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I started late and barely made a start to my 2016 list. Plan is to do better in 2017. I'm setting myself a 40 book target, but will try my best to get through all 52.

Progress :: 21 | 52
Read :: �
Ratings :: ★★★�

My 2017 List

âœ� 1. A book from the Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Choice Awards 2016 :: The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena :: READ 10/07/2017 ★★â˜�

2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view) :: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

3. A book you meant to read in 2016 :: Even Dogs in the Wild by Ian Rankin

� 4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E" :: Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty :: READ 03/11/2017 ★★½

� 5. A historical fiction :: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak :: READ 09/04/2017 ★★★★½

� 6. A book being released as a movie in 2017 :: A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron :: READ 05/03/2017 ★★★★½

7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title :: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

� 8. A book written by a person of color :: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini :: READ 07/07/2017 ★★★★�

9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list :: To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

�10. A dual-timeline novel :: The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty :: READ 08/05/17 ★★★�

11. A category from another challenge :: A book from the Rory Gilmore Reading List :: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

12. A book based on a myth :: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors :: recommended by Jodi Picoult :: The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon OR recommended by Khaleed Hosseini ::
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

� 14. A book with a strong female character :: Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven :: READ 01/01/2017 ★★½

15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland) :: Burial Rites by Hannah Kent

� 16. A mystery :: Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty :: READ 01/03/2017 ★★★★

17. A book with illustrations :: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

18. A really long book (600+ pages) :: 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

� 19. A New York Times best-seller :: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes :: READ 02/01/2017 ★★★★

20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading :: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

� 21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read :: Hollow City by Ransom Riggs READ 30/05/2017 ★★

� 22. A book by an author you haven't read before :: The Help by Kathryn Stockett :: READ 19/05/2017 ★★★★�

23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list (link) :: Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

� 24. A book written by at least two authors :: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two by Jack Thorne, John Tiffany J.K. Rowling READ 29/01/2017 ★★★�

25. A book about a famous historical figure :: The Dismissal by Paul Kelly

26. An adventure book :: And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini

27. A book by one of your favorite authors :: Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult

28. A non-fiction :: I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai

29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre) - check all the editions :: Women's Wellness Wisdom: What Every Woman Needs To Know by Libby Weaver

30. A book from Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Top 100 YA Books :: I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre :: psycological thriller :: Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes

32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle) :: What am I suppose to Eat by Libby Weaver

33. A magical realism novel :: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

� 34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere :: The Wrong Girl by Zoë Foster :: READ 25/06/2017 ★★

35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty

36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee

37. A book you choose randomly

38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature :: Eligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice by Curtis Sittenfeld

� 39. An epistolary fiction :: Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill :: READ 07/06/2017 ★�

� 40. A book published in 2017 :: Every Lie I've Ever Told by Rosie Waterland READ 03/09/2017 ★★★★½

41. A book with an unreliable narrator :: Room by Emma Donoghue

� 42. A best book of the 21st century (so far) :: My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult :: READ 14/01/2017 ★★★�

� 43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold) :: Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult :: READ 28/01/2017 ★★★★�

44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next" (link) :: The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

� 45. A book with a one-word title :: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi :: READ 11/10/2017 ★★★�

46. A time travel novel

47. A past suggestion that didn't win (link) :: A book with a celestial body, element, or natural spectacle in the title :: An Abundant Life - Flourishing with the cycles of the moon by Ezzie Spencer

48. A banned book :: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

� 49. A book from someone else's bookshelf :: A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara :: READ 19/11/2017 ★★★★�

50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any edition :: 1984 by George Orwell

� 51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays) :: Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur :: READ 29/11/2017 ★★★�

� 52. A book set in a fictional location :: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood :: READ 22/07/2017 ★★★★

The Book Thief is great and I also really enjoyed Room. Albeit, it is very sad.

You have some of my favorites books on your list. I read I'll Give You the Sun recently and loved it.
The Book Thief is a wonderful book and one I think I should re-read soon.

I'm planning on reading Big Little Lies, The Good Girl and 1984 next year, so I hope to hear what you think of them :-)

Marina H wrote: "You have some of my favorites books on your list. I read I'll Give You the Sun recently and loved it.
The Book Thief is a wonderful book and one I think I should re-re..."

The Good Girl has an interesting twist but I think the rest of the book was so meh that I didn't even end up being wow'ed by the ending! I hope you enjoy it more than I did.

Samantha, I felt the same way last year when reading The One Who Got Away ... Hopefully the Good Girl is more enjoyable than that!