2015 Reading Challenge [Closed] discussion

So, I might go a little bit out of order in the beginning, because I just checked out a few books from the library that I need to finish before I head back to school. They all apply to the challenge, though. After I finish them I'll try to stay on track with the challenge, but I'm taking seven classes next semester (some with their own books to read) soo...we'll see how that goes.

1. a book with more than 500 pages- Dragonfly in Amber
2. a romance- Emma
3. a book that became a movie- The Jane Austen Book Club
4. a book published this year- Hollow City
5. a book with a number in the title-The One (finished)
6. a book written by someone under 30-Everything Is Illuminated
7. a book with nonhuman characters- Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
8. a funny book-Bridget Jones's Diary
9. a book by a female author- The Elite (finished)
10. a mystery or thriller-The Cuckoo's Calling
11. a book with a one-word title-Cinder (finished)
12. a book of short stories-One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories
13. a book set in a different country-Voyager
14. a nonfiction book- Shakespeare's Pub: A Barstool History of London as Seen Through the Windows of Its Oldest Pub - The George Inn
15. a popular author's first book-This Side of Paradise
16. a book from your favorite author that you haven't read yet-The Casual Vacancy
17. a book a friend recommended- The Diviners
18. a Pulitzer-prize winning book-Olive Kitteridge
19. a book based on a true story- Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
20. a book at the bottom of your to read list- The Reader
21. a book your mom loves- Three Men in a Boat
22. a book that scares you- The Silence of the Lambs (it doesn't really scare me, but it's all I can think of!)
23. a book more than 100 years old- Persuasion
24. a book based entirely on its cover- The Doll: The Lost Short Stories
25. a book you were supposed to read in school but didn't- ?? I read them all!
26. a memoir- Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen: How One Girl Risked Her Marriage, Her Job, and Her Sanity to Master the Art of Living
27. a book you can finish in a day- Fortunately, the Milk
28. a book with antonyms in the title- North and South
29. a book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit- An Irish Country Doctor
30. a book that came out the year you were born- The Golden Compass
31. a book with bad reviews- The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (I've seen many bad reviews of this book on this site, so I'm counting it.)
32. a trilogy (the first)- The Maze Runner
33. a trilogy (the second)- The Scorch Trials
34. a trilogy (the third)- The Death Cure
35. a book from your childhood- The Two Princesses of Bamarre
36. a book with a love triangle- Throne of Glass (finished)
37. a book set in the future- Life, the Universe and Everything
38. a book set in high school- Crescendo
39. a book with a color in the title- Anne of Green Gables
40. a book that made/makes you cry- If I Stay
41. a book with magic- Garden Spells (finished)
42. a graphic novel- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1
43. a book by an author you've never read before- Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
44. a book you own but have never read- The Devil Wears Prada
45. a book that takes place in your hometown- Gone with the Wind
46. a book that was originally written in another language- The Little Prince
47. a book set during Christmas (or similar holiday)- Hogfather
48. a book written by an author with your same initials- Mary Engelbreit's Mother Goose: One Hundred Best-Loved Verses
49. a play- Twelfth Night
50. a banned book- The Catcher in the Rye
51. a book based on OR turned into a tv show- Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
52. a book you started but never finished- The Stockholm Octavo

We've got some of the same books on our lists. :-) I'm reading Emma at the moment and really enjoying it.

Good luck.

I was floundering for a book turned into a TV show until I read your plan, so I'm adding Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell to my list! Thank you!

Vespers9 wrote: "I was floundering for a book turned into a TV show until I read your plan, so I'm adding Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell to my list! Thank you!"

Glad I could help! It's going to be a BBC miniseries.