Here is the URL if you are interested in joining me on it! 2015 Reading Challenge
Below you will find the list of what I plan to read, what I have read, and what I have yet to choose for the category. Let me know if there are any you would suggest!
- A book with more than 500 pages - 'Shogun' by James Clavell (recommended by Donna Kutlus and Jon Bryant)
- A classic romance - 'Persuasion' by Jane Austen
- A book that became a movie - 'Ella Enchanted' by Gail Carson Levine (recommended by Laura Hilton)
- A book published this year - 'Go Set A Watchmen' by Harper Lee (recommended by Toni Lancey)
- A book with a number in the title - 'Counting by Sevens' by Holly Goldberg Sloan (recommended by Melanie Barth and Mighty Girls)
- A book written by someone under 30 - 'Hollow City' by Ransom Riggs
- A book with non-human characters - 'The Wind in the Willows' by Kenneth Grahame
- A funny book - 'Good Omens' by Terry Pratchett
- A book by a female author - 'Goldie Blocks' by Debbie Sterling (This is a kids book and it comes with toys. I'm really psyched for this one.)
- A mystery or thriller -
- A book with a one word title - 'Fingersmith' by Sarah Waters (recommended by Lisa Ferguson)
- A book of short stories - 'Witches and Ghosts, Pirates and Thieves, Murder and Mayhem' compiled by John P. Hunter
- A book set in a different country - 'Bamboo People' by Mitali Perkins (recommended by Terry Doherty)
- A nonfiction book - 'Indoor Kitchen Gardening' by Elizabeth Millard (I picked this one up at the Denton Public Library!)
- A popular author's first book -
- A book from an author you love but haven't read yet - 'Reflections' by Diana Wynne Jones
- A book a friend recommended - 'Eyes of the Dragon' by Stephen King (recommended by Jon Bryant)
- A Pulitzer Prize winning book -
- A book based on a true story -
- A book at the bottom of your to-read list -
- A book your mom loves - 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens
- A book that scares you - 'A Clockwork Orange' by
- A book more than 100 years old - 'The Count of Monte Cristo' by Alexandre Dumas (published in 1844, recommended by Jon Bryant)
- A book based entirely on the cover -
- A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't - 'To Kill A Mockingbird' by Harper Lee (another recommended by Melanie Barth)
- A memoir - 'Still Foolin' 'Em' by Billy Crystal (recommended by Jon Bryant)
- A book you can finish in a day -
- A book with antonyms in the title -
- A book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit -
- A book that came out the year you were born -
- A book with bad reviews -
- A trilogy - 'Inkheart', 'Inkspell', and 'Inkdeath' by Cornelia Funke
- A book from your childhood - 'The Hobbit' by J.R.R. Tolkien
- A book with a love triangle - 'Splintered' by A.G. Howard
- A book set in the future - 'Old Man's War' by John Scalzi (recommended by Lisa Ferguson)
- A book set in high school - 'Shadow's Edge' by Maureen Lipinski
- A book with a color in the title - 'The Color Purple' by Alice Walker
- A book that made you cry - 'Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher' by Bruce Coville
- A book with magic - 'Theodosia and the Last Pharaoh' by R.L. LaFevers (recommended by Deanna Easton)
- A graphic novel - 'Fun Home' by Allison Bechdel (recommended by Tyler Murphy)
- A book by an author you've never read before - 'Naked Lunch' by William Burroughs (recommended by David Pierce)
- A book you own but have never read - 'The Man in the Iron Mask' by Alexandre Dumas (recommended by Eden Lakner)
- A book that takes place in your hometown - 'Ghosts of Denton' by Shelly Tucker (Denton isn't technically my hometown, but I can't find any books set in Sharon Springs, NY. I wasn't born there, either, but I was 8 months old when we left Cleveland, Ohio, so I don't really count that as my hometown, either.)
- A book that was originally written in a different language - 'The Little Prince' by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (recommended by Donna Kutlus)
- A book set during Christmas - 'The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus' by L. Frank Baum
- A book written by an author with your same initials - 'Home from the Sea' by Mercedes Lackey
- A play - 'The 39 Steps' by Patrick Barlow (recommended by Mike Strecher)
- A banned book -
- A book based on or turned into a tv show - 'America Entertains' by David Tutera
- A book you started but never finished - 'The Crown of Dalemark' by Diana Wynne Jones