2015 Reading Challenge [Closed] discussion

I have not stuck to the weekly topics, but jumped around based on what I was interested in at the time. I have made some changes along the way, but I'm getting there... books with an asterisk are completed.

1. a book with more than 500 pages: An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon
*2. a classic romance: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
*3. a book that became a movie: The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney
*4. a book published this year: Alive by Scott Sigler
5. a book with a number in the title: 1984 by George Orwell
6. a book written by someone under 30: Red Rising by Pierce Brown
*7. a book with nonhuman characters: Animal Farm by George Orwell
*8. a funny book: Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
*9. a book by a female author: Sleep Donation by Karen Russell
10. a mystery or thriller: All Good Deeds by Stacy Green
*11. a book with a one-word title: Idols by Margaret Stohl
*12. a book of short stories: Tenth of December by George Saunders
*13. a book set in a different country: Miss Perigrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
*14. a nonfiction book: Drinking with Strangers by Butch Walker
*15. a popular author's first book: Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
16. a book from an author you love that you haven't read yet: The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
*17. a book a friend recommended: Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
18. a Pulitzer-prize winning book: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
*19. a book based on a true story: All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
*20. a book at the bottom of your to read list: Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
*21. a book your mom or dad loves: Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver
22. a book that scares you: Hell House by Richard Matheson
23. a book more than 100 years old: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
*24. a book based entirely on its cover: Paper Towns by John Green
25. a book you were supposed to read in school but didn't: A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
26. a memoir: Night by Elie Wiesel
*27. a book you can finish in a day: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
28. a book with antonyms in the title: Inside Out by Maria Snider
29. a book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit: Written in My Own Heart’s Blood by Diana Gabaldon
*30. a book that came out the year you were born: Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides (cheating!!)
*31. a book with bad reviews: Fallen by Lauren Kate
*32. a trilogy (the first):Legend by Marie Lu
*33. a trilogy (the second): Prodigy by Marie Lu
*34. a trilogy (the third): Champion by Marie Lu
*35. a book from your childhood: Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit
*36. a book with a love triangle: The Vincent Boys by Abbi Glines
*37. a book set in the future: Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
*38. a book set in high school: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
*39. a book with a color in the title: The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
*40. a book that made/makes you cry: Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
*41. a book with magic: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
42. a graphic novel: The Sandman Vol. 1 by Neil Gaiman
*43. a book by an author you've never read before: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
*44. a book you own but have never read: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
*45. a book that takes place in your hometown: Squirrel Haus by Dustin Hellberg
*46. a book that was originally written in another language: The Dinner by Herman Koch
47. a book set during Christmas (or similar holiday): The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore
*48. a book written by an author with your same initials: Edge of Dark Water by Joe Lansdale
*49. a play: The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh
*50. a banned book: Looking for Alaska by John Green
51. a book based on OR turned into a tv show: The Strain by Guillermo del Toro
*52. a book you started but never finished : A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon

I must confess that I totally cheated on #30... I started 3 books that came out the year I was born (1977), but none of them interested me at all. The Virgin Suicides was set in the 70s though. lol

Cheating can happen, I did it for some topics when the subject was too much difficult to follow for me :)

I didn't watch The Strain but was curious about the idea. I hope the book is interesting!

I haven't watched The Strain either... If the book is good, I may give it a try. :)