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2015 PopSugar Reading Challenge

✔ 1. More Than 500 Pages
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
1∙1∙15 - 1∙12∙15 --- ★☆☆☆☆

✔ 2. Classic Romance
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
1∙15∙15 - 1∙16∙15 --- ★★★★☆

✔ 3. Book That Became a Movie
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
1∙21∙15 - 2∙3∙15 --- ★★★★★

✔ 4. Book Published This Year
Young Widows Club by Alexandra Coutts
9∙26∙15 - 10∙9∙15 --- ★★★★☆

✔ 5. Book With a Number in the Title
A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray
2∙17∙15 - 2∙17∙15 --- ★★★★☆

✔ 6. Book Written by Someone Under 30
The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend by Kody Keplinger
2∙19∙15 - 2∙27∙15 --- ★★★☆☆

✔ 7. Book With Non-Human Characters
The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey
10∙13∙15 - 10∙19∙15 --- ★★★★★

✔ 8. Funny Book
Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
3∙25∙15 - 3∙25∙15 --- ★★☆☆☆

✔ 9. Book with a Female Author
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
12∙14∙15 - 12∙16∙15 --- ★★☆☆☆

✔ 10. Mystery or Thriller
The Good Girl by Mary Kubica
4∙23∙15 - 4∙23∙15 --- ★★★★☆

✔ 11. Book with One Word Title
Illusive by Emily Lloyd-Jones
4∙28∙15 - 4∙29∙15 --- ★★☆☆☆

✔ 12. Book of Short Stories
Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor
3∙17∙15 - 3∙19∙15 --- ★★★★☆

✔ 13. Book Set in a Different Country
The Gift (set in Ireland) by Cecelia Ahern
12∙5∙15 - 12∙6∙15 --- ★☆☆☆☆

✔ 14. Non-Fiction Book
Digital SLR Handbook by John Freeman
10∙6∙15 - 10∙6∙15 --- ★★☆☆☆

✔ 15. Popular Author's First Book
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
10∙20∙15 - 11∙20∙15 --- ★★★★☆

✔ 16. Book From an Author You Love That You Haven't Read
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
3∙12∙15 - 3∙12∙15 --- ★★★★☆

✔ 17. Book a Friend Recommended
The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 2: Fandemonium by Kieron Gillen
12∙4∙15 - 12∙4∙15 --- ★★★☆☆

✔ 18. Pulitzer Prize Winning Book
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
4∙30∙15 - 5∙3∙15 -- ★★★★☆

✔ 19. Book Based on a True Story
Anne & Henry by Dawn Ius
10∙10∙15 - 10∙11∙15 --- ★☆☆☆☆

✔ 20. Book at the Bottom of Your To-Read List
My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories by Stephanie Perkins (and others)
11∙30∙15 - 12∙3∙15 --- ★★★☆☆

✔ 21. Book Your Mom Loves
The World of Downton Abbey by Jessica Fellowes
10∙5∙15 - 10∙5∙15 --- ★★☆☆☆

✔ 22. Book That Scares You
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
10∙2∙15 - 10∙3∙15 --- ★★★★★

✔ 23. Book More Than 100 Years Old
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
9∙25∙15 - 9∙28∙15 --- ★★★★☆

✔ 24. Book Based Entirely on the Cover
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton
2∙3∙15 - 11∙21∙15 --- ★★★☆☆

✔ 25. Book You Were Supposed to Read in School But Didn't
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
10∙5∙15 - 10∙8∙15 --- ★★★★★

✔ 26. Memoir
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes
11∙13∙15 - 11∙18∙15 --- ★★★☆☆

✔ 27. Book You Can Finish in a Day
Sex Criminals, Vol. 1: One Weird Trick by Matt Fraction
10∙9∙15 - 10∙9∙15 --- ★★★★☆

✔ 28. Book with Antonyms in the Title
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
1∙18∙15 - 1∙22∙15 --- ★☆☆☆☆

✔ 29. Book Set Somewhere You've Always Wanted to Visit
The Rosie Project (set in Australia) by Graeme Simsion
12∙6∙15 - 12∙7∙15 --- ★★★★☆

✔ 30. Book That Came Out the Year You Were Born
Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
9∙14∙15 - 9∙15∙15 --- ★★☆☆☆

✔ 31. Book with Bad Reviews
Bad Girls: Sirens, Jezebels, Murderesses, and Other Female Villains by Jane Yolen
10∙12∙15 - 10∙13∙15 --- ★★☆☆☆

✔ 32. Trilogy (Book 1)
A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy by Alexandra Bracken
11∙22∙15 - 12∙25∙15 --- ★★★★☆

✔ 33. Trilogy (Book 2)
The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi? by Adam Gidwitz
12∙25∙15 - 12∙25∙15 --- ★★★☆☆

✔ 34. Trilogy (Book 3)
Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side! by Tom Angleberger
12∙27∙15 - 12∙27∙15 --- ★★★☆☆

✔ 35. Book From Your Childhood
George's Marvelous Medicine
12∙11∙15 - 12∙11∙15 --- ★★★★☆

✔ 36. Book with a Love Triangle
The Witch Hunter by Virginia Boecker
10∙9∙15 - 10∙17∙15 --- ★★☆☆☆

✔ 37. Book Set in the Future
The Delta Anomaly by Rick Barba
11∙12∙15 - 12∙7∙15 --- ★★★☆☆

✔ 38. Book Set in High School
The Tyrant's Daughter by J.C. Carleson
1∙9∙15 - 1∙15∙15 --- ★★★★☆

✔39. Book with a Color in the Title
Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman
9∙29∙15 - 9∙30∙15 --- ★★★☆☆

✔ 40. Book That Made You Cry
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
12∙10∙15 - 12∙10∙15 --- ★★★★☆

✔ 41. Book with Magic
The Isle of the Lost by Melissa de la Cruz
11∙19∙15 - 11∙23∙15 --- ★★★☆☆

✔ 42. Graphic Novel
The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act by Kieron Gillen
1∙3∙15 - 1∙4∙15 --- ★★★☆☆

✔ 43. Book by an Author You've Never Read Before
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
10∙25∙15 - 11∙5∙15 --- ★★☆☆☆

✔ 44. Book You Own But Never Read Before
The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan
12∙8∙15 - 12∙21∙15 --- ★★☆☆☆

✔ 45. Book That Takes Place in Your Hometown
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
2∙3∙15 - 2∙18∙15 --- ★★★★★

✔ 46. Book That Was Originally Written in Another Language
Tiger Moon by Antonia Michaelis
12∙21∙15 - 12∙31∙15 --- ★★★★☆

✔ 47. Book Set During Christmas
Home Alone: The Classic Illustrated Storybook
12∙25∙15 - 12∙25∙15 --- ★★☆☆☆

✔ 48. Book Written by Author With Your Same Initials
Carnival of Secrets by Melissa Marr
9∙18∙15 - 9∙20∙15 --- ★★☆☆☆

✔ 49. Play
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
10∙1∙15 - 10∙1∙15 --- ★★★★☆

✔ 50. Banned Book
Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews
4∙12∙15 - 4∙21∙15 --- ★★★☆☆

✔ 51. Book Based on a TV Show
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
12∙27∙15 - 12∙28∙15 --- ★★★☆☆

✔ 52. Book You Started But Never Finished
The Amaranth Enchantment by Julie Berry
★★☆☆☆ --- 9∙19∙15 - 9∙26∙15

Wow!! You are so organized Michelle! I can't believe you already have your entire year planned out. I'm just kinda winging it (you'd expect better from the mod). Really awesome plan :) and thanks for being so active in the group

Aww, thanks. I'm sure it will change a dozen times before the year is out but I wanted to have an outline in case I have a busy week and don't have the time to spare to seek out a book. Winging it works too! Lists just make me happy, haha. Thanks for starting the group! I'm having a blast already. You'll have to tell me if I get too bossy britches over here with my participation, sometimes I speak out of turn. :/

Wow! It's impressive! You suceed to find a book for each week! I will probably take one or two of your ideas =)

Take as many ideas as you like. I don't know if they'll all stay the same by the end of the year, but it is a start. ;)

Michelle wrote: "You'll have to tell me if I get too bossy britches over here with my participation, sometimes I speak out of turn. :/ "

It's fine! Between me & Taylor being in college, having some help is great. I'm glad you are enjoying yourself. Participation is what makes the group work.

Have you read Atonement before? It's my pick for week 11 also, but I've never read it before, so I'm looking forward to that week. And I have high expectations :-)

Marina, I have not. I've always wanted to. That seemed as good a time as any to give it a go, right? You'll have to keep me updated on your thoughts as you're reading. :)

My thoughts exactly! It'll be great sharing thoughts and opinions as we go along :-)

I love White Oleander! Hope you enjoy it!

Thanks Stephanie. I'm having a lot of fun trying things outside of my normal reading comfort zone. I just have to pick up the pace a tad. ;)

2015 Reading Soundtrack
Instead of little mini-reviews, since I linked my full review for each of my reads (and haven't actually finished reviewing most of them), I thought for grins and giggles I'd create a soundtrack for my reads. Nothing like combining my love of music and reading in an attempt to explain my overall feeling of a book... so, yeah, lets just go with it.

Lets call this Volume 1 with more to follow.

The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act by Kieron Gillen

Young and Beautiful by Lana Del Rey
I've seen the world, lit it up as my stage now. Channeling angels in the new age now. Hot summer days, rock 'n' roll, the way you play for me at your show. And all the ways I got to know your pretty face and electric soul.

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed

Skin by Zola Jesus
Safety net don't hold me now in this hole I've fallen down. Secret home I made and found a new way to breathe. Skin come off, skin come off, I've had enough. And in the sickness, you have faith. And in the thickness you'll find me, finally.

Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor

Bones by MS MR
Dig up her bones but leave the soul alone, let her find a way to a better place. Broken dreams and silent screams, empty churches with soulless curses. We found a way to escape the day. Candy bar creep show, my highs hit a new low. Marinate in misery like a girl of only seventeen. Man made madness and the romance of sadness. Beautiful dance that happened by chance.

Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews

Tether by Chvrches
In a place where we don't have a prayer. There's a tether that's keeping me there. Trade our places, take no chances, bind me 'til my lips are silent. Stay where you are ever after. Chasing things that we should run from. Will we ever get away from this place? It's an image that's burned on my chest. For a moment you need me to stay cold blooded and drifting away. I'm feeling capable of seeing the end. I'm feeling capable of saying it's over.

The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey (I had to do two for this because Cassie's experience is so different from Zombie's.)

Cassie
Moths by Racing Glaciers
Blood all over, but I feel alright. Lay me down now in this red stone light. I knew you were danger, I knew you were harm. But I kept on coming like a moth to a flame.

Ben/Zombie
How by the Neighbourhood
How could you tell me that I'm great, when they chew me up, spit me out, pissed on me? Why would you tell me that it's fate, when they laughed at me, every day, in my face? They say the end is coming sooner, but the end's already here. I said today is but a rumor that we'll laugh at in a year. Or two, or three, or four, or five, whatever.

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Icarus by Bastille
Out on the front doorstep drinking from a paper cup, you won't remember this. Living beyond your years, acting out all their fears. You feel it in your chest. Your hands protect the flames from the wild winds around you. Icarus is flying too close to the sun. And Icarus's life, it has only just begun. It's just begun.

Young Widows Club by Alexandra Coutts

Young Blood by Birdy
We lie beneath the stars at night our hands gripping each other tight. You keep my secrets, hope to die. Promises, swear them to the sky. The bittersweet between my teeth, trying to find the in-betweens. Fall back in love eventually.

Done! Now I've got 7 hours to relax before 2016 starts! ;)

Congrats :D

So I just now actually registered that I stole your plan name for the 2016 challenge. Totally unintentional. Sorry!

Nope, I think I stole it from you. I just changed it to that because it was ever-changing but I didn't realize it was yours, haha. I think I subconsciously must have seen it somewhere and kept it in my head. Oops!