Kelly’s Comments (group member since Dec 20, 2014)

Kelly’s comments from the 2015 Reading Challenge group.

Thanks, Tanya! This is the list that's posted in the group description!

Completed 30 books!!
- Book w/ 500+ pages: The Passage by Justin Cronin
- Book published this year (2015): Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
- Book w/ a number in the title: 206 Bones by Kathy Reichs
- Book w/ nonhuman characters: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
- Book by female author: East by Edith Patou
- Book w/ one-word title: Mice by Gordon Reece
- Book set in a different country: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
- Nonfiction: On Immunity by Eula Biss
- Book a friend recommended: The Ocean at the end of the Lane by Neil Gaimen
- Pulitzer Prize-winning book: March by Geraldine Brooks
- Book based on true story: Working Stiff by Judy Melinek
- Book you were supposed to read in school but didn't: The Lord of the Flies by William Golding
- A memoir: Yes Please by Amy Poehler
- Book you can finish in a day: The Game by Terry Schott
- Book w/ antonyms in the title: Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
- Book that came out the year you were born: Jurassic Park by Michael Chrichton
- A trilogy: The Legend Trilogy by Marie Lu
- Book w/ a love triangle: Losing Faith by Adam Mitzner
- Book set in high school: Fly on the Wall by E. Lockhart
- Book w/ color in the title: The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
- Book w/ magic: Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth
- Graphic novel: Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
- Book that was originally written in different language: Unwanted by Kristina Ohlsson
- Book written by an author with your same initials: After Image by Kathleen George
- A play: The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
- A banned book: Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
- Book you started but never finished: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Happy New Year's Eve, everyone! I have created the group for next year complete with challenge - it's called 2016 Reading Challenge (original I know). Hope everyone had a wonderful year of reading and can't wait to see more from everyone in the New Year!

Awesome to see how many people completed this! My goal was to get halfway through and I'm happy to say I finished 30 books. I'm in the middle of one more and am hoping to finish it before the clock strikes 12 on Thursday! Popsugar has posted their new list so I will be creating a new group shortly - please join me again for the adventure in 2016 :)

I read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for this as I never read it in high school!

I read After Image by Kathleen George but was unimpressed :(

I read Justin Cronin's The Passage, thought it was really well written and could probably count for book that scares you or thriller as well!

A nonfiction that scared me was Broken by Shy Keenan. Scary if you consider how cruel people can be to each other... Very well written, I had to put it down a couple times because I couldn't believe how much this woman went through.

I've also decided to read March for my Pulitzer Prize - it's not a genre I usually read but I'm enjoying the language and style.

However if someone wants to read physically in high school I recommend Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. I enjoyed it in high school, a little dark but has hints of humor and decently written.

However if someone wants to read physically in high school I recommend Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. I enjoyed it in high school, a little dark but has hints of humor and decently written.

I approve of The Glass Castle recommendation - wonderfully told. Also even though I'm not necessarily interested in a category doesn't mean I'm skipping it. It's a great way to broaden horizons!

I'm going to start with the book I started but never finished. I only got about 2 chapters into The Kite Runner about a month ago and then got swamped with work. Time to try again!

Gina I'm also thinking of checking out Amy Poehler's book! Might not be for my first book but top of my list.