Reading Challenge 2016

There are two reading challenges I'm going to tackle this year.  The first is the Popsugar 2016 Challenge.  Here's what I hope to accomplish:

1. A book based on a fairy tale - Stars Above by Marissa Meyer
2. A National Book Award winner - What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
3. A YA bestseller - Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
4. A book you haven’t read since high school - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
5. A book set in your home state - The Last Star by Rick Yancey
6. A book translated to English -  Night by Elie Wiesel
7. A romance set in the future - Dead of Winter by Kresley Cole
8. A book set in Europe - Rook by Sharon Cameron
9. A book that’s under 150 pages - Beware the Kitten Holy (Lumberjanes #1-4) by Noelle Stevenson
10. A New York Times bestseller - After Alice by Gregory Maguire
11. A book that’s becoming a movie this year - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by JK Rowling
12. A book recommended by someone you just met - Infinite In Between by Carolyn Mackler
13. A self-improvement book - Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson
14. A book you can finish in a day - Dating the Undead by Gena Showalter
15. A book written by a celebrity - Vision of Fire by Gillian Anderson
16. A political memoir-  I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert
17. A book at least 100 years older than you - Dracula by Bram Stoker
18. A book that’s more than 600 pages - Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
19. A book from Oprah’s Book Club - The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
20. A science-fiction novel(s) - This Shattered World, Their Fractured Light by Amie Kaufman
21. A book recommended by a family member - Die Trying by Lee Child
22. A graphic novel - Wytches by Scott Snyder
23. A book that is published in 2016 - Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina
24. A book with a protagonist who has your occupation - Nice Girls Don’t Have Fangs by Molly Harper
25. A book that takes place during Summer - We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
26. A book and its prequel - Roar & Liv, Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
27. A murder mystery - Double Fudge Brownie Murder by Joanne Fluke
28. A book written by a comedian - Men Are Stupid...And They Like Big Boobs by Joan Rivers
29. A dystopian novel - Ruins by Dan Wells
30. A book with a blue cover - Into the Still Blue by Veronica Rossi
31. A book of poetry - Triangles by Ellen Hopkins
32. The first book you see in a bookstore - Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
33. A classic from the 20th century - The Two Towers by JRR Tolkien
34. A book from the library - Iron Warrior by Julie Kagawa
35. An autobiography - You’re Never Weird on the Internet by Felicia Day
36. A book about a road trip - I Was Here by Gayle Forman
37. A book about a culture you’re unfamiliar with - I am Malala : The Girl Who Stood Up For Education and Was  Shot By the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
38. A satirical book - The Annotated Alice (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland) by Lewis Carroll
39. A book that takes place on an island - Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
40. A book that’s guaranteed to bring you joy - Don't Eat the Glowing Bananas by David D. Hammons

The second is the 2016 Book Riot Read Harder Challenge.

1.   Read a horror book – Bad Moon Rising by Jonathan Maberry

2.   Read a nonfiction book about science – Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steven Sheinkin

3.   Read a collection of essays – Undead TV: Essays on Buffy the Vampire Slayer by Elana Levine

4.   Read a book out loud to someone else – Let's Say Hi to Friends Who Fly by Mo Willems

5.   Read a middle grade novel – Reign of Shadows by Sophie Jordan

6.   Read a biography (not memoir or autobiography) - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

7.   Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel – Blood Red Road by Moira Young

8.   Read a book originally published in the decade you were born - Christine by Stephen King

9.   Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award – Yes Please by Amy Poehler

10. Read a book over 500 pages long – The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon

11.  Read a book under 100 pages – The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

12.  Read a book by or about a person that identifies as transgender – Luna by Julie Anne Peters

13.  Read a book that is set in the Middle East – And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini

14.  Read a book that is by an author from Southeast Asia – Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

15.  Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900 – A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon

16.  Read the first book in a series by a person of color – Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper

17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years – Trillium by Jeff Lemire

18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie – A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

19.  Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes – The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

20.  Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction) – Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology by Leah Remini

21.  Read a book about politics, in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction) – In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin by Erik Larson

22.  Read a food memoir – Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen, Her Job and Her Sanity to Master the Art of Living by Julie Powell

23.  Read a play – The Tempest by William Shakespeare

24.  Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness – Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

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