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THE DEWEY DECIMAL CHALLENGE (non-fiction)Duration: January 1, 2017 – December 1, 2017
The Dewey Decimal System is the way libraries organize their non-fiction books. It was created in 1876 by Melvil Dewey and has been changed much throughout the years.
The goal of this challenge is to read as many books with different (general) Dewey decimal classes as possible. For the purpose of this challenge, we’ll split the Dewey Decimal System into 100s, for a total of 10 larger categories. More in depth information on classes of the Dewey Decimal System can be found here: List of Dewey Decimal Classes.
If you're unsure which category a book falls into, you can use this website or ask.
Link to my post on the challenge
Categories:
000-099: Computer Science, Bibliographies, Library Sciences, Encyclopedias & Books of Facts, Associations, Organizations & Museums, News Media, Journalism & Publishing, General Collections, Manuscripts & Rare Books
✓ The Darwin Awards II: Unnatural Selection 081 read 12/8/2017
100-199: Philosophy, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Parapsychology & Occultism, Philosophical Schools of Thought, Psychology, Logic, Ethics, Ancient, Medieval & Eastern Philosophy, Modern Western Philosophy
✓ Struck by Genius: How a Brain Injury Made Me a Mathematical Marvel 155.935 read 11/15/2017
200-299: Religion, Natural Theology, Bible, Christian Theology, Christian Moral & Devotional Theology, Christian Orders & Local Church, Christian Social Theology, Christian Church History, Christian Denominations & Sects, Other & Comparative Religions
✓ The Color of Rain: How Two Families Found Faith, Hope, and Love in the Midst of Tragedy 277.3083 read 12/17/2017
300-399: Social Sciences, Sociology, General Statistics, Political Science, Economics, Law, Public Administration, Social Services, Education, Commerce, Customs, Etiquette, Folklore
✓ Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town 362.883 read 1/8/2017
400-499: Language, Linguistics, English & Old English, German, Romance Languages, Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italic, Latin, Hellenic, Classical Greek, Other
✓ The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language 422 read 12/22/2017
500-599: Sciences, Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Paleontology, Life Sciences, Plants, Zoological Sciences
✓ Lab Girl 580.92 read 11/23/2017
600-699: Technology (Applied Sciences), Medical Sciences, Engineering, Agriculture, Home Economics & Family Living, Management, Chemical Engineering, Manufacturing, Buildings
✓ The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales 616.8 read 3/14/2017
700-799: Arts, Civic and Landscape Art, Architecture, Plastic Arts and Sculpture, Drawing & Decorative Arts, Painting, Graphic Arts, Photography, Music, Recreational & Performing Arts
✓ Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town 796.334092 read 4/23/2017
800-899: Literature, American Literature, English & Old English Literature, German Literature, Literatures of Romance Languages, Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italic, Latin, Hellenic, Classical Greek
✓ The Year of Magical Thinking 813.54 read 4/20/2017
900-999: History, Geography/Travel, Ancient History, General History of Europe, General History of Asia, Far East, Africa, North America, South America, Other
✓ I'm Off Then: Losing and Finding Myself on the Camino de Santiago 914.611 read 4/26/2017
THE TBR RANDOMISER CHALLENGEDuration: January 1st - December 31st 2017
Brought back for another year because we know that sometimes it can be tough to choose what to read next.
Let Goodreads decide for you!
Step 1: Select the number of books you want to read for this challenge.
Step 2: Go to the “My Books” tab on the top of the Goodreads Page.
Step 3: Bring up your “To-Read” shelf.
Step 4: On the bottom of the page in the middle, go to the “sort” field and select “Random.”
Step 5: Goodreads will generate a random list of books for you.
Link to my post on the challenge
✓ 1. Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town read 4/23/2017
✓ 2. Strange Fits of Passion read 4/25/2017
✓ 3. The Red House read 4/20/2017
✓ 4. The Free read 4/5/2017
✓ 5. Struck by Genius: How a Brain Injury Made Me a Mathematical Marvel 11/15/2017
✓ 6. Self Storage read 12/10/2017
✓ 7. Moonlight on Butternut Lake read 12/4/2017
✓ 8. Triptych read 5/5/2017
✓ 9. Range Of Motion read 4/2/2017
✓ 10. Riversong read 1/18/2017
✓ 11. Misdiagnosed: One Woman's Tour of -And Escape From- Healthcareland read 4/5/2017
✓ 12. Off Season read 6/20/2017
12/12 Challenge completed! 12/10/2017
AROUND THE WORLD THROUGH LANGUAGEDuration: January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017
Link to my post on the challenge
✓ 1. German - I'm Off Then: Losing and Finding Myself on the Camino de Santiago read 4/26/2017
✓ 2. Italian - The Story of a New Name read 7/3/2017
✓ 3. Spanish - The Infatuations read 6/26/2017
✓ 4. Swedish - The Girl in the Spider's Web read 6/19/2017
✓ 5. Vietnamese - Paradise of the Blind read 2/18/2016
5/5 Challenge completed
THE LISTOPIA CHALLENGEDuration: January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017
Link to my post on the challenge
I'm in for 12 books from these lists:
List: Best Twists
✓ The Wasp Factory read 8/28/2017
✓ House Rules read 5/18/2017
Possession
Midwives
Dark Places
List: Best Books of 2016
✓ When Breath Becomes Air read 1/30/2017
✓ Truly Madly Guilty read 2/2/2017
My Name Is Lucy Barton
✓ The Nest read 4/24/2017
✓ The Widow read 10/12/2017
✓ A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy read 4/21/2017
List: Best Books of the 21st Century
The Corrections
✓ The Year of Magical Thinking read 4/20/2017
Dark Places
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
A Little Life
List: I Picked It Up Because of the Title
✓The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales read 3/14/2017
✓ Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant read 5/21/2017
✓ Perfume: The Story of a Murderer read 7/14/2017
This Book Will Save Your Life
✓ Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons read 1/23/2017
12/12 Challenge completed! 10/12/2017
GENRE BINGO CHALLENGEDuration: January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017
Let's play bingo! For this challenge, read books to make as many "bingos" as possible (five squares in a line - can be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal). You can set a goal for total number of books, number of bingos, or both!
Link to my post on the challenge
I'm going for 2 bingos
Categories:
✓ Magical Realism Midnight's Children read 12/4/2017
✓ Horror The Wasp Factory read 8/28/2017
Paranormal Romance
✓ Tragedy Dark Places read 8/24/2017
Graphic Novel
✓ Crime Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town read 1/8/2017
✓ Coming of Age The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie read 2/12/2017
✓ Historical Nonfiction Pioneer Women: Voices from the Kansas Frontier read 3/19/2017
✓ YA Fantasy The Rithmatist read 12/7/2017
✓ Biography Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg read 4/2/2017
✓ Suspense Strange Fits of Passion read 4/24/2017
Dystopian
Free Space
✓ Adventure The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon read 12/10/2017
✓ Mystery Thriller The Mutual Admiration Society read 6/8/2017
Short Stories or Novella The Rose of Fire
Historical Romance
Classics
✓ Family Saga The Story of a New Name read 7/3/2017
✓ Humor No Land's Man read 10/29/2017
Self-Help
Urban Fantasy
Science Fiction
✓ Memoir - Living with No Excuses: The Remarkable Rebirth of an American Soldier read 1/2/2017
✓ Chick-Lit Riversong read 1/18/2017
Bingo #1 12/7/2017
Bingo #2 12/10/2017
Challenge completed!
BOOK RIOT'S READ HARDER CHALLENGE 2017Duration: January 1st - December 31st 2017
We have brought back the Book Riot Challenge again for 2017! The link to the challenge is here, but we have also copied down all the tasks below. The goal is to do all 24 tasks, but if that's a stretch for you, please feel free to set your own goal.
Link to my post on the challenge
✓ 1. Read a book about sports. Manning: A Father, His Sons and a Football Legacy read 6/12/2017
✓ 2. Read a debut novel. Torch read 3/13/2017
✓ 3. Read a book about books. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress read 7/8/2017
4. Read a book set in Central or South America, written by a Central or South American author.
✓ 5. Read a book by an immigrant or with a central immigration narrative. Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town read 4/23/2017
6. Read an all-ages comic.
7. Read a book published between 1900 and 1950.
✓ 8. Read a travel memoir. Off the Road: A Modern-Day Walk Down the Pilgrim's Route into Spain read 4/29/2017
9. Read a book you’ve read before.
✓ 10. Read a book that is set within 100 miles of your location. Addicted read 5/28/2017
✓ 11. Read a book that is set more than 5000 miles from your location. The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy read 1/2/2017
✓ 12. Read a fantasy novel. The Rithmatist read 12/7/2017
✓ 13. Read a nonfiction book about technology. The Joy of Geocaching: How to Find Health, Happiness and Creative Energy Through a Worldwide Treasure Hunt read 5/23/2017
✓ 14. Read a book about war. We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families read 1/19/2017
15. Read a YA or middle grade novel by an author who identifies as LGBTQ+.
16. Read a book that has been banned or frequently challenged in your country.
17. Read a classic by an author of color.
18. Read a superhero comic with a female lead.
19. Read a book in which a character of color goes on a spiritual journey (From Daniel José Older, author of Salsa Nocturna, the Bone Street Rumba urban fantasy series, and YA novel Shadowshaper)
20. Read an LGBTQ+ romance novel (From Sarah MacLean, author of ten bestselling historical romance novels)
21. Read a book published by a micropress. (From Roxane Gay, bestselling author of Ayiti, An Untamed State, Bad Feminist, Marvel’s World of Wakanda, and the forthcoming Hunger and Difficult Women)
22. Read a collection of stories by a woman. (From Celeste Ng, author Everything I Never Told You and the forthcoming Little Fires Everywhere)
23. Read a collection of poetry in translation on a theme other than love. (From Ausma Zehanat Khan, author of the Esa Khattak/Rachel Getty mystery series, including The Unquiet Dead, The Language of Secrets, and the forthcoming Among the Ruins)
24. Read a book wherein all point-of-view characters are people of color. (From Jacqueline Koyanagi, author of sci-fi novel Ascension)
10/10 Challenge completed! 12/7/2017
POPSUGAR 2017 READING CHALLENGEDuration January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017
This year, Popsugar is back with its Reading Challenge for 2017. We know that a lot of our members had fun with last year's challenge, so we decided to bring it back this year.
The goal is to check off all of the 40 tasks in a year, but if that's too much, feel free to set a smaller goal. If it's not enough, Popsugar has added 12 extra tasks this year for the "hardcore" reader!
Feel free to adjust tasks as you see fit for your country or language.
Link to my post on the challenge
1. A book recommended by a librarian
✓ 2. A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families read 1/19/2017
3. A book of letters
✓ 4. An audiobook Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town read 1/8/2017
✓ 5. A book by a person of color Addicted read 5/28/2017
6. A book with one of the four seasons in the title
7. A book that is a story within a story
8. A book with multiple authors
9. An espionage thriller
10. A book with a cat on the cover
✓ 11. A book with an author who uses a pseudonym Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith read 3/30/2017
12. A bestseller from a genre you don't normally read
✓ 13. A book by or about a person who has a disability Living with No Excuses: The Remarkable Rebirth of an American Soldier read 1/2/2017
14. A book involving travel
✓ 15. A book with a subtitle A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy read 4/21/2017
✓ 16. A book that's published in 2017 The Mutual Admiration Society read 6/9/2017
17. A book involving a mythical creature
18. A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile
19. A book about food
20. A book with career advice
21. A book from a nonhuman perspective
22. A steampunk novel
23. A book with a red spine
24. A book set in the wilderness
25. A book you loved as a child
✓ 26. A book by an author from a country you've never visited Paradise of the Blind read 2/18/2017
27. A book with a title that's a character's name
28. A novel set during wartime
✓ 29. A book with an unreliable narrator Fates and Furies read 2/24/2017
30. A book with pictures
✓ 31. A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town read 4/23/2017
✓ 32. A book about an interesting woman Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg read 4/2/2017
33. A book set in two different time periods
34. A book with a month or day of the week in the title
35. A book set in a hotel
36. A book written by someone you admire
37. A book that's becoming a movie in 2017
38. A book set around a holiday other than Christmas
✓ 39. The first book in a series you haven't read before The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie read 2/12/2017
40. A book you bought on a trip
Advanced
41. A book recommended by an author you love
42. A bestseller from 2016
43. A book with a family-member term in the title
44. A book that takes place over a character's life span
45. A book about an immigrant or refugee
46. A book from a genre/subgenre you've never heard of
47. A book with an eccentric character
48. A book that's more than 800 pages
49. A book you got from a used book sale
50. A book that's been mentioned in another book
51. A book about a difficult topic
52. A book based on mythology
12/12 Challenge completed! 6/9/2017
Reserved for yearly challenge (just in case)
Reserved for yearly challenge (just in case)
Reserved for yearly challenge (just in case)
Reserved for yearly challenge (just in case)
Reserved for yearly challenge (just in case)
1st Quarter2016 GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNERS
Duration: January 1, 2017 - March 31 2017
Link to my post on the challenge
✓ 1. Fiction - Truly Madly Guilty read 2/2/2017
✓ 2. Humor - The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo read 2/12/2017
✓ 3. Memoir & Autobiography - When Breath Becomes Air read 1/30/2017
3/3 Challenge completed! 2/12/2017
2nd quarterCLEAR ALL YOUR BOOKSHELVES CHALLENGE
DURATION: APRIL 1, 2017 to JUNE 30, 2017
This challenge is a way to clean out all of bookshelves: your physical, your electric, and your audible ones! The books you read for this challenge are books you that are already in your possession. Whatever you do for this challenge, you are not allowed to read a book obtained after April 1, 2017.
Here are some ideas on how to choose your books:
1. Read a book that you borrowed from a friend and want to return when finished.
2. Read a book that you have had for two+ years and haven't started.
3. Read a book you have started, set aside for awhile, and now want to finish.
4. Read a book that you own that will help towards a yearly challenge.
5. Read a book from your shelf then donate it to your local Little Free Library, church, shelters, Goodwill, etc.
List the number of
Physical Books:
Ebooks:
Audible Books:
you want to read (listen to).
Link to my post on the challenge
Physical books: 10
1. Range Of Motion read 4/2/2017
2. A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy read 4/21/2017
3. The Nest read 4/24/2017
4. I'm Off Then: Losing and Finding Myself on the Camino de Santiago read 4/26/2017
5. Us read 5/7/2017
6. House Rules read 5/18/2017
7. A Piece of the World read 5/22/2017
8. Off Season read 6/20/2017
9. The Infatuations read 6/26/2017
10. A Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life read 6/28/2017
eBooks: 10
1. Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg read 4/2/2017
2. Misdiagnosed: One Woman's Tour of -And Escape From- Healthcareland read 4/5/2017
3. Strange Fits of Passion read 4/25/2017
4. Addicted read 5/28/2017
5. Inescapable read 6/8/2017
6. The Mutual Admiration Society read 6/9/2017
7. Manning: A Father, His Sons and a Football Legacy read 6/12/2017
8. Welcome to Braggsville read 6/23/2017
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2025 Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
The Color of Rain: How Two Families Found Faith, Hope, and Love in the Midst of Tragedy (other topics)The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon (other topics)
The Darwin Awards II: Unnatural Selection (other topics)
The Rithmatist (other topics)
Midnight’s Children (other topics)
More...
Link to my 2017 Personal Challenge page
Yearly challenges:
The Dewey Decimal Challenge Challenge completed! 12/22/2017
The TBR Randomiser Challenge Challenge completed! 12/10/2017
Around the World Through Language Challenge completed! 7/3/2017
The Listopia Challenge Challenge completed! 10/12/2017
Genre Bingo Challenge Challenge completed! 12/10/2017
Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge 2017 Challenge completed! 12/7/2017
Popsugar 2017 Reading Challenge Challenge completed! 6/9/2017
Quarterly Challenges:
1st Quarter - 2016 Goodreads Choice Award Winners Challenge completed! 2/12/2017