This was a great challenge for me and I’m excited to try it again next year. It made me read some things that I wouldn’t have otherwise and I appreciate some motivation to broaden my reading. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to complete this challenge, but I definitely plan on making it more of a priority next year!
Links are to my reviews. The red, italicized titles are what I had planned to read, but didn’t get to.
A book with more than 500 pages – Gone by Michael Grant
A classic romance – Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
A book that became a movie – Austenland by Shannon Hale
A book published this year – A Cold Legacy by Megan Shepherd
A book with a number in the title – Top Ten Clues You’re Clueless by Liz Czukas
A book written by someone under 30 – I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
A book with nonhuman characters – Prudence by Gail Carriger
A funny book – Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
A book by a female author – Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
A mystery or thriller – The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
A book with a one-word title – Firefight by Brandon Sanderson
A book of short stories – My True Love Gave to Me edited by Stephanie Perkins
A book set in a different country – Born of Deception by Teri Brown
A nonfiction book – The Monuments Men by Robert M Edsel
A popular author’s first book – The Comeback Season by Jennifer E Smith
A book from an author you love that you haven’t read yet – Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen
A book a friend recommended – On the Fence by Kasie West
A Pulitzer Prize-winning book – All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
A book based on a true story – The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
A book at the bottom of your to-read list – Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson
A book your mom loves – Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
A book that scares you – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
A book more than 100 years old – The Book of Mormon
A book based entirely on its cover – I Crawl Through It by A.S. King
A book you were supposed to read in school but didn’t – 1984 by George Orwell
A memoir – Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by Rhoda Janzen
A book you can finish in a day – Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
A book with antonyms in the title – Fire & Flood by Victoria Scott
A book set somewhere you’ve always wanted to visit – Instructions for a Broken Heart by Kim Culbertson
A book that came out the year you were born – The Giver by Lois Lowry
A book with bad reviews – Red Girl, Blue Boy by Lauren Baratz-Logsted
A trilogy – The Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy by Jenny Han
A book from your childhood – This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
A book with a love triangle – A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray
A book set in the future – Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
A book set in high school – To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
A book with a color in the title – Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
A book that made you cry – Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson
A book with magic – Illusions of Fate by Kiersten White
A graphic novel – In Real Life by Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang
A book by an author you’ve never read before – The Cure for Dreaming by Cat Winters
A book you own but have never read – Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
A book that takes place in your hometown – Honey, Baby, Sweetheart by Deb Caletti
A book that was originally written in a different language – Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
A book set during Christmas – Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
A book written by an author with your same initials – The Shadow Thieves by Anne Ursu
A play – The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
A banned book – The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
A book based on or turned into a TV show – The 100 by Kass Morgan
A book you started but never finished – MILA 2.0 by Debra Driza
Completed: 46/50
Hi, I started a very similar Popsugar challenge late Spring and have still got 10 to go to complete it, so think you did pretty well!
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Haha, well thanks. That does make me feel a little better!
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Dang, that’s pretty close, and you didn’t repeat books for multiple categories! (I think?)
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You’re right, I didn’t! Doing that would have felt a little like cheating to me.
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You did really well! Mine was a complete fail, with exams and all I stopped keeping track.
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Thanks! There were definitely several months when I didn’t cross any of them off…I’ll have to do better at pacing myself this year!
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I really enjoyed reading the titles of this post! Good job, you did a really good job for 2015! Good luck in 2016!
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Thank you!
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