Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge - 2016!

[Nicole]

*Update for Nicole W.*

10. Read a book over 500 pages long=

Goal Met So Far: 3/8

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Updated my original post. The message number changed from 202 to 201 and now to 200, so I think I'll just leave it unnumbered. ;-)

I'd planned to do 12 (half), but am at 14/12 now. I think I will continue to do more, as I'm enjoying the way this challenge pushes me out of my comfort zone and broadens my horizons.

[Sheila]

message 99 Book Riot

6/10

✔ 7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel - New Reality: Truth
✔ 1. Read a horror book - Bubbles

[Kadijah Michelle]

TerryJane wrote: "Updated my original post. The message number changed from 202 to 201 and now to 200, so I think I'll just leave it unnumbered. ;-)

I'd planned to do 12 (half), but am at 14/12 now. I think I will ..."

Do you want to push yourself and increase your goal to say 20?

[Kadijah Michelle]

Happy April all!

Here are the statistics for this challenge as of the end of March:
We have 119 participants with 431 books read out of 2480 books pledged. Keep up the great work!

[Veronica]

Can the books I've read so far in 2016 count? I'm only new to this challenge

[Melissa]

Update message #251: 15/24

[Mary Pat]

UPDATE:


6/10 (23)

7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel - Gathering Blue
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born
- Foundation
10. Read a book over 500 pages long - The Gathering Storm
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness - Mr. Mercedes
5. Read a middle grade novel - The Lost Hero
2. Read a nonfiction book about science - In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

[Kelly]

Updated #73.

I already completed the goal of 12 I initially set myself after completing some categories I didn't originally plan for. So can I please be noted that my original 12 is complete and update my goal to 20, please? Thanks!

COMPLETE: 12/12
Updated Goal: 12/20

[Cheri]

Update - 17/24
Task 21. Read a book about politics in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction)
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (5 stars)

[Eli]

Update - 7/24

Task 6. Read a biography (not memoir or autobiography) Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War

[[deleted user]]

Updated Message 5
5/24

[Stephanie]

Update: I just finished I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, which is my book about politics. I am now up to 8/24.

[Maria]

8/24

12. Book by or about a person that identifies as transgender

Orlando by Virginia Woolf 4-13

[Eli]

Update: [7/24]

6. Read a biography (not memoir or autobiography) Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War ✔

[[deleted user]]

Updated Message 5
7/24

[Susan C]

Updated message 49

12/24

[Kadijah Michelle]

Veronica wrote: "Can the books I've read so far in 2016 count? I'm only new to this challenge"

Absolutely, yes!

[Maria]

9/24

22. Food memoir - My Life in France by Julia Child 4-16-16

[Alex]

msg 34 - 17/20

[Reenah]

Update message 58: 7/20

2. Read a nonfiction book about science - A Brief History of Time
21. Read a book about politics in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction) - The Social Contract

[Maria]

10/24

20. Book about religion (fiction or nonfiction)

The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis 4-21-16

[Patricia]

3/6 finished

22. Read a food memoir: Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home

[[deleted user]]

Updated Message 5
10/24

[Cheri]

Update: 18/24
Task 4. Read a book out loud to someone else
Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne (5 stars)
I know it's a children's book, but it's great for reading out loud no matter what your age! We read a chapter a night.

[Sheryl_at_Ubookquitous]

updated post 214
7/8

[Charity]

Updated message 9.


Goal 5/10

[Kadijah Michelle]

It is the end of April already, wow! The year is flying by. Here are the statistics for this challenge. We have 119 challengers, and we have read 464 books of the 2488 books pledged.

[Mary Pat]

UPDATE:


9/10

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
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel - Gathering Blue
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born
- Foundation
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

[Maria]

11/24

24. Book with a main character that has a mental illness.  All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven 5-2-16

[Cheri]

Update: 19/24
Task 1. Read a horror book.
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter (5 stars)

[Maria]

12/24

15. Historical fiction set before 1900 Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 5-4-16

[Erin]

Update: 5/24

4. Read a book out loud to someone else: Bear in the Air✔
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel: Station Eleven
10. Read a book over 500 pages long: The Book Thief

[Chetara]

Count me in for the Book Riot's Read Header Challenge.
Completed 19 Tasks, Attempted 23 Tasks, Removed 1 Task from challenge.
Last Revised on 12/26/16

Attempted and Removed Tasks:
1. Read a horror book – Ghost Summer: Stories by Tananarive Due
4. Read a book out loud to someone else – Removed
6. Read a biography (not memoir or autobiography) – The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss
15. Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900 – The Healing by Jonathan Odell
16. Read the first book in a series by a person of color – Ghost Summer: Stories by Tananarive Due

Completed Tasks:
✔2. A nonfiction book about science – Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins by Susan Casey
✔3. Read a collection of essays – Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls: A Handbook for Unapologetic Living by Jes Baker (7/20/16)
✔5. Read a middle grade novel – Full Cicada Moon by Marilyn Hilton (8/9/16)
✔7. A dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel – The Selection by Kiera Cass (5/13/16)
✔8. A book originally published in the decade you were born – Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore (5/14/16)
✔9. Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award – The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (9/25/16)
✔10. Read a book over 500 pages long – A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin (4/28/16)
✔11. Read a book under 100 pages – Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Rift, Part 1 by Gene Luen Yang (3/31/16)
✔12. Read a book by or about a person that identifies as transgender – The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff (7/26/16)
✔13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East – Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho (9/15/16)
✔14. Read a book by an author from Southeast Asia – The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo (8/22/16)
✔17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years – The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act by Kieron Gillen (5/14/16)
✔18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better. – The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff (book completed on 7/26/16; movie completed on 8/4/16): I enjoyed the book more than the movie. The movie skipped forward too much and felt rushed.
✔19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes – How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran (8/19/16)
✔20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction) – Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back by Todd Burpo (8/1/16)
✔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)
✔22. Read a food memoir – Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (9/29/16)
✔23. Read a play – A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (8/3/16)
✔24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness – All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven (6/3/16)

[Charity]

Updated message 9.

6/10

[Stephanie (Chinchillita)]

*Update Message 85*
10/12
9. Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award All the Light We Cannot See
11. Read a book under 100 pages A Bloody Storm
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East And the Mountains Echoed
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[Tania]

Updating message 310, progress 6/19

5. Read a middle grade novel - The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford - I chose this book after watching Everest, which gave me a taste to read an epic heroic adventure tale, and you really can't get any more epic than The Incredible Journey. When I opened my copy of this book up, out fell a note my sister wrote me when I was in middle school, so I thought that was pretty fitting.

[Christa]

I completed my 24 last night! \o/

24/24

✓ 1. Read a horror book - The Picture of Dorian Gray
✓ 2. Read a nonfiction book about science - Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
✓ 3. Read a collection of essays - When You Are Engulfed in Flames
✓ 4. Read a book out loud to someone else - Go the Fuck to Sleep
✓ 5. Read a middle grade novel - The Sleepwalker Tonic
✓ 6. Read a biography - Alexander Hamilton
✓ 7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel - The Infinite Sea
✓ 8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born - Matilda
✓ 9. Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award - The Graveyard Book
✓ 10. Read a book over 500 pages long - Elantris
✓ 11. Read a book under 100 pages - The Fox and the Star
✓ 12. Read a book by or about a person that identifies as transgender - George
✓ 13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East - A Thousand Splendid Suns
✓ 14. Read a book by an author from Southeast Asia - The Isle of the Lost
✓ 15. Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900 - Wildthorn
✓ 16. Read the first book in a series by a person of color - An Ember in the Ashes
✓ 17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years - Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection
✓ 18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better. - The Help
✓ 19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes - Men Explain Things to Me
✓ 20. Read a book about religion - Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why
✓ 21. Read a book about politics in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction) - Common Sense
✓ 22. Read a food memoir - Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home
✓ 23. Read a play - The Crucible
✓ 24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness - The Bell Jar

[Patricia]

Kadijah Michelle wrote: "BOOK RIOT'S READ HARDER CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1st - December 31st 2016
...one of the participants of this challenge, Ariel, offered this article from the New York Public Library to help with some hard to find catagories"

Hi Kadijah, I was hoping to take a look at the article suggested with tips for some of the categories but the link leads me to the homepage of goodreads. Could you perhaps re-post the original link? Eager to read it :-)

[Kadijah Michelle]

Patricia wrote: "Kadijah Michelle wrote: "BOOK RIOT'S READ HARDER CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1st - December 31st 2016
...one of the participants of this challenge, Ariel, offered this article from the New York Pub..."

Sorry about that. I had no idea the link wasn't working. I have fixed it.

[Sam F]

Updated Message 53

19/ 24 completed to date

[Jade]

Updated Message 185
9/24

[Erin]

Update Message 83
6/24

19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes: Funny Girl✔

[Patricia]

Kadijah Michelle wrote: "Patricia wrote: "Kadijah Michelle wrote: "BOOK RIOT'S READ HARDER CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1st - December 31st 2016
...one of the participants of this challenge, Ariel, offered this article from..."

Great, thanks! I've picked out quite a few ideas from the article :-)

[Patricia]

I'm at 4/6 (message #40), with as the latest.

[Kelly]

Updated #73.

4. Read a book out loud to someone else - We Should All Be Feminists ✔

13/20 complete.

[Tania]

Updating message 310 - Progress: 7/19
11. Read a book under 100 pages - Best Horse by Elizabeth Van Steenwyk

[Sam F]

Updated Message 53

20/24 completed to date

[Maria]

13/24

13. Book set in the Middle East A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 5-27-16

[Tori]

Update

11. Read a book under 100 pages - A Cut Too Far (By Herman Brown)

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