NPR Reading Challenge - exploring popular genres

[Rebeca]

Read ten books from each of these lists.


Swoon Worthy Romances
http://www.npr.org/2015/07/29/4267318...

Killer Thrillers
http://www.npr.org/2011/06/13/1287189...

Science Fiction/Fantasy
http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/1390858...

[Rebeca]

Swoon Worthy Romances

1. A Wallflower Christmas by Lisa Kleypas (2/17)
2. Scandal in Spring by Lisa Kleypas (2/17)
3. The Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas (2/17)
4. It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas (2/17)
5. Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas (1/17)
6. A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean (3/17)
7. The Best Man by Kristan Higgins (8/17)
8. A Night to Surrender by Tessa Dare (9/17)
9. A Week to Be Wicked by Tessa Dare (9/17)
10. The Duke and I by Julia Quinn (08/18)

[Rosemarie]

Science Fiction/Fantasy
See next post.

[Rosemarie]

I have already read 32 of the books from the sci-fi list.

Numbers 1,2,4,6,7,8,9,12,13,16,17,19,20,24,28,30,32,33,35,36,37,38,39,41,44,46,49,50,58,82,84,100

*Books from List*

1.Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke (5/17)
2. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (10/17) reread
3. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (10/17) reread
4. Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings (10/17) reread
5. I, Robot by Isaac Asimov (10/17) reread
6. Foundation by Isaac Asimov (11/17) reread
7. Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein (12/17)
8. The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (01/18)
9. Dune by Frank Herbert (5/18) reread
10. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (7/18) reread

[Rebeca]

Rosemarie, that is amazing!

[Rosemarie]

Thank you. I graduates from university in 1975, so that should give you an idea of how long I have been reading.

[Rosemarie]

Killer Thrillers
I have read 16 of these, mostly the older books.

[Rosemarie]

Killer Thrillers

1. The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth -April 2017
2. Dracula by Bram Stoker-April 2017
3. Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton -June2017
4. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins - November 2017
5. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming early 2018
6. The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton - November 2018

[Rebeca]

Science Fiction/ Fantasy

1 The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (05/18)

[Rosemarie]

Swoon Worthy Romances

1. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (08/17)

[Rosemarie]

I finished the Science Fiction challenge.

[Rebeca]

Swoon Worthy Romances completed!

[Rebeca]

KIller Thrillers

1. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie 06/18