DONNA FREEMAN'S 2017 List (NOTE: STARTED IN MID-SEPTEMBER) I have 11 books to go with 13 weeks remaining. Not so bad since I just started. Am reading “Little Women” right now.
😀1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016: "WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR" by PAUL KALANITHI ***** 😀2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view): "ANIMAL FARM" by GEORGE ORWELL ***** 😀3. A book you meant to read in 2016: "PRIDE AND PREJUDICE" by JANE AUSTEN ***** 😀4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E”: "ROADWORK" by STEPHEN KING ***** 5. A historical fiction: "THE HANDMAID'S TALE" by MARGARET ATWOOD 😀6. A book being released as a movie in 2017: "THE GLASS CASTLE" by JEANNETTE WALLS ***** 😀7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title: "RIKKI TIKKI TAVI" by RUDYARD KIPLING ***** 😀8. A book written by a person of color: "CRY THE BELOVED COUNTRY" by ALAN PATON ***** 😀9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list: "A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN" by BETTY SMITH ***** 10. A dual-timeline novel: "WATER FOR ELEPHANTS" by SARA GRUEN 11. A category from another challenge: "LITTLE WOMEN" by LOUISA MAY ALCOTT (A book you loved as a child) 😀12. A book based on a myth: "AESOP'S FABLES" by AESOP ***** 😀13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors: "RUBY" by CYNTHIA BOND (OPRAH CLUB PICK) ***** 😀14. A book with a strong female character: "THE STORY OF MY LIFE" by HELEN KELLER ***** 15. A book written in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark etc) "A MAN CALLED OVE" by FREDRICK BACKMAN 😀16. A mystery: "THE SECRET GARDEN" by LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY ***** 😀17. A book with illustrations: "THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER" by MARK TWAIN ***** 😀18. A really long book (600+ pages): "DAVID COPPERFIELD" by CHARLES DICKENS (828 pgs.) ***** 😀19. A New York Times best-seller: "PEYTON PLACE" by GRACE METALIOUS (Stayed on list for 59 weeks) ***** 😀20. A book that you've had for awhile but haven't gotten around to reading: "YEAR OF YES…" by SHONDA RHIMES ***** 21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read: "FIFTY SHADES FREED" by E. L. JAMES 😀22. A book by an author you haven't read before: "ALL OVER BUT THE SHOUTIN" by RICK BRAGG ***** 😀23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list (link): "CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY" by RAOLD DAHL ***** 😃24. A book written by at least two authors:"U.S. CONSTITUTION & OTHER KEY WRITINGS" by FOUNDING FATHERS ***** 😀25. A book about a famous historical figure: "THE ART OF WAR" by SUN TZU ***** 😀26. An adventure book: "THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA" by ERNEST HEMINGWAY ***** 😀27. A book by one of your favorite authors: "CARRIE" by STEPHEN KING ***** 😀28. A non-fiction: "MAKE YOUR BED: LITTLE THINGS THAT CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE…" by ADM. W. H. McRAVEN ***** 😀29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random 😀House; Hachette Livre): "THE GLASS MENAGERIE" by TENNESSEE WILLIAMS (Published by New Directions) ***** 😀30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books (link): "THE FAULT IN OUR STARS" by JOHN GREEN ***** 31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre: "ANNE OF GREEN GABLES" by L.M. MONTGOMERY (Childrens Classic) 😀32. A book with long title (5+ words, w/o subtitle): "THE PRIZE WINNER FROM DEFIANCE OHIO" by TERRY RYAN ***** 😀33. A magical realism novel: "METAMORPHOSIS" by FRANZ KAFKA ***** 😀34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere: "THE HELP" by KATHRYN STOCKETT ***** 😀35. A book with one of the main characters is royalty: "THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH” by EDGAR ALLEN POE ***** 😀36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee (link): "SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE" by KURT VONNEGUT (1970 BEST SF BOOK) ***** 😀37. A book you choose randomly: "BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN" by ANNIE PROULX ***** 38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature: "THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE" by DAVID WROBLEWSKI (Hamlet) 39. An epistolary fiction: "BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY" by HELEN FIELDING 40. A book published in 2017: "BEFORE WE WERE YOURS" by LISA WINGATE 😀41. A book with an unreliable narrator: "THE GREAT GATSBY" by F. SCOTT FITZGERALD ***** 42. A best book of the 21st century (so far): "MIDDLESEX" by JEFFREY EUGENIDES 😀43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold): "THE ROAD" by CORMAC McCARTHY ***** 😀44. Recommendation from "What Should I Read Next": "THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW" by WASHINGTON IRVING ***** 😀45. A book with a one-word title: "ANTIGONE" by SOPHOCLES ***** 46. A time travel novel: "THE TIME TRAVELLER'S WIFE" by AUDREY NIFFENEGGER 😀47. A past suggestion that didn't win (link): "A CHRISTMAS CAROL" by CHARLES DICKENS (A holiday book) ***** 😀48. A banned book: "THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN: TOM SAWYER'S COMPANION" by MARK TWAIN ***** 😀49. A book from someone else's bookshelf: "I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS…" by STEVE McVICKER ***** 😀50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any edition: "OF MICE AND MEN" by JOHN STEINBECK ***** 😀51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays): "TERRIFYING TALES" by EDGAR ALLEN POE ***** 😀52. A book set in a fictional location: "CYCLE OF THE WEREWOLF" by STEPHEN KING *****
I have 11 books to go with 13 weeks remaining.
Not so bad since I just started. Am reading “Little Women” right now.
😀1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016: "WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR" by PAUL KALANITHI *****
😀2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view): "ANIMAL FARM" by GEORGE ORWELL *****
😀3. A book you meant to read in 2016: "PRIDE AND PREJUDICE" by JANE AUSTEN *****
😀4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E”: "ROADWORK" by STEPHEN KING *****
5. A historical fiction: "THE HANDMAID'S TALE" by MARGARET ATWOOD
😀6. A book being released as a movie in 2017: "THE GLASS CASTLE" by JEANNETTE WALLS *****
😀7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title: "RIKKI TIKKI TAVI" by RUDYARD KIPLING *****
😀8. A book written by a person of color: "CRY THE BELOVED COUNTRY" by ALAN PATON *****
😀9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list: "A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN" by BETTY SMITH *****
10. A dual-timeline novel: "WATER FOR ELEPHANTS" by SARA GRUEN
11. A category from another challenge: "LITTLE WOMEN" by LOUISA MAY ALCOTT (A book you loved as a child)
😀12. A book based on a myth: "AESOP'S FABLES" by AESOP *****
😀13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors: "RUBY" by CYNTHIA BOND (OPRAH CLUB PICK) *****
😀14. A book with a strong female character: "THE STORY OF MY LIFE" by HELEN KELLER *****
15. A book written in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark etc) "A MAN CALLED OVE" by FREDRICK BACKMAN
😀16. A mystery: "THE SECRET GARDEN" by LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY *****
😀17. A book with illustrations: "THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER" by MARK TWAIN *****
😀18. A really long book (600+ pages): "DAVID COPPERFIELD" by CHARLES DICKENS (828 pgs.) *****
😀19. A New York Times best-seller: "PEYTON PLACE" by GRACE METALIOUS (Stayed on list for 59 weeks) *****
😀20. A book that you've had for awhile but haven't gotten around to reading: "YEAR OF YES…" by SHONDA RHIMES *****
21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read: "FIFTY SHADES FREED" by E. L. JAMES
😀22. A book by an author you haven't read before: "ALL OVER BUT THE SHOUTIN" by RICK BRAGG *****
😀23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list (link): "CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY" by RAOLD DAHL *****
😃24. A book written by at least two authors:"U.S. CONSTITUTION & OTHER KEY WRITINGS" by FOUNDING FATHERS *****
😀25. A book about a famous historical figure: "THE ART OF WAR" by SUN TZU *****
😀26. An adventure book: "THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA" by ERNEST HEMINGWAY *****
😀27. A book by one of your favorite authors: "CARRIE" by STEPHEN KING *****
😀28. A non-fiction: "MAKE YOUR BED: LITTLE THINGS THAT CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE…" by ADM. W. H. McRAVEN *****
😀29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random 😀House; Hachette Livre): "THE GLASS MENAGERIE" by TENNESSEE WILLIAMS (Published by New Directions) *****
😀30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books (link): "THE FAULT IN OUR STARS" by JOHN GREEN *****
31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre: "ANNE OF GREEN GABLES" by L.M. MONTGOMERY (Childrens Classic)
😀32. A book with long title (5+ words, w/o subtitle): "THE PRIZE WINNER FROM DEFIANCE OHIO" by TERRY RYAN *****
😀33. A magical realism novel: "METAMORPHOSIS" by FRANZ KAFKA *****
😀34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere: "THE HELP" by KATHRYN STOCKETT *****
😀35. A book with one of the main characters is royalty: "THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH” by EDGAR ALLEN POE *****
😀36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee (link): "SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE" by KURT VONNEGUT (1970 BEST SF BOOK) *****
😀37. A book you choose randomly: "BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN" by ANNIE PROULX *****
38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature: "THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE" by DAVID WROBLEWSKI (Hamlet)
39. An epistolary fiction: "BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY" by HELEN FIELDING
40. A book published in 2017: "BEFORE WE WERE YOURS" by LISA WINGATE
😀41. A book with an unreliable narrator: "THE GREAT GATSBY" by F. SCOTT FITZGERALD *****
42. A best book of the 21st century (so far): "MIDDLESEX" by JEFFREY EUGENIDES
😀43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold): "THE ROAD" by CORMAC McCARTHY *****
😀44. Recommendation from "What Should I Read Next": "THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW" by WASHINGTON IRVING *****
😀45. A book with a one-word title: "ANTIGONE" by SOPHOCLES *****
46. A time travel novel: "THE TIME TRAVELLER'S WIFE" by AUDREY NIFFENEGGER
😀47. A past suggestion that didn't win (link): "A CHRISTMAS CAROL" by CHARLES DICKENS (A holiday book) *****
😀48. A banned book: "THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN: TOM SAWYER'S COMPANION" by MARK TWAIN *****
😀49. A book from someone else's bookshelf: "I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS…" by STEVE McVICKER *****
😀50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any edition: "OF MICE AND MEN" by JOHN STEINBECK *****
😀51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays): "TERRIFYING TALES" by EDGAR ALLEN POE *****
😀52. A book set in a fictional location: "CYCLE OF THE WEREWOLF" by STEPHEN KING *****