2015 Reading Challenge [Closed] discussion

So, fellow readers, here is the first version of my list. Since I am a believer in the Reader's Bill of Rights, :-) , I reserve the right to not finish a book or switch if I don't like the one I picked.

Cheers,
Amy


1. a book with more than 500 pages - Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
2. a romance - The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
3. a book that became a movie - The Princess Bride by William Goldman
4. a book published this year - Trust No One by Jayne Ann Krentz
5. a book with a number in the title - First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones
6. a book written by someone under 30 - The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
7. a book with nonhuman characters - Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
8. a funny book - William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope by Ian Doescher
9. a book by a female author - The King's Curse by Philippa Gregory
10. a mystery or thriller - The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry
11. a book with a one-word title - Territory by Emma Bull
12. a book of short stories - Selections from The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by John Joseph Adams
13. a book set in a different country - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
14. a nonfiction book - When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II by Molly Guptill Manning
15. a popular author's first book - Lady Thief by Kay Hooper
16. a book from your favorite author that you haven't read yet - Child of Faerie, Child of Earth by Josepha Sherman
17. a book a friend recommended - Scoundrel for Hire by Adrienne deWolfe
18. a Pulitzer-prize winning book - The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss
19. a book based on a true story - The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez
20. a book at the bottom of your to read list - The Cherokees and Their Chiefs: In the Wake of Empire by Stanley W. Hoig
21. a book your mom loves - The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
22. a book that scares you - Dracula by Bram Stoker
23. a book more than 100 years old - The Epic of Gilgamesh
24. a book based entirely on its cover - Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch
25. a book you were supposed to read in school but didn't - The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
26. a memoir - As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes
27. a book you can finish in a day - Wonder by R.J. Palacio
28. a book with antonyms in the title - Cold Tea on a Hot Day by Curtiss Ann Matlock
29. a book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit - The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney
30. a book that came out the year you were born - Swords and Deviltry by Fritz Leiber
31. a book with bad reviews - For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
32. a trilogy (the first) - Hood by Stephen R. Lawhead
33. a trilogy (the second) - Scarlet by Stephen R. Lawhead
34. a trilogy (the third) - Tuck by Stephen R. Lawhead
35. a book from your childhood - The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley
36. a book with a love triangle - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
37. a book set in the future - The Martian by Andy Weir
38. a book set in high school - Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
39. a book with a color in the title - Written in Red by Anne Bishop
40. a book that made/makes you cry - Different Seasons featuring The Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King
41. a book with magic - A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
42. a graphic novel - The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami
43. a book by an author you've never read before - Traitor's Blade
by Sebastien de Castell
44. a book you own but have never read - The Last Days of the Incas by Kim MacQuarrie
45. a book that takes place in your hometown - Sixth Inning in Southaven by Phil Hardwick
46. a book that was originally written in another language - The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
47. a book set during Christmas (or similar holiday) - Starry Night by Debbie Macomber
48. a book written by an author with your same initials - The Face of a Stranger by Anne Perry
49. a play - The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
50. a banned book - As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
51. a book based on OR turned into a tv show - Vulcan's Forge by Josepha Sherman
52. a book you started but never finished - Skinwalker by Faith Hunter

I really like the sound of The Rosie Project. Hope you enjoy it. :-)

Good luck with the challenge.

Thanks, I've heard a lot of good things about The Rosie Project and a co-worker enthusiastically endorsed it, so I'm looking forward to it.

Good luck on your challenge, also.

I loved Hood, Tuck, and Scarlett!! I will be reading The Albion Trilogy by the same author for my trilogy!

Sweet! I looked up the Albion books and they look fascinating too. More books to add to my reading list on the side. :-)

I love The Importance of Being Earnest. I hope that's one of the books that you'll finish and not change your mind about.:)

Ana,

I'll certainly give it my best shot. From the reviews, it looks pretty funny and I'm pretty sure that won't be one I change my mind on. :-)