Month: January 2016

Happy New Year! It’s now 2016 here in the Philippines, so 2015 is officially over. With the closing of the past year, the 2015 Reading Challenge is also now over. I didn’t get to finish the whole list, but I am thinking of continuing it through 2016.

Here are the challenges I’ve done and the books I read, in order of when I finished them.

1. A book based on or turned into a TV Show – Alias: Free Fall by Christa Roberts
2. A book with more than 500 pages – The Venetian Betrayal by Steve Berry
3. A funny book – Stupid is Forever by Miriam Defensor-Santiago
4. A mystery or thriller – I, Michael Bennett by James Patterson
5. A book with a one word title – Gone by James Patterson
6. A book from an author that you love but you haven’t read yet – Cross My Heart by James Patterson
7. A book a friend recommended – The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
8. A book with non-human characters – Maus by Art Spiegelman
9. A graphic novel – The Walking Dead Book Nine
10. A book you can finish in a day – Once Upon a Time: The Shadow of the Queen
11. A book with a number in the title – 12th of Never by James Patterson
12. A book you own but have never read – The Associate by John Grisham
13. A Pulitzer Prize winning book – The Road by Cormac McCarthy
14. A play – Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
15. A book published this year (2015) – Solitude Creek by Jeffery Deaver
16. A popular authors first book – A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
17. A book that came out the year you were born – A Stab in the Dark by Lawrence Block
18. A book at the bottom of your to read list – Brimstone by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
19. A book of short stories – The Night and the Music by Lawrence Block
20. A book that was originally written in a different language – The Little Prince (originally in French)
21. A book that scares you – Maligayang Pagdating sa Sitio Catacutan
22. A book set in high school – Heist School Freshmen (Kindle)
23. A book you started but never finished – Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (Audiobook)
24. A book that takes place in your hometown – Smaller and Smaller Circles by F.H. Batacan
25. A book that made you cry – Ask Him Why by Catherine Ryan Hyde
26. A book with magic – Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs
27. A book set somewhere you’ve always wanted to visit – Eight Million Ways to Die by Lawrence Block (set in New York)
28. A book by a female author – Kwentaxi by Juana Change
29. A book written by someone under 30 – Four by Veronica Roth
30. A book based entirely on its cover – Burning Girls (Kindle)
31. A book that became a movie – Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
32. A non-fiction book – Very Good Lives by J.K. Rowling
33. A book set during Christmas – The Gift by Richard Paul Evans
34. A trilogy – The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories (Volumes 1 to 3)
35. A book set in a different country – Unlucky 13 by James Patterson (US)

Here are the tasks that I’m currently working on.

1. A book set in the future – Anthem by Ayn Rand

Here are my remaining challenges for 2016, with possible books (which might change).

1. A classic romance – Persuasion by Jane Austen
2. A book based on a true story – The Monster of Florence
3. A book your mum loves – Find a book about The Carpenters?
4. A book more than 100 years old – Louisa May Alcott
5. A book you were supposed to read in school but didn’t – Noli Me Tangere
6. A memoir – I am Malala / The Road Ahead
7. A book with antonyms in the title – Catch and Release?
8. A book with bad reviews – Bad Twin
9. A book from your childhood – 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
10. A book with a love triangle – A Tale of Two Cities
11. A book with a colour in the title – Snow White and Rose Red: The Curse of the Huntsman (Kindle)
12. A book by an Author you’ve never read before – William Diehl or Brad Meltzer
13. A book written by an author with you same initials – James Patterson? Jean-Paul Sartre? John Sanford?
14. A banned book (or previously banned) – The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn