Literary Exploration discussion

For people doing the insane challenge, to discuss progress and planned books.

Insane Challenge

Action/Adventure
Auto-Biography/Biography
Chick-Lit
Childrens Book
Classics
Contemporary/Drama
Cyberpunk/Steampunk
Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic
Epic
Erotica
Espionage
Fantasy
Graphic Novels
Gothic
Historical Fiction
Horror
Humour
Literary Fiction
Magical Realism
Mystery
Non Fiction
Paranormal/Supernatural
Philosophical
Poetry
Pulp – (Hard-Boiled or Noir)
Romance
Science Fiction
Self Help/Educational
Short Stories
Thriller
Travel
True Crime
Urban Fantasy
Victorian
Western
Young Adult

Yay! - Just finished my 2015 Challenge and now I can start planning the next, Woot woot!

Insane Challenge 2016

✔ Action/Adventure - Crooked Kingdom - Oct 3
Auto-Biography/Biography - If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor
✔ Chick-Lit - Marked in Flesh - Mar 18
✔ Childrens Book - Anya's Ghost -May 2
✔ Classics - A Passage to India - Dec 12
✔ Contemporary/Drama - All the Birds, Singing Sept 27
Cyberpunk/Steampunk - Perdido Street Station
✔ Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic - The Heart Goes Last May 7
✔ Epic - Words of Radiance - Jun 17
✔ Erotica- Wallbanger - Jan 16
✔ Espionage - Our Man in Havana - Jan 26
✔ Fantasy - The Summon Stone - Sept 23
✔ Graphic Novels - Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth - Jan 14
✔ Gothic - The Seance - March 31
✔ Historical Fiction - Sister Noon - Dec 8
Horror - House of Leaves
Humour - Hal Spacejock
✔ Literary Fiction - Animal People - Aug 12
✔ Magical Realism - When We Were Animals - Oct 8
✔ Mystery - Bad Debts July 1
Non Fiction - The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
✔ Paranormal/Supernatural - The Dead House - Sept 24
Philosophical - The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
Poetry - Lyrical Ballads and Other Poems
Pulp – (Hard-Boiled or Noir) - L.A. Confidential
✔ Romance - On Love - Sept 23
✔ Science Fiction - Lord of Light - May 4
✔ Self Help/Educational - Bad Feminist - Jan 12
✔ Short Stories - Legion and the Emperor's Soul May 5
✔ Thriller - You - Sept 25
Travel - The Rings of Saturn
True Crime - Murder in Mississippi
✔ Urban Fantasy - Borderline - July 14
Victorian - Lady Audley's Secret
Western - High Noon
✔Young Adult - A Gathering of Shadows - July 11

I've managed 21 of 36 in 2015 so far but I love the push to try something different so am attempting again!

A) Easy Challenge
1✓Classics - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne ~ 07/07/2016 ***
2✓Fantasy - The Princess Bride by William Goldman 05/10/2016 ****
3✓Graphic Novel - Watchmen by Alan Moore 30/12/2016 ***
4✓Historical Fiction - Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel ~ 30/04/2016 *****
5✓Horror - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson 01/10/2016 *****
6✓Literary Fiction - A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini ~ 28/07/2016 *****
7) Mystery -
8✓Non-Fiction - Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull ~ 24/06/2016 *****
9✓Romance - Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 31/12/2016 *****
10✓Science Fiction - God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert ~ 28/09/16 ***
11✓Thriller - The Bourne Supremacy by Robert Ludlum ~ 12/09/2016 ***
12✓ Young Adult - The Giver by Lois Lowry ~ 07/01/16 ****
B) Hard Challenge
13) Adventure - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
14✓Autobiography / Biography - The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank ~ 03/01/16 *****
15) Chick Lit -
16) Contemporary/ Drama -
17) Humour -
18) Magical Realism -
19) Paranormal / Supernatural -
20) Philosophical -
21) Poetry -
22) Pulp - Hardboiled / Noir -
23) Cyberpunk / Steampunk - Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
24) Victorian -
C) Insane Challenge
25) Children's -
26) Dystopian / Post-Apocalyptic -
27) Epic - The Iliad by Homer
28) Erotica - Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
29) Espionage - A Murder of Quality by John le Carré
30) Gothic -
31) Self Help / Educational -
32) Short Stories -
33) Travel -
34) True Crime - Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
35) Urban Fantasy -
36) Western - All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
D) Personal Stretch Challenge (can double with other entries)
37) Translated Fiction -
38) Australian / New Zealand -
39✓Business / Career - Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action, Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders, Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness
40) Critically Acclaimed in 2015 -

My 2016 allchallenges finished

Classics Lord of the Flies
Fantasy Dragonflight
Graphic Novels Bedlam, Vol. 1
Historical Fiction The Scarlet Letter
Horror The Key to Midnight dean koontz
Literary Fiction Slaughterhouse-Five
Mystery The Big Four
Non Fiction The stuarts by john miller
Romance Outlander
Science Fiction Rendezvous with Rama
Thriller Angels & Demons
Young Adult Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

My hard challenge FINISHED

Adventure Foxglove Summer
Auto-Biography/Biography Boy: Tales of Childhood
Chick-Lit The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic
Drama Macbeth
Humour Equal Rites
Magical Realism Garden Spells
Paranormal Dead in the Family
Philosophical The Prince
Poetry Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Pulp – (Hard-Boiled or Noir) Without Fail
Steampunk Soulless
Victorian Changeless

My Insane challenge started

Childrens book Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
dystopian Pines
epic A Storm of Swords: Blood and Gold
erotica Demon from the Dark
espionage Waistcoats & Weaponry
gothic The Turn of the Screw
self help How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
short stories Tales of Mystery and Imagination
travel Raw Spirit: In Search of the Perfect Dram
true crime Chopper
urban fantsy Blood Bound
western The Gunslinger

Going to do this challenge! Im expanding my boundaries.

Insane Challenge

Action/Adventure --The School for Good and Evil
Auto-Biography/Biography
Chick-Lit
Childrens Book---Rotten Ralph---READ
Classics
Contemporary/Drama
Cyberpunk/Steampunk
Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic
Epic
Erotica
Espionage
Fantasy
Graphic Novels ---GLA Disassembled by Dan Slott ---READ
Gothic
Historical Fiction
Horror
Humour --The Tempest--READ
Literary Fiction
Magical Realism
Mystery
Non Fiction
Paranormal/Supernatural ---The Ancient Magus's Bride---READ
Philosophical
Poetry ---I Could Pee On This---READ
Pulp – (Hard-Boiled or Noir)
Romance
Science Fiction
Self Help/Educational
Short Stories
Thriller
Travel
True Crime
Urban Fantasy
Victorian
Western
Young Adult---The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness--READ

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