Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

I am sure this will change, but I am trying to fill in with books I have already, or know I will get in 2016. Many of these I have to put some research into and others are hard to choose just one!


1. A book you meant to read in 2015, but didn't The Girls of Mischief Bay (finished 1-7-16)
2. A book set in a different continent Library of Souls (finished 1-20-16)
3. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2015 (winner or nominated) Beacon 23 (finished 1-27-16)
4. A book by an author you discovered in 2015 What the Dog Ate (finished 2-11-16)
5. A book with a title beginning with the 1st letter of your name The Buried Book (finished 8-25-16)
6. The highest rated on your TBR
7. A book about books.
8. A classic book with less than 200 pages. Night (finished 6-4-16)
9. A book that was mentioned in another book
10. A book by an author you feel you should have read by now.
11. A book from the Rory Gilmore challenge. Devil in the White City (finished 6-26-16)
12. A childhood classic The BFG (finished 7-12-16)
13. Reader’s Choice. Night Watch (finished 12-3-16)
14. A book with one of the five W’s -or H in the title (Who/What/Where/When/Why/How)
15. A book set in the past (more than 100 years ago)
16. A book from the top 100 mystery novels.
17. A book with a beautiful cover. Sunrise (finished 5-29-16)
18. A book on a summer/beach reading list Dark Matter (finished 7-15-16)
19. A non-fiction book Dead Wake (finished 2-25-16)
20. A book with a first name in the title Scarlet (finished 8-20-16)
21. A book from the Goodreads Recommendations page
22. The first book in a new to you series
23. The next book in a series you are reading. 15th Affair (finished 5-19-16)
24. A "between the numbers" book of a series (0.5, 1,5, 2.5, etc.) Zoo 2 (finished 6-18-16)
25. A book whose main character is in a profession that interests you. Hide Away (finished 4-22-16)
26. A book everyone is talking about. Cinder (finished 7-16)
27. A book with a beautiful title (in your own opinion) A Brush of Wings (finished 3-8-16)
28. A biography, autobiography, or memoir American On Purpose Craig Ferguson (finished 12-2-16)
29. A book by an author who writes under more than one name The One That Got Away (finished 4-28-16)
30. A fairytale from a culture other than your own
31. A work of young adult fiction. Ashen Winter (finished 5-4-16)
32. A historical fiction book Taking the Titanic (finished 12-16)
33. The 16th book on your TBR
34. A book about mental illness. Where We Belong (5-12-16)
35. An award winning book All
36. An identity book - a book about a different culture, religion or sexual orientation
37. A book that you've seen the movie of but haven't read.
38. A book about an anti hero.
39. A previous suggestion that did not make it into the list Ashfall (apocalyptic theme) finished 4-16-14
40. A novella from your favorite genre. Darla's Story (finished 12-31-16)
41. A book about a major world event (fiction or non-fiction)
42. A top 100 fantasy novel.
43. A book about a thing that goes bump in the night The Murder House (finished 9-12-16)
44. A book you're embarrassed to read in public. I Didn't Come Here To Make Friends (finished 2-16-16)
45. A book related to a hobby or passion you have
46. A crime story
47. A book with a type of food/drink in the title.
48. A dystopia Unwind (finished 3-20-16)
49. A book with a great opening line
50. A book originally written in a language other than English
51. A short story from a well-known author Glitch (finished 6-16)
52. A book published in 2016 Night and Day (finished 8-26-16)

Slade House is (for the moment) my cover book :)
Maze Runner is a love or hate book, so think about an escape plan if you don't want to read the 2nd for week 23 ;)

I see you're planning to read Beacon 23. Have you read other books from Howey or is this your first? I really like what this author writes but Beacon seems a little too SF for me.

I was going to read Divergent for #10, so I could switch week #23 to Insurgent. I am open to switching all around if I have to.

I have read Sand, Wool, Shift, and The Shell Collector from Howey. I have Dust and Half Way Home on my Kindle to read. I am a Howey fan, and I like sci fi. My pick for week 40 is a novella based in the world of Wool.

Slade House has an awesome cover. I have read reviews saying Slade House relates to his book The Bone Clocks- which I haven't read. Have you read The Bone Clocks?

I read all the Silo trilogy and Sand. I saw there are novella based on Wool but I'd prefer some based on Sand (no, really I want a sequel from the author!).

I haven't read Bone Clocks, I didn't know until yesterday that Slade House was related to it. Bam (here) had read both of them and recommends to read Bone Clocks before Slade.

Good to know. I will have to put Bone Clocks on my list.

And I thought I read somewhere that there will be a sequel to Sand.....

All The Light We Cannot See is really good. The Secret Garden is one of my favorite childhood books. Divergent series was good...I liked it better than The Hunger Games or The Maze Runner, couldn't finish either of those.

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Don't know much else about the sequel, but I do know he has his boat he is living on.

I loved The Hunger Games. I am excited to read All the Light We Cannot See. I hope I like it as much as everyone else does.

Oh great! Even if it's not for the next months, it's good to hear he's working on a sequel. There are so many questions I've about this world, I really would like something like Shift, it was a very good prequel. I also totally liked the characters so a true sequel would be great too.

I liked Divergent, it was a smooth read and the characters were good, even if there was nothing new in the dystopian world. The sequels were ok. For me Hunger Games series has more depth on the social side and I can't understand why people like Maze Runner (the idea is good, but the rest???).

I love Howey too! I've read the same ones. I should find a way to add one of his books to this year's challenge.

I'm reading All The Light too - for the historical fiction week. I am really looking forward to it!

I had wanted to accomish 40 tasks out of 52 and only got to 30. I got sidetracked towards the end of the year by a computer game. :-/ I also know my list changed big time by being in this group. There were so many books I put on my tbr, and many I read. There were 11 more books I had set to read for this list. It was a really good list. Onwards to 2017!