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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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***~ Thank you to Lynn from Goodreads Choice Award Book Club for creating and letting us use this list! ~***


Categories:


Fiction
Winner - Landline
Nominees
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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
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Nonfiction
Winner - The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
Nominees
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Memoir & Autobiography
Winner - This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl
Nominees
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History & Biography
Winner - The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
Nominees
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Business Books
Winner - #GIRLBOSS
Nominees
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Food & Cookbooks
Winner - Make It Ahead: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook
Nominees
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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
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Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
Winner - City of Heavenly Fire
Nominees
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Middle Grade & Children
Winner - The Blood of Olympus
Nominees
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Picture Books
Winner - The Pigeon Needs a Bath!
Nominees
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message 7: by Audrey Jane (last edited Jan 24, 2015 01:30PM) (new)

Audrey Jane | 1815 comments I'm in! Time to catch up and maybe discover something new.

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

Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

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


The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (Flavia de Luce, #6) by Alan Bradley

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

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

City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett

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

The Will (Magdalene, #1) by Kristen Ashley Romancing the Duke (Castles Ever After, #1) by Tessa Dare

Science Fiction
The Martian by Andy Weir


The Martian by Andy Weir

Horror



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

Red Rising (Red Rising Trilogy, #1) by Pierce Brown Cruel Beauty (Cruel Beauty Universe, #1) by Rosamund Hodge

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

Ruin and Rising (The Grisha, #3) by Leigh Bardugo The Young Elites (The Young Elites, #1) by Marie Lu

Middle Grade & Children
The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier


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

The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton Night Broken (Mercy Thompson, #8) by Patricia Briggs Magic Breaks (Kate Daniels, #7) by Ilona Andrews Stolen Songbird (The Malediction Trilogy, #1) by Danielle L. Jensen The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3) by Marissa Meyer


message 8: by Zonnah (last edited Sep 03, 2015 06:07PM) (new)

Zonnah | 457 comments I enjoyed this and will do it again!

★ 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

1. Landline - 6/5/15
2. Big Little Lies - 9/17/2014
3. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - 6/29/15
4. One Plus One - 6/29/15
5. Leaving Time - 3/15/2015
Landline by Rainbow Rowell Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin One Plus One by Jojo Moyes Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult

6. The Bone Clocks - 7/14/15
7. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage - 6/5/15
8. Stone Mattress: Nine Tales - 6/5/15
9. Station Eleven - 6/5/15
10. The Pearl that Broke Its Shell - 3/7/15
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami Stone Mattress Nine Tales by Margaret Atwood Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel The Pearl that Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi

Category Mystery & Thriller
10/10

1. Mr. Mercedes - 6/5/15
2. The Silkworm - 12/28/14
3. The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line - 6/29/15
4. Festive in Death - 6/19/15
/5. Top Secret Twenty-One - 3/17/2015
Mr. Mercedes (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #1) by Stephen King The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2) by Robert Galbraith The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line (Veronica Mars, #1) by Rob Thomas Festive in Death (In Death, #39) by J.D. Robb Top Secret Twenty-One (Stephanie Plum #21) by Janet Evanovich

6. The Long Way Home - 6/5/15
7. The Secret Place - 6/5/15
8. The Son - 6/5/15
9. I Am Pilgrim - 6/19/15
10. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches - 2/1/15
The Long Way Home (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #10) by Louise Penny The Secret Place (Dublin Murder Squad, #5) by Tana French The Son by Jo Nesbø I Am Pilgrim (Pilgrim, #1) by Terry Hayes The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (Flavia de Luce, #6) by Alan Bradley


message 9: by Lisa (last edited Jul 14, 2015 07:19AM) (new)

Lisa 1/1/15-12/31/15

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


message 10: by Izavel (last edited Feb 04, 2015 06:29PM) (new)

Izavel (izaveldfranco) | 13 comments 4/16 READ

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

Fiction
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty 2-2-15

Mystery & Thriller

Historical Fiction

Fantasy

Romance

Science Fiction

Horror

Humor
Yes Please by Amy Poehler 2-3-15

Nonfiction

Memoir & Autobiography

History & Biography

Business Books

Graphic Novels & Comics
Serenity Leaves on the Wind by Zack Whedon 1-2-15

Debut Goodreads Author

Young Adult Fiction
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart 1-3-15

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction


message 11: by ❀Tea❀ (new)

❀Tea❀ (ttea) | 9624 comments Welcome to the challenge everyone ☺


message 12: by Srividya (new)

Srividya Vijapure (theinkedmermaid) | 1160 comments 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/xx



message 13: by Emma (M) (last edited Apr 14, 2017 05:13AM) (new)

Emma (M) | 1777 comments Goodreads Choice Awards (2014) Challenge


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


message 14: by ❀Tea❀ (new)

❀Tea❀ (ttea) | 9624 comments Welcome to the challenge Srividya & Emma ☺


message 15: by Amanda (new)

Amanda (daughterofoak) | 3473 comments I'm going to join in on this one.
Duration: January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
Level: Category Demolisher (Hard)


message 16: by ❀Tea❀ (new)

❀Tea❀ (ttea) | 9624 comments Welcome to the challenge Amanda ☺


message 17: by Emma (M) (new)

Emma (M) | 1777 comments ❀Tea❀ wrote: "Welcome to the challenge Srividya & Emma ☺"

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


message 18: by Cynthia (last edited Mar 20, 2015 01:47PM) (new)

Cynthia (cynthiab) I'm definitely into this! I read a large number of these books in 2014, so I'll only count for challenging purposes the books I've read in 2015. However, I do want to track my 2014 GCA reads here.

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)

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty Landline by Rainbow Rowell The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2) by Robert Galbraith The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton Murder of Crows (The Others, #2) by Anne Bishop The Book of Life (All Souls Trilogy, #3) by Deborah Harkness Prince Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles #11) by Anne Rice The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon Bird Box by Josh Malerman The Wolf in Winter (Charlie Parker, #12) by John Connolly Silence for the Dead by Simone St. James The Purge of Babylon A Novel of Survival (Purge of Babylon #1) by Sam Sisavath Red Rising (Red Rising Trilogy, #1) by Pierce Brown The Martian by Andy Weir The Line (Witching Savannah, #1) by J.D. Horn Half Bad (Half Bad, #1) by Sally Green Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3) by Marissa Meyer The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters The Children Act by Ian McEwan Dollbaby by Laura Lane McNeal Mean Streak by Sandra Brown The Slow Regard of Silent Things (The Kingkiller Chronicle #2.5) by Patrick Rothfuss A Better World (Brilliance Saga, #2) by Marcus Sakey These Broken Stars (Starbound, #1) by Amie Kaufman


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❀Tea❀ (ttea) | 9624 comments Welcome to the challenge Cynthia ☺


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❀Tea❀ (ttea) | 9624 comments Welcome to the challenge Sophie ☺


message 22: by *Layali* (last edited Dec 31, 2015 08:14PM) (new)

*Layali* (layalireads) | 36 comments I'm in! :)

Books I Read in 2014 (7):
Maybe Someday (Maybe, #1) by Colleen Hoover Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover Finding Me A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings by Michelle Knight Silver Shadows (Bloodlines, #5) by Richelle Mead The Young Elites (The Young Elites, #1) by Marie Lu We Were Liars by E. Lockhart White Hot Kiss (The Dark Elements, #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

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)
Landline by Rainbow Rowell 07/12; ★★★★✩
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 01/29; ★★★★★
The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld 10/15; ★★★★✩
Landline by Rainbow Rowell The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld

Mystery & Thriller: (1/2)
Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King 12/31; ★★★★★
The Good Girl by Mary Kubica
Mr. Mercedes (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #1) by Stephen King The Good Girl by Mary Kubica

Fantasy: (1/3)
Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop 01/18; ★★★★★
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
The Emperor's Blades by Brian Staveley
Murder of Crows (The Others, #2) by Anne Bishop The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison The Emperor's Blades (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, #1) by Brian Staveley

Science Fiction: (1/3)
The Martian by Andy Weir
Lock In by John Scalzi
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North 08/23; ★★★★✩
The Martian by Andy Weir Lock In (Lock In, #1) by John Scalzi The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North

Horror: (2/2)
The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey 01/25; ★★★★✩
The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon 10/29; ★★★✩✩
The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon

Nonfiction: (1/1)
The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories by Marina Keegan 07/09; ★★★✩✩
The Opposite of Loneliness Essays and Stories by Marina Keegan

Memoir & Autobiography: (1/1)
Stronger by Jeff Bauman 02/05; ★✩✩✩✩
Stronger by Jeff Bauman

Graphic Novels & Comics: (2/3)
Saga, Volume 3 by Brian K. Vaughn 09/04; ★★★★★
Sex Criminals, Vol. 1: One Weird Trick by Matt Fraction 10/17; ★★★★★
In Real Life by Corey Doctorow
Saga, Volume 3 by Brian K. Vaughan Sex Criminals, Vol. 1 One Weird Trick by Matt Fraction In Real Life by Cory Doctorow


Debut Author: (3/4)
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge 09/27; ★★★★★
Half Bad by Sally Green 04/16; ★★★★★
The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen 08/01; ★★★★★
Red Rising (Red Rising Trilogy, #1) by Pierce Brown Cruel Beauty (Cruel Beauty Universe #1) by Rosamund Hodge Half Bad (The Half Bad Trilogy, #1) by Sally Green The Queen of the Tearling (The Queen of the Tearling, #1) by Erika Johansen

YA Fiction: (3/3)
I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson 12/27; ★★★★★
Rumble by Ellen Hopkins 02/21; ★★★✩✩
Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour 06/28; ★★★★✩
I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson Rumble by Ellen Hopkins Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour

Humor: (1/1)
Yes Please by Amy Poehler 01/10; ★★★★✩
Yes Please by Amy Poehler

YA Fantasy & SciFi: (3/4)
Cress by Marissa Meyer 12/04; ★★★✩✩
Four: A Divergent Story Collection by Veronica Roth 01/04; ★★★★✩
The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson
The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey 08/31; ★★★★✩
Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3) by Marissa Meyer Four A Divergent Story Collection (Divergent, #0.1 - 0.4) by Veronica Roth The Kiss of Deception (The Remnant Chronicles, #1) by Mary E. Pearson The Infinite Sea (The 5th Wave, #2) by Rick Yancey


message 23: by Kme_17 (last edited Mar 06, 2015 01:11PM) (new)

Kme_17 | 453 comments Duration: January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
Level : come what may


Fiction:
1.Big Little Lies
2.Station Eleven

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

previously read(view spoiler)

Mystery & Thriller:

previously read(view spoiler)



Historical Fiction:
1.All the Light We Cannot See

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Fantasy:
1.Words of Radiance

Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2) by Brandon Sanderson

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

What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe Being Mortal Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande

previously read(view spoiler)

Memoir & Autobiography:
1.Everybody's Got Something
2.Glitter and Glue


Everybody's Got Something by Robin Roberts Glitter and Glue by Kelly Corrigan

History & Biography:

Business Books:

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

Think Like a Freak by Steven D. Levitt Zero to One Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel

Graphic Novels & Comics:
1.The Way of Shadows

The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, #1) by Brent Weeks


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:

Picture Books


☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ | 7238 comments I'm in. I can catch up on some that I haven't read :)

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/??


message 25: by ❀Tea❀ (new)

❀Tea❀ (ttea) | 9624 comments Welcome to the challenge Jennika, Kme_17 & Carmen ☺


message 26: by Kathy (new)

Kathy | 29 comments GoodReads Choice Awards (2014) Challenge

Level: Combination Moderate - 20 books

Books Read:

1/20 Landline by Rainbow Rowell
Landline by Rainbow Rowell - Winner Fiction ****


2/20 The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd - Runnerup - Historical Fiction C *****


Fiction 1
Historical Fiction 1


message 27: by Rebecca (last edited Jan 21, 2015 06:41AM) (new)

Rebecca (rebeccasg) | 3792 comments Books I read in 2014
Fiction
Landline by Rainbow Rowell Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin One Plus One by Jojo Moyes Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen
Mystery & Thriller
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2) by Robert Galbraith Top Secret Twenty-One (Stephanie Plum #21) by Janet Evanovich The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (Flavia de Luce, #6) by Alan Bradley
Historical Fiction
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd The King's Curse (The Cousins' War, #6) by Philippa Gregory
Fantasy
The Book of Life (All Souls Trilogy, #3) by Deborah Harkness Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3) by Marissa Meyer

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

Historical Fiction
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 1/20/15


message 28: by ❀Tea❀ (new)

❀Tea❀ (ttea) | 9624 comments Welcome to the challenge Kathy & Rebecca ☺


message 29: by Maureen (new)

Maureen (ryrou) | 41 comments Goodreads Choice Awards (2014) Reading Challenge
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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message 30: by Sunshine (new)

Sunshine (sunshine22222) | 804 comments Goodreads Choice Awards (2014) Reading Challenge
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:
:


message 31: by TerryJane (last edited Jan 12, 2016 03:53PM) (new)

TerryJane Sounds good. I'm in for a combination.

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


message 32: by Hilary (last edited Feb 17, 2015 05:58AM) (new)

Hilary | 41 comments I'm in for A Little Bit of Everything and Come What May :)

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:description
Landline by Rainbow Rowell

Mystery & Thriller:
Historical Fiction:
Fantasy:
Romance:
Science Fiction:
Horror:
Humor:description
Yes Please by Amy Poehler
Nonfiction:description
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: description description
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:description descriptiondescription descriptiondescription description
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


message 33: by Merissa (new)

Merissa (mayomb) | 45 comments Level: Easy - Read any combo
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message 34: by ❀Tea❀ (new)

❀Tea❀ (ttea) | 9624 comments Welcome to the challenge Maureen, Sunshine, TerryJane, Kaora, Hilary & Merissa ☺


message 35: by Suzanne (last edited Dec 21, 2015 10:46AM) (new)

Suzanne (esmerelda1) | 1314 comments Novel Books & Reading Challenges
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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Lost Lake (Lost Lake, #1) by Sarah Addison Allen Night Broken (Mercy Thompson, #8) by Patricia Briggs One More Thing Stories and Other Stories by B.J. Novak The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (Flavia de Luce, #6) by Alan Bradley The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd Romancing the Duke (Castles Ever After, #1) by Tessa Dare These Broken Stars (Starbound, #1) by Amie Kaufman The Witch With No Name (The Hollows, #13) by Kim Harrison Yes Please by Amy Poehler Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3) by Marissa Meyer

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
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Saga, Volume 3 by Brian K. Vaughan Magic Breaks (Kate Daniels, #7) by Ilona Andrews Dreams of Gods & Monsters (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #3) by Laini Taylor The Line (Witching Savannah, #1) by J.D. Horn Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1 No Normal by G. Willow Wilson The Book of Life (All Souls Trilogy, #3) by Deborah Harkness Neil Patrick Harris Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris


message 36: by ❀Tea❀ (new)

❀Tea❀ (ttea) | 9624 comments Welcome to the challenge Suzanne ☺


message 37: by Snowtulip (last edited Jul 25, 2015 02:07PM) (new)

Snowtulip | 4679 comments Goodreads Choice Awards (2014) Reading Challenge
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
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Come What May

PREVIOUSLY READ:
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami Up From the Grave (Night Huntress #7) by Jeaniene Frost Shield of Winter (Psy-Changeling, #13) by Nalini Singh The Backup Boyfriend (The Boyfriend Chronicles, #1) by River Jaymes Written in My Own Heart's Blood (Outlander, #8) by Diana Gabaldon The Martian by Andy Weir Lock In by John Scalzi The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey Rusty Nailed (Cocktail, #2) by Alice Clayton Not That Kind of Girl A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned" by Lena Dunham The Oh She Glows Cookbook Over 100 Vegan Recipes to Glow from the Inside Out by Angela Liddon Nom Nom Paleo Food for Humans by Michelle Tam Night Broken (Mercy Thompson, #8) by Patricia Briggs Opposition (Lux, #5) by Jennifer L. Armentrout The Witch With No Name (The Hollows, #13) by Kim Harrison

Fiction:
The Enchanted , 4 stars
Landline , 3 stars
Station Eleven , 4 stars
One Plus One , 4 stars

Historical
The Narrow Road to the Deep North , 2 stars
Dollbaby , 3 stars
The Invention of Wings

Fantasy
City of Stairs , 4 stars
Words of Radiance
Magic Breaks
The Goblin Emperor , 3 stars

Romance
Play , 4 stars
Maybe Someday , 4 stars
Archer's Voice , 4 stars

Sci Fi
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August , 3 stars

Humor:
Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography , 4 stars (1/18)

Young Adult Fiction
I'll Give You the Sun , 4 stars
Puddle Jumping , 4 stars
Ignite Me , 3 stars
White Hot Kiss , 3.5 stars
Blue Lily, Lily Blue , 4 stars
The Infinite Sea , 4 stars


FINISHED FOR CHALLENGE:
Neil Patrick Harris Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan City of Stairs (City of Stairs, #1) by Robert Jackson Bennett I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson Puddle Jumping by Amber L. Johnson Landline by Rainbow Rowell Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Dollbaby by Laura Lane McNeal Play (Stage Dive, #2) by Kylie Scott One Plus One by Jojo Moyes The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North Ignite Me (Shatter Me, #3) by Tahereh Mafi White Hot Kiss (The Dark Elements, #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout Blue Lily, Lily Blue (The Raven Cycle, #3) by Maggie Stiefvater The Infinite Sea (The 5th Wave, #2) by Rick Yancey The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison Maybe Someday (Maybe, #1) by Colleen Hoover Archer's Voice by Mia Sheridan


message 38: by ❀Tea❀ (new)

❀Tea❀ (ttea) | 9624 comments Welcome to the challenge Snowtulip ☺


message 39: by Jocelin (last edited Oct 27, 2015 10:53PM) (new)

Jocelin | 76 comments Going to try my first challenge ><

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

Yes Please by Amy Poehler Mr. Mercedes (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #1) by Stephen King The Martian by Andy Weir Red Rising (Red Rising Trilogy, #1) by Pierce Brown The Will (Magdalene, #1) by Kristen Ashley
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

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1) by Jenny Han Panic by Lauren Oliver Puddle Jumping (Puddle Jumping, #1) by Amber L. Johnson Don't Look Back by Jennifer L. Armentrout On the Fence by Kasie West My Life With The Walter Boys by Ali Novak Rumble by Ellen Hopkins Better off Friends by Elizabeth Eulberg Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaira Don't Look Back by Jennifer L. Armentrout
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


message 40: by Amanda (new)

Amanda (daughterofoak) | 3473 comments Welcome to the challenge, Jocelin.
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message 41: by Emily (last edited Sep 22, 2015 12:10PM) (new)

Emily ★ Come What May: See how many you can finish!

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
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Historical Fiction
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Fantasy
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Science Fiction
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Horror
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Humor
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Nonfiction
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Memoir and Autobiography
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History and Biography
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Young Adult Fiction
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Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction
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message 42: by Emily (last edited Sep 22, 2015 12:11PM) (new)

Emily Read:

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


message 43: by ❀Tea❀ (new)

❀Tea❀ (ttea) | 9624 comments Welcome to the challenge Kate ☺


message 44: by Melissa (ladybug) (last edited Dec 01, 2015 11:43AM) (new)

Melissa (ladybug) | 1048 comments NBRC: Goodreads Choice Awards (2014) Reading Challenge
Duration: 1/1/15 - 12/31/15
Level: Combination: Easy

Fiction:

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry *** 2/27/15

Historical Fiction:

All the Light We Cannot See **** 9/4/15

Fantasy:

The Queen of the Tearling *** 4/11/15

Science Fiction:

Apolonia **** 5/4/15

Horror:

Prince Lestat ** 5/13/15

Non-Fiction:

One Nation **** 5/12/15

History/Biography:

The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee **** 3/14/15

Middle Grade/Children:

The Crossover ***** 4/10/15

Young Adult Fantasy/SciFi:

Hollow City

Graphic Novels/Comics:

Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Rift, Part 1 **** 11/28/15


message 45: by ❀Tea❀ (new)

❀Tea❀ (ttea) | 9624 comments Welcome to the challenge Melissa ☺


Melissa (ladybug) | 1048 comments Thanks!! :)


message 47: by Zonnah (new)

Zonnah | 457 comments Cheers! I completed my list. :)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 48: by ❀Tea❀ (new)

❀Tea❀ (ttea) | 9624 comments Congrats Shellah ☺


message 49: by *Layali* (new)

*Layali* (layalireads) | 36 comments Awesome job, Shellah! Look at all those mystery and fiction novels! Congrats!


message 50: by Tara (last edited Oct 21, 2015 08:53AM) (new)

Tara | 1259 comments Goodread Choice Awards (2014)

Books Read: 14 / 18 planned



Fiction
Landline - 6/6/2015
Station Eleven - 8/21/2015
Landline by Rainbow Rowell Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Mystery & Thriller
Mr. Mercedes - 10/5/2015
The Good Girl
Mr. Mercedes (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #1) by Stephen King

Historical Fiction

Fantasy

Romance
The Will - 3/26/2015 (reread)
Play
The Will (Magdalene, #1) by Kristen Ashley

Science Fiction
The Martian - 9/5/2015
The Martian by Andy Weir

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
Yes Please by Amy Poehler Neil Patrick Harris Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris Not That Kind of Girl A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned" by Lena Dunham

Nonfiction

Memoir/Autobiography
Not My Father's Son: A Memoir - 7/28/2015
Love Life
Not My Father's Son A Memoir by Alan Cumming

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

Business Books

Graphic Novels
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? - 6/29/2015
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast

Poetry

Debut Goodreads Author
Everything I Never Told You - 1/13/2015
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

Young Adult Fiction
To All the Boys I've Loved Before - 7/25/2015
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1) by Jenny Han

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
Hollow City - 9/18/2015
Hollow City (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, #2) by Ransom Riggs

Middle Grade & Children

Picture Books


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