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gcac_2015January
Fiction Winner - Landline
February
Poetry Winner - Lullabies
March
Mystery & Thriller Winner - Mr. Mercedes (Bill Hodges Trilogy #1)
April
Humour Winner - Yes Please
May
Nonfiction Winner - The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
June
Science Fiction Winner - The Martian
Food & Cookbooks Winner - Make It Ahead: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook
July
Fantasy Winner - The Book of Life (All Souls Trilogy, #3)
Picture Books Winner - The Pigeon Needs a Bath!
August
Debut Goodreads Author Winner - Red Rising (Red Rising Trilogy, #1)
September
History & Biography Winner - The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
October
Memoir & Autobiography Winner - This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl
Young Adult Fantasy Winner - City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments, #6)
November
Young Adult Winner - We Were Liars
December
Historical Fiction Winner - All the Light We Cannot See
Agatha Christie Reading List for 2015Jan: Murder on the Orient Express (Poirot, 1934)
Feb: 4:50 from Paddington (Marple, 1957)
Mar: Three Act Tragedy (Poirot, 1935)
Apr: The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side (Marple, 1962)
May: Death in the Clouds (Poirot, 1935)
Jun: A Caribbean Mystery (Marple, 1964)
Jul: The A.B.C. Murders (Poirot, 1936)
Aug: At Bertram’s Hotel (Marple, 1965)
Sep: Murder in Mesopotamia (Poirot, 1936)
Oct: Nemesis (Marple, 1971)
Nov: Cards on the Table (Poirot, 1936)
Dec: Sleeping Murder (Marple, 1976)
Bookclub books 2015January The Night Circus, Murder on the Orient Express, The Book of Strange New Things
February Poisoned Apples: Poems for You, My Pretty ; Lullabies
March The Mystery of the 99 Steps, Three Act Tragedy, The Silver Linings Playbook, Mr. Mercedes
April The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side, Chocolat
May Death in the Clouds, The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories, What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
June A Caribbean Mystery, A Man Called Ove, Locked in
July The ABC Murders, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Water for Elephants
August And Then There Were None, Casino Royal, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
September By the Pricking of My Thumbs, A Wild Sheep Chase, Trainspotting
October The Time Traveler's Wife, Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii, Nemesis, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
November Cards on the Table, The Rest of Us Just Live Here, We Were Liars
December Sleeping Murder
35/12 **DONE 3/5**
I SPY CHALLENGEDuration: January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
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Read a book that contains a word in the title that fits each of the 25 categories below. If you're having trouble with a particular category, ask other members what they are reading for it. You may also use the name of the series for up to three categories.
Here are the 25 categories with examples. The examples are just to get you started - any word that fits the category is fair game.
1. Color - As Red as Blood
2. Number - Kolme porttia (three)
3. Things That Grow - Poisoned Apples: Poems for You, My Pretty
4. Seasons - The Other Side of Summer
5. First Name - Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: Short Stories, Prose and Diary Excerpts
6. Places - Ghana must go
7. Body Part - Kadonneet kasvot (face)
8. Weapon - The Gunslinger
9. Body of Water - Ihana meri (ocean)
10. Form of Water - Rain: A Natural and Cultural History
11. Product of Fire - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
12. Celestial Body - Our Living Multiverse: A Book of Genesis in 0+7 Chapters
13. Architecture - Temppelin hämärästä matsurin vilinään : nojatuolimatka Japanin kulttuurihistoriaan (temple)
14. Senses - A Touch of Dead
15. Royal Title - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
16. Family Member - Like Mother, Like Daughter
17. Elements - Water for Elephants
18. Time of Day - The Night circus
19. Metal - The Silver Linings Playbook
20. Emotion/Feeling - Onnellisten ukkojen käsikirja (happy)
21. Animal/Insect - A Bear Called Paddington
22. Something to Read - The Book of Strange New Things
23. Gender Identifier - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
24. Paranormal Being - Living Dead in Dallas
25. Occupation - An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
25/25 **DONE
THE COMPLETE WORKS CHALLENGE - 2015January 1st - December 31st, 2015
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Donna Tartt
[x] The Secret History (1992)
[x] The Little Friend (2002)
[] The Goldfinch (2013)
Kate Atkinson
[x] Behind the Scenes at the Museum (1995)
[x] Human Croquet (1997)
[x] Emotionally Weird (2000)
[x] Not the End of the World (2002)
[x] Case Histories (2004)
[x] One Good Turn (2006)
[x] When Will There Be Good News? (2008)
[x] Started Early, Took My Dog (2010)
[x] Life After Life (2013)
[x] A God in Ruins (2015)
12/13
Anna Gavalda
[x] Kunpa joku odottaisi minua jossakin. (Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part, 1999)
[x] Karkumatka. (L'Échappée belle, 2001)
[] Viiniä keittiössä. (Je l'aimais, 2002)
[] 35 kiloa toivoa. (35 kilos d'espoir, 2002)
[] Kimpassa. (Ensemble, c'est tout, 2004)
[] Lohduttaja. (La consolante, 2008)
[x] Lempi ei ole leikin asia (Billie, 2013)
[x] Parempaa elämää. (La vie en mieux, 2014)
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January1. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1) - I feel I'm gonna read more of this serie even if it was little bit annoying
2. Missing Person - latest Nobel winner, pretty good (and short) kind of interested trying his other work too
3. The Night Circus - little bit roller coaster, slow start, amazing middle part and let down the end. I might reread soon though, loved all those magic bits and when Mr Norrell waiting for reread round, this is perfect couple
4. Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: Short Stories, Prose and Diary Excerpts - much better than Bell Jar.. very interesting diary bits too
5. Murder on the Orient Express - the second time, still didn't find all those classic parts
6. The Book of Strange New Things - religious bullshit
7. A Bear Called Paddington (Paddington Bear #1) - quite lovely and the most of all, easy read
8. Contact - this was hard, I didn't like the movie much and the book didn't work much better even if it was different. His writing is very.. hard to read
9. Dead Man's Folly (Hercule Poirot #31) - Agatha <3
10. If I Stay (If I Stay #1) - I liked that it lasted only a day but of course she stayed, I wonder if I liked it better if I didn't know about sequal
FIRST QUARTER CHALLENGE: ONE, TWO, BUCKLE MY SHOEDuration: January 1 - March 31, 2015
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This challenge turns to a beloved nursery rhyme for reading inspiration.
1. One, two,
Buckle my shoe;
finish a series
2. Three, four,
Open the door;
read a new genre or author (or both for those who are game)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce #1) by Alan Bradley
3.Five, six,
Pick up sticks;
finish a previously unfinished book
If I Stay
4. Seven, eight,
Lay them straight;
read a trilogy or small series (at least 4 books) in order
5. Nine, ten,
A big, fat hen;
read the thickest book on your TBR
6. Eleven, twelve,
Dig and delve;
read an old favourite
I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere
7. Thirteen, fourteen,
Maids a-courting;
read a romance novel
Unfinished Portrait: A Novel of Romance and Suspense
8. Fifteen, sixteen,
Maids in the kitchen;
read a book that takes place in a prairie or has food on its cover
9. Seventeen, eighteen,
Maids a-waiting;
read a book you've been waiting to read
The Night Circus
10. Nineteen, twenty,
My plate's empty.
read the last book on your tbr list
Billie
6/6 **DONE
Reija wrote: "January1. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)"
I actually loved this book and have since gone on to purchase the whole series. I have only read the first and second books as I got caught up in other activities but plan on resuming the reading list this year.
Cassie wrote: "Reija wrote: "January1. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)"
I actually loved this book and have since gone on to purchase the whole series. I have only read the first a..."
Yeah, it was really promising! I like old Agatha style mystery stories, they have great feeling. I have to check other too, thanks for tip!
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1. Raisa Porrasmaa - Temppelin hämärästä matsurin vilinään : nojatuolimatka Japanin kulttuurihistoriaan
nimensä mukaisesti Japanin kulttuurihistoriaa temppelien kautta valotettuna. Enpä olisi kyllä lukenut tätä Suomen kirkkohistoriasta käsin
2. Erkka Mykkänen - Kolme maailmanloppua
Takakannen mukaan moderneja satuja, ehkä jotain Grimmin vinksahtaneita versiota
3. Tiina Raevaara - Laukaisu
Äitillä on pahapäivä
4. Kaikkea sattuu - tieteenpäivien luentoja
Vaihtelevan kiinnostavia luentoja sattuman osuudesta asioihin
5. Kauko Röyhkä, Arman Alizad - Armanin maailma
Kill Armanin ja Viimeisen ristiretken taustoja
6. Heli Järvenpää - Kadonneet kasvot
Äiti vihaa Kiinaa ja kirjoittaa jotain tarinaa
7. Iris Pasternack - Tautitehdas: Miten ylidiagnostiikka tekee meistä sairaita?
tilastollinen näkökulma ylidiagnostikkaan ja sen ongelmiin
8. Kira Poutanen - Ihana meri
tyttö katoaa anoreksian maailmaan tavoitellessaan täydellisyyttä
9. Tuija Lehtinen - Rosan talo
Lehtisen eka romaani jonka aineksia on kierrätetty kiitettävän usein uudemmissa romaaneissa
10. Tove Jansson - Näkymätön lapsi
Tovea parhaimmillaan
11. Edith Södergran - Elämäni, kuolemani ja kohtaloni: kootut runot
12. Carina Räihä - Huipuilta huipulle
13. Karo Hämäläinen, Miika Peltola - Urheilijan taivas + helvetti
14. Helena Telkänranta - Millaista on olla eläin?
15. Salla Simukka - Punainen kuin veri
16. Taina Latvala - Ennen kuin kaikki muuttuu
17. Emilia Vuorisalmi - Sekaisin LOVEsta
18. Baba Lybeck - Habaa
19. Jarno Härkönen - Kehonpainoharjoittelu
20. Tuuti Piippo - Futuremakers
21. Emmi Itäranta - Kudottujen kujien kaupunki
21/15 **DONE 19.9
Biographes/memoir1. An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
2. Yes Please
3. I am Zlatan Ibrahimovic
4. My Brief History
5. Reasons to Stay Alive
6. Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination
7. Huipulta huipulle
8. Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuado
9. Urheilijan taivas + helvetti
10. Habaa!
10/10 **DONE 4.10
[x] A book with 500 pages The Dovekeepers [ ] A classic romance
[x] A book that became a movie If I stay
[x] A book published this year Life, only better
[x] A book with a number in the title The Mystery of the 99 Steps
[x] A book written by someone under 30 Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador
[x] A book with nonhuman characters The Book with No Pictures
[x] A funny book Hyvin arvattu, Lotta
[x] A book with a female author Lullabies
[x] A mystery or thriller The Silkworm
[x] A book with a one-word title Billie
[x] A book of short stories A Touch of Dead
[x] A book set in a different country Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
[x] A nonfiction book An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
[x] A popular author's first book The Secret History
[x] A book from an author you love that you have not read yet Billie
[x] A book a friend recommended I am Zlatan Ibrahimovic
[ ] A Pulitzer Prize winning book
[x] A book based on a true story My Brief History
[x] A book at the bottom of your to-read list The Girl in the Spider's Web
[ ] A book your mom loves
[x] A book that scares you The Book of Strange New Things
[x] A book more than 100 years old Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
[x] A book based entirely on its cover Everyday
[x] A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't To Kill a Mockingbird
[x] A memoir Yes Please
[x] A book you can finish in a day Definitely Dead
[x] A book with antonyms in the title Dear Stranger: Letters on the Subject of Happiness
[x] A book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit Asioita jotka saavat sydämen lyömään nopeammin
[ ] A book that came out the year you were born
[x] A book with bad reviews Fifty shade of grey
[ ] A trilogy
[x] A book from your childhood Niin Lotan tapaista
[x] A book with a love triangle Another day
[x] A book set in the future Susanin vaikutus
[x] A book set in high school Resident Evil
[x] A book with a color in the title The Silver Linings Playbook
[x] A book that made you cry Case Histories
[x] A book with magic Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
[x] A graphic novel Future diary
[x] A book by an author you've never read before Kolme porttia
[x] A book you own but have never read The Silver Linings Playbook
[ ] A book that takes place in your hometown (or close to where you live)
[x] A book originally written in a different language Mr. Mercedes
[x] A book set during Christmas Niin Lotan tapaista
[ ] A book written by an author with your same initials
[ ] A play
[ ] A banned book
[x] A book based on or turned into a TV show Dead as a Doornail
[ ] A book you started but never finished
February11. The Dovekeepers - would prefer that every woman should have own voice and something else in their lives than just love and religion
12. Our Living Multiverse: A Book of Genesis in 0+7 Chapters - quite challenging story from the very beginning
13. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter #6) - finally next book this reread serie. Still good
14. The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike #2) - Rowling still has amazing ability write interesting stories if only she would write something nicer
15. Temppelin hämärästä matsurin vilinään : nojatuolimatka Japanin kulttuurihistoriaan - more historical than cultural story from Japan, quite bloody history have to say
16. Poisoned Apples: Poems for You, My Pretty - poetry for change, I needed some quick read but this was lovely, quite teensy but good
17. Resident Evil - Marhawa Desire tom 5 (Biohazard Marhawa Desire #5) - the end of zombies, or is it not. Apperently story continues on next game which I'm not gonna play
18. Future Diary, Volume 6 (Mirai Nikki #6) - it was too long for last book I almost forgot what happened before and what I liked this serie and this book not helped much. Well, at least six more book to go
19. Kolme porttia - coming age story in China
20. An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth - pretty interesting story, motivation and little bit depressing
21. Living Dead in Dallas (Sookie Stackhouse #2)- much better than I remembered and I kind of like how different it is than show
22. Future Diary, Volume 7 (Future Diary #7) - still kind of hard to get familiar the story, maybe I should have reread from the beginning
23. Why Didn't They Ask Evans? - I almost forget my montly Agatha, this was very Nancy Drew and I love it. She feels much more relaxed when she skip Poirot and Marple
24. Lullabies - another poerty. Maybe little bit too much love here, maybe there would have use some other things but all you need is love.
March25. Billie - new Gavalda, not as so good as I hoped but still pretty lovely
26. The Mystery of the 99 Steps (Nancy Drew #43) - I don't even remember to read this before. Paris was lovely
27. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - re-read, quite good even little bit too historic
28. Three Act Tragedy (Hercule Poirot #11) - nice action for Poirot book
29. Club Dead (Sookie Stackhouse #3) - weird.. story is different than show and this time it was worse I guess. Watching last season tv show is not helping
30. Salaisuuksien torni (Nummelan ponitalli #81) - oh my
31. The Silver Linings Playbook - even worse than the movie
32. The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket - quite of weird
33. Unfinished Portrait: A Novel of Romance and Suspense. - thought it would be more romantic story
34. I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere - still pretty good
35. Mr. Mercedes (Bill Hodges Trilogy #1) - two perspective gave something unique but I totally loath Mr Mercedes, I wish my King books with more paranormal stuff than usual crime book
36. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter #7) - finished! Still bad
April37. Veren Imussa (Sookie Stackhouse #4) - yeah.. so bloody
38. Kuvitetut klassikot : Maailmankirjallisuuden helmiä Hugleikurin tapaan - some nice ideas but.. quite short
39. Dead as a Doornail (Sookie Stackhouse #5) - Sookie seems to be my companion during Easter
40. Kolme maailmanloppua - modern fairytales but I'm really not like fairytales it seems
41. Definitely Dead (Sookie Stackhouse #6) - more Sookie and this one I liked! something else than tv-show which I dig totally
42. The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (Miss Marple #9) - too little Marple but nice story
43. Chocolat (Chocolat #1) - lovely writing but even if I read and have seen movie before, not remember it later.. but writing is worth checking her other books
44. Laukaisu - mama got enough
45. A Vision of Fire (Earthend Saga #1) - boring main character and at once, I wished there would have been more characters.. group felt too small
46. All Together Dead (Sookie Stackhouse #7) - more Sookie, I'm addicted this serie
47. Karkumatkalla - still perfect book. More I reread this, more I love it
48. Parempaa elämää - two stories, lovely on their own but in same book, I don't know. Leaving/changing is Gavalda's thing
49. From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse #8) - yeah, book after book.. nice.
50. Ragnarok (Canongate Myths #17) - hm.. myth is not my thing. I just keep thinking that weird young adult serie
51. A Touch of Dead (Sookie Stackhouse #4.1, 4.3, 5.1, 7.1 & 8.1) - some good, some better
52. Yes Please - I'm still not know who Amy Poehler is
53. Kaikkea sattuu - lectures of science days, more or less about coinsidence
Non west-european / middle age male writer / locatedFemale writer
Charlaine Harris (10)
Agatha Christie (7)
Joanne Harris (1)
Tiina Raevaara (1)
Anna Gavalda (2)
Gillian Andersson (1)
A.S. Byatt (1)
Amy Poehler (1)
Merri Vik (4)
Lauren Beukes (1)
E.L. James (1)
Heli Järvenpää (1)
Iris Pasternack (1)
Taiye Selasi (1)
Merja Jalo (3)
Donna Tartt (2)
Marina Keegan (1)
Gretchen Reynolds (2)
Catherine Clark (1)
Kira Poutanen (1)
Tuija Lehtinen (1)
Tove Jansson (1)
Lise Myhre (1)
Edith Södergran (1)
Kate Atkinson (4)
J.K. Rowling (1)
Taylor Jenkins Reid (1)
Sara Gruen (1)
Louisa Hall (1)
Harper Lee (1)
Sarah Gristwood (1)
Jasmine Warga (1)
Carina Räihä (1)
Angelina Jolie (1)
2ND QUARTER CHALLENGE: SHARON'S SPRING CHALLENGEDuration: April 1 - June 30, 2015
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SPRING
1. Spring Ahead! The phrase "Spring forward, Fall back" helps people remember how Daylight Saving Time affects their clocks. At 2 a.m. on the second Sunday in March, we set our clocks forward one hour ahead of Standard Time. Read a book about time travel.
The Shining Girls
2. Spring into action - to suddenly begin moving or doing something. Read a book where a character makes an impetuous decision.
3. Spring is a Season! Spring is one of the four conventional temperate seasons following winter and preceding summer. There are various technical definitions of spring, but local usage of the term varies according to local climate, cultures and customs. When it is spring in the Northern Hemisphere, it will be autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. Read a book that takes place in the Spring.
Chocolat by Joanne Harris
4. A spring is a natural source of water – read a book with water on the cover or that takes place on the water.
5. Spring, a mechanical device that stores energy. Read a steampunk book - Steampunk is a subgenre of speculative fiction, usually set in an anachronistic Victorian or quasi-Victorian alternate history setting. It could be described by the slogan "What the past would look like if the future had happened sooner." It includes fiction with science fiction, fantasy or horror themes. Most steampunk books have mechanical devices in them.
6. Spring Cleaning. Spring cleaning is the practice of thoroughly cleaning a house in the springtime. The practice of spring cleaning is especially prevalent in climates with a cold winter. The most common usage of spring cleaning refers to the yearly act of cleaning a house from top to bottom which would take place in the first warm days of the year typically in spring, hence the name. However it has also come to be synonymous with any kind of heavy duty cleaning or organizing enterprise. A person who gets their affairs in order before an audit or inspection could be said to be doing some spring cleaning. Read a book that has been on your TBR list the longest.
7. Spring Break is a vacation period in early spring at universities and schools in various countries in the northern hemisphere. Read a book that takes place at a college or during spring break.
The Secret History
8. Spring goes in like a lion and out like a lamb. With March being such a changeable month, in which we can see warm spring-like temperatures or late-season snowstorms, you can understand how this saying might hold true in some instances. We can only hope that if March starts off cold and stormy it will end warm and sunny, but the key word is hope. Read a book where weather plays an important part to the plot.
All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
Hurricane Katherina plays role (missing people)
9. She’s/He’s no Spring Chicken. New England chicken farmers discovered that chickens born in the Spring bought better prices, rather than old birds that had gone through the winter etc. Sometimes farmers tried to sell the old birds as a new spring born chicken. Smart buyers often complained that a tough fowl was "no spring chicken" and so the term now is used to represent birds (and even people) past their plump and tender years. Read an old favorite or a book you have been putting off reading.
Breaking away by Anna Gavalda
10. Hope Springs Eternal is from a poem An Essay on Man by Alexander Pope – people always hope for the best, even in the face of adversity. Will continue to hope even though they have evidence that things cannot possible turn out the way they want. Read a book of poetry or a book about a poet.
Elämäni, kuolemani ja kohtaloni: kootut runot by Edith Södergran
11. Spring to mind - to appear suddenly or immediately in your thoughts. Read a book that was released in 2015 or the newest book on your TBR list.
Life, only better by Anna Gavalda
12. Spring in his step If you walk with or have a spring in your step, you walk energetically in a way that shows you are feeling happy and confident. Read a book that has a character who exhibits these characteristics or an action genre book.
7/7 **DONE
May54. Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly (Hercule Poirot Mysteries) - the shorter version, introductions were the best part, story was pretty much same
55. Mikä uutinen, Lotta (Lotta #46) - the last book of the serie, everything goes little bit too smoothly
56. Death in the Clouds (Hercule Poirot #12) - quite good Poirot, no Doctor Who references.. except wasp
57. Niin Lotan tapaista (Lotta #2) - for change, Lotta is 13 and Paul is yuck
58. I am Zlatan Ibrahimovic - pretty good but quite lot football
59. Hyvin arvattu, Lotta! (Lotta #11) - more Lotta
60. Onnellisten ukkojen käsikirja: 109 keinoa elämän huippuhetkien saavuttamiseksi - it was aimed retired old men but some points work any age
61. My Brief History - short biography by Stephen Hawking and his famoust theories
62. Reasons to Stay Alive - memoir of depression and collection facts and self-help
63. The Shining Girls - timetravelling murder where Stephen King meets Weeping Angels
64. Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades #1) - well, you think it is bad, it is worst
65. Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse #9) - little bit too much happening for Sookie for myh taste
66. Armanin maailma - Kill Armans and Viimeinen ristiretki backstories
67. Kadotetut kasvot - äiti vihaa Kiinaa
68. Tautitehdas: Miten ylidiagnostiikka tekee meistä sairaita? - problems with overdianostics, statistics perspective
69. Ghana must go - family story, quite good and story within couple of days work fine
70. Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourselves, One Rainy Day at a Time - I may be British in my heart
71. The Secret History - I waited this to be mind blowing but it didn't quite get there. But I enjoyed, and maybe sometimes later I could re-read it and enjoy feeling more and be scared how they end up
72. The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories - fiction worked better for me, she used many ideas over and over again
73. What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions - more editing would maybe make it better
74. Saalistaja (Nummelan ponitalli #82) - how hard is to chatch that f*cking horse
75. The First 20 Minutes: The Surprising Science That Reveals How We Can Exercise Better, Train Smarter, Live Longer - good points but little bit boring to read, at least I took ages to finish it
June76. Like Mother, Like Daughter (Gilmore Girls #1) - more family version of Gilmore Girls (if that is even possible) but still.. I love girls and this wasn't that bad, maybe it could have took little bit more off script
77. A Caribbean Mystery (Miss Marple #10) - why miss Maprle has to be so old.. but scenery was great, Caribbean seemed pretty lovely even with murders
78. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce #1) - quickly reread the first Flavia, liked it more than the first round
79. Ihana meri - reread (seeing theme here) ya anorexia story, liked it more than before. I hope I will like her other books more now too, but I don't think so
80. Rosan Talo - chick lit, her first novel where were so many ideas she has used over and over later
81. Kuolema ei ole lasten leikkiä (Flavia de Luce #2) - it took forever to start the story and reading same time The little friend really doesn't help because there has been so many same themes, even names and same situations, that this feels very weak. Too bad.
82. Nenä kirjaan, Lotta - everything little bit too smootly, not so funny anymore
83. Näkymätön lapsi - Tove at her best
84. It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want To Be - marketing stuff, some good points
85. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland #2) - this was so great! so much better than the first part
86. The Little Friend - better than Secret history, cannnot wait to start next Tartt
87. Kuin lumottuna (Nemi albums #30) - Nemi rocks
88. The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Series #1) - oh, I didn't believe I could miss Poirot but I really did. This was such a mess.
89. Dead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse #10) - wtf. I used to like this serie, too much going on
90. The Gilmore Girls Companion - amazing companion for wonderful tv-show: cast memoirs, episode guide, fun facts, quotes.. pretty much everything you wish for
91. A Man Called Ove - it was getting sligtly better to the end but, who care crumpy old man anymore
92. Modesty Blaise (Modesty Blaise, #1) - something good for change. I love Modesty
93. 30-Second Theories: The 50 Most Thought-provoking Theories in Science, Each Explained in Half a Minute - pretty nice even though many times even 60 seconds theory would be better, but good introduction espesially if they would be better reading list
94. Lock In (Lock In #1) - I bet this would have been better if I could have imagine robots look different, it was weird solving murder mystery with r2d2
95. Dead Reckoning (Sookie Stackhouse #11) - quite good Sookie, only two books to go, I wonder what will happen to Sookie in the end
96. Elämäni, kuolemani ja kohtaloni: kootut runot - I thought I would like this more, older ones were more my style
97. The Childhood of Jesus - well I think you can these ideas too from Lampedusa stuff..
98. Sabre-Tooth (Modesty Blaise #2) - the second Modesty, these still rock
99. Behind the Scenes at the Museum - pretty great!
July100. The Book with No Pictures - hm.. maybe it is better with little friend
101. The Martian - just wondering if was all worth it
102. To Kill a Mockingbird (To Kill a Mockingbird #1) - pretty good
103. Six Earlier Days (Every Day 0.5) - kind of interesting intro to serie
104. The ABC Murders (Hercule Poirot #13) - pretty good Poirot, at least he was active not worry about age (except coloring his hair)
105. Deadlocked (Sookie Stackhouse #12) - this serie is soon ending
106. Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination - after good reviews I expected way more, pretty typical graduation speech, drawing were good
107. Every Day (Every Day #1) - I really loved idea, when love was almost everything we need I kind of got bored but in the end I liked it. Thinking Host and this is like day and night.. even if I wanted to revisit that later.. The idea is really wonderful.. I just keep thinking of it. What a day maters vs the day is all we had
108. Dead Ever After (Sookie Stackhouse #13) - after vampires, weres, witches, fairies etc we got a devil. Yeah.. I don't know about ending, I wasn't team for anything, so I don't know if I'm happy. Amazing how all money seem to find her..
109. Maybe in Another Life - different timelines because of choice but little too neat versions
110. The Five People You Meet in Heaven - pretty annoying have to say. But I see theme here: circus/amusement park part 1
111. The First 20 Minutes Personal Trainer: The Right—and the Wrong—Workouts for Everyone - little updates for her earlier stuff, pretty much same
112. Human Croquet - little bit too twisted timelines, even for me
113. Water for Elephants - circus/amusement part 2, pretty fine re-read, nothign special and unbelievable love story
THIRD QUARTER CHALLENGE: CLEAR THE SHELVESDuration: July 1 - September 30, 2015
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As we move into the second half of the year, it's time to clear our shelves! Many of us (myself included) have shelves full of books that we haven't read. In my case I buy cheap books at secondhand stores or yard sales so my entire top shelf of my bookcase is full of unread books. Others don't buy books, but have to-read lists that are getting out of control.
Either way, pick a goal and try to clear those many books off your shelves!
Feel free to make this your own - you can add extra requirements, like using a random number generator to select books like our randomizer challenge. You could limit the challenge to books you actually own, or tackle the books that have been on your to-read list the longest.
Books from my home shelves which are new to me
1. The Martian
2. Deadlocked
3. Dead Ever After
4. I Love You, You Idiot (Gilmore Girls #2)
5. Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Official 50th Anniversary Companion
6. Huipulta huipulle
7. Dear Stranger: Letters on the Subject of Happiness
8. The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
9. A Wild Sheep Chase
10. The Other Side of Summer
10/10 **DONE 27.9
Kindle
1. The Book with No Pictures
2. Six Earlier Days (Every Day 0.5)
3. Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination
4. Every Day (Every Day #1)
5. Maybe in Another Life
6. The Five People You Meet in Heaven
7. The First 20 Minutes Personal Trainer: The Right—and the Wrong—Workouts for Everyone
8. Speak
9. My Heart and Other Black Holes
10. Another Day
11. The Miniaturist
THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTER CHALLENGE: GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDSDuration: July 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
See the second post for the rules of the challenge (there's a separate thread for a similarly themed contest).
Every November, the Goodreads Choice Awards come around, and readers get to vote on the best books of the year. To encourage members to read the books that may be in the running this year, we thought it'd be fun to have a challenge AND a contest around this event.
These were 2014's categories (they sometimes change, so we can't guarantee that these will be the 2015 categories):
Fiction
A God in Ruins: A Novel (Todd Family)
Speak: A Novel
Between the World and Me
Almost Famous Women: Stories
Ask Me Twice
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
A Reunion of Ghosts
The Country of Ice Cream Star
A Darker Shade of Magic
Mystery & Thriller
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Romance
Science Fiction
Horror
Humor
Modern Romance
Nonfiction
Future Crimes: Everything Is Connected, Everyone Is Vulnerable and What We Can Do About It
Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic
Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics
Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis
Memoir & Autobiography
Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination
It Was Me All Along: A Memoir
It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War
Girl in a Band: A Memoir
Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery
Some Things I Did for Money
The Last Pilot
Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs
History & Biography
Business Books
Food & Cookbooks
Graphic Novels & Comics
Poetry
Debut Goodreads Author
Young Adult Fiction
Young Adult Fantasy
Middle Grade & Children's
Picture Books
**
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1. nonfiction, memoir
Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination
by J.K. Rowling, Joel Holland (Illustrations)
Harvard graduation speech from 2008 illustrated version
2. fiction, romance
Maybe in another life
one choice makes two different story lines, even if pretty much same things seem to happen
3. fiction
Go Set a Watchman
4. fiction
Speak
Many layers and story lines which didn't really come together
5. Young Adult Fiction, Debut Goodreads Author
My heart and other black holes
teen age couple made suicide plans
6. memoir, self-help, non-fiction
Dear Stranger: Letters on the Subject of Happiness
7. Young Adult Fiction
Another day
one of the most disappointing book of year. Totally waste of time if you have read Everyday, this books half of it (literally) and other half is not interesting at all
8. fiction, mystery & thiller
The Girl in the Spider's Web
9. fiction, mystery & thiller, Debut Goodreads Author
The Girl on the Train
10. Young Adult Fiction
The thing about jellyfish
11. non-fiction
The soul of an octopus
12. Young Adult Fiction
The rest of us just live here
12/10 **DONE 24.10
+ Urheilijan taivas + helvetti
+ Millaista on olla eläin?
+ Sekaisin LOVEsta
+ Jatkoaika
+ Futuremakers
THE TRAVEL CHALLENGEDuration: August 1 - August 31, 2015
August's theme is holidays abroad, so let's travel through books! Set a goal for the number of miles or kilometers you plan to travel. With every book you read, choose the setting (or settings) and calculate how many miles there are between that point and the previous point using this calculator.
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Starting point: Imatra, Finland
OMG, great challenge! My goal 20,000 **done 8.8
2nd goal: 50 000. **done 15.8
3rd goal: 100 000. **done 25.8
4th goal: 200 000. **done 30.8
Starting point: Imatra, Finland
1. Joyland
to Joyland, North Carolina, US 4480.549
total: 4480.549
2. I, Lucifer
to Paris, France 4039.804
to London, UK 213.686
to Yugoslavia 1032.939
to Sylt, Nordfriesland, Germany 862.875
to Stockholm, Sweden 476.135
to Macao, Philippinies 5932.327
total: 12 557.766
3. I Love You, You Idiot
to Hartford, Connecticut, US 8008.437
total 8008.437
4. And Then There Were None
to Devon, UK 3221.470
total 3221.470
5. Go Set a Watchman
to Maycomb, Alabama US 4296.321
total 4296.321
6. Speak
to England 4379.905
to Texas, US 4847.890
total 9227,795
7. A Taste for Death
to Panama 2058.398
to London, UK 5283.506
to Mus, Algeria 1127.719
to Cannes, France 706.463
total 9176,086
8. Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Official 50th Anniversary Companion
to New York, US 3987.442
total 3987.442
9. Takaa-ajo vuorilla
to Italy 4290.234
total 4290.234
10. Asioita jotka saavat sydämen lyömään nopeammin
to Espoo, Finland 1367.755
to Kioto, Japan 4802.687
to Tokyo, Japan 228.736
to London, UK 5945.839
to Vihti, Finland 1119.461
to Phuket, Thailand 5203.562
to Normand, France 6179.017
total: 24 847,057
11. My Heart and Other Black Holes
to Kentucky, US 4093.076
total: 4093.076
12. Emotionally Weird
to Devon, UK 3871.481
total: 3871.481
13. Casino Royal
to Paris, France 312.929
to London, UK 213.711
total: 526,64
14. Huipuilta huipulle
to Mount Everest, Nepal 4613.623
to Espoo, Finland 3618.158
to Koh Mak, Thailand 5099.009
to Gunung Agung, Indonesia 1657.937
to Tocclaraju, Peru 10938.232
to Aconcagua, Argentina 1679.803
total: 27 606,762
15.Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador
to Abidjan, Ivory coast 5057.137
to Freetown, Sierra Leone 668.711
to Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania 3772.114
to Geneva, Switzerland 4196.835
to Cambodia 6014.824
to Islambad, Pakistan 2483.700
to Ibarra, Ecuador 9442.150
total: 31 635,471
16. Dear Stranger: Letters on the Subject of Happiness
to England 5657.265
total: 5657.265
17.The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
from Cassanda I got bored to write down place during this month..
- Flen, Sweden (836.8 mi)
- Aragon, Spain (1424.0 mi)
- Lisbon, Portugal (478.6 mi)
- Los Alamos, NM (5069.1 mi)
- Shanghai, China (6869.5 mi)
- Tehran, Iran (3966.6 mi)
- London, England (2736.1 mi)
- St. Petersburg, Russia (1306.7 mi)
- Vladivostok, Russia (4065.5 mi)
- Pyongyang, North Korea (428.6 mi)
- Kuta, Bali, Indonesia (3371.7 mi)
- Paris, France (7712.7 mi)
- Falköping, Sweden (790.1 mi)
total: 51,813
209 296.929/ 200 000 **DONE 30.8**
August 114. Joyland - pretty good King
115. I, Lucifer (Modesty Blaise #3) - good Modesty with bonus all those travelling miles
116. I Love You, You Idiot - so close tv script that it almost bores me
117. And Then There Were None - what is wrong with me and Agatha's classics, those just not work. And anniversary weekend of Utöja is not great weekend to read this
118. Go Set a Watchman (To Kill a Mockingbird) - little bit preechy but at least no lawsuits going on
119. Speak - too many levels and story lines which not come together
120. A Taste for Death (Modesty Blaise #4) - and we met Diana
121. Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Official 50th Anniversary Companion - lovely movie companion
122. Takaa-ajo vuorilla (Nummelan ponitalli, #83) - finally caught the horse or if he..
123. Asioita jotka saavat sydämen lyömään nopeammin - still amazing
124. My Heart and Other Black Holes - teenage couple made suicide pack
125. Emotionally Weird - WHAT. too weird and the most sleepy book ever, I fell asleep like every time I tried to read this
126. Casino Royale (James Bond (Original Series) #1) - booooring
127. Huipulta Huipulle - mount Everest and self-help motivation is same book
128. Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador - rereading this for travelling challenge, still good eye opener
129. Dear Stranger: Letters on the Subject of Happiness - some good, some not so
130. The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared - boring
September131. Another Day (Every Day #2) - just f*cking stupid
132. The Girl in the Spider's Web (Millennium Trilogy #4) - ok book, not sure if he needed to bring Millennium to this, the story would probably work fine by its own
133. Urheilijan taivas + helvetti - punch of sports stories, little bit too different, so good, some not so interesting
134. Case Histories (Jackson Brodie #1) - after totally amazing the first chapter there were too many story lines for my taste but ok
135. Parker Pyne Investigates (Ariadne Oliver #1) - pretty nice, Parker Pyne was intersting charapter, not so murder stuff than usually with Agatha
136. By the Pricking of My Thumbs (Tommy and Tuppence #4) - really good, quite sad murder mystery
137. The Girl on the Train - I really had force myself to finish this, couldn't care less of any characters
138. Millaista on olla eläin? - really good book about how animals see life (insticts, feelings etc) not so different from us at all
139. As Red as Blood (Lumikki Andersson #1) - teenage girl kicks ass Russian mafia
140. A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat #3) - sometimes works.. and sheeps after all..
141. The Other Side of Summer (Gilmore Girls #4) - not work.. if you write just Rory's side, you should then tell something outside the tv script
142. One Good Turn (Jackson Brodie #2) - little bit too many characters but quite interesting
143. Ennen kuin kaikki muuttuu - short story collections, some pretty good
144. While the Light Lasts - Agatha's short story collection, some I read before
145. Trainspotting (Mark Renton #2) - third time (?) charm.. not liking really
146. The Miniaturist - I hate historical fiction
147. Armon aika - rereading before second part, still not amazing
October148. Jatkoaika - mabye I should give up with this writer, chick-lit is not my genre
149. When Will There Be Good News? (Jackson Brodie #3) - really good Brodie, and very nice story line not so typical crime story line (in writing wise)
150. Sekaisin LOVEsta - like school project, you could have try more
151. Habaa - Baba's training ideas
152. Started Early, Took My Dog (Jackson Brodie #4) - pretty good part of serie
153. Please Look After Mom - really beautiful but sad
154. The Time Traveler's Wife - third time charm, it was getting better this time
155. Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii (Mr. Monk #2) - pretty good, mostly fun
156. Kielletyn laakson tarinat ja muita klassikoita - great Barks story and Don Rosas follow ups
157. The Thing About Jellyfish - jellyfishes were fine but other wise quite boring but short
158. Susanin vaikutus - how much it sucks when your favorite writer does not impress you, maybe I should reread earlier book to see if I was wrong
159. Death Comes As the End - I have finished some time ago but it keeps coming my bookshelf.. well, even Agatha cannot make historic fiction interesting but murder mystery was fine
160. Kulmikkaiden munien jäljillä ja muita klassikoita - really good Barks and Don Rosa book
161. Nemesis (Miss Marple #12) - pretty eerie and beautiful
162. The Sleeper and the Spindle - retelling Sleeping beauty with twist, didn't like much about graphics
163. Kehonpainoharjoittelu - some bodyweight training tips, pretty good
164. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory - too much things outside dieing business
165. Consider Phlebas (Culture #1) - do I really like this serie or was this book just so boring
166. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - interesting story line but could we get science book just without history stuff.. well, maybe there were reasons why those are included but it made it pretty boring sometimes
November167. Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse (Mr. Monk #1)- not so good as the second book, Monk is pretty irritating
168. A Red Herring Without Mustard (Flavia de Luce #3) - really good! I have to continue the serie
169. Modesty Blaise Vihreä kobra - Modesty at best
170. Life after life - even better than the first round. Absolutely amazing
171. The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness - octopus stuff was interesting but imo there was too much stuff about writer's life. How about science book about just pure science
172. Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot #15) - pretty good Poirot and mrs Oliver was there too (positive things) quite interesting mystery
173. Not the End of the World - little bit weird short story collection of Kate Atkinson (which I forgot her complete work list)
174. Ready Player One - it works like goood game, just one more time
175. The Rest of Us Just Live Here - wonderful idea to see world outside hero's eyes but in the end wtf
176. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics - pretty good
177. Nemi - vastatuuleen (#31) - sparkling and good, little bit light in the dark
178. We Were Liars - really beautiful and haunting writing but plot was totally awful
ADVENT CALENDAR CHALLENGEDuration: December 1 - December 31, 2015
Many countries around the world use advent calendars or Christmas calendars to celebrate the month of December. For some people, the calendar has religious significance, but for others it's a secular, non-religious tradition.
For this challenge, there are two options:
A) Starting on Dec. 1 and ending on Dec. 24, read a short story (or a poem!) every day. Use stories or poems from collections, magazines, or the internet - there's lot of good short fiction available for free from many publishers.
B) Starting on Dec. 1: Split a novel into 24 chunks and portion your reading so that you read the last chunk on Dec. 24. (Ideally the novel has 24 chapters to start with! But as long as you can manage to count out even-sized* chunks, it'll work.)
* Most calendars provide a bigger treat for Dec 24.
Any novel or bunch of stories will work - but seasonal themes like winter, kindness, family, friendship, gift-giving, etc will definitely work well with the whole spirit of the season.
If you'd rather keep reading past the 24th, you're welcome to try for the whole month!
I'll be reading short stories from
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams: Storiesby Stephen King*
1. Mile 81 – Scribner e. 2011 – Archived Promo Page
2. Premium Harmony – The New Yorker 2009
3. Batman and Robin Have an Altercation – Harpers 2012
4. The Dune – Granta 2011
5. Bad Little Kid – New; Serial
6. A Death – The New Yorker 2015
7. The Bone Church – Playboy 2009
8. Morality – Esquire 2009
9. Afterlife – Tin House 2013
10. Ur – Amazon 2009 – Archived Promo Page
11. Herman Wouk is Still Alive – The Atlantic 2011
12. Under the Weather – Paperback & Full Dark No Stars
13. Blockade Billy – Cemetery Dance Limited Edition 2010 – Archived Promo Page
14. Mister Yummy – New; Serial
15. Tommy – Playboy 2010
16. The Little Green God of Agony – A Book of Horrors 2011 Archived Online Comic
17. That Bus is Another World – Esquire 2014
18. Obits – New; Serial
19. Drunken Fireworks – Simon & Schuster Audio 2015 – Promo Page
20. Summer Thunder – Cemetery Dance 2013
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman+
01. Making a Chair
02. A Lunar Labyrinth
03. The Thing about Cassandra
04. Down to the Sunless Sea
05. “The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains . . . “
06. My Last Landlady
07. Adventure Story
08. ORANGE
09. A Calender of Tales
10. The Case of Death and Honey
11. The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury
12. Jerusalem
13. Click-Clack the Rattlebag
14. An Invocation of Incuriousity
15. “And Weep, Like Alexander”
16. Nothing O’Clock
17. Pearls: A Fairy Tale
18. Kether to Malkuth
19. Feminine Endings
20. Observing the Formalities
21. The Sleeper and the Spindle
22. Witch Work
23. In Relig Odhrain
24. Black Dog
***
Advent calendar
1. Jerusalem+
2. Premium Harmony*
3. Click-Clack the Rattlebag+
4. Batman and Robin Have an Altercation*
5. The Dune*, An Invocation of Incuriousity+
6. Bad Little Kid*
7. A Death*
8. The Bone Church*
9. “And Weep, Like Alexander”+
10. Morality*, Nothing O’Clock+
11. Pearls: A Fairy Tale+
12. Kether to Malkuth+, Feminine Endings+, Observing the Formalities+
13. The Sleeper and the Spindle+
14. Afterlife*
15. Tommy*
16. Black Dog+
17. Ur+
18. Herman Wouk is Still Alive+
19. Under the Weather* Blockade Billy*
20. Mister Yummy*
21. The Little Green God of Agony*
22. That Bus is Another World* Obits*
23. Drunken Fireworks* Summer Thunder*
24. The Fir Tree by Tove Jansson
24/24 **DONE
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December179. Wool Omnibus (Silo #1) - pretty typical dystopia with claustrophia feeling
180. Rain: A Natural and Cultural History - would be nicer with more natural and less cultural history because of rain could actually be interesting
181. Sleeping Murder (Miss Marple #13) - goodbye Marple, I will miss you
182. The City of Woven Streets - little bit weird
183. The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower #1) - and here we go again..
184. Hiroshima - survavior stories
185. Foundation (Foundation Universe) - talking, political sci-fi classic. And boring
186. Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances - some good some I didn't quite get
187. A God in Ruins - pretty good revisited Life after life world
188. Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike #3) - creepy, awful and lovely writing. I just don't like that much about crime fiction
189. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams: Stories - some creepy and some pretty wonderful short stories
190. I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (Flavia de Luce #4) - Christmas story
Duration: January 1st, 2015 - December 31st, 2015
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For this challenge, pick a book to read for each genre. You get TWO FREE PASSES (for genres you're just not interested in), so you'll read a total of 14 books over the course of the year. We chose the mods' favourite genres for this and hope you enjoy them! This is to try new genres that you may not have picked out on your own. Feel free to post some of your favourites of the different genres in this thread to give others ideas.
Kara's Favourites
Natural History Nonfiction The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
Magical Realism The Night Circus
Business Nonfiction It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want To Be
Post-apocalyptic Wool Omnibus
Zara's Favourites
Religion The Book of Strange New Things
Fiction Contact
Young Adult Everyday
Chick-Lit Maybe in Another Life
Craig's Favourites
Heroic Fantasy Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Military Science Fiction
Classics A Bear Called Paddington
Gaming Fiction Ready Player One
Cassandra's Favourites
Social Science Fiction Foundation
World History Hiroshima - survavior stories
Biography-Memoir An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
High Fantasy The Sleeper and the Spindle
15/15 **DONE