2015 Reading Challenge [Closed] discussion

I'm going to do my best to read in order, but it might not always happen. Picking 5 at a time to keep it easier.
22/52 as of 8/16/15

1. a book with more than 500 pages: Catch-22
✔2. a romance: Pegasus Finished
✔3. a book that became a movie: Red Riding Hood Finished
✔4. a book published this year: All the Old Knives: A Novel Finished
✔5. a book with a number in the title: Fifty Mice: A Novel Finished
✔6. a book written by someone under 30: Red Rising Finished
✔7. a book with nonhuman characters: Borrowed Crime: A Bookmobile Cat Mystery Finished
✔8. a funny book: Paw and Order Finished
✔9. a book by a female author: I'll Find You Finished
✔10. a mystery or thriller:A Bicycle Built For Murder Finished
✔11. a book with a one-word title: Hades Finished
✔12. a book of short stories: Death Wears a Beauty Mask and Other Stories Finished
✔13. a book set in a different country: Wouldn't It Be Deadly Finished
✔14. a nonfiction book: Not My Father's Son: A Memoir Finished
✔15. a popular author's first book: Cover Her Face Finished
✔16. a book from a favorite author that you haven't read yet: French Pressed Finished
✔17. a book a friend recommended: Parting Shot: A Thriller Finished
18. a Pulitzer-prize winning book: Gone with the Wind
19. a book based on a true story: Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
✔20. a book at the bottom of your to read list: Glazed Murder Finished
✔21. a book your mom loves: Town in a Sweet Pickle Finished
✔22. a book that scares you: The Ice Twins Finished
23. a book more than 100 years old: The Hound of the Baskervilles
✔24. a book based entirely on its cover: The Evidence Room: A Mystery Finished
25. a book you were supposed to read in school but didn't: Watership Down
✔26. a memoir: Born with Teeth Finished
✔27. a book you can finish in a day: The Library of Unrequited Love Finished
28. a book with antonyms in the title: Big Little Lies
29. a book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit: Pasta Imperfect
30. a book that came out the year you were born: Outbreak
31. a book with bad reviews: Please Don't Tell
32. a trilogy (the first): The Blackhouse Currently Reading
33. a trilogy (the second): The Lewis Man
34. a trilogy (the third): The Chessmen
35. a book from your childhood: The Clue of the Broken Locket (or some other Nancy Drew)
36. a book with a love triangle: An Abundance of Katherines
37. a book set in the future: Ender's Game
38. a book set in high school: Twilight
39. a book with a color in the title: Two Little Girls in Blue
40. a book that made/makes you cry: Me Before You
41. a book with magic: Brownies and Broomsticks
42. a graphic novel: Watchmen
43. a book by an author you've never read before
44. a book you own but have never read
45. a book that takes place in your hometown
46. a book that was originally written in another language
47. a book set during Christmas (or similar holiday)
48. a book written by an author with your same initials
49. a play
50. a banned book
51. a book based on OR turned into a tv show
52. a book you started but never finished

Welcome Kat! I think picking a few at a time is a good idea. I'll probably end up changing a lot of mine. Oops.

I changed a lot of mine already.
I loved Catch-22. It's confusing and seemingly pointless at first, but there's a payoff in the later chapters.

Oh, I love seeing a cozy mystery on your list. I'm a fan of those kinds and have a whole shelf (rather large shelf) dedicated to them! :-)

Cozy mysteries are my absolute favorite. I'm hoping to use some of the ones in my TBR pile for this challenge, but also look forward to trying out some different genres.

I'm finding that it is taking me longer to get through books then I would have thought but still having fun.

Finally got around to updating my list now that i'm in between semesters of grad school. This challenge has been a good way of not going to crazy with work and school work.

If you're looking for a good mystery, I highly recommend The Evidence Room: A Mystery. It is a debut novel for Cameron Harvey and it was really good. It takes place in the Bayou and it involves two people being brought together by trudges/mysteries in their past and working to discover the truth.

I would also really recommend The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. It is really funny and you also get really attached to the characters.