2015 - Challenges

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Page Count

Currently at: 26,905
Goal: 25, 000 - Keep going :)
Achieved: November 29, 2015
Updated: Jan 1, 2016

Book Count

Currently at:78
Goal: 60 - Keep going :)
Achieved: August 12, 2015
Updated: Jan 1, 2016


Bout of Books 12.0

THE ULTIMATE READING CHALLENGE

Popsugar posted a pretty cool "Ultimate Reading Challenge" that I would like to attempt. For the most part, each challenge must be completed by one book (50 in all). Some books might qualify for two, I will tweak the achievements as I go along.










Categorized and Reorganized (those with * have been changed):

Titles:
• a book with a number in the title - Thirst, No. 1 (Christopher Pike)
• a book with a one-word title - Lythande (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
• a book with antonyms in the title -War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
• a book with a colour in the title - Iron Hearted Violet (Kelly Barnhill)

Genre:
• a classic* - Far from the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
• a funny book - Resenting the Hero (Moira J. Moore)
• a mystery or thriller - Fool Moon (Jim Butcher)
• a book of short stories -
• a non-fiction book -
• a book based on a true story -
• a book that scares you - Through the Woods (Emily Carroll)
• a book based on a fairy tale* - A Court of Thorns and Roses (Sarah J Maas)
• a memoir - On Writing (Stephen King)
• a graphic novel - Ms. Marvel: No Normal (G Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona)


Author:
• a book written by someone under 30 - The Lies of Locke Lamora (Scott Lynch)
• a book written by a female author - Song in the Silence (Elizabeth Kerner)
• a popular author's first book - The Book of Three (Lloyd Alexander)
• a book by an author you love but haven't read yet - Bitterblue (Kristin Cashore)
• a book by an author you've never read before - Foundation (Isaac Asimov)
• a book written by an author with your same initials -
• a book written by a Canadian author*  - The Red Knight (Miles Cameron)


Content:
• a book with more than 500 pages -Kushiel's Dart (Jacqueline Carey)
• a book you can finish in a day - Skraelings (R/S Qitsualik-Tinsley)
• a book with a love triangle - Vanish (Sophie Jordan)
• a book that made you cry - The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavendar (Leslye Walton)
• a book with magic - Clariel (Garth Nix)
• a book with nonhuman characters - Shada (Douglas Adams/Gareth Roberts)
• a book with a dragon* - The Smoke Thief (Shana Abe)
• a book that was originally written in a different language - The Path of Anger (Antoine Rouaud)


Setting:
• a book set in a different country (on Earth?) - Afterworlds (Scott Westerfeld)
• a book set in a place you've always wanted to visit - The Winter Crown (Elizabeth Chadwick)
• a book set in the future - World After (Susan Ee)
• a book set in high-school - Earth & Sky (Megan Crewe)
• a book set during Christmas - Entwined (Heather Dixon)


Current Relevance:
• a book that became a movie - The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch (Joseph Delaney)
• a book published this year -Dream a Little Dream (Kerstin Gier)
• a book based on or turned into a tv show - The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)



TBR Related:
• a book at the bottom of your to-read list - Here, There Be Dragons (James A. Owen)
• a trilogy -  Summer Trilogy (Janny Han)
• finish a series*- The Last Hunt (Bruce Coville)
• a book you own but have never read - Knight Errant (R. Garcia Y Robertson)
• a book you started but never finished -



Published:
• a book more than 100-years old - Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll) my edition is 1914, 100 years old!
• a book that came out the year you were born - Swordspoint (Ellen Kushner)


Covers:
• a book based entirely on its cover - Summer & Bird (Katherine Catmull)


Other:
• a book a friend recommended - Out of the Silent Planet (C.S. Lewis)


• a book your mom loves - And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
• a prize wining book*  - 172 Hours on the Moon (Johan Harstad) 2008 Brageprisen
• a book with under 100 reviews on Goodreads* - The Border Vixen (Bernice Small)
• a book from your childhood - Into the Land of the Unicorns (Bruce Coville)




*achievements replaced:
- a classic romance
- a Pulitzer prize-winner
- a book you were supposed to read in school but didn't
- a book with bad reviews
- a book set in your hometown
- a play
- a banned book

Project TBR - Week-Read-a-Thon
Day 1 -- Day 2 -- Day 3 -- Day 4 -- Day 5 -- Day 6 -- Day 7 
Wrap Up

BookTube-a-Thon
Intro -- Day 1 -- Day 2 -- Day 3 -- Day 4 -- Day 5 -- Day 6 -- Day 7