Challenge: 50 Books discussion

Going for at least 5 books each month, with a minimum of 1 book from each of the following 5 categories, plus bonuses and maybe a few re-reads if the mood strikes me and I keep on-goal.

Going for 50+, more like 75 books this year.

I’ll update at the end of every month.

Dev - prof development, career/industry, leadership, motivation, health, fitness, well-being
BioH - auto/biography, memoirs, history
Nov - mystery, crime, romance
Adv - adventure, fantasy, sci-fi, horror, YA
Cl - classics
B/O - bonus/other books from these categories or other genres, re-reads

January 2018
1) Dev - Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, Elizabeth Gilbert
2) BioH - Orange is the New Black, Piper Kerman
3) Nov - Great Small Things, Jodi Picoult
4) Adv - The Girl in the Spider’s Web, David Lagercrantz
5) Cl - Brave New World, Aldous Huxley

February 2018

6) Dev - Dare: Straight Talk on Confidence, Courage and Career for Women in Charge, Becky Blalock

7) BioH - Shit My Dad Says, Justin Halpern

8) Nov - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer

9) Adv - The Pretender, James Patterson and Andrew Bourelle

10) Cl - Howard’s End, E. M. Forster

B/O -
11) Bridget Jones’ Diary, Helen Fielding

12) NPR Laughter Therapy: A Comedy Collection for the Chronically Serious, NPR

13) The Natural, Bernard Malamud

14) The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Frye, Rachel Joyce

15) ‎Prince and the Pauper, Mark Twain

March 2018

16) Dev - The Way of the SEAL, Mark Divine

17) BioH - In the Garden of Beasts, Erik Larson

18) Nov - The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye, David Lagercrantz

19) Adv - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, J.K. Rowling

20) Cl - Lady Chatterly’s Lover, D. H. Lawrence

April 2018

21) Dev - Target 100: Weight Loss in 6 Steps

22) BioH - The Zookeeper’s Wife, Diane Ackerman

Nov - /
Adv - /

23) Cl - Mary Poppins, P. L. Travers

Spent some of my audio time with podcasts this month :)

May 2018

Dev - /

24) BioH - The Story if My Life, Hellen Keller

25) Nov - The Perfume Collector, Kathleen Tessaro

26) Adv - The Martian, Andy Weir

Cl - /

27) B/O - Uncommon Type, Tom Hanks

Too many false start duds this month!

June 2018

Dev -
BioH -
Nov - Death of a Dead Man, Marshall Boyd
Adv -
Cl - The Iliad, Homer
B/O -

An Outlander soaked up most of June, into July.

July 2018


30) Dev - The Miracle Morning, Hal Elrod

BioH -

31) Nov - Bridget Jones Diary: The Edge of Reason, Helen Fielding

32) Adv - Voyager, Diana Gabaldon

33) Cl - The Odyssey, Homer

B/O -

August 2018


Dev -

BioH -

34) Nov - Belgravia, Julian Fellowes

Adv -

Cl -

35) B/O - All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr

September 2018


Dev -

BioH -

36) Nov - Rare Objects - Kathleen Tessaro

Adv -

Cl -

37) B/O - The American Heiress, Daisy Goodwin

October 2018


Dev -

BioH -

38) Nov - The Mapmaker’s Children, Sarah McCoy

39) Adv - Drums of Autumn, Diana Gabaldon

Cl -

B/O -

Nov 2018

Dev -

BioH -

40) Nov - A Man Called Ove, Fredrik Backman

Adv -

41) Cl - The Pearl, John Steinbeck

B/O -
42) Good Night Moon, Margaret Wise Brown
43) If I Stay, Gayle Forman
44) The Address, Fiona Davis

Dec 2018


Dev -

45) BioH - BossyPants, Tina Fey

46) Nov - The Lady of the Rivers, Philippa Gregory

47) Adv - The Great Alone, Kristin Hannah

48) Cl - Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak

B/O -
49) Death Comes to Pemberley, P. D. James
50) Tuck Everlasting, Natalie Babbitt


Just made it to 50! Finally getting all my books logged in here.