Amy's, Let's Try this Again & Not Fail 2017 Plan

[Amy]

The 2017 List
Duration: January 1st, 2017 - December 31st, 2017

17/52

✔ 1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016: The Butterfly Garden, by Dot Hutchison ★★★★ 01/03/2017
✔ 2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple pov): Everything You Want Me to Be, by Mindy Mejia ★★★★ 01/01/2017
✔ 3. A book you meant to read in 2016: Absolution, by Susan Fleet ★★★ 01/11/2017
4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E": I Am Pilgrim
✔ 5. A historical fiction: Salt to the Sea, by Ruta Sepetys ★★★★★ 04/03/2017
✔ 6. A book being released as a movie in 2017: Everything, Everything, Nicola Yoon ★★★★★ 04/08/2017
7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title: Water for Elephants
8. A book written by a person of color:
9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list: Me Before You, Deal Breaker
✔ 10. A dual-timeline novel: Dark Places, by Gillian Flynn ★★★ 03/14/2017
11. A category from another challenge:
12. A book based on a myth:
✔ 13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors - (Sharon Bolton): Behind Her Eyes, by Sarah Pinborough ★★★★ 05/13/2017
✔ 14. A book with a strong female character: Dark Water, by Robert Bryndza ★★★★ 01/23/2017
15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland): The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Bat, Let the Right One In
16. A mystery:
✔ 17. A book with illustrations: The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown ★★★★★ 01/22/2017
✔ 18. A really long book (600+ pages): I Am Pilgrim, by Terry Hayes ★★★★★ 11/30/2017
19. A New York Times best-seller
20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading:
✔ 21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read: Evil Games, by Angela Marsons ★★★★ 07/05/2017
✔ 22. A book by an author you haven't read before: Silent Scream, by Angela Marsons ★★★★★ 03/27/2017
23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list (link)
24. A book written by at least two authors
25. A book about a famous historical figure
26. An adventure book
✔ 27. A book by one of your favorite authors: A Faint Cold Fear, by Karin Slaughter ★★★★★ 12/18/2017
28. A non-fiction: Scrappy Little Nobody
29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre) - check all the editions
30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books (link)
✔ 31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre: All the Pretty Girls, by J.T. Ellison ★★★ 06/14/2017
➜32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle): All the Light We Cannot See
33. A magical realism novel: The Night Circus, The Green Mile
34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere
35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty: A Court of Thorns and Roses, Throne of Glass, Cinder
36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee: Saga, Volume 1, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
✔ 37. A book you choose randomly: Triptych, by Karin Slaughter ★★★★★ 02/10/2017
38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature
39. An epistolary fiction: The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, Attachments, Night Film
✔ 40. A book published in 2017: Last Breath, by Robert Bryndza ★★★★★ 04/07/2017
41. A book with an unreliable narrator: Rebecca, Fight Club, The Girl on the Train
42. A best book of the 21st century (so far): The Night Circus, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold): The Shining
44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next" (link)
✔ 45. A book with a one-word title: Divergent, by Veronica Roth ★★★★ 04/20/2017
46. A time travel novel: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Outlander
47. A past suggestion that didn't win (link)
48. A banned book: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Flowers in the Attic, Fight Club
49. A book from someone else's bookshelf
50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any edition: On the Road, The Haunting of Hill House
51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays)
52. A book set in a fictional location: A Game of Thrones

READ

[Amy]

I hope this year I don't get bogged down with work and travel and can actually maintain and stay on track. I was so successful the first half of the year and then it just got worse and worse after June. I was so nervous to make one the first year as to not want to disappoint myself and not finish, but this year I hope to accomplish my goal. I did read more books than last year so that at least is something.

I am a slow reader sometimes and fast at other times. I wish I was just fast all the time. I'd have finished my list this year.

[Amy]

I have decided today that I am going to try and read in order in 2017, which I knew I wouldn't even think about doing this year. I wanted freedom in my choices. I think this year I am going to try reading in order to have more structure and maybe it will work better to stay on track during each week.

[Saara]

Looks like a nice list thus far. :) We seem to have a few of the same options. Good luck with staying on track! I have a similar problem with sometimes reading pretty fast and other times rather slowly...doesn't help that I get stuck in front of the computer so often. :D

[Amy]

I couldn't agree more, Saara! I will check out your list now. Nice to have new acquaintances with similar tastes and new ideas.

[Amy]

Thanks so much, Katie! I appreciate your message :-))) Yes, I am quite behind the times with not reading them all yet. I just found them this year. Looking to read the second installment this month.

[Amy]

Loved my first two reads of the year and my third is off to a great start.

[Amy]

Well, I was doing grrrreat with reading in order and I last all of twelve days lol. Looks like I will be jumping around the categories again this year. But I will try and read mostly in order. Yeah, hmmm mmm

[Amy]

What did I say...started strong and now behind already. bahhh lol

Have to just finish the lot, i have on the go and I should be more than caught up.

[Tracy]

Amy you're doing better than I am!!!

For your big book, I loved The Witching Hour when I was younger, I think I read it three times.

Happy reading :-)

[Amy]

Awwww thanks so much, Tracy! It seems when life gets busy, my reading takes a plummet. Helps when I'm reading something I love though :-)

[Amy]

Well...I got behind there for a bit but am trying to pick it back up. I got two books in this week but am still three behind. Hopefully I can get back on track.

[Amy]

Behind Her Eyes...the word on this book couldn't have been more correct. Crazy ending.