2015 Challenge discussion

1. a book with more than 500 pages - The Broken Eye
2. a classic romance - The Count of Monte Cristo (okay, not technically a "romance" but there were a couple of romantice partnerships and I am not up for another classic right now...haha)
3. a book that became a movie - The Martian
4. a book published this year - Motive
5. a book with a number in the title - Murder 101
6. a book written by someon under 30 - Fairest (she's 30 now, but I'm sure she was under 30 when she wrote it)
7. a book with nonhuman characters - The Paper Magician (paper dog)
8. a funny book - Deception in Paradise
9. a book by a female author - Impossible Things & The UnTied Kingdom (Kate Johnson)
10. a mystery or thriller - The Stranger
11. a book with a one-word title - Firefight
12. a book of short stories - Elemental Magic
13. a book set in a different country - Desecration (London, England)
14. a nonfiction book - So, You've Been Publicly Shamed
15. a popular author's first book - Sharp Objects
16. a book from an author you love that you haven't read yet - Saint Odd (Dean Koontz)
17. a book a friend recommended - Crazy in Paradise (recommended by Shani Watkins)
18. a pulitzer prize winning book - Beloved
19. a book based on a true story - Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla; Lacy Eye
20. a book at the bottom of my to read list - The Good Neighbor
21. A book my mom loves - Ashley Bell (really, an author she loves, she said I've read all the books she loves)
22. a book that scares you - Follow You Home
23. a book more than 100 years old - The Count of Monte Cristo
24. a book based on its cover - Hunter (beautiful picture and one of my favorite author's names on the cover)
26. a memoir - Beneath the Surface
27. a book you can read in a day - The Silenced
28. a book with antonyms in the title - Dying for a Living
29. a book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit - From a High Tower (Germany/Bavaria - next summer!!!) :)
30. a book that came out the year I was born - The Terminal Man
31. a book with bad reviews - Hush, Hush - very well deserved bad reviews, I might add! This could also be my "book based only on its cover"
32. a trilogy - The Rippler Trilogy
33. A book I should have read in school but didn't - To Kill a Mockingbird (seemed like a good one, I can't remember what I was actually supposed to read but didn't)
34. a book with a love triangle - The Girl on the Train (counting multiple cheating spouses as love triangles)
35. a book set in the future - Dawn (pretty darn creepy, too!)
36. a book set in high school - Killing Ruby Rose; The Luckiest Girl Alive; The Lying Game
37. a book with a color in the title - Killing Ruby Rose
38. a book that made me cry - Dietland
39. a book with magic - Royal Airs
40. a graphic novel - Grave Sight (see below)
41. a book by an author you've never read before - We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
42. a book you own but have never read - The Good Girl
43. a book that takes place in your hometown (or home state)- Head Shot (Tacoma) - this could also end up being my nonfiction book or my book based on a true story if I get desperate. :)
44. a book originally published in another language - The Count of Monte Cristo
45. a book set during Christmas - Dark Places (the MOST depressing Christmas ever!)
46. a book by an author with my initials - Watermelon (Marian Keyes)
47. a play - William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily A New Hope
48. a banned book - Beloved
49. a book based on or turned into a TV show - Bones Never Lie & Swamp Bones (sort of - the series inspired the tv show Bones; Zoo
50. a book you've started but never finished - The Blinding Knife

Now, staring my book with more than 500 pages - the next book in the Lightbringer series. The Broken Eye! I just found out I'll probably have to wait until 2016 for the final installment, though. :(

Now starting my book by an author I love - Dean Koontz' Saint Odd. So sad that this is the end of Odd's story!!! Hope it ends well.

Hmmmm...what to read next....

Okay, my "graphic novel" was kind of a cheat..I picked a graphic novel based on a book that I read and liked a lot. But, it was in parts, and I don't want to pay for the whole thing, because I've read the book and I don't like to read comics all that much...so, I read part of a graphic novel and that's going to be good enough. :)
Pads my count for the 100 book challenge, too. Haha.

Next, I'm starting my trilogy - The Obsidian Mountain Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey (LOVE HER) and James Mallory (who??).
:)

Gave up on my Obsidian Mountain trilogy. Might come back to it later. I love series, though, so I'm sure I'll find another one to fill that spot. :)

Oops - had to delete one. My author was not under 30. :)

Oh, but she's a female author, so I switched her to #9!! woohoo

11 done! :) Feeling like I'm gonna get most of this thing done....just not sure about a couple of them - a play, a classic romance??? Not my usual style.
Mer

So far, I've just read whatever I wanted and then found a category. Now I have a pile of books that I'm not sure where they would place, so do I read what I want or read for the list? Tough choices coming up.
Paula

I have been kind of doing the same. It's going to get harder as we whittle down the choices.

Paula, you got me started on the Lunar Chronicles...have you read Fairest yet?

I have it by my bed, but I haven't started it yet. What do you think?

It was good - pretty short. Not my favorite in the series, but it lets you see into Levana's head, which is very interesting.

Meredith wrote: "Now starting my book by an author I love - Dean Koontz' Saint Odd. So sad that this is the end of Odd's story!!! Hope it ends well."

I bought it, but haven't opened it yet. It is sitting on my table...staring at me everyday, but I want to get some of these other books done first AND I kinda don't want to be done with Odd :0(

I know - I've really loved the Odd stories (with the exception of one). Maybe he'll finish the Christopher Snow books now! :)

Beattles Challenge - I will update here when I finish an album's worth...I saved it as a word document. Whew, that's a long list!!!

Almost halfway done!!!
Meredith

Wow!

WOOPS - read another one that won't fit on the remaining list!! Off to check the Beattle's challenge list. ;)

I need to start planning my books better - not getting very many on the list. I also need to get back to reading the Count of Monte Cristo because that one will cover several on this list and the Beattles challenge (another language, classic love story (sort of), over 1000 pages...).

Happy summer Paula and Tera!!! :)
Meredith

My "author with my initials" book was awful!! Watermelon - avoid it like the plague, ladies. If it wasn't for the challenge, I wouldn't have finished it.

Okay, I'll make a note...lol. I have some books I haven't added, all for school.

The Count of Monte Cristo was a loooong one - definitely counting it for more than one!
Meredith

Lol...I saw your review. I managed to get two of those Deborah Brown books done in the few days between classes. I love them. Quick and entertaining. I wish I could sit down and just read the rest, but duty to the school books first ;0) I have them all on my phone, though, so when I "accidently" forget to bring my school work with me somewhere....

That series is definitely good for a quick, no brainer type of reading! :) Glad you like them.
Mer

OK I'm finally half way done, but it's hard choosing between what I want to read and what I can check off. I'm hoping my next book is funny.

I know - it's to the point where I have to pick for the list. I have a feeling that a play will be my last one.

I'm not sure that I will get it done in our allotted time as most of my reading is for school. I'll continue working on it until it is completed, however ;)

We can extend it into next year if we need to!

So excited - I found a play to read! :)

Awesome. What?

William Shakespeare's Star Wars. It is crackimg me up

Cracking.

I have 5 to go!!!

I'm so jealous, I still have 14.