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If I stick to my End-of-Year TBR for 2016, I will finish with 8 prompts undone for the 2016 challenge. In light of that, I've decided I will not pick books in advance for 2017, but "go with the flow"--fitting the books I read into a prompt if they fit. I'm also only going to update once a month vs. every time I finish a book.

EDIT (2/17): Decided to pick a few books for prompts, but only those already on my TBR

EDIT (3/27): Yeah, changing the title of this plan to reflect that I totally went through and picked books for nearly every prompt--but every book on here was previously on my TBR!

The 2017 List

52/52 = 100%

Prompts Completed:

1. A book from the ŷ������ Choice Awards 2016 - Salt to the Sea completed 7/6
2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view) - Maine completed 4/6
3. A book you meant to read in 2016 - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking completed 7/31
4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E" - Assassination Vacation completed 6/1
5. A historical fiction - Shadows on the Rock completed 2/16
6. A book being released as a movie in 2017 - The Zookeeper's Wife completed 2/22
7. A book with an animal in the title - The Horse and His Boy completed 2/7
8. A book written by a person of color - The Underground Railroad completed 1/27
9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list - The Magician's Nephew completed 3/19
10. A dual-timeline novel - Saints for All Occasions completed 7/10
11. A category from another challenge - Razing Hell: Rethinking Everything You've Been Taught about God's Wrath and Judgment completed 4/29
12. A book based on a myth - Norse Mythology completed 10/9
13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors - Burial Rites completed 8/9
14. A book with a strong female character - Maisie Dobbs completed 5/9
15. A book written or set in Scandinavia - A Man Called Ove completed 8/18
16. A mystery - Murder on Capitol Hill completed 3/7
17. A book with illustrations - Kristy's Great Idea (Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #1) completed 1/12
18. A really long book (600+ pages) - Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley completed 2/1
19. A New York Times bestseller - Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald completed 1/8
20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading - Windows on the White House: The Story of Presidential Libraries completed 2/15
21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read - Moriarty completed 1/22
22. A book by an author you haven't read before - Pistols and Petticoats: 175 Years of Lady Detectives in Fact and Fiction completed 3/31
23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list - Middlemarch completed 3/30
24. A book written by at least two authors - The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust completed 2/10
25. A book about a famous historical figure - A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver completed 9/23
26. An adventure book - A Wrinkle in Time completed 1/16
27. A book by one of your favorite authors - The Last Battle completed 4/13
28. A nonfiction book - A House Full of Daughters: A Memoir of Seven Generations completed 3/5
29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre) - Almost to Eden completed 2/5
30. A book from ŷ������ Top 100 YA Books - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian completed 7/24
31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre - Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between completed 9/28
32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle) - The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe completed 1/11
33. A magical realism novel - Garden Spells completed 5/1
34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere - Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood completed 4/11
35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty - The Uncommon Reader completed 6/25
36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee - A Closed and Common Orbit completed 12/10
37. A book you choose randomly - Understanding Archives & Manuscripts completed 4/20
38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature - An Assembly Such as This completed 2/28
39. An epistolary fiction - Gilead completed 5/6
40. A book published in 2017 - The Little French Bistro completed 6/6
41. A book with an unreliable narrator - In the Woods completed 10/25
42. A best book of the 21st century (so far) - The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America completed 5/15
43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold) - The Virgin Suicides completed 7/22
44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next" - Us completed 4/19
45. A book with a one-word title - Homegoing completed 5/26
46. A time travel novel - When You Reach Me completed 1/18
47. A past suggestion that didn't win: A book with less than 1000 ratings on ŷ������ - The Prayers of Jane Austen completed 3/23
48. A banned book - The Handmaid's Tale completed 3/11
49. A book from someone else's bookshelf - Gift from the Sea completed 6/20
50. A Penguin Modern Classic - Tender Is the Night completed 1/4
51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays) - The Splendid Outcast: Beryl Markham's African Stories completed 1/16
52. A book set in a fictional location - The Silver Chair completed 1/21

January Wrap-up:

Prompts Completed:

8. A book written by a person of color The Underground Railroad completed 1/27
17. A book with illustrations Kristy's Great Idea (Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #1) completed 1/12
19. A New York Times bestseller Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald completed 1/8
21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read Moriarty completed 1/22
26. An adventure book A Wrinkle in Time completed 1/16
32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle) The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe completed 1/11
46. A time travel novel When You Reach Me completed 1/18
50. A Penguin Modern Classic - Tender Is the Night completed 1/4
51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays) The Splendid Outcast: Beryl Markham's African Stories completed 1/16
52. A book set in a fictional location - The Silver Chair completed 1/21



Non-Challenge Books Completed:

The Truth About Stacey (Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #2) completed 1/13
I Could Pee on This And Other Poems by Cats completed 1/13
Mary Anne Saves the Day (Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #3) completed 1/14
Claudia and Mean Janine (Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #4) completed 1/14

February Wrap-up:

Prompts Completed:

5. A historical fiction - Shadows on the Rock completed 2/16
6. A book being released as a movie in 2017 - The Zookeeper's Wife completed 2/22
7. A book with an animal in the title - The Horse and His Boy completed 2/7
18. A really long book (600+ pages) - Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley completed 2/1
20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading - Windows on the White House: The Story of Presidential Libraries completed 2/15
24. A book written by at least two authors - The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust completed 2/10
29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre) - Almost to Eden completed 2/5
38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature - An Assembly Such as This completed 2/28



Non-Challenge Books Completed:

N/A

March Wrap-up:

Prompts Completed:

9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list - The Magician's Nephew completed 3/19
16. A mystery - Murder on Capitol Hill completed 3/7
22. A book by an author you haven't read before - Pistols and Petticoats: 175 Years of Lady Detectives in Fact and Fiction completed 3/31
23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list - Middlemarch completed 3/30
28. A nonfiction book - A House Full of Daughters completed 3/5
47. A past suggestion that didn't win: A book with less than 1000 ratings on ŷ������ - The Prayers of Jane Austen completed 3/23
48. A banned book - The Handmaid's Tale completed 3/11



Non-Challenge Books Completed:

N/A

April Books Read:

Prompts Completed:

2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view) - Maine completed 4/6
11. A category from another challenge - Razing Hell: Rethinking Everything You've Been Taught about God's Wrath and Judgment completed 4/29
27. A book by one of your favorite authors - The Last Battle completed 4/13
34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere - Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood completed 4/11
37. A book you choose randomly - Understanding Archives & Manuscripts completed 4/20
44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next" - Us completed 4/19



Non-Challenge Books Completed:

N/A

May Books Read:

Prompts Completed:

14. A book with a strong female character - Maisie Dobbs completed 5/9
33. A magical realism novel - Garden Spells completed 5/1
39. An epistolary fiction - Gilead completed 5/6
42. A best book of the 21st century (so far) - The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America completed 5/15
45. A book with a one-word title - Homegoing completed 5/26



Non-Challenge Books Completed:

As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto: Food, Friendship, and the Making of a Masterpiece completed 5/22
When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II completed 5/28

June Books Read:

Prompts Completed:

4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E" - Assassination Vacation completed 6/1
35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty - The Uncommon Reader completed 6/25
40. A book published in 2017 - The Little French Bistro completed 6/6
49. A book from someone else's bookshelf - Gift from the Sea completed 6/20



Non-Challenge Books Completed:

Boy: Tales of Childhood completed 6/12
For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards completed 6/29

July Books Read:

Prompts Completed:

1. A book from the ŷ������ Choice Awards 2016 - Salt to the Sea completed 7/6
3. A book you meant to read in 2016 - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking completed 7/31
10. A dual-timeline novel - Saints for All Occasions completed 7/10
30. A book from ŷ������ Top 100 YA Books - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian completed 7/24
43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold) - The Virgin Suicides completed 7/22



Non-Challenge Books Completed:

One Summer: America, 1927 completed 7/16
Days of Awe completed 7/19
Heidi completed 7/25
A Fine Imitation completed 7/26

August Books Read:

Prompts Completed:

13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors - Burial Rites completed 8/9
15. A book written or set in Scandinavia - A Man Called Ove completed 8/18



Non-Challenge Books Completed:

We Should All Be Feminists completed 8/4
Yours Ever: People and Their Letters completed 8/5
When Dimple Met Rishi completed 8/12
Jackaby completed 8/21
A Piece of the World completed 8/23
Americanah completed 8/29

September Books Read:

Prompts Completed:

25. A book about a famous historical figure - A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver completed 9/23
31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre - Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between completed 9/28



Non-Challenge Books Completed:

Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived completed 9/3
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions completed 9/4
The Bertie Project completed 9/7
Letter to My Daughter completed 9/15
She Who Is: The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse completed 9/24

October Books Read:

Prompts Completed:

12. A book based on a myth - Norse Mythology completed 10/9
41. A book with an unreliable narrator - In the Woods completed 10/22



Non-Challenge Books Completed:

Subverting Open Government: White House Materials and Executive Branch Politics completed 10/7
Everyone Brave is Forgiven completed 10/16
X Marks the Scot completed 10/21

November Books Read:

Prompts Completed:

N/A

Non-Challenge Books Completed:

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society completed 11/1 (reread)
Victoria: The Heart and Mind of a Young Queen completed 11/3
Faithful: Christmas Through the Eyes of Joseph completed 11/6
Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen completed 11/10
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI completed 11/15
The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars completed 11/24
Systems Analysis for Librarians and Information Professionals: Second Edition completed 11/25
Why Not Me? completed 11/26

December Books Read:

Prompts Completed:

36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee - A Closed and Common Orbit completed 12/10



Non-Challenge Books Completed:

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet completed 12/3
The Camino: A Journey of the Spirit completed 12/15
A Christmas Carol completed 12/16 (reread)
The Further Adventures of Ebenezer Scrooge completed 12/18
Christmas Stories completed 12/24
El Paso completed 12/26
Eligible completed 12/28
The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II completed 12/31

It's time for my January update!

I read 14 books, 10 of which I counted for a prompt! 10/52 means I'm 19% done. Of course, January is always my best month for year-long challenges as it's easier to count every book read. As time goes on, I run out of categories and motivation.

I was surprised because I read several books for categories I thought would be hard to fill for me: a time-travel book, a book set in a fictional place, and a book with illustrations.

Right now I'm reading Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley for prompt #18.

Wow!!! That's great!!!! You have really gotten a lot of reading in!!! I want to read a few my less than favorite genres early as well but so far I haven't picked one yet!!! I am looking forward to reading the Underground Railroad once I get it from my library queue!!!

Last day of February and I won't start a new book today, so time for an update! I read 8 books this month and every one counted for a challenge so that's exciting! I'm 1/3 of the way done!

Kelly wrote: "Wow!!! That's great!!!! You have really gotten a lot of reading in!!! I want to read a few my less than favorite genres early as well but so far I haven't picked one yet!!! I am looking forward to ..."

It's nice to get the "harder" challenges out of the way so when I'm less excited about the challenge later in the year, it'll be easier to continue!

I hope you like The Underground Railroad when you get to it!

Time for an update! I read 7 books and every book counted for a prompt. I also went through and added books from my TBR to prompts that fit. I also took account of all my 2017 reading challenges and basically made up a TBR for the rest of the year!

I'm almost halfway done with the challenge woot!

April update: I read 6 books and completed 6 prompts. I'm 62% done with the challenge! 31/52 done! 21 more to go!

May update: I finished 5 prompts and then I finished one on the first day of June. 15 prompts to go!

Congrats on your amazing progress!

Sophie wrote: "Congrats on your amazing progress!"

Thanks Sophie!

I can't believe I never did my June wrap up--summer school's morphed my brain appaerently.

I read 6 books, 4 of which counted for a challenge. Only have 10 prompts left!

I finished 9 books this month, 5 of which counted for a prompt. I only have 7 prompts left, which means I've officially completed more prompts than I did last year, where I had 8 prompts left at the end of the year. Woot!

Of course, 5 of the 7 prompts are harder ones for me and I don't have any selections for those prompts yet. Might have to start going off of my TBR if I want to complete this year's challenge.

Read 8 books, 2 counted for prompts. Only have 5 prompts left, but 3 of them aren't that exciting to me.

You'll have plenty of time for more free reads at this rate! Have fun with your last books :)

Zaz wrote: "You'll have plenty of time for more free reads at this rate! Have fun with your last books :)"

Actually, my school work has picked up considerably this semester so my reading has slacked off overall. But I still want to complete the challenge if possible.

I actually thought I would not get any prompts done in September and then in the last week of the month I finished two! I read 7 books total. I have 3 prompts left--one for each month I suppose. I'm currently reading Norse Mythology for a prompt. The other 2 prompts I have left I still have not chosen a book for.

I finished In the Woods for prompt 41, so I have ONE left to go! Eek! The last one is #36--Hugo winner or nominee. I'm planning to read The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet and then A Closed and Common Orbit (which is the Hugo nominee) in December.

I FINISHED WOOT!

Congratulations, Emily!

Congratulations!! You did it!! 🍾🎉👏🏻

Congrats :)

Congrats!!!!

Congrats!

No hat eating for you! :)

Thanks for the congratulations everybody! I got everything updated around here, so I'm moving over to my 2018 home: Emily's Wicked Cool Plan