Elena's 2016 Reading Corner

[Elena]

In this topic I will keep track of all the challenges I'm doing in 2016, both in this group and in others.

Goodreads Challenge: 120/100

Group: 2016 Reading Challenge
Every Year Challenge: 26/26
The Listopia Challenge: 24/25
The TBR Randomiser Challenge: 6/10

Group: Reading Challenges
Cover Colour Challenge: 20/20
Sfida dei periodi storici: 15/15
Monografia - Finish/Catch up on Series: 20/20
Extra-Large Challenge: 15/15
Alphabet Challenge: 18/21
Esimio Sconosciuto: 35/35
Lo Scaffale Traboccante: 8/10
1001 Libri da Leggere: 36/40

Group: Challenge Yourself
Where's Your Card?: 25/25
Reality Check: 7/7
Back in the Saddle: 14/15

[Elena]

Every Year Challenge
message #282
26/26

1991 Richard III and the Princes in the Tower
1992 A Break with Charity
1993 Le vergini suicide
1994 The Oracle Glass
1995 Katherine
1996 Passato prossimo
1997 Fantasmi di terra, aria, fuoco e acqua
1998 Veronika decide di morire
1999 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2000 Sei nei guai
2001 The Haunted
2002 La principessa di Mantova
2003 L'imperatrice Orchidea
2004 Jonathan Strange & il signor Norrell
2005 Non lasciarmi
2006 The Final Empire
2007 Estate di morte
2008 The Lady in Red
2009 Il centenario che saltò dalla finestra e scomparve
2010 Anime legate
2011 L'amica geniale
2012 Storia del nuovo cognome
2013 Joyland
2014 Scritto sulla sabbia
2015 A Darker Shade of Magic
2016 The Rose and the Dagger

[Elena]

The Listopia Challenge
message #108
24/25

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1. I Miserabili by Victor Hugo
2. Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore by Italo Calvino
3. Amok by Stefan Zweig
4. Non lasciarmi by Kazuo Ishiguro
5. Le vergini suicide by Jeffrey Eugenides
6. Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
7. Novella degli scacchi by Stefan Zweig
8. Gita al faro by Virginia Woolf
9. Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe
10. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Best Historical Fiction Set in UK and Ireland
1. Ritorno a Riverton Manor by Kate Morton
2. Brief Gaudy Hour by Margaret Campbell Barnes
3. Stormbird by Conn Iggulden
4. Il master di Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson
5.

Historical Fiction - France
1. L'Usignolo by Kristin Hannah
2. The Summer Queen by Elizabeth Chadwick
3. Quattro sorelle tutte regine by Sherry Jones
4. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
5. The Oracle Glass by Judith Merkle Riley

Best Crime & Mystery Books
1. Night Film by Marisha Pessl
2. Estate di morte by Harlan Coben
3. Lezioni di morte by Tess Gerritsen
4. Primo a morire by James Patterson
5. Svaniti nel nulla by Harlan Coben

[Elena]

The TBR Randomiser Challenge
message #143
6/10

1. Eeny Meeny by M.J. Arlidge
2. Empress Orchid by Anchee Min
3. Barbablù by Amélie Nothomb
4. La signora di Milano: Vita e passioni di Bianca Maria Visconti by Daniela Pizzagalli
5. 1st to Die by James Patterson
6. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
7. Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight
8. What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
9. The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen
10. Caligula by Albert Camus

[Elena]

Cover Colour Challenge
my challenge
20/20

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[Elena]

Sfida dei periodi storici
my challenge
15/15

Before 1000:
1. I giorni della gloria by Colleen McCullough
2. I Am Livia by Phyllis T. Smith
3. Lily of the Nile by Stephanie Dray

1000/XV century:
1. La principessa di Mantova by Marie Ferranti
2. The Summer Queen by Elizabeth Chadwick
3. Stormbird by Conn Iggulden

XVI/XVIII century:
1. Brief Gaudy Hour by Margaret Campbell Barnes
2. A Break with Charity by Ann Rinaldi
3. The Oracle Glass by Judith Merkle Riley

XIX century:
1. L'imperatrice Orchidea by Anchee Min
2. Il mio nome è Sissi by Allison Pataki
3. The Last Empress by Anchee Min

XX century:
1. L'Usignolo by Kristin Hannah
2. Ritorno a Riverton Manor by Kate Morton
3. Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

[Elena]

Monografia: Finish/Catching Up on Series
my challenge
20/20

1. Anime legate by Richelle Mead
2. Maleficio by Rachel Hawkins
3. Mors tua by Danila Comastri Montanari
4. Sei nei guai by Janet Evanovich
5. Storia del nuovo cognome by Elena Ferrante
6. I giorni della gloria by Colleen McCullough
7. The Rose Society by Marie Lu
8. The Rose and the Dagger by Renee Ahdieh
9. Storia di chi fugge e di chi resta by Elena Ferrante
10. Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
11. Lezioni di morte by Tess Gerritsen
12. Succubus Dreams by Richelle Mead
13. Storia della bambina perduta by Elena Ferrante
14. A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab
15. The Midnight Star by Marie Lu
16. L'ultimo sacrificio by Richelle Mead
17. The Last Empress by Anchee Min
18. Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
19. Succubus Heat by Richelle Mead
20. I favoriti della fortuna by Colleen McCullough

[Elena]

Extra-Large Challenge
my challenge
15/15

Read books with 500+ pages.

1. Night Film by Marisha Pessl
2. Anime legate by Richelle Mead
3. The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
4. I Miserabili by Victor Hugo
5. I giorni della gloria by Colleen McCullough
6. Jonathan Strange & il signor Norrell by Susanna Clarke
7. Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
8. Il mio nome è Sissi by Allison Pataki
9. Ritorno a Riverton Manor by Kate Morton
10. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
11. Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
12. Tutto è fatidico: 14 storie nere by Stephen King
13. Stormbird by Conn Iggulden
14. A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab
15. Shakespeare: una biografia by Peter Ackroyd

[Elena]

Alphabet Challenge
my challenge
18/21

A. Austen, Jane: Sense and Sensibility
B. Barnes, Margaret Campbell: Brief Gaudy Hour
C. Christie, Agatha: Ordeal by Innocence
D. Dalseno, Esther: Drown
E. Evanovich, Janet: Sei nei guai
F. Ferrante, Elena: L'amica geniale
G. Gerritsen, Tess: Lezioni di morte
H. Hawkins, Rachel: Maleficio
I. Ishiguro, Kazuo: Non lasciarmi
L. Lu, Marie: The Rose Society
M. Mead, Richelle: Anime legate
N. Nothomb, Amelie: Barbablù
O. Orwell, George: Animal Farm
P. Pessl, Marisha: Night Film
Q.
R. Rowling, J.K.: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
S. Sanderson, Brandon: The Final Empire
T. Torre, A.R.: La ragazza del 6E
U.
V.
Z. Zweig, Stefan: Amok

[Elena]

Esimio Sconosciuto
my challenge
35/35

Read books by authors you've never read before.

1. Night Film by Marisha Pessl
2. The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
3. L'amica geniale by Elena Ferrante
4. La ragazza del 6E by A.R. Torre
5. Drown: A Twisted Take on the Classic Fairy Tale by Esther Dalseno
6. L'Usignolo by Kristin Hannah
7. La principessa di Mantova by Marie Ferranti
8. Il centenario che saltò dalla finestra e scomparve by Jonas Jonasson
9. Amok by Stefan Zweig
10. L'imperatrice Orchidea by Anchee Min
11. Choker by Elizabeth Woods
12. Jonathan Strange & il signor Norrell by Susanna Clarke
13. Le vergini suicide by Jeffrey Eugenides
14. L'invito by Ruth Ware
15. Scritto sulla sabbia by Clare Mackintosh
16. Estate di morte by Harlan Coben
17. The Summer Queen by Elizabeth Chadwick
18. Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
19. Guarda dietro di te by Sibel Hodge
20. Il mio nome è Sissi by Allison Pataki
21. Primo a morire by James Patteron
22. Ritorno a Riverton Manor by Kate Morton
23. With Malice by Eileen Cook
24. A letto con i re by Eleanor Herman
25. I Am Livia by Phyllis T. Smith
26. Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
27. Richard III and the Princes in the Tower by A.J. Pollard
28. In cerca di Alice by Liane Moriarty
29. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
30. Ghost story by Peter Straub
31. Stormbird by Conn Iggulden
32. La coppia perfetta by B.A. Paris
33. Quattro sorelle tutte regine by Sherry Jones
34. Every Breath by Ellie Marney
35. Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor by Anthony Everitt

[Elena]

Lo Scaffale Traboccante
my challenge
8/10

Read books which has been on your shelves for a long time (at least 6 months).

1. Joyland by Stephen King
2. Il centenario che saltò dalla finestra e scomparve by Jonas Jonasson
3. Lily of the Nile by Stephanie Dray
4. Brief Gaudy Hour by Margaret Campbell Barnes
5. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
6. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
7. Cuore di tenebra by Joseph Conrad
8. The Oracle Glass by Judith Merkle Riley

[Elena]

1001 libri da leggere
my challenge
36/40

This challenge started in 2015, so I'm counting only the books I will read in 2016.

1. I Miserabili by Victor Hugo
2. Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore by Italo Calvino
3. Amok by Stefan Zweig
4. Le vergini suicide by Jeffrey Eugenides
5. Novella degli scacchi by Stefan Zweig
6. Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
7. Gita al faro by Virginia Woolf
8. Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe
9. Cuore di tenebra by Joseph Conrad
10. Veronika decide di morire by Paulo Coelho

[Elena]

Where's Your Card?
my challenge
25/25

Read library books.

1. La principessa di Mantova by Marie Ferranti
2. Il mistero del Treno Azzurro by Agatha Christie
3. Sei nei guai by Janet Evanovich
4. Amok by Stefan Zweig
5. Fantasmi di terra, aria, fuoco e acqua by various authors
6. Non lasciarmi by Kazuo Ishiguro
7. L'imperatrice Orchidea by Anchee Min
8. Jonathan Strange & il signor Norrell by Susanna Clarke
9. Novella degli scacchi by Stefan Zweig
10. Estate di morte by Harlan Coben
11. On Writing by Stephen King
12. Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
13. Il mio nome è Sissi by Allison Pataki
14. Lezioni di morte by Tess Gerritsen
15. Primo a morire by James Patterson
16. Svaniti nel nulla by Harlan Coben
17. Ritorno a Riverton Manor by Kate Morton
18. Lettera di una sconosciuta by Stefan Zweig
19. Mia cugina Rachele by Daphne du Maurier
20. In cerca di Alice by Liane Moriarty
21. Ghost story by Peter Straub
22. Tutto è fatidico: 14 storie nere by Stephen King
23. Stormbird by Conn Iggulden
24. La coppia perfetta by B.A. Paris
25. Quattro sorelle tutte regine by Sherry Jones

[Elena]

Reality Check
my challenge
7/7

Read non-fiction books.

1. On Writing by Stephen King
2. The Lady in Red by Hallie Rubenhold
3. The Deadly Sisterhood by Leonie Frieda
4. A letto con i re by Eleanor Herman
5. Richard III and the Princes in the Tower by A.J. Pollard
6. Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor by Anthony Everitt
7. Shakespeare: una biografia by Peter Ackroyd

[Elena]

Back in the Saddle
my challenge
14/15

Re-read favourite books.

1. Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie
2. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
3. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
4. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
5. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
6. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
7. Trappola per topi by Agatha Christie
8. Emma by Jane Austen
9. Persuasion by Jane Austen
10. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
11. Animal Farm by George Orwell
12. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
13. Lady Susan - I Watson - Sanditon by Jane Austen
14. Il master di Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson