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Fifteen weeks in, I’m just about on target on my Reading Challenge for 2015. How are you doing? I’m trying for one in each category before I do much doubling up. So far I’ve read a book for 20 out of the 52 categories.

Recommendations are welcome!

Here is where I am in the challenge and what I have left to do. The ones in red I’ve read:

Reading Challenge for 2015

1A book of fiction you own but have not read before

2 A non-fiction book you own but have not read before: Making Monotypes Using a Gelatin Plate

3 A book your friend or mother loves

4 A book by an author you’ve never read before Painted Horses

5 A book by an author you love

6 A book at the bottom of your “to be read pile”

7 A book you started but never finished

8 A book with a strong female heroine Island of the Blue Dolphins

9 A book with a male protagonist: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikery

10 A book based on a true story Bookseller of Kabul

11 A book set somewhere you have always wanted to visit

12 A book set in the past The Paris Architect

13 A book set in the present or future

14 A book set in an imaginary place and time

15 A book set in the summer

16 A book borrowed from the library Orphan Train

17 A book you are skeptical about And the Dark Sacred Night

18 A book that is currently on the bestseller list

19 A book published this year but is not on the bestseller list

20 A book that was written more than 10 years ago The Remains of the Day

21 A book that was written more than 100 years ago

22 A book of poetry Blue Horses

23 A book of short stories

24 A book of historical fiction

25 A graphic novel

26 A memoir

27 A book about spirituality Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures

28 A biography A World More Bright

29 A funny book

30 A mystery High End Finish

31 A novel about falling in love

32 A book about art or artists An Illustrated Journey

33 A self-improvement book

34 A new children’s picture book Rosie Revere, Engineer

35 A cookbook Plenty, Plenty More

36 A beautiful book with lots of photographs

37 A book about overcoming challenges or limitations

38 A book about progress and hope

39 A book about making the world a better place

40 A book in which you learn something

41 A book about your hobby Surface Design for Ceramics

42 A book about the environment

43 A book that is edifying

44 A short book

45 A really long book

46 A book that was made into a movie

47 A book you pick solely because of the cover

48 A book with a horrible cover

49 A book with a color in the title Tolstoy and the Purple Chair

50 A book with a number in the title 84 Charing Cross Road

51 A book with a woman’s name in the title

52 A book with a one word title Delicious!

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