Aleksandra's 2016 Challenge

[Aleksandra]

My first plan for 2016, still in progress and can change during year. Would like to catch up on "classics" but with so many new books being published all the time Im sure it will be difficult.

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1. A book you meant to read in 2015, but didn't


2. A book set in a different continent
On the Road Jack Kerouac

3. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2015 (winner or nominated) Finding Audrey Sophie Kinsella


4. A book by an author you discovered in 2015
Hunted Carla Norton

5. A book with a title beginning with the 1st letter of your name
Anne's House of Dreams L.M. Montgomery

6. The highest rated on your TBR

7. A book about books
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore Robin Sloan

8. A classic book with less than 200 pages
Breakfast at Tiffany's

9. A book that was mentioned in another book The Bite of Mango Mariatu Kamara

10. A book by an author you feel you should have read by now The Japanese Lover Isabel Allende


11. A book from the Rory Gilmore challenge
The Virgin Suicides Jeffrey Eugenides

12. A childhood classic
by Julius Verne

13. Reader’s Choice

14. A book with one of the five W’s -or H in the title (Who/What/Where/When/Why/How) What Milo Saw Virginia Macgregor

15. A book set in the past (more than 100 years ago)
Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe

16. A book from the top 100 mystery novels
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Agatha CHristie

17. A book with a beautiful cover Droga do domu Yaa Gyasi

18. A book on a summer/beach reading list
Infinite Home Kathleen Alcot

19. A non-fiction book
Hiroshima John Hersey

20. A book with a first name in the title Black-Eyed Susans Julia Heaberlin

21. A book from the Goodreads Recommendations page

22. The first book in a new to you series
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood Marjane Satrapi

23. The next book in a series you are reading
Glass Sword Victoria Aveyard

24. A "between the numbers" book of a series (0.5, 1,5, 2.5, etc.)

25. A book whose main character is in a profession that interests you Still Life with Bread Crumbs Anna Quindlen

26. A book everyone is talking about
All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr

27. A book with a beautiful title (in your own opinion)


28. A biography, autobiography, or memoir
Madame Curie: A Biography Eva Curie

29. A book by an author who writes under more than one name by Mary Westmacott {Agatha Christie} Giant's Bread

30. A fairytale from a culture other than your own
... Russians

31. A work of young adult fiction
Paper Towns john green

32. A historical fiction book
The Lake House Kate Morton

33. The 16th book on your TBR
Foreigner: A Novel Nahid Rachlin

34. A book about mental illness
The Impossible Knife of Memory Laurie Halse Anderson

35. An award winning book
The Lowland Jhumpa Lahiri DSC Prize for South Asian Literature (2015)

36. An identity book - a book about a different culture, religion or sexual orientation
The Miseducation of Cameron Post Emily M Danforth

37. A book that you've seen the movie of but haven't read
The Reader Barnard Schlink

38. A book about an anti hero
Macbeth William Shakespeare


39. A previous suggestion that did not make it into the list 14th Deadly Sin James Patterson

40. A novella from your favorite genre
historical fiction Day After Night Anita Diamant

41. A book about a major world event (fiction or non-fiction)

42. A top 100 fantasy novel

43. A book about a thing that goes bump in the night

44. A book you're embarrassed to read in public
some romance

45. A book related to a hobby or passion you have A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table Molly Wiezenberg

46. A crime story
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story John Berendt

47. A book with a type of food/drink in the title
The Espressologist Kristina Springer

48. A dystopia


49. A book with a great opening line

50. A book originally written in a language other than English
Ekspozycja Remigiusz Mróz

51. A short story from a well-known author Too Much Happiness Alice Munro

52. A book published in 2016 Biała Rika Magdalena Parys

[Jody]

I love Breakfast at Tiffany's - I hope you like it!

[Charity]

I'm reading Go Set the Watchman and Breakfast at Tiffany's next year too.

[EllenZReads]

Go Set A Watchman is also on my list. Angela's Ashes is a really good book. If you like it, check out Teacher Man by the same author.

[Aleksandra]

Jody wrote: "I love Breakfast at Tiffany's - I hope you like it!" I hope so, for the last few years I was trying to read it.

Charity wrote: "I'm reading Go Set the Watchman and Breakfast at Tiffany's next year too." will check your plan and maybe find more similar :)

Ellen wrote: "Go Set A Watchman is also on my list. Angela's Ashes is a really good book. If you like it, check out Teacher Man by the same author." oh thank you, will check straight away

[Sophie]

Looks like there's going to be a few of us reading Go Set a Watchman next year!

[Pam]

Angela's Ashes is one of my favorite books. Hope you like it, too!

[Aleksandra]

Extra mini challenge

A- Z TITLES

A Always You Erin Kaye
B The Boy in the Dress David Walliams
C
D The Danish Girl David Ebershoff
E The End of Your Life Book Club Will Schwalbe
F The final world Liza Marklund
G Gangsta Granny David Walliams
H
I In the Land of the Long White Cloud sarah lark
J Jake and Lily Jerry Spinelli
K
L The Last Queen of India Michelle Moran
M Magiczne miejsce Agnieszka Krawczyk
N Nemesis Jo Nesbo
O Our Song Dani Atkins
P Przewieszenie Remigiusz Mróz
Q The Quaker Café Brenda Bevan Remmes
R The Rose Petal Beach Dorothy Koomson
S Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers Mary Roach
T Those Girls Chevey Stevens
U The Unlucky Lottery Hakan Nesser
V
W What Milo Saw Virginia Macgregor
X
Y Yellow Crocus Laila Ibrahim
Z Zakonnice odchodzą po cichu Marta Abramowicz