Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

I'm planning to do this challenge & the Popsugar challenge this year. We'll see how that goes. Can't wait to start.

1. A book you meant to read in 2015, but didn't
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
2. A book set in a different continent
Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free
3. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2015 (winner or nominated)
Modern Romance
4. A book by an author you discovered in 2015
Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
5. A book with a title beginning with the 1st letter of your name
The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson
6. The highest rated on your TBR
Cress
7. A book about books
My Life in Middlemarch by Rebecca Mead
8. A classic book with less than 200 pages
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
9. A book that was mentioned in another book
Middlemarch by George Eliot
10. A book by an author you feel you should have read by now
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
11. A book from the Rory Gilmore challenge
Little Women
12. A childhood classic
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
13. Reader’s Choice
The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
14. A book with one of the five W’s -or H in the title (Who/What/Where/When/Why/How)
Where They Found Her by Kimberly McCreight
15. A book set in the past (more than 100 years ago)
Bride of New France by Suzanne Desrochers
16. A book from the top 100 mystery novels
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
17. A book with a beautiful cover
The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
18. A book on a summer/beach reading list
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
19. A non-fiction book
I'll Have What She's Having: My Adventures in Celebrity Dieting by Rebecca Harrington
20. A book with a first name in the title
Letters for Emily by Camron Wright
21. A book from the Goodreads Recommendations page
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
22. The first book in a new to you series
Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone
23. The next book in a series you are reading
Time After Time by Tamara Ireland Stone
24. A "between the numbers" book of a series (0.5, 1,5, 2.5, etc.)
Alex
25. A book whose main character is in a profession that interests you
Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl
26. A book everyone is talking about
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
27. A book with a beautiful title (in your own opinion)
The Mirk and Midnight Hour by Jane Nickerson
28. A biography, autobiography, or memoir
The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King by Rich Cohen
29. A book by an author who writes under more than one name
Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella
30. A fairytale from a culture other than your own
Ice by Sarah Beth Durst
31. A work of young adult fiction
Requiem
32. A historical fiction book

33. The 16th book on your TBR
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
34. A book about mental illness
I Was Here by Gayle Forman
35. An award winning book
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick
36. An identity book - a book about a different culture, religion or sexual orientation
To Kill a Mockingbird
37. A book that you've seen the movie of but haven't read
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
38. A book about an anti hero
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
39. A previous suggestion that did not make it into the list
Color: A Natural History of the Palette by Victoria Finlay (A Microhistory)
40. A novella from your favorite genre
The Bear by William Faulkner
41. A book about a major world event (fiction or non-fiction)

42. A top 100 fantasy novel
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
43. A book about a thing that goes bump in the night

44. A book you're embarrassed to read in public
Anna and the French Kiss
45. A book related to a hobby or passion you have

46. A crime story
In the Woods by Tana French
47. A book with a type of food/drink in the title
The Count of Monte Cristo
48. A dystopia
Delirium
49. A book with a great opening line
The Tenth Gift
50. A book originally written in a language other than English
Madame Bovary
51. A short story from a well-known author

52. A book published in 2016

The Invention of Wings is a wonderful book. I also really liked Where They Found Her--have you read Reconstructing Amelia (the author's first book)? I also like Tana French's books.

Some good classics on your list, Rebecca, Anne of Green Gables. :)

Ellen wrote: "The Invention of Wings is a wonderful book. I also really liked Where They Found Her--have you read Reconstructing Amelia (the author's first book)? I also like Tana French's books."

Ellen, I'm glad for the positive feedback on my choices. I haven't read (or actually even heard of) Reconstructing Amelia. Is it worth looking at?

Katie wrote: "Some good classics on your list, Rebecca, Anne of Green Gables. :)"

I'm also planning to doing a Classics challenge this year, so I'm having my two lists overlap. I think I might be a bit overambitious here!

Yay! Another person who'll be attempting to read the whole Lunar Chronicles series next year too! I'm looking forward to it, and I'm glad to see another person I'm going to get to have some discussions with about it.

Fates and Furies appears in most of the 2015 best of, so it will interesting to have some feedback about it in the group.
I'll join for Anne of Green, Cinder and Red Queen is also on my 2016 TBR.
I hope you'll like To Kill a Mockingbird, it was very pleasant to read :)

Katie wrote: "Ellen wrote: "The Invention of Wings is a wonderful book. I also really liked Where They Found Her--have you read Reconstructing Amelia (the author's first book)? I also like Tana French's books."
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It's good but I think Where They Found Her is better.

Oh, North and South is amazing! It's one of my favourites, and the main character is one of my most beloved heroines. :) I look forward to knowing what you think of the book.