Vernice's Year in 52 Books

[Vernice]

Around the Year in 52 Books Challenge
Duration: 1 January - 31 December

Progress: 9/52

✔ 1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016 - Lilac Girls
2. A book with at least 2 perspectives - Oryx and Crake
3. A book you meant to read in 2016 - The Fireman
4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E" - Wayward
5. A historical fiction - Orphan Train
6. A book being released as a movie in 2017 - Annihilation
7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title - Life of Pi
8. A book written by a person of color - Behold the Dreamers
9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list - The Thirteenth Tale
10. A dual-timeline novel - The Girl You Left Behind
11. A category from another challenge - Time and Time Again
✔ 12. A book based on a myth - American Gods
13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors - The Deep
14. A book with a strong female character - The Red Tent
15. A book written or set in Scandinavia - A Man Called Ove
16. A mystery - And Then There Were None
17. A book with illustrations - A Game of Thrones: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 2
18. A really long book (600+ pages) - Drums of Autumn
19. A New York Times best-seller - End of Watch
20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read - In the Labyrinth of Drakes
✔ 22. A book by an author you haven't read before - The Summer that Melted Everything
✔ 23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list - The Little Prince
24. A book written by at least two authors - Never Never
25. A book about a famous historical figure - Mata Hari's Last Dance
26. An adventure book - Assassin's Apprentice
27. A book by one of your favorite authors - Mr. Mercedes
28. A non-fiction - Unbroken
✔ 29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre) - Thunder on the Plains
30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books - Eleanor & Park
31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre - Memoirs of a Geisha
✔ 32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle) - So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
33. A magical realism novel - Chocolat
✔ 34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere - Born a Crime
35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty - Rebel Queen
36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee - Animal Farm
✔ 37. A book you choose randomly - The Ship
38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature - Cruel Beauty
39. An epistolary fiction - World War Zr
40. A book published in 2017 - The Boy on the Bridge
41. A book with an unreliable narrator - Never Let Me Go
42. A best book of the 21st century (so far) - Water for Elephants
43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold) - The Last Town
44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next" - Lord of the Flies
45. A book with a one-word title - Leviathan
46. A time travel novel - The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
47. A past suggestion that didn't win - The Night Sister
48. A banned book -
49. A book from someone else's bookshelf -
50. A Penguin Modern Classic - 1984
51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays) -
✔ 52. A book set in a fictional location - The Traitor Baru Cormorant

[Anastasia]

You have quite a few good books on your list. "Time and Time Again" and "Orphan Train" we're favorites of mine from last year. I hope that you enjoy them too.

[Vernice]

Katie wrote: "Happy reading, Vernice :) I really love the Potter books, so I hope you enjoy Philosopher's Stone. Memoirs of a Geisha is also a great book :)"

Katie I absolutely ADORE Harry Potter (I even have a tattoo)! I recently got the illustrated edition of The Philosophers Stone, so I'm really looking forward to rereading it again with the illustrations this time!

[Vernice]

Anastasia wrote: "You have quite a few good books on your list. "Time and Time Again" and "Orphan Train" we're favorites of mine from last year. I hope that you enjoy them too."

Thanks! Both books keep calling to me, so I just had to put them on my list for this year!

[Jody]

I have the first two illustrated Harry books, I'm thinking of reading the first with my little Spider this year ... I've been patiently waiting until she's ready.

[Sophie]

You must be so excited to share this story with her!

[Jody]

Stupidly excited!!

[Vernice]

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