Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge - 2015

[Zara's Retreat]

well done Kara. You're progressing really well. It won't be long before you've finished this challenge.

[Nicole]

Updated msg 312 - 12/24

[Zara's Retreat]

well done Nicole

[Sheryl_at_Ubookquitous]

Update post 342

8/24

Completed Task #17 - Poetry Collection

[Zara's Retreat]

well done Sheryl

[Maria]

14/24

[5] a book by or about someone that identifies as LGBTQ

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides read 4-8-15

[Zara's Retreat]

well done Maria

[Charlotte]

update 2/24

6. A book by a person whose gender is different from your own De dienstpieper - een jaar uit het leven een arts-assistent chirurgie 04/09/15

10. A microhistory Margot 03/26/15

[Zara's Retreat]

well done Charlotte

[Chloé]

Original goal: 10/10
New Goal 1-04-15: 11/15.


22. A book published before 1850 Lettres Persanes
Published in 1721
2. A book written by someone when they were over the age of 65 Point de lendemain 65 years old
6. A book by a person whose gender is different from your own The Book of Strange New Things
13. A romance novel Atala / René
1. A book written by someone when they were under the age of 25 Monsieur Vénus (24 years old)
18. A book that someone else has recommended to you Life Is Elsewhere (Suggest and lent to me by my former English teacher)
15. A book that is a retelling of a classic story (fairytale, Shakespearian play, classic novel, etc.) La machine infernale (retelling of Sophocle's Oedipe)
19. A book that was originally published in another language The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (Czech)
4. A book published by an indie press En attendant Godot
7. A book that takes place in Asia L'Amant
11. A YA novel How to Build a Girl

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Updated Message 59
17/24

[Zara's Retreat]

well done Tina & Chloé

[[deleted user]]

Updated Message 59
18/24

[Danielle]

Updated message 12. I did 11 tasks so far

[Zara's Retreat]

well done Tina and Danielle

[Anissa]

I would like to join this challenge. I will try my best to complete as many as I can. Can I use all the Shakespearean Sonnets for #17?

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

Completed: 1/24

Book Riot published a challenge for 2015, and we thought it'd be fun to participate! We've replicated the challenge for you below (complete with links), but you can check out the original Book Riot post here. The goal is to do all 24 tasks, but if that's a stretch for you, please feel free to set your own goal.

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

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)
Planned:

4. A book published by an indie press

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

6. A book by a person whose gender is different from your own
Planned:

7. A book that takes place in Asia
Planned:

8. A book by an author from Africa

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

10. A microhistory
Planned:

11. A YA novel
Completed: 07/02/15

12. A sci-fi novel
Planned:

13. A romance novel
Planned:

14. A National Book Award, Man Booker Prize or Pulitzer Prize winner from the last decade

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

16. An audiobook
Planned:

17. A collection of poetry

18. A book that someone else has recommended to you
Planned:

19. A book that was originally published in another language

20. A graphic novel, a graphic memoir or a collection of comics of any kind (Hi, have you met Panels?)

21. A book that you would consider a guilty pleasure (Read, and then realize that good entertainment is nothing to feel guilty over)
Planned:

22. A book published before 1850

23. A book published this year
Planned:

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

[Cindy]

Update to post #224

15/24 :)

[[deleted user]]

Updated Message 59
19/24

[Zara's Retreat]

well done Cindy and Tina

[Nicole]

Updated msg 312, 13/24

[Zara's Retreat]

well done Nicole

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Anissa I've added you.

[Anissa]

Thanks Zara.

[Charlotte]

Update 3/24

5. A book by or about someone that identifies as LGBTQ Call Me by Your Name 04/13/15

6. A book by a person whose gender is different from your own De dienstpieper - een jaar uit het leven een arts-assistent chirurgie 04/09/15

10. A microhistory Margot 03/26/15

[Paul Emily]

Updated message 62 with 10. A microhistory -
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective

20/24

[Mary Pat]

UPDATE:

Goal: 24 - Progress: 12 complete, 12 to go

3. A collection of short stories (either by one person or an anthology by many people) - God Bless America: Stories

6. A book by a person whose gender is different from your own - Inheritance

7. A book that takes place in Asia - Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

10. A microhistory - 101 Things You Didn't Know about Irish History: The People, Places, Culture, and Tradition of the Emerald Isle

13. A romance novel - The Sleeping Beauty

15. A book that is a retelling of a classic story (fairytale, Shakespearian play, classic novel, etc.)- Fortune's Fool

16. An audiobook - Brisingr

17. A collection of poetry - Chasers of the Light: Poems from the Typewriter Series

18. A book that someone else has recommended to you - Outlander

19. A book that was originally published in another language - The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods

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

24. A self-improvement book (can be traditionally or non-traditionally considered “self-improvement”) - Living in the Unlimited Universe

[Zara's Retreat]

well done Charlotte, Paul and Mary Pat

[Maryann]

Is this challenge still open? I would like to try it!

[Zara's Retreat]

Hi Gil,

The challenge definitely is still open. I'll add you to the list.

[Cindy]

Update to post 224

16/24 :)

[Zara's Retreat]

well done Cindy

[Ian]

Updated message 91 - 4/20 books complete

[Zara's Retreat]

well done Ian

[laladebombay]

I so want to do this! I'm in!

[Melissa]

Can we still participate, if yes, can we add the books we've read in 2015 but before the participation?

[Zara's Retreat]

Melissa wrote: "Can we still participate, if yes, can we add the books we've read in 2015 but before the participation?"

You certainly can Melissa on both counts

[Melissa]

You certainly can Melissa on both counts"

Thank you for answering.

[Zara's Retreat]

Melissa wrote: "You certainly can Melissa on both counts"

Thank you for answering."

You're welcome

[Winter, Group Reads]

I want to sign up for this :)

[Zara's Retreat]

Melissa and Winter I've added you both

[Winter, Group Reads]

thank you:)

[Winter, Group Reads]

I see that one of the books is audiobook. I will do them all, but not that one. I listen to audiobooks, but I don't count them as reading (just personal preference), so to count them in a challenge would mess up my head and corner :P

[Winter, Group Reads]

And what is a microhistory??

[Winter, Group Reads]

If microhistory is what I think it is, I think I will go for 22. The other ones look great though :)

[Melissa]

Zara wrote: "Melissa and Winter I've added you both"

Thank you.

[Paul Emily]

Updated message 62 with 16. An audiobook - The Graveyard Book

21/24

[Zara's Retreat]

well done Paul

[Charity]

Updated message 128.

9/22

[Zara's Retreat]

well done Charity

[[deleted user]]

Updated Message 59
20/24