Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club discussion

I'm going to see how many of these I can accomplish.

[X] A book with 500 pages
[ ] A classic romance
[X] A book that became a movie
[X] A book published this year
[X] A book with a number in the title
[ ] A book written by someone under 30
[ ] A book with nonhuman characters
[ ] A funny book
[X] A book with a female author
[X] A mystery or thriller
[ ] A book with a one-word title
[ ] A book of short stories
[X] A book set in a different country
[X] A nonfiction book
[ ] A popular author's first book
[X] A book from an author you love that you have not read yet
[ ] A book a friend recommended
[X] A Pulitzer Prize winning book
[X] A book based on a true story
[ ] A book at the bottom of your to-read list
[ ] A book your mom loves
[ ] A book that scares you
[ ] A book more than 100 years old
[ ] A book based entirely on its cover
[ ] A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't
[ ] A memoir
[X] A book you can finish in a day
[ ] A book with antonyms in the title
[X] A book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit
[ ] A book that came out the year you were born
[ ] A book with bad reviews
[ ] A trilogy
[ ] A book from your childhood
[ ] A book with a love triangle
[X] A book set in the future
[ ] A book set in high school
[ ] A book with a color in the title
[ ] A book that made you cry
[X] A book with magic
[ ] A graphic novel
[X] A book by an author you've never read before
[ ] A book you own but have never read
[ ] A book that takes place in your hometown (or close to where you live)
[ ] A book originally written in a different language
[ ] A book set during Christmas
[ ] A book written by an author with your same initials
[ ] A play
[ ] A banned book
[X] A book based on or turned into a TV show
[ ] A book you started but never finished

Good luck, Tanya! Let me know if you need any help!

Thanks.

1. Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
✔A book set in a different country

2. X: A Novel by Ilyasah Shabazz
✔️A book written by a woman.

3. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
✔️A book that became a movie.

4. The Storybook of Legends by Shannon Hale
✔️ A book by an author you've never read.

5. Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General by Bill O'Reilly
✔️ A nonfiction book

6. George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution by Brian Kilmeade
✔️ A book with a number in the title.

7. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis
✔ A Pulitzer Prize winning book.

You really like history, Tanya! Me, too!

I do love history. That's why I teach it. But I've gotten on a non-fiction kick.

8. Mission at Nuremberg: An American Army Chaplain and the Trial of the Nazis by Tim Townsend
✔️ A book based on a true story

9. The Devil's Gold by Steve Berry
✔️ A book you can finish in a day.

10. The Admiral's Mark by Steve Berry
✔️ A book from an author you love that you have not read yet

11. The Jefferson Key by Steve Berry
✔️ A mystery or thriller.

12. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
✔️ A book with 500 pages

13.The Lincoln Mythby Steve Berry
✔ A book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit.

14. The Patriot Threat by Steve Berry
✔ A book published this year.

15. Ella EnchantedbyGail Carson Levine
✔A book with magic.

I really like your list of challenges. I think I'll set those for 2016 for myself.

Sheina wrote: "I really like your list of challenges. I think I'll set those for 2016 for myself."

I liked them too. they can be yearly challenge too

I love your list of challenges, Tanya. It's inspiring.

Sheina wrote: "I really like your list of challenges. I think I'll set those for 2016 for myself."

It can be difficult. There are several books I've read that I couldn't fit into a category. On the other hand I have read certain books to fit into these categories.

16. The Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory
✔️A book based on or turned into a TV show. (White Queen on Starz)

17. The Giver by Lois Lowry
✔️A book set in the future