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We are six weeks in already! Can you believe it? I'm still reading all your comments and trying to reply as much as possible after the procedure I had. Thank you to everyone who asked about me. I'm almost back to 100%!

So this week we should have read one more book to stay on track for the year making our totals six or close to it. No worries if you're behind or way ahead. If you are enjoying yourself that is what matters!

What books did you finish this week?
What is your favorite book you've read in the challenge so far?

Don't forget to update your reading lists and add the books you're currently reading and have finished to our group shelves.

Happy reading to everyone :)

I finished Speak (set in a high school) earlier this week, and I just completed Blankets (graphic novel). This was my first graphic novel, and I really enjoyed it. The story and art were lovely and captivating. I definitely would never have given it a shot without this challenge, so I'm feeling pretty thankful right now.

Katherine wrote: "I finished Speak (set in a high school) earlier this week, and I just completed Blankets (graphic novel). This was my first graphic novel, and I really enjoyed it. The story and art w..."

I love Blankets! Because of that book I read Habibi by the same author for this challenge.

I read The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian for banned book. I always love a good banned book. And this one? I laughed. I got misty. The parts I laughed hardest at? Some of the bits that got this book banned. A teenage boy waxing elloquent on most teen boys favorite pastime.

I also read Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant for my graphic novel. I neither laughed nor cried. My mom spent the last year going through caner treatment that almost killed her. I wasn't sure I was ready to read a book about caring for aging parents. But I thought it was such a bizarre topic for a graphic novel, I kind of loved the idea

There is some real humor and emotional impact to be derived from that experience, at least from my experience. But this book? It didn't work for me. Maybe if I had a more contentious/difficult relationship with my parents it would have spoken more to me.

Most people like it, really.

But I think maybe I should have read Blanekts.

After finishing Rogues by G.R.R. Martin, Sabriel by Garth Nix and The Wintersmith (as part of my trilogy) by Terry Pratchett this week I started To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee as a book you should have read in school ( I am from Italy so I chose and American curriculum book) and Trigger Warning by Gaiman, I chose to put it under "a book that scares you" since some of the stories are disturbing/scary.

I finished It's Not Me, It's You as my funny book. I enjoyed it, it was similar to his stand up which I love, but it didn't hook me in in the way a fiction book with a story.

Now I'm reading Scarred For Life which I'm really enjoying. This is my favourite crime series for a while. (It was released last week so a good one for a book released in 2015, I think you can start at any point in the series)

This week I finished The Elite by Kiera Cass. My 8th book read in 2015. I've read a couple great books for this challenge. I'm hooked on this Selection series which I initially wanted to read based on the cover. Then I thought I would choose it for my trilogy...then I found out it's actually a series. So, that didn't work out :) I also liked the book with Magic prompt First Frost by Sarah Allen Addison. That was out of my comfort zone but I like the bit of fantasy the story had. I'm interested in reading another book with magic now. If I take nothing else away from this challenge, it will be that I broadened my reading base by now including 'books with magic'. Hope you all are enjoying this challenge as well!

I finished Sharp Objects for my popular author's first book. It was well-written and definitely compelling, but also pretty sick and creepy. Glad I read it, but glad to be finished with it!
I've read 10 books so far, and two of my favorites were Big Little Lies and Eleanor & Park. I'll definitely be reading more books by these two authors.
Nicole, I loved the Selection series!

This week I read We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, not going to say for which prompt because I think that could be a sort of spoiler.

All the other books I've read this week were really quick reads: Tree of Codes (a book you own but have never read), La storia di Don Giovanni (a book you can finish in a day - though technically all of these would fit that category), Il ballo (book your mom loves), and I re-read The Little Prince (book from your childhood).

I have now started Frankenstein for my book more than 100 years old, but even though I am enjoying it I think I am in a bit of a reading slump at the moment.

Cate wrote: "This week I read We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, not going to say for which prompt because I think that could be a sort of spoiler."

I read We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves with my bookclub last year. What a great book! And good call on the spoilery aspect.

This week I read two books, both relatively short, Looking for Alaska by John Green and The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.

I intended Alaska to be my banned book but switched to "a book set in high school." The Alchemist is my "a book you can read in one day." My Kindle projected it would take me three hours to read. It did but I fell asleep reading it so finished it Sunday morning instead of Saturday. (Yawn!)

Now on to the next challenge. What will it be?

Just about finished Police by Jo Nesbo, which I found a surprisingly difficult, even tedious, read. Proper review to follow, but I think I'm done with Scandinavian crime novels for a bit...

This week I finished Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (#3 A book based on/turned into a movie). I enjoyed it. I liked that the story is told by two (three?) distinct voices. Suspenseful and excellent use of the unreliable narrator. Of course, I would have enjoyed it even more if I had not already seen the movie, but I know myself well enough to know I wouldn't have enjoyed the movie if I had read the book first. As it is, I enjoyed the subtle differences between the two.

I also finished Kindred by Octavia Butler (#41 A book by an author you’ve never read before). It is the story of a young black woman in the 1970s repeatedly transported to the pre-Civil War South. It was an excellent read, one of my favorite of the books I've read this year. I will definitely be reading more of Butler's work.

Finally, I finished off Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8 for #49 "A book based on or turned into a TV show". While I don't think the comic book form can compete with the story and character development of the TV show, I did enjoy them. One of these days I will probably pick up season 9 and see what they do next.

This week I have started a few things.

I started reading The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood. Not sure what prompt I will use it for. I am about halfway through it and I think it is wonderful. Margaret Atwood is brilliant.

I also started The Spymistress: A Novel by Jennifer Chiaverini. It is my "book based entirely on its cover" (#24). I saw it at the library and it looked interesting. Hopefully, it will be.

Finally, I started Fool by Christopher Moore (#8. A funny book). It is a comic take on King Lear as told by the King's jester. I have both the Kindle book and the audiobook, but I think I will primarily listen to this book. The audiobook narrator is great and the humor really comes through in his performance.

So far this year I've completed 11 books. That puts me on track to easily met/exceed my goal of 12 books by the end of February. Yay!

I can't decide which book on my list to read next. Someone help me decide :)

It's been a slow week for me. Had some personal issues to take care of. I was planning on finishing my trilogy, but I'm still working on The Return of the King. However, I did finish my graphic novel: Before Watchmen: Comedian/Rorschach. After I finish my trilogy, I plan on reading The Color Purple.

I have read: 19/52
This week
✔️17) A book a friend recommended: Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
✔️23) A book more than 100 years old: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
✔️36) A book set in high school: Butterfly by Sonya Hartnett

Finally finished:
✔️32) A trilogy: ✔️Undine ✔️Breathe✔️Drift by Penni Russon

I am struggling with both
40) A graphic novel: The Compleat Moonshadow by J.M. DeMatteis, Jon J. Muth
50) A book you started but never finished: The Summer Without Men by Siri Hustvedt
not having read a graphic novel before, and i realise why i didn't finish the other. These two will take some time.