2015 Reading Challenge discussion

so far I have read my book for the book by an author I've never read before and my book with a color in the title. the first one was Ark Angel by Anthony Horowitz and the second is Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier. Both are really good books!

I read American Psycho (book that became a movie), and I'm two chapters away from finishing Everything I Never Told You (book by female author).

4 down and a pile of books to go!

- Book that became a movie: Water for elephants by Sara Gruen

- Book w/ a number in the title: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

- Book set in high school: The perks of being a wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky 

- Book w/ color in the title: Yellow star by Jennifer Roy

So far:
Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (sp?) book that became a movie, book that is written by a female, author i haven't read before (?)

2 down
Book with short stories and a book in a day

3 down
Wuthering Heights for books you were supposed to read in high school
Jane and Austen for book by a female author
The Moon and More for book you can finish in a day

ok so I have now done the book based on a country I've always wanted to visit...progress :)

I have read 7 so far, I love to read. So far I have read a book by a female author, a memoir, a book you can read in a day, a book with magic, a book you owned by never read, a book that takes place in your hometown and a book based on or turned into a tv show.

So far my favorite book is UnHoly Pictures by Thomas Macicera. Now onto a book at the bottom of your reading list.

Rachel- what did you read for the non-human characters book?

I am currently reading a book with more than 500 pages The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. It has 864 pages so I maybe sometime.

One down: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle *a book by a female author* (I never read it as a child and wanted to see what the hype was about)
And two on the go: The Astronaut Wives Club by Lily Koppel *a book you own but have never read* (this was one I had to pull a trick on. I have read ever book I own, I never buy a book and then put it on the shelf and forget it. I went out and bought this book, owned it for about an hour and then began reading it!)
The Lucky One by Nickolas Sparks *A book by an author you have never read before

Just finished Doctor Zhivago book originally written in a different language (Russian).

I just finished my trilogy- the shiver trilogy

Book with bad reviews: Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert
Book with a number: Catch 22
Book by an author I never read before: Slaughterhouse five by Kurt Vonnegut
Book made into a movie: Never let me go
Book by a female author: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Classic Romance: Emma by Jane Austen

A Book With A One-Word Title: Inferno by Dan Brown
A Trilogy: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
A Book From My Childhood: Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen
A Book With Magic: Brida by Paulo Coehlo
A Book Written In A Different Language: Aleph by Paulo Coehlo (Portuguese)
A Graphic Novel: Persepolis 1 & 2 by Marjane Satrapi
A Pulitzer Prize Winning Book: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
A Book Written by a Female Author: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
A Book With Nonhuman Characters: A Tale of Redwall: The Sable Quean by Brian Jacques
Book Written Over 100 Years Ago: The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells

Those are the ones I finished so far.

Book written by someone under 30: The Outsiders by S Hinton
Popular author's first book: Joy luck club by Amy Tan
Nonfiction: Unseen New Evidence by Ron Tesoriero
Book set in a different country: The last time I saw my mother: Arlene Chai
Book a friend recommended: My year of meats by Ruth Ozeki
A memoir: Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Book you can finish in a day: Orchard book of Greek myths.
Book you own but have never read: The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown
Book that made me cry: Silent Grief by Clara Hinton

Book with nonhuman characters: The call of the wild by Jack London

And now I am up to date!!!

I'm way behind on my reading this year, but so far I've done these:

Book with 500+ pages:Outlander
Book that became a movie: The Notebook
Book with a number in the title:Station Eleven
Book by a female author:Falling into Place
Mystery or thriller:I Am Pilgrim
Book with one-word title: Scorched
Nonfiction: Narwhals: Arctic Whales in a Melting World
Popular author's first book: Digital Fortress
Book based on a true story: Night
A memoir Our Holocaust
Book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit:In Papa's Shadow
Book set in high school: Drawing Amanda
Book set in the future: The Book of Strange New Things
Book that was originally written in different language: Daybreak

So far I've done
Book published this year: Above Us Only Sky
Book with number in title: The 5 Love Languages
Book by a female author: The Handmaid's Tale
Book set in a different country: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Nonfiction book: Kingdom Woman
Book based on a true story: Into the Wild
Book more than 100 years old: The Last of the Mohicans
Book with antonyms in the title: Beauty and the Beast
Book that came out the year you were born: Number the Stars
Book from your childhood: The Two Princesses of Bamarre
Book by an author you've never read before: Victory Over the Darkness
Book you own but never read: Little Women
Book written by an author with you same initials: The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank

I'm not going in order so it's all over the place. Also combining with requirements for my book club!

Book w/500+ pages: Edge of Eternity by Ken Follett
Classic romance: Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas
Book published this year: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Book by female author: We Have Always Lived in the castle by Shirley Jackson
Book set in a different country: The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
Book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit: The Miniaturist by Jesse Burton
Book set in the future: The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
Book by an author you've never read before: Way Station by Clifford D. Simak
Book that was originally written in a different language: Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak

That's 9 so far. Also, for the trilogy I have read the first two books in The 5th Wave series and will read the 3rd when it is released in the fall.

I've done 16 so far. I put all my titles in the bookshelf for the group.

Book w/ 500+ pages: Insurgent
Book that became a movie: Divergent
Book published this year (2015): When
Book written by someone under 30: Cracked Up to Be
Book w/ one-word title: Bunheads
Book of short stories: Four: A Divergent Story Collection
Book based on its cover: Conditional Love
Book that made you cry: Allegiant
Book by an author you've never read before: Anatomy of a Misfit
Book you own but have never read: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Book that takes place in your hometown: Dimi is Married

I've got 11 done, many more to go...

Book that came out the year I was born: Thornbirds (1977)

I read The Rosie Effect for the funny category, but I don't think this one was as funny as the first book.

Tami wrote: "I read The Rosie Effect for the funny category, but I don't think this one was as funny as the first book."

My brother bought me that for Christmas so I have it planned for this category too.

Hi everyone! I've been working my way through this list for a couple of months, and I'm so glad I found this group to get some ideas for books to fill in the gaps. So far I have read:

Classic Romance: Breakfast at Tiffany's
A book that became a movie: The Martian (A little bit of stretch since the movie isn't out yet, but I'm counting it)
Nonhuman characters: James and the Giant Peach
Funny book: Yes, Please
One word title: Flow
Nonfiction book: Cradle to Cradle
Friend recommended: Creativity, Inc.
Scary book: 11/22/63
Book based on cover: The Goldfinch
Memoir: A Walk in the Woods
Finish in a day: The Happiness Project
Bad reviews: Lessons from Madame Chic
Book that made you cry: The Fault in our Stars
Book with magic: The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Graphic Novel: Climate Changed
Author never read before: Tao Te Ching
Takes place in hometown: The Paris Wife
Set during Christmas: The Christmas Memory

Finish in a day: Mistletoe Promise by Richard Paul Evans
Antonyms: Up The Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman
Cry: The Dance by Gary Smalley/Dan Walsh
Graphic novel: Batman Detective Mag.#27
Author never read: Moving Target by J.A.Jance
Own, never read: Angels Walking by Karen Kingsbury
Hometown: Lacey, Olympia, Tumwater by Shanna Stevenson
Same initials: Peter Pan by J. Barrie
Play: The Piano Lesson by August Wilson
Banned book: Summer of my German Soldier by Bette Greene
500 pages: A Distant Trumpet by Paul Horgan
Classic romance: Chasing Sunsets by Karen Kingsbury
Published 2015: The Love Letters by Beverly Lewis
Number in Title: 31 Kisses by Chautona Havig
Author under 30: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Nonhuman: Flash by Rachel Anne Ridge
Funny: Middle School-worst year of my life by James Patterson
Female author: The Guestbook by Andrea Hurst
Mystery: Four Pistols by Bruce Goodwin
One word title: Gypped by Carol Higgins Clark
Short Stories: Short Stories Old and New by C. Alphonso Smith
Different country: The House I Loved by Tatiana de Rosnay
Nonfiction: Lord, Change Me by Evelyn Christianson
Pop. Author 1st book: Missy's Murder by Karen Kingsbury
Author you love: The Melody Lingers On by Carol Higgins Clark
Recommended: Hope by Mary Ryan
True Story: When You Come Home by Nancy Pitts
bottom of list: A Perfect Square by Vannetta Chapman
Mom: Deadly Pretender by Karen Kingbury
100 years: The Lamplighter by Maria S. Cummins
Set in High School: All American Girl by Meg Cabot
Became a movie: A Series of Unfortunate Events#1 by Lemony Snicket
Pulitzer: The Keeper of the House by Shirley Ann Grau
Christmas: The Lopsided Christmas Cake by Wanda Brunstetter
supposed to read: A Midnight summers dream by Shakespeare
Memoir: I am Hutterite by Mary-Ann Kirkby
childhood: The Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Huchet Bishop
different language: The Hidden Child - a novel by Camillia Lackberg
Scary book: Madelaine by Craig McGray
based on cover: Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast
Want to visit: Becoming Alice by Alice Rene
year of birth: Nine Suitcases by Bela Zsolt
bad reviews: Single Shoe Mystery by Janine Marie
trilogy: author--Sharlene MacLaren:
Hannah Grace
Maggie Rose
Abbie Ann
love triangle: Love's Providence by Jennifer Westfall
set in future: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
color in title: Blue Jacket by Allen Eckhart
magic: Secondhand Charm by Julie Berry
into a tv show: Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
started,unfinished: The Accidental Spy by J.R. Lindermuth

Began reading 1/1/2015 ~~~ finished the last book on 11/5/2015!

2015 READING CHALLENGE FINISHED!

52 books completed!

Awesome to see how many people completed this! My goal was to get halfway through and I'm happy to say I finished 30 books. I'm in the middle of one more and am hoping to finish it before the clock strikes 12 on Thursday! Popsugar has posted their new list so I will be creating a new group shortly - please join me again for the adventure in 2016 :)

I think I'm 9 short of the goal. I knew I wouldn't get to all of them when we started, but it was fun participating and I learned about many more books and authors by doing the challenge.

Here's my final list. Hoping to read a play tonight before midnight!

2015 Reading Challenge

- Book w/ 500+ pages: Edge of Eternity by Ken Follett
- Classic romance; Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas
- Book that became a movie: Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
- Book published this year (2015): The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
- Book w/ a number in the title: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
- Book written by someone under 30: A Room with a View by EM Forster
- Book w/ nonhuman characters: The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
- Funny book: The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
- Book by female author: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
- Mystery or thriller: Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
- Book w/ one-word title: Paris by Edward Rutherfurd
- Book of short stories: The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
- Book set in a different country: The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham (France)
- Nonfiction: Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence by Joseph J. Ellis
- Popular author's first book: The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
- Book from an author you love that you haven't read yet: The Space Between by Diana Gabaldon
- Book a friend recommended / - Book that made you cry: Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
- Pulitzer Prize-winning book March by Geraldine Brooks
- Book based on true story Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
- Book at bottom of your to-read list Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- Book your mom loves: Ana’s Story by Jenna Bush
- Book that scares you: Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
- Book more than 100 years old: Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
- Book based on its cover: Girl Underwater by Claire Kells
- Book you were supposed to read in school but didn't: Animal Farm by George Orwell (I was somehow never instructed to read this!)
- A memoir: Love, Lashes and Lipstick by Mally Roncal
- Book you can finish in a day: Floodland by Marcus Sedgwick
- Book w/ antonyms in the title: Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
- Book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit: The Miniaturist by Jesse Burton (Amsterdam)
- Book that came out the year you were born The Wolf and the Dove by Kathleen Woodiwiss
- Book w/ bad reviews: Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
- A trilogy: The Paper Magician Trilogy by Charlie Holmberg
- Book from your childhood: On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Book w/ a love triangle: Time’s Divide by Rysa Walker
- Book set in the future: The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
- Book set in high school The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
- Book w/ color in the title: The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- Book w/ magic: The Paper Magician by Charlie M. Holmberg
- Graphic novel: The Walking Dead Book One
- Book by an author you've never read before: Way Station by Clifford D. Simak
- Book you own but have never read: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by JK Rowling
- Book that takes place in your hometown: Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon
- Book that was originally written in different language: Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak (Russian)
- Book set during Christmas: A Wallflower Christmas by Lisa Kleypas
- Book written by an author with your same initials: The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
- A play
- A banned book: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
- Book based on or turned into a TV show: When Calls the Heart by Janette Oke
- Book you started but never finished: It is very rare for me not to finish a book so I had to skip this one.

Completed 30 books!!
- Book w/ 500+ pages: The Passage by Justin Cronin
- Book published this year (2015): Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
- Book w/ a number in the title: 206 Bones by Kathy Reichs
- Book w/ nonhuman characters: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
- Book by female author: East by Edith Patou
- Book w/ one-word title: Mice by Gordon Reece
- Book set in a different country: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
- Nonfiction: On Immunity by Eula Biss
- Book a friend recommended: The Ocean at the end of the Lane by Neil Gaimen
- Pulitzer Prize-winning book: March by Geraldine Brooks
- Book based on true story: Working Stiff by Judy Melinek
- Book you were supposed to read in school but didn't: The Lord of the Flies by William Golding
- A memoir: Yes Please by Amy Poehler
- Book you can finish in a day: The Game by Terry Schott
- Book w/ antonyms in the title: Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
- Book that came out the year you were born: Jurassic Park by Michael Chrichton
- A trilogy: The Legend Trilogy by Marie Lu
- Book w/ a love triangle: Losing Faith by Adam Mitzner
- Book set in high school: Fly on the Wall by E. Lockhart
- Book w/ color in the title: The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
- Book w/ magic: Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth
- Graphic novel: Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
- Book that was originally written in different language: Unwanted by Kristina Ohlsson
- Book written by an author with your same initials: After Image by Kathleen George
- A play: The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
- A banned book: Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
- Book you started but never finished: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini