2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Okay, let's try this. My main goal for 2017 is to make a dent in my TBR pile, so all the books will be ones that I already have - preferably physical copies, as they are taking up much more space than my Kobo.

Also, I'm fluent in French and in English, so the books I chose are a mix of these two languages. I prefer to read books in their original language, but if they are originally written in another language, I usually choose to read in French (since it's my first language).

My TBR Randomizer List
I am not sure yet, but I might try to read these 10 books first - because one must start somewhere, right?

1. La Princesse des glaces by Camilla Läckberg
2. La Ligne Pourpre by Wolfram Fleischhauer
3. L'étoile du diable by Jo Nesbø
4. Lorna Doone by R.D. Blackmore
5. Meurtriers sans visage by Henning Mankell
6. La Maison aux mille étages by Jan Weiss
7. The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
8. Ulysses by James Joyce
9. Zénitude et double espresso by Nicole Bordeleau
10. Le Colonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac

To help me choose my 52 books for 2017,

1. A book over 500 pages - Le cycle du Graal, tome 2 by Jean Markale
2. A forgotten classic - Lorna Doone by R.D. Blackmore (I don't know if it is really considered a forgotten classic, I had never heard about it in my English classes)
3. A book that became a movie or a TV series - Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford
4. A book published in 2017
5. A book with a number in the title - Dix petits hommes blancs by Jean-Jacques Pelletier
6. A book from an author under 30 years old
7. A book with non-human characters - Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel
8. A book that makes you laugh - Volte-face et malaises by Rafaële Germain
9. A book written by a woman - La Princesse des glaces by Camilla Läckberg
10. A mystery book - Il ne faut pas parler dans l'ascenseur by Martin Michaud
11. A 1-word title - Profanation by Jussi Adler-Olsen
12. A collection of short stories - Escales Sur Solaris: Anthologie de Science-Fiction Et de Fantastique: Nouvelles by Joël Champetier
13. A story taking place on another continent - L'héritage des Cathares by Hervé Gagnon
14. A non fiction book - Le Monstre by Ingrid Falaise
15. The first book from a favourite author - 5150, rue des Ormes, by Patrick Senécal
16. A book I heard about on the radio/TV/online - À Toi by Kim Thúy
17. A best-seller - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
18. A book based on a true story - The Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad
19. A book at the bottom of my TBR pile - The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling (it was actually at the bottom of my pile... go figure!)
20. A book that a friend loved - L'évangile selon Pilate by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
21. A book that scares me - Ulysses by James Joyce (not a scary book per se, except for the length, perhaps)
22. A book published more than 10 years ago - The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie
23. The second book in a series - La montagne aux sacrifices by Elisabeth Tremblay
24. A book with a blue cover - Sharpe's Triumph by Bernard Cornwell
25. A Pullitzer winner - The Road by Cormac McCarthy
26. A book with a dragon - Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
27. A story that takes place in a parallel world - Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
28. A self-help book - Zénitude et double espresso by Nicole Bordeleau
29. A book by a Canadian woman - La détresse et l'enchantement by Gabrielle Roy
30. A book with a non-human protagonist - Nez au vent by Alan Lazar
31. A book from an author that I have met - Capitaine Wilder by Anne Robillard
32. A book from a French author - La rivière des âmes by Mireille Calmel
33. A book about a curse or a prophecy - Le Glaive de Dieu by Hervé Gagnon
34. A thriller - La femme trop tard by Jean-Jacques Pelletier
35. A book about mythology or mythic figures - Celtika by Robert Holdstock
36. A book that I've had for more than 10 years - La Maison aux mille étages by Jan Weiss
37. A book I received as a gift - Meurtriers sans visage by Henning Mankell
38. A book from a favourite author - L'étoile du diable by Jo Nesbø
39. A French classic - Le Colonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac
40. A book from an author with the same first name as me - Toujours orgueilleuse, mais à peine plus repentante by Annie L'Italien
41. A book that intimidates me - Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
42. A fantasy book without vampires or werewolves - L'archipel Noir by Esther Rochon
43. A book from an author I've never read - La rivière noire by Arnaldur Indriðason
44. A book someone recommended - La Ligne Pourpre by Wolfram Fleischhauer
45. A book I've had for more than 15 years - Le Bourgmestre De Furnes by Georges Simenon
46. A book written in the 17th Century - Don Quichotte de La Manche, Traduit de L'Espagnol Par Florian: Ouvrage Posthume by Cervantes Saavedra
47. A translated book - Pour le meilleur et pour le pire by Gunnar Staalesen
48. Any book - On Beauty by Zadie Smith
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