Challenge: 50 Books discussion
Finish Line 2015
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Jessi's 50 in 5 Categories - 2015 edition
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January 20151) PD - The Great Courses: Transformational Leadership, Michael Roberto
2) Nov - Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict, Laurie Viera Rigler
3) Adv - Ignite Me, Tahereh Mafi
4) Cl - Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austin
B/O-
5) Fracture Me, Tahereh Mafi
6) Cress, Marissa Meyer
February 2015A slow month!
7) PD - Decisive: How to Make Better Decisions in Life and Work, Chip Heath and Dan Heath
8) Nov - A Week in Winter, Maeve Binchy
March 20159) PD - Thrive, Arianna Huffington
10) BioH - High Society: The Life of Grace Kelly, Donald Spoto
11) Adv - Behemoth, Scott Westerfeld
12) Cl - Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen
April 201513) PD - Eating on the Wild Side, Jo Robinson
14) BioH - Born to Run, Christopher McDougall
15) Adv - Clementine, Cherie Priest
16) Nov - Somerset, Leila Meacham
17) Cl - Emma, Jane Austen
May 201518) PD - Nailing the Job Interview, Susan Leahy
19) BioH - Eat & Run, Scott Jurek
20) Nov - The Shoemaker's Wife, Adriana Trigiani
21) Cl - Mansfield Park, Jane Austen
June 201522) PD - How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less, Nicholas Boothman
23) BioH - The Romanov Sisters, Helen Rappaport
24) Adv - Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
25) Cl - Persuasion, Jane Austen
B/O
26) The Runners Diet, Runners World
July 201527) BioH - C. S. Lewis - A Life, Alister McGrath
28) Nov - The Orchardist, Amanda Coplin
29) Adv - Allegiant, Veronica Roth
30) Cl - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
August 201531) PD - The Big Fat Sutprise, Nina Teicholtz
32) Nov - The Garden of Letters, Alyson Richman
September 201533) PD - When Can You Start, Paul Freiberger
34) BioH - An Accidental Athlete, John Bingham
35) Adv - New Moon, Stephenie Meyer
36) Cl - The Little Prince, Antoine De Saint-Exupery
October 201537) PD - Practicing Mindfulness: Intro to Meditation, Mark Muesse - The Great Courses
38) BioH - I Am Malala, Malala Yousafzai
39) Nov - Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn
B/O
40) What It Takes: Speal Up, Step Up, Move Up, Amy Henry
Nov 201541) Adv - Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer
42) Cl - Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
B/O -
43) Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer
December 201544) PD - The Go-Giver, Bob Burg and John David Mann
45) BioH - How Good Do You Want to Be?, Nick Saban
45) Nov - A Spool of Blue Thread, Anne Tyler
47) Adv - An Ember in the Ashes, Sanaa Tahir
48) Cl - Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
B/O
49) Sarah Plain and Tall, Patricia MacLachlan
50) Wicked, Gregory Maguire
51) Animal Farm, George Orwell
52) The President's Hat, Antoine Laurain
52 Books Read in 2015!TOP 10 - No order:
Thrive, Arianna Huffington
Eating on the Wild Side, Jo Robinson
Born to Run, Christopher McDougall
Somerset, Leila Meacham
The Shoemaker's Wife, Adriana Trigiani
Twilight Saga, Stephenie Meyer
An Accidental Athlete, John Bingham
Animal Farm, George Orwell
The President's Hat, Antoine Laurain
How Good Do You Want to Be?, Nick Saban



PD - pers/prof development, inspiration, health and fitness
BioH - auto/biography, memoirs, history
Nov - mystery, crime, romance
Adv - adventure, fantasy, sci-fi, horror, YA
Cl - classics
B/O - bonus/other books from these categories or other genres
Some months, I might decide to defer the categories for a special theme, such as horror for October/Halloween.
Last year I read 84 books! Hope to surpass that in 2015!!