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You have a great list! I can't wait to see your reviews of some of these. The Couple Next Door is a great quick read. I couldn't put it down while I was traveling recently. Life of Pi is fantastic, you can't go wrong with that one. Good Luck on your 52!
Good List! If you want to cry, Me Before You is a good choice. When I started reading it, a friend of mine told me that if I didn't cry then I had no soul. (after I informed her that I didn't think I could cry from a book). I now know that I do have soul! I feel your pain with the HUGO awards. Most that I might have been interested in, I had already read as a teenager.
Thank you for the heads up... I'll invest in a good box of tissues in the hope that I have a soul!!! Glad to hear I'm not the only one struggling with the HUGO awards too :-)
Thanks! Looking forward to finally getting to Life of Pi.... been meaning too for quite a while. Happy New Year!
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The 2017 List:
1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016 (link)
Behind Closed Doors
Completed
2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view)
The Girl on the Train
Completed
3. A book you meant to read in 2016
Laura Trott and Jason Kenny: The Inside Track
Completed
4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E"
Liar Liar
Completed
5. A historical fiction
Lilac Girls
Completed
6. A book being released as a movie in 2017
Three to Kill
Completed
7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title
To Kill a Mockingbird
Completed
8. A book written by a person of colour
The Sellout
Completed
9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list
Twin Ambitions: My Autobiography
Completed
10. A dual-timeline novel
The Secret Keeper
Completed
11. A category from another challenge
(A book recommended by a librarian)
Small Great Things
Completed
12. A book based on a myth
(To be honest, if I wildcard any it will certainly be this category, so gone for a lighthearted easy read.)
Oh. My. Gods.
Completed
13. A book recommended by one of your favourite authors
Am I Normal Yet?
Completed
14. A book with a strong female character
Jane Eyre
Completed
15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland)
Faceless Killers
Completed
16. A mystery
And Then There Were None
Completed
17. A book with illustrations
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Completed
18. A really long book (600+ pages)
Steve Jobs
Completed
19. A New York Times best-seller
Me Before You
Completed
20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading
Déjà Dead
Completed
21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read
The Fix
Completed
22. A book by an author you haven't read before
The Woman in Cabin 10
Completed
23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list (link)
Emma
Completed
24. A book written by at least two authors
Curious Minds
Completed
25. A book about a famous historical figure
The Empty Glass
Completed
26. An adventure book
Life of Pi
Completed
27. A book by one of your favourite authors
Last Man Standing
Completed
28. A non-fiction
Keep on Running: The Highs and Lows of a Marathon Addict
Completed
29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre) - check all the editions
Kill Me Again
Completed
30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books (link)
Fangirl
Completed
31. A book from a sub-genre of your favourite genre
The Black Echo
Completed
32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Completed
33. A magical realism novel
Rivers of London
Completed
34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere
Big Little Lies
Completed
35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty
The Selection
Completed
36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee
All the Birds in the Sky
37. A book you choose randomly
The Couple Next Door
Completed
38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature
Eligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice
Completed
39. An epistolary fiction
Attachments
Completed
40. A book published in 2017
The Midnight Line
Completed
41. A book with an unreliable narrator
Gone Girl
Completed
42. A best book of the 21st century (so far)
Atonement
43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold)
The One Man
Completed
44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next" (link)
Book I entered was Silkworm by Robert Galbreith.... not entirely sure this one is similar but will give it a try.
Life After Death
45. A book with a one-word title
Runner
Completed
46. A time travel novel
The Clay Lion
47. A past suggestion that didn't win
A book chosen for it's cover
This is Now
Completed
48. A banned book
Banned in Lebanon
The Da Vinci Code
Completed
49. A book from someone else's bookshelf
March Violets
Completed
50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any edition
The Diary of a Young Girl
51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays)
Different Seasons
52. A book set in a fictional location
Seagrass Pier
Completed