Challenges: 2016

Page Count

Currently at: 26,415
Goal: 25, 000 - Keep going :)
Achieved: December 21, 2016
Updated: January 1, 2017

Book Count

Currently at:73
Goal: 60 - Keep going :)
Achieved: October 18, 2016
Updated: January 1, 2017






Popsugar: 2016 Book Challenge

Last year, I stumbled across PopSugar's Reading Challenge. Having done quite well, I found this year's (and tweaked a few of the challenges).

Rainbow Cover
Red* ~ Talon (Julie Kagawa)
Orange* ~ Ether Frolics (Paul Marlowe)
Yellow* ~ Basket Case (Carl Hiaasen)
Green* ~ Newt's Emerald (Garth Nix)
Blue ~ The Gracekeepers (Kirsty Logan)
Indigo* ~ The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Becky Chambers)
Violet* ~ Magic Lost, Trouble Found (Lisa Shearin)


Setting
Book set in home province/state ~ Nod (Adrian Barnes)
Set in Europe ~ The Engagement (Suzanne Robinson)
Takes place in the summer ~ The Greengage Summer (Rumer Godden)
Takes place on an island ~ The Humming Room (Ellen Potter)


Content
Translated to English ~ The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
Under 150 pages ~ A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
More than 600 pages ~ The Wise Man's Fear (Patrick Rothfuss)
Protagonist who has my occupation ~ Nocturnes (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Book about road trip ~ The Autumn Throne, III (Elizabeth Chadwick)

Acquirement
Book recommended by someone just met ~
Recommended by family member ~
First book see in bookstore ~ The Invisible Library (Genevieve Cogman)
Book from library ~ Prisoner of Night and Fog (Anne Blankman)
Book bought before 2015* ~ Witch Finder (Ruth Warburton)
Most recent purchase* ~ The Hero Strikes Back II (Moira J. Moore)


Genre
Fairy tale retelling ~ The Night Dance (Suzanne Weyn)
Romance set in future ~ The Glass Arrow (Kristen Simmons)
Science fiction novel ~ Beacon 23 (Hugh Howey)
Graphic novel ~ In Real Life (Cory Doctorow)
Murder mystery ~ Bertram's Hotel (Agatha Christie)
Dystopian ~ The Chimes (Anna Smaill)
Classic from 20th century ~ No Fond Return of Love (Barbara Pym)


Publishing
YA bestseller ~ Empire of Storms, V (Sarah J. Maas)
At least 100 years older than you ~ The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
Published 2016 ~ Dark Days Club (Alison Goodman)

Reading
Haven’t read since high school ~
Finish in a day ~ All My Friends Are Superheroes (Andrew Kaufman)
Book and its prequel ~ Queen of Shadows (IV), The Assassin's Blade (Sarah J. Maas)
Book guaranteed to bring me joy ~ I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)

Current Events
Becoming a movie this year ~ Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Austen/Grahame-Smith)


Replaced*
Unused:
Oprah’s book club
New York Times Bestseller
National Book Award Winner
Self-improvement book
 Autobiography*
Satirical book*
Written by a celebrity*
Book of poetry*
Written by comedian*
Political memoir*
About culture I’m unfamiliar with