2015 Reading Challenge [Closed] discussion

I have my plan, based on books I've been buying for years and they remain on my shelf unread. I typically read about 20 books a year so 52 seems like a stretch, so I gave myself 5 that I read in 2014. If I finish early, I'll replace those. Total of 18,406 pages. Ouch.

WEEKS & TOPICS
1. a book with more than 500 pages- Wool by Hugh Howey
2. a romance-The Princess Bride by William Goldman
3. a book that became a movie- The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
4. a book published this year- Four: A Divergent Story Collection by Veronica Roth or The City of Mirrors by Justin Cronin
5. a book with a number in the title- 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
6. a book written by someone under 30- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
7. a book with nonhuman characters- Watership Down by Richard Adams
8. a funny book- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
9. a book by a female author- Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
10. a mystery or thriller- Sharp Objectsby Gillian Flynn
11. a book with a one-word title- Room by Emma Donoghue
12. a book of short stories- The Last Mimzy by Henry Kuttner
13. a book set in a different country- Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
14. a nonfiction book- Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg
15. a popular author's first book- Carrie by Stephen King
16. a book from your favorite author that you haven't read yet- Five Patients by Michael Crichton
17. a book a friend recommended- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
18. a Pulitzer-prize winning book- The Road by Cormac McCarthy
19. a book based on a true story- The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer
20. a book at the bottom of your to read list- Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
21. a book your mom loves- The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity by Wm. Paul Young
22. a book that scares you- Alien by Alan Dean Foster
23. a book more than 100 years old- The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
24. a book based entirely on its cover- How to Build an Android: The True Story of Philip K. Dick's Robotic Resurrection by David F. Dufty
25. a book you were supposed to read in school but didn't- The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
26. a memoir- Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
27. a book you can finish in a day- The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains by Neil Gaiman
28. a book with antonyms in the title- Summer Morning, Summer Night by Ray Bradbury
29. a book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit- Contact by Carl Sagan
30. a book that came out the year you were born- Misery by Stephen King
31. a book with bad reviews- Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
32. a trilogy (the first)- The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
33. a trilogy (the second)- The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
34. a trilogy (the third)- The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
35. a book from your childhood- Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
36. a book with a love triangle- Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
37. a book set in the future- The Maze Runner by James Dashner
38. a book set in high school- We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
39. a book with a color in the title- Green Shadows, White Whale: A Novel of Ray Bradbury's Adventures Making Moby Dick with John Huston in Ireland by Ray Bradbury
40. a book that made/makes you cry- New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
41. a book with magic- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
42. a graphic novel- The Dark Tower, Volume 1: The Gunslinger Born by Robin Furth
43. a book by an author you've never read before- Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
44. a book you own but have never read- Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
45. a book that takes place in your hometown- American Gods by Neil Gaiman
46. a book that was originally written in another language- Battle Royale by Koushun Takami or All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka
47. a book set during Christmas (or similar holiday)- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
48. a book written by an author with your same initials- A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
49. a play- The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler or The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler or Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
50. a banned book- The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
51. a book based on OR turned into a tv show- The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta
52. a book you started but never finished- The Children of Men by P.D. James

Nice to see Wool here. I read it on march, plus the 2 sequels. I was not always happy with the story pace but Howey has built something impressive with Silo, so it was really interesting to discover it. I'll read Sand on week 37, its world is intriguing too.

We'll read The Road & The Night Circus the same weeks :)

Wool is amazing but let me tell you that, when I finished it, I didn't knew there were sequels and I cursed the book and the author and everyone. You can imagine my hapiness when I found out it was a trilogy.

Crap, I didn't realize. Guess I may have to move some stuff around to accommodate, I'm sure I'll want to read the other two.

Yes, if you like Wool, you'll want to read Shift and Dust for sure. The 2nd explain why silos exist (it's an interesting prequel) and the 3rd is the about Wool/Shift heroes and ends the story :)
Haha poor Bruno :D I read them one after another, couldn't resist to learn the why and then!

We'll be reading Carrie at the same time! Splendid. Have you read it before? I think I have, but in Finnish, aaaages ago.

Same trilogy! I think no body will read the same trilogy because people already read it but no! It's great ^^
And The Hobbit too, a great year ^^

Wow! You're really organised. I like your list.

The Hobbit was the first thing that sprang to mind when I thought of a book turned into a film, unfortunately I just finished rereading it in December so I don't want to read it quite so soon.

I've been having a hard time finding a book set in high school. We Need to Talk About Kevin sounds interesting so I'm going to join you on that. And now I also want to read Wool after reading the comments!

I've been wanting to read We Need to Talk About Kevin for a while now. I broke down and watched the movie last night and I don't think I'll ever read the book. I'm in the mental health field so I tend to like psychological movies. But it was probably the most frustrating/mentally exhausting movie I've ever seen. I have a feeling a lot was lost in the translation since only so much emotion/thought can be conveyed in a movie in comparison to a book. Maybe my bravery will increase and I'll read it down the road.