Anne’s Comments (group member since Dec 26, 2014)

Anne’s comments from the 2017 Reading Challenge group.

This folder is for books that either take place in North America, or are written by a North American author. It's up to you!

Please share your suggestions, or any resources you've used to help find your book for this category in this thread.

This folder is for books that either take place in Australia, or are written by an Australian author. It's up to you!

Please share your suggestions, or any resources you've used to help find your book for this category in this thread.

This folder is for books that either take place in Asia, or are written by an Asian author. It's up to you!

Please share your suggestions, or any resources you've used to help find your book for this category in this thread.

This folder is for books that either take place in Antarctica, or are written by an author from Antarctica (good luck, haha).

Please share your suggestions, or any resources you've used to help find your book for this category in this thread.

This folder is for books that either take place in Africa, or are written by an African author. It's up to you!

Please share your suggestions, or any resources you've used to help find your book for this category in this thread.

Tier one: 28/36
Tier two: 28/52

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 - The Devil All the Time
2. South America
3. Africa - The Queue
4. Antarctica
5. Europe - The Lottery Ticket
6. Asia
7. Australia

8. A banned or challenged book
9. An award winning book (Pulitzer, Hugo, Man Booker, etc.)
10. Memoir/Autobiography/Biography - Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
11. A dead author's last book - The Shepherd's Crown
12. A book with LGBT matter or character(s) - Brokeback Mountain
13. A book your favorite author loves
14. A retold fairytale - Beauty
15. A Young Adult book
16. A history book (fiction or non-fiction) - The Wind Is Not a River
17. A book where you have seen the movie, but not read the book - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
18. A book from the NYT Bestseller list - Between the World and Me
19. A book with the point of view of an immigrant
20. A controversial book - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
21. The first book you see when you walk into a library or bookstore
22. A classic - Cannery Row
23. A debut novel - Daredevils
24. Published this year (2016) - The Girls
25. Based entirely on the cover - Thunder & Lightning: Weather Past, Present, Future
26. Own but never read
27. A book by an author you never read before - A Sudden Light
28. A book recommended to you by a friendly librarian - The Last Policeman
29. A book by a Nobel Prize winner
30. Mythology (not just Greek)
31. A book written by someone born the same year as you - Not My Father's Son: A Memoir
32. Dystopia
33. Reread of a favorite book
34. A book about books
35. Book published the year you graduated high school
36. A book a child/teen/someone younger than you loves - Spineless Wonders: The Joys Of Formication
37. A book about/set by the sea - Animals of the Ocean, in Particular the Giant Squid
38. A book with two authors
39. Author from your own state, province, or country - Flight
40. A book about a trip (road, cruise, around the world) - Crossing the Plains with Bruno
41. A book with the name of a person in the title
42. Science Fiction
43. Fantasy
44. Wild card - The Demon-Haunted World : Science as a Candle in the Dark
45. Wild card - The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter
46. Wild card - The Book of Life
47. Wild card - Ripper
48. Wild card - Barkskins
49. Wild card - The Wander Society
50. Wild card
51. Wild card
52. Wild card

Use this list to keep track of your reading - just copy and past into a comment on this thread, then edit to add each book as you finish. You can add the link to the book, or the picture of the cover using "add book/author" above the comment box.
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Tier one: 0/36
Tier two: 0/52

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
2. South America
3. Africa
4. Antarctica
5. Europe
6. Asia
7. Australia

8. A banned or challenged book
9. An award winning book (Pulitzer, Hugo, Man Booker, etc.)
10. Memoir/Autobiography/Biography
11. A dead author's last book
12. A book with LGBT matter or character(s)
13. A book your favorite author loves
14. A retold fairytale
15. A Young Adult book
16. A history book (fiction or non-fiction)
17. A book where you have seen the movie, but not read the book
18. A book from the NYT Bestseller list
19. A book with the point of view of an immigrant
20. A controversial book
21. The first book you see when you walk into a library or bookstore
22. A classic
23. A debut novel
24. Published this year (2016)
25. Based entirely on the cover
26. Own but never read
27. A book by an author you never read before
28. A book recommended to you by a friendly librarian
29. A book by a Nobel Prize winner
30. Mythology (not just Greek)
31. A book written by someone born the same year as you
32. Dystopia
33. Reread of a favorite book
34. A book about books
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
38. A book with two authors
39. Author from your own state, province, or country
40. A book about a trip (road, cruise, around the world)
41. A book with the name of a person in the title
42. Science Fiction
43. Fantasy
44. Wild card
45. Wild card
46. Wild card
47. Wild card
48. Wild card
49. Wild card
50. Wild card
51. Wild card
52. Wild card

Neils wrote: "We are having a huge debate in my family...do books on tape count or do you have to READ the book?"

Audiobooks totally count! Audiobooks are a great way for people who have to spend a lot of time in a car or on a bus to enjoy books they might not have time for. An audiobook can be a very different experience, too, if the reader is exceptional or it's a full cast.

Cyndy wrote: "I like our list better as well. I have been looking through my Kindle bargains to see what categories they can fill and it's looking good. I just can't see buying a book in a genre that I would nor..."

Libraries are great places for free books, even for your Kindle. ;-)

I think controversial books aren't necessarily books that have been banned or challenged - and vice versa! When I get the folders set up for each category there will be a thread for suggestions.

Welcome to the 2016 challenge!

The main goal is for everyone to read books that they might not otherwise choose, thus expanding beyond their comfort zone. Members of the 2015 group worked together through discussion and voting to come up with list of categories, and most of them allow for plenty of flexibility. We've also added a wild card category, because everyone reads books that just don't fit one of the categories - and those should count too!

We also found in 2015 that reading 52 books isn't realistic for everyone, so this year we have a two tier challenge.


Tier One

Read 36 books selected from the categories. Up to four may be "wild card" books of your choice.

Tier Two

Read a book from each of the 43 categories, plus 9 "wild cards" for a total of 52 books.

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The Categories

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
2. South America
3. Africa
4. Antarctica
5. Europe
6. Asia
7. Australia

8. A banned or challenged book
9. An award winning book (Pulitzer, Hugo, Man Booker, etc.)
10. Memoir/Autobiography/Biography
11. A dead author's last book
12. A book with LGBT matter or character(s)
13. A book your favorite author loves
14. A retold fairytale
15. A Young Adult book
16. A history book (fiction or non-fiction)
17. A book where you have seen the movie, but not read the book
18. A book from the NYT Bestseller list
19. A book with the point of view of an immigrant
20. A controversial book
21. The first book you see when you walk into a library or bookstore
22. A classic
23. A debut novel
24. Published this year (2016)
25. Based entirely on the cover
26. Own but never read
27. A book by an author you never read before
28. A book recommended to you by a friendly librarian
29. A book by a Nobel Prize winner
30. Mythology (not just Greek)
31. A book written by someone born the same year as you
32. Dystopia
33. Reread of a favorite book
34. A book about books
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
38. A book with two authors
39. Author from your own state, province, or country
40. A book about a trip (road, cruise, around the world)
41. A book with the name of a person in the title
42. Science Fiction
43. Fantasy
44. Wild card
45. Wild card
46. Wild card
47. Wild card
48. Wild card
49. Wild card
50. Wild card
51. Wild card
52. Wild card

Now that we're nearing the end of the year, I'm going to start updating this group to reflect the 2016 challenge. Again - thanks to EVERYONE for your input on next year's challenge. It is truly the result of discussion and voting, and reflects the great group of people we have here.

Cheers!

I loved this book, and have read it several times!

I admit, this one is a stretch but Christmas occurred and was mentioned in this book! It took place over a short time period including the holidays.

It was a weird one, but I liked it.

Man, you guys are impressive! I'm just going to keep plugging away and see what I can do...

I have an audiobook that's the second in my trilogy, and with all of the driving I have to do in the next month I might be able to fit the third in that way too.

So, my husband recommended this book to me for this category. I did not realize it was 1100 pages long!!!

However, it was well worth the read. It's the (barely) fictionalized account of Gary Gilmore, the first person executed in the US after a long hiatus, and the circus that surrounded the event. I'd heard of Gary Gilmore, in particular from the song "Gary Gilmore's Eyes" by the Adverts. I did not know the full story until now. While I come away from the story with no sympathy for Gary Gilmore, I have an even greater disdain for the barbarity of the death penalty as a form of punishment.

I highly recommend this book!

Oksana wrote: "Anne wrote: "Amanda wrote: "I like our list much better "

I do to. I also like that our list was completely crowdsourced by the group through suggestion, discussion, and voting!"

How did the 2015..."

The 2015 list came from this website: http://www.popsugar.com

I just ran across it (on Pinterest maybe?), and thought it would be fun to start this group after talking to a few of my friends. There are other Goodreads groups based around the 2015 challenge, but if I do say so ours is the best. :-)

I'll be updating this group soon to reflect our new, independent reading challenge for 2016!

Amanda wrote: "I like our list much better "

I do to. I also like that our list was completely crowdsourced by the group through suggestion, discussion, and voting!

Cyndy wrote: "I think I'll go for the full list - and I will wait until Jan 1 to start reading. :-) I saw that pop sugar posted their 2016 reading list. I didn't count, but I thought it looked shorter. I may fol..."

Interesting! I took a look, and they only have 40 categories this year, some of which are similar to ours.

http://www.popsugar.com/love/Reading-...

Amanda wrote: "I knew nothing about the series and although I don't read a ton of YA books, this was a great story and I may read more of the series at some point."

I think this is the last one! One word title?

If this is the book about Robin Hood, I really enjoyed it.

Amanda wrote: "This was actual for an author with my initials"

A-ha! I'll move it. AND that is why I don't make assumptions, because when I do I goof it up.