2015 Reading Challenge [Closed] discussion

Finished 16 books | 36 more to go!


Currently Reading: before i fall by Laura Oliver (week 15)
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| | 1. A book with more than 500 pages: The Mighty Storm by Samantha Towle

| | 2. A classic romance: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

| | 3. A book that became a movie: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

|x| 4. A book published this year: Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard.
My rating: ✮✮✮✮ 1/2

|x| 5. A book with a number in the title: For One More Day by Mitch Albom.
My rating: ✮✮✮✮✮

| | 6. A book written by someone under 30: All Broke Down by Cora Carmack

| | 7. A book with nonhuman characters: Cinder by Marissa Meyer

| | 8. A funny book: Yes Please by Amy Poehler

|x| 9. A book by a female author: Stepbrother Dearest by Penelope Ward.
My rating: ✮✮✮

|x| 10. A mystery or thriller: Stay by Emily Goodwin
My rating: ✮✮✮✮

| | 11. A book with a one-word title: Unravel by author Calia Read

| | 12. A book of short stories: Four by Veronica Roth

| | 13. A book set in a different country: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

| | 14. A nonfiction book: The Blind Side by Michael Lewis

| | 15. A popular author's first book: Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

|x| 16. A book from your favorite author that you haven't read yet: All Lined Up by Cora Carmack.
My rating: ✮✮✮✮

| | 17. A book a friend recommended: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

| | 18. A Pulitzer-prize winning book: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton and Maureen Howard

| | 19. A book based on a true story: Twilight Children Three Voices No One Heard Until One Therapist Listened by Torey L Hayden

| | 20. A book at the bottom of your to read list: Dear Tabitha by Trudy Stiles

|x| 21. A book your mom loves: Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls.
My rating: ✮✮✮✮

| | 22. A book that scares you: The Other by Thomas Tyron

| | 23. A book more than 100 years old: Persuasion by Jane Austen

|x| 24. A book based entirely on its cover: Fire and Flood by Victoria Scott.
My rating: ✮✮✮✮

| | 25. A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

| | 26. A memoir: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly A Memoir of Life in Death by Jean-Dominique Bauby

|x| 27. A book you can finish in a day: Withering Hope by Layla Hagen.
My rating: ✮✮

| | 28. A book with antonyms in the title: North and South by Elizabeth Gastall

|x| 29. A book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit: Keeping Her by Cora Carmack.
My rating: ✮✮✮

| | 30. A book that came out the year you were born: Once in Every Life by Kristin Hannah

|x| 31. A book with bad reviews: Stepbrother Billionaire by Colleen Masters.
My rating: ✮✮

|x| 32. A trilogy (the first): After by Anna Todd.
My rating: ✮✮✮

|x| 33. A trilogy (the second): After We Collided by Anna Todd.
My rating: ✮✮

|x| 34. A trilogy (the third): After We Fell by Anna Todd.
My rating: ✮✮✮

| | 35. A book from your childhood: Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan

| | 36. A book with a love triangle: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

| | 37. A book set in the future: Lock In by John Scalzi.

| | 38. A book set in high school: Hopeless by Colleen Hoover

| | 39. A book with a color in the title: A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

|x| 40. A book that made/makes you cry: P.S. I love you by Cecilia Ahern.
My rating: ✮✮✮ 1/2

| | 41. A book with magic: Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

| | 42. A graphic novel: Tomboy A Graphic Memoir by Liz Prince

|x| 43. A book by an author you've never read before: Down and Out by Kelley R. Martin.
My rating: ✮✮✮✮

| | 44. A book you own but have never read: Gabriel s Rapture by Sylvain Reynard

| | 45. A book that takes place in your hometown: Sabotage by Dani Pettrey

| | 46. A book that was originally written in another language: Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

| | 47. A book set during Christmas (or similar holiday): The Gift by Cecelia Ahern

| | 48. A book written by an author with your same initials: Feed by Mira Grant

| | 49. A play: August Osage County by Tracy Letts

|x| 50. A banned book: Forrest Gump by Winston Groom
My rating: ✮✮✮✮

| | 51. A book based on OR turned into a tv show: A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

| | 52. A book you started but never finished: The Last Boleyn by Karen Harper

I have spent hours going over this list and picking what I want to read. I'm excited to do this challenge! :)

Wow, you already crossed out a lot. How come you never finished Game of Thrones? I couldn't put it down.

Anyway, good luck with your list. :)

I had a hard time finishing Atonement and actually stopped at one point and then went back to it. If you have the same issue then stick with it just for the ending. The feeling still sticks with me when I think of that book. I want to say it's different than the movie but can't remember for sure.

I may have to steal your pick for the one makes you cry. The only one that came to mind is Marley and Me but I refuse to read that again as I have a 14 year old chocolate lab and know that it will hit a little too close to home. But since the movie PS I Love was a tear jerker, the book should work.

Ana wrote: "Wow, you already crossed out a lot. How come you never finished Game of Thrones? I couldn't put it down.

Anyway, good luck with your list. :)"

I totally ran out of time last year when I read it and I got about halfway through. I want to reread it and will at some point this year. Thank you!

Laura wrote: "I had a hard time finishing Atonement and actually stopped at one point and then went back to it. If you have the same issue then stick with it just for the ending. The feeling still sticks with me..."

I've heard similar things about Atonement from other people. I'm reading it in two or three weeks from now. Hopefully I can stick with it!

Oh goodness, P.S. I love you didn't make me sob cry. I only teared up. I'm a very emotional person. I thought for sure I was going too cry, but this didn't do it for me. I haven't seen the movie yet. Maybe that will work...haha.

Marley & Me is definitely out of the question for me too. I will NEVER read that book. The movie made me sob and I hate when I read things with animals.

Great list!

Thank you!

I love Game of Thrones, and you will love Hopeless, if you haven't read any other Colleen Hoover yet. All her books are 5+ stars for me. We are reading Cinder for the same week. I'm reading it now and really enjoying it. I'm going to add the rest of the series to my TBR.

I love Slammed by Colleen Hoover. It's one of my favorites. I haven't read anything else from her before.

I love the show (GoT) and can't wait to read them!