Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Please note: I will not be following the order at all.
All the books on this list are ones I haven't read before. No idea if that's what people generally do on these challenges or not, but I thought I would.

Italic: In my possession (owned or borrowed from library) so will probably be soon to read
Strike: Complete

Completed: 38/52

UPDATE: Okay so I'm on 15 even though I'm supposed to have only about 8 completed by now, but on the other hand my uni semester just started so I assume I'll be slowing down considerably over the next few weeks. It's going to be a bit of a lag during semester and catch up in the holidays thing for me.

UPDATE 2 (May): So apparently I have read quite a few books. I'm even still ahead of schedule. The only thing is that most of them haven't actually been from this list here... oops? So while I may not, in fact, read *all* the books listed here -I may just surpass the 52 books in a year goal. So that's certainly something!

UPDATE 3 (end of May) ...perhaps you can proceed to ignore the previous update, I'm apparently keeping on track a lot better than I previously had thought? :D

UPDATE 4 (end of July) once again I'm starting to fall behind on this list but that's because for one I've gotten somewhat distracted by a bunch of other books (as well as sequels for some of the series I've started in this challenge) and I recently got a new job and uni starting up again... basically I'm darn busy now and don't have much free time on my hands unfortunately. But I'll do my best to make another dent in this list!

1. A book you meant to read in 2015, but didn't
Steelheart – Brandon Sanderson (The Reckoners #1)
2. A book set in a different continent
American Gods – Neil Gaiman
I live in Australia, so it’s a different continent for me!
3. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2015 (winner or nominated)
Shadows of Self – Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn #5)

4. A book by an author you discovered in 2015
The Way of Kings – Brandon Sanderson (Stormlight #1)
5. A book with a title beginning with the 1st letter of your name
The Knife of Never Letting Go – Patrick Ness (Chaos Walking #1)

6. The highest rated on your TBR
Words of Radiance – Brandon Sanderson (Stormlight #2)
7. A book about books
The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
8. A classic book with less than 200 pages
1984 – George Orwell
Okay so it's actually more like 300 pages, but that's still a lot shorter than the average books I read
9. A book that was mentioned in another book
Chronicles of Amber – Roger Zelazny
10. A book by an author you feel you should have read by now
The Eye of the World – Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time #1)
11. A book from the Rory Gilmore challenge
Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury
12. A childhood classic
James and the Giant Peach - Roald Dahl
13. Reader’s Choice
The Shadow Rising – Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time #4)
Firefight - Brandon Sanderson (The Reckoners #2)

14. A book with one of the five W’s -or H in the title (Who/What/Where/When/Why/How)
Neverwhere – Neil Gaiman
15. A book set in the past (more than 100 years ago)
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell – Susanna Clarke
16. A book from the top 100 mystery novels
The Anatomy of Deception – Lawrence Goldstone
17. A book with a beautiful cover
Hunter – Mercedes Lackey
18. A book on a summer/beach reading list
Sorcerer to the Crown - Zen Cho
From this list
It will be my Winter if I keep to the order :(

19. A non-fiction book
The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia - Michael Booth
20. A book with a first name in the title
The Redemption of Althalus - David Eddings
21. A book from the Goodreads Recommendations page
The Hunt for Atlantis – Andy McDermott
22. The first book in a new to you series
Graceling – Kristin Cashore
23. The next book in a series you are reading
The Great Hunt –Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time #2)
24. A "between the numbers" book of a series (0.5, 1,5, 2.5, etc.)
Mitosis – Brandon Sanderson (The Reckoners #1.5)
25. A book whose main character is in a profession that interests you
The Archived – Victoria Schwab
So, I’m rather interested in being a librarian/archivist... Perhaps not of the dead but hey it sounds like a good book

26. A book everyone is talking about

27. A book with a beautiful title (in your own opinion)
The darkness that comes before - R. Scott Bakker
It intrigues me. That's close enough to beautiful, right?
28. A biography, autobiography, or memoir
28. WILD CARD: A book with a strong female protagonist
Throne of Glass - Sarah J. Maas

29. A book by an author who writes under more than one name
Leviathan Wakes – James S.A. Corey (Actually Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck)
30. A fairytale from a culture other than your own
Serpents and Werewolves: Tales of Animal Shape-Shifters from Around the World - Lari Don
31. A work of young adult fiction
Monsters of Men - Patrick Ness (Chaos Walking #3)
32. A historical fiction book
The Angel's Game - Carlos Ruiz Zafon

33. The 16th book on your TBR
The Sword of Shannara - Terry Brooks
34. A book about mental illness
Crank – Ellen Hopkins
35. An award winning book
Coraline – Neil Gaiman
36. An identity book - a book about a different culture, religion or sexual orientation
Cairo – G Willow Wilson
37. A book that you've seen the movie of but haven't read
Matilda – Roald Dahl
I’ve seen the movie many times and (as of 2016) I've seen the stage musical as well (which was brilliant!!). But I don’t think I’d ever read the book!

38. A book about an anti hero
The Lies of Locke Lamora – Scott Lynch (Gentleman Bastard #1)
39. A previous suggestion that did not make it into the list
A book that has more than one author (2 or more)
Illuminae - Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
First of a trilogy of prequels to the Malazan Book of the Fallen series
40. A novella from your favorite genre
Perfect Shadow - Brent Weeks
41. A book about a major world event (fiction or non-fiction)
The Complete Maus – Art Spiegelman
42. A top 100 fantasy novel
The Dragon Reborn – Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time #3)
43. A book about a thing that goes bump in the night
IT – Stephen King

44. A book you're embarrassed to read in public
Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
Actually had no ideas for this one, never been embarrassed about reading anything before, so I looked up lists of what others have found embarrassing and chose from there.
45. A book related to a hobby or passion you have
Passion: Music
Book:The Armageddon Rag – George R R Martin
46. A crime story
Roger Ascham and the King’s Lost Girl – Matthew Reilly
47. A book with a type of food/drink in the title
The Chicken Thief - Fiona Leonard
48. A dystopia
The Ask And the Answer – Patrick Ness (Chaos Walking #2)
49. A book with a great opening line
Legion and The Emperor’s Soul – Brandon Sanderson
“My name is Stephen Leeds, and I am perfectly sane. My hallucinations, however, are all quite mad.”
50. A book originally written in a language other than English
The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Originally in Spanish
51. A short story from a well-known author
Might read some of the anthology
Legion: Skin Deep - Brandon Sanderson
52. A book published in 2016
Calamity - Brandon Sanderson (The Reckoners #3)
The Four Legendary Kingdoms - Matthew Reilly (Jack West Jr #4)

Hi from another Australian.

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'ello! *waves in general direction*
Thanks for visiting :P