Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Sooooo I have decided to start this challenge in August after having a SLOW start to the reading year. Here is my started list - will update as I go.

I probably won't read in order. I'm taking into account ones I have already read. And I probably won't read them all. But I will do my best.

My 2016 (well the second half of it anyway) Reading List .

1. A book you meant to read in 2015, but didn't :: The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan

✔ 2. A book set in a different continent :: The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden by Jonas Jonasson:: READ 11/06/2016 ★★★½

✔ 3. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2015 (winner or nominated) :: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins :: READ 30/07/2016 ★★★

4. A book by an author you discovered in 2015 :: Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All by Jonas Jonasson :: IN PROGRESS

5. A book with a title beginning with the 1st letter of your name :: Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

✔ 6. The highest rated on your TBR :: Wonder by R.J. Palacio :: READ 17/09/2016 ★★★★★

7. A book about books :: The Book Thief

✔ 8. A classic book with less than 200 pages :: Animal Farm by George Orwell :: READ 26/09/2016 ★★★★

9. A book that was mentioned in another book :: To Kill a Mockingbird

✔ 10. A book by an author you feel you should have read by now :: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green :: READ 25.09.2016 ★★★½

11. A book from the Rory Gilmore challenge :: Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

12. A childhood classic

✔ 13. Reader’s Choice :: The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion :: READ 03/09/2016 ★★★

✔ 14. A book with one of the five W’s -or H in the title (Who/What/Where/When/Why/How) :: The One Who Got Away by Caroline Overington :: READ 14/08/2016 ★★

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

18. A book on a summer/beach reading list

19. A non-fiction book :: Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert

✔ 20. A book with a first name in the title :: The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion :: READ 05/06/2016 ★★★★

21. A book from the Goodreads Recommendations page

✔ 22. The first book in a new to you series :: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs :: READ 25/11/2016 ★★★★

23. The next book in a series you are reading :: The Wise Man's Fear

24. A "between the numbers" book of a series (0.5, 1,5, 2.5, etc.) :: The Slow Regard of Silent Things

25. A book whose main character is in a profession that interests you

26. A book everyone is talking about :: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two

27. A book with a beautiful title (in your own opinion)

28. A biography, autobiography, or memoir

29. A book by an author who writes under more than one name

30. A fairytale from a culture other than your own

31. A work of young adult fiction

32. A historical fiction book

33. The 16th book on your TBR

✔ 34. A book about mental illness :: All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven :: READ 14.09.2016 ★★★★★

35. An award winning book :: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

36. An identity book - a book about a different culture, religion or sexual orientation :: I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai

✔ 37. A book that you've seen the movie of but haven't read :: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky :: READ 11.09.2016 ★★★★

✔ 38. A book about an anti hero :: The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson :: READ 19/08/2016 ★★★★½

39. A previous suggestion that did not make it into the list :: "Any genre with something from nature in the title" :: Even Dogs in the Wild by Ian Rankin

✔ 40. A novella from your favorite genre :: The Grownup by Gillian Flynn :: READ 04/09/2016 ★★★½

41. A book about a major world event (fiction or non-fiction) :: The Dismissal by Paul Kelly

42. A top 100 fantasy novel

43. A book about a thing that goes bump in the night

44. A book you're embarrassed to read in public

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

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

52. A book published in 2016

Welcome to the group :)

The Book Thief is one of my favorites from this year so I hope you enjoy it. I'm looking forward to your thoughts on that one!

Welcome Danica!

This year, I read Wonder and Animal Farm and loved them, I hope you will too!

The Name of the Wind is the starting point for one of my favourite series of all time, and I'm always a bit sad when people don't like it, so I also hope you're going to love it ;)

I absolutely loved Wonder. It is one of those books that I am going to recommend to everyone, and have already passed my copy to my younger sister. It's a book that I wish I could have read 20 years ago when I was still at school, such great lessons on kindness and compassion!