Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Around the Year in 52 Books
1 Jan 16 - 31 Dec 16

Completed: 22 / 52

1. A book you meant to read in 2015, but didn't - Science of Survival by L. Ron Hubbard
2. A book set in a different continent - Emma by Jane Austen
3. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2015 (winner or nominated) - Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
✓ A book by an author you discovered in 2015 - The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson (9 Jan 16)
5. A book with a title beginning with the first letter of your name - Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
6. The highest rated on your TBR
7. A book about books - The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
8. A classic book with less than 200 pages - The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
✓ A book that was mentioned in another book - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (31 Jul 16)
10. A book by an author you feel you should have read by now - Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
11. A book from the Rory Gilmore challenge - Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
12. A childhood classic - The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
✓ Reader’s Choice - Interstellar Cinderella by Deborah Underwood (16 Jan 16)
14. A book with one of the five W’s or H in the title (Who/What/Where/When/Why/How) - How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss
✓ A book set in the past (more than 100 years ago) - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (22 Aug 16)
16. A book from the top 100 mystery novels - The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
✓ A book with a beautiful cover - A Passage to Shambhala by Kevin Costner and Jon Baird (5 Feb 16)
18. A book on a summer/beach reading list - Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
✓ A non-fiction book - Birth Matters: A Midwife's Manifesta by Ina May Gaskin (6 May 16)
✓ A book with a first name in the title - Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson (23 May 16)
21. A book from the Goodreads Recommendations page - Pashazade by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
✓ The first book in a series that is new to you - The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (3 Jun 16)
✓ The next book in a series you are reading - The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin (14 Jul 16)
24. A "between the numbers" book of a series (0.5, 1,5, 2.5, etc.)
✓ A book whose main character is in a profession that interests you - The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert (31 Jan 16)
✓ A book everyone is talking about - Age of Myth by Michael J. Sullivan
✓ A book with a beautiful title (in your own opinion) - Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho (28 Jul 16)
28. A biography, autobiography, or memoir - Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
29. A book by an author who writes under more than one name - The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
30. A fairytale from a culture other than your own
✓ A work of young adult fiction - A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (4 Jun 16)
32. A historical fiction book - Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
33. The 16th book on your TBR - Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
✓ A book about mental illness Wild Card - Dream Animals: A Bedtime Journey by Emily Winfield Martin (16 Jan 16)
✓ An award-winning book - The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin (14 Aug 16)
36. An identity book (a book about a different culture, religion or sexual orientation) - The Travels by Marco Polo
✓ A book that you've seen the movie of but haven't read - The Princess Bride by William Goldman (11 Jun 16)
✓ A book about an anti-hero - Rogues edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois (4 Jun 16)
✓ A suggestion that did not make it into the list: A children's book with an animal on the cover - I See Kitty by Yasmine Surovec (1 Mar 16)
40. A novella from your favorite genre - The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
✓ A book about a major world event (fiction or non-fiction) - The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (12 Jun 16)
✓ A top 100 fantasy novel - The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
43. A book about a thing that goes bump in the night - Dracula by Bram Stoker
44. A book you're embarrassed to read in public - Her by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
45. A book related to a hobby or passion you have - Foods of the Americas: Native Recipes and Traditions by Fernando Divina and Marlene Divina
46. A crime story - Roman Blood by Steven Saylor
✓ A book with a type of food/drink in the title - Pie by Angela Boggiano (1 Jan 16)
48. A dystopia - 1984 by George Orwell
✓ A book with a great opening line - The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
50. A book originally written in a language other than English - Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
51. A short story from a well-known author
52. A book published in 2016 - Truthwitch by Susan Dennard