Colleen D's AAB - 31 book personal reading challenge

[Colleen]

Here is a place where I am going to focus and really lay it all out. I love that we're being so organized and excited about next year already! List(s) to come...

I already have two other challenges filled out for next year (11 RL book club books & a 12+4 challenge) - can't get too crazy.

10/31 completed

10 Oldest Books on my TBR:

1. Fall of Giants
2. How to Be an American Housewife
3. Olive Kitteridge
4. A Game of Thrones
5. The Orphan Master's Son
6. The Round House

Above titles are also leftover books from another 2015 challenge I did not finish.

7. Wolf Hall
8. The Cove
9. A Tale of Two Cities read 1/16/16; 4 stars
10. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (hope I won't turn into more of a hypochondriac)

10 Books on my Physical Shelf I really want to get to:

1. Dune
2. The Bonfire of the Vanities
3. In the Time of the Butterflies
4. The Sparrow
5. The Lowland
6. The Art of Fielding
7. A Land More Kind Than Home
8. Pride and Prejudice read 2/18/16; 4 stars
9. Joyland read 6/27/16; 5 stars
10. Son of a Witch

Must include classics & Stephen King. Check.

RL Book Club Books

1. The Middle of Everywhere: Helping Refugees Enter the American Community read 1/27/16; 3 stars
2. Fahrenheit 451 read 2/22/16; 2 stars
3. A Constellation of Vital Phenomena read 3/31/16; 4 stars
4. Miss Hazel and the Rosa Parks League read 3/17/16; 4 stars
5. The Martian read 5/9/16; 5 stars
6. The War that Saved My Life read 5/30/16; 5 stars
7. The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer read 7/7/16; 4 stars
8. A Man Called Ove
9. A Spool of Blue Thread
10. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
11. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

[Shirley]

Good luck with your challenge, Colleen!

[Leslie]

I see we have some of the same books on our to-read list such as Olive Kitteridge and Wolf Hall :)

[Colleen]

Thanks Shirley! Isn't reading wonderful? Just need some challenges to try and keep focused. :)

[Colleen]

Yes we do Leslie! Looking forward to seeing your thoughts. I have a feeling Olive is going to be really good and Wolf Hall - but people seem mixed on it. Hope we enjoy and get through! Big book...

[Evelyn]

Good luck Colleen - I haven't read any of your books listed so far, I'll be interested to see your thoughts and will likely be adding many to my TBR lol

[Patricia]

I really liked Olive Kitteridge. I've missed the mini series both times it's been on tv, I know it won some awards, Emmy's I think.

Good luck with your challenge, I'll be watching you so I can see what I need to add to my list lol!

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Good luck! You have some great books planned. I have always wanted to read The Emperor of all Maladies

[Colleen]

Updated list 10/31 read - hmmm, the oldest TBR books are yet to be touched. Determined to get to Fall of Giants soon - the page length must be getting to me, although it may be a fast, interesting read.

Updated also to include star ratings.