The Book Challenge discussion

A book you chose for the cover: A Man Called Ove
A book with a reputation for being un-put-down-able: The Fault in Our Stars
A book set somewhere you've never been but would like to visit:In a Sunburned Country
A book you've already read: The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
A juicy memoir: Why Not Me?
A book about books or reading: The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time
A book in a genre you usually avoid: The Martian
A book you don't want to admit you're dying to read: For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards
A book in the backlist of a new favorite author: The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
A book recommended by someone with great taste: Me Before You
A book you were excited to buy or borrow but haven't read yet: The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate
A book about a topic or subject you already love: 48 Days to the Work You Love or Hashimoto's Thyroiditis: Lifestyles Interventions for Finding and Treating the Root Cause

A Newbery Award winner or Honor book: The Crossover OR Brown Girl Dreaming
A book in translation: The Story of the Lost Child
A book that's more than 500 pages: The Book Thief
A book of poetry, a play, or an essay collection: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2
A book of any genre that addresses current events: Small Great Things
An immigrant story: I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
A book published before you were born: Mary Poppins
Three books by the same author: Secret Society Girl, Under the Rose, Rites of Spring (Break), Tap & Gown
A book by an #ownvoices or #diversebooks author: More Happy Than Not
A book with an unreliable narrator or ambiguous ending: Life of Pi
A book nominated for an award in 2017:
A Pulitzer Prize of National Book Award winner: The Underground Railroad

We have a couple of books in common to read this year. And you have a few that I've already read. We will have to discuss. :-)

Most definitely!

3 books down so far. I've started "The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time"

"The Book" is fascinating, but reads a bit like a text book. I've taken a bit of a break & am reading through the Secret Society Girl series. Such great, easy reads!

I'm working on "The Book" and "Root Cause". Both are slower reads. I'm taking notes while reading "Root Cause", so that really slows me down. I need to get moving on it though!

I just finished "In a Sunburned Country". Getting started on "The Book" again. Just need to chip away at that one!

I read Brown Girl Dreaming instead of The Crossover for the Newbury Award Winner/Honor Book. It was so much better than I thought it would be. I'm not usually a poetry person, but it was so well written & was such an easy read.

I recently finished "Happiness Project" & "Mary Poppins". I'm working on "For the Love" now.

Just finished “For the Love”. It wasn’t really what I was expecting it to be. Not bad, just not what I expected.

Just finished “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”. I feel like I need to go see it now!