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Lieke's 2017 challenge
Other books read:January
Sleutels van chaos by Hati Bell
Dagen van schaamte by Lieneke Dijkzeul
Mycket mer än så by Sarah Dessen
Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones
Up by Myrthe van der Meer
The Tournament at Gorlan by John Flanagan
February
Hardboiled Hard Luck by Banana Yoshimoto
Verhalenverteller, het leven van Roald Dahl by Donald Sturrock
The Lives of Christopher Chant by Diana Wynne Jones
The Battle of Hackham Heath by John Flanagan
Versier me dan by Jill Mansell
March
Jill Mansell's A-Z of Happiness by Jill Mansell
Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones
Big by Mireille Geus
Four: A Divergent Story Collection by Veronica Roth
Scorpion Mountain by John Flanagan
The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt
De kracht van het woud by Robert Haasnoot
April
De Vlucht by Megan Lindholm
The Burning Page by Genevieve Cogman
The Magicians of Caprona by Diana Wynne Jones
Fairest by Marissa Meyer
Winternachten by Nora Roberts
Een miljoen zeilen by Tais Teng
The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year by Sue Townsend
May
Beneath the Earth by John Boyne
Vattenhästen by Dick King-Smith
June
An Offer You Can't Refuse by Jill Mansell
Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
Makkelijk leven by Herman Koch
Rusland voor gevorderden by Jelle Brandt Corstius
Afrekening by Cate Tiernan
Lotsbestemming by Cate Tiernan
Nachtkind by Cate Tiernan
The Trouble With Valentine's Day by Rachel Gibson
July
The Keeping Place by Isobelle Carmody
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
United As One by Pittacus Lore
Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames
Coctails för tre by Madeleine Wickham
August
All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
Leerling en Meester by Robin Hobb
Min mormor hälsar och säger förlåt by Frederick Backman
De zonde van de vrouw by Connie Palmen
From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
How the Marquis Got His Coat Back by Neil Gaiman
Grimm's Fairy Tales by Brothers Grimm
September
Moordenaar des Konings by Robin Hobb
Damin Wolfsblad by Jennifer Fallon
Wacht! Wacht! by Terry Pratchett
Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
De reuzenperzik by Roald Dahl
Goldenhand by Garth Nix
W.I.T.C.H.
Oma boef by David Walliams
Sheer Mischief by Jill Mansell
October
Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
Wolfsblad voor altijd by Jennifer Fallon
Vermogen en Wijsheid by Robin Hobb
Kattensoep by Janneke Schotveld
De jacht op het schaduwdier
Hidden by P.C. Cast
November
The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop
A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris
Reavers' Ransom by Emily Diamand
Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh
The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
Het Medallion by Tot
Engelientje
Engelientje en de waterjuffer by Rie Warmerdam
December
Monthly overview:January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
W.I.T.C.H.
October
November
Engelientje
December
My plancurrent preferred option
The 2017 list
✔ 1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016
United as One by Pittacus Lore
Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop
The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction by Neil Gaiman
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal
2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view)
Invisible by Paul Auster
The Wheel of time #6 by Robert Jordan
✔ 3. A book you meant to read in 2016
The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman
✔ 4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E"
Hydrhaga by Kim ten Tusscher
Tsitsikamma
5. A historical fiction
Het winterpaleis by John Boyne
6. A book being released as a movie in 2017
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
The Mazerunner #3
✔ 7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title
De dagen van het hert by Liliana Bodoc
Dragon Keeper by Carole Wilkinson
8. A book written by a person of color
Kafka op het strand by Haruki Murakami
Hardboiled & Hard Luck by Banana Yoshimoto
9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list
A Hopeless Romantic
Historien om IKEA: Ingvar Kamprad berättar för Bertil Torekull
I Think I Love You
10. A dual-timeline novel
De historicus by Elizabeth Kostova
✔ 11. A category from another challenge
Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
12. A book based on a myth
Ragnarok by A.S. Byatt
Zilverdolk by Katharine Kerr
The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan
✔ 13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors (Trudi Canavan)
Marla Wolfsblad by Jennifer Fallon
Goldenhand by Garth Nix
✔ 14. A book with a strong female character
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
✔ 15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland)
Analfabeten som kunde räkna by Jonas Jonasson
Kaffe med rån by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg
En man som heter Ove by Fredrik Backman
✔ 16. A mystery
Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
✔ 17. A book with illustrations
Little Fur
✔ 18. A really long book (600+ pages)
Winter by Marissa Meyer
Elfenkoningin by Bernhard Hennen
✔ 19. A New York Times best-seller
En man som heter Ove by Frederik Backman
Dead and Gone (#9) by Charlaine Harris
✔ 20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading
Gelukszoekers by Megan Lindholm
De dagen van het Vuur by Liliana Bodoc
A Hopeless Romantic by Harriet Evans
Running: A Global History by Thor Gotaas
✔ 21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read
De dagen van de Schaduw by Liliana Bodoc
22. A book by an author you haven't read before
Zusjes op leven en dood by Tineke Beishuizen
De erfdrager by Olga Maria Berger
Het familieportret by Jenna Blum
✔ 23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Främlingen by Diana Gabaldon
Magician by Raymond E. Feist
Terry Pratchet
✔ 24. A book written by at least two authors
The Fate of Ten by Pittacus Lore
Medeplichtig by Nicci French
25. A book about a famous historical figure
The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory
✔ 26. An adventure book
Het domein van de Limbreth by Megan Lindholm
Wolfsblad voor altijd by Jennifer Fallon
✔ 27. A book by one of your favorite authors
Windzangers by Megan Lindholm
28. A non-fiction
The Adventures of Lewis and Clark by John Bakeless
Running: A Global History by Thor Gotaas
29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre)
De Onvoorziene by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Jachtseizoen by Anko van der Woude
✔ 30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Bloedverwanten by Richelle Mead
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
✔ 31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre
Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop
Damin Wolfsblad by Jennifer Fallon
✔ 32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle)
Het kleine meisje van meneer Linh by Philippe Claudel
A Concise History of Scotland from Day One to Day Two by Davytheghost
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
✔ 33. A magical realism novel
Firmin by Sam Savage
✔ 34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere
The Farseekers by Isobelle Carmody
✔ 35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty
A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
Elfenlicht by Bernhard Hennen
36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee
Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
37. A book you choose randomly
✔ 38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature
Cress by Marissa Meyer
39. An epistolary fiction
A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
✔ 40. A book published in 2017
A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab
Feist??
✔ 41. A book with an unreliable narrator
Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey
42. A best book of the 21st century (so far)
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
✔ 43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold)
The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
Under The Skin by Michel Faber
✔ 44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next"
Cracked Up to Be
Katharine Kerr Deverry #2
The Wheel of time #8
✔ 45. A book with a one-word title
Ashling by Isobelle Carmody
Verwelken by Lauren DeStefano
46. A time travel novel
Främlingen by Diana Gabaldon
Slända i bärnsten by Diana Gabaldon
✔ 47. A past suggestion that didn't win
A book by an author from a country other than your own
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
✔ 48. A banned book
Club Dead
✔ 49. A book from someone else's Bookshelf
Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
Cracked Up to Be by Courtney Summers
50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any edition
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
✔ 51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays)
Zero Hour by Pittacus Lore
✔ 52. A book set in a fictional location
A Dance with Dragons
My 2017 goals✔ read 64 books
- complete the ATY challenge
✔ read 50 books I bought before 2017
Complete series to read:
- Saga of the Borderlands by Liliana Bodoc
- Hythrun Chronicles: Wolfblade by Jennifer Fallon
- The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
Series to finish:
✔ Lorien Legacies (#6 and #7) by Pittacus Lore
✔ Lorien Legacies: The Lost Files (#13-15) by Pittacus Lore
✔ Shades of Magic #3 by V.E. Schwab
✔ Windsingers (#2, #3 and #4) by Megan Lindholm
✔ PAAZ (#2) by Myrthe van der Meer
✔ Sweep (#13, #14 and #15) by Cate Tiernan
Series to get up to date:
✔ A Song of Ice and Fire (#4 and #5) by George R.R. Martin
- Goldenhand (Abhorsen #5) by Garth Nix
✔ Ranger's Apprentice: The Early Years (#1 and #2) by John Flanagan
✔ The Band (#1) by Nicholas Eames
✔ The Invisible Library (
Series to continue:
- The Others (
✔ The Obernewtyn Chronicles (#2, #3 and #4) by Isobelle Carmody
✔ De Gran Terre saga (
Series to start:
- Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
- The Memoirs of Lady Trent by Marie Brennan
✔ Sookie Stackhouse by Charlaine Harris
✔ Little fur series by Isobelle Carmody
✔Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
To reread:
✔ Windsingers (#1) by Megan Lindholm
- Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb
- The Light Isles by Juliet Marillier
Books to put in plan:Elfenlied
Wolfsblad voor altijd
Books to buy:
Marked in Flesh
A Monster Calls
Goldenhand
Elfenlied
Stars Above
All:A Conjuring of Light
Are we smart enough to know how smart animals are?
Gelukszoekers
A dance with dragons
Marla Wolfsblad
Firmin
Topic:
The Farseekers
Dead as a Doornail
Zero hour
Ashling
Windzangers
Winter
Frankenstein
The Girl with all the Gifts
Het domein van de Limbreth
Projects:
Nog een topic maken?
Hydrhaga
De dagen van de schaduw
Comment in topic:
Four: A Divergent Story Collection
Fairest
Elizabeth is missing
I finished my first book of the year and for the challenge Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop.I read this book for 31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre. Fantasy is my favorite genre and this is an urban fantasy book.
This is a great series and I hope to be able to read the remainder of this series this year. Because I really want to know what happens next.
i have done the blood mirror. but that is spillover from last year now i am looking for something for this year
If you read The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden/Analfabeten som kunde räkna by Jonas JonassonI would love to hear what you think about it. I've read his other book about the 100-year old and remember it as a funny book, but I've been hesitating to read the other book.I'm also planning in reading A Monster Calls :-)
Marina H wrote: "If you read The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden/Analfabeten som kunde räkna by Jonas JonassonI would love to hear what you think about it. I've read his other book..."I'll let you know when I've read the book, I read the 100-year old man last year and liked it. But it wasn't one of my favorites. So I'm curious what I'll think about this book.
I saw A Monster Calls on a lot of plans :)
My second book of the year is The Fate of Ten by Pittacus Lore, I read this book for 24. A book written by at least two authors.I enjoy this series a lot, it is fun and has a lot of action. But the ending made me sad. Only one book left in the series.
I didn't want to go outside with the snow, so I finished my third book this month Cinder by Marissa Meyer for 30. A book from GoodReads top 100 YA books.It is a great start to the series, I had heard a little bit about the book but most of it was still a surprise. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series.
Do I need to read the short stories? I haven't read Glitches and The Little Android.
Glitches is a prequel, set when kid Cinder became a cyborg. I didn't find it great but it's a quick read if you want more informations :)
Thanks Katie! I just found out today I don't have Memoirs of a Geisha, but a book called Geisha. Have to look at that prompt again :)Happy reading to you too!
I should post you my copy, Lieke. I wasn't a fan, it's sitting in my bag of nope books that I'm giving away.
Thanks Jody, but I have over 200 books I already own on my TBR :)I only picked this one because I thought it was on my TBR.
I should do that I already have this book at home for a long time. Just have to see for which prompt I could use it :)Then I'll put it there as one of the possibilities.
I finished reading Dead Until Dark for prompt 47. A past suggestion that didn't win: A book by an author from a country other than your own, I picked this book because I wanted to start this series. I enjoyed the book but it is not near my favorites list. I'm not a fan of the insta-love, but enjoyed the mystery part.I liked Sam and Eric, I'm curious how the story will continue.
The first few books of the series are great - my favourite is the fourth. It goes downhill, in my opinion, not long after, but they are definitely fun fodder to read when you need something light.
I read De dagen van het hert by Liliana Bodoc for 7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the titel. No animal on the cover but the titel in english is: Days of the Deer.The writing style was not for me.
I liked the story idea but for me it didn't work how it was written.
The original language was Spanish so I don't know how much was because of the writing or the translation.
Jody wrote: "The first few books of the series are great - my favourite is the fourth. It goes downhill, in my opinion, not long after, but they are definitely fun fodder to read when you need something light."Thats good I own a few more in the series and easy reads can be very good in between heavier topics or thick books.
I'm reading #11 at the moment, along with War and Peace! It's a nice balance. :)
I read two side reads:Sleutels van chaos by Hati Bell
Dagen van schaamte by Lieneke Dijkzeul
Both 3 stars by Dutch authors:
The first was a great story but the writing could have been better.
For the second the writing was very good but I didn't like the story.
Today I finished reading Mycket mer än så (Alone for the ride) by Sarah Dessen.A fun YA, with a little tear and a good ending.
I read Charmed Life by Dian Wynne Jones.A good middle grade book, although the characters weren't very likable.
Finished my 10th book of the year Up by Myrthe van der Meer.It is the second and last book in a series, so I finished my first series of the year :)
It is a very emotionally impressive book. It definitely gave me a lot to think about.
I had a great start of the year I managed to read 11 books in January. Yesterday I finished book 11 The Tournament at Gorlan by John Flanagan. I loved reading about a young Halt and Crowley. And it makes me want to read the Ranger Apprentice books again to see the difference between then and now.
I listened to some of the Ranger Apprentice books last year. They were very pleasant to listen to, but somehow I've kind of forgotten about the series again. I should continue it soon.11 books... that's a great start! If you keep that up you could finish the challenge twice :-)
Finished the first book for February Scarlet by Marissa Meyer. I read it for 14. A book with a strong female character. I liked it a lot, some things you knew from the beginning that they where going to happen but that didn't bother me. I liked the writing and the characters.
I just finished Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris. As long as you don't take it too serious it is very enjoyable.We started reading this series with a few people in another GR group so I'm sure it is on other peoples bookshelf :)
Lieke wrote: "I just finished Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris. As long as you don't take it too serious it is very enjoyable.We started reading this series with a few people in another..."
I read all but the final book in the series several years ago. As long as you don't read more than a couple at a time, they are enjoyable. The show was entertaining as well!
I totally agree, Brooke! They are lots of fun, but in small doses. I've got two left in the series now, but I'm taking my time in between.
I'm planning on reading one each month so I have enough reads in between :)
I think the series goes (mostly) downhill after the fourth or fifth book, but they're still fun reads.
I read The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman for prompt 3. A book you meant to read in 2016.It is de 2nd book in The Invisible Library series.
I liked the book, but you need to keep focused to follow what is going on. I like the fae, the dragons and the alternate worlds.
Yesterday I read Little Fur by Isobelle Carmody for 17. A book with illustrations.A fun children's book about how humans destroy nature and a little elf troll saving the day. I have no idea when I bought this book, it was a total surprise to me that I owned this book. But it was a great little book. Now I have to find out if I can get the other books in the series.
I finished reading Hardboiled Hard Luck by Banana Yoshimoto. A thin book with two short stories the first story was a bit strange. The second story was a bit sad but also sweet.
I read Hydrhaga by Kim ten Tusscher for 4. A A title that doesn't contain the letter "E".A dutch fantasy book, it was her debut book. I liked the story, but I think it could be a lot better. I think the series she wrote after this is better.
Are you planning to read A Song of Ice and Fire #4 and #5 this year? They aren't as good as the first 3, unfortunately. A lot of time spent in Dorne and with the Greyjoys, which doesn't seem to add much overall to the series' outcome. Do you also watch the HBO series?
I'm planning on reading them, but I did that last year too so will have to see how far I get. But I want to start book 4 this month.I watched the first two episodes of the HBO series, but I was missing too many thing from the book.
I finished De dagen van de Schaduw by Liliana Bodoc for 21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read. It was a little bit better then book 1, read the 1st book last month. But still not good, two stars.It took me little bit more then a month, but I read a few pages each day and today I finished Verhalenverteller, het leven van Roald Dahl by Donald Sturrock (743 pages).
It was interesting to read more about Roald Dahl's life, but sometimes it was hard to follow the timeline and I would have liked to read more about him writing his children's books.
Yesterday I finished The Lives of Christopher Chant by Diana Wynne Jones. I liked this book more then Charmed Life the first book in the series that I read last month.
I read another fun children's book The Battle of Hackham Heath by John Flanagan. I'm now up to date in this series, have to wait to see when the third book will come out.
I finished my first book of the month, it took me a bit longer because I was on holiday the first week of the month.I read A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin for 35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty, only one book left and then i'll be up to date.
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52/52
1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016
United As One by Pittacus Lore
2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view)
Zonnestorm b Bianca Mastenbroek
3. A book you meant to read in 2016
The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman
4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E"
Hydrhaga by Kim ten Tusscher
5. A historical fiction
Wolfskin by Juliet Marillier
6. A book being released as a movie in 2017
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title
De dagen van het hert by Liliana Bodoc
8. A book written by a person of color
Hardboiled & Hard Luck by Banana Yoshimoto
9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list
Historien om IKEA: Ingvar Kamprad berättar för Bertil Torekull by Bertil Torekull
10. A dual-timeline novel
De historicus by Elizabeth Kostova
11. A category from another challenge
Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
12. A book based on a myth
De Vlucht by Megan Lindholm
13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors
Marla Wolfsblad by Jennifer Fallon
14. A book with a strong female character
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland)
Analfabeten som kunde räkna by Jonas Jonasson
16. A mystery
Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
17. A book with illustrations
Little Fur by Isobelle Carmody
18. A really long book (600+ pages)
Winter by Marissa Meyer
19. A New York Times best-seller
En man som heter Ove by Fredrik Backman
20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading
Gelukszoekers by Megan Lindholm
21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read
De dagen van de Schaduw by Liliana Bodoc
22. A book by an author you haven't read before
The Finkler Question Howard Jacobson
23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list (link)
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
24. A book written by at least two authors
The Fate of Ten by Pittacus Lore
25. A book about a famous historical figure
The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt
26. An adventure book
Het domein van de Limbreth by Megan Lindholm
27. A book by one of your favorite authors
Windzangers by Megan Lindholm
28. A non-fiction
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal
29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre) - check all the editions
Sleutels van chaos by Hati Bell
30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books (link)
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre
Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop
32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
33. A magical realism novel
Firmin by Sam Savage
34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere
The Farseekers by Isobelle Carmody
35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty
A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee
Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
37. A book you choose randomly
Min mormor hälsar och säger förlåt by Fredrik Backman
38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature
Cress by Marissa Meyer
39. An epistolary fiction
A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
40. A book published in 2017
A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab
41. A book with an unreliable narrator
Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey
42. A best book of the 21st century (so far)
Snow Flower en de geheime waaier by Lisa See
43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold)
The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next"
Cracked Up to Be by Courtney Summers
45. A book with a one-word title
Ashling by Isobelle Carmody
46. A time travel novel
Saffierblauw by Kerstin Gier
47. A past suggestion that didn't win
A book by an author from a country other than your own
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
48. A banned book
Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
49. A book from someone else's bookshelf
Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any edition
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays)
Zero Hour by Pittacus Lore
52. A book set in a fictional location
A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin