Casey’s Comments (group member since Jan 20, 2016)

Casey’s comments from the 2017 Reading Challenge group.

I read A Midsummer's Equation by Keigo Higashino, book three of the his Detective Galileo series. If you like mysteries, this series is a good pick. They don't need to be read in order, but I'd say The Devotion of Suspect X and Salvation of a Saint were both better reads.

Also, another good one was Out.

I'm at 26 books for the challenge. I walked into the library yesterday with the "first book you see" challenge in mind. Of course the first one I see is a sequel. Since I'm weird and can't bring myself to read them out of order, I grabbed the first one first. At least it'll fill my "Europe" slot.

Hello!

I'm Casey (or Ahria is fine, long time internet pseudonym). I'm a stay at home mom for now, living in Maryland. After reading less and less every year, and only reading brain candy at that, I decided this year it was time for a change. This challenge is perfect to shake up my reading routine.

Tier one: 30/36
Tier two: 30/52

Read a book that takes place on each continent, or is written by an author from that continent (fiction or non-fiction)

1. North America Shaman Rises
2. South America
3. Africa
4. Antarctica
5. Europe
6. Asia A Midsummer's Equation
7. Australia

8. A banned or challenged book
9. An award winning book (Pulitzer, Hugo, Man Booker, etc.)
10. Memoir/Autobiography/Biography You're Never Weird on the Internet
11. A dead author's last book If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
12. A book with LGBT matter or character(s) The Song of Achilles
13. A book your favorite author loves The Stepsister Scheme
14. A retold fairytale
15. A Young Adult book Anna Dressed in Blood
16. A history book (fiction or non-fiction): Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War
17. A book where you have seen the movie, but not read the book
18. A book from the NYT Bestseller list NOS4A2
19. A book with the point of view of an immigrant The Golem and the Jinni
20. A controversial book Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
21. The first book you see when you walk into a library or bookstore The Infidel Stain
22. A classic Iliad
23. A debut novel Everything I Never Told You
24. Published this year (2016) Fire Touched
25. Based entirely on the cover
26. Own but never read
27. A book by an author you never read before Balm: A Novel
28. A book recommended to you by a friendly librarian
29. A book by a Nobel Prize winner
30. Mythology (not just Greek) Mythology
31. A book written by someone born the same year as you
32. Dystopia The Handmaid's Tale
33. Reread of a favorite book
34. A book about books Fahrenheit 451
35. Book published the year you graduated high school
36. A book a child/teen/someone younger than you loves
37. A book about/set by the sea The Mermaid's Madness
38. A book with two authors Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
39. Author from your own state, province, or country
40. A book about a trip (road, cruise, around the world) The Strangler Vine
41. A book with the name of a person in the title Sunshine
42. Science Fiction Job: A Comedy of Justice
43. Fantasy The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
44. Wild card To Reign in Hell
45. Wild card Downpour
46. Wild card Seawitch
47. Wild card Chaos Choreography
48. Wild card Autumn
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