Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

What a great day it was when I found my way to this group! Not only do I have the 52 challenge going, but I've created a bunch of other lists to bundle up my still un-read books at home as well as other stuff from the TBR, available as loans from family members or the library.

Below:
2016 PopSugar Challenge
Challenge A-Ö - Author
Challenge A-Ö - Title
Challenge A-Ö - Biography, autobiography and memoir
Challenge A-Ö - History and Society
2016 The Rejects
Rainbow Covers

2016 PopSugar Challenge

(The bookshelf)

1. A book based on a Fairy Tale:
Cinder by Marissa Meyer


2. A National Book Award winner:
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates


✅ 3. A YA bestseller:
The Heir (The Selection #4) by Kiera Cass


4. A book you haven't read since high school:
Neuromancer by William Gibson


5. A book set in your home state:
Drakarna över Helsingfors by Kjell Westö


6. A book translated into English:
The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho


7. A romance set in the future:
Misled by Sylvia Day


8. A book set in Europe:
Blackberry Wine by Joanne Harris


9. A book that's under 150 pages:
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens


10. A New York Times bestseller:
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri


✅ 11. A book that's becoming a Movie in 2016:
Allegiant by Veronica Roth


12. A book recommended by someone you've just met:
Bröderna Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky


13. A self-improvement book:
Finding Your Own North Star by Martha Beck


14. A book you can finish in a day:
The Diary of Adam and Eve by Mark Twain


15. A book written by a celebrity:
Wildflower by Drew Barrymore (audio)


16. A political memoir:
Marskalkens Minnen by Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim


17. A book at least 100 years older than you:
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens


18. A book more than 600 pages:
Sinuhe egyptiläinen by Mika Waltari


19. A book from Oprah's Book Club:
A New Earth: Create a Better Life by Eckhart Tolle


20. A Science Fiction novel:
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut


21. A book recommended by a family member:
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson


22. A Graphic Novel:
The Gabriel Set-Up by Peter O'Donnell and Jim Holdaway


23. A book that is published in 2016:
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders


24. A book with a protagonist who has your occupation:
Gone are the Leaves by Anne Donovan


25. A book that takes place during Summer:
Puccini's Ghosts. Morag Joss by Morag Joss
[bookcover: Puccini's Ghosts. Morag Joss]

26.&27. A book and its prequel:
The Novice and The High Lord by Trudy Canavan
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✅ 28. A murder mystery:
Pardonable Lies by Jacqueline Winspear


29. A book written by a comedian:
Bossypants by Tina Fey


30. A dystopian novel:
Kallocain by Karin Boye


31. A book with a blue Cover:
Three Men on a Plane by Mavis Cheek


32. A book of Poetry:
Pilvenvarjo by Solveig von Schoultz


✅ 33. The 1st book you see in a bookstore:
The Chaos of Stars by Kiersten White


34. A classic from the 20th century:
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury


✅ 35. A book from the library:
Copper Girl by Jennifer Allis Provost


36. An autobiography:
The Woman I Wanted to Be by Diane von Furstenberg


37. A book about a road trip:
It's. Nice. Outside. by Jim Kokoris


38. A book about a culture you're unfamiliar with:
Luutohtorin tytär by Amy Tan


39. A satirical book:
The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett


✅ 40. A book that takes place on an island:
The Island Escape by Kerry Fisher


41. A book guaranteed to bring you joy:
Something Fresh by P.G. Wodehouse

Challenge A-Ö - Author

(The bookshelf)

A Marcus Aurelius - Meditations
B Joan Brady - God on a Harley
C John Cleland - Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
D Robert Dessaix - Twilight Of Love
E George Eliot - Middlemarch
F Laura Florand - The Chocolate Thief
✅ G Kerry Greenwood - Earthly Delights
H Siri Hustvedt - What I Loved
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J Eloisa James - A Kiss at Midnight
K Milan Kundera - The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
L Väinö Linna - Sotaromaani
M Dora Levy Mossanen - Harem
N Jandy Nelson - The Sky Is Everywhere
O Jamie O'Neill - At Swim, Two Boys
P Agneta Pleijel - Lord Nevermore
Q Julia Quinn - The Duke and I
R Michèle Roberts - Fair Exchange
S Cynthia Sax - Flashes of Me
T Antonio Tabucchi - Påstår Pereira
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V Genevieve Valentine - The Girls at the Kingfisher Club
W Madeleine Wickham - Sleeping Arrangements
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Y Suzanne Young - The Program
Z Gabrielle Zevin - The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
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Challenge A-Ö - Title

(The bookshelf)

A Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
B The Book of Illusions - Paul Auster
C The Canterbury Tales: A Selection - Geoffrey Chaucer
D Diamond Dust - Anita Desai
E England, England - Julian Barnes
F Fru Björks öden och äventyr - Jonas Gardell
G Gramercy Park - Paula Cohen
H Home Remedies - Angela Pneuman
I In The Presence Of Horses - Barbara Dimmick
J Jag går - Jean Echenoz
K Kvinnan och apan - Peter Høeg
L Lumi - Maxence Fermine
M Microcosms - Claudio Magris
N Nattgästen - Ben Elton
O The Other Side of the Bridge - Mary Lawson
P Pattern Recognition - William Gibson
Q The Queen and I - Sue Townsend
R Rapsbaggarna - Karin Brunk Holmqvist
S Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts
T Tjuven - Göran Tunström
U Utopia - Thomas More
V Vid floden Piedra satte jag mig ned och grät - Paulo Coelho
W The Water's Edge - Louise Tondeur
X X - Ilyasah Shabazz, Kekla Magoon
Y Young Woman in a Garden: Stories - Delia Sherman
Z The Zap Gun - Philip K. Dick
Å Århundradets kärlekssaga - Märta Tikkanen
Ä Älskade du - Barbara Voors
Ö Öster om väst - Miroslav Penkov

Challenge A-Ö - Biography, autobiography and memoir

(The bookshelf)

A Adams, Douglas - Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams
B Barenboim, Daniel - A Life in Music
C Curie, Marie - Boken om Blanche och Marie
D Dalí, Salvador - Diary of a Genius
E Ephron, Nora - I Feel Bad about My Neck
F
G Giacometti, Alberto - Alberto Giacometti. Der Mensch und sein Lebenswerk
H Hammarskjöld, Dag - Vägmärken
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J Jansson, Tove - Tove Jansson: Tee työtä ja rakasta
K Kauffmann, Angelika - Die zehnte Muse: Das Leben der Angelika Kauffmann
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M Medici, Caterina de - Catherine De Medici
N Nin, Anaïs - Anaïs Nin: A Biography
O Orchid (Empress) - Empress Orchid
P Politkovskaya, Anna - Venäläinen päiväkirja
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R Rejman, Fredrik - Som skeppsläkare i Antarktis
S Schumann, Eugenie - Claras Kinder
T Tolkien, J.R.R. - J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography
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V Victoria (Queen) - Queen Victoria: A Woman on the Throne
W Wilde, Oscar - De Profundis
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Challenge A-Ö - History and Society

(The bookshelf)

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2016 The Rejects - PART 1/3

(The bookshelf)

TITLE (1.-21.)
COVER (22.-29.)
EADING LIST / GOODREADS / FRIENDS ETC. (30.-55.)
INSIDE - LOCATION (56.-65.)
INSIDE - CHARACTERS (66.-69. part 1)


TITLE (1.-21.)
1. Two books with the same title:
Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

2. Two books with the same title:
Signal to Noise by Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean (Illustrator)

3. A book title that describes you/your life:
Thinking: The New Science of Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Prediction by John Brockman

4. A book with title inspired by poetry or line from a play:
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5. A book with a number in the title:
Tre porträtt by Klas Östergren

6. A book with a date in the title (day, month, year etc.):
Silence in October by Jens Christian Grøndahl

7. A fairy tale with a color in the title:
Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles #2) by Marissa Meyer - Included fairy-tale retelling in the prompt.

8. A children's book with a character's name in the title:
Atticus Claw On the Misty Moor (Atticus Claw- World's Greatest Cat Detective Book 6) by Jennifer Gray

9. A book you can finish in a day with a title that starts with the word "the":
The Laws of Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life by John Maeda

10. A book with a body part in the title:
Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom by Rick Hanson

11. Any genre with something from nature in the title:
Rainy Brain, Sunny Brain: The New Science of Optimism and Pessimism by Elaine Fox

12. A book with a male or female noun or pronoun in the title (i.e. he/she, boy/girl, man/woman, etc.):
Mercator: The Man Who Mapped the Planet by Nicholas Crane

13. A book with a word in the title that describes a time of day/night:
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

14. A book with a day of the week in the title:
Saturday by Ian McEwan

15. A book with alliteration in the title:
Pivot Point by Kasie West

16. A book with a redundant phrase in the title (i.e. Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter):
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

17. A book with a weird/wacky title:
I Lie for a Living: Greatest Spies of All Time by International Spy Museum

18. A book with a long title (8-10 words or more):
The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolf Erich Raspe - His name is Münchhausen so I don't know what's going on in this title

19. A book with 'diary' in the title:
Prison Diary by Hồ Chí Minh

20. A title that relates to a season:
Summer by Edith Wharton

21. A book with an element in the title (earth, air, fire, water):
The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossan & Oliver Jeffers


COVER (22.-29.)
22. A children's book with an animal on the cover:
The Dangerous Book of Dinosaurs by Arcturus Publishing

23. A book with an animal on the cover:
Life of Pi by Yann Martel

24. A book with sparkles on the cover:
Start with Why by Simon Sinek

25. A book with a plant (tree, flower, etc) on the cover:
Larger Than Life by Jodi Picoult

26. A book with a blue spine or cover:
The Stream by Brian Clarke

27. A book with a famous building/sculpture on the cover:
Villa Triste by Lucretia Grindle

28. A book with a woman and a man on the cover:
The Driftless Area by Tom Drury - I've read it as "or" instead of "and", won't change it now.

29. A book with a cover that puts you off:
Divine by Joanna Traynor


READING LIST / GOODREADS / FRIENDS ETC. (30.-55.)
30. A book picked for you by someone else:
Till Mervas by Elisabeth Rynell

31. A book that is chosen for you by another member:
Eldest (The Inheritance Cycle #2) by Christopher Paolini

32. The smallest book on your TBR list:
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde - Shortest fiction.

33. Re-read a favorite:
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34. A book that you associate with someone special:
Sateet tulivat by Louis Bromfield

35. A book your grandparents are owning:
Hemsöborna by August Strindberg - All grandparents are gone but this was inherited.

36. A book that you feel like everyone has read but you:
Looking for Alaska by John Green

37. A children's book that your parents had enjoyed when they were children:
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38. A graphic novel that everybody is talking about:
Saga, Volume 3 by Brian K. Vaughan (writer), Fiona Staples (artist)

39. A popular 'cult' book that's under 200 pages:
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40. A book from the GoodReads "Best of May List" (any year):
The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro

41. A book another member of this group recommended to you:
The Martian by Andy Weir

42. A book recommended to you by a friend:
The Recollection by Gareth L. Powell

43. A book recommended by a famous person:
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44. A book you started but never finished:
The Keys of Egypt: The Race to Read the Hieroglyphs by Lesley Adkins, Roy A. Adkins

45. Re-read one of your favorite books:
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46. A book with less than 100 reviews:
Not Quite Darcy by Terri Meeker

47. A popular book from the "2015 Reading Challenge":
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

48. A book you judged too quickly:
Barbara the Slut and Other People by Lauren Holmes - Saw it on OverDrive but thought it'd be "funny" the wrong way.

49. A book that inspires you:
Kahvila Mabillon by Satu Waltari - Daughter of Mika Waltari, and cover is cute. And Paris.

50. Re-read Read a book you feel deserves a second chance:
Guidebook to Murder (A Tourist Trap Mystery #1) by Lynn Cahoon

51. A book you bought or will buy from an independent bookstore or from a charity shop:
The Red Lily by Anatole France

✅ 52. A book a friend has told you multiple times to read:
One Good Earl Deserves a Lover (The Rules of Scoundrels #2) by Sarah MacLean

53. Re-read a book that has a special meaning to you:
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54. One of you favorite books from your childhood:
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55. The first book (that you can remember) that made you love reading:
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INSIDE - LOCATION (56.-65.)
56. A book sets on another planet:
Dune (Dune Chronicles #1) by Frank Herbert

57. A book that doesn't take place on earth:
Half Way Home by Hugh Howey

58. A book about the old west in USA:
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59. A book set in the state in which you were born:
Helsinki Noir by James Thompson

60. A book about the history of the place you live:
Pohjoinen suurvalta: Ruotsi ja Suomi 1521-1809 by Petri Karonen - History of Sweden and Finland.

61. A book set in the country of your ancestors:
Kaarina Maununtytär by Mika Waltari - Difficult since there are so many countries.

62. A book that takes place underwater:
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

63. A book that takes place in more than one country:
Bettany's Book by Thomas Keneally - Australia and Sudan.

64. A book that is set in a location you would like to visit:
Suuri illusioni by Mika Waltari - His first novel. Set in Paris. Who doesn't love Paris?

65. A book based in a place that you would like to live in:
Identiteetti by Milan Kundera - Paris.


INSIDE - CHARACTERS (66.-69. part 1)
66. A book you have/develop a crush on one of the characters:
[bookcover: ] by

67. A book where a main character has a special power:
The Emperor of Scent: A Story of Perfume, Obsession, and the Last Mystery of the Senses by Chandler Burr - Not so much a special power (like in comics) as an incredibly heightened sense of smell compared to most other humans.

68. A book with a hero from a different ethnic group than yours:
Tackar som frågar by Jennie Dielemans - My choice is on slightly wobbly grounds, but need to read it.

69. A book about animals or with an animal as one of the main characters:
Lokki Joonatan by Richard Bach

2016 The Rejects - PART 2/3

INSIDE - CHARACTERS (70.-83. part 2)
INSIDE - EVENTS/TIME (84.-90.)
GENRE / THEME (91.-137.)

INSIDE - CHARACTERS (70.-83. part 2)
70. A book with nonhuman characters:
The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

71. A book with a child as the main character (or one of), but not a children's book:
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

72. A book with a child as the main character:
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline - Apologies to miffed teenagers, but technically you are kids as long as you are minors.

73. A book with a ghost in it:
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

74. A book about the events in another book from another character's point of view:
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75. A book with a strong female protagonist:
Purpur by Vibeke Løkkeberg - Strong remains to be seen, but rebellious fits the bill at least.

76. A book with a character who has your name (any):
Pytheas resa till Thule by Alf Henrikson - Pytheas was a Greek seefarer, who told of cool stuff he had found up North. His ship was called Aglaïa, which is a bit of a stretch for a character, but yeah.

77. A book with a main character who has the same age as you (currently):
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78. A book featuring a fictional trickster:
The Magician's Lie by Greer Macallister

79. A book with an unreliable narrator:
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë - Was reading about narration on Wikipedia and this was mentioned with the exact description "an unintentionally very unreliable narrator" for Mr. Lockwood (under first-person narrative).

80. A book with an elderly person as a main character (> 60 years old):
The Illuminations by Andrew O'Hagan

81. A book where the protagonist has the same name as someone you know well:
A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray

82. A book where you share your name (first, middle, last, or maiden name) with the main character:
Confess by Colleen Hoover

83. A book of fiction that mentions, or is about a real person/ or someone who was a real person:
Livläkarens besök by Per Olov Enquist - King Christian VII of Denmark, Queen Caroline Matilda, and personal physician Struensee.


INSIDE - EVENTS/TIME (84.-90.)
84. An alternative history book:
Ödets fingrar by Alf Henrikson

85. A book that raises your heart rate (any genre):
The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara - Very disturbing material.

86. A book that makes you pee your pants:
Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson

87. A book that is happening in the summer (at least short time):
Us by David Nicholls

88. A book that takes place during a holiday:
Landline by Rainbow Rowell

89. A book set during time of war:
The Hummingbird by Stephen P. Kiernan - A hospice nurse cares for a veteran of Iraq and WWII respectively. Dealing with the aftermath isn't nearly enough emphasised today, whereas everyone can imagine the horrors of war at least on some level.

90. A book set during World War II:
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah


GENRE / THEME (91.-137.)
91. A play:
Antony and Cleopatraby William Shakespeare

92. A chick-lit book:
Babyville by Jane Green

93. A paranormal romance:
Corsets & Clockwork: 13 Steampunk Romances by Trisha Telep (Editor) - Anthology, but I need some steampunk on this list.

94. A classic romance written before you were born:
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

95. A classic you wanted to read for a long time but never did:
Bhagavad Gita As It Is by Anonymous, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda (Editor)

96. A modern classic (post WWI):
The Tenants of Moonbloom by Edward Lewis Wallant

97. A Greek or Roman classic:
The Iliad by Homeros

98. An ancient legend (the creation of the planet Earth, etc):
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99. An epic poem:
The Aeneid by Vergilius

100. A collection of poems:
Suspended Sentences: Three Novellas by Patrick Modiano

101. A historical biography:
Lewis resa by Per Olov Enquist

102. A medical related memoir:
The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly: A Physician's First Year by Matt McCarthy

103. A fairy tale:
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente

104. A retelling:
First & Then by Emma Mills - Retelling of Pride and Prejudice.

105. A book whose plot is based in a fairy tale:
Stitching Snow by R.C. Lewis - A Snow White retelling.

106. A book based on an ancient epic:
The Epic of Gilgamesh by Anonymous, translator is open still

107. A book based on mythology:
Nordens gudar och myter by Hilda Ellis Davidson

108. A book with an end of the world, apocalyptic theme:
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer

109. A parody of a children's book:
Go the F**k to Sleep by Adam Mansbach - Had this once already but needed to return too quickly. Need to borrow again from library, it is hilarious.

110. A children's book with a "choose your own adventure" theme:
Video Games: Design and Code Your Own Adventure by Kathy Ceceri, Mike Crosier (Illustrations)

111. A children's book of historical or educational fiction genre:
The Story of Science by Anna Claybourne, Jane Chisholm (Editor), Adam Larkum (Illustrator)

112. A short non-fiction book:
Tulevaisuuden valtio by Noam Chomsky

113. A non-fiction book on math/science/engineering/social economics/business:
The Parrot's Theorem by Denis Guedj - Read "fiction", oops, but I have so many non-fiction books to read already.

114. A self help book under 200 pages:
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115. A book that makes you better (better cook, better parent, better person, etc.):
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish, Kimberly Ann Coe (Illustrator)

116. An existentialist themed book:
The Stranger by Albert Camus

117. A book about a taboo subject:
The Ultimate Guide to Kink by Tristan Taormino

118. A book about an obsession:
The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

119. A book about science:
Bad Science by Ben Goldacre

120. A book about sports:
Bleachers by John Grisham

121. A short story collection:
Brev från Klara by Tove Jansson

122. A micro-history:
The Stone of Heaven: Unearthing the Secret History of Imperial Green Jade by Adrian Levy, Cathy Scott-Clark

123. A campus novel:
The Ghost Apple by Aaron Thier

124. A western fiction novel:
Florence Gordon by Brian Morton

125. A climate fiction:
Loosed Upon the World: The Saga Anthology of Climate Fiction by John Joseph Adams (Editor)

126. An adventure book:
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127. A family saga:
Seven Houses by Alev Lytle Croutier

128. A book in a genre you normally don't read:
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

129. A book outside your comfort zone:
Dracula by Bram Stoker

130. A book that requires you to complete activities or experiments:
The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp

131. A book that is short but really packs a punch:
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132. A book about human rights or animal rights (it could be both fiction or non-fiction):
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand - Okay so this is a bit of a stretch, but I find the questions raised and themes presented interesting also today, when individualism is so glorified in the West. What can be considered a human right in regards to fulfilling one's own wants rather than needs? Because I feel so many (myself included of course) are incredibly selfish today, with no regard for consequences on the planet. Plus the reviews and comments are incredibly amusing to read. Anyway, looking forward to reading this controversial novel.

133. A work of fiction about art (paintings, artists, sculptors, painters,etc.):
Art and Lies by Jeanette Winterson

134. A book about traveling:
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135. A travelogue:
Muistiinmerkintöjä pieneltä saarelta by Bill Bryson

136. A book written for adults that you would read to a child:
Make Good Art by Neil Gaiman

137. A book about second chances/starting over:
The Convenient Marriage by Georgette Heyer

2016 The Rejects - PART 3/3

SERIES (138.-142.)
AUTHOR / PUBLISHING (143.-177.)
AWARDS / CHALLENGES / LISTS / ADAPTATIONS ETC. (178.-186.)


SERIES (138.-142.)
138. Read just the first and last book of your favorite series: Read the next two books in a series:
Brisingr (The Inheritance Cycle #3) by Christopher Paolini

139. Read just the first and last book of your favorite series: Read the next two books in a series:
Inheritance (The Inheritance Cycle #4) by Christopher Paolini

140. A novella that is part of a series you are reading:
Silently and Very Fast by Catherynne M. Valente

141. A "prequel" to a book series:
The Deepest Poison (Clockwork Dagger Duology 0.5) by Beth Cato

142. Reread a book from a series you didn't want to end: Keep reading a series you've loved:
The Blythes Are Quoted by L.M. Montgomery - If I had to pick one series that I loved so much the book spines almost broke from all the rereading, it'd be Anne of Green Gables. This ninth volume is completely new to me and I'm looking forward to reading it, as do I other works by Montgomery, never translated to a language I was able to read as a kid.


AUTHOR / PUBLISHING (143.-177.)
143. A book that has more than one author (2 or more):
Maria & José by Erlend Loe, Kim Hiorthøy (Illustrations)

144. A book from an author with your initials:
The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot #2) by Agatha Christie

145. A book by an author whose uses an initial instead of a first name:
Att läsa och skriva: En personlig betraktelse by V.S. Naipaul

146. A children's book written by an author who also writes adult books:
Watership Down by Richard Adams

147. A book by a Russian author:
The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol

148. A book by an African or African-American author:
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

149. A book by an author from Asia:
The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh

150. A book written by an author of your nationality:
Diva by Monika Fagerholm

151. A book by an author who is from a country different than your own:
Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry

152. A book written by a Nobel Prize winner (literature):
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich

153. A book from a prolific author (wrote 50 books or more so far):
Independent People by Halldór Laxness

154. A book by an author that you've read before but weren't so keen on:
I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb - "Not so keen on" is probably the understatement of this year. I read his "She's Come Undone" and had a violently visceral reaction against it. It is right up there on top 3 worst ever read novels, but hey, water under the bridge... No? Yes, everyone deserves a second chance. I think...

155. A novel by someone already famous in another field (such as a sportsperson, actor etc):
An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin

156. A self-published/indie book:
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157. A book published posthumously:
The Trial by Franz Kafka

158. A book by someone who has died recently:
Equal Rites (Discworld #3) by Terry Pratchett

159. A book published during a significant year for you (anniversary, graduation, child's birth, etc.):
The Light Ages (The Aether Universe #1) by Ian R. MacLeod

160. A bestseller published the year a significant other was born (i.e. parent, sibling, best friend etc.):
No Good Duke Goes Unpunished (The Rules of Scoundrels #3) by Sarah MacLean

161. A book published the year you were born:
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162. A book written the same year and month of your birth:
Repetition of 161, when month is scratched (TMI).

163. A magazine from the year you were born:
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164. A book that came out on your birthday or birthday month from any year:
TMI

165. A book that was released exactly 100 years before the year you were born:
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

166. A book written when your mother/father was a teenager:
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

167. A censored book:
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

168. A book that you don't understand why it was banned in your birth country:
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood - Finland is one of the least troublesome countries as far as freedom of speech, press freedom, internet access, etc. goes, at least according to Reporters Without Borders, and as far as I know we have no banned books currently. Apparently this one's been banned somewhere, so it'll do.

169. A book from genre you don't normally read with 200 pages or less:
White Fang by Jack London

170. A book longer than the longest book you read last year:
En osalig ande: Berättelsen om Axel Munthe by Bengt Jangfeldt

171. A short book written in another language (not English or your mother tongue):
Kneller's Happy Campers by Etgar Keret

172. A novella translated from another language:
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

173. A book originally written in a language you'd love to learn:
[bookcover: ] by

174. A book from an author you follow on social media but have yet to read one of their books:
Not following any authors.

175. A book from an author born the same month as you:
TMI

176. A book released in 2016 which is an author's debut novel:
[bookcover: ] by

177. A book that you got for free:
Heirs and Assigns (Herbert Reardon #1) by Marjorie Eccles - Library book, generous interpretation.


AWARDS / CHALLENGES / LISTS / ADAPTATIONS ETC. (178.-186.)
✅ 178. A book from NPR's 100 Swoon-worthy Romances:
A Rogue by Any Other Name (The Rules of Scoundrels #1) by Sarah MacLean

179. An Oprah's book-club book:
White Oleander by Janet Fitch

180. A book made into a Disney film:
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

181. A Hugo Award winner (sci-fi):
The Dispossessed (Hainish Cycle) by Ursula K. Le Guin - I'm not sure she won a Hugo for this one, but it will do.

182. A Newbery Medal winner or Honor Book:
[bookcover: ] by

✅ 183. A Quick Reads book published within the last 2 years:
Paris for One by Jojo Moyes

184. A play that has been adapted into a musical or a movie:
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare - I adore the film with Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh!

185. A book that was made into a TV movie, series, or mini-series:
Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

186. A book that was based on or turned into a TV series:
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1) by George R.R. Martin

Rainbow Covers

Okay, people, I think I'm all set with the challenge comments now, just have to update some of them still.

It is quite tedious to check all links, as I've found numerous cases when using the bracket book name bracket html code to cause an incorrect volume to show up. The solution is to grab the long number code from the URL of the correct book, then edit a comment here by pasting said number over the incorrect code after the book name. Phew.

The longer solution is to click on "other editions" under Add, but it can be very tedious for books published many times.

You'll be very busy with all the readings! I'm waiting for the rainbow :D

Zaz wrote: "The longer solution is to click on "other editions" under Add, but it can be very tedious for books published many times.

You'll be very busy with all the readings! I'm waiting for the rainbow :D"

I'm finally done, well up-to-date, with my choices for The Rejects. I added covers and titles to all categories, for everyone's convenience, hidden in the spoilers. It's nice to see something visual, not just text. Still have a few here and there to add, but need to do more research first.

I love your idea of doing A-Z biographies, memoirs & autobiographies.

I also really like the idea of doing the memoirs/(auto)biographies. I may have to steal that idea for when I finish the A-Z titles :)

I had never heard of X (Ilyasah Shabazz) but it sounds really great. I wasn't too happy with my previous choice for X so I think I'm going read X instead. Thanks!

Steal away! That is why I've added my books here :)

I had a phase of buying biographies/memoirs and history/society books, but they are dry in comparison with fiction and so I have yet to read most of them. I try to recall there was a reason for my buying them back in the day, but what has helped even more has been handling each and everyone in true KonMari style.

She has some ideas stemming in a spiritual world that I due to a different cultural background don't quite comprehend, but her core message, the part about sparking joy, and basically thanking items for lessons taught, when you allow yourself to part with the not joyful things, has been fantastic. I take what I can use and discard what doesn't work for me.

Anyway, Malcolm X was a significant person in US history and I want to know more :)

Awesome lists! In addition to Around the Year in 52 books I am doing the 2016 Popsugar Challenge, Book Riot's "Read Harder" challenge, a "reject" list from the topics we didn't choose for the Around the Year challenge, an A-Z author challenge, and an A-Z title challenge. Hoping to get rid of a lot of my to-read list...but I'm sure it will take me way more than a year to finish everything.

Someone I know always says that his all-time favorite book is the Autobiography of Malcolm X, so I've been meaning to pick that up. Maybe I'll fit that into my new biography A-Z (that I'm also stealing :P)

Ellen wrote: "Awesome lists! In addition to Around the Year in 52 books I am doing the 2016 Popsugar Challenge, Book Riot's "Read Harder" challenge, a "reject" list from the topics we didn't choose for the Around the Year challenge, an A-Z author challenge, and an A-Z title challenge. Hoping to get rid of a lot of my to-read list...but I'm sure it will take me way more than a year to finish everything."

Thanks! I think I have to look at the RH again.

As for getting rid of my TBR, it will never happen, since new books come out constantly, but I do very badly want to remove some books that have been on it since my school days, two decades in other words.

Which in turn means adding quite a few classics to my challenges. I'm trying to recall that they are such for a reason. The most impressive one of my TBRs is the Gilgamesh epic, which was written around 2000 BC. I thought it'd be a doorstopper, but it's fewer than 100 pages long.

The next couple of years will therefore mean some efforts outside of my comfort zone of reading mostly authors I already know on some level, and jumping back in time. But dusting off classics will breathe new life into the TBR, which in itself makes it worth it. Get rid of the stale energy and all that...

Laura wrote: "Someone I know always says that his all-time favorite book is the Autobiography of Malcolm X, so I've been meaning to pick that up. Maybe I'll fit that into my new biography A-Z (that I'm also stea..."

:) Good tip, will look at the auto.

Challenge lists have been updated.