
9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list
10. A dual-timeline novel
    • A Long Walk to Water – Linda Sue Park
11. A category from another challenge
    • The Little Prince – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
12. A book based on a myth
    • Heartless – Marissa Meyer
13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors
14. A book with a strong female character
    • Wonder Woman, Vol. 1: The Lies – Greg Rucka
15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland)
16. A mystery
17. A book with illustrations
    • If the Raindrops United – Judah Friedlander
18. A really long book (600+ pages)
19. A New York Times best-seller
    • The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading
    • Kindred Spirits – Rainbow Rowell
21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read
    • Openly, Honestly – Bill Konigsberg
22. A book by an author you haven't read before
    • On The Island – Tracey Garvis-Graves
23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list (link)
24. A book written by at least two authors
25. A book about a famous historical figure
    • Loving vs. Virginia – Patricia Hruby Powell
26. An adventure book
27. A book by one of your favorite authors
    • Very Good Lives – J.K. Rowling
28. A non-fiction
29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre) - check all the editions
    • Allentown: A Photographic Journey in the Heart of Buffalo, NY – William Faught
30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books (link)
    • The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre
32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle)
    • Everything I Need to Know About Love I learned from a Little Golden Book – Diane Muldrow
33. A magical realism novel
34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere
    • The Spy – Paulo Coelho
35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty
36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee (link)
37. A book you choose randomly
    • Wear Sunscreen: A Primer for Real Life – Mary Schmich
38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature
39. An epistolary fiction
40. A book published in 2017
41. A book with an unreliable narrator
42. A best book of the 21st century (so far)
43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold)
    • Behind Closed Doors – B.A. Paris
44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next" (link)
45. A book with a one-word title
    • Holes – Louis Sachar
46. A time travel novel
    • Flame in the Mist – Renee Ahdieh
47. A past suggestion that didn't win (link)
48. A banned book
49. A book from someone else's bookshelf
    • And I Darken – Kiersten White
50. A Penguin Modern Classic- any edition
51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays)
    • Straight James/Gay James – James Franco
52. A book set in a fictional location
    • A Thousand Pieces of You – Claudia Gray