Play Book Tag discussion

Here we go again!

50 Book Challenge : Read 52 books this year, which is a book a week.

Pick-A-Year Challenge: Read 12 books published in 2016 and 6 published in 2015.

2016
1. A Certain Age by Beatriz Williams (ARC)
Published: June 28, 2016
Completed: February 6, 2016Beatriz Williams

2. Georgia: A Novel of Georgia O'Keeffe by Dawn Tripp
Published: February 9, 2016
Completed: February 24, 2016

3. The Forgotten Room by Karen White, Beatriz Williams, and Lauren Willig
Published: January 19, 2016
Completed: March 28, 2016

4. The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee
Published: February 2, 2016
Completed: April 3, 2016

5. Sex in the Sea: Our Intimate Connection with Kinky Crustaceans, Sex-Changing Fish, Romantic Lobsters and Other Salty Erotica of the Deep by Marah Hardt
Published: February 9, 2016
Completed: April 9, 2016

6. The Flood Girls by Richard Fifield
Published: February 2, 2016
Completed: April 13, 2016

7. Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye
Published: March 22, 2016
Completed: April 21, 2016

8. Eligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice by Curtis Sittenfeld
Published: April 19, 2016
Completed: April 26, 2016

9. Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck by Adam Cohen
Published: March 1, 2016
Completed: May 8, 2016

10. Only in Naples: Lessons in Food and Famiglia from My Italian Mother-in-Law by Katherine Wilson
Published: April 19, 2016
Completed: May 19, 2016

11. Oil and Marble: A Novel of Leonardo and Michelangelo by Stephanie Storey
Published: March 1, 2016
Completed: May 26, 2016

12. The Obsession by Nora Roberts
Published: April 12, 2016
Completed: May 28, 2016

13. Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
Published: April 5, 2016
Completed: June 15, 2016

14. Because of Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
Published: March 29, 2016
Completed: July 2, 2016

15. Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman
Published: May 3, 2016
Completed: August 15, 2016

16. Sting by Sandra Brown
Published: August 16, 2016
Completed: August 31, 2016

17. Modern Lovers by Emma Straub
Published: May 31, 2016
Completed: September 2, 2016

18. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Published: June 7, 2016
Completed: September 12, 2016

19. Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
Published: July 26, 2016
Completed: October 11, 2016

20. To The Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey
Published: August 2, 2016
Completed: October 18, 2016

21. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Published: September 6, 2016
Completed: November 5, 2016

22. LaRose by Louise Erdrich
Published: May 10, 2016
Completed: November 14, 2016

23. The Whistler by John Grisham
Published: October 25, 2016
Completed: November 17, 2016

24. Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
Published: November 15, 2016
Completed: November 25, 2016

25. The Chemist by Stephenie Meyer
Published: November 8, 2016
Completed: November 27, 2016

26. The Angels' Share by J.R. Ward
Published: July 26, 2016
Completed: December 1, 2016

27. Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple
Published: October 4, 2016
Completed: December 2, 2016

28. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance
Published: June 28, 2016
Completed: December 10, 2016

29. Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
Published: April 5, 2016
Completed: December 11, 2016

30. Snowfall on Haven Point by RaeAnne Thayne
Published: September 27, 2016
Completed: December 13, 2016

31. The Trouble with Mistletoe by Jill Shalvis
Published: September 27, 2016
Completed: December 16, 2016

32. A Wedding for Christmas by Lori Wilde
Published: October 25, 2016
Completed: December 17, 2016

33. Twelve Days of Christmas by Debbie Macomber
Published: October 4, 2016
Completed: December 17, 2016

34. All I Want For Christmas edited by Debbie Macomber
Published: November 1, 2016
Completed: December 30, 2016

2015
1. Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham
Published: October 20, 2015
Completed: January 3, 2016

2. A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
Published: May 5, 2015
Completed: January 19, 2016

3. Purity by Jonathan Franzen
Published: September 1, 2015
Completed: February 2, 2016

4. The Bourbon Kings by J.R. Ward
Published: July 28, 2015
Completed: April 7, 2016

5. The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
Published: May 12, 2015
Completed: April 24, 2016

6. Confess by Colleen Hoover
Published: March 10, 2015
Completed: May 3, 2016

7. An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Published: April 28, 2015
Completed: June 2, 2016

8. Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
Published: September 15, 2015
Completed: June 24, 2016

9. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Published: July 14, 2015
Completed: July 6, 2016

10. You're Never Weird on the Internet by Felicia Day
Published: August 11, 2015
Completed: July 19, 2016

11. Church of Marvels by Leslie Parry
Published: May 5, 2015
Completed: August 22, 2016

12. Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson
Published: September 22, 2015
Completed: August 26, 2016

13. Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
Published: May 12, 2015
Completed: September 2, 2016

14. Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon
Published: October 27, 2015
Completed: November 6, 2016

Long Book Challenge: Read 3,000 pages from 500+ page books.

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer -- 571 pages
Purity -- 576 pages
Winter Solstice -- 528 pages
The Secret History -- 523 pages
The Queen of the Night -- 576 pages
The Mists of Avalon -- 876 pages
The Son -- 592 pages
The Chemist -- 512 pages
All I Want For Christmas -- 731 pages (of the 1750 page book)

Total: 5485

Play Book Tag Challenge Read at least one book per month that fits each monthly shelf.

January - 2010
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee

February - World War II
A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II by Denise Kiernan

March - mystery thriller
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

April - female authors
The Bourbon Kings by J.R. Ward
Sex in the Sea by Marah Hardt
Trouble Me by Laura Moore
Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye
Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld

May - series
Remember When by Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb

June - fantasy
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

July - biography-memoir
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
You're Never Weird on the Internet by Felicia Day
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling

August - entertainment
Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson
Sting by Sandra Brown

September - 2013
The Son by Philipp Meyer

October - historical fiction
To The Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

November - animals

December - short stories
All I Want For Christmas by Debbie Macomber

PBT 100 Nonfiction: read at least four books from the PBT shelf

1. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee
2. The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II by Denise Kiernan
3. Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand
4. Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman

Shelfagories: Read books that fit at least 12 of the categories

1. A mystery or thriller: Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham
2. A Pulitzer Prize winner: The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee
3. A book published this year: A Certain Age by Beatriz Williams
4. A nonfiction book: The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II by Denise Kiernan
5. A book set during Christmas or other winter holiday: Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher
6. A book based entirely on its cover: Trouble Me by Laura Moore

7. A book written by an author with your initials: Remember When by Nora Roberts
8. A book with nonhuman characters: Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
9. A book with more than 750 pages: The Mists of Avalon
10. A book written by someone under 30: Nimona
11. A book about an indigenous culture: The Son (this is a bit of a stretch as it is about Native Americans through the eyes of white men, but I am counting it for now)
12. A book more than 100 years old: Frankenstein (1818)

Fall Flurry of Holidays Challenge

Halloween
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Thanksgiving/Autumn/Native Americans
LaRose by Louise Erdrich

Christmas
Snowfall on Haven Point by RaeAnne Thayne
The Trouble with Mistletoe by Jill Shalvis
A Wedding for Christmas by Lori Wilde
Twelve Days of Christmas by Debbie Macomber
All I Want For Christmas by Debbie Macomber
Three Christmas Wishes by Sheila Roberts

Nora Robert's Reading Challenge: Read 5 books written by Nora Roberts/JD Robb.

1. Remember When by Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb
2. The Obsession by Nora Roberts