Saturday, January 2, 2016

PopSugar Ultimate Reading Challenge 2015 Round up

I managed to pull it together and complete the challenge with 8 days to spare! All in all it was a good year of reading, I excelled my expectations by managing to finish in time. Along the way I read books I mostly enjoyed, finally read a few things I had put off and discovered a few new authors to follow. Here is the complete list of challenges and what I read for them:

1. A book with more than 500 pages
Love Saves the Day by Gwen Cooper

2. A classic romance
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

3. A book that became a movie 
Paper Towns by John Green

4. A book published this year
Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli 
  
5. A book with a number in the title
Mr Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloane 

6. A book written by someone under 30
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

7. A book with nonhuman characters
I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

8. A funny book 
Grace's Guide: The Art of Pretending to be a Grown-up by Grace Helbig

9. A book by a female author
The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl by Melissa Keil 
 
10. A mystery or thriller
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 

11. A book with a one-word title
Wonder by R.J. Palacio

12. A book of short stories
12 Doctors 12 Stories by Various authors

13. A book set in a different country
Big Cherry Holler by Adrianna Trigiani

14. A nonfiction book
Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living by Nick Offerman

15. A popular author's first book
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

16. A book from an author you love that you haven't read yet
Saving Lucas Biggs by Marisa de los Santos and David Teague

17. A book a friend recommended
Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams

18. A (Pulitzer) Prize-winning book
All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

19. A book based on a true story
The Bear by Claire Cameron

20. A book at the bottom of your to-read list
Side Effects May Vary by Julie Murphy

21. A book your mum loves
Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani

22. A book that scares you
Stay With Me by Maureen McCarthy

23. A book more than 100 years old
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

24. A book based entirely on its cover
From Hill With Love... Actually by Ali McNamara

25. A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't
Animal Farm by George Orwell

26. A memoir
Just Don't Fall:  How I Grew up, Conquered Illness, and Made it Down the Mountain by Josh Sundquist 

27. A book you can finish in one day 
We Should Hang Out Sometime by Josh Sundquist

28. A book with antonyms in the title
Lost and Found by Brooke Davis

29. A book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit
Where'd you go Bernadette by Maria Semple

30. A book that came out the year you were born
So Long and Thanks for all the Fish by Douglas Adams

31. A book with bad reviews 
The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion

32. A trilogy
Slated series by Teri Terry   

33. A book from your childhood
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling

34. A book with a love triangle
Never Google Heartbreak  by Emma Garcia

35. A book set in the future
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

36. A book set in high school 
Winger by Andrew Smith 

37. A book with a colour in the title
The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery

38. A book that made you cry
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven 

39. A book with magic
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

40. A graphic novel 
Ghost World by Daniel Clowes

41. A book by an author you've never read before
My Life as an Alphabet by Barry Jonsberg

42. A book that takes place in your hometown
Jasper & Abby: and the Great Australia day Kerfuffle by Kevin Rudd

43. A book that was originally written in a different language  
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

44. A book set during Christmas
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan

45. A book written by an author with your same initials
Mockingjay by Suzzane Collins

46. A book you own but have never read
Sleepaway Girls by Jen Calonita

47. A play
Hold me Closer: the Tiny Cooper Story by David Levithan

48. A banned book
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

49. A book based on or turned into a TV show
Orange is the new Black: My Year in a Women's Prison by Piper Kerman

50. A book you started but never finished 
Yes Please by Amy Poehler

My year in books!

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