As 2017 draws to a close, I’m saddened to announce that I failed the PopSugar reading challenge. I completed 34/52 objectives.
2017 Reading Challenge
- A book recommended by a librarian
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A book that has been on your TBR list for way too long- As Shadows Scream by Kylen Coetzee (This is actually the first review request I ever received through my site, so I consider it the first book on my TBR list for too long that I actually intend to read.)
- A book of letters
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An audiobook
- Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
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A book by a person of color- The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
- A book with one of the four seasons in the title
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A book that is a story within a story- Something Violent by Kristopher Rufty
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A book with multiple authors- House by Frank E. Peretti and Ted Dekker
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An espionage thriller- Three Minutes to Doomsday by Joe Navarro
- A book with a cat on the cover
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A book by an author who uses a pseudonym- In a Cottage in a Wood by Cass Green (Caroline Green’s pseudonym)
- A bestseller from a genre you don’t normally read
- A book by or about a person who has a disability
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A book involving travel- Where Dead Men Meet by Mark Mills
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A book with a subtitle- Chernobyl 01:23:40: The Incredible True Story of the World’s Worst Nuclear Disaster by Andrew Leatherbarrow
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A book that’s published in 2017- The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco
- A book involving a mythical creature
- A book you’ve read before that never fails to make you smile
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A book about food- Final Girls by Riley Sager (Yes, totally cheating here. I know. BUT MC RUNS A BAKING BLOG AND THERE IS LOTS OF FOOD MENTIONED IN THIS BOOK. So nyah! Also, pardon the caps.)
- A book with career advice
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A book from a nonhuman perspective- A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas (I mean, technically Feyre isn’t human anymore, right?)
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A steampunk novel- The Clockwork Dynasty by Daniel H. Wilson
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A book with a red spine- Ninth City Burning by J. Patrick Black (Spine is dark red, red, and orange, depicting flames. I mostly read e-books, so this will have to do.)
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A book set in the wilderness- The Boats of the ‘Glen Carrig’ by William Hope Hodson
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A book you loved as a child- The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
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A book by an author from a country you’ve never visited- The Dry by Jane Harper
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A book with a title that’s a character’s name- Caila: Evil Unbound by Bobby Fisher
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A novel set during wartime- Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard
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A book with an unreliable narrator- I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier
- A book with pictures
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A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you- Girl in Snow by Danya Kukafka (Literally, most of the books I read, so I just randomly chose one that I’ve read this year that doesn’t fit a certain label. I’m actually Hispanic.)
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A book about an interesting woman- The Radium Girls by Kate Moore
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A book set in two different time periods- Glow by Megan E. Bryant
- A book with a month or day of the week in the title
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A book set in a hotel- House by Frank E. Peretti and Ted Dekker
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A book written by someone you admire- The Scene by R. M. Gilmore
- A book that’s becoming a movie in 2017
- A book set around a holiday other than Christmas
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The first book in a series you haven’t read before
- A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
- A book you bought on a trip
Advanced
- A book recommended by an author you love
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A bestseller from 2016- End of Watch by Stephen King
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A book with a family-member term in the title- The Witchfinder’s Sister by Beth Underdown
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A book that takes place over a character’s lifespan- Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (This book covers many years of several characters’s lives.)
- A book about an immigrant or refugee
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A book from a genre/sub-genre that you’ve never heard of- Mask of Shadow by Linsey Miller (sub-genre of “Queer”)
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A book with an eccentric character- Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block
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A book that’s more than 800 pages- It by Stephen King
- A book you got from a used book sale
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A book that’s been mentioned in another book- The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
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A book about a difficult topic- Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker (Don’t wanna go into the details there, but yes: this was a very difficult read.)
- A book based on mythology
