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Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge - 2016!
Updating original message 310, progress 12/19✓2. Read a nonfiction book about science - The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why by Amanda Ripley
Updating message 310, progress 13/19✓20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction) - She Said Yes: The Unlikely Martyrdom of Cassie Bernall by Misty Bernall
Update: I just finished my book set in the Middle East- "The Kite Runner" by Kahled Housseini. I now have 13/24
updated post 214I have upped my goal to 10 and am currently 8/10
Updated message #434:✔️7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel After The Ending Sept 1
Progress:11/12
Just one book left to achieving my goal.
Update message 14: please change my goal to 21. I have read 20 to date.
Update: 21/24Task 16. Read the first book in a series by a person of color
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin (5 stars)
I completed the challenge! 24/241 - Frankenstein/Shelley
2 - Building the Bombs/Loeber
3 - Slouching Towards Bethlehem/Didion
4 - Pete the Cat - Valentine's Day is Cool/Dean
5 - Wonder/Palacio
6 - The Romanov Sisters/Rappaport
7 - Shift/Howey
8 - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy/Le Carre
9 - The Handmaid's Tale/Atwood
10 - The Passage/Cronin
11 - Waking Kate/Allen
12 - Becoming Nicole/Nutt
13 - The Red Tent/Diamant
14 - In the Shadow of the Banyan/Ratner
15 - A Burnable Book/Holsinger
16 - An Ember in the Ashes/Tabir
17 - Roller Girl/Jamieson
18 - Room/Donoghue
19 - All the Single Ladies/Traister
20 - The Poisonwood Bible/Kingsolver
21 - Between the World and Me/Coates
22 - Blood, Bones, and Butter/Hamilton
23 - Hamlet/Shakespeare
24 - Reasons to Stay Alive/Haig
15/2421. Book about politics in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction) The Republic by Plato
*Message 396 (page 8) on challenge broad*16 of 23 completed; Removed task 4 from challenge.
✔13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East – Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho (9/15/16)
Update Please! #10) Read a book over 500 pages: "Private Paris", by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan 544 pages
*Message 396 (page 8) on challenge broad*17 of 23 completed; Removed task 4 from challenge.
✔9. Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award – The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (9/25/16)
Updating original message 309, progress 14/19✓19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes - The Boogie Man Is My Friend: The Rookies by Kathryn Loving
The author weaved in her trials as a female officer (and prejudice against her for it) throughout the book, and how she embraced her feminine side to get through them.
Gwen wrote: "Update Please! #10) Read a book over 500 pages: "Private Paris", by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan 544 pages"
Gwen, how many have you read in total?
16/248. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams 9-28
Hello All, Happy October! The end of the year is approaching, so count up how many books you have to read so you can finish your goal! .Here are September's statistics, as of today, we have 126 participants. We have read 667 books of the 2650 pledged, and 9 participants have completed the challenge!
Great job everyone!
UPDATE:11/10
1. Read a horror book - The Fall of the House of Usher
2. Read a nonfiction book about science - In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
5. Read a middle grade novel - The Lost Hero
6. Read a biography (not memoir or autobiography) - Dragonholder: The Life and Dreams (So Far) of Anne McCaffrey
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel - Gathering Blue
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born
- Foundation
9. Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award - The Martian
10. Read a book over 500 pages long - The Gathering Storm
11. Read a book under 100 pages - The Dogs I Have Kissed
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness - Mr. Mercedes
15. Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900 - The Age of Innocence
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better. The Martian
17/241. Read horror book 11/22/63 by Stephen King 10-3-16
Update to message 14I have completed the challenge
22/21
[X] 1. a horror book-Secret Agent Grandma by R.L. Stine
[X] 2. a nonfiction book about science- Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
[X] 3. a collection of essays- Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
[X] 4. a book out loud to someone else-The Pigeon Needs a Bath! and The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?
[X] 5. a middle grade novel-The Isle of the Lost
[X] 6. a biography (not memoir or autobiography)-Joy: Poet, Seeker, and the Woman Who Captivated C. S. Lewis
[X] 7. a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel-The Fifth Season
[X] 8. a book originally published in the decade you were born-The Ten Thousand Things
[X] 9. an audiobook that has won an Audie Award-The Tao of Pooh
[X] 10. a book over 500 pages long-Roses
[X] 11. a book under 100 pages-84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff, 97 pages
[] 12. a book by or about a person that identifies as transgender
[X] 13. a book that is set in the Middle East-Together Tea
[] 14. a book by an author from Southeast Asia-
[X] 15. a book of historical fiction set before 1900-Murder on Astor Place
[X] 16. the first book in a series by a person of color-The Fifth Season
[X] 17. a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years-The Nao of Brown
[X] 18. a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate.-The Mrs. Dalloway Reader
[X] 19. a nonfiction book about feminism or with feminist themes-A Room of One's Own
[X] 20. a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction)-The Screwtape Letters
[X] 21. a book about politics in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction)-House of Cards
[X] 22. a food memoir-Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant : Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone
[X] 23. a play - Noises Off
[X] 24. a book with a main character that has a mental illness-Whose Body? - post traumatic stress syndrome
*Message 395 (page 8) on challenge broad*19 of 23 completed; Removed task 4 from challenge.
Revised on 10/24/16
✔21. Read a book about politics in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction) – I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai (10/14/16)
Updated post 213Now 9/10
Hello All, Happy November! I love this month. Here in Pennsylvania, the trees have all turned beautiful colors and we are getting ready to light our fire place. I spent the morning pulling out my sweaters and looking at the books I'm going to read curled up under a blanket.Here are October's statistics, as of today, we have 126 participants. We have read 678 books of the 2650 pledged, and 9 participants have completed the challenge!
Great job everyone!
Edited post 213 -Completed 10/10
YAY!
Updated message 1219/24
16. First book in a series by a person of color Beloved by Toni Morrison 11-28-16
Almost there! Only one book left. Here's hoping I make it by the end of the month.... I'm in for all 24! This seems like a great way to push my comfort zone, particularly since the first book on the list is horror (yuck!). Here's for pushing boundaries in 2016.
23/24
1. Read a horror book
2. Read a nonfiction book about science What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
3. Read a collection of essays Luke Skywalker Can't Read: And Other Geeky Truths
4. Read a book out loud to someone else Gordon and the Glockenspiel
5. Read a middle grade novel Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan -
6. Read a biography (not memoir or autobiography) Mandela: An Audio History
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born The Gunslinger by Stephen King
9. Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
10. Read a book over 500 pages long Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
11. Read a book under 100 pages Pet-Friendly Francie Scores a Pooch: by Kat E. Erikson
12. Read a book by or about a person that identifies as transgender The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
14. Read a book by an author from Southeast Asia Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai
15. Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900 Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant by Tony Cliff
16. Read the first book in a series by a person of color The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years Feathers by Jorge Corona
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better. A Time to Kill by John Grisham (The book was better-- but the movie was also good!)
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction)
21. Read a book about politics in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction) My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem
22. Read a food memoir Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain
23. Read a play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two by J.K. Rowling
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson
Updated: 24/24
Please Update: 10/10 completed: 100% done!! #3) Essay collection: We Should All Be Feminists
#4) Book Read Out Loud: The Three Little Wolves and The Big Bad Pig & Ugly Fish
#5) Middle Grade Novel: American Born Chinese
#10) Book > 500pgs: The Bone Labyrinth & Private Paris
#11) Book< 100pgs: Corey's Mountain & Dig Breath
#14) Author Asian: Avatar Smoke and Shadows
#16) Person of Color Main First in Series: Wild Seed
#19) Feminist slant: Bad Feminist
#20) Book on Religion: The Monk Downstairs
#29) Character with Mental Illness: Rosie Project & The Vecellio Connection
Challenge completed!! Please Update... <3 loved this challenge, please bring it back in 2017!
Please Update: 11/11#18: Book to Movie: The Martian by Andy Weir.
Hollywood did a great job converting this novel into a movie, mainly due to its diary format. I actually preferred the movie especially the final steps of the Hermes rescue mission. The movie had Commander Lewis redeeming herself for abandoning Watney on Mars by catching him as he rocketed pass her. While the novel had him obeying her orders by not compromising his spacesuit and turning it into a mini propulsion device and Beck actually rescuing him.
Both are superb pieces of entertainment!
*Message 390 (page 8) on challenge broad*Final Status for Challenge:
Completed 19 Tasks, Attempted 23 Tasks, Removed 1 Task
Last Revised on 12/26/16
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12/10 +1 that was entered in 2 categories
✔ 9. Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award - Locke & Key
✔ 13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East - Orhan's Inheritance
✔ 14. Read a book by an author from Southeast Asia - The Ghost Bride
✔ 15. Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900 - The Ghost Bride
✔ 16. Read the first book in a series by a person of color - The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf
✔ 17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years Amazing Fantastic Incredible: A Marvelous Memoir
✔ 19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes - We Should All Be Feminists
Please Update: 12/12: 100% completed! #21) Politics in your country or another: How Do You Kill 11 Million People? by Andy Andrews publ 2011 , 84 pgs.
I have to read his " Butterfly Effect" in 2017.
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✓6. Read a biography (not memoir or autobiography) - Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand