All the Books! discussion

Since we have two year-long challenges in 2016, I decided to condense the 26 book challenge into 12!

1. A book that intimidates you
2. A book based on a fairy tale
3. A book with food in the title
4. A book that came our the year you were born
5. A book chosen for you by your spouse, partner, sibling, child, or BFF
6. A book you've been meaning to read
7. A book that was banned at some point
8. The first book you see in a bookstore
9. A book from Oprah's Book Club
10. A book that's more than 600 pages
11. A book your mom or dad loves
12. A book published in 2016

Please post once and update

Challenge running dates: January 1st 2016 - December 31st 2016

Sounds great!

The list of 12 has been updated!

If anyone has any suggestions/questions about book ideas, just shout them out.

Enjoy! ☺☺

#6 Conversion by Katherine Howe

" It’s senior year at St. Joan’s Academy, and school is a pressure cooker. College applications, the battle for valedictorian, deciphering boys’ texts: Through it all, Colleen Rowley and her friends are expected to keep it together. Until they can’t. First it’s the school’s queen bee, Clara Rutherford, who suddenly falls into uncontrollable tics in the middle of class. Her mystery illness quickly spreads to her closest clique of friends, then more students and symptoms follow: seizures, hair loss, violent coughing fits. St. Joan’s buzzes with rumor; rumor blossoms into full-blown panic. Soon the media descends on Danvers, Massachusetts, as everyone scrambles to find something, or someone, to blame. Pollution? Stress? Or are the girls faking? Only Colleen—who’s been reading The Crucible for extra credit—comes to realize what nobody else has: Danvers was once Salem Village, where another group of girls suffered from a similarly bizarre epidemic three centuries ago."

Completed 3/12

1. A book that intimidates you
2. A book based on a fairy tale
3. A book with food in the title
4. A book that came out the year you were born
5. A book chosen for you by your spouse, partner, sibling, child, or BFF
6. A book you've been meaning to read Never Never
7. A book that was banned at some point
8. The first book you see in a bookstore
9. A book from Oprah's Book Club Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
10. A book that's more than 600 pages Outlander (currently reading)
11. A book your mom or dad loves
12. A book published in 2016 Glass Sword

Completed: 6/12

1. A book that intimidates you
2. A book based on a fairy tale
3. A book with food in the title Salt to the Sea
4. A book that came our the year you were born
5. A book chosen for you by your spouse, partner, sibling, child, or BFF
6. A book you've been meaning to read This is Not a Love Story
7. A book that was banned at some point
8. The first book you see in a bookstore Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two
9. A book from Oprah's Book Club Night
10. A book that's more than 600 pages A Court of Mist and Fury
11. A book your mom or dad loves
12. A book published in 2016 Beautiful Broken Things

8/12

1. A book that intimidates you Outlander
2. A book based on a fairy tale Cinder & Ella
3. A book with food in the title Troubles and Treats
4. A book that came our the year you were born
5. A book chosen for you by your spouse, partner, sibling, child, or BFF The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic
6. A book you've been meaning to read Wheelmen: Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy Ever
7. A book that was banned at some point Looking for Alaska
8. The first book you see in a bookstore
9. A book from Oprah's Book Club Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
10. A book that's more than 600 pages Queen of Shadows
11. A book your mom or dad loves
12. A book published in 2016 Glass Sword

Completed: 11/12

1. A book that intimidates you
2. A book based on a fairy tale
3. A book with food in the title
4. A book that came out the year you were born
5. A book chosen for you by your spouse, partner, sibling, child, or BFF
6. A book you've been meaning to read
7. A book that was banned at some point Slaughter-House Five
8. The first book you see in a bookstore
9. A book from Oprah's Book Club
10. A book that's more than 600 pages
11. A book your mom or dad loves Incubus Dreams (not started)
12. A book published in 2016

Completed 4/12

1. A book that intimidates you: Atlas Shrugged
2. A book based on a fairy tale Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West FINISHED
3. A book with food in the title The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie FINISHED
4. A book that came out the year you were born A is for Alibi FINISHED
5. A book chosen for you by your spouse The Hobbit
6. A book you've been meaning to read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
7. A book that was banned at some point The Sun Also Rises
8. The first book you see in a bookstore The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America FINISHED
9. A book from Oprah's Book Club East of Eden
10. A book that's more than 600 pages Outlander FINISHED
11. A book your mom or dad loves
12. A book published in 2016 Broken Crowns FINISHED

Completed 8/12

1. A book that intimidates you
2. A book based on a fairy tale
3. A book with food in the title
4. A book that came out the year you were born
5. A book chosen for you by your spouse, partner, sibling, child, or BFF
6. A book you've been meaning to read
7. A book that was banned at some point
8. The first book you see in a bookstore
9. A book from Oprah's Book Club
10. A book that's more than 600 pages
11. A book your mom or dad loves
12. A book published in 2016

Completed: 12/12

1. A book that intimidates you Grey
2. A book based on a fairy tale Ash
3. A book with food in the title A Mango-Shaped Space
4. A book that came out the year you were born A Child Called "It"
5. A book chosen for you by your spouse, partner, sibling, child, or BFF The Knife of Never Letting Go
6. A book you've been meaning to read Eye Contact
7. A book that was banned at some point The Color Purple
8. The first book you see in a bookstore Sanctum
9. A book from Oprah's Book Club Go Set a Watchman
10. A book that's more than 600 pages Winter
11. A book your mom or dad loves Cold Vengeance
12. A book published in 2016 Daisies For Innocence

This challenge sounds interesting.

2/12

1. A book that intimidates you
2. A book based on a fairy tale
3. A book with food in the title
4. A book that came our the year you were born
5. A book chosen for you by your spouse, partner, sibling, child, or BFF
6. A book you've been meaning to read
7. A book that was banned at some point
8. The first book you see in a bookstore
9. A book from Oprah's Book Club
10. A book that's more than 600 pages
11. A book your mom or dad loves
12. A book published in 2016

Stephanie wrote: "Completed: 12/12


1. A book that intimidates you Grey
2. A book based on a fairy tale Ash
3. A book with food in the title A Mango-Shaped Space
4. A..."


Good job Stephanie!!!

Brandy wrote: "Good job Stephanie!!!"

Thanks!! Everyone is making great progress! I love these challenges. =]

Wow! This one sounds super tricky. I am up for this. Also involved in a few other book clubs though so I will progress as I can.

I'm going to start with a book that intimidates me, which is One Hundred Years of Solitude

Unless it is so horrible I can't get past the first 50 pages, and then I suppose I will have to find something else intimidating. LOL. I make it a rule never to waste time reading terrible books.

Well, I made it through 100 pages of solitude, but 100 years is gonna be a bit much. Reading this has made me think about cultural bias in reading though. I have a degree in Asian Studies (along with my English degree); I started studying Chinese in high school, switched to Japanese mid-way through college, and have never managed to make any sense of any European languages, although I have made stabs at French and Spanish at various points in my life. And it occurs to me that if this novel was set in China during the Opium wars and the main characters were called LiQing, YiQing, and XiQing instead of Jose Arcadio, Arcadio, and Aureliano, I'd have no problem following along with the action, but as it is, I find myself constantly confused by who the heck the author is talking about at any given moment. Is it the big guy with the big penis or the old guy who's losing his mind or the little guy? I don't know. (And what is it with Garcia Marquez and the size of a guy's penis anyway? Conversation for another time, I suppose.) Anyway, time to find something that is intimidating, but not so intimidating that I can't finish it.

Completed 5/12
1. A book that intimidates you
2. A book based on a fairy tale Cinder
3. A book with food in the titleStrawberry Girl
4. A book that came our the year you were bornDanny the Champion of the World
5. A book chosen for you by your spouse, partner, sibling, child, or BFF Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
6. A book you've been meaning to readBetween Shades of Gray
7. A book that was banned at some pointShiloh
8. The first book you see in a bookstoreThe Girls
9. A book from Oprah's Book ClubCane River
10. A book that's more than 600 pagesWinter
11. A book your mom or dad lovesRedwall
12. A book published in 2016Sweetbitter

Unfortunately, the book that intimidated me turned out to be so intimidating that I couldn't finish it! I tried two different ones from my list and they were both just TERRIBLE! Like, I couldn't get through even 25 pages without falling asleep. And life is just too short. So I seem to be stuck at 11 books. Sigh. If I think I can finish "Jane Eyre" by the 31st, maybe I can get to all 12.

Checking in so far...
1. A book that intimidates you
2. A book based on a fairy taleCinder
3. A book with food in the titleStrawberry Girl
4. A book that came our the year you were bornDanny the Champion of the World
5. A book chosen for you by your spouse, partner, sibling, child, or BFF
6. A book you've been meaning to readBetween Shades of Gray
7. A book that was banned at some point
8. The first book you see in a bookstore
9. A book from Oprah's Book ClubCane River
10. A book that's more than 600 pagesWinter
11. A book your mom or dad lovesRedwall
12. A book published in 2016Sweetbitter

Almost done!