I spent most of the first day of 2014 collecting the books I will hopefully complete for my Reading Challenge. They are as follows:
1. Read a classic – The Turn Of The Screw by Henry James (4th from top)
2. Read a ‘banned‘ book – Animal Farm by George Orwell (11th from top)
3. Re-read a book from your childhood – Grimm’s Fairytale by The Brother’s Grimm (6th from top)
4. Re-read a book you read at school/university/college as required reading – The Wife of Martin Guerre by Janet Lewis (7th)
5. Read a book that you have been meaning to but have never gotten around to reading – Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel (10th)
6. Read a biography/memoir of someone you don’t know or may only know a little about – Signs of Life by Natalie Taylor (2nd from bottom)
7. Read a modern classic – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon (9th from top)
8. Read a book in a genre you normally wouldn’t choose – Across The Universe by Beth Revis (13th from top)
9. Read a book that is based on or has been turned into a TV show – Visitors (Buffy) by Laura Anne Gilman (top)
10. Read a book that was adapted into a movie you have seen – The Invisible Circus by Jennifer Egan (7th from bottom)
11. Read a book suggested to you by someone you know – The Night Watch by Sergi Lukyanenko (8th from top)
12. Read a book based ENTIRELY on the cover (You are not allowed to read the blurb/synopsis first) – Cherry Heaven by L.J. Adlington (9th from bottom)
13. Read a book that is not necessarily marketed for you (ie your age group/gender etc) – Avenging Angel by David Belbin (3rd from top)
14. Read a book by an author you have never heard of/never read or you don’t particularly like (would normally avoid) – The Girl Most Likely: A Novel by Rebecca Sparrow (11th from bottom)
15. Read a book that is not in a typical novel style (e.g. a book of poetry, diary/letter based book, play, graphic novel) – Dear Mrs Kennedy by Jay Mulvaney (8th from bottom)
16. Read a book by one of your favorite authors – The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom (6th from bottom)
17. Read a non-fiction book – Jack The Ripper: The 21st Century Investigation by Trevor Marriott (10th from bottom)
18. Read the first book in a series you have never read – Providence by Jamie Mcguire (3rd from bottom)
19. Read a book you gave up on reading in the past in the past – An Abundance of Katherines by John Green (5th from bottom)
20. Read a book from a foreign country (for me I am ruling out books from America and England too) – The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank (2nd from top)
21. Read a book (not necessarily a memoir/autobiography but they are fine too) written by a famous person you like (not normally authors) – Shopgirl by Steve Martin (16th from top)
22. Read a book to learn something new (a language, a country, recipes, crafts, event) – Twentysomething by Margaret Feinberg (12th from top)
23. Read an bind-up, omnibus, anthology or a collection of short stories – Tales of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl (5th from top)
24. Re-read one of your all time favorite books – The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (4th from bottom)
Bonus: Place a collection of book titles you own/want to read into a hat and draw one out at random. Read it – Little Fugue by Robert Anderson (bottom)
Sorry it took so long for me to post this, Life got in the way and we had a heatwave (4 days of 40+ Celsius) last week so I was trying not to melt.
I have already completed one of the chosen books (Avenging Angel) and I hope to have a review of it up sometime soon.
Happy reading everyone!
Peace Out.
Bec
note about links: all links are to the Book depository website, I am in no way sponsored or affliated with the site, I have just found that with their free shipping and wide range it would be easier for people to be linked there if they were interested in checking out any of the books I have used for this challenge.
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