2015 Reading Challenge [Closed] discussion

This is my tentative schedule, subject to change at my discretion ;) I will also be keeping up with it and doing reviews on my blog, http://misplacedselchie.wordpress.com



WEEKS & TOPICS
[√] a book with more than 500 pages
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
638/638 Review here

[√] a romance
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
1037/1037

[√] a book that became a movie
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
465/465 Review here

4. a book published this year
The Providence of Fire by Brian Staveley (I'm pushing it close with this one, it will be released January 13th)
0/608

[√] a book with a number in the title
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
227/227

6. a book written by someone under 30
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
0/382

7. a book with nonhuman characters
Honor Among Orcs by Amalia Dillin
0/370

8. a funny book
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
0/413

9. a book by a female author
First Test by Tamora Pierce
0/240

10. a mystery or thriller
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
0/455

11. a book with a one-word title
Domechild by Shiv Ramdas
0/392

12. a book of short stories
Rogues by a lot of authors
0/806

13. a book set in a different country
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
0/964

14. a nonfiction book: America the Beautiful: Rediscovering What Made This Nation Great by Ben Carson

15. a popular author's first book
The Pilgrim's Regress by C.S. Lewis
0/219

16. a book from a favorite author that you haven't read yet
The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss
0/159

17. a book a friend recommended
Long Night Dance by Betsy James
0/199

18. a Pulitzer-prize winning book
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
0/241

19. a book based on a true story
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
0/473

20. a book at the bottom of your to read list
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
0/479

21. a book your mom loves (this actually the only book she has read)
Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks

22. a book that scares you

23. a book more than 100 years old
Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table by Thomas Malory
0/512

24. a book based entirely on its cover
Sword of the Undead by Steven Fujita
0/146

25. a book you were supposed to read in school but didn't
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (this is literally the ONLY school book I never finished and for a good reason. Blah)
0/103

26. a memoir
American Sniper by Chris Kyle
0/528

27. a book you can finish in a day

28. a book with antonyms in the title
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
0/1392

29. a book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit
Her Own Devices by Shelley Adina
0/185

30. a book that came out the year you were born
The Mummy by Anne Rice
0/480

31. a book with bad reviews

32. a trilogy (the first)
Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
0/435

33. a trilogy (the second)
Hallowed by Cynthia Hand
0/403

34. a trilogy (the third)
Boundless by Cynthia Hand
0/448

35. a book from your childhood
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
0/137

36. a book with a love triangle: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
0/335

37. a book set in the future
Forbidden by Ted Dekker
0/436

38. a book set in high school
The Perks of Being a Wallflower byStephen Chbosky (maybe)

39. a book with a color in the title
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
0/295

40. a book that made/makes you cry
Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally
0/492

41. a book with magic
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
0/536

42. a graphic novel
The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman
0/240

43. a book by an author you've never read before


44. a book you own but have never read

45. a book that takes place in your hometown
A Trust Betrayed: The Untold Story of Camp Lejeune and the Poisoning of Generations of Marines and Their Families by Mike Magner

46. a book that was originally written in another language
Notre-Dame de Paris byVictor Hugo

47. a book set during Christmas (or similar holiday)
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
0/104

48. a book written by an author with your same initials
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
0/316

49. a play
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
0/304

50. a banned book

51. a book based on OR turned into a tv show

52. a book you started but never finished
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
0/870

WOW! Great plan!!

My mom loves Gone With the Wind (at least the movie, but I'm pretty sure she read the book as well). Anna Karenina and War and Peace are both in my to read shelf but I doubt I'll read them this year. A Christmas Carol is definitely one of my favorites books ever and also brings back childhood memories. Great plan indeed Lora!

Thanks guys :). I figured I'd try to knock out some classics this year :D

How is Number the Stars? I totally liked what Lowry did with all the Giver books, so I'm curious about this one :)

I read lots of Anne Rice's books (the vampire stories), but didn't take The Mummy road. I'll follow you #30 thread if you keep this book ^^

You never finish Harry Potter? and specially this one? (it's one of my favourite of the collection!)

I wanted to read Gone with the wind too, by too much page xD

The color purple seems good! I think I will follow you on this one!

Zaz, Number The Stars is fantastic. it was my first Lowry book. It's just great... suspenseful too. I loved it as a kid.

Johanna, no just that one lol. You see, I got all the way to the Department of Mysteries and my friend called me and said ****SPOILER FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT READ OR SEEN HARRY POTTER*** "Can you believe Sirius dies?!" Well, HD was my favorite character to the point that when we did Marauder era rps, I was Sirius. I cried for almost a week straight and never opened the book since.

Oh and I plan on keeping the Mummy! Anne Rice is like my comfort books lol. I've read more-or-less all the vampire works and some of the wolf ones :D

Oo, War and Peace is a good one for antonyms! Perhaps I will join for that!

Ok, I'll put Number the Stars in my reading list ^^

Haha, it was the hard Harry Potter part, I think many readers were disappointed a lot because of this. After, I spent half the books thinking "who will die, I don't want him/her to die".

You've got lots of books on your list that I've got on mine (or have been thinking of adding to mine).

I'll be keeping an eye on this to see how you get on. :-)

I need to be getting on faster! Lol. I'm frantically trying to finish The Emperor's Blade by Brian Staveley before I get to the sequel which is my book for week 3 or 4...whichever is a book published this year. o.o lol

Zaz wrote: "How is Number the Stars? I totally liked what Lowry did with all the Giver books, so I'm curious about this one :)

I read lots of Anne Rice's books (the vampire stories), but didn't take The Mummy..."

My daughter and I listened to Number the Stars in 2014 - I'm sure you will love it!

Wow! We have some of the same books on both of our lists. Are you planning on reading a different book for each requirement or using maybe one book for a couple categories? My current plan has just one book per but as I'm mapping this out, it's beginning to look impossible! LOL

Sara, I plan on doing a different book for each requirement. I contemplated using one for multiple weeks but that feels so Much like cheating! lol

Elizabeth, steal away! It was literally the only book I could think of lol

Edited today to add reviews and fix/update weeks 14 and 21