Kathleen's (In No Particular Order) 2017 Challenge

[Kathleen]

2017 List

1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016 Adulthood Is a Myth
2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view) (The Two Family House, Mr. Splitfoot) The Memory Watcher
3. A book you meant to read in 2016 Ten Days in a Mad-House
4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E" Quinn's Book
5. A historical fiction (Fever at Dawn, America America, Tuesdays 1980, Doubters Almanac, Barkskins) From Sand and Ash
6. A book being released as a movie in 2017 Murder on the Orient Express
7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title
8. A book written by a person of color Homegoing
9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list G-Man
10. A dual-timeline novel (Evergreen Falls, America America) The Roanoke Girls
11. A category from another challenge: PopSugar 2017 #47 - A book with an eccentric character Lemmy, Phil, Fast Eddie and the Rise of Motörhead: Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers
12. A book based on a myth The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley
13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors (Recommended by F. Scott Fitzgerald to his nurse) Winesburg, Ohio
14. A book with a strong female character The River at Night
15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland) Beartown
16. A mystery The Breakdown
17. A book with illustrations Augustus Carp, Esq., by Himself
18. A really long book (600+ pages) Hoover: The Life and Times of Herbert Hoover
19. A New York Times best-seller The Princess Diarist
20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America
21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read Manderley Forever
22. A book by an author you haven't read before Now for the Disappointing Part: A Pseudo-Adult's Decade of Short-Term Jobs, Long-Term Relationships, and Holding Out for Something Better
23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list Rebecca
24. A book written by at least two authors (Empty Mansions, Lunatics, Freakonomics) Sleep Better: The Science and the Myths
25. A book about a famous historical figure Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West
26. An adventure book Three Singles to Adventure
27. A book by one of your favorite authors Gwendy's Button Box
28. A non-fiction City of Sedition: The History of New York City during the Civil War
29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre) - check all the editions George Bailey Gets Saved in the End
30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books Amy & Roger's Epic Detour
31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre (microhistory) Baking Powder Wars: The Cutthroat Food Fight that Revolutionized Cooking
32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle) (You Know When the Men Are Gone) I Love My Computer Because My Friends Live in It: Stories from an Online Life
33. A magical realism novel The Luster of Lost Things
34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere The Boy Who Talked to Dogs: A Memoir
35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty The Step-Spinsters
36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee Cat and Mouse, Flowers for Algernon
37. A book you choose randomly How to Behave in a Crowd
38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature Ensnared
39. An epistolary fiction (Where'd You Go Bernadette, Flowers for Algernon, We Need to Talk About Kevin) Goodbye, Vitamin
40. A book published in 2017 The Devil's Mercedes: The Bizarre and Disturbing Adventures of Hitler’s Limousine in America
41. A book with an unreliable narrator Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
42. A best book of the 21st century (so far) (Joyland, Atonement, Persepolis, Freakonomics) Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold) Lincoln in the Bardo
44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next" The Thirty-Nine Steps
45. A book with a one-word title Carnivalesque
46. A time travel novel (Time Machine, Hitchhiker's Guide) The Tourist
47. A past suggestion that didn't win: A "Year in the Life" memoir, also sometimes called an annualist book Year of No Clutter
48. A banned book Fahrenheit 451
49. A book from someone else's bookshelf All the Best People
50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any edition Dubliners
51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays) New York Stories
52. A book set in a fictional location In the Light of the Garden

[Kathleen]

Katie wrote: "I hope you have a good reading year, Kathleen :)"

Thanks Katie. Happy reading! :)

[Kathleen]

I actually thought for a minute that I would do these in order but that idea didn't last very far into 2017. I need to clear off some shelves first!