2017 Reading Challenge - COMPLETE!

Yessss I finished PopSugar's 2017 Reading Challenge! Should I celebrate with... MORE READING? If you readers out there have other challenges that you participate in, let me know! I've got to make plans for 2018 :)


THE CHALLENGE

  1. A book recommended by a librarian
    • The Girls, by Emma Cline
  2. A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long
    • The Grownup, by Gillian Flynn
  3. A book of letters
    • The Talented Mr. Ripley, by Patricia Highsmith
  4. An audiobook
    • If I Stay, by Gayle Forman
  5. A book by a person of color
    • Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together, by Bryan Lee O'Malley
  6. A book with one of the four seasons in the title
    • The Summer Before the War, by Helen Simonson
  7. A book that is a story within a story
    • Library of Souls (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #3) by Ransom Riggs
  8. A book with multiple authors
    • xxxHolic by Clamp Studio
  9. An espionage thriller
    • The Man in the High Castle, by Philip K. Dick
  10. A books with a cat on the cover
    • The Lion in the Living Room, by Abigail Tucker
  11. A book by an author who uses a pseudonym
    • The Girl with Seven Names, by Hyeonseo Lee
  12. A bestseller from a genre you don't normally read
    • Troublemaker, by Leah Remini
  13. A book by or about a person who has a disability
    • Gathering Blue, by Lois Lowry
  14. A book involving travel
    • Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher
  15. A book with a subtitle
    • Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation, by Bill Nye (the Science Guy)
  16. A book that's published in 2017
    • Rich People Problems, by Kevin Kwan
  17. A book involving a mythical creature
    • The Buried Giant, by Kazuo Ishiguro
  18. A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile
    • The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros
  19. A book about food
    • Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal, by Mary Roach
  20. A book with career advice
    • A Life In Parts, by Bryan Cranston
  21. A book from a nonhuman perspective
    • Wicked Like Wildfire, by Lana Popovic
  22. A steampunk novel
    • Clockwork Angel, by Cassandra Clare
  23. A book with a red spine
    • Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins
  24. A book set in the wilderness
    • Messenger, by Lois Lowry
  25. A book you loved as a child
    • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, by J.K. Rowling
  26. A book by an author from a country you've never visited
    • The Best of Adam Sharp, by Graeme Simsion
  27. A book with a title that's a character's name
    • The Rosie Effect, by Graeme Simsion
  28. A novel set during wartime
    • A Clash of Kings, by George R. R. Martin
  29. A book with an unreliable narrator
    • Atomic Number Sixty, by Dave Johnston
  30. A book with pictures
    • Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs
  31. A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you
    • Fingersmith, by Sarah Waters
  32. A book about an interesting woman
    • Wishful Drinking, by Carrie Fisher
  33. A book set in two different time periods
    • Dark Places, by Gillian Flynn
  34. A book with a month or day of the week in the title
    • Today Will Be Different, by Maria Semple - this is a stretch!
  35. A book set in a hotel
    • The Price of Salt, by Patricia Highsmith
  36. A book written by someone you admire
    • Gumption, by Nick Offerman
  37. A book that's becoming a movie in 2017
    • The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls
  38. A book set around a holiday other than Christmas
    • The Witches, by Stacy Schiff (a stretch)
  39. The first book in a series you haven't read before
    • Cinder, by Marissa Meyer
  40. A book you bought on a trip
    • Starter For Ten, by David Nicholls
BONUS POINTS:
  1. A book recommended by an author you love
    • The Marriage Plot, by Jeffrey Eugenides
  2. A bestseller from 2016
    • Dark Matter, by Blake Crouch
  3. A book with a family-member term in the title
    • Son, by Lois Lowry
  4. A book that takes place over a character's life span
    • The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out Of The Window And Disappeared, by Jonas Jonasson
  5. A book about an immigrant or refugee
    • Saga, by Brian K. Vaughn
  6. A book from a genre/subgenre that you've never heard of
    • Crash, by J.G. Ballard
  7. A book with an eccentric character
    • End of Watch, by Stephen King
  8. A book that's more than 800 pages
    • A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin
  9. A book you got from a used book sale
    • Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins
  10. A book that's been mentioned in another book
    • Holidays on Ice, by David Sedaris
  11. A book about a difficult topic
    • Being Mortal, by Atul Gawande
  12. A book based on mythology
    • Horns, by Joe Hill 



Comments

  1. That is mighty impressive! I like the challenge itself, but what I especially like is that I’m not at all familiar with some of the books you used to complete it. Brava!

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    1. Thanks, Em! Looking forward to working on my next challenge. Hope you're well :)

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