It’s been 7 months since I started the 2015 Reading Challenge, and so far I have crossed off only 18 of 50 book challenges. I’m way behind! I must admit, my love of movies and TV shows do not help. I don’t want to give up any of my other hobbies though, so I just have to minimize them, or read faster.
Here are the challenges I’ve done and the books I read, in order of when I finished them.
- A book based on or turned into a TV Show – Alias: Free Fall by Christa Roberts
- A book with more than 500 pages – The Venetian Betrayal by Steve Berry
- A funny book – Stupid is Forever by Miriam Defensor-Santiago
- A mystery or thriller – I, Michael Bennett by James Patterson
- A book with a one word title – Gone by James Patterson
- A book from an author that you love but you haven’t read yet – Cross My Heart by James Patterson
- A book a friend recommended – The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
- A book with non-human characters – Maus by Art Spiegelman
- A graphic novel – The Walking Dead Book Nine
- A book you can finish in a day – Once Upon a Time: The Shadow of the Queen
- A book with a number in the title – 12th of Never by James Patterson
- A book you own but have never read – The Associate by John Grisham
- A Pulitzer Prize winning book – The Road by Cormac McCarthy
- A play – Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
- A book published this year (2015) – Solitude Creek by Jeffery Deaver
- A popular authors first book – A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
- A book that came out the year you were born – A Stab in the Dark by Lawrence Block
- A book at the bottom of your to read list – Brimstone by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Here are the tasks that I’m currently working on.
- A non-fiction book – No Opportunity Wasted by Phil Keoghan
- A book you started but never finished – Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (Audiobook)
Here are my remaining challenges for this year, with possible books (which might change). Asterisks mean I have a lot of books that satisfy this challenge.
- A classic romance – Persuasion by Jane Austen
- A book that became a movie – The Giver
- A book written by someone under 30 – Veronica Roth?
- A book by a female author – Karin Slaughter
- A book of short stories – Sherlock Holmes or Lawrence Block
- A book set in a different country *
- A book based on a true story – The Monster of Florence
- A book your mum loves – Find a book about The Carpenters?
- A book that scares you – Thriller 2 or Stephen King
- A book more than 100 years old – Louisa May Alcott
- A book based entirely on its cover – Burning Girls (Kindle)
- A book you were supposed to read in school but didn’t – Noli Me Tangere
- A memoir – I am Malala / The Road Ahead
- A book with antonyms in the title – Catch and Release?
- A book set somewhere you’ve always wanted to visit – A book set in London
- A book with bad reviews – Bad Twin
- A trilogy – Any of the new YA Trilogy
- A book from your childhood – 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
- A book with a love triangle – A Tale of Two Cities
- A book set in the future – The City and the Stars (Arthur C Clarke)
- A book set in high school – Heist School Freshmen (Kindle)
- A book with a colour in the title – Snow White and Rose Red: The Curse of the Huntsman (Kindle)
- A book that made you cry – Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas
- A book with magic – The Worst Witch?
- A book by an Author you’ve never read before – William Diehl or Brad Meltzer
- A book that takes place in your hometown – Any book based in Manila
- A book that was originally written in a different language – The Lightship (originally in German)
- A book set during Christmas *
- A book written by an author with you same initials – James Patterson? Jean-Paul Sartre? John Sanford?
- A banned book (or previously banned) – The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
I doubt I can finish these but who knows, I still have 5 months. That’s about 6 books per month. Easy. LOL