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2017 115 books

January

1- Breaking Creed 1/2/2017
2- The Sun Is Also a Star 1/6/2017
3- Timeline 1/10/2017
4- Life Expectancy 1/10/2017
5- Ready Player One 01/11/17
6- The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante read: 01/14/17
7- The Devil's Star by Jo Nesbø: 1/15/17
8- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 01/18/17
9- Darkest Fear by Harlan Coben 01/18/
10- All American Boys by Jason Reynolds 01/20/17
11- The Diabolic by S.J. Kincaid 01/21/17
12- The Forever Bridge by T. Greenwood 01/23/17
13- book:Silent Creed|23398836] by Alex Kava 01/26/17
14- The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin 01/28/17
February 2017

19- Reckless Creed by Alex Kava finished 02/03/17
20- Rules of Prey 02/06/17
21- See Jane Die by Erica Spindler 02/08/17
22- Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon 02/09/17
23- The Chemist 02/11/17
24- Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay 02/15/17
25- The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand 02/16/17
26- The Redeemer by Jo Nesbø02/17/17
27- Shadow Man by Cody McFadyen 02/20/17
28- Fingersmith by Sarah Waters 02/23/17
29- The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith 02/26/17
30- All The Pretty Girls by J.T. Ellison 02/27/17
March 2017

31 - In the Woods by Tana French 03/05/17
32- The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware 03/05/17
33 - In the Woods 03/05/17
34- Dark Summer 03/11/17
35-Look Again 03/17/17
36-Promise Me 03/18/17
37- Some Girls Bite 03/20/17
38- Daisy in Chains 03/23/17
39- Menagerie 03/27/17
April 2017

41- The Ice Princess 04/02/17
42- The Girls 04/05/17
43-The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 04/06/17
44-Soon I Will Be Invincible 04/11/17
45- Shutter Island04/16/17
46-Coffeehouse Angel04/20/17
47- Little Heaven 04/19/17
48-The Outsiders 04/23/17
49-Long Lost 04/30/17
May 2017

50 - The Shining 05/04/17
51 -Zoo 05/08/17
52-Small Great Things
53- The Runaway Jury 05/21/17
54- The Snowman 05/29/17
June 2017

55 - The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair 06/08/17
56- Live Wire 06/20/17
July 2017

57- Alias Grace 07/06/17
58 - Night of the Hunter 07/07/17
59- Home 07/25/17
August 2017

60 - Throne of Glass 08/03/17
61- A Game of Ghosts 08/17/17
62 - IT - 08/18/17
63- The Leopard 08/29/17
September 2017

64 - Bone Cold 09/05/17
65 - Last Breath 09/06/17
66- Killer Takes All 09/16/17
67- The Good Daughter 09/16/17
68- A Perfect Evil 09/18/17
69- The Stranger 09/21/17
70 - The Butcher 09/23/17
71- The Smell of Other People's Houses 09/24/17
72- Nightshade 09/27/17
73 - Before Evil 09/28/17
74 - Alex + Ada #3 09/30/17
October 2017

75- The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer 10/01/17
76- Alex + Ada #4 10/02/17
77 - Don't Let Go 10/04/17
78- Phantom 10/06/17
79 -Wonder Woman: Warbringer 10/08/17
80 - Crazy Rich Asians 10/11/17
81 - Sleeping Giants 10/12/17
82 - Red Rising 10/12/17
83 - Tell No One 10/16/17
84 - Police 10/21/17
85 - The Wonder 10/22/17
86 - Alone 10/23/17
87 -Before the Fall 10/25/17
88 - Let the Right One In 10/28/17
89- Sister 10/30/17
November 2017

90 - A Game of Thrones 11/09/17
91 - The Beach House 11/09/17
92 - Pretending to Dance 11/12/17
93- Black Coffee 11/13/17
94- The Pillars of the Earth 11/15/17
95 - The Blind Assassin 11/17/17
96- Last Known Victim 11/22/17

Listopia Challenge - 2017

Delicious Reads Possible Book Club Picks 2016

1-Winter
2-Crossing to Safety
3- The Nightingale
4-Ready Player One 01/11/17
5-A Monster Calls

YA Novels of 2016

1- This Is Where It Ends
2- The Rose & the Dagger
3- Stars Above
4- The Sun Is Also a Star 1/6/2016
5- The Diabolic 01/21/17

Goodreads Picks for Tournament of Books 2017

1- The Girls 04/05/17
2- Before the Fall 10/25/17
3- The Woman in Cabin 10 03/05/17
4- All the Missing Girls
5- Truly Madly Guilty

Best Twists

1- In the Woods 03/05/17
2- Midwives
3- Red Queen
4- Fingersmith 02/23/17
5- Shutter Island 04/16/17

POPSUGAR 2017 READING CHALLENGE
Duration January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017



1. A book recommended by a librarian
The Forever Bridge by T. Greenwood 01/23/17
2. A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline 01/11/17
3. A book of letters
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
4. An audiobook
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 01/18/17
5. A book by a person of color
Crazy Rich Asians 10/11/17
6. A book with one of the four seasons in the title
Dark Summer by Iris Johansen 03/11/17
7. A book that is a story within a story
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
8. A book with multiple authors
The Beach House by James Patterson and Peter De Jonge 11/09/17
9. An espionage thriller
The Tailor of Panama by John le Carré
10. A book with a cat on the cover
by Jo Nesbø 08/29/17
11. A book with an author who uses a pseudonym
The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith 02/26/17
12. A bestseller from a genre you don't normally read
The City Stained Red by Sam Sykes
13. A book by or about a person who has a disability
Still Alice by Lisa Genova
14. A book involving travel
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware 03/05/17
15. A book with a subtitle
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett
16. A book that's published in 2017
Little Heaven by Nick Cutter 04/19/17
17. A book involving a mythical creature
A Game of Thrones 11/09/17
18. A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile
19. A book about food
Coffeehouse Angel by Suzanne Selfors 04/20/17
20. A book with career advice
Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
21. A book from a nonhuman perspective
The Diabolic by S.J. Kincaid 01/21/17
22. A steampunk novel
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
23. A book with a red spine
24. A book set in the wilderness
The Terror by Dan Simmons 01/02/17
25. A book you loved as a child
26. A book by an author from a country you've never visited
The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante read: 01/14/17
27. A book with a title that's a character's name
See Jane Die by Erica Spindler 02/08/17
28. A novel set during wartime
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett 11/15/17
29. A book with an unreliable narrator
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin 10/01/17
30. A book with pictures
31. A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan 10/11/17
32. A book about an interesting woman
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters 02/23/17 - Sue
33. A book set in two different time periods
Mariana by Susanna Kearsley
34. A book with a month or day of the week in the title
March by Audrey Carlan
35. A book set in a hotel
The Shining by Stephen King 05/04/17
36. A book written by someone you admire Darkest Fear by Harlan Coben 01/18/17
37. A book that's becoming a movie in 2017
The Snowman 05/29/17
38. A book set around a holiday other than Christmas
39. The first book in a series you haven't read before
In the Woods by Tana French 03/05/17
40. A book you bought on a trip

Advanced
41. A book recommended by an author you love
42. A bestseller from 2016
Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
43. A book with a family-member term in the title
Sister by Rosamund Lupton 10/30/17
44. A book that takes place over a character's life span
Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz 1/10/2017
45. A book about an immigrant or refugee
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
46. A book from a genre/subgenre you've never heard of
47. A book with an eccentric character
The Chemist 02/11/17 (Alex/Julianna)
48. A book that's more than 800 pages
It- 09/18/17
49. A book you got from a used book sale
Long Lost by Harlan Coben 04/30/17
50. A book that's been mentioned in another book
51. A book about a difficult topic
Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult 05/14/17
52. A book based on mythology
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

2017 All around the world

3/10

1- Russian The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan
2- Japanese Battle Royale by Koushun Takami
3- Korean The Vegetarian by Han Kang
4- Italian: The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante read: 01/14/17
5- Indian Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
6- Swedish The Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg 04/02/17
7- Denmark Mercy by Jussi Adler-Olsen
8- Spanish Marina by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
9- German Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
10- Chinese The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin 01/28/17

THE TBR RANDOMISER CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1st - December 31st 2017

1/10

1 - Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
2- The Innocent by Harlan Coben
3- Undermajordomo Minor by Patrick deWitt
4- The Silent Sister by Diane Chamberlain
5- Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover
6- Disclaimer by Renée Knight
7- Twin Souls by DelSheree Gladden
8- The Tailor of Panama by John le Carré
9- Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
10- Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay 02/15/17

TOP TEN FAVES
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2017

6/25

1- Battle Royale
2- A Game of Thrones 11/15/17
3- Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
4- Let the Right One In 10/28/17
5- The Likeness
6- A Monster Calls
7- Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
8- Ready Player One 01/11/17
9- Red Rising 10/12/17
10- Salt to the Sea
11- Sarah's Key 02/15/17
12- Still Alice
13- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 01/18/17

COLOR CHALLENGE - COMPLETED
Duration: January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017

1. Read a book with "White" or any shade of white in the cover (ivory, cream, bone, etc...).
03/05/17

2. Read a book with "Pink" or any shade of pink in the cover (rose, magenta, salmon, etc...).
04/11/17

3. Read a book with "Red" or any shade of red in the cover (maroon, brick, scarlet, etc...).
1/15/17

4. Read a book with "Orange" or any shade of orange in the cover (apricot, ginger, carrot, etc...).
10/11/17

5. Read a book with "Yellow" or any shade of yellow in the cover (blond, chartreuse, canary, etc...).
05/04/17

6. Read a book with "Green" or any shade of green in the cover (sage, lime, jade, etc...).
03/23/17

7. Read a book with "Light Blue" or any shade of light blue in the cover (teal, sky, cerulean, etc...).
2/20/17

8. Read a book with "Dark Blue" or any shade of dark blue in the cover (indigo, denim, navy, etc...).
4/05/17

9. Read a book with "Purple" or any shade of purple in the cover (lavender, plum, orchid, etc...).
09/27/17

10. Read a book with "Brown" or any shade of brown in the cover (tan, mahogany, coffee, etc...).
03/27/17

11. Read a book with "Black" or any shade of black in the cover (grey, slate, coal, etc...).
10/22/17

12. Read a book with a Metallic color in the cover (gold, silver, bronze, etc...).
01/21/17

13. Read a book with at least 5 colors on the cover.
01/06/17

14. Read a book with a color in the title of the book.
10/12/17

15. Read a book with a word describing colors in the title (rainbow, stripes, polka dots, ect...).
03/11/17

Wow! You have a lot of challenges going. I want to read In the Woods too!

Jannene wrote: "Wow! You have a lot of challenges going. I want to read In the Woods too!"

I do but I try to read books that fit in one than challenges

MODERN MRS: DARCY CHALLENGE 2017
Duration: January 1st - December 31st 2017

4/18

Reading for Fun:

1. A book you chose for the cover
11/12/17
2. A book with reputation for being un-put-down-able
A Game of Thrones 11/09/17
3. A book set somewhere you've never been but would like to visit
Italy - The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante read: 01/14/17
4. A book about books or reading
5. A book in a genre you usually avoid
6. A book you don't want to admit you're dying to read
7. A book in the backlist of a new favorite author
8. A book recommended by someone with great taste
Rec from friend Christa - Shadow Man by Cody McFadyen 02/20/17
9. A book you were excited to buy or borrow, but haven't read yet - Fingersmith by Sarah Waters 02/23/17
10. A book about a topic or subject you already love

Reading for Growth:

1. A book in translation
2. A book that's more than 600 pages
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand 02/16/17 (720p.)
3. An immigration story
4. A book published before you were born
5. Three books by the same author
Alex kava
Breaking Creed 01/02/17
Reckless Creed 01/26/17
Silent Creed 02/03/17
6. A book with an unreliable narrator or ambiguous ending
In the Woods by Tana French 03/05/17
7. A book nominatied for an award in 2017
8. A Pulitizer Prize or National Book Award Winner