While I started the year with good intentions, I am afraid that my obsession with a few new releases overruled this Reading Challenge. However, there are books on this list that I really want to read. So, I will be carrying over the unfinished slots into 2017. I have completed 25 out of 38 so I am at 66%, which I don't think is very bad. Considering my overall count for the year is 61 books right now. This does include a few coloring books and kids books...But I have reviewed all of them.
2016 Reading Challenge:
2016 Reading Challenge:
- A book based on a fairy tale
- The Golden Braid - Melanie Dickerson (Review)
- A National Book Award winner
- A Young Adult novel
- A Daring Sacrifice - Jody Hedlund (Review)
- A book you haven't read since high school
- Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie - STARTED
- A book set in your home state
- Steadfast Heart (Brides of Seattle #1) - Tracie Peterson
- A book translated to English
- Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas (Started the Audio)
- A book set in the future
- A book set in Europe
- The Reluctant Duchess - Roseanna M. White (Review)
- A book that is under 150 pages
- A New York Times bestseller
- A book that's becoming a movie this year
- The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling (free ebook)
- A book recommended by a friend
- Edenbrooke - Julianne Donaldson
- A book you can finish in a day
- The One - Kiera Cass (Review) (Yes, I know that this isn't a short book or anything. But I was sick and had nothing to do but read! And it was SOOO good!!!)
- A book at least 100 years older than you
- Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen (Audio - dramatization - Full Cast...that counts right?) (Review)
- A book that is more than 600 pages
- Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell (Review)
- A science fiction novel
- A book recommended by a family member
- A graphic novel
- A book that is published in 2016
- A Worthy Heart - Susan Anne Mason (Review)
- A book and it's prequel
- The Bachelor Girl's Guide to Murder - Rachel McMillan(Review) & A Singular & Whimsical Problem
- A murder mystery
- A Lesson in Love & Murder - Rachel McMillan (Review)
- A dystopian novel
- A book with a blue cover
- The Selection - Kiera Cass (Review)
- A book of poetry
- The first book you see in a bookstore
- With This Ring? A Novella Collection of Proposals Gone Awry - Karen Witemeyer, Mary Connealy, Regina Jennings, Melissa Jagears (Yes I cheated, I went to Barnes & Noble and walked to the Christian section, closed my eyes and had my cousin place me in the middle of the aisle. I opened my eyes and this was the first book I saw.) (Review)
- A classic from the 20th century
- Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis
- A book from the library
- An autobiography or biography
- Audrey Hepburn, An Elegant Spirit - Sean Hepburn Ferrer
- A book about a culture you are unfamiliar with
- The Ringmaster's Wife - Kristy Cambron (Review)
- A book that's guaranteed to bring you joy
- Playing the Part - Jen Turano (Review)
- A book that takes place during your favorite season
- Love's Faithful Promise - Susan Anne Mason (Autumn) (Review)
- A book that is set in a place you'd like to visit
- A Spy's Devotion - Melanie Dickerson (Review)
- A book that is a nonfiction book about the era/setting of a favorite novel
- Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey - The Countess of Carnarvon (Review)
- A book you found at a yard sale or thrift store
- A Carol for Christmas - Robin Lee Hatcher
- A book that your favorite author recommends
- The Goose Girl - Shannon Hale (Jody Hedlund)
- To Marry an English Lord - Gail MacCoil (Jen Turano)
- A book that contains one of your favorite things in the title
- Until the Dawn - Elizabeth Camden (Review)
- A book that ends a series
- Goliath - Scott Westerfeld (Review)
- A book that has a character with your best friend's name
- Playing the Part - Jen Turano (Review)
Just coming up with all those titles is impressive, lady! Well done!
ReplyDeleteHaha thanks! Slowly making my way through them. But distractions...like Kara Isaac and Jody Hedlund hahahaha!!!!
DeleteWHOA! Rachel, you categorized them?! I'm in AWE!
ReplyDeleteI found a challenge on Pinterest and combined it with Bethany House's...so I can't take all the credit lol!
DeleteYikes! I applaud you! I started a reading challenge like that one year and got so discouraged I quit. Way to go!
ReplyDeleteOh gosh! Thank you! I have been so focused on new releases that I was seriously missing out on other books. So I thought if I did something like this, then maybe one day, I would get to them!
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