Kelsi K's 2015 Reading Challenge

[Kelsi]

Complete Works Challenge

I'm going to read everything by Jane Austen.

Jane Austen

1. Mansfield Park
2. Pride and Prejudice
3. Sense and Sensibility
4. Emma
5. Northanger Abbey
6. Lady Susan
7. Persuasion

Read: 0/7

[Kelsi]

2015 Randomiser Challenge

I'm in for 10!!

192: The Wind in the Willows
215:Things Fall Apart
308: The Hound of the Baskervilles
25: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
294: Oryx and Crake
182:Murder at the Vicarage
327: Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
255: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
150:Flight Behavior
298: Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Read: 0/10

[Kelsi]

BOOK RIOT'S READ HARDER CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1st - December 31st 2015

For now I'm going to go for 20, but we'll see if I up it!

3/20
1. A book written by someone when they were under the age of 25

Eldest

2. A book written by someone when they were over the age of 65

3. A collection of short stories (either by one person or an anthology by many people)

4. A book published by an indie press
*velvet elvis

5. A book by or about someone that identifies as LGBTQ

6. A book by a person whose gender is different from your own
*Velvet Elvis

7. A book that takes place in Asia
*Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

8. A book by an author from Africa
*Things Fall Apart

9. A book that is by or about someone from an indigenous culture (Native Americans, Aboriginals, etc.)


10. A microhistory
*Botany of Desire


11. A YA novel
*Any of Eragon Series

12. A sci-fi novel
*Oryx and Crake

13. A romance novel
*anything Jane Austen

14. A National Book Award, Man Booker Prize or Pulitzer Prize winner from the last decade
*Guns, Germs, and Steel

15. A book that is a retelling of a classic story (fairytale, Shakespearian play, classic novel, etc.)

16. An audiobook

17. A collection of poetry

18. A book that someone else has recommended to you
The Bell Jar

19. A book that was originally published in another language
*One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

20. A graphic novel, a graphic memoir or a collection of comics of any kind
*Watchmen

21. A book that you would consider a guilty pleasure (Read, and then realize that good entertainment is nothing to feel guilty over)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets


22. A book published before 1850
*anything Jane Austen

23. A book published this year

24. A self-improvement book (can be traditionally or non-traditionally considered “self-improvement”)
*outliers

[Kelsi]

Favorite Genre's Challenge

Goal: 3/14

Kara's Favourites
Natural History Nonfiction
->The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World or Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
Magical Realism
->The Miniaturist or The Dovekeepers
Business Nonfiction
->Outliers: The Story of Success
Post-apocalyptic
->Oryx and Crake

Zara's Favourites
Religion
->Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith
Fiction
->Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Young Adult
->Eldest

Chick-Lit
->Pride and PrejudiceTBD

Craig's Favourites
Heroic Fantasy
->Brisingr
Military Science Fiction
Classics
->Emma
Gaming Fiction

Cassandra's Favourites
Social Science Fiction - TBD
World History
->Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Biography-Memoir

High Fantasy