2016 Reading Challenge
Every year, I do some sort of reading challenge. In 2015, I found the 2015 Popsugar Reading Challenge. I didn’t complete it – I met 40 out of 50 requirements, which I thought was pretty good! I did read several additional books; in total, I read 57 books.
This year, I considered a few other reading challenges, but I found that the Popsugar challenge fits my preferences the best. It allows me to read outside of my comfort zone, but it also allows for me to read books that I already wanted to read, anyway.
I definitely believe that at least part of what stood in my way, in 2015, was a lack of planning. Keeping that in mind, I’ve already gone through the 2016 challenge and decided which books to read. I also added all of the books to a wish list on my library’s website, and I’ve put several books on hold (one of them has 16 people on the hold list ahead of me!).
Below, I’ve listed the categories and the books I plan to read for each one. I feel really good about this year’s challenge!!
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A book based on a fairy tale – The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
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A National Book Award winner – Fortune Smiles by Adam Johnson
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A YA Bestseller – Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
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A book you haven’t read since high school – Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
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A book set in your home state – Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
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A book translated to English – Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
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A book set in Europe – The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes
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A book that’s under 150 pages – The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
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A New York Times bestseller – Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
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A book that’s becoming a movie this year – East of Eden by John Steinbeck
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A book recommended by someone you just met – Grain Brain by David Perlmutter
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A self-improvement book – The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
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A book you can finish in a day – The Awakening by Kate Chopin
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A book written by a celebrity – Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham
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A political memoir – Elizabeth the Queen by Sally Bedell Smith
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A book at least 100 years older than you – Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
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A book that’s more than 600 pages – The Secret History by Donna Tartt
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A book from Oprah’s Book Club – The Reader by Bernard Schlink
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A science fiction novel – The Ninth Life of Louis Drax by Liz Jensen
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A graphic novel – The Worrier’s Guide to Life by Gemma Correll
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A book published in 2016 – A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro
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A book with a protagonist who has your occupation – Dead Poets’ Society by N.H. Kleinbaum
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A book and its prequel – Delirium and Annabel by Lauren Oliver
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A book and its prequel – Delirium and Annabel by Lauren Oliver
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A murder mystery – And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
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A book written by a comedian – Sick in the Head by Judd Apatow
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A Dystopian Novel – 1984 by George Orwell
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A book with a blue cover – Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
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A book of poetry – Shakespeare’s Love Sonnets by Caitlin Keegan
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The first book you see in a bookstore – Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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A classic from the 20th century – Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
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A book from the library – Year of No Sugar by Eve O. Schaub
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An autobiography – Beyond Belief by Jenna Miscavige Hill
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A book about a road trip – Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
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A satirical book – Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
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A book that takes place on an island – To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
I still have to decide which books to use for the following categories:
- A book that’s guaranteed to bring you joy
- A book about a culture you’re unfamiliar with
- A book that takes place during summer
- A book recommended by a family member
- A romance set in the future
If you have any suggestions, let me know!
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