Literary Exploration discussion

1 historical fiction. Innocent traitor Alison weir and captive queen alison weir
2 romance shiver Maggie steifvater

OK for my first attempt at a challenge I'm going all out with the insane one. I'll update as I choose the books and finish them.

✔Action/Adventure - Hell Island★★★ --- Dec 7th
✔Auto-Biography/Biography - Orange Is the New Black★★ --- Dec 9th
✔Chick-Lit - Top Secret Twenty-One★★★ --- June 17th
✔Childrens Book -Fortunately, the Milk★★★ ---Jan 30th / Doll Bones★★★★ --- Feb 2nd
✔Classics - Lady Chatterley's Lover★★★ --- April 3rd
✔Contemporary/Drama - White Teeth★★★ --- March 24th
✔Cyberpunk/Steampunk - Leviathan★★★★ --- Feb 24th
✔Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic - MaddAddam★★★★ --- March 25th
✔Epic - Mistborn: The Final Empire★★★★ --- July 4th
✔Erotica - Delta of Venus★★★ --- Dec 26th
✔Espionage - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy★★ --- Feb 20th
✔Fantasy - A Knight of the Word★★★★ --- Jan 29th
✔Graphic Novels - Raven Girl★★★ --- Jan 30th
✔Gothic - Frankenstein★★★★ --- May 12th
✔Historical Fiction - Burial Rites★★★★★ --- Jan 17th
✔Horror - Feed★★★★ --- Feb 13th
✔Humour - Redshirts★★★★ --- June 18th
✔Literary Fiction - Americanah★★★★ --- Jan 23rd
✔Magical Realism - Nights at the Circus★★★ --- May 27th
✔Mystery - Joyland★★★★ --- Jan 8th
✔Non Fiction - Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football★★★★★ --- Jul 18th
✔Paranormal/Supernatural - Murder of Crows★★★★★ --- March 3rd <3
✔Philosophical - Siddhartha★★★★ --- Feb 17th
✔Poetry - Selected Poems★★★★ --- March 5th
✔Pulp – (Hard-Boiled or Noir) - The Black Dahlia★★★ --- June 20th
✔Romance - The Time Traveler's Wife★★★★ --- Sept 19th
✔Science Fiction - The Humans★★★★ --- March 4th
✔Self Help/Educational - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking★★ --- March 6th
✔Short Stories - Just Between Us★★★★★ --- July 28th
✔Thriller - The Day of the Jackal★★★★ --- July 1st
✔Travel - Into the Wild★★★ --- Dec 13th
✔True Crime - In Cold Blood★★★★ --- Dec 28th
✔Urban Fantasy - Moon Called★★★★ --- March 7th
✔Victorian - Wuthering Heights★★ --- Feb 27th
✔Western - The Trailsman #395: Black Hills Deathblow★★ --- Dec 6th
✔Young Adult - Charm & Strange★★★★ --- Jan 9th

Hello everyone,

I joined your group recently..
I find it great, this kind of challenge. Personally I read progressively less every year :(..BUT..I want to change that..sooo here I am :D..
I will give this insane challenge a shot:

Action/Adventure The Lies of Locke Lamora
Auto-Biography/Biography The Diary of a Young Girl
Chick-Lit The One Plus One read 22 March
Childrens Book The Secret Garden
Classics: The Brothers Karamazov read June
Contemporary/Drama Sycamore Row
Cyberpunk/Steampunk: Clockwork Angel
Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic: Divergent read June
Erotica Lolita
Espionage Eye of the Needle
Fantasy: A Game of Thrones
Graphic Novels: Sin City, Vol. 1: The Hard Goodbye
Gothic The Monk
Historical Fiction: The Book Thief read June
Horror: Doctor Sleep read August
Humour Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened read July
Literary Fiction Middlesex read March
Magical Realism The Night Circus read August
Mystery; Night Film read 04 Feb.2014 / The Cuckoo's Calling read 19 Feb. 2014
Non Fiction Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
Paranormal/Supernatural Vampire Academy
Philosophical Siddhartha
Poetry Inferno
Pulp – (Hard-Boiled or Noir)The Shining Girls
Romance The Last Letter from Your Lover read July
Science Fiction Ender's Game
Self Help/Educational: Healing Emotions: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on Mindfulness, Emotions, and Health
Short Stories: Dear Life: Stories
Thriller The Luminaries
Travel ??
True Crime 3,096 Days
Urban Fantasy City of Bones
Victorian Bleak House
Western The Gunslinger
Young Adult -Eleanor & Park / Fangirl

a great Sunday everyone :)

Cristina wrote: "Hello everyone,

I joined your group recently..
I find it great, this kind of challenge. Personally I read progressively less every year :(..BUT..I want to change that..sooo here I am :D..
I will ..."

Welcome Cristina:) To link your books, go to the top of your comment box where it says "add book/author". Click on that, type your book title/ISBN in and when you see the correct one in the drop down box, hit "add" and it will appear. You can do the title and/or the cover pic, and also the author...good luck!

Brenda wrote: "Cristina wrote: "Hello everyone,

I joined your group recently..
I find it great, this kind of challenge. Personally I read progressively less every year :(..BUT..I want to change that..sooo here ..."

Got it :D
Thanksss

Steampunk: clockwork princess Cassandra clare

Here is my list

Action/Adventure
Auto-Biography/Biography :The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels, Ree Drummond. 01/15/14 ****
Chick-Lit:Mad About the Boy, Helen Fielding, 01/17/14 ***
Childrens Book
Classics
Contemporary/Drama
Cyberpunk/Steampunk
Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic
Epic
Erotica:Entwined with You, Sylvia Day, 01/20/14 ***
Espionage
Fantasy :The Princess Bride, William Goldman, 01/12/14 ****
Graphic Novels
Gothic
Historical Fiction
Horror
Humour
Literary Fiction
Magical RealismGarden Spells, Sarah Addison Allen, 01/09/14 *****
Mystery
Non Fiction
Paranormal/Supernatural
Philosophical
Poetry
Pulp – (Hard-Boiled or Noir)
Romance
Science Fiction
Self Help/Educational
Short Stories
Thriller
Travel
True Crime
Urban Fantasy
Victorian
Western
Young Adult:The Fault in Our Stars, John Green, 01/18/14 *****

Recently read Patricia Highsmith's Strangers on a Train for Pulp (noir); currently reading Claire LeGrand's The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls for Children.

Enjoy reading everyone! :)

espionage: Tripwire

Insane Challenge


Childrens Book:
Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic:
Epic:
Erotica:
Espionage: The Looking Glass War, by John le Carré - Jan 21, 2014
Gothic:
Self Help/Educational:
Short Stories: The Last Reader: Post Apocalyptic Fiction (short story), by Thomas Norwood - Jan 5, 2014
Travel:
True Crime:
Urban Fantasy:
Western:


Plus, 'Hard Challenge' Genres


Action/Adventure*:
Auto-Biography/Biography: Twelve Years a Slave, by Solomon Northup - Jan 8, 2014
Chick-Lit:
Contemporary/Drama*:
Humour:
Magical Realism: The Ocean at the End of the Lane, by Neil Gaiman - Jan 9, 2014
Paranormal/Supernatural*:
Philosophical:
Poetry:
Pulp – (Hard-Boiled or Noir):
Cyberpunk/Steampunk*:
Victorian:

* genre changed slightly from 'hard challenge' to 'insane challenge'


Plus, 'Easy Challenge' Genres


Classics: How to Live on 24 Hours a Day, by Arnold Bennett - Jan 13, 2013
Fantasy: An Unlikely Witch, by Debora Geary - Jan 1, 2014
Graphic Novels:
Historical Fiction: The Forgotten Garden, by Kate Morton - Jan 23, 2014
Horror: The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman - Jan 2, 2014
Literary Fiction:
Mystery: Call for the Dead, by John le Carré - Jan 15, 2014
A Murder of Quality, by John le Carré - Jan 16, 2014
Non Fiction: The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating, by Elisabeth Tova Bailey - Jan 14, 2014
Romance:
Science Fiction: Perfectible Animals, by Thomas Norwood - Jan 4, 2014;
Thriller: The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, by John le Carré - Jan 17, 2014
Young Adult: Fuzzy Nation, by John Scalzi - Jan 9, 2014

Bonus points points (can be exchanged for bragging rights) for Translated Fiction and books over 800 pages.


Other Books Read:
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Michael wrote: "For people doing the insane challenge, to discuss progress and planned books.

Insane Challenge
Action/Adventure
Auto-Biography/Biography
Chick-Lit
Childrens Book
Classics
Contemporary/Drama
..."

Michael wrote: "For people doing the insane challenge, to discuss progress and planned books.

Insane Challenge
Action/Adventure
Auto-Biography/Biography
Chick-Lit
Childrens Book
Classics
Contemporary/Drama
..."
Hi,

I gotta ask, since I.m a bit confused: it.s Translated Fiction: reading a book in another language than the original?

Thanks and a great Week-end :)
Cristina

Just complete Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne for Adventure. Starting Siddharta by Herman Hesse for Philosophy.

Cristina wrote: "gotta ask, since I.m a bit confused: it.s Translated Fiction: reading a book in another language than the original?..."

I think so, Christina. For example, I'm currently reading Doctor Zhivago in English, but it's been translated into English from the original Russian - two different translations into English exist, btw :



I'd count that for 'translated fiction' and collect my 'bonus points' ;-)'

Michelle wrote: "Just complete Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne for Adventure. Starting Siddharta by Herman Hesse for Philosophy."

I really enjoyed Around the World in Eighty Days not too long ago! (movie was awful, book.wonderful). I'd love to hear how you like "Journey.."'

MK wrote: "I really enjoyed Around the World in Eighty Day..."

I felt detachment to the story at the beginning. It was only after they had traveled deep into the mountain that I begun to enjoy it. From then onward, it was fun till the end. :)

just finished biography: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

absolutely brilliant. great mix of non fiction and fiction.

Michelle wrote: "MK wrote: "I really enjoyed Around the World in Eighty Day..."

I felt detachment to the story at the beginning. It was only after they had traveled deep into the mountain that I begun to enjoy it...."

Yes! It was a bit dry, sort of a travelogue ... at first. Then, suddenly it grabbed you! I could hardly read, at the train station near the end ... I was yelling at the inspector ;-). Loved it SO much, I rented the movie. Which was horrible :-p

Since Valentines Day is coming up I thought I might try to knock romance off my list. Romance is also my most least favorite of all the genres. Anybody got some recommendations for a romance hater? Please, no love triangles, no young-adult drama, something on the adventure or comedy side would be good. I have no preference for time periods gothic, contemporary, ect... is fine. Ideas?

Jo Ann ☃ wrote: "Since Valentines Day is coming up I thought I might try to knock romance off my list. Romance is also my most least favorite of all the genres. Anybody got some recommendations for a romance hater..."

Hmmm, for a romance hater? That could be tough :-p

Here are two easy, quick, and I thought, fun ones :):

- Just This Once, by Rosalind James

( http://www.amazon.com/Just-This-Once-... )


- The Look of Love, by Bella Andre


( http://www.amazon.com/Look-Love-Sulli... )

I own them both on kindle, and they're both lending enabled (you can loan lending enabled titles one time), so if either catch your fancy, and you own or have access to a Kindle, message me your email address, and I'll lend the title to you :-).


Or, alternatively, you could just browse freebies on romance best seller list, on Amazon:

( http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Ki... )

Jo Ann ☃ wrote: "Since Valentines Day is coming up I thought I might try to knock romance off my list. Romance is also my most least favorite of all the genres. Anybody got some recommendations for a romance hater..."

I would try something by Adriana Trigiani. I don't like romance either, but I've read several of her books and they all contain romance. But it is not the ooey- gooey, heart palpitating kind. It is a part of each book but not always the focus.

How about Jojo Moyes: Me Before You ? :)

Jo Ann ☃ wrote: "Since Valentines Day is coming up I thought I might try to knock romance off my list. Romance is also my most least favorite of all the genres. Anybody got some recommendations for a romance hater..."

How about Rebecca or Pride and Prejudice?

Pride and Prejudice has lasted two hundred years for a reason. At some point in your life you will meet the real life versions of most the characters in the book and while not laugh out loud funny, some of the characters will bring a smile.

Thank you all for your helpful suggestions. :)

I have fudged a bit on my Graphic novels title. I read Safe Area Goražde: The War in Eastern Bosnia, 1992-1995 which in format is exactly like a graphic novel, the difference being it is a true account of a journalist's experience of the Bosnian war. So it's kind of 'graphic journalism'. I would say, reading challenge or no, I'm glad I read it, although it's a tough subject and hard to take at times.I know in my heart of hearts I wouldn't have chosen a straight' history book on the subject...

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Action/Adventure: Around the World in Eighty Days 02/09/14
Auto-Biography/Biography: Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain 27/09/14
Chick-Lit: Animal Husbandry
Childrens Book: The Horse and His Boy 05/01/14
Classics: Bleak House 04/01/14
Contemporary/Drama: Major Pettigrew's Last Stand 26/06/14
Cyberpunk/Steampunk: The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man 10/08/14
Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic: Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) 14/01/14
Epic: The Name of the Wind
Erotica: Guilty Pleasures
Espionage: The Thirty-Nine Steps
Fantasy: The Book of Lost Things 18/01/14
Graphic Novels: The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
Gothic: The Picture of Dorian Gray 11/02/14
Historical Fiction: Rules of Civility 28/01/14
Horror: Lost Boy Lost Girl 23/04/14
Humour: Red Dwarf Omnibus 05/04/14
Literary Fiction: The Handmaid's Tale 11/04/14
Magical Realism: Lost Lake 22/02/14
Mystery: The ABC Murders 05/02/14
Non Fiction: The Burglar Caught by a Skeleton And Other Singular Tales from the Victorian Press 28/02/14
Paranormal/Supernatural: NOS4A2 08/10/14
Philosophical: Introducing Philosophy: A Graphic Guide
Poetry: Songs of Innocence and of Experience 05/07/14
Pulp – (Hard-Boiled or Noir): The Postman Always Rings Twice
Romance: Persuasion 18/06/14
Science Fiction: The Invisible Man 27/09/14
Self Help/Educational: Business Analysis
Short Stories: Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders 05/05/14
Thriller: Outbreak 25/07/14
Travel: My Family and Other Animals 11/01/14
True Crime: The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary 04/05/14
Urban Fantasy: Unholy Ghosts 21/07/14
Victorian: The Diary of a Nobody 29/06/14
Western: The Sisters Brothers 03/03/14
Young Adult: Sabriel 26/01/14

Finished chick lit: Bridget jones: mad about the biy

My list so far;

Auto-Biography/Biography: Little Failure by Gary Shteyngart
Classics: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Contemporary/Drama: Loaded by Christos Tsiolkas
Historical Fiction: The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
Humour: Books by Charlie Hill
Literary Fiction: My Life as a Fake by Peter Carey
Non Fiction: 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Romance: A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean
Short Stories: The Last Girlfriend on Earth and Other Love Stories by Simon Rich

I read the 2d book for my planned upgrade from the Easy Challenge -
Poetry - The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Loved it - epic Norse poem, it has everything, love, betrayal, treachery, destruction on a huge scale. Christopher Tolkien is the editor and includes JRR Tolkien's notes/lecture notes. I will definitely read more Norse legends, mythology.

No 3, Plays - The Mousetrap and Other Plays by Agatha Christie. I loved it. I read The Mousetrap, it's the longest running play. Christie had me fooled of course.

From Wikipedia, It has by far the longest initial run of any play in history, with its 25,000th performance taking place on 18 November 2012.

I am now a third of the way. This is the 12 books I have read.

12/36 completed

✔ Auto-Biography/Biography: Himmelbegravelsen by Xinran finished 1/11-14
✔ Chick-Lit: What Stays in Vegas by Beth Labonte finished 2/16-14
✔ Childrens Book: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman finished 3/2-14
✔ Classics: John Macnab by John Buchan finished 1/13-14
✔ Contemporary/Drama: Speechless by Hannah Harrington finished 2/28-14
Cyberpunk/Steampunk
✔ Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic: Night of the Purple Moon by Scott Cramer finished 2/27-14
✔ Graphic Novels: Becoming by Kelley Armstrong finished 2/15-14
Gothic
✔ Historical Fiction: Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness finished 2/26-14
✔ Paranormal/Supernatural: Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews finished 1/4-14
✔ Romance: A Little Christmas Magic by Sylvie Kurtz - finished 1/2-14
✔ Short Stories: Steel and Other Stories by Richard Matheson - finished 2/7-14
✔ Urban Fantasy: Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch finished 2/14-14

I hope Erotica comes up in a monthly genre challenge, b/c I have no idea how to find a literary erotica title :p

That can always be tricky, personally I would recommend A Sport and a Pastime by James Salter but you could try some classics like Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller or Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin

Thx, Michael :)

Will be a few months, I still have to finish graphic novel before I can move on from Easy Challenge :p

Here are my genres completed to date:
The Lost Symbol: Action/Adventure
Orange Is the New Black: Auto/Biography
Takedown Twenty: Chick Lit
Holes: Children's
Great ExpectationsClassic
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Contemporary
Scarlet: Cyber/Steampunk
Oryx and Crake: Dystopian/PostApocalyptic
Strings: Erotica
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: Espionage
American Gods: Fantasy
Bellman & Black: A Ghost Story Gothic
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 6: Girl on Girl: Graphic Novel
The Known World: Historical Fiction
Doctor Sleep: Horror
Sacré Bleu: A Comedy d'Art: Humour
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore: Literary Fiction
Broken Harbour: Mystery
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin: Non-Fiction
City of Bones: Paranormal/Supernatural
CandidePhilosophy
The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry: Poetry
The Long Goodbye: Pulp
Something About You: Romance
Ender's Game:Science Fiction
How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines:Self-help/Educational
D.C. Noir: Short Stories
The Shining GirlsThriller
Year in Provence: Travel
Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34: True Crime
Sixth Grave on the Edge: Urban Fantasy
Three-Ten to Yuma and Other Stories: Western
Allegiant: Young Adult

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I have completed the hard challenge so I am moving up to the insane challenge.

My completed Insane Challenge card:

Action: Amazonia 4-2-14
Adventure: Excavation 1-20-14
Auto Biography: Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir 5-19-14
Biography: The End of Your Life Book Club 2-28-14
Children's: Where the Sidewalk Ends 3-10-14
Chick Lit: The Rosie Project 2-8-14
Classics: A Tale of Two Cities 2-26-14 & Go Ask Alice 2-9-14
Contemporary: Choke 3-19-14 & One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 3-11-14
Cyberpunk: Afterparty 8-19-14
Drama: The Book Thief 3-4-14
Dystopian: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 3-24-14
Educational: Lies My Teacher Told Me 3-31-14
Epic: Middlesex 3-8-14
Erotica: Flowers in the Attic 4-24-14
Espionage: The Last Oracle 7-26-14
Fantasy: Dawn of the Dreadfuls 1-17-14
Gothic: The Lottery 3-24-14
Graphic Novel: The Dog's Days of Summer 2-20-14
Historical Fiction: The Hangman's Daughter 2-2-14 & The Dark Monk 4-22-14
Horror: House of Leaves 1-11-14
Humor: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal 2-6-14
Literary Fiction: And the Mountains Echoed 2-3-14
Magical Realism: Shadow of Night 2-19-14
Mystery: Map of Bones 1-25-14
Non Fiction: The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test 3-15-14
Paranormal: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies 1-15-14
Philosophical: The Time Keeper 3-16-14
Poetry: Light in the Attic 3-10-14
Post-Apocalyptic: The Atlantis Gene 5-30-14
Pulp: Joyland 3-18-14
Romance: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After 1-18-14
Science fiction: Subterranean 1-13-14
Self Help: The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun 5-29-14
Short Story: Full Dark, No Stars 3-27-14
Steampunk: The Time Machine/The Invisible Man 1-25-14
Supernatural: The Magicians 4-8-14
Thriller: The Doomsday Key1-30-14
Travel: The Time Traveler's Wife 4-22-14
True Crime: Pilgrim's Wilderness: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier 5-21-14
Urban Fantasy: A Discovery of Witches 2-13-14
Victorian: Jane Eyre 2-9-14
Western: Dead in the West 8-27-14
Young adult: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 1-14-14

Wow! Awesome, well done!!

I have a question - it there a minimum page limit for the books we read for this challenge?

Not as far as I know JoAnne:)

JoAnne wrote: "I have a question - it there a minimum page limit for the books we read for this challenge?"

not at all

Michael wrote: "JoAnne wrote: "I have a question - it there a minimum page limit for the books we read for this challenge?"

not at all"

Thank you!

Brenda wrote: "Not as far as I know JoAnne:)"

Thanks!

I've finished half of the challenge, so I'm feeling good about that. I chose all my books in January and I've already read 8 books other than the ones I planned, so I can imagine that some other changes will happen before the challenge is complete.

Action/Adventure
Auto-Biography/Biography
Chick-Lit Bridget Jones's Diary Feb 3
Childrens Book
Classics Their Eyes Were Watching God Apr 11
Contemporary/Drama
Cyberpunk/Steampunk
Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic
Epic
Erotica
Espionage Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Jan 5
Fantasy The Lord of the Rings Apr 28
Graphic Novels Watchmen Jan 17
Gothic
Historical Fiction
Horror
Humour The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy May 3
Literary Fiction
Magical Realism
Mystery Still Life Apr 5
Non Fiction One Summer: America, 1927 Jan 12
Paranormal/Supernatural Something Wicked This Way Comes Jan 29
Philosophical
Poetry I Could Pee on This: And Other Poems by Cats Mar 8
Pulp – (Hard-Boiled or Noir) The Big Sleep May 8
Romance
Science Fiction The Forever War Mar 23
Self Help/Educational
Short Stories CivilWarLand in Bad Decline May 6
Thriller
Travel Following Atticus Mar 31
True Crime Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Feb 8
Urban Fantasy The Magicians Apr 11
Victorian
Western All the Pretty Horses Feb 14
Young Adult The Perks of Being a Wallflower Apr 22

I'm always interested in trying new genres so this is a perfect challenge. Unfortunately once school starts again in September I won't have much time to read (at least not for pleasure) so I'll have to see how far I can get before then.

Insane Challenge
16/36

Action/Adventure
Auto-Biography/Biography - The Glass Castle, Eat, Pray, Love, The Last Lecture
Chick-Lit Little Earthquakes
Childrens Book Howl's Moving Castle - 5/13, ★★★
Classics Candide - 3/19, ★★★
Contemporary/Drama P.S. I Love You - 5/9, ★★★★
Cyberpunk/Steampunk The Stars My Destination - 4/19, ★★★★
Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic Magic Slays - 5/16, ★★★★
Epic
Erotica A SEAL's Surrender - 4/17, ★★★
Espionage Casino Royale - 5/13, ★★★
Fantasy Elantris, The Well of Ascension
Graphic Novels The Complete Persepolis
Gothic The Thirteenth Tale
Historical Fiction The Lady Risks All - 2/26, ★★★★
Horror
Humour
Literary Fiction
Magical Realism The Night Circus - 3/21, ★★★★
Mystery
Non Fiction Salt: A World History - 1/31, ★★★
Paranormal/Supernatural Caressed By Ice - 4/21, ★★★★
Philosophical Atlas Shrugged - 1/23, ★★★★
Poetry
Pulp – (Hard-Boiled or Noir) Enterprise Stardust - 5/15, ★★★★
Romance Reckless - 4/18, ★★★★
Science Fiction
Self Help/Educational
Short Stories
Thriller
Travel
True Crime The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Urban Fantasy Qualia - 3/22, ★★★
Victorian North and South
Western
Young Adult The Kissing Booth - 2/12, ★★

I've kind of hit a wall now that I've started tackling the genres that are my least favorites.

☀ Jo Ann ❀ wrote: "I've kind of hit a wall now that I've started tackling the genres that are my least favorites."
Hang in there, you might discover a hidden gem in a genre you previously didn't like.

☀ Jo Ann ❀ wrote: "I've kind of hit a wall now that I've started tackling the genres that are my least favorites."

I haven't made it out of Easy challenge yet, because I still have to read a Horror genre :p. I'm busy stacking up Classics, Sci Fi and Fantasy, tho (heh)

Slowly getting close to the end of the challenge.

Action/Adventure
Auto-Biography/Biography - Little Failure by Gary Shteyngart
Chick-Lit
Childrens Book - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Classics - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Contemporary/Drama - Loaded by Christos Tsiolkas
Cyberpunk/Steampunk
Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic - On Such a Full Sea by Chang-rae Lee
Epic
Erotica
Espionage
Fantasy - The Gospel of Loki by Joanne M. Harris
Graphic Novels - Sex Criminals Volume #1 by Matt Fraction
Gothic
Historical Fiction - The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
Horror
Humour - Books by Charlie Hill
Literary Fiction - My Life as a Fake by Peter Carey
Magical Realism
Mystery - The Black-Eyed Blonde by Benjamin Black
Non Fiction - 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Paranormal/Supernatural - By Blood We Live by Glen Duncan
Philosophical - The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Poetry
Pulp – (Hard-Boiled or Noir) - Time to Murder and Create by Lawrence Block
Romance - A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean
Science Fiction - Shovel Ready by Adam Sternbergh
Self Help/Educational - Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction by Jonathan Culler
Short Stories - The Last Girlfriend on Earth and Other Love Stories by Simon Rich
Thriller - Skinjob by Bruce McCabe
Travel
True Crime - Provenance by Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo
Urban Fantasy - Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson
Victorian
Western
Young Adult - Divergent by Veronica Roth

I have completed the challenge!!! You can see my completed card above. I also chose to read the optional genres instead of just picking one of the two on the ones that had options making my total book count for this challenge 45. It was a lot of fun I can't wait to do it again next year.

Lyndi wrote: "I have completed the challenge!!! You can see my completed card above. I also chose to read the optional genres instead of just picking one of the two on the ones that had options making my total b..."

So glad you enjoyed it

Lyndi wrote: "I have completed the challenge!!! You can see my completed card above. I also chose to read the optional genres instead of just picking one of the two on the ones that had options making my total b..."

Congratulations :)
Nice selection of books