Wend's Around The Year in 52 Books

[Wend]

My reading list for 2016. Starting very late so have matched up as many books I've read this year so far. A tough call to reach target, but will start at the beginning next year as looks fun.

The 2016 List:

1. A book you meant to read in 2015, but didn't - The Mysterious Affair At Styles, Agatha Christie (read)

2. A book set in a different continent - A Caribbean Mystery, Agatha Christie (Read)

3. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2015 (winner or nominated) - Follow you home, Mark Edwards (read)

4. A book by an author you discovered in 2015 - Silent Scream, Angel Marsons (read)

5. A book with a title beginning with the 1st letter of your name - White Nights, Ann Cleeves (read)

6. The highest rated on your TBR - And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie (read)

7. A book about books - The Uncomon Reader - Alan Bennett (read)

8. A classic book with less than 200 pages - Heart Of Darkness, Joseph Conrad (read)

9. A book that was mentioned in another book - The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne, (tbr)

10. A book by an author you feel you should have read by now - The Death of Ivan Ilyich - Leo Tolstoy (read)

11. A book from the Rory Gilmore challenge - Alice in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1) , Lewis Carroll (read)

12. A childhood classic - A Secret Garden, Francis Hodgson Burnett (read)

13. Reader’s Choice - Past Caring, Robert Goddard (read)

14. A book with one of the five W’s -or H in the title (Who/What/Where/When/Why/How) - How The Marquis Got His Coat back Neil Gaiman (read)

15. A book set in the past (more than 100 years ago) - The Three Fates, The Empress Of Rome, Kate Quinn (read)

16. A book from the top 100 mystery novels - The Daughter Of Time - Josephine Tey (read)

17. A book with a beautiful cover - Blue Lightning (Shetland Island #4) , Ann Cleeves (read)

18. A book on a summer/beach reading list - The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger (read)

19. A non-fiction book - The Vinyl Dialogues: Stories behind memorable albums of the 1970s as told by the artists, Mike Morsch (read)

20. A book with a first name in the title - RYAN's Return. Barbara Freethy (read)

21. A book from the Goodreads Recommendations page - N or M?, Agatha Christie (read)

22. The first book in a new to you series - Eeny Meeny, M. J. Arlidge (read)

23. The next book in a series you are reading - Red Bones, Ann Cleeves (read)

24. A "between the numbers" book of a series (0.5, 1,5, 2.5, etc.) - Ops Files (jet #0.5), Russell Blake (read)

25. A book whose main character is in a profession that interests you - Holy Island _(The DCI Ryan Mysteries) - LJ Ross (read)

26. A book everyone is talking about - My Girl, Jack Jordan (read)

27. A book with a beautiful title (in your own opinion) The Song Before It Is Sung, Justin Cartwright (read)

28. A biography, autobiography, or memoir - Going To Sea In A Sieve, Danyt Baker (read)

29. A book by an author who writes under more than one name - A Clubbable Woman, Reginald Hill/Patrick Ruell (read)

30. A fairytale from a culture other than your own - Steampunk Fairy Tales - Leslie Anderson (read)

31. A work of young adult fiction - Relentless, Karen Lynch (read)

32. A historical fiction book - The Gunner Girl, Clare Harvey (read)

33. The 16th book on your TBR - The Basement, Stephen Leather (read)

34. A book about mental illness - The Yellow Wallpaper, Charlotte Perkins Gilman (read)

35. An award winning book - Raven Black, Ann Cleeves (read)

36. An identity book - a book about a different culture, religion or sexual orientation - British Muslim Soldier, Adnan Sarwar (read)

37. A book that you've seen the movie of but haven't read The Killing, David Hewson (read)

38. A book about an anti hero - Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn (read)

39. A previous suggestion that did not make it into the list - Snowblind, Ragnar Jónasson (read)

40. A novella from your favorite genre - The Neighbor, Dean Koontz (read)

41. A book about a major world event (fiction or non-fiction) - Warsaw Anagrams, Richard Zimler (read)

42. A top 100 fantasy novel - A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea cycle #1), Ursula K. Le Guin (read)

43. A book about a thing that goes bump in the night - The Ghost Files, Apryl Baker (read)

44. A book you're embarrassed to read in public - War Horse by Michael Morpurgo (read)

45. A book related to a hobby or passion you have - The Vinyl Dialogues, Volume II: Dropping the Needle... on more albums of the 1970s Mike Morsch (read)

46. A crime story - Tooth And Nail, Ian Rankin (read)

47. A book with a type of food/drink in the title - Chickenfeed, Minette Walters (read)

48. A dystopia - The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood (tbr)

49. A book with a great opening line - Mrs Dalloway Virginia Woolf (read)

50. A book originally written in a language other than English - A man called Ove - Fredrik Backman (read)

51. A short story from a well-known author - Freaks. Tess Gerritsen (read)

52. A book published in 2016 - The Many, Wyl Menmuir (read)

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

It looks like you're off to a good start! Welcome to the group :)

[Jody]

Welcome, Wend! I hope you like The Handmaid's Tale - it was a group favourite last year, lots of us read it and loved it. It's amazing.

[Wend]

Laura wrote: "It looks like you're off to a good start! Welcome to the group :)"

Thanks Laura

[Wend]

Jody wrote: "Welcome, Wend! I hope you like The Handmaid's Tale - it was a group favourite last year, lots of us read it and loved it. It's amazing."

Thanks Jody. Will move up my tbr list.