Shelly's 2015 Reading Challenge

[Shelly]

On the Plan


On the Nightstand



On the Shelf


2015 WEEKS & TOPICS

1. book with more than 500 pagesaAll the Light We Cannot See
2. a romanceThe Rosie Project
3. a book that became a movie The Cuckoo's Calling
4. a book published this yearAs Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
5. a book with a number in the titleStation Eleven
6. a book written by someone under 30 Child 44
7. a book with nonhuman charactersWe Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
8. a funny bookSoulless
9. a book by a female authorEverything I Never Told You
10. a mystery or thrillerThe Girl on the Train
11. a book with a one-word title Moloka'i
12. a book of short stories The Illusion of Separateness
13. a book set in a different countryAn Unnecessary Woman
14. a nonfiction book Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War
15. a popular author's first book Still Life
16. a book from your favorite author that you haven't read yetBury Your Dead
17. a book a friend recommended The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
18. a Pulitzer-prize winning bookThe Orphan Master's Son
19. a book based on a true story The Rent Collector
20. a book at the bottom of your to read list What Alice Forgot
21. a book your mom lovesThe Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
22. a book that scares you NOS4A2
23. a book more than 100 years old The Little Prince
24. a book based entirely on its cover Signora Da Vinci
25. a book you were supposed to read in school but didn't A Separate Peace
26. a memoir The Undertaker's Daughter
27. a book you can finish in a day Annihilation
28. a book with antonyms in the title Big Little Lies
29. a book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit The Nightingale
30. a book that came out the year you were born A Stir of Echoes
31. a book with bad reviews The Long Way Home
32. a trilogy (All Souls Trilogy #1) A Discovery of Witches reread
33. a trilogy (All Souls Trilogy #2) Shadow of Night reread
34. a trilogy (All Souls Trilogy #3) The Book of Life
35. a book from your childhood Island of the Blue Dolphins
36. a book with a love triangle The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells
37. a book set in the future The Martian
38. a book set in high school The Rehearsal
39. a book with a color in the title A Red Herring Without Mustard
40. a book that made/makes you cry We Are Called to Rise
41. a book with magic Uprooted
42. a graphic novel Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?
43. a book by an author you've never read before All the Truth That's in Me
44. a book you own but have never read The Tilted World
45. a book that takes place in your hometownRefuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
46. a book that was originally written in another language A Man Called Ove
47. a book set during Christmas (or similar holiday) How the Light Gets In
48. a book written by an author with your same initials Before I Go to Sleep
49. a play Father Comes Home From the Wars
50. a banned book Looking for Alaska
51. a book based on OR turned into a TV show The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, Gone
52. a book you started but never finished The Paris Wife

[Shelly]

So, I joined this group/challenge at the end of June 2015. I went through the books that I had read thus far this year, and plugged them in where I could. Then, I came up with 16-20 additional books I'd like to read before the end of the year. This is fun, but I'm spending way too much time obsessing about the books, and too little time actually reading. Now that I have things "planned" ("plugged"), I hope that will change. :-)

[Zaz, Mood Minion]

Haha, I think everybody here has/had the same problem as you. Searching new books and deciding what to read for each week is so fun :)

[Francesca]

"This is fun, but I'm spending way too much time obsessing about the books, and too little time actually reading."

Trust me, like Zaz said, I think everyone's in the same boat as you. I know I certainly am! I've changed my plan so many times. Having just looked I can tell you that only 16 out of the 52 books are still the same as when I initially made the plan and even some of those have at least moved to a different topic.

[Shelly]

Just finished weeks 32-34 and week 6. Only 13.5 books to go! I am so proud of myself.

[Zaz, Mood Minion]

Congrats Shelly :)
I hope you'll enjoy the last part of the challenge!