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2017 POPSUGAR CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2017
✅ 1. A book recommended by a librarian: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 02/21/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 2. A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long: Подозрительные пассажиры твоих ночных поездов by Yōko Tawada 02/23/2017 ★★☆☆☆
3. A book of letters: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
✅ 4. An audiobook: The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 01/08/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 5. A book by a person of color: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 09/09/2017 ★★☆☆☆
6. A book with one of the four seasons in the title: Farewell Summer by Ray Bradbury
✅ 7. A book that is a story within a story: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski 01/20/2017 ★★☆☆☆
8. A book with multiple authors: Golden Calf by Ilya Ilf & Eugene Petrov
✅ 9. An espionage thriller: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 03/18/2017 ★★★★☆
10. A book with a cat on the cover: Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
11. A book by an author who uses a pseudonym: The Red and the Black by Stendhal (real name - Marie-Henri Beyle)
12. A bestseller from a genre you don't normally read: Hopeless by Colleen Hoover
13. A book by or about a person who has a disability: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
14. A book involving travel: Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
✅ 15. A book with a subtitle: Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys But Never Forget How To Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Behavior by Sandra Aamodt 03/08/2017 ★★☆☆☆
16. A book that's published in 2017: The Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O'Neill
✅ 17. A book involving a mythical creature: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling 01/03/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 18. A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling 01/28/2017 ★★★★★
19. A book about food: Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbery
✅ 20. A book with career advice: Don't Shoot the Dog!: The New Art of Teaching and Training by Karen Pryor 02/10/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 21. A book from a nonhuman perspective: Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach 01/02/2017 ★★★★☆
22. A steampunk novel: Cress by Marissa Meyer
✅ 23. A book with a red spine: Us by David Nicholls 05/14/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 24. A book set in the wilderness: Life of Pi by Yann Martel 02/04/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 25. A book you loved as a child: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling 03/20/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 26. A book by an author from a country you've never visited: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling 04/27/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 27. A book with a title that's a character's name: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling 11/27/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 28. A novel set during wartime: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 04/20/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 29. A book with an unreliable narrator: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 03/03/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 30. A book with pictures: Sex Criminals, Vol. 1: One Weird Trick by Matt Fraction 01/21/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 31. A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you: Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami 09/30/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
32. A book about an interesting woman: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
✅ 33. A book set in two different time periods: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 03/26/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 34. A book with a month or a day of the week in the title: Three Sundays in a Week by Edgar Allan Poe 12/20/2017 ★★★☆☆
35. A book set in a hotel: Hotel by Arthur Hailey
36. A book written by someone you admire: Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
37. A book that's becoming a movie in 2017: The Gunslinger by Stephen King
38. A book set around a holiday other than Christmas: Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
39. The first book in a series you haven't read before: Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
✅ 40. A book you bought on a trip: Dune by Frank Herbert 07/23/2017 ★★★★★
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✅ 41. A book recommended by an author you love: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 04/11/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 42. A bestseller from 2016: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes 02/22/2017 ★★★☆☆
43. A book with a family-member term in the title: Mother by Maxim Gorky
✅ 44. A book that takes place over a character's life span: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald 04/05/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 45. A book about an immigrant or a refugee: Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut 04/16/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 46. A book about a genre/subgenre that you've never heard of: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah 10/13/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 47. A book with an eccentric character: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey 09/20/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 48. A book that's more than 800 pages: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 05/08/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 49. A book you got from a used book sale: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 05/30/2017 ★★★☆☆
50. A book that's been mentioned in another book: The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
51. A book about a difficult topic: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
✅ 52. A book based on mythology: The Iliad by Homer 04/03/2017 ★★★★☆
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Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2017
✅ 1. A book recommended by a librarian: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 02/21/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 2. A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long: Подозрительные пассажиры твоих ночных поездов by Yōko Tawada 02/23/2017 ★★☆☆☆
3. A book of letters: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
✅ 4. An audiobook: The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 01/08/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 5. A book by a person of color: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 09/09/2017 ★★☆☆☆
6. A book with one of the four seasons in the title: Farewell Summer by Ray Bradbury
✅ 7. A book that is a story within a story: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski 01/20/2017 ★★☆☆☆
8. A book with multiple authors: Golden Calf by Ilya Ilf & Eugene Petrov
✅ 9. An espionage thriller: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 03/18/2017 ★★★★☆
10. A book with a cat on the cover: Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
11. A book by an author who uses a pseudonym: The Red and the Black by Stendhal (real name - Marie-Henri Beyle)
12. A bestseller from a genre you don't normally read: Hopeless by Colleen Hoover
13. A book by or about a person who has a disability: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
14. A book involving travel: Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
✅ 15. A book with a subtitle: Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys But Never Forget How To Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Behavior by Sandra Aamodt 03/08/2017 ★★☆☆☆
16. A book that's published in 2017: The Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O'Neill
✅ 17. A book involving a mythical creature: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling 01/03/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 18. A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling 01/28/2017 ★★★★★
19. A book about food: Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbery
✅ 20. A book with career advice: Don't Shoot the Dog!: The New Art of Teaching and Training by Karen Pryor 02/10/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 21. A book from a nonhuman perspective: Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach 01/02/2017 ★★★★☆
22. A steampunk novel: Cress by Marissa Meyer
✅ 23. A book with a red spine: Us by David Nicholls 05/14/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 24. A book set in the wilderness: Life of Pi by Yann Martel 02/04/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 25. A book you loved as a child: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling 03/20/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 26. A book by an author from a country you've never visited: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling 04/27/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 27. A book with a title that's a character's name: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling 11/27/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 28. A novel set during wartime: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 04/20/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 29. A book with an unreliable narrator: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 03/03/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 30. A book with pictures: Sex Criminals, Vol. 1: One Weird Trick by Matt Fraction 01/21/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 31. A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you: Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami 09/30/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
32. A book about an interesting woman: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
✅ 33. A book set in two different time periods: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 03/26/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 34. A book with a month or a day of the week in the title: Three Sundays in a Week by Edgar Allan Poe 12/20/2017 ★★★☆☆
35. A book set in a hotel: Hotel by Arthur Hailey
36. A book written by someone you admire: Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
37. A book that's becoming a movie in 2017: The Gunslinger by Stephen King
38. A book set around a holiday other than Christmas: Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
39. The first book in a series you haven't read before: Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
✅ 40. A book you bought on a trip: Dune by Frank Herbert 07/23/2017 ★★★★★
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✅ 41. A book recommended by an author you love: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 04/11/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 42. A bestseller from 2016: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes 02/22/2017 ★★★☆☆
43. A book with a family-member term in the title: Mother by Maxim Gorky
✅ 44. A book that takes place over a character's life span: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald 04/05/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 45. A book about an immigrant or a refugee: Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut 04/16/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 46. A book about a genre/subgenre that you've never heard of: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah 10/13/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 47. A book with an eccentric character: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey 09/20/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 48. A book that's more than 800 pages: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 05/08/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 49. A book you got from a used book sale: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 05/30/2017 ★★★☆☆
50. A book that's been mentioned in another book: The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
51. A book about a difficult topic: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
✅ 52. A book based on mythology: The Iliad by Homer 04/03/2017 ★★★★☆
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Every Year Challenge
In this challenge I'm going to read books that were published since I was born. One book for one year.
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2017
✅ 1992. Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John Gray 03/14/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
1993. The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
✅ 1994. Pulp by Charles Bukowski 01/22/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
✅ 1995. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink 12/09/2017 ★★★★★
1996. Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
1997. Enduring Love by Ian McEwan
✅ 1998. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling 01/03/2017 ★★★★★
1999. Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami
✅ 2000. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski 01/20/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 2001. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 09/29/2017 ★★★★☆
2002. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
2003. Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho
✅ 2004. Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel García Márquez 03/10/2017 ★★★★☆
2005. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
✅ 2006. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert 08/12/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 2007. The Terror by Dan Simmons 12/24/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 2008. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman 02/07/2017 ★★★★★
2009. The Dinner by Herman Koch
✅ 2010. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver 05/07/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 2011. Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout 02/18/2017 ★★☆☆☆
2012. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
✅ 2013. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 12/01/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 2014. I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson 11/08/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 2015. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 03/28/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 2016. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi 02/01/2017 ★★☆☆☆
2017. Before You Go by Clare Swatman
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In this challenge I'm going to read books that were published since I was born. One book for one year.
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2017
✅ 1992. Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John Gray 03/14/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
1993. The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
✅ 1994. Pulp by Charles Bukowski 01/22/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
✅ 1995. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink 12/09/2017 ★★★★★
1996. Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
1997. Enduring Love by Ian McEwan
✅ 1998. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling 01/03/2017 ★★★★★
1999. Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami
✅ 2000. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski 01/20/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 2001. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 09/29/2017 ★★★★☆
2002. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
2003. Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho
✅ 2004. Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel García Márquez 03/10/2017 ★★★★☆
2005. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
✅ 2006. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert 08/12/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 2007. The Terror by Dan Simmons 12/24/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 2008. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman 02/07/2017 ★★★★★
2009. The Dinner by Herman Koch
✅ 2010. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver 05/07/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 2011. Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout 02/18/2017 ★★☆☆☆
2012. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
✅ 2013. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 12/01/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 2014. I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson 11/08/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 2015. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 03/28/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 2016. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi 02/01/2017 ★★☆☆☆
2017. Before You Go by Clare Swatman
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Around the Year in 52 books
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2017
✅ 1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi 02/01/2017 ★★☆☆☆
2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view): A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
✅ 3. A book you meant to read in 2016: Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes 11/15/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E": Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts 06/29/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 5. A historical fiction: The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett 02/02/2017 ★★★☆☆
6. A book being released as a movie in 2017: The Gunslinger by Stephen King
✅ 7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling 04/27/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 8. A book written by a person of color: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 09/09/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman 02/07/2017 ★★★★★
10. A dual-timeline novel: The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
✅ 11. A category from another challenge: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski 01/20/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 12. A book based on a myth: American Gods by Neil Gaiman 01/12/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Fyodor Dostoyevsky's favorite novel) 04/11/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 14. A book with a strong female character: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 05/30/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland): The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 03/18/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 16. A mystery: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 01/28/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 17. A book with illustrations: Sex Criminals, Vol. 1: One Weird Trick by Matt Fraction 01/21/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 18. A really long book (600+ pages): Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling 11/27/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 19. A New York Times best-seller: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 03/28/2017 ★★★★★
20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading: The Red and the Black by Stendhal
✅ 21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read: City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare 02/26/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 22. A book by an author you haven't read before: Ulysses by James Joyce 03/08/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 04/20/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 24. A book written by at least two authors: The Twelve Chairs by Ilya Ilf & Eugene Petrov 04/10/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 25. A book about a famous historical figure: The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 01/08/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 26. An adventure book: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 05/08/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 27. A book by one of your favorite authors: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen 08/21/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
✅ 28. A non-fiction: Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud 04/04/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre) - check all the editions: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
✅ 30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 03/07/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes (Romance > Chick Lit) 02/22/2017 ★★★☆☆
32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle): A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
✅ 33. A magical realism novel: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 03/26/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere: The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough 05/03/2017 ★★★★☆
35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty: Cress by Marissa Meyer
✅ 36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling 03/20/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 37. A book you choose randomly: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling 01/28/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature: Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding 03/07/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
39. An epistolary fiction: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
40. A book published in 2017: Before You Go by Clare Swatman
✅ 41. A book with an unreliable narrator: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 03/03/2017 ★★★☆☆
42. A best book of the 21st century (so far): Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold): Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next": Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
✅ 45. A book with a one-word title: Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 11/02/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 46. A time travel novel: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 07/27/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 47. A past suggestion that didn't win: Mister God, This Is Anna by Fynn (a book with your first name in the title) 03/24/2017 ★★☆☆☆
48. A banned book: All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
✅ 49. A book from someone else's bookshelf: The Terror by Dan Simmons 12/24/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any edition: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez 06/16/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays): Shakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare 04/12/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 52. A book set in a fictional location: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling 01/03/2017 ★★★★★
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Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2017
✅ 1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi 02/01/2017 ★★☆☆☆
2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view): A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
✅ 3. A book you meant to read in 2016: Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes 11/15/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E": Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts 06/29/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 5. A historical fiction: The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett 02/02/2017 ★★★☆☆
6. A book being released as a movie in 2017: The Gunslinger by Stephen King
✅ 7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling 04/27/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 8. A book written by a person of color: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 09/09/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman 02/07/2017 ★★★★★
10. A dual-timeline novel: The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
✅ 11. A category from another challenge: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski 01/20/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 12. A book based on a myth: American Gods by Neil Gaiman 01/12/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Fyodor Dostoyevsky's favorite novel) 04/11/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 14. A book with a strong female character: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 05/30/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland): The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 03/18/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 16. A mystery: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 01/28/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 17. A book with illustrations: Sex Criminals, Vol. 1: One Weird Trick by Matt Fraction 01/21/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 18. A really long book (600+ pages): Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling 11/27/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 19. A New York Times best-seller: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 03/28/2017 ★★★★★
20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading: The Red and the Black by Stendhal
✅ 21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read: City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare 02/26/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 22. A book by an author you haven't read before: Ulysses by James Joyce 03/08/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 04/20/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 24. A book written by at least two authors: The Twelve Chairs by Ilya Ilf & Eugene Petrov 04/10/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 25. A book about a famous historical figure: The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 01/08/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 26. An adventure book: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 05/08/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 27. A book by one of your favorite authors: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen 08/21/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
✅ 28. A non-fiction: Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud 04/04/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre) - check all the editions: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
✅ 30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 03/07/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes (Romance > Chick Lit) 02/22/2017 ★★★☆☆
32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle): A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
✅ 33. A magical realism novel: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 03/26/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere: The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough 05/03/2017 ★★★★☆
35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty: Cress by Marissa Meyer
✅ 36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling 03/20/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 37. A book you choose randomly: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling 01/28/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature: Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding 03/07/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
39. An epistolary fiction: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
40. A book published in 2017: Before You Go by Clare Swatman
✅ 41. A book with an unreliable narrator: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 03/03/2017 ★★★☆☆
42. A best book of the 21st century (so far): Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold): Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next": Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
✅ 45. A book with a one-word title: Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 11/02/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 46. A time travel novel: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 07/27/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 47. A past suggestion that didn't win: Mister God, This Is Anna by Fynn (a book with your first name in the title) 03/24/2017 ★★☆☆☆
48. A banned book: All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
✅ 49. A book from someone else's bookshelf: The Terror by Dan Simmons 12/24/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any edition: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez 06/16/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays): Shakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare 04/12/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 52. A book set in a fictional location: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling 01/03/2017 ★★★★★
39/52
LET'S TURN PAGES CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2017
January (4,890)
1. Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach - 112p.
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling - 251p.
3. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas - 786p.
4. American Gods by Neil Gaiman - 722p.
5. The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens - 944p.
6. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski - 750p.
7. Sex Criminals, Vol. 1: One Weird Trick by Matt Fraction - 128p.
8. Pulp by Charles Bukowski - 208p.
9. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling - 317p.
10. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco - 672p.
February (5,793)
1. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi - 228p.
2. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett - 973p.
3. Шакалиный восьмидневник by Mariam Petrosyan - 352p.
4. Life of Pi by Yann Martel - 460p.
5. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman - 327p.
6. Don't Shoot the Dog!: The New Art of Teaching and Training by Karen Pryor - 288p.
7. Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James - 528p.
8. Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout - 338p.
9. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand - 1,168p.
10. Me Before You by Jojo Moyes - 475p.
11. Подозрительные пассажиры твоих ночных поездов by Yōko Tawada - 192p.
12. City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare - 464p.
March (6,820)
1. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov - 416p.
2. Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding - 320p.
3. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - 777p.
4. Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys But Never Forget How To Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Behavior by Sandra Aamodt - 384p.
5. Ulysses by James Joyce - 1,296p.
6. Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel García Márquez - 156p.
7. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood - 479p.
8. Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John Gray - 368p.
9. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson - 644p.
10. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling - 636p.
11. Mister God, This Is Anna by Fynn - 311p.
12. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger - 615p.
13. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins - 416p.
April (7,406)
1. Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton - 358p.
2. The Iliad by Homer - 683p.
3. Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud - 560p.
4. Маруся. Книга 2. Таёжный квест by Полина Волошина - 272p.
5. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf - 327p.
6. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald - 64p.
7. Маруся. Книга 3. Конец и вновь начало by Полина Волошина - 272p.
8. The Twelve Chairs by Ilya Ilf - 574p.
9. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - 1,330p.
10. City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare - 672p.
11. Shakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare - 488p.
12. Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut - 304p.
13. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller - 736p.
14. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling - 766p.
May (4,511)
1. Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough - 752p.
2. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver - 648p.
3. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas - 1,469p.
4. Us by David Nicholls - 517p.
5. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy - 1,125p.
June (1,662)
1. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez - 544p.
2. Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts - 1,118p.
July (3,903)
1. Holy Bible by Anonymous - 1,536p.
2. Loneliness on the Net by Janusz Leon Wiśniewski - 416p.
3. Chuck and Geck by Arkadi Gaidar - 78p.
4. Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick - 640p.
5. Dune by Frank Herbert - 890p.
6. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - 104p.
7. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare - 239p.
August (1,328)
1. The Pearl by John Steinbeck - 96p.
2. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert - 368p.
3. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne - 288p.
4. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen - 576p.
September (1,774)
1. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini - 416p.
2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey - 393p.
3. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón - 576p.
4. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami - 389p.
October (1,936)
1. Preludes & Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman - 272p.
2. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne - 400p.
3. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah - 448p.
4. City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare - 816p.
November (2,108)
1. Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 752p.
2. I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson - 429p.
3. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes - 320p.
4. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling - 607p.
December (5,984)
1. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt - 864p.
2. Metzengerstein by Edgar Allan Poe - 26p.
3. Loss of Breath by Edgar Allan Poe - 30p.
4. Ms. Found in a Bottle by Edgar Allan Poe - 28p.
5. Berenice by Edgar Allan Poe - 15p.
6. Morella by Edgar Allan Poe - 24p.
7. King Pest by Edgar Allan Poe - 32p.
8. Four Beasts in One: The Homo-Cameleopard by Edgar Allan Poe - 28p.
9. Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe - 66p.
10. The Devil in the Belfry by Edgar Allan Poe - 24p.
11. The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe - 50p.
12. William Wilson by Edgar Allan Poe - 49p.
13. The Man of the Crowd by Edgar Allan Poe - 26p.
14. The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe - 131p.
15. The Mystery of Marie Roget by Edgar Allan Poe - 100p.
16. A Descent Into the Maelstrom by Edgar Allan Poe - 62p.
17. Spirits of the Dead by Edgar Allan Poe - 5p.
18. The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe - 54p.
19. The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe - 56p.
20. The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe - 64p.
21. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink - 256p.
22. The Gold Bug by Edgar Allan Poe - 124p.
23. The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe - 34p.
24. A Tale of the Ragged Mountains by Edgar Allan Poe - 28p.
25. The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe - 52p.
26. The Oblong Box by Edgar Allan Poe - 38p.
27. The Angel of the Odd by Edgar Allan Poe - 26p.
28. "Thou Art the Man" by Edgar Allan Poe - 28p.
29. The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq. by Edgar Allan Poe - 42p.
30. Morning on the Wissahiccon by Edgar Allan Poe - 24p.
31. Some Words with a Mummy by Edgar Allan Poe - 74p.
32. The Imp of the Perverse by Edgar Allan Poe - 30p.
33. The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe - 48p.
34. The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether by Edgar Allan Poe - 44p.
35. The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe - 26p.
36. The Sphinx by Edgar Allan Poe - 24p.
37. The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe - 32p.
38. Hop-Frog by Edgar Allan Poe - 64p.
39. The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall by Edgar Allan Poe - 70p.
40. Three Sundays in a Week by Edgar Allan Poe - 14p.
41. Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences by Edgar Allan Poe - 28p.
42. The Spectacles by Edgar Allan Poe - 46p.
43. The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason - 194p.
44. The Balloon Hoax by Edgar Allan Poe - 28p.
45. The Oval Portrait: by Edgar Allan Poe - 26p.
46. Why the Little Frenchman Wears his Hand in a Sling by Edgar Allan Poe - 13p.
47. The Duc de L'Omelette by Edgar Allan Poe - 24p.
48. A Tale of Jerusalem by Edgar Allan Poe - 10p.
49. Bon-Bon by Edgar Allan Poe - 48p.
50. Lionizing by Edgar Allan Poe - 24p.
51. Shadow: A Parable by Edgar Allan Poe - 12p.
52. Mystification by Edgar Allan Poe - 10p.
53. Silence: A Fable by Edgar Allan Poe - 26p.
54. How to Write a Blackwood Article by Edgar Allan Poe - 32p.
55. A Predicament by Edgar Allan Poe - 88p.
56. The Man That Was Used Up by Edgar Allan Poe - 28p.
57. The Terror by Dan Simmons - 936p.
58. The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion by Edgar Allan Poe - 24p.
59. The Journal of Julius Rodman by Edgar Allan Poe - 144p.
60. The Island of the Fay by Edgar Allan Poe - 28p.
61. The Colloquy of Monos and Una by Edgar Allan Poe - 26p.
62. Never Bet the Devil Your Head by Edgar Allan Poe - 40p.
63. Eleonora by Edgar Allan Poe - 28p.
64. The Domain of Arnheim by Edgar Allan Poe - 34p.
65. Landor's Cottage by Edgar Allan Poe - 30p.
66. Mesmeric Revelation by Edgar Allan Poe - 28p.
67. The Thousand-And-Second Tale of Scheherazade by Edgar Allan Poe - 34p.
68. Mellonta Tauta by Edgar Allan Poe - 32p.
69. Von Kempelen and his Discovery by Edgar Allan Poe - 36p.
70. X-Ing a Paragraph by Edgar Allan Poe - 36p.
71. The Business Man by Edgar Allan Poe - 39p.
72. The Complete Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe - 1040p.
48,115/50,000
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2017
January (4,890)
1. Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach - 112p.
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling - 251p.
3. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas - 786p.
4. American Gods by Neil Gaiman - 722p.
5. The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens - 944p.
6. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski - 750p.
7. Sex Criminals, Vol. 1: One Weird Trick by Matt Fraction - 128p.
8. Pulp by Charles Bukowski - 208p.
9. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling - 317p.
10. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco - 672p.
February (5,793)
1. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi - 228p.
2. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett - 973p.
3. Шакалиный восьмидневник by Mariam Petrosyan - 352p.
4. Life of Pi by Yann Martel - 460p.
5. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman - 327p.
6. Don't Shoot the Dog!: The New Art of Teaching and Training by Karen Pryor - 288p.
7. Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James - 528p.
8. Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout - 338p.
9. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand - 1,168p.
10. Me Before You by Jojo Moyes - 475p.
11. Подозрительные пассажиры твоих ночных поездов by Yōko Tawada - 192p.
12. City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare - 464p.
March (6,820)
1. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov - 416p.
2. Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding - 320p.
3. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - 777p.
4. Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys But Never Forget How To Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Behavior by Sandra Aamodt - 384p.
5. Ulysses by James Joyce - 1,296p.
6. Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel García Márquez - 156p.
7. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood - 479p.
8. Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John Gray - 368p.
9. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson - 644p.
10. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling - 636p.
11. Mister God, This Is Anna by Fynn - 311p.
12. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger - 615p.
13. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins - 416p.
April (7,406)
1. Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton - 358p.
2. The Iliad by Homer - 683p.
3. Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud - 560p.
4. Маруся. Книга 2. Таёжный квест by Полина Волошина - 272p.
5. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf - 327p.
6. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald - 64p.
7. Маруся. Книга 3. Конец и вновь начало by Полина Волошина - 272p.
8. The Twelve Chairs by Ilya Ilf - 574p.
9. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - 1,330p.
10. City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare - 672p.
11. Shakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare - 488p.
12. Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut - 304p.
13. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller - 736p.
14. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling - 766p.
May (4,511)
1. Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough - 752p.
2. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver - 648p.
3. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas - 1,469p.
4. Us by David Nicholls - 517p.
5. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy - 1,125p.
June (1,662)
1. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez - 544p.
2. Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts - 1,118p.
July (3,903)
1. Holy Bible by Anonymous - 1,536p.
2. Loneliness on the Net by Janusz Leon Wiśniewski - 416p.
3. Chuck and Geck by Arkadi Gaidar - 78p.
4. Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick - 640p.
5. Dune by Frank Herbert - 890p.
6. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - 104p.
7. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare - 239p.
August (1,328)
1. The Pearl by John Steinbeck - 96p.
2. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert - 368p.
3. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne - 288p.
4. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen - 576p.
September (1,774)
1. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini - 416p.
2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey - 393p.
3. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón - 576p.
4. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami - 389p.
October (1,936)
1. Preludes & Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman - 272p.
2. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne - 400p.
3. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah - 448p.
4. City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare - 816p.
November (2,108)
1. Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 752p.
2. I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson - 429p.
3. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes - 320p.
4. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling - 607p.
December (5,984)
1. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt - 864p.
2. Metzengerstein by Edgar Allan Poe - 26p.
3. Loss of Breath by Edgar Allan Poe - 30p.
4. Ms. Found in a Bottle by Edgar Allan Poe - 28p.
5. Berenice by Edgar Allan Poe - 15p.
6. Morella by Edgar Allan Poe - 24p.
7. King Pest by Edgar Allan Poe - 32p.
8. Four Beasts in One: The Homo-Cameleopard by Edgar Allan Poe - 28p.
9. Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe - 66p.
10. The Devil in the Belfry by Edgar Allan Poe - 24p.
11. The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe - 50p.
12. William Wilson by Edgar Allan Poe - 49p.
13. The Man of the Crowd by Edgar Allan Poe - 26p.
14. The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe - 131p.
15. The Mystery of Marie Roget by Edgar Allan Poe - 100p.
16. A Descent Into the Maelstrom by Edgar Allan Poe - 62p.
17. Spirits of the Dead by Edgar Allan Poe - 5p.
18. The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe - 54p.
19. The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe - 56p.
20. The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe - 64p.
21. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink - 256p.
22. The Gold Bug by Edgar Allan Poe - 124p.
23. The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe - 34p.
24. A Tale of the Ragged Mountains by Edgar Allan Poe - 28p.
25. The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe - 52p.
26. The Oblong Box by Edgar Allan Poe - 38p.
27. The Angel of the Odd by Edgar Allan Poe - 26p.
28. "Thou Art the Man" by Edgar Allan Poe - 28p.
29. The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq. by Edgar Allan Poe - 42p.
30. Morning on the Wissahiccon by Edgar Allan Poe - 24p.
31. Some Words with a Mummy by Edgar Allan Poe - 74p.
32. The Imp of the Perverse by Edgar Allan Poe - 30p.
33. The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe - 48p.
34. The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether by Edgar Allan Poe - 44p.
35. The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe - 26p.
36. The Sphinx by Edgar Allan Poe - 24p.
37. The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe - 32p.
38. Hop-Frog by Edgar Allan Poe - 64p.
39. The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall by Edgar Allan Poe - 70p.
40. Three Sundays in a Week by Edgar Allan Poe - 14p.
41. Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences by Edgar Allan Poe - 28p.
42. The Spectacles by Edgar Allan Poe - 46p.
43. The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason - 194p.
44. The Balloon Hoax by Edgar Allan Poe - 28p.
45. The Oval Portrait: by Edgar Allan Poe - 26p.
46. Why the Little Frenchman Wears his Hand in a Sling by Edgar Allan Poe - 13p.
47. The Duc de L'Omelette by Edgar Allan Poe - 24p.
48. A Tale of Jerusalem by Edgar Allan Poe - 10p.
49. Bon-Bon by Edgar Allan Poe - 48p.
50. Lionizing by Edgar Allan Poe - 24p.
51. Shadow: A Parable by Edgar Allan Poe - 12p.
52. Mystification by Edgar Allan Poe - 10p.
53. Silence: A Fable by Edgar Allan Poe - 26p.
54. How to Write a Blackwood Article by Edgar Allan Poe - 32p.
55. A Predicament by Edgar Allan Poe - 88p.
56. The Man That Was Used Up by Edgar Allan Poe - 28p.
57. The Terror by Dan Simmons - 936p.
58. The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion by Edgar Allan Poe - 24p.
59. The Journal of Julius Rodman by Edgar Allan Poe - 144p.
60. The Island of the Fay by Edgar Allan Poe - 28p.
61. The Colloquy of Monos and Una by Edgar Allan Poe - 26p.
62. Never Bet the Devil Your Head by Edgar Allan Poe - 40p.
63. Eleonora by Edgar Allan Poe - 28p.
64. The Domain of Arnheim by Edgar Allan Poe - 34p.
65. Landor's Cottage by Edgar Allan Poe - 30p.
66. Mesmeric Revelation by Edgar Allan Poe - 28p.
67. The Thousand-And-Second Tale of Scheherazade by Edgar Allan Poe - 34p.
68. Mellonta Tauta by Edgar Allan Poe - 32p.
69. Von Kempelen and his Discovery by Edgar Allan Poe - 36p.
70. X-Ing a Paragraph by Edgar Allan Poe - 36p.
71. The Business Man by Edgar Allan Poe - 39p.
72. The Complete Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe - 1040p.
48,115/50,000
THE LISTOPIA CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2017
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
1. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
✅ 2. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 09/09/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 3. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 03/07/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 4. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling 01/28/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling 03/20/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling 11/27/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 7. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 07/27/2017 ★★★☆☆
8. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
✅ 9. Life of Pi by Yann Martel 02/04/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 10. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey 09/20/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 11. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 05/08/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 12. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 05/30/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 13. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 04/20/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 14. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes 11/15/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 15. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 10/09/2017 ★★★★☆
16. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
✅ 17. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 03/26/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 18. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 03/03/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 19. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 03/12/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 20. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 04/11/2017 ★★★★☆
21. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
✅ 22. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 02/21/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 23. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling 01/03/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 24. The Iliad by Homer 04/03/2017 ★★★★☆
25. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
26. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
27. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
✅ 28. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 03/18/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 29. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 01/08/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 30. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 01/28/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 31. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett 02/02/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 32. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez 06/16/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 33. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert 08/12/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 34. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne 08/14/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 35. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 09/29/2017 ★★★★☆
36. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
37. Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
38. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
39. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
✅ 40. American Gods by Neil Gaiman 01/12/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 41. Ulysses by James Joyce 03/08/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 42. The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough 05/03/2017 ★★★★☆
43. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
✅ 44. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami 09/30/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
45. Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
46. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
✅ 47. Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts 06/28/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 48. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen 08/21/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
49. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
✅ 50. Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding 03/07/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
51. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
52. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
53. Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
54. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
✅ 55. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling 04/27/2017 ★★★★★
56. Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
✅ 57. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman 02/07/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 58. Shakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare 04/12/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 59. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski 01/20/2017 ★★☆☆☆
60. Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
39/60
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2017
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
1. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
✅ 2. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 09/09/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 3. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 03/07/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 4. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling 01/28/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling 03/20/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling 11/27/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 7. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 07/27/2017 ★★★☆☆
8. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
✅ 9. Life of Pi by Yann Martel 02/04/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 10. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey 09/20/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 11. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 05/08/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 12. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 05/30/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 13. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 04/20/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 14. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes 11/15/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 15. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 10/09/2017 ★★★★☆
16. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
✅ 17. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 03/26/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 18. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 03/03/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 19. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 03/12/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 20. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 04/11/2017 ★★★★☆
21. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
✅ 22. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 02/21/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 23. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling 01/03/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 24. The Iliad by Homer 04/03/2017 ★★★★☆
25. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
26. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
27. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
✅ 28. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 03/18/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 29. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 01/08/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 30. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 01/28/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 31. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett 02/02/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 32. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez 06/16/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 33. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert 08/12/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 34. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne 08/14/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 35. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 09/29/2017 ★★★★☆
36. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
37. Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
38. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
39. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
✅ 40. American Gods by Neil Gaiman 01/12/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 41. Ulysses by James Joyce 03/08/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 42. The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough 05/03/2017 ★★★★☆
43. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
✅ 44. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami 09/30/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
45. Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
46. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
✅ 47. Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts 06/28/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 48. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen 08/21/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
49. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
✅ 50. Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding 03/07/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
51. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
52. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
53. Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
54. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
✅ 55. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling 04/27/2017 ★★★★★
56. Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
✅ 57. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman 02/07/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 58. Shakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare 04/12/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 59. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski 01/20/2017 ★★☆☆☆
60. Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
39/60
Around the World Through Language - 2017
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2017
✅ Italian: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 01/28/2017 ★★★★☆
German: All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
✅ French: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 05/08/2017 ★★★★★
✅ Russian: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 05/30/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ Spanish: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 04/11/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ Greek: The Iliad by Homer 04/03/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ Japanese: Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami 09/30/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
✅ Swedish: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 03/18/2017 ★★★★☆
Portuguese: Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho
Polish: The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
7/10
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2017
✅ Italian: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 01/28/2017 ★★★★☆
German: All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
✅ French: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 05/08/2017 ★★★★★
✅ Russian: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 05/30/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ Spanish: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 04/11/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ Greek: The Iliad by Homer 04/03/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ Japanese: Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami 09/30/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
✅ Swedish: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 03/18/2017 ★★★★☆
Portuguese: Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho
Polish: The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
7/10
SERIAL READER CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2017
I will finish 4 series I have started before this year. (13)
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
✅ #2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 01/03/2017 ★★★★★
✅ #3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 01/28/2017 ★★★★★
✅ #4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 03/20/2017 ★★★★★
✅ #5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 04/27/2017 ★★★★★
✅ #6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 11/27/2017 ★★★★★
#7. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows
The Mortal Instruments by Cassandre Clare
✅ #4. City of Fallen Angels 02/26/2017 ★★★★★
✅ #5. City of Lost Souls 04/11/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ #6. City of Heavenly Fire 10/16/2017 ★★★★☆
Дом, в котором... by Mariam Petrosyan
✅ #2. Шакалиный восьмидневник 02/03/2017 ★★★★★
#3. Пустые гнезда
Маруся by Сергей Волков & Полина Волошина
✅ #2. Маруся. Книга 2. Таёжный квест 04/05/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ #3. Маруся. Книга 3. Конец и вновь начало 04/07/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
11/13
I will start 11 series this year. (11)
The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski
#1. The Last Wish
Millennium by Stieg Larsson
✅ #1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 03/18/2017 ★★★★☆
Bridget Jones by Helen Fielding
✅ #1. Bridget Jones's Diary 03/07/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
✅ #1. Little Women 03/07/2017 ★★☆☆☆
Lux by Jennifer L. Armentrout
✅ #1. Obsidian 02/18/2017 ★★☆☆☆
Kingsbridge series by Ken Follett
✅ #1. The Pillars of the Earth 02/02/2017 ★★★☆☆
Dune by Frank Herbert
✅ #1. Dune 07/23/2017 ★★★★★
Hopeless by Colleen Hoover
#1. Hopeless
The Dark Tower by Stephen King
#1. The Gunslinger
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
✅ #1. Me Before You 02/22/2017 ★★★☆☆
The Cemetery of Forgotten Books by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
✅ #1. The Shadow of the Wind 09/29/2017 ★★★★☆
Fifty Shades by E.L. James
✅ #1. Fifty Shades of Grey 02/11/2017 ★★★★☆
Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton
✅ #1. Rebel of the Sands 04/02/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
10/11
I will read 1 series from start to finish this year. (4)
Green Town by Ray Bradbury
#1. Dandelion Wine
#2. Something Wicked This Way Comes
#3. Farewell Summer
#4. Summer Morning, Summer Night
Ostap Bender by Ilya Ilf & Eugene Petrov
✅ #1. The Twelve Chairs 04/10/2017 ★★☆☆☆
#2. The Golden Calf
1/4
I will read 2 books that are part of a series. (2)
The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
#3. Cress
The Labirinths of Echo
#3. Простые волшебные вещи by Max Frei
0/2
My total number of books is 30.
22/30
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2017
I will finish 4 series I have started before this year. (13)
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
✅ #2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 01/03/2017 ★★★★★
✅ #3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 01/28/2017 ★★★★★
✅ #4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 03/20/2017 ★★★★★
✅ #5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 04/27/2017 ★★★★★
✅ #6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 11/27/2017 ★★★★★
#7. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows
The Mortal Instruments by Cassandre Clare
✅ #4. City of Fallen Angels 02/26/2017 ★★★★★
✅ #5. City of Lost Souls 04/11/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ #6. City of Heavenly Fire 10/16/2017 ★★★★☆
Дом, в котором... by Mariam Petrosyan
✅ #2. Шакалиный восьмидневник 02/03/2017 ★★★★★
#3. Пустые гнезда
Маруся by Сергей Волков & Полина Волошина
✅ #2. Маруся. Книга 2. Таёжный квест 04/05/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ #3. Маруся. Книга 3. Конец и вновь начало 04/07/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
11/13
I will start 11 series this year. (11)
The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski
#1. The Last Wish
Millennium by Stieg Larsson
✅ #1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 03/18/2017 ★★★★☆
Bridget Jones by Helen Fielding
✅ #1. Bridget Jones's Diary 03/07/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
✅ #1. Little Women 03/07/2017 ★★☆☆☆
Lux by Jennifer L. Armentrout
✅ #1. Obsidian 02/18/2017 ★★☆☆☆
Kingsbridge series by Ken Follett
✅ #1. The Pillars of the Earth 02/02/2017 ★★★☆☆
Dune by Frank Herbert
✅ #1. Dune 07/23/2017 ★★★★★
Hopeless by Colleen Hoover
#1. Hopeless
The Dark Tower by Stephen King
#1. The Gunslinger
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
✅ #1. Me Before You 02/22/2017 ★★★☆☆
The Cemetery of Forgotten Books by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
✅ #1. The Shadow of the Wind 09/29/2017 ★★★★☆
Fifty Shades by E.L. James
✅ #1. Fifty Shades of Grey 02/11/2017 ★★★★☆
Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton
✅ #1. Rebel of the Sands 04/02/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
10/11
I will read 1 series from start to finish this year. (4)
Green Town by Ray Bradbury
#1. Dandelion Wine
#2. Something Wicked This Way Comes
#3. Farewell Summer
#4. Summer Morning, Summer Night
Ostap Bender by Ilya Ilf & Eugene Petrov
✅ #1. The Twelve Chairs 04/10/2017 ★★☆☆☆
#2. The Golden Calf
1/4
I will read 2 books that are part of a series. (2)
The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
#3. Cress
The Labirinths of Echo
#3. Простые волшебные вещи by Max Frei
0/2
My total number of books is 30.
22/30
TOP TEN FAVES
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2017
✅ 1. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah 10/13/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 03/18/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 3. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 07/27/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 4. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 03/12/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 5. Me Before You by Jojo Moyes 02/22/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 6. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 09/09/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 7. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 03/26/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 8. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 03/07/2017 ★★☆☆☆
9. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
10. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
11. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
✅ 12. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 09/29/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 13. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 05/08/2017 ★★★★★
14. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
✅ 15. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey 09/20/2017 ★★★☆☆
16. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
✅ 17. Dune by Frank Herbert 07/23/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 18. Life of Pi by Yann Martel 02/04/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 19. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 04/20/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 20. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski 01/20/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 21. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen 08/21/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
✅ 22. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman 02/07/2017 ★★★★★
✅23. The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough 05/03/2017 ★★★★☆
18/23
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2017
✅ 1. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah 10/13/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 03/18/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 3. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 07/27/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 4. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 03/12/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 5. Me Before You by Jojo Moyes 02/22/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 6. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 09/09/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 7. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 03/26/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 8. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 03/07/2017 ★★☆☆☆
9. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
10. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
11. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
✅ 12. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 09/29/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 13. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 05/08/2017 ★★★★★
14. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
✅ 15. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey 09/20/2017 ★★★☆☆
16. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
✅ 17. Dune by Frank Herbert 07/23/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 18. Life of Pi by Yann Martel 02/04/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 19. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 04/20/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 20. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski 01/20/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 21. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen 08/21/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
✅ 22. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman 02/07/2017 ★★★★★
✅23. The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough 05/03/2017 ★★★★☆
18/23
COLOR CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2017
1. "White"
✅ 2. "Pink"
04/07/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
✅ 3. "Red"
03/12/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 4. "Orange"
05/03/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 5. "Yellow"
01/22/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
✅ 6. "Green"
02/18/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 7. "Light Blue"
12/24/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 8. "Dark Blue"
01/02/2017 ★★★★☆
9. "Purple"
10. "Brown"
✅ 11. "Black"
01/20/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 12. "Metallic"
05/08/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 13. "5 colors"
08/12/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 14. "Color in the title"
10/09/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 15. "A word describing colors in the title"
08/14/2017 ★★★★☆
12/15
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2017
1. "White"
✅ 2. "Pink"
04/07/2017 ★☆☆☆☆✅ 3. "Red"
03/12/2017 ★★★★★✅ 4. "Orange"
05/03/2017 ★★★★☆✅ 5. "Yellow"
01/22/2017 ★☆☆☆☆✅ 6. "Green"
02/18/2017 ★★☆☆☆✅ 7. "Light Blue"
12/24/2017 ★★★★★✅ 8. "Dark Blue"
01/02/2017 ★★★★☆9. "Purple"
10. "Brown"
✅ 11. "Black"
01/20/2017 ★★☆☆☆✅ 12. "Metallic"
05/08/2017 ★★★★★✅ 13. "5 colors"
08/12/2017 ★★★★☆✅ 14. "Color in the title"
10/09/2017 ★★★★☆✅ 15. "A word describing colors in the title"
08/14/2017 ★★★★☆12/15
THE TBR RANDOMISER CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2017
✅ 1. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf 04/05/2017 ★★☆☆☆
2. Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami
✅ 3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald 04/05/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 03/18/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 5. Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut 04/16/2017 ★★★★★
6. The Trial by Franz Kafka
✅ 7. Маруся. Книга 3. Конец и вновь начало by Полина Волошина 04/07/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
8. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
✅ 9. Loneliness on the Net by Janusz Leon Wiśniewski 07/23/2017 ★★★★★
10. Потерянные поколения by Ив Престон
6/10
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2017
✅ 1. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf 04/05/2017 ★★☆☆☆
2. Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami
✅ 3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald 04/05/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 03/18/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 5. Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut 04/16/2017 ★★★★★
6. The Trial by Franz Kafka
✅ 7. Маруся. Книга 3. Конец и вновь начало by Полина Волошина 04/07/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
8. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
✅ 9. Loneliness on the Net by Janusz Leon Wiśniewski 07/23/2017 ★★★★★
10. Потерянные поколения by Ив Престон
6/10
MY FAVORITE THINGS
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2017
✅ 1. My favorite fiction book is: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
⋙ Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez 06/16/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 2. My favorite non-fiction is: 50 Psychology Ideas You Really Need to Know by Adrian Furnham
⋙ Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud 04/04/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 3. My favorite author is: Kurt Vonnegut
⋙ Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut 04/16/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 4. My favorite genre is: Magical Realism
⋙ The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 03/26/2017 ★★★☆☆
5. My favorite fairy/folk tale is: The Golden Goose
⋙ Golden Calf by Ilya Ilf
6. My favorite male book character is: Severus Snape
⋙ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
✅ 7. My favorite female book character is: Elizabeth Bennett
⋙ Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert 08/12/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 8. My favorite song is: Amy Lee – Love Exists
⋙ Me Before You by Jojo Moyes 02/22/2017 ★★★☆☆
9. My favorite movie is: Donnie Darko
⋙ The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower #1) by Stephen King
✅ 10. My favorite television show is: Friends
⋙ The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 01/08/2017 ★★★☆☆
11. My favorite color is: Purple
⋙ Cress by Marissa Meyer
12. My favorite real animal is: Horse
⋙ Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
✅ 13. My favorite talking animal is: Smaug
⋙ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 03/18/2017 ★★★★☆
14. My favorite number is: 3
⋙ Пустые гнезда (Дом, в котором... #3) by Mariam Petrosyan
15. My favorite food is: Omelette
⋙ Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
✅ 16. My favorite real place to visit is: Italy
⋙ The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 01/28/2017 ★★★★☆
17. My favorite book land to visit is: The Labirinths of Echo
⋙ Простые волшебные вещи by Max Frei
18. My favorite month is: August
⋙ Farewell Summer by Ray Bradbury
✅ 19. My favorite quote is: "God is the same everywhere" Leo Tolstoy
⋙ American Gods by Neil Gaiman 01/12/2017 ★★★★☆
20. My favorite non-book hobby is: Cooking
⋙ The Dinner by Herman Koch
10/20
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2017
✅ 1. My favorite fiction book is: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
⋙ Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez 06/16/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 2. My favorite non-fiction is: 50 Psychology Ideas You Really Need to Know by Adrian Furnham
⋙ Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud 04/04/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 3. My favorite author is: Kurt Vonnegut
⋙ Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut 04/16/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 4. My favorite genre is: Magical Realism
⋙ The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 03/26/2017 ★★★☆☆
5. My favorite fairy/folk tale is: The Golden Goose
⋙ Golden Calf by Ilya Ilf
6. My favorite male book character is: Severus Snape
⋙ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
✅ 7. My favorite female book character is: Elizabeth Bennett
⋙ Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert 08/12/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 8. My favorite song is: Amy Lee – Love Exists
⋙ Me Before You by Jojo Moyes 02/22/2017 ★★★☆☆
9. My favorite movie is: Donnie Darko
⋙ The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower #1) by Stephen King
✅ 10. My favorite television show is: Friends
⋙ The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 01/08/2017 ★★★☆☆
11. My favorite color is: Purple
⋙ Cress by Marissa Meyer
12. My favorite real animal is: Horse
⋙ Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
✅ 13. My favorite talking animal is: Smaug
⋙ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 03/18/2017 ★★★★☆
14. My favorite number is: 3
⋙ Пустые гнезда (Дом, в котором... #3) by Mariam Petrosyan
15. My favorite food is: Omelette
⋙ Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
✅ 16. My favorite real place to visit is: Italy
⋙ The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 01/28/2017 ★★★★☆
17. My favorite book land to visit is: The Labirinths of Echo
⋙ Простые волшебные вещи by Max Frei
18. My favorite month is: August
⋙ Farewell Summer by Ray Bradbury
✅ 19. My favorite quote is: "God is the same everywhere" Leo Tolstoy
⋙ American Gods by Neil Gaiman 01/12/2017 ★★★★☆
20. My favorite non-book hobby is: Cooking
⋙ The Dinner by Herman Koch
10/20
A TO Z CHALLENGE (TITLE EDITION)
✅ A Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 02/21/2017 ★★★★★
✅ B Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding 03/07/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
✅ C City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare 04/11/2017 ★★★★☆
D The Dinner by Herman Koch
E Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho
✅ F Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 11/02/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ G The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 12/01/2017 ★★★★★
✅ H The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 03/12/2017 ★★★★★
✅ I The Iliad by Homer 04/03/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ J Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach 01/02/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ K The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 09/09/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ L Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 03/07/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ M Me Before You by Jojo Moyes 02/22/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ N The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah 10/13/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ O One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey 09/20/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ P The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens 01/20/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ Q Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 04/11/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ R The Reader by Bernhard Schlink 12/09/2017 ★★★★★
S Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
✅ T The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 03/26/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ U Us by David Nicholls 05/14/2017 ★★★★★
V Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov
✅ W Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys But Never Forget How To Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Behavior by Sandra Aamodt 03/08/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ X Sex Criminals, Volume One: One Weird Trick by Matt Fraction 01/21/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ Y I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
✅ Z Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling 01/28/2017 ★★★★★
22/26
✅ A Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 02/21/2017 ★★★★★
✅ B Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding 03/07/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
✅ C City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare 04/11/2017 ★★★★☆
D The Dinner by Herman Koch
E Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho
✅ F Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 11/02/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ G The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 12/01/2017 ★★★★★
✅ H The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 03/12/2017 ★★★★★
✅ I The Iliad by Homer 04/03/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ J Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach 01/02/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ K The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 09/09/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ L Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 03/07/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ M Me Before You by Jojo Moyes 02/22/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ N The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah 10/13/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ O One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey 09/20/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ P The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens 01/20/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ Q Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 04/11/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ R The Reader by Bernhard Schlink 12/09/2017 ★★★★★
S Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
✅ T The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 03/26/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ U Us by David Nicholls 05/14/2017 ★★★★★
V Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov
✅ W Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys But Never Forget How To Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Behavior by Sandra Aamodt 03/08/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ X Sex Criminals, Volume One: One Weird Trick by Matt Fraction 01/21/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ Y I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
✅ Z Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling 01/28/2017 ★★★★★
22/26
A TO Z CHALLENGE (LOCATION EDITION)
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2017
✅ A Arrakis from Dune by Frank Herbert 07/23/2017 ★★★★★
✅ B Baltimore from The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald 04/05/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ C Chicago from American Gods by Neil Gaiman 01/12/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ D Dublin from Ulysses by James Joyce 03/08/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ E Edinburgh from Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding 03/07/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
✅ F France from The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah 10/13/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ G Germany from The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne 08/14/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ H Hedeby Island from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 03/18/2017 ★★★★☆
I Illinois from Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
✅ J Japan from Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami 09/30/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
✅ K Kabul from The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 09/09/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ L London from The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 03/28/2017 ★★★★★
✅ M Massachusetts from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 03/07/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ N Nunavut from The Terror by Dan Simmons 12/24/2017 ★★★★★
O New Orleans from Hotel by Arthur Hailey
P Paris from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Q Québec from The Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O'Neill
✅ R Russia from Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 05/30/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ S Spain from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 04/11/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ T Toronto from Life of Pi by Yann Martel 02/04/2017 ★★★★☆
U United States from Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
✅ V Venice from City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare 04/11/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ W West Virginia from Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout 02/18/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ X Xicha from Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton 04/02/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
Y Yorkshire from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
Z New Zealand from The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
19/24
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2017
✅ A Arrakis from Dune by Frank Herbert 07/23/2017 ★★★★★
✅ B Baltimore from The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald 04/05/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ C Chicago from American Gods by Neil Gaiman 01/12/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ D Dublin from Ulysses by James Joyce 03/08/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ E Edinburgh from Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding 03/07/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
✅ F France from The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah 10/13/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ G Germany from The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne 08/14/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ H Hedeby Island from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 03/18/2017 ★★★★☆
I Illinois from Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
✅ J Japan from Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami 09/30/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
✅ K Kabul from The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 09/09/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ L London from The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 03/28/2017 ★★★★★
✅ M Massachusetts from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 03/07/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ N Nunavut from The Terror by Dan Simmons 12/24/2017 ★★★★★
O New Orleans from Hotel by Arthur Hailey
P Paris from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Q Québec from The Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O'Neill
✅ R Russia from Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 05/30/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ S Spain from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 04/11/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ T Toronto from Life of Pi by Yann Martel 02/04/2017 ★★★★☆
U United States from Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
✅ V Venice from City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare 04/11/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ W West Virginia from Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout 02/18/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ X Xicha from Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton 04/02/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
Y Yorkshire from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
Z New Zealand from The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
19/24
Modern Mrs. Darcy Challenge - 2017
Reading for Fun:
✅ 1. A book you chose for the cover: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah 10/13/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 2. A book with reputation for being un-put-down-able: The Terror by Dan Simmons 12/24/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 3. A book set somewhere you've never been but would like to visit: Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts 06/28/2017 ★★☆☆☆
4. A book you've already read: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
5. A juicy memoir: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
✅ 6. A book about books or reading: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 09/29/2017 ★★★★☆
7. A book in a genre you usually avoid: 50 Events You Really Need to Know: World History by Ian Crofton (Historical Non-Fiction)
8. A book you don't want to admit you're dying to read: The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
✅ 9. A book in the backlist of a new favorite author: Loneliness on the Net by Janusz Leon Wiśniewski 07/23/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 10. A book recommended by someone with great taste: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 02/21/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 11. A book you were exited to buy or borrow, but haven't read yet: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski 01/20/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 12. A book about a topic or subject you already love: Sex Criminals, Volume One: One Weird Trick by Matt Fraction 01/21/2017 ★★★★☆
Reading for Growth:
✅ 1. A Newberry Award winner or Honor book: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman 02/07/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 2. A book in translation: The Reader by Bernhard Schlink 12/09/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 3. A book that's more than 600 pages: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 05/08/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 4. A book of poetry, a play, or an essay collection: Shakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare 04/12/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 5. A book of any genre that addresses current events: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 09/09/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 6. An immigration story: The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough 05/03/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 7. A book published before you were born: The Iliad by Homer 04/03/2017 ★★★★☆
8. Three books by the same author: Dandelion Wine, Something Wicked This Way Comes and Farewell Summer by Ray Bradbury
9. A book by an #ownvoices or #diversebooks author: Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
✅ 10. A book with an unreliable narrator or ambiguous ending: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 03/03/2017 ★★★☆☆
11. A book nominatied for an award in 2017: The Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O'Neill (Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction)
✅ 12. A Pulitizer Prize or National Book Award Winner: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 12/01/2017 ★★★★★
17/24
Reading for Fun:
✅ 1. A book you chose for the cover: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah 10/13/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 2. A book with reputation for being un-put-down-able: The Terror by Dan Simmons 12/24/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 3. A book set somewhere you've never been but would like to visit: Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts 06/28/2017 ★★☆☆☆
4. A book you've already read: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
5. A juicy memoir: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
✅ 6. A book about books or reading: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 09/29/2017 ★★★★☆
7. A book in a genre you usually avoid: 50 Events You Really Need to Know: World History by Ian Crofton (Historical Non-Fiction)
8. A book you don't want to admit you're dying to read: The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
✅ 9. A book in the backlist of a new favorite author: Loneliness on the Net by Janusz Leon Wiśniewski 07/23/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 10. A book recommended by someone with great taste: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 02/21/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 11. A book you were exited to buy or borrow, but haven't read yet: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski 01/20/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 12. A book about a topic or subject you already love: Sex Criminals, Volume One: One Weird Trick by Matt Fraction 01/21/2017 ★★★★☆
Reading for Growth:
✅ 1. A Newberry Award winner or Honor book: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman 02/07/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 2. A book in translation: The Reader by Bernhard Schlink 12/09/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 3. A book that's more than 600 pages: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 05/08/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 4. A book of poetry, a play, or an essay collection: Shakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare 04/12/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 5. A book of any genre that addresses current events: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 09/09/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 6. An immigration story: The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough 05/03/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 7. A book published before you were born: The Iliad by Homer 04/03/2017 ★★★★☆
8. Three books by the same author: Dandelion Wine, Something Wicked This Way Comes and Farewell Summer by Ray Bradbury
9. A book by an #ownvoices or #diversebooks author: Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
✅ 10. A book with an unreliable narrator or ambiguous ending: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 03/03/2017 ★★★☆☆
11. A book nominatied for an award in 2017: The Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O'Neill (Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction)
✅ 12. A Pulitizer Prize or National Book Award Winner: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 12/01/2017 ★★★★★
17/24
1st Quarter - Books You Might Have Missed
Duration: January 1 - March 31, 2016
***COMPLETE***
✅ January: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling 01/03/2017 ★★★★★
✅ February: Шакалиный восьмидневник by Mariam Petrosyan 02/03/2017 ★★★★★
✅ March: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 03/03/2017 ★★★☆☆
3/3
Duration: January 1 - March 31, 2016
***COMPLETE***
✅ January: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling 01/03/2017 ★★★★★
✅ February: Шакалиный восьмидневник by Mariam Petrosyan 02/03/2017 ★★★★★
✅ March: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 03/03/2017 ★★★☆☆
3/3
January - Myths from Around the World
Duration: January 1 - January 31, 2017
***COMPLETE***
✅ 1. Janus The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 01/28/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 2. Fenghuang The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 01/08/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 3. Brownie Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling 01/03/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 4. Enenra American Gods by Neil Gaiman 01/12/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 5. Cyclops Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling 01/28/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 8. Hippogriff Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach 01/02/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 10. Jumbee House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski 01/20/2017 ★★☆☆☆
7/5
Duration: January 1 - January 31, 2017
***COMPLETE***
✅ 1. Janus The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 01/28/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 2. Fenghuang The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 01/08/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 3. Brownie Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling 01/03/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 4. Enenra American Gods by Neil Gaiman 01/12/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 5. Cyclops Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling 01/28/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 8. Hippogriff Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach 01/02/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 10. Jumbee House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski 01/20/2017 ★★☆☆☆
7/5
January - Marathon Challenge 2017
Duration: January 1 - January 31, 2017
***COMPLETE***
✅ 1. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco - 672 pages
✅ 2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling - 251 pages
✅ 3. American Gods by Neil Gaiman - 722 pages
✅ 4. Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach - 112 pages
✅ 5. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski - 750 pages
✅ 6. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas - 786 pages
✅ 7. The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens - 944 pages
✅ 8. Sex Criminals, Vol. 1: One Weird Trick by Matt Fraction - 128 pages
✅ 9. Pulp by Charles Bukowski - 208 pages
✅ 10. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling - 317 pages
4,890/3,000
Duration: January 1 - January 31, 2017
***COMPLETE***
✅ 1. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco - 672 pages
✅ 2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling - 251 pages
✅ 3. American Gods by Neil Gaiman - 722 pages
✅ 4. Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach - 112 pages
✅ 5. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski - 750 pages
✅ 6. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas - 786 pages
✅ 7. The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens - 944 pages
✅ 8. Sex Criminals, Vol. 1: One Weird Trick by Matt Fraction - 128 pages
✅ 9. Pulp by Charles Bukowski - 208 pages
✅ 10. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling - 317 pages
4,890/3,000
February 2017 - Earth Challenge
Duration: February 1 - February 28, 2017
***COMPLETE***
✅ 1. Read a book that has the word “Earth” in the title. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett 02/02/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 2. Read a book where a character comes out of the Earth (examples: orcs, golems, zombies). The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman 02/07/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 6. Read a book where a landmark from the Earth that is central to the story (examples: mountians, rivers, land). Life of Pi by Yann Martel 02/04/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 9. Read a book where one of the ancient elements is in the title of the book: clay, water, fire, or air. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi 02/01/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 10. Read a book where a modern element or mineral is central to the story (examples: diamonds, salt, pearls). Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout 02/18/2017 ★★☆☆☆
5/5
Duration: February 1 - February 28, 2017
***COMPLETE***
✅ 1. Read a book that has the word “Earth” in the title. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett 02/02/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 2. Read a book where a character comes out of the Earth (examples: orcs, golems, zombies). The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman 02/07/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 6. Read a book where a landmark from the Earth that is central to the story (examples: mountians, rivers, land). Life of Pi by Yann Martel 02/04/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 9. Read a book where one of the ancient elements is in the title of the book: clay, water, fire, or air. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi 02/01/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 10. Read a book where a modern element or mineral is central to the story (examples: diamonds, salt, pearls). Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout 02/18/2017 ★★☆☆☆
5/5
February - Spanning the Globe
Duration: February 1 - February 28, 2017
***COMPLETE***
Starting point: Ontario, Canada
First book: Life of Pi by Yann Martel 02/04/2017 ★★★★☆
↳ Toronto, Canada (465 miles)
↳ Pondicherry, India (8,455 miles)
↳ Pacific Ocean (10,787 miles)
↳ Tomatlan, Mexico (2,380 miles)
Total miles traveled: 22,087 miles
Starting point: Tomatlan, Mexico
Second book: The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett 02/02/2017 ★★★☆☆
↳ England, U.K. (5,732 miles)
Total miles traveled: 27,819 miles
Starting point: England, U.K.
Third book: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman 02/07/2017 ★★★★★
↳ San Francisco, U.S. (5,315 miles)
Total miles traveled: 33,134 miles
Duration: February 1 - February 28, 2017
***COMPLETE***
Starting point: Ontario, Canada
First book: Life of Pi by Yann Martel 02/04/2017 ★★★★☆
↳ Toronto, Canada (465 miles)
↳ Pondicherry, India (8,455 miles)
↳ Pacific Ocean (10,787 miles)
↳ Tomatlan, Mexico (2,380 miles)
Total miles traveled: 22,087 miles
Starting point: Tomatlan, Mexico
Second book: The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett 02/02/2017 ★★★☆☆
↳ England, U.K. (5,732 miles)
Total miles traveled: 27,819 miles
Starting point: England, U.K.
Third book: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman 02/07/2017 ★★★★★
↳ San Francisco, U.S. (5,315 miles)
Total miles traveled: 33,134 miles
THE WOMAN IN THE BOOK CHALLENGE
Duration: March 1 - March 31, 2017
***COMPLETE***
✅ 1. Read a book written by a female author that is new to you.
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 03/26/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 3. Read a nonfiction book written by a female author.
Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys But Never Forget How To Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Behavior by Sandra Aamodt 03/08/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 5. Read a book that is classified as “feminist.”
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 03/12/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 7. Read a book where the woman in the story does not conform to gender norms.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 03/18/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 8. Read a book about a woman/women during a time of war.
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 03/07/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 9. Read a book where the antagonist is a female.
Ulysses by James Joyce 03/08/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 10. Read a book with a woman's name in the title.
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 03/03/2017 ★★★☆☆
7/7
Duration: March 1 - March 31, 2017
***COMPLETE***
✅ 1. Read a book written by a female author that is new to you.
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 03/26/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 3. Read a nonfiction book written by a female author.
Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys But Never Forget How To Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Behavior by Sandra Aamodt 03/08/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 5. Read a book that is classified as “feminist.”
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 03/12/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 7. Read a book where the woman in the story does not conform to gender norms.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 03/18/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 8. Read a book about a woman/women during a time of war.
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 03/07/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 9. Read a book where the antagonist is a female.
Ulysses by James Joyce 03/08/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 10. Read a book with a woman's name in the title.
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 03/03/2017 ★★★☆☆
7/7
March - Title IX Challenge
Duration: March 1 - March 31, 2017
***COMPLETE***
✅ 1. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 03/03/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 2. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 03/07/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 3. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 03/12/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 03/18/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 5. Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding 03/07/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
✅ 6. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 03/26/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 7. Mister God, This is Anna by Fynn 03/24/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 8. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 03/28/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 9. Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel García Márquez 03/10/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 10. Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John Gray 03/14/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
10/10
Duration: March 1 - March 31, 2017
***COMPLETE***
✅ 1. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 03/03/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 2. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 03/07/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 3. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 03/12/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 03/18/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 5. Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding 03/07/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
✅ 6. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 03/26/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 7. Mister God, This is Anna by Fynn 03/24/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 8. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 03/28/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 9. Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel García Márquez 03/10/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 10. Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John Gray 03/14/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
10/10
2nd Quarter - Classics Around the World
Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2017
***COMPLETE***
✅ 1. USA - Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 04/20/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 2. Russia - Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 05/30/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 3. France - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 05/08/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 4. Germany - Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 11/02/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 5. Colombia - Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez 06/16/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 6. Ukraine - The Twelve Chairs by Ilya Ilf 04/10/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 7. Greece - The Iliad by Homer 04/03/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 8. Spain - Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 04/11/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 9. Australia - The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough 05/03/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 10. Czech Republic - Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud 04/04/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 11. UK - To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf 04/05/2017 ★★☆☆☆
11/11
Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2017
***COMPLETE***
✅ 1. USA - Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 04/20/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 2. Russia - Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 05/30/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 3. France - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 05/08/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 4. Germany - Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 11/02/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 5. Colombia - Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez 06/16/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 6. Ukraine - The Twelve Chairs by Ilya Ilf 04/10/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 7. Greece - The Iliad by Homer 04/03/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 8. Spain - Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 04/11/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 9. Australia - The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough 05/03/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 10. Czech Republic - Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud 04/04/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 11. UK - To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf 04/05/2017 ★★☆☆☆
11/11
2nd Quarter - Clear the Shelves
Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2017
***COMPLETE***
Physical Books: 24 (24/24)
✅ 1. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez 06/16/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 2. The Twelve Chairs by Ilya Ilf 04/10/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 3. The Iliad by Homer 04/03/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 4. The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough 05/03/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 5. Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud 04/04/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 6. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf 04/05/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 7. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling 04/27/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 8. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 10/09/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 9. City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare 04/11/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 10. Маруся. Книга 2. Таёжный квест by Сергей Волков 04/05/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 11. Маруся. Книга 3. Конец и вновь начало by Полина Волошина 04/07/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
✅ 12. Shakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare 04/12/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 13. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald 04/05/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 14. Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut 04/16/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 15. Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton 04/02/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
✅ 16. Us by David Nicholls 05/14/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 17. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah 10/13/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 18. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes 11/15/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 19. I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson 11/08/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 20. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert 08/12/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 21. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 09/29/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 22. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver 05/07/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 23. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling 11/27/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 24. Preludes & Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman 10/08/2017 ★★★★☆
Audible Books: 6 (6/6)
✅ 1. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 04/20/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 2. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 05/30/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 3. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 05/08/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 4. Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts 06/28/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 5. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 04/11/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 6. The Pearl by John Steinbeck 08/05/2017 ★★☆☆☆
30/30
Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2017
***COMPLETE***
Physical Books: 24 (24/24)
✅ 1. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez 06/16/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 2. The Twelve Chairs by Ilya Ilf 04/10/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 3. The Iliad by Homer 04/03/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 4. The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough 05/03/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 5. Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud 04/04/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 6. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf 04/05/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 7. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling 04/27/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 8. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 10/09/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 9. City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare 04/11/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 10. Маруся. Книга 2. Таёжный квест by Сергей Волков 04/05/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 11. Маруся. Книга 3. Конец и вновь начало by Полина Волошина 04/07/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
✅ 12. Shakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare 04/12/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 13. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald 04/05/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 14. Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut 04/16/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 15. Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton 04/02/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
✅ 16. Us by David Nicholls 05/14/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 17. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah 10/13/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 18. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes 11/15/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 19. I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson 11/08/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 20. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert 08/12/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 21. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 09/29/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 22. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver 05/07/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 23. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling 11/27/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 24. Preludes & Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman 10/08/2017 ★★★★☆
Audible Books: 6 (6/6)
✅ 1. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 04/20/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 2. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 05/30/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 3. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 05/08/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 4. Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts 06/28/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 5. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 04/11/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 6. The Pearl by John Steinbeck 08/05/2017 ★★☆☆☆
30/30
MAY CHALLENGE: SPELL SUNRISES
Duration: May 1 - May 31, 2017
***COMPLETE***
✅ S - The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 10/09/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ U - Us by David Nicholls 05/14/2017 ★★★★★
✅ N - The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah 10/13/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ R - The Reader by Bernhard Schlink 12/09/2017 ★★★★★
✅ I - I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson 11/08/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ S - Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts 06/28/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ E - Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert 08/12/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ S - The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 09/29/2017 ★★★★☆
8/8
Duration: May 1 - May 31, 2017
***COMPLETE***
✅ S - The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 10/09/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ U - Us by David Nicholls 05/14/2017 ★★★★★
✅ N - The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah 10/13/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ R - The Reader by Bernhard Schlink 12/09/2017 ★★★★★
✅ I - I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson 11/08/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ S - Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts 06/28/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ E - Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert 08/12/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ S - The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 09/29/2017 ★★★★☆
8/8
MAY CHALLENGE: SUN SONGS
Duration: May 1 - May 31, 2017
✅ 1) YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE - The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne10/09/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 2) HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN - Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 05/30/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 3) SUNRISE - Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver 05/07/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 4) WALKIN’ ON THE SUN - The Reader by Bernhard Schlink 12/09/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 5) HERE COME THE SUN - Us by David Nicholls 05/14/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 6) WALKING ON SUNSHINE - The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough 05/03/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 7) SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 05/08/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 8) AIN'T NO SUNSHINE - Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez 06/16/2017 ★★★★☆
9) BLISTER IN THE SUN - The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
✅ 10) SOAK UP THE SUN - Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts 06/28/2017 ★★☆☆☆
9/10
Duration: May 1 - May 31, 2017
✅ 1) YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE - The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne10/09/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 2) HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN - Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 05/30/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 3) SUNRISE - Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver 05/07/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 4) WALKIN’ ON THE SUN - The Reader by Bernhard Schlink 12/09/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 5) HERE COME THE SUN - Us by David Nicholls 05/14/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 6) WALKING ON SUNSHINE - The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough 05/03/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 7) SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 05/08/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 8) AIN'T NO SUNSHINE - Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez 06/16/2017 ★★★★☆
9) BLISTER IN THE SUN - The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
✅ 10) SOAK UP THE SUN - Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts 06/28/2017 ★★☆☆☆
9/10
3rd Quarter - Wonders of the World
Duration: July 1 - September 30, 2017
✅ 1. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare a book that takes place in the ancient world 07/29/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 2. Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick a book where someone takes are really long walk 07/22/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 3. Dune by Frank Herbert a book where the characters do a lot of moving around 07/23/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 4. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert a book that takes place in Italy 08/12/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 5. City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare a book about mythological creatures 10/16/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 6. The Pearl by John Steinbeck a book about Peru/South America 08/05/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 7. Loneliness on the Net by Janusz Leon Wiśniewski a book about a suffering a great loss 07/23/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 8. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes a book about a scientific achievement 11/15/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 9. Preludes & Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman a book about the gods 10/08/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 10. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón a book that takes place in Spain/Northern Africa 09/29/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 11. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne a book about colonialism. 10/09/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 12. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah a book that takes place in France 10/13/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 13. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens a book about religion 07/27/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 14. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami a book that takes place in Japan 09/30/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
15. The Tempest by William Shakespeare a book that takes place on an Island
✅ 16. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne a book that takes place in Germany 08/14/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 17. Chuck and Geck by Arkadi Gaidar a book that takes place in Russia or about life under communism 07/21/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 18. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini a book about immigration 09/09/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 19. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen a book that takes place in England/United Kingdom 08/21/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
✅ 20. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey a book about performing in a show 09/20/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 21. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling a book about a character on a decline 11/27/2017 ★★★★★
20/21
Duration: July 1 - September 30, 2017
✅ 1. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare a book that takes place in the ancient world 07/29/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 2. Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick a book where someone takes are really long walk 07/22/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 3. Dune by Frank Herbert a book where the characters do a lot of moving around 07/23/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 4. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert a book that takes place in Italy 08/12/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 5. City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare a book about mythological creatures 10/16/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 6. The Pearl by John Steinbeck a book about Peru/South America 08/05/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 7. Loneliness on the Net by Janusz Leon Wiśniewski a book about a suffering a great loss 07/23/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 8. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes a book about a scientific achievement 11/15/2017 ★★★★★
✅ 9. Preludes & Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman a book about the gods 10/08/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 10. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón a book that takes place in Spain/Northern Africa 09/29/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 11. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne a book about colonialism. 10/09/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 12. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah a book that takes place in France 10/13/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 13. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens a book about religion 07/27/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 14. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami a book that takes place in Japan 09/30/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
15. The Tempest by William Shakespeare a book that takes place on an Island
✅ 16. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne a book that takes place in Germany 08/14/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ 17. Chuck and Geck by Arkadi Gaidar a book that takes place in Russia or about life under communism 07/21/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 18. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini a book about immigration 09/09/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ 19. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen a book that takes place in England/United Kingdom 08/21/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
✅ 20. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey a book about performing in a show 09/20/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ 21. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling a book about a character on a decline 11/27/2017 ★★★★★
20/21
ADVENT CALENDAR CHALLENGE
Duration: December 1 - December 31, 2017
***COMPLETE***
Dec 1: Metzengerstein & Loss of Breath
Dec 2: Ms. Found in a Bottle & Berenice & Morella
Dec 3: King Pest & Four Beasts in One: The Homo-Cameleopard & Ligeia
Dec 4: The Devil in the Belfry & The Fall of the House of Usher
Dec 5: William Wilson & The Man of the Crowd
Dec 6: The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Dec 7: The Mystery of Marie Roget
Dec 8: A Descent Into the Maelstrom & Spirits of the Dead & The Masque of the Red Death
Dec 9: The Pit and the Pendulum & The Tell Tale Heart
Dec 10: The Gold Bug
Dec 11: The Black Cat & A Tale of the Ragged Mountains & The Premature Burial
Dec 12: The Oblong Box & The Angel of the Odd & "Thou Art the Man"
Dec 13: The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq. & Morning on the Wissahiccon
Dec 14: Some Words with a Mummy & The Imp of the Perverse
Dec 15: The Purloined Letter & The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
Dec 16: The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar & The Sphinx & The Cask of Amontillado & Hop-Frog
Dec 17: The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall
Dec 18: Three Sundays in a Week & Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences
Dec 19: The Spectacles
Dec 20: The Balloon Hoax & The Oval Portrait: & Why the Little Frenchman Wears his Hand in a Sling
Dec 21: The Duc de L'Omelette & A Tale of Jerusalem & Bon-Bon
Dec 22: Lionizing & Shadow: A Parable & Mystification & Silence: A Fable
Dec 23: How to Write a Blackwood Article & A Predicament: By Edgar Allan Poe - Illustrated & The Man That Was Used Up
Dec 24: The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion & The Journal of Julius Rodman
Dec 25: The Island of the Fay & The Colloquy of Monos and Una & Never Bet the Devil Your Head
Dec 26: Eleonora: & The Domain of Arnheim
Dec 27: Landor's Cottage & Mesmeric Revelation
Dec 28: The Thousand-And-Second Tale of Scheherazade
Dec 29: Mellonta Tauta
Dec 30: Von Kempelen and his Discovery & X-Ing a Paragraph
Dec 31: The Business Man
31/31 days
67/67 stories
Duration: December 1 - December 31, 2017
***COMPLETE***
Dec 1: Metzengerstein & Loss of Breath
Dec 2: Ms. Found in a Bottle & Berenice & Morella
Dec 3: King Pest & Four Beasts in One: The Homo-Cameleopard & Ligeia
Dec 4: The Devil in the Belfry & The Fall of the House of Usher
Dec 5: William Wilson & The Man of the Crowd
Dec 6: The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Dec 7: The Mystery of Marie Roget
Dec 8: A Descent Into the Maelstrom & Spirits of the Dead & The Masque of the Red Death
Dec 9: The Pit and the Pendulum & The Tell Tale Heart
Dec 10: The Gold Bug
Dec 11: The Black Cat & A Tale of the Ragged Mountains & The Premature Burial
Dec 12: The Oblong Box & The Angel of the Odd & "Thou Art the Man"
Dec 13: The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq. & Morning on the Wissahiccon
Dec 14: Some Words with a Mummy & The Imp of the Perverse
Dec 15: The Purloined Letter & The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
Dec 16: The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar & The Sphinx & The Cask of Amontillado & Hop-Frog
Dec 17: The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall
Dec 18: Three Sundays in a Week & Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences
Dec 19: The Spectacles
Dec 20: The Balloon Hoax & The Oval Portrait: & Why the Little Frenchman Wears his Hand in a Sling
Dec 21: The Duc de L'Omelette & A Tale of Jerusalem & Bon-Bon
Dec 22: Lionizing & Shadow: A Parable & Mystification & Silence: A Fable
Dec 23: How to Write a Blackwood Article & A Predicament: By Edgar Allan Poe - Illustrated & The Man That Was Used Up
Dec 24: The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion & The Journal of Julius Rodman
Dec 25: The Island of the Fay & The Colloquy of Monos and Una & Never Bet the Devil Your Head
Dec 26: Eleonora: & The Domain of Arnheim
Dec 27: Landor's Cottage & Mesmeric Revelation
Dec 28: The Thousand-And-Second Tale of Scheherazade
Dec 29: Mellonta Tauta
Dec 30: Von Kempelen and his Discovery & X-Ing a Paragraph
Dec 31: The Business Man
31/31 days
67/67 stories
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Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2017
✅ Literary Fiction The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 12/01/2017 ★★★★★
✅ Classics The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 05/08/2017 ★★★★★
✅ Science Nonfiction Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud 04/04/2017 ★★★☆☆
✅ Chick-lit Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding 03/07/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
Horror Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Biography Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
✅ YA Fantasy City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare 10/16/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ Adventure Life of Pi by Yann Martel 02/04/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ Coming of Age Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 03/07/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ Family Saga The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough 05/03/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ Memoir Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert 08/12/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ Historical The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett 02/02/2017 ★★★☆☆
Dystopian Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
✅ Science Fiction Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes 11/15/2017 ★★★★★
✅ Urban Fantasy American Gods by Neil Gaiman 01/12/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ Historical Romance Mansfield Park by Jane Austen 08/21/2017 ★☆☆☆☆
✅ Paranormal Romance Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout 02/18/2017 ★★☆☆☆
Historical Nonfiction 50 Events You Really Need to Know: World History by Ian Crofton
✅ Crime The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 03/28/2017 ★★★★★
✅ Suspense The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 03/18/2017 ★★★★☆
✅ Mystery/Thriller The Terror by Dan Simmons 12/24/2017 ★★★★★
✅ Humor The Twelve Chairs by Ilya Ilf 04/10/2017 ★★☆☆☆
✅ Epic/High Fantasy Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling 01/03/2017 ★★★★★
✅ Space Opera Dune by Frank Herbert 07/23/2017 ★★★★★
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