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message 1: by Bridget (last edited Oct 30, 2016 05:31AM) (new)

Bridget | 116 comments 1. A book you meant to read in 2015, but didn't
The Miniaturist
2. A book set in a different continent
Battle Royale
3. A book from the Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Choice Awards 2015 (winner or nominated)
Slade House
4. A book by an author you discovered in 2015
Never Let Me Go
5. A book with a title beginning with the 1st letter of your name
Breathless
6. The highest rated on your TBR
The Last of the Mohicans
7. A book about books
The Thirteenth Tale
8. A classic book with less than 200 pages
The Picture of Dorian Gray
9. A book that was mentioned in another book
A Prayer for Owen Meany
10. A book by an author you feel you should have read by now
Waiting for Godot
11. A book from the Rory Gilmore challenge
Bel Canto
12. A childhood classic
The Phantom Tollbooth
The Velveteen Rabbit
13. Reader’s Choice
Choke
Something Wicked This Way Comes
14. A book with one of the five W’s -or H in the title (Who/What/Where/When/Why/How)
What Katy Did
15. A book set in the past (more than 100 years ago)
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
16. A book from the top 100 mystery novels
The Thirty-Nine Steps
17. A book with a beautiful cover
The Midwich Cuckoos
18. A book on a summer/beach reading list
The Rosie Project
19. A non-fiction book
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
20. A book with a first name in the title
My Sweet Audrina
Eleanor & Park
21. A book from the Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Recommendations page
A Wrinkle in Time
Love in the Time of Cholera
22. The first book in a new to you series
Alice
23. The next book in a series you are reading
Son of a Witch
24. A "between the numbers" book of a series (0.5, 1,5, 2.5, etc.)
The Bane Chronicles
25. A book whose main character is in a profession that interests you
The Shadow of the Wind
26. A book everyone is talking about
Gone Girl
27. A book with a beautiful title (in your own opinion)
Neverwhere
28. A biography, autobiography, or memoir
Into the Wild
29. A book by an author who writes under more than one name
Thinner
30. A fairytale from a culture other than your own
The Snow Queen
31. A work of young adult fiction
The Sword of Summer
32. A historical fiction book
The Other Boleyn Girl
33. The 16th book on your TBR
Wonder
34. A book about mental illness
Thirteen Reasons Why
Girl, Interrupted
35. An award winning book
Middlesex
36. An identity book - a book about a different culture, religion or sexual orientation
Two Boys Kissing
37. A book that you've seen the movie of but haven't read
Forrest Gump
38. A book about an anti hero
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
39. A previous suggestion that did not make it into the list
The Alchemaster's Apprentice: A Novel
40. A novella from your favorite genre
Breakfast at Tiffany's
41. A book about a major world event (fiction or non-fiction)
The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-45
42. A top 100 fantasy novel
The First Discworld Novels the Colour of Magic and the Light Fantastic
43. A book about a thing that goes bump in the night
Haunted
44. A book you're embarrassed to read in public
Valley of the Dolls
45. A book related to a hobby or passion you have
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
46. A crime story
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
47. A book with a type of food/drink in the title
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
48. A dystopia
The Chrysalids
49. A book with a great opening line
On the Road
50. A book originally written in a language other than English
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
51. A short story from a well-known author
The Call of Cthulhu
Children of the Corn
52. A book published in 2016
Lady Midnight


message 2: by EllenZReads (new)

EllenZReads | 172 comments #52: It seems like a lot of us are hopeful that #6 WILL be published this year. (fingers crossed) :)


message 3: by MJ (new)

MJ | 900 comments Bridget wrote: "1. A book you meant to read in 2015, but didn't
The Miniaturist
2. A book set in a different continent
Battle Royale
3. A book from the Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Choice Awards 2015 (w..."


LOL! I knew what you meant by #6 without even glancing at Bridget's list!


message 4: by Bridget (new)

Bridget | 116 comments I reason that if I just put it down without a *hopefully* or *if* then it WILL be published this year! If not then I will need to rethink that week.
I am quite pleased with my challenge books, though I have more than 52!


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