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Goodreads Choice Awards (2014) Reading Challenge
***~ Thank you to Lynn from Goodreads Choice Award Book Club for creating and letting us use this list! ~***
Categories:
Fiction
Winner - Landline
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Mystery & Thriller
Winner - Mr. Mercedes
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Historical Fiction
Winner - All the Light We Cannot See
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Fantasy
Winner - The Book of Life
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Romance
Winner - Written in My Own Heart's Blood
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Science Fiction
Winner - The Martian
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Horror
Winner - Prince Lestat
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Humor
Winner - Yes Please
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Nonfiction
Winner - The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Memoir & Autobiography
Winner - This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Categories:
Fiction
Winner - Landline
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Mystery & Thriller
Winner - Mr. Mercedes
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Historical Fiction
Winner - All the Light We Cannot See
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Fantasy
Winner - The Book of Life
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Romance
Winner - Written in My Own Heart's Blood
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Science Fiction
Winner - The Martian
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Horror
Winner - Prince Lestat
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Humor
Winner - Yes Please
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Nonfiction
Winner - The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Memoir & Autobiography
Winner - This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl
Nominees
(view spoiler)
...continue...
History & Biography
Winner - The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Business Books
Winner - #GIRLBOSS
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Food & Cookbooks
Winner - Make It Ahead: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Graphic Novels & Comics
Winner - Serenity: Leaves on the Wind
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Poetry
Winner - Lullabies
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Debut Goodreads Author
Winner - Red Rising
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Young Adult Fiction
Winner - We Were Liars
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
Winner - City of Heavenly Fire
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Middle Grade & Children
Winner - The Blood of Olympus
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Picture Books
Winner - The Pigeon Needs a Bath!
Nominees
(view spoiler)
History & Biography
Winner - The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Business Books
Winner - #GIRLBOSS
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Food & Cookbooks
Winner - Make It Ahead: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Graphic Novels & Comics
Winner - Serenity: Leaves on the Wind
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Poetry
Winner - Lullabies
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Debut Goodreads Author
Winner - Red Rising
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Young Adult Fiction
Winner - We Were Liars
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
Winner - City of Heavenly Fire
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Middle Grade & Children
Winner - The Blood of Olympus
Nominees
(view spoiler)
Picture Books
Winner - The Pigeon Needs a Bath!
Nominees
(view spoiler)

Duration: 1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2015
Level: combination A Little Bit of Everything & Come What May
Progress: 1/20
Goodreads Choice Awards 2014
✽ Categories ✽
▶ Fiction
♦ Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen
♦ Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mendel - 24 January - ★1/2


▶ Mystery & Thriller TBD
♦ The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley
♦

▶ Historical Fiction
♦ The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman
♦ My Name Is Resolute by Nancy E. Turner


▶ Fantasy
♦ City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett
♦ TBD

▶ Romance TBD
♦ The Will by Kristen Ashley
♦ Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare


▶ Science Fiction
♦ The Martian by Andy Weir
♦

▶ Horror
♦
♦
▶ Debut Goodreads Author
♦ Red Rising by Pierce Brown
♦ Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge


▶ Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
♦ Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo
♦ The Young Elites by Marie Lu


▶ Middle Grade & Children
♦ The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier
♦

Already Read in 2014
- Cat. Historical Fiction: The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton ★★ 30 October 2014
- Cat. Fantasy: Night Broken by Patricia Briggs ★★ 15 March 2014
- Cat. Fantasy: Magic Breaks by Ilona Andrews ★★★★ 1 August 2014
- Cat. Debut GR author: Stolen Songbird by Danielle L. Jensen ★★ 4 April 2014
- Cat. Horror: The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey ★★ 19 October 2014
- Cat. YA fantasy & science fiction: Cress by Marissa Meyer ★★ 31 December 2014







★ Category Demolisher: Read all books from same category Fiction
✩ Easy: 1/2 a category (10 books from any 1 category)
★ Category Demolisher: Read all books from same category Mystery & Thriller
✩ Easy: 1/2 a category (10 books from any 1 category)
Category Fiction
10/10
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Category Mystery & Thriller
10/10
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Level-easy
1. Open Road Summer
2. The Truth About Alice 2-16-15
3. Everything I Never Told You
4. Impossible Knife of Memory 2-22-15
5. On the Fence
6. Night Gardener 7-14-15
7. Brown Girl Dreaming 2-28-15
8. Dreams of Gods and Monsters
9. Puddle Jumping 2-27-15
10. Since You've Been Gone

I'm challenging myself to read 1 book chosen from among the top 5 in all of the following categories:
Fiction

Mystery & Thriller
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Romance
Science Fiction
Horror
Humor

Nonfiction
Memoir & Autobiography
History & Biography
Business Books
Graphic Novels & Comics

Debut Goodreads Author
Young Adult Fiction

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction

Duration: January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
Level: Combination of A little bit of everything and Come what may
Books read: 0/xx

Read Any Combination That Appeals - Hard - 40 books
(27/40)
Fiction
Big Little Lies - 15/5/15
The Bone Clocks - 23/8/15
One Plus One - 27/3/17
YA
I'll Give You the Sun - 26/1/15
Love Letters to the Dead - 14/2/15
On the Fence - 5/5/15
We Were Liars - 22/3/16
YA Fantasy and Science Fiction
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender - 16/4/15
The Winner's Curse - 7/6/15
These Broken Stars - 23/6/15
Red Rising - 9/7/15
Humour
Yes Please - 17/1/15
Uganda Be Kidding Me - 10/11/15
Historical Fiction
The Invention of Wings - 17/4/15
The Miniaturist - 21/5/15
All the Light We Cannot See - 27/1/17
Mystery and Thriller
Mr. Mercedes - 6/2/15
In the Blood - 30/1/16
Science Fiction
The Martian - 2/1/15
Hollow World - 4/4/15
Lock In - 9/5/15
Romance
Play - 3/3/15
Ugly Love - 30/4/15
Archer's Voice - 2/5/15
Raw 11/2/16
Debut Goodreads Author
Elizabeth Is Missing - 27/6/15
Cruel Beauty = 4/7/15

Duration: January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
Level: Category Demolisher (Hard)

Thanks Tea, I'm looking forward to getting stuck into it :)

Duration: January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
★★★★★✩ ✩ ✩ ✩ ✩ ★A Little Bit of Everything★✩ ✩ ✩ ✩ ✩ ★★★★★
5/10 Fiction (view spoiler)
8/10 Mystery and Thriller (view spoiler)
6/10 Historical Fiction (view spoiler)
3/10 Fantasy (view spoiler)
6/10 Science Fiction (view spoiler)
9/10 Horror (view spoiler)
8/10 Best Debut Goodreads Author (view spoiler)
5/10 Young Adult SF & F (view spoiler)




























Come What May
Completed: 3/?
Fiction
Big Little Lies
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
Station Eleven
Lost Lake
The Enchanted
Historical Fiction
The Miniaturist
Fantasy
The Queen of the Tearling
The Emperor's Blades
The Goblin Emperor
Humor

✔Yes Please
History and Biography
The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
Young Adult Fiction


Take Me On
I'll Give You the Sun
✔Lies We Tell Ourselves
Everything Leads to You
✔Puddle Jumping
Historical Fiction
All the Light We Cannot See
Horror
The Girl with All the Gifts
Romance
Maybe Someday

Books I Read in 2014 (7):







Level:
★ Come What May: Completed 22/30
★ Read any combination of books that appeal to you:
✔✩ Easy- 10 Books
✔✩ Moderate- 20 books
★ A Little Bit of Everything: Read 1 Book from each category
✔✩ Easy: 1 book from 5 different categories
✔✩ Moderate: 1 book from 10 different categories
Fiction: (3/3)



Mystery & Thriller: (1/2)
The Good Girl by Mary Kubica


Fantasy: (1/3)
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
The Emperor's Blades by Brian Staveley



Science Fiction: (1/3)
The Martian by Andy Weir
Lock In by John Scalzi



Horror: (2/2)


Nonfiction: (1/1)

Memoir & Autobiography: (1/1)

Graphic Novels & Comics: (2/3)
In Real Life by Corey Doctorow



Debut Author: (3/4)
Red Rising by Pierce Brown




YA Fiction: (3/3)



Humor: (1/1)

YA Fantasy & SciFi: (3/4)
The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson





Level : come what may
Fiction:
1.Big Little Lies
2.Station Eleven


previously read(view spoiler)
Mystery & Thriller:
previously read(view spoiler)
Historical Fiction:
1.All the Light We Cannot See

Fantasy:
1.Words of Radiance

previously read(view spoiler)
Romance:
previously read(view spoiler)
Science Fiction:
Horror:
previously read(view spoiler)
Humor:
previously read(view spoiler)
Nonfiction:
1. What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
2.Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End


previously read(view spoiler)
Memoir & Autobiography:
1.Everybody's Got Something
2.Glitter and Glue


History & Biography:
Business Books:
1.Think Like a Freak
2.Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future


Graphic Novels & Comics:
1.The Way of Shadows

Poetry:
Debut Goodreads Author:
previously read(view spoiler)
Young Adult Fiction:
previously read(view spoiler)
Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction:
previously read(view spoiler)
Middle Grade & Children:
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GoodReads Choice Awards (2014) Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
Level: Combination of A little bit of everything and Come what may
Books read: 0/??

Level: Combination Moderate - 20 books
Books Read:
1/20

Landline by Rainbow Rowell - Winner Fiction ****
2/20

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd - Runnerup - Historical Fiction C *****
Fiction 1
Historical Fiction 1

Fiction





Mystery & Thriller



Historical Fiction


Fantasy


Goodreads Choice Awards (2014) Reading Challenge
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
✩ Moderate- 1/20 books
Historical Fiction


January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
0/??
Come What May
Fiction:
Historical Fiction:
Fantasy:
Romance:
Science Fiction:
Humor:
Nonfiction:
Memoir & Autobiography:
History & Biography:
Graphic Novels & Comics:
Poetry:
Debut Goodreads Author:
Young Adult Fiction:
Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction:
Middle Grade & Children:
PREVIOUSLY READ:
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January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
0/??
Come What May
Fiction:
Historical Fiction:
Fantasy:
Romance:
Science Fiction:
Humor:
Nonfiction:
Memoir & Autobiography:
History & Biography:
Graphic Novels
Poetry:
Debut Goodreads Author:
Young Adult Fiction:
Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction:
:

Level
★ A Little Bit of Everything - Moderate (1 Book from 10 different categories)
★ Come What May: See how many you can finish!
UPDATED 1/12/2016
I read 52 Goodreads Choice titles from 10 different categories for 2014, plus others from previous years. I'll definitely do this challenge again as I found some really good choices this way.
Goodreads Choice Awards (2014) Reading Challenge
Progress: 52
Fiction
✔ Lost Lake 2/8/15
✔ Landline 4/28/15
Mystery & Thriller
✔ The Good Girl 2/7/15
✔ The Weight of Blood 3/13/15
✔ Mean Streak
✔ Mr. Mercedes 11/2/15
✔ Top Secret Twenty-One 9/28/15
✔ The Son 10/3/15
✔ The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches 9/28/15
Historical Fiction
✔ I Shall Be Near to You 1/31/15
✔ My Name Is Resolute 2/20/15
✔ Euphoria 2/25/15
✔ All the Light We Cannot See
✔ The Narrow Road to the Deep North 11/14/15
Horror
✔ The Wolf in Winter 3/3/15
✔ Bird Box 1/23/15
✔ The Winter People 6/20/15
✔ The Girl with All the Gifts 10/27/15
Humor
✔ Yes Please 7/18/15
Memoir & Autobiography
✔ As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride 7/8/15
✔ Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed: A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings 9/13/15
History & Biography
✔ The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League 4/27/15
Debut Goodreads Author
✔ The Pearl that Broke Its Shell 8/12/15
✔ Cruel Beauty 12/2/15
✔ Everything I Never Told You 10/5/15
Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
✔ Cress 7/17/15
✔ Hollow City 3/25/15
✔ The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender 4/28/15
✔ Four: A Divergent Story Collection 7/28/15
Middle Grade & Children
✔ Winner - The Blood of Olympus 1/5/15
✔ Brown Girl Dreaming 8/15/15
✔ The Fourteenth Goldfish 8/21/15
Previous Years' Winners and Nominees
✔ The House of Hades (2013) 1/2/15
✔ The Fault in Our Stars (2012) 1/6/15
✔ Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2011) 1/15/15
✔ Orphan Train (2013) 4/19/15
✔ The Ocean at the End of the Lane (2013) 5/15/15
✔ The Goldfinch (2013) 5/30/15
✔ Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (2012) 6/16/15
✔ Cinder (2012) 7/9/15
✔ Scarlet (2013) 7/13/15
✔ A Visit from the Goon Squad (2010) 7/19/15
✔ The Kitchen House (2010) 9/10/15
✔ The Girl Who Chased the Moon (2010) 9/13/15
✔ The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business (2012) 9/25/15
✔ Gone Girl (2012) 10/23/15
✔ The Marriage Plot (2011) 11/5/15
✔ Legend (2012) 11/7/15
✔ 11/22/63 (2011) 11/18/15
✔ Fortunately, the Milk (2013) 12/6/15
✔ Major Pettigrew's Last Stand (2010) 12/6/15
✔ The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (2009) 12/7/15

Duration
Start: 1/1/2015
End: 12/31/2015
Progress: 11/?
Completed Easy Level for A Little Bit of Everything
Working On Moderate Level for A Little Bit of Everything
Completed Easy Level for Read Any Combination of Books
Working on Moderate Level for Read Any Combination
Fiction:

Landline by Rainbow Rowell
Mystery & Thriller:
Historical Fiction:
Fantasy:
Romance:
Science Fiction:
Horror:
Humor:

Yes Please by Amy Poehler
Nonfiction:

The Opposite of Loneliness by Marina Keegan
Memoir & Autobiography:
History & Biography:
Business Books:
Food & Cookbooks:
Graphic Novels & Comics:
Poetry:
Debut Goodreads Author:
Young Adult Fiction:


I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaira
Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction:
Middle Grade & Children:
Picture Books:






The Pigeon Needs a Bath by Mo Willems
The Adventures of Beekle by Dan Santat
Maple by Lori Nichols
Quest by Aaron Becker
Sparky! by Jenny Offill & Chris Appelhans
Here Comes the Easter Cat by Deborah Underwood

Goodreads Choice Awards (2014) Reading Challenge
Duration: 1/1/2015 - 12/31/2015
Goodreads Choice Awards (2014) Shelf
Progress: 7 out of 40 (Hard- 40 books)
Previously Read:
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Read in 2015
1. Saga, Volume 3 by Erin Morgenstern - **** - 2/22/2015 - 387 Pages
2. Magic Breaks by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 4/1/2015
3. Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor - *** - 4/30/2015 - 613 Pages
4. The Line by J.D. Horn - ***** - 7/21/2015 - 296 Pages
5. Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson - ***** - 11/4/2015
6. The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness - **** - 12/1/2015 - 561 Pages
7. Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris - ***** - 12/21/2015 - 291 Pages
8. Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon
9. Skin Game by Jim Butcher
10.
11.








January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
0/??
Come What May
PREVIOUSLY READ:















Fiction:
Historical
The Invention of Wings
Fantasy
Words of Radiance
Magic Breaks
Romance
Sci Fi
Humor:
Young Adult Fiction
FINISHED FOR CHALLENGE:




















A Little Bit of Everything - Easy
Progress: 4/5





1)Mystery & Thriller Mr. Mercedes September 29 - ☆ 3 / 5
2)Science Fiction The Martian April 28 - ☆ 4 / 5
3)Humor Yes Please
4)Debut Goodreads Author Red Rising May 9 - ☆ 4 / 5
5)Romance The Will July 8 - ☆ 5 / 5
Category Demolisher - Easy - Young Adult
Progress: 11/11











1)We Were Liars May 26 - ☆ 4 / 5
2)To All the Boys I've Loved Before March 26 - ☆ 5 / 5
3)Panic July 16 - ☆ 4 / 5
4)Puddle Jumping October 13 - ☆ 4 / 5
6)On the Fence October 13 - ☆ 5 / 5
7)My Life With The Walter Boys July 28 - ☆ 4 / 5
8)Rumble October 26 - ☆ 4 / 5
9)Better off Friends August 11 - ☆ 3 / 5
10)Love Letters to the Dead October 13 - ☆ 4 / 5
11)Don't Look BackOctober 22 - ☆ 3 / 5

I'm going to try and read as many books as I can from the categories that I'm interested in. I'll list all the books I'm interested in reading, check them off as I go, and see how many I can finish this year.
Fiction
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Mystery and Thriller
(view spoiler)
Historical Fiction
(view spoiler)
Fantasy
(view spoiler)
Science Fiction
(view spoiler)
Horror
(view spoiler)
Humor
(view spoiler)
Nonfiction
(view spoiler)
Memoir and Autobiography
(view spoiler)
History and Biography
(view spoiler)
Young Adult Fiction
(view spoiler)
Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction
(view spoiler)

Prior to 2015
The Silkworm - read 12/5/2014
The Weight of Blood read 4/21/2014
All the Light We Cannot See - read 11/10/2014
The Invention of Wings - read 2/8/2014
The Museum of Extraordinary Things - read 3/13/2014
The Martian - read 7/13/2014
A Better World - read 8/25/2014
Bird Box - read 9/2/2014
People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Competitive Crafters, Drop-Off Despots, and Other Suburban Scourges - read 9/6/2014
Dreams of Gods & Monsters - read 9/25/2014
Read in 2015
Mr. Mercedes - read 1/9/2015
We Were Liars - read 1/16/2015
The Girl With All the Gifts - read 2/8/2015
My Drunk Kitchen: A Guide to Eating, Drinking, and Going with Your Gut - read 2/15/15
The Good Girl - read 3/14/15
Station Eleven - read 3/27/15
Annihilation - read 4/8/15
Rumble - read 7/23/15
Frog Music - read 8/9/15
Yes Please - read 9/21/15

Duration: 1/1/15 - 12/31/15
Level: Combination: Easy
Fiction:
① The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry *** 2/27/15
Historical Fiction:
① All the Light We Cannot See **** 9/4/15
Fantasy:
① The Queen of the Tearling *** 4/11/15
Science Fiction:
① Apolonia **** 5/4/15
Horror:
① Prince Lestat ** 5/13/15
Non-Fiction:
① One Nation **** 5/12/15
History/Biography:
① The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee **** 3/14/15
Middle Grade/Children:
① The Crossover ***** 4/10/15
Young Adult Fantasy/SciFi:
① Hollow City
Graphic Novels/Comics:
① Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Rift, Part 1 **** 11/28/15

Books Read: 14 / 18 planned
Fiction
✔Landline - 6/6/2015
✔Station Eleven - 8/21/2015


Mystery & Thriller
✔Mr. Mercedes - 10/5/2015
The Good Girl

Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Romance
✔The Will - 3/26/2015 (reread)
Play

Science Fiction
✔The Martian - 9/5/2015

Horror
Humor
✔Yes Please - 4/27/2015
✔Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography - 7/24/2015
✔Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned" - 6/2/2015
Decker's Wood



Nonfiction
Memoir/Autobiography
✔Not My Father's Son: A Memoir - 7/28/2015
Love Life

History & Biography
✔Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General - 7/31/2015

Business Books
Graphic Novels
✔Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? - 6/29/2015

Poetry
Debut Goodreads Author
✔Everything I Never Told You - 1/13/2015

Young Adult Fiction
✔To All the Boys I've Loved Before - 7/25/2015

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
✔Hollow City - 9/18/2015

Middle Grade & Children
Picture Books
Books mentioned in this topic
One Plus One (other topics)All the Light We Cannot See (other topics)
Raw (other topics)
We Were Liars (other topics)
In the Blood (other topics)
More...
Authors mentioned in this topic
Neil Patrick Harris (other topics)Deborah Harkness (other topics)
G. Willow Wilson (other topics)
J.D. Horn (other topics)
Laini Taylor (other topics)
More...
The annual Goodreads Choice Award gives readers around the world a chance to recognize their favorite books of the year. With over 20 categories of books and more than half a million votes, it's clear that this award is in a league of its own. Here at NBRC, we like to utilize this award by making a reading challenge out of it- after all, it's what we do best.
Duration
Start: 1/1/2015
End: 12/31/2015
Levels
There are a couple different ways to play:
★ A Little Bit of Everything: Read 1 Book from each category
✩ Easy: 1 book from 5 different categories
✩ Moderate: 1 book from 10 different categories
✩ Hard: 1 book from all 20 categories
★ Category Demolisher: Read all books from same category
✩ Easy: 1/2 a category (10 books from any 1 category)
✩ Moderate: 1 category (20 books)
✩ Hard: 2 categories (40 books)
(In case you've already read some of the books, you can count them also, or read nominee/winner for same category from previous years.)
★ Read any combination of books that appeal to you:
✩ Easy- 10 Books
✩ Moderate- 20 books
✩ Hard- 40 books
★ Come What May: See how many you can finish!
Rules/Explanation
◈You are not limited to Choice Award winners; runner ups and nominees in each category will also count.
◈You can read more than one book from each category.
◈When updating your challenge on this thread please include the category.
◈Audio books are acceptable.
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