2015 Reading Challenge [Closed] discussion

I joined this group very late (when it was on week 36), so I started the challenge from week 37. I finally decided I should go back and try to place the books I've read this year in the previous categories. I couldn't fill them all up though. I'll see if I can catch up before the end of the year. Starred ones are books I haven't read yet.

51/52

1. a book with more than 500 pages – A Feast for Crows
2. a romance – Calling Me Home
3. a book that became a movie – Norwegian Wood
4. a book published this year – The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
5. a book with a number in the title – フランス人は10着しか服を持たない
6. a book written by someone under 30 – Wind/Pinball: Two Novels
7. a book with nonhuman characters – American Gods
8. a funny book – Crazy Rich Asians
9. a book by a female author – The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Brontë
10. a mystery or thriller –　The Girl on the Train
11. a book with a one-word title - Neverwhere
12. a book of short stories – Smoke and Mirrors
13. a book set in a different country – The Housekeeper and the Professor
14. a nonfiction book – The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
15. a popular author's first book – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
16. a book from your favorite author that you haven't read yet – Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
17. a book a friend recommended – A Tale for the Time Being
18. a Pulitzer-prize winning book - The Old Man and the Sea
19. a book based on a true story – Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
20. a book at the bottom of your to read list - Inferno
21. a book your mom or dad loves - The Alchemist
22. a book that scares you – Mind of Winter: A Novel
23. a book more than 100 years old – The Picture of Dorian Gray
24. a book based entirely on its cover – Delicious!
25. a book you were supposed to read in school but didn't - Macbeth
26. a memoir – I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
27. a book you can finish in a day – Quidditch Through the Ages
28. a book with antonyms in the title – Big Little Lies
29. a book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit – Where'd You Go, Bernadette
30. a book that came out the year you were born - The Remains of the Day
31. a book with bad reviews - Lolita
32. a trilogy (the first) – Dragons of Autumn Twilight
33. a trilogy (the second) - Dragons of Winter Night
34. a trilogy (the third) – Dragons of Spring Dawning
35. a book from your childhood – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
36. a book with a love triangle - Kafka on the Shore
37. a book set in the future – Fahrenheit 451
38. a book set in high school – Paper Towns
39. a book with a color in the title – The Scarlet Letter
40. a book that made/makes you cry – The Fault in Our Stars
41. a book with magic - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
42. a graphic novel - Watchmen
43. a book by an author you've never read before – The Awakening
44. a book you own but have never read – The Name of the Wind
45. a book that takes place in your hometown – The Piano Tuner
46. a book that was originally written in another language – The Brothers Karamazov
47. a book set during Christmas (or similar holiday) – Hogfather
48. a book written by an author with your same initials - Bed-Knob and Broomstick
49. a play – Oedipus Rex
50. a banned book – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire*
51. a book based on OR turned into a tv show – A Dance with Dragons
52. a book you started but never finished – 1Q84

Dragons are in my reading list since forever as I'm a huge fan of The Death Gate cycle (same authors). Last time I checked, there weren't ebooks for them, so no improvement in their "to read" state. Tell me what you think about them :)

They were good, but not great, in my opinion. I think I would have enjoyed them if I read them when I was younger. I just felt like the storyline was too predictable. As I read, I kept guessing correctly what was gonna happen in the next chapter or two.

Ok, thanks!

Hi Michelle, I started late as well and fit the books I read this year into the challenge. I see some of my favorites on the list - I love me some Harry Potter and Game Of Thrones! Good luck finishing the challenge!

Marta wrote: "Hi Michelle, I started late as well and fit the books I read this year into the challenge. I see some of my favorites on the list - I love me some Harry Potter and Game Of Thrones! Good luck finish..."

Thank you! Good luck to you too!

I'm currently juggling Wind/Pinball: Two Novels and Smoke and Mirrors. Wind/Pinball was published recently in English, but was published in Japanese a long time ago and was written in 1973, when the author was under 30, so I'm reading it for week 6. I have so many books left in the challenge, I don't know how to prioritize them! Maybe i'll just read according to my mood.

I'm trying really hard to complete this challenge, or at least complete all except one so that I can read the remaining one for week 1 of next year's challenge. That means I have 4 books to go and 3 days left. I'm almost done with 2 of them! Go me!

You go girl! You can do it :)

One more day and 300 pages to go!

51/52! Pretty good!