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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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