Jean's 2015 Reading Challenge

[Jean]

DONE!
Here is my list:
1. More than 500 pages: Here Be Dragons
2. A classic romance: A Room With a View
3. Became a movie: Strangers on a Train
4. Published this year: The Girl on the Train
5. With a number in the title: Catch-22
6. Written by someone under 30: The Tiger's Wife
7. Nonhuman characters: A Discovery of Witches
8. Funny: When You are Engulfed in Flames
9. Female author: Playing for the Ashes
10. Mystery or thriller A Mind to Murder
11. One-word title Midwives
12. Short stories Complete Short Stories Graham Greene
13. Set in a different country: The Beautiful Mystery
14. Nonfiction: Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior
15. Popular author's first book: The Time Traveler's Wife
16. Author you love, haven't read yet: A Trick of the Light
17. Friend recommended: Big Little Lies
18. Pulitzer Prize: The Goldfinch
19. True story: Operation Mincemeat
20. Bottom of to-read list: The Night Strangers
21. Mom loves: The Shell Seekers
22. Scares you 'Salem's Lot
23. More than 100 years old Candide
24. Based on cover First Frost
25. Supposed to read in school: The Catcher in the Rye
26. Memoir: The Last Lecture
27. Finish in a day: 84 Charing Cross Road
28. Antonyms in the title Up the Down Staircase
29. Always wanted to visit: The Savage Garden
30. Year you were born: Till We Have Faces
31. Bad reviews: Brave New World
32. Trilogy The Blackhouse The Lewis Man The Chessmen
33. Childhood: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
34. Love triangle Anna Karenina
35. Set in the future Oryx and Crake
36. Set in high school Staggerford
37. Color in the title: The Scarlet Letter
38. Made you cry: Marley and Me
39. With magic: The Name of the Wind
40. Graphic novel: Maus, I
41. Author you never read before: Sometimes a Great Notion
42. Own but never read: A Thousand Splendid Suns
43. Hometown: The Diva Runs out of Thyme
44. Different language: The Alchemist
45. Set during Christmas; A Christmas Journey
46. Author with same initials: Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
47. Play Streetcar Named Desire
48. Banned The Last Temptation of Christ
49. Turned into a TV show Outlander
50. Started but never finished: Sister Carrie

[Zaz, Mood Minion]

Congrats! I hope you enjoyed the challenge and most of the books :)
Which of the books is your favorite?

[Marta]

Congratulations! Lots of great picks!

[Jean]

Thanks! I really enjoyed this challenge. I think the best part of it was the wide variety of categories which "forced" me to read books I never would have considered. As far as my favorite, due to the wide diversity of categories, it's really hard to pick just one. Loved my choice for Based on a True Story Operation Mincemeat. Great read, and a fascinating look at a real event. Also loved Read in a Day 84 Charing Cross Road. A wonderful gem of a book. As it happens, these are two that probably never would have landed on my TBR list without this challenge. Biggest disappointment? Probably The Alchemist. Do not understand what all the hubbub is about with that one, that's for sure.

Happy Reading, Everyone!