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2016 Read Harder Challenge2/24 books (different book for each category)
1. Read a horror book
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
2. Read a nonfiction book about science
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
3. Read a collection of essays
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto by Chuck Klosterman
4. Read a book out loud to someone else
Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown
5. Read a middle grade novel
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
6. Read a biography (not memoir or autobiography)
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
7.
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey (01/04) 4 stars
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born
The Running Man by Stephen King
9. Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
10. Read a book over 500 pages long
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald (01/13) 3 stars
12. Read a book by or about a person that identifies as transgender
George by Alex Gino
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
14. Read a book that is by an author from Southeast Asia
The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng
15. Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
16. Read the first book in a series by a person of color
Legend by Marie Lu
17.
Lumberjanes #1 by Noelle Stevenson (01/21) 5 stars
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better
The Choice by Nicholas Sparks
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction)
Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology by Leah Remini
21. Read a book about politics, in your country or another
(fiction or nonfiction)
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
22. Read a food memoir
My Life in France by Julia Child
23. Read a play
Othello by William Shakespeare
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson
Haven't planned out what I'm going to read over the year as I can't stick to TBRs but here's my 2016 Read Harder Challenge!4/24
1. Read a horror book
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3. Read a collection of essays
4. Read a book out loud to someone else
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6. Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography)
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born
9. Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award
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11. Read a book under 100 pages
12. Read a book by or about a person who identifies as transgender
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East
14. Read a book by an author who is from Southeast Asia
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16. Read the first book in a series that is by an author of color
17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist issues
20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction)
21. Read a book about politics in your country or another (fiction/nonfiction)
22. Read a food memoir
23. Read a play
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness
My 2016 Reading Plan:1. Read a horror book
√2. Read a non-fiction book about science: The Periodic Table by Primo Levi 10/20/16
√3. Read a collection of essays: Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris 1/30/16
√4. Read a book out loud to someone else: Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner 1/12/16
√5. Read a middle grade novel: The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan 6/8/16
√6. Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography): The Saga of Billy the Kid by Walter Noble Burns 9/9/16
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel
√8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 1/6/16
√9. Listen to an audiobook that was won an Audie Award: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 3/7/16
√10. Read a book over 500 pages long: The Cider House Rules by John Irving 2/18/16
√11. Read a book under 100 pages: The Shawl by Cynthia Ozick 1/5/16
√12. Read a book by or about a person who identifies as transgender: George by Alex Gino 4/9/16
√13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East: The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani 7/7/16
√14. Read a book by an author who is from Southeast Asia: The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng 7/5/16
√15. Read a book of historical fiction that is set before 1900: Burial Rites by Hannah Kent 1/11/16
√16. Read the first book in a series that is by an author of color: Wife of the Gods by Kwei Quartey 3/28/16
√17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years: Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson 1/5/16
√18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better. Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk 2/22/16
√19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist issues: The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi 1/15/16
√20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction): The Screwtape Letters: First Ever Full-Cast Dramatization of the Diabolical Classic With DVD by C.S. Lewis 6/14/16
√21. Read a book about politics in your country or another (fiction/nonfiction): The No Spin Zone: Confrontations with the Powerful and Famous in America by Bill O'Reilly 4/16/16
√22. Read a food memoir: Cooking With Memories: Recipes And Recollections by Lora Brody 4/25/16
√23. Read a play: Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare 1/30/16
√24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness: Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson 3/22/16
Book Riot Read Harder Challenge 2016
Tasks Completed 10/24
1. Read a horror book
The Caretaker of Lorne Field: A Novel by Dave Zeltserman
2. Read a non-fiction book about science
3. Read a collection of essays
4. Read a book out loud to someone else
The Inferno by Dante Alighieri
5. Read a middle grade novel
Mechanica by Betsy Cornwell
6. Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography)
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel
Winterkill by Kate A. Boorman
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born (1986)
The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker
9. Listen to an audiobook that was won an Audie Award
10. Read a book over 500 pages long
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
11. Read a book under 100 pages
12. Read a book by or about a person who identifies as transgender
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East
Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
Princess Sultana's Daughters
Princess Sultana's Circle by Jean Sasson
14. Read a book by an author who is from Southeast Asia
15. Read a book of historical fiction that is set before 1900
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
16. Read the first book in a series that is by an author of color
17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie.
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist issues
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction)
21. Read a book about politics in your country or another (fiction/nonfiction)
22. Read a food memoir
23. Read a play
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness
My 2016 Reading Plan:3/24
1. Read a horror book
2. Read a non-fiction book about science
3. Read a collection of essays
4. Read a book out loud to someone else
The Gashlycrumb Tines by Edward Gorey
5. Read a middle grade novel
6. Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography)
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born
9. Listen to an audiobook that was won an Audie Award
10. Read a book over 500 pages long
11. Read a book under 100 pages
Faust by Ivan Turgenev
12. Read a book by or about a person who identifies as transgender
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East
14. Read a book by an author who is from Southeast Asia
15. Read a book of historical fiction that is set before 1900
16. Read the first book in a series that is by an author of color
17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better.
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist issues
20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction)
21. Read a book about politics in your country or another (fiction/nonfiction)
22. Read a food memoir
23. Read a play
Old Times by Harold Pinter
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness
Here's my 2016 Read Harder Challenge .....Done!1. Read a horror book - (February) Ghostly: A Collection of Ghost Stories The Girl with All the Gifts
2. Read a non-fiction book about science -(January) Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
3. Read a collection of essays (January)Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on The Decision Not To Have Kids The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction
4. Read a book out loud to someone else (October) The Pirates Next Door
5. Read a middle grade novel (February)Harry Potter Boxset Ghosts The Crossover BookedThe Graveyard BookA Monster Calls
6. Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography) (May) The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel (November) The Girl with All the Gifts Never Let Me Go
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born (April) The Westing Game
9. Listen to an audiobook that was won an Audie Award (January)The Graveyard Book
10. Read a book over 500 pages long - (January) The Cuckoo's Calling Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire The Circle Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
11. Read a book under 100 pages (April) 84, Charing Cross Road The Mermaid Girl
12. Read a book by or about a person who identifies as transgender - (March) The Danish Girl
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East -(January) Finding Nouf
14. Read a book by an author who is from Southeast Asia (May)Inside Out & Back Again Sorcerer to the Crown
15. Read a book of historical fiction that is set before 1900 (February) The Kitchen House The Underground Railroad Homegoing Romancing Miss BrontëA Paris Apartment
16. Read the first book in a series that is by an author of color - (March) - Sorcerer to the Crown Three Dark Crowns
17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years - (January) Saga, Volume 4 Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy This One SummerGhostsVirginia WolfGiant Days, Vol. 1Bitch Planet, Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better (February)Never Let Me Go A Monster Calls CoralineThe Girl with All the GiftsThe Girl on the Train
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist issues (August) The Geek Feminist Revolution The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo
20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction)(April) The Poisonwood Bible
21. Read a book about politics in your country or another (fiction/nonfiction) (May) Citizen: An American Lyric
22. Read a food memoir (May) The Kitchen Diaries: A Year in the Kitchen with Nigel Slater
23. Read a play (August) Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness(March)The Bell Jar
Read Harder 201624/24 tasks completed
A horror book
Frankenstein
Completed 26 May 2016
A nonfiction book about science
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Completed 26 September 2016
A collection of essays
Bad Feminist
Completed 15 February 2016
A book that you read out loud to someone else
The Haunted Mask
Completed 31 December 2016
A middle grade novel
A Little Princess
Completed 22 November 2016
A biography (not memoir or autobiography)
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
Completed 14 March 2016
A dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel
The Swan Book
Completed 16 November 2016
A book originally published in the decade you were born
When I Was Puerto Rican
Completed 1 September 2016
An audiobook that has won an Audie Award
Mandela: An Audio History
Completed 26 May 2016
A book over 500 pages long
Fingersmith
Completed 24 January 2016
A book under 100 pages
One Dimensional Woman
Completed 21 August
A book by or about a person that identifies as transgender
Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
Completed 6 February 2016
A book that is set in the Middle East
The People of Forever Are Not Afraid
Completed 11 February 2016
A book that is by an author from Southeast Asia
Saman
Completed 15 June 2016
A book of historical fiction set before 1900
Burial Rites
Completed 13 January 2016
The first book in a series by a person of colour
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Completed 20 February 2016
A non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years
Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening
Completed 25 July
A book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better
Xala
Completed 7 August 2016
I preferred the book to the film.
A nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes
Feminism FOR REAL: Deconstructing the Academic Industrial Complex of Feminism
Completed 5 January 2016
A book about religion (fiction or nonfiction)
Silence
Completed 30 April 2016
A book about politics in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction)
Islands of Turmoil: Elections and Politics in Fiji
Completed 21 April 2016
A food memoir
Eating Wildly: Foraging for Life, Love and the Perfect Meal
Completed 26 November 2016
A play
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Completed 17 August 2016
A book with a main character that has a mental illness
All Dogs Are Blue
Completed 18 July 2016
Here's my list, which I'll fill in as I complete the tasks. I like Miranda's way of adding the book and crossing off the subject as she goes, so I think I'll do the same! (Possible selections are in parentheses.)1. Read a horror book - Library at Mount Char; Frankenstein)
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3. Read a collection of essays - (Letter to a Future Lover; The Empathy Exams; Gratitude)
4. Read a book out loud to someone else - (Winnie the Pooh)
5. Read a middle grade novel - (Sequoyah)
6. Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography) - (Notorious RBG)
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel - (?)
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born - (Foundation)
9. Listen to an audiobook that was won an Audie Award - (Yes, Please)
10. Read a book over 500 pages long - (Americanah; 11/22/63; Outlander #1; The Book Thief)
11. Read a book under 100 pages - (The Nose; Gratitude)
12. Read a book by or about a person who identifies as transgender - (Becoming Nicole)
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East - (A Woman in Arabia)
14. Read a book by an author who is from Southeast Asia - (?)
15. Read a book of historical fiction that is set before 1900 - (The Wake; The Physician)
16. Read the first book in a series that is by an author of color - (?)
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18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better. - (The Price of Salt; Brooklyn)
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist issues - (Bad Feminist)
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21. Read a book about politics in your country or another (fiction/nonfiction) - (The Second Amendment; A Woman in Arabia; Between the World and Me)
22. Read a food memoir - (Stir: My Broken Brain; Yes, Chef)
23. Read a play - (Sequoyah and his Talking Leaves)
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness - (Placebo Junkies; Furiously Happy; Brain on Fire)
Completed: 24/24 I AM DONE. 1. Read a horror book - The Library at Mount Char - COMPLETED
2. Read a non-fiction book about science - Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers or Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void or Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness or The Death Class: A True Story About Life - COMPLETED
3. Read a collection of essays - Men Explain Things to Me or Me, My Hair, and I: Twenty-seven Women Untangle an Obsession - COMPLETED
4. Read a book out loud to someone else - The Giving Tree - COMPLETED
5. Read a middle grade novel - Harriet the Spy - COMPLETED
6. Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography - The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo or Cleopatra: A Life - COMPLETED
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel - Station Eleven or Dominion - COMPLETED
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born - The Phantom Tollbooth -COMPLETED
9. Listen to an audiobook that was won an Audie Award - Don Quixote - or Furiously Happy - COMPLETED
10. Read a book over 500 pages long - A Brief History of Seven Killings or Middlemarch or The Goldfinch or The Glass Palace or Barkskins - COMPLETED
11. Read a book under 100 pages - Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness and The Bombay Liaison- COMPLETED (BOTH)
12. Read a book by or about a person who identifies as transgender - Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More - COMPLETED
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East - An Unnecessary Woman or And the Mountains Echoed or The Bamboo Stalk - COMPLETED
14. Read a book by an author who is from Southeast Asia - Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life or Smaller and Smaller Circles - COMPLETED
15. Read a book of historical fiction that is set before 1900 - Wolf Hall or Barkskins or Fingersmith - COMPLETED
16. Read the first book in a series that is by an author of color - Sea of Poppies orBlack Water Rising -COMPLETED
17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years - The Spectators or The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains - COMPLETED
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better - The Martian or Child 44 or The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine - COMPLETED BOTH
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist issues - We Should All Be Feminists - COMPLETED
20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction) - The Library at Mount Char or The Name of the Rose - COMPLETED
21. Read a book about politics in your country or another (fiction/nonfiction) - Between the World and Me or Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk or The Autobiography of Malcolm X -COMPLETED
22. Read a food memoir - Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love, and War or Culinary School: Three Semesters of Life, Learning, and Loss of Blood or Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly - COMPLETED
23. Read a play - Plays 4: Betrayal / Monologue / One for the Road / Mountain Language / Family Voices / A Kind of Alaska / Victoria Station / Precisely / The New World Order / Party Time / Moonlight / Ashes to Ashes / Celebration - COMPLETED
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness - Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness or The Shock of the Fall or Mrs. Dalloway - COMPLETED
Progress 1/24Read a horror book
House of Leaves
Danielewski, Mark Z. *
Read a nonfiction book about science
Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics
Zukav, Gary
Read a collection of essays
The Souls of Black Folk
Du Bois, W.E.B.
Read a book out loud to someone else
Read a middle grade novel
The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1)
Riordan, Rick *
Read a biography (not memoir or autobiography)
Portrait of an Artist: A Biography of Georgia O'Keeffe
Lisle, Laurie *
Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel
The Windup Girl
Bacigalupi, Paolo *
Read a book originally published in the decade you were born
Silent Spring
Carson, Rachel
Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award
Yes Please
Poehler, Amy
Read a book over 500 pages long
The Aeronaut's Windlass (The Cinder Spires, #1)
Butcher, Jim *
Read a book under 100 pages
The Art of Loving
Fromm, Erich
Read a book by or about a person that identifies as transgender
Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
Serano, Julia
Read a book that is set in the Middle East
Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph
Lawrence, T.E.
Read a book that is by an author from Southeast Asia
Women of the Silk
Tsukiyama, Gail
Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900
The King Must Die (Theseus, #1)
Renault, Mary
Read the first book in a series by a person of color
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)
Butler, Octavia E.
Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years
Lumberjanes #1
Stevenson, Noelle
Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story
Berendt, John
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Fight Club
Palahniuk, Chuck *
Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes
Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women
Faludi, Susan
Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction)
The Happy Atheist
Myers, P.Z.
Read a book about politics, in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction)
Occidentalism: The West in the Eyes of Its Enemies
Buruma, Ian
Read a food memoir
The Man Who Ate Everything
Steingarten, Jeffrey
Read a play
Six Plays: Peer Gynt / A Doll's House / Ghosts / The Wild Duck / Hedda Gabler / The Master Builder
Ibsen, Henrik
Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Haddon, Mark 1/3/2016
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1. Read a horror book: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Vol. 1: The Crucible2. Read a nonfiction book about science:
3. Read a collection of essays:
4. Read a book out loud to someone else:
5. Read a middle grade novel: Greenwitch
6. Read a biography (not memoir or autobiography): Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 1
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born: Heartburn
9. Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award:
10. Read a book over 500 pages long:
11. Read a book under 100 pages: Self Portrait, Trina Schart Hyman
12. Read a book by or about a person that identifies as transgender:
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East:
14. Read a book that is by an author from Southeast Asia: The Sea Is Ours: Tales from Steampunk Southeast Asia
15. Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900:
16. Read the first book in a series by a person of color: Akata Witch (reread)
17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years: The Autumnlands, Vol. 1: Tooth and Claw
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie: Lady Susan, adapted as Love & Friendship. Both DELIGHTFUL.
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes: Take It as a Compliment
20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction):
21. Read a book about politics, in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction):
22. Read a food memoir:
23. Read a play: The Little Foxes
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness:
24/2411/16 update: Finished the challenge today! A few notes on it:
I was leery of read aloud to someone. I've been reading short stories to my husband every weekend. We snuggle in bed and have some time together doing something we both love. We are planning on doing this regularly now, but with him reading some stories too.
My least favorite book was from one of my favorite genres. Very disappointing.
It's hard to pick a favorite book of the challenge. There are a few that are sticking with me. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Parable of the Sower, The Sparrow, Yes, Please. All fantastic.
I still dont like to read plays. I love going to see them though!
Cant wait for next year!
Not planning too far ahead. I like to pick as I go since so many good books come out each year.
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The Girl With All the Gifts
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Wicked Bugs: The Louse That Conquered Napoleon's Army & Other Diabolical Insects
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Bad Feminist
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Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Other Stories
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Cleopatra: A Life
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Firefight
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The Bell Jar
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Yes Please
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Little Women
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Starvation Mode
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All the Birds in the Sky
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
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Sorcerer to the Crown
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The Red Tent
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Parable of the Sower
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Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas
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Debate which is better.
The book was so much better! I always miss all the little details when they aren't in the movies. I do love looking at
Gregory Peck though.
To Kill a Mockingbird
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Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
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The Sparrow
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Citizen: An American Lyric
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The Man Who Ate Everything
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Waiting for Godot
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Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
24/24Finished: 26 August
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The Drawing of the Three
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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
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Men Explain Things to Me
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A Season in Hell
I read this to my cat, he mostly slept...but occasionally looked up at me, unimpressed. we both aren't big fans of poetry, but I kind of enjoyed this. well, I enjoyed it more than my damn cat anyway.
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Fortunately, the Milk
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Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
(although, I think technically this ends with an autobiography? I think it's a bio of the author's grandmother and mother and then about herself.)
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The Obelisk Gate
-screams-
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The Gunslinger
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The Graveyard Book
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Fingersmith
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Binti
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Smile As They Bow
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The Blood of Flowers
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Beauty Is a Wound
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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
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The Grace of Kings
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Descender, Vol. 1: Tin Stars
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Debate which is better.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
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How to Be a Woman
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Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
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The Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks: Life and Death Under Soviet Rule
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Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing
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The Lion in Winter
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The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness
Yay, thank you for making this post!24/24 read - finished 11 April!
✔ 1. Read a horror book: Cinema Panopticum, 28 Jan
✔ 2. Read a nonfiction book about science: Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human, 16 Jan
✔ 3. Read a collection of essays: The Accidental Masterpiece, 22 Feb
✔ 4. Read a book out loud to someone else: The Secret Garden, 3 Feb
✔ 5. Read a middle grade novel: The Diddakoi, 5 Jan
✔ 6. Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography): Notorious RBG, 11 Feb
✔ 7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel: The Handmaid's Tale, 22 Feb
✔ 8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born: Dark Spring, 22 Feb
✔ 9. Listen to an audiobook that was won an Audie Award: Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales, 23 Jan
✔ 10. Read a book over 500 pages long: Invisible Man, 16 Jan
✔ 11. Read a book under 100 pages: The Thinker's Guide to the Nature and Functions of Critical and Creative Thinking, 19 Jan
✔ 12. Read a book by or about a person who identifies as transgender: A Boy Like Me, 2 Apr
✔ 13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East: Mike's Place, 12 Feb
✔ 14. Read a book by an author who is from Southeast Asia: Smaller and Smaller Circles, 11 Apr
✔ 15. Read a book of historical fiction that is set before 1900: Middlemarch, 14 Jan
✔ 16. Read the first book in a series that is by an author of color: Aya, 9 Apr
✔ 17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years: Monstress #1, 1 Jan
✔ 18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better: The Magnificent Ambersons, 3 April. The book is better because it explains some of the abrupt transitions in the movie, and because George is more of a villain - making his redemption more satisfactory. However, I enjoyed Orson Welles' genius in action.
✔ 19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist issues: I am Malala, 27 Feb
✔ 20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction): Misquoting Jesus, 7 Mar
✔ 21. Read a book about politics in your country or another (fiction/nonfiction): The Prince
✔ 22. Read a food memoir: Life is Meals, 22 Mar
✔ 23. Read a play: Eurydice, 4 Mar
✔ 24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness: The Girl on the Train, 25 Mar
✅1. Read a horror book House of Leaves, Coffin Hill Vol. 1: Forest of the Night✅2. Read a non-fiction book about science How to Fake a Moon Landing: Exposing the Myths of Science Denial
✅3. Read a collection of essays Bad Feminist, The Age of Selfishness: Ayn Rand, Morality, and the Financial Crisis
✅4.Read a book out loud to someone else Where the Wild Things Are
✅5. Read a middle grade novel The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano
✅6. Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography) The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano,
Amazing Storytellers: Lives Beyond the Pages: J.R.R Tolkien, George RR Martin, Neil Gaiman & Stephen King
✅7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel Dawn
✅8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born Where the Wild Things Are
✅9. Listen to an audiobook that was won an Audie Award:The Tin Roof Blowdown
✅10. Read a book over 500 pages long: House of Leaves
✅11. Read a book under 100 pages: The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
✅12. Read a book by or about a person who identifies as transgender Second Line: Two Short Novels of Love and Cooking in New Orleans
✅13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East Chicken with Plums
✅14. Read a book by an author who is from Southeast Asia Mãn
✅15. Read a book of historical fiction that is set before 1900 The Queen of the Night
✅16. Read the first book in a series that is by an author of color. Dawn
✅17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years:This One Summer
✅18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better. Savages
✅19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist issues Bad Feminist
✅20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction) Boxers & Saints
✅21. Read a book about politics in your country or another (fiction/nonfiction) Boxers & Saints
✅22. Read a food memoir Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home
✅23. Read a play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
✅24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness Psychiatric Tales
11/241. Read a horror book: Slade House by David Mitchell (Comp Jan2016)
2. Read a non-fiction book about science: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
3. Read a collection of essays: Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver
4. Read a book out loud to someone else: Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede (Comp Feb2016)
5. Read a middle grade novel:
6. Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography): Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet by Karen Armstrong
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel: The Rule of Three by Eric Walters (Comp Jul2016)
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
9. Listen to an audiobook that was won an Audie Award: Yes Please by Amy Poehler (Comp Feb2016)
10. Read a book over 500 pages long: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (Reading Now)
11. Read a book under 100 pages: A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid (Comp Jan2016)
12. Read a book by or about a person who identifies as transgender:
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East: Arabesques: A Novel by Anton Shammas
14. Read a book by an author who is from Southeast Asia: No Death, No Fear by Thich Nhat Hanh
15. Read a book of historical fiction that is set before 1900: The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
16. Read the first book in a series that is by an author of color: Dawn by Octavia Butler (Comp Jul2016)
17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years: Descender #1 by Jeff Lemire (Comp Jan2016)
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better. Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Book Comp Jun2016; Movie TBD)
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist issues: Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction): Rebel Buddha: On the Road to Freedom by Dzogchen Ponlop
21. Read a book about politics in your country or another (fiction/nonfiction): Power Politics by Arundhati Roy (Comp Jan2016)
22. Read a food memoir: Going with the Grain: A Wandering Bread Lover Takes a Bite Out of Life by Sarah Seligson
23. Read a play: Fefu and Her Friends by María Irene Fornés (Comp Jan2016)
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness: The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Comp Jan2016)
Here is my list so far.1. Read a horror book: Rooms
2. Read a non-fiction book about science: Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife. I ended up reading Spook. I liked it a lot. The search for proof of life after death is really interesting, I think.
3. Read a collection of essays:
4. Read a book out loud to someone else
5. Read a middle grade novel: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.
6. Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography):
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel:
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born: I listened to A Wizard of Earthsea
9. Listen to an audio book that was won an Audie Award
10. Read a book over 500 pages long:The Crimson Petal and the White (900+ pages). For a book that is so "large", the novel seems to me to be very confining for the female characters.
11. Read a book under 100 pages: The Art of Imperfection: Simple Ways to Make Peace with Yourself
12. Read a book by or about a person who identifies as transgender: I'm conflicted about this one. Not really sure it meets the criteria for this task. I may change this later on. His Right Hand
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East
14. Read a book by an author who is from Southeast Asia: Sorcerer to the Crown
15. Read a book of historical fiction that is set before 1900: Tipping the Velvet
16. Read the first book in a series that is by an author of color
17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years: Lumberjanes #1 Done!
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better. The Remains of the Day Just finished reading and watching the movie this week. I liked the book better!
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist issues:
20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction)
21. Read a book about politics in your country or another (fiction/nonfiction)
22. Read a food memoir:
23. Read a play
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness:
DONE!!!24/24 Books Completed!
Last year, I didn't let myself stop reading any book I'd designated for a challenge task. This year I'm stopping as soon as I reach the "ugh" point! So this list will probably change at some point.
My 2016 Reading Plan:
1. Read a horror book: We Have Always Lived in the Castle (8/11/16, 4/5 stars)
2. Read a non-fiction book about science: You May Also Like: Taste in an Age of Endless Choice (9/21/16, 3/5 stars)
3. Read a collection of essays: The Meaning of Sunglasses: And a Guide to Almost All Things Fashionable (3/24/16, 2/5 stars)
4. Read a book out loud to someone else: Song for a Viking (11/22/16, 4/5 stars)
5. Read a middle grade novel: Wonder (1/31/16, 3.5/5 stars)
6. Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography): Boy on Ice: The Life and Death of Derek Boogaard (1/3/16, 4/5 stars)
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel: The Age of Miracles (8/27/16, 3.5/5 stars)
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born: The Alchemist (11/4/16, 2.5/5 stars)
9. Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award: The End of the Affair (2/8/16, 3.5/5 stars)
10. Read a book over 500 pages long: My Sister's Keeper (10/10/16, 3/5 stars)
11. Read a book under 100 pages: The Grownup (4/30/16, 3.5/5 stars)
12. Read a book by or about a person who identifies as transgender: Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More (4/2/16, 3.5/5 stars)
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East: The Angel of History (11/25/16, 4/5 stars)
14. Read a book by an author who is from Southeast Asia: A Bollywood Affair (3/11/16, 3.5/5 stars)
15. Read a book of historical fiction that is set before 1900: The Last of the Wine (2/27/16, 4/5 stars)
16. Read the first book in a series that is by an author of color: March: Book One (5/17/16, 3.5/5 stars)
17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years: Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy (2/24/15, 2/5 stars)
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better.: The Price of Salt (1/23/16, 3.5/5 stars) / Carol
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist issues: Women, Race, and Class (3/19/16, 4/5 stars)
20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction): Muslims in America: A Short History (2/13/16, 3/5 stars)
21. Read a book about politics in your country or another (fiction/nonfiction): The Second Amendment: A Biography (11/3/16, 3.5/5 stars)
22. Read a food memoir: The Art of Eating In: How I Learned to Stop Spending and Love the Stove (1/8/16, 2.5/5 stars)
23. Read a play: Trouble in Mind (1/9/16, 4/5 stars)
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness: Challenger Deep (7/16/16, 3.5/5 stars)
Yay! Thank you, Book Riot! I'm so happy to have a place to create my plan for 2016. :-)Read Harder 2016
19/24 tasks completed
NOS4A2 by Joe Hill. Finished 01/10/2016. ★★★★ My review.
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach. Finished 01/27/2016. ★★★★ My review.
Take the Cannoli: Stories From the New World by Sarah Vowell. Finished 02/06/2016. ★★★★ My review.
Sniff! Sniff! by Ryan Sias, which I read out loud to my dog. :-) Read 02/11/2016. ★★★★ My review (including pictures of my dog with the book).
Secrets of the Dragon Tomb by Patrick Samphire, which is a middle-grade adventure story set on Mars (!!!). :-) Finished 03/08/2016. ★★★★ My review.
Genghis Khan: 13th-Century Mongolian Tyrant by Enid A. Goldberg & Norman Itzkowitz. Read 03/24/2016. ★★★★ My review.
Unwind by Neal Shusterman (a dystopian story). Finished 04/14/2016. ★★★★ My review.
The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure by William Goldman, first published in 1973 (I was born in '74). Read 04/21/2016. ★★ My review.
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, read by Full-Cast (Audie Award: Distinguished Achievement in Production, 2015). Finished 06/20/2016. ★★★★★ My review.
Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey (901 pages long). Finished 10/06/2016 . ★★★ My review.
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (83 pages). Finished 07/01/2016. ★★★★ My review.
Eighth Grade Bites by Heather Brewer (now Zac Brewer). Read 06/28/2016. ★★★★ My review.
The Rose & the Dagger by Renee Ahdieh. Finished 07/31/2016. ★★★★ My review.
Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho (Malaysian). Finished 07/23/2016. ★★★½ (No review yet.)
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (most of the 850 pages are set in 1700s Scotland). Finished 07/17/2016. ★★★★ My review.
16. Read the first book in a series by an author of color:
Land of Shadows (Detective Elouise Norton, #1) by Rachel Howzell Hall (African-American).
Oddly Normal, Book 1 (and Books 2 and 3; links go to my reviews) by Otis Frampton. Read 11/18/2016. ★★★★ My review.
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. Finished 07/10/2016. ★★★★ (No review, yet.) Watched the trilogy of The Hobbit movies on 12/30/2016. Both were equally good, in my opinion, though I described the movies as, I "really enjoyed the book and I love the movies." (The movies sure seemed pretty close to the book, I thought.)
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes:
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction):
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
Animal Farm by George Orwell. Finished 09/23/2016. ★★★½ My review.
22. Read a food memoir:
Voracious: A Hungry Reader Cooks Her Way through Great Books by Cara Nicoletti
23. Read a play:
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson. Finished 12/17/2016. ★★★★★ My review.
19/24 books completed; 24/24 books selected
My 2016 Read Harder Challenge Shelf
Read 24/24Completed challenge 12/14/2016
Read a horror book: Fellside
Read a nonfiction book about science: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Read a collection of essays: Essays After Eighty
Read a book out loud to someone else: The person I read out loud to is 2-1/2. He is just now beginning to appreciate longer story books. I realized the perfect book is the one we are reading at the time, so decided not to wait to fill this challenge. Here are a few of his favorites:
Llama Llama Mad at Mama
The Baby's Story Book
I Went Walking
One Two That's My Shoe!
No, David!
Read a middle grade novel: Pax
Read a biography (not memoir or autobiography): The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr (I may change this if I can finish another biography, but for now this book will suffice).
Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel: The Handmaid's Tale
Read a book originally published in the decade you were born: A Raisin in the Sun
Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award: The End of the Affair
Read a book over 500 pages long: Americanah
Read a book under 100 pages: The Death of Ivan Ilych
Read a book by or about a person that identifies as transgender: Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family
Read a book that is set in the Middle East.
The Architect's Apprentice
Read a book that is by an author from Southeast Asia:
Sorcerer to the Crown
Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900: The Four Swans
Read the first book in a series by a person of color:
The Fifth Season
Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years.
The Encyclopedia of Early Earth
Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie.
Debate which is better: The Light Between Oceans There is no debate. The book was much better than the movie.
Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes: We Should All Be Feminists
Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction): Not Wanted On The Voyage and Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church
Read a book about politics, in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction):
Between the World and Me
Integration Nation: Immigrants, Refugees, and America at Its Best
Read a food memoir: Goat Song: A Seasonal Life, A Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese
Read a play: Ruined
Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness: A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
I will post as I finish my challenges. I am off to a good start as I have finished two and am halfway through my third challenge. 1/25/16: Well, I have been very busy reading, but not posting. I am almost halfway through....whew!
2/2/16: One more completed and I am almost through my 500+ novel. This is fun!
2/7/16: Well, family illnesses slowed by finish of a pretty good book, but that one novel brought two challenge checks (Horror and over 500 pages)!
2/16/16: One more done (I have a few library books with holds that I have also needed to finish). Nine more to go!
2/23/16 One more down and I have to say that this one "Read a book set in the Middle East" was not a challenge I was excited about, but I have to say I LOVED Orhan's Inheritance. If you are looking for a book for this challenge I highly recommend this title.
3/28/16: I have been reading quite a bit, just not books on this challenge. I did, however, manage to finish one this week and really enjoyed it. Fever: 1793 is a YA novel about the plague that hit Philadelphia and killed many of its inhabitant. Told through the eyes of a young girl, this is interesting reading for teens and adults alike.
4/5/16: One more done and unfortunately it was my least favorite so far. Fresh Off The Boat, which the TV series is based upon, is about as funny and interesting as the TV show in my opinion, and that is not saying much. Oh well, on to the next challenge!
Challenges completed: 18/24
1. Read a horror book NOS4A2
2. Read a nonfiction book about science The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science Is Still a Boys' Club
3. Read a collection of essays: The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
4. Read a book out loud to someone else: Stellaluna
5. Read a Middle Grade Novel: Dream On, Amber
6. Read a Biography (not memoir or autobiography: The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel The Rest of Us Just Live Here
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born: A Wrinkle in Time
9. Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award: The Graveyard Book
10. Read a book over 500 pages long: NOS4A2
11. Read a book under 100 pages: The Grownup
12. Read a book by or about a person that identifies as transgender: George
12. Read a book that is set in the Middle East: Orhan's Inheritance
14. Read a book that is by an author from Southeast Asia.
15. Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900. Fever 1793
16. Read the first book in a series by a person of color..
17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years. Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better.
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes.
20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction).
21. Read a book about politics, in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction).
22. Read a food memoir. Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir
23. Read a play: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness: Challenger Deep
So many books to choose from, the books listed below are subject to change.Book Riot Read Harder Challenge 2016
1. Read a horror book
2. Read a nonfiction book about science.
3. Read a collection of essays.
4. Read a book out loud to someone else.
5. Read a middle grade novel.
• Gathering Blue (The Giver #2) – Lois Lowry – Completed
• The House on Mango Street – Sandra Cisneros - Completed
6. Read a biography (not memoir or autobiography).
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel.
• Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro - completed
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born.
9. Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award.
10. Read a book over 500 pages long.
11. Read a book under 100 pages.
• Milk Bird – Alexander McCall Smith - Completed
12. Read a book by or about a person that identifies as transgender.
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East.
14. Read a book that is by an author from Southeast Asia.
15. Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900.
• Winter Siege - Ariana Franklin and Samantha Norman - Completed
16. Read the first book in a series by a person of color.
• Tracks – Louise Erdrich - completed
• Devil in a Blue Dress – Walter Mosley - completed
17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years.
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better.
• The Life of Pi - Yann Martel - Completed book, haven't seen movie yet
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes.
20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction).
21. Read a book about politics, in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction).
• The 100-Year-Old Man who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared – Jonas Jonasson – Completed
• Bryant & May and the Burning Man - Christopher Fowler - Completed
22. Read a food memoir.
23. Read a play.
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness.
• Moonglow - Michael Chabon - Reading
Mary Sue's List24/24
1. Read a horror book - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
2. Read a non-fiction book about science - The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science - by Norman Doidge
3. Read a collection of essays - Reveries of the Solitary Walker by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
4. Read a book out loud to someone else - How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You by Matthew Inman
5. Read a middle grade novel - Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
6. Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography) - The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel - The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born - Cider With Rosie by Laurie Lee.
9. Listen to an audiobook that was won an Audie Award - The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby- Volume 1 by Charles Dickens
10. Read a book over 500 pages long - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr.
11. Read a book under 100 pages - Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.
12. Read a book by or about a person who identifies as transgender - Orlando by Virginia Woolf
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East - Justine by Lawrence Durrell
14. Read a book by an author who is from Southeast Asia - The Lover by Marguerite Duras
15. Read a book of historical fiction that is set before 1900 The Virgin Cure by Ami McKay.
16. Read the first book in a series that is by an author of color Beloved by Toni Morrison
17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years - Brittle Hill by Alan Spinney, Helen Spinney
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist issues - How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction) - The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
21. Read a book about politics in your country or another (fiction/nonfiction) - The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
22. Read a food memoir - Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain
23. Read a play - The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness - The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Super excited for this years challenge! Good luck everyone! Here is my list, I will be updating it as I go.1/24 completed
Read a horror book
Read a nonfiction book about science.
Read a collection of essays.
Read a book out loud to someone else.
Read a middle grade novel.
Read a biography (not memoir or autobiography).
Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel - Immurement by Norma Hinkens
Read a book originally published in the decade you were born.
Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award.
Read a book over 500 pages long.
Read a book under 100 pages.
Read a book by or about a person that identifies as transgender.
Read a book that is set in the Middle East.
Read a book that is by an author from Southeast Asia.
Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900.
Read the first book in a series by a person of color..
Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years.
Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie.
Debate which is better.
Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes.
Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction).
Read a book about politics, in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction).
Read a food memoir.
Read a play.
Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness.
Kathy's 2016 Read Harder ChallengeFinished 24/24 - Finished December 19, 2016
✔1. Read a horror book
Frankenstein- Mary Shelley 1/8/2016 ★★★.5
✔2. Read a nonfiction book about science
The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science Is Still a Boys' Club - Eileen Pollack 1/25/16 ★★★★
✔3. Read a collection of essays
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader - Anne Fadiman
2/15/16 ★★★★
✔4. Read a book out loud to someone else
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side - Agatha Christie 3/23/16 ★★★
✔5. Read a middle grade novel
Greenglass House - Kate Milford 5/22/16 ★★★
✔6. Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography)
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader
Ginsburg - Irin Carmon 6/19/16 ★★★★
✔7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel
Never Let Me Go- Kazuo Ishiguro 6/19/16 ★★★★
✔8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born
Thrush Green by Miss Read ★★★
✔9. Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award
Arnie the Doughnut by Laurie Keller; narrated
by L.J. Ganser 5/29/16 ★★★★★
✔10. Read a book over 500 pages long
The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco 7/20/16 ★★★
✔11. Read a book under 100 pages
How to Live on 24 Hours a Day by Arnold Bennett ★★★
✔12. Read a book by or about a person that identifies as transgender Orlando - Virginia Woolf ★★★
✔13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East
Chicken with Plums by Marjane Satrapi ★★★
✔14. Read a book that is by an author from Southeast Asia
Springtime: A Ghost Story by Michelle de Kretser ★★★
✔15. Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth Speare George ★★★★
✔16. Read the first book in a series by a person of color
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor ★★★
✔17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last
three years
An Age of License: A Travelogue - Lucy
Knisley 3/14/16 ★★★★★
✔18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens ★★★★
✔19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes
A Room of One's Own - Virginia Woolf ★★★
✔20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction)
The Quotidian Mysteries: Laundry, Liturgy and Women's Work - Kathleen Norris 2/1/16 ★★★★★
✔21. A book about politics, in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction)
Letters from Burma - Aung San Suu Kyi 4/5/16 ★★★★
✔22. Read a food memoir
Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes- Shauna Niequist 3/10/16 ★★★★
✔23. Read a play
Macbeth - Shakespeare ★★★★
✔24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things - Jenny Lawson 1/15/16 ★★★★★
This is not my final list by any means, but I am making progressRead a horror book.
Read a nonfiction book about science. The Sixth Extinction https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read a collection of essays. Through the Children’s Gate
Read a book out loud to someone else. Wemberley’s Worried
Read a middle grade novel. Goodbye Stranger
Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography). Plot to Kill Hitler
Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel.
Read a book originally published in the decade you were born. The Dollmaker
Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award.
Read a book over 500 pages long. Drawn and Quarterly
Read a book under 100 pages. Scenes from an Impending Marriage
Read a book by or about someone who identifies as transgender.A Queer and Present Danger
Read a book that is set in the Middle East.
Read a book that is by an author from Southeast Asia. The Sympathizer
Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900. Longbourn
Read the first book in a series by a person of color.
Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years.Over Easy
Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better. Silver Linings Playbook
Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes. Letters to a Young Feminist
Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction). Here if you need me
Read a book about politics, in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction). Slingshot: The defeat of Eric Cantor
Read a food memoir. Cakewalk
Read a play. MacBeth
Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness.
OK so I've decided to add rules to my personal challenge. I want to read a diverse author for each of the 24 challenges not repeating the same author twice and not using the same book for more than one task. I have spent a good portion of today finding works that interest me for almost all of the challenges leaving a few blank because I had trouble finding things or I will just decide later on the fly.So here's my current outline:
Read a horror book. The Girl From The Well Rin Chupeco
Read a nonfiction book about science. The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee
Read a collection of essays. Bad Feminist Roxane Gay (IN PROGRESS)
Read a book out loud to someone else. TBD - I read to my kids nightly
Read a middle grade novel. Brown Girl Dreaming Jacqueline Woodson
Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography). Ida: A Sword Among Lions Paula J Giddings
Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel. Legend Marie Lu
Read a book originally published in the decade you were born. A Wild Sheep Chase Haruki Murakami
Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award. What I Know For Sure Oprah Winfrey
Read a book over 500 pages long. The Queen of the Night Alexander Chee
Read a book under 100 pages. The Signs Preceding the End of the World Yuri Herrera
Read a book by or about someone who identifies as transgender. Queer and Trans Artists of Color Nia King
Read a book that is set in the Middle East. Azazeel Youssef Ziedan
Read a book that is by an author from Southeast Asia. The Ghost Bride Yangtze Choo
Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900. TBD - Need Help
Read the first book in a series by a person of color. Half Resurrection Blues Daniel Jose Older
Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years. TBD - hoping the Panels Read Harder gives me ideas
Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better. The Color Purple Alice Walker
Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes. We Should All Be Femenists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction). Here if you need me The Gospel According to Jesus Christ Jose Sarama
Read a book about politics, in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction). An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the US Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz
Read a food memoir. The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities Will Allen, Charles Wilson
Read a play. A Raisin in the Sun Lorraine Hansberry
Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness. TBD - Need Help
20/24Fair Warning: Selections subject to change depending on ever-shifting whims, moods & time constraints! : )
✔ 1. Read a horror book [Jan 4]
American Gods by Neil Gaiman ★★★★½
✔ 2. Read a non-fiction book about science [Dec 19]
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach ★★★★
✔ 3. Read a collection of essays [Mar 11]
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments by David Foster Wallace ★★★★
✔ 4. Read a book out loud to someone else [Mar 31]
I Don't Want to Be a Frog by Dev Petty ★★★★
✔ 5. Read a middle grade novel [Sep 11]
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery ★★★
6. Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
✔ 7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel [Apr 26]
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury ★★★★★
✔ 8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born [Dec 26]
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams ★★★★
✔ 9. Listen to an audiobook that was won an Audie Award [Aug 8]
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman ★★★★
✔ 10. Read a book over 500 pages long [Dec 2]
Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare ★★★
✔ 11. Read a book under 100 pages [Jan 19]
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ★★★★★
✔ 12. Read a book by or about a person who identifies as transgender [Feb 12]
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders ★★★★★
✔ 13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East [Aug 28]
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi ★★★½
14. Read a book by an author who is from Southeast Asia
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
✔ 15. Read a book of historical fiction that is set before 1900 [Mar 16]
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker ★★★★
✔ 16. Read the first book in a series that is by an author of color [Nov 12]
Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler ★★★★
✔ 17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years [Jan 9]
Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy by Noelle Stevenson ★★★★
✔ 18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better. [Jan 8]
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey ★★★
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist issues
Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference by Cordelia Fine
✔ 20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction) [Jul 10]
The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins ★★★★
✔ 21. Read a book about politics in your country or another (fiction/nonfiction) [Aug 21]
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates ★★★★
22. Read a food memoir
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver
✔ 23. Read a play [Jul 30]
Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw ★★★
✔ 24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness [Apr 2]
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh ★★★½
My 2016 Reading Plan:2/24
1. Read a horror book
✅2. Read a non-fiction book about science--Gulp by Mary Roach (finished 2/5)
3. Read a collection of essays
4. ✅ Read a book out loud to someone else--The Wizard of Oz by Braum
5. ✅Read a middle grade novel The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (finished 8/2)
6. ✅Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography) The Good Nurse by Charles Graeber (finished 3/31)
7. ✅ Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel The Road by Cormac McCarthy (finished 7/8)
8. ✅ Read a book originally published in the decade you were born Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson (finished 6/3)
9. Listen to an audiobook that was won an Audie Award
10. Read a book over 500 pages long
✅11. Read a book under 100 pages: What Men Live By--Tolstoy (finished 1/5)
12. Read a book by or about a person who identifies as transgender
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East
14. Read a book by an author who is from Southeast Asia
15. Read a book of historical fiction that is set before 1900
16. Read the first book in a series that is by an author of color
17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years.
✅18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better. The Reader--Schlink (finished 1/5)
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist issues
20. ✅ Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction) A Death in the Family by Agee (finished 6/11)
21. ✅ Read a book about politics in your country or another (fiction/nonfiction) The Price of Everything by Roberts (finished July 1st)
22. Read a food memoir
23. Read a play
✅24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness. Girl Interrupted--Kaysen (finished 2/16)
Start Date: January 1, 2016Date Completed: December 28, 2016
Tasks Completed: 24/24
1 - Read a horror book:
✔ Pickman's Model: Short Story by H.P. Lovecraft [3★]
✔ Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake [4★]
2 - Read a nonfiction book about science:
✔ Radioactive!: How Irène Curie and Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science and Changed the World by Winifred Conkling [3★ - my review]
✔ I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong [4★]
3 - Read a collection of essays:
✔ The Heroine's Bookshelf: Life Lessons, from Jane Austen to Laura Ingalls Wilder by Erin Blakemore [3★]
✔ Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay [3★]
4 - Read a book out loud to someone else:
✔ Duck & Goose Go to the Beach by Tad Hills [3★]
✔ You Will Be My Friend! by Peter Brown [4★]
5 - Read a middle grade book:
✔ The Inn Between by Marina Cohen [3★]
✔ The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan [4★]
6 - Read a biography:
✔ The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney [3★]
✔ Isabella: The Warrior Queen by Kirstin Downey [3★]
7 - Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel:
✔ The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood [3★]
8 - Read a book originally published in the decade your were born:
✔ The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - published 1979 [3★]
✔ Reread: The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (published 1978 and 1979 Newbery Medal) [4★]
9 - Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award:
✔ Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family by Miep Gies & Alison Leslie Gold, Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat (2010 Audies Winner in Biography/Memoir) [5★]
✔ Mandela: An Audio History (2015 Audies Audiobook of the Year - AudiobookSYNC summer 2016) [3★]
10 - Read a book over 500 pages:
✔ The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare, etc. (507 pages) [3★]
✔ The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas (786 pages) [3★]
11 - Read a book under 100 pages:
✔ The Secret of the Swords by Frances Watts (96 pages) [3★]
12 - Read a book by or about a person that identifies as transgender:
✔ George by Alex Gino [3★]
13 - Read a book that is set in the Middle East:
✔ The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan by Jenny Nordberg [4★]
14 - Read a book that is by an author from Southeast Asia:
✔ Inside Out & Back Again [4★ - my review] and Listen, Slowly by Thanhha Lai (author immigrated to U.S. from Vietnam) [3★]
15 - Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900:
✔ Lamentation by C.J. Sansom [4★]
16 - Read the first book in a series by a person of color:
✔ The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is the first book in The Inheritance Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin [4★]
17 - Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years:
✔ Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy by Noelle Stevenson [3★]
✔ Lumberjanes, Vol. 2: Friendship to the Max
✔ Lumberjanes, Vol. 3: A Terrible Plan
✔ Lumberjanes, Vol. 4: Out of Time
18 - Read a book that was adapted into a movie:
✔ The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins [4★]
19 - Read a nonfiction about about feminism or dealing with feminist themes:
✔ We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie [3★]
✔ Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay [3★]
20 - Read a book about religion:
✔ 24 Hours That Changed The World by Adam Hamilton [3★]
21 - Read a book about politics:
✔ The Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks: Life and Death Under Soviet Rule by Igort [4★ - my review]
✔ Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War by Steve Sheinkin [3★]
22 - Read a food memoir:
✔ In Search of the Perfect Loaf: A Home Baker's Odyssey [4★ - my review]
23 - Read a play:
✔ Wit by Margaret Edson [3★]
✔ Macbeth by William Shakespeare [3★]
24 - Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness:
✔ Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman [4★]
Completed Challenge Bookshelf
★ 24/24 tasks completed ★✔ 1. Read a horror book - The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
✔ 2. Read a non-fiction book about science - Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation by Bill Nye
✔ 3. Read a collection of essays - The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction by Neil Gaiman
✔ 4. Read a book out loud to someone else -Sixth of the Dusk by Brandon Sanderson
✔ 5. Read a middle grade novel - Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
✔ 6. Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography) - Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
✔ 7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel - Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
✔ 8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born - The Cosmic Puppets by Philip K. Dick
✔ 9. Listen to an audiobook that was won an Audie Award - Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys by Billy Crystal
✔ 10. Read a book over 500 pages long - The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu
✔ 11. Read a book under 100 pages - Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell by Brandon Sanderson
✔ 12. Read a book by or about a person who identifies as transgender - All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
✔ 13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East - The Desert of Souls by Howard Andrew Jones
✔ 14. Read a book by an author who is from Southeast Asia - The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin
✔ 15. Read a book of historical fiction that is set before 1900 - Peter: The Untold True Story by Christopher Daniel Mechling
✔ 16. Read the first book in a series that is by an author of color - The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
✔ 17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years Lazarus, Vol. 1: Family by Greg Rucka
✔ 18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better. - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
✔ 19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist issues - The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley
✔ 20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction) - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
✔ 21. Read a book about politics in your country or another (fiction/nonfiction) - Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
✔ 22. Read a food memoir - Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir by Padma Lakshmi
✔ 23. Read a play - The Tempest by William Shakespeare
✔ 24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness - Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
Book Riot's Read Harder 2016 Challenge1/24 books read
✓ = completed
➜ = currently reading
✘ = could not finish
1. Read a horror book.
George A. Romero's Empire of the Dead: Act One by George A. Romero
2. Read a nonfiction book about science.
Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species: A Graphic Adaptation by Michael Keller
3. Read a collection of essays.
Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
✓ 4. Read a book out loud to someone else.
Lobster Is the Best Medicine: A Collection of Comics About Friendship by Liz Climo
read on 1/3/16
5. Read a middle grade novel.
Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
6. Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography).
Che: A Graphic Biography by Sid Jacobson
➜ 7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel.
UnBound by Neal Shusterman
➜ 8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born.
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia Wrede
9. Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award.
The Girl With All the Gifts: Extended Free Preview by MR Carey, 2015 winner in paranormal
10. Read a book over 500 pages long.
The Complete Essex County by Jeff Lemire
11. Read a book under 100 pages.
Beautiful Darkness by Fabian Vehlman
12. Read a book by or about someone who identifies as transgender.
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East.
Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi
14. Read a book that is by an author from Southeast Asia.
15. Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900.
The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn by Robin Maxwell
16. Read the first book in a series by a person of color.
Legend by Marie Lu
17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years.
The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Russell Brand
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better.
Snowpiercer: The Escape by Jacques Lob
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes.
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction).
The Shack by Wm. Paul Young
21. Read a book about politics, in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction).
March: Book Two by John Robert Lewis
22. Read a food memoir.
23. Read a play.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness.
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
16/241. Read a horror book
- Outer Dark - Cormac McCarthy
2. Read a non-fiction book about science
3. Read a collection of essays
-The New Kings of Nonfiction - edited by Ira Glass
4. Read a book out loud to someone else
5. Read a middle grade novel
-One crazy summer - Rita Williams-Garcia
6. Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography)
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born
9. Listen to an audiobook that was won an Audie Award
-the end of the affair - Graham Greene - read by Colin firth
10. Read a book over 500 pages long
11. Read a book under 100 pages
- Mean Girls Club - Ryan Heshka
12. Read a book by or about a person who identifies as transgender
- George - Alex Gino
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East
- The Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984: A Graphic Memoir - by Riad Sattouf
14. Read a book by an author who is from Southeast Asia
- The hen who dreamed she could fly - Sun-mi Huang
15. Read a book of historical fiction that is set before 1900
- The Sisters Brothers - Patrick DeWitt
16. Read the first book in a series that is by an author of colour
- Things fall apart - Chinua Achebe - The African Trilogy #1
17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years
- The Fade Out - Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist issues
- Bad Feminist - Roxanne Gay
20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction)
- Letter to a Christian Nation - Sam Harris
21. Read a book about politics in your country or another (fiction/nonfiction)
- My Life on the Road - Gloria Steinem
22. Read a food memoir
-Relish: My life in the kitchen - Lucy Knisley
23. Read a play
- Beautiful Words - Sean Riley
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness
1. Read a horror book Bird Box2. Read a nonfiction book about science.
3. Read a collection of essays. Letter to My Daughter
4. Read a book out loud to someone else.
5. Read a middle grade novel.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
6. Read a biography (not memoir or autobiography).
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel. The Road
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born. The Eyes of the Dragon
9. Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award.
10. Read a book over 500 pages long. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
11. Read a book under 100 pages. Assassin Study
12. Read a book by or about a person that identifies as transgender. Nevada
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East.
14. Read a book that is by an author from Southeast Asia. A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder
15. Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900.
16. Read the first book in a series by a person of color..
17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years.
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie.
Debate which is better.
The 5th Wave
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes. Bad Feminist
20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction). Diary of a Heretic
21. Read a book about politics, in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction).
22. Read a food memoir.
23. Read a play. Much Ado About Nothing
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness. Veronika Decides to Die
Read Harder Challenge 1/241. Read a horror book Slade House
2. Read a nonfiction book about science.
3. Read a collection of essays.
4. Read a book out loud to someone else.
5. Read a middle grade novel.
6. Read a biography (not memoir or autobiography).
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel.
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born.
9. Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award.
10. Read a book over 500 pages long.
11. Read a book under 100 pages.
12. Read a book by or about a person that identifies as transgender.
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East.
14. Read a book that is by an author from Southeast Asia.
15. Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900.
16. Read the first book in a series by a person of color..
17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years.
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie.
Debate which is better.
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes.
20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction).
21. Read a book about politics, in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction).
22. Read a food memoir.
23. Read a play.
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness.
Here mine, I'll be filling it in as I go I think 9/24 completed
Read a horror book The Small Hand: A Ghost Story
Read a nonfiction book about science.
The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science Is Still a Boys' Club
Read a collection of essays.
Cupcakes, Pinterest, and Ladyporn: Feminized Popular Culture in the Early Twenty-First Century
Read a book out loud to someone else.
Read a middle grade novel.
Read a biography (not memoir or autobiography).
Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel.
Read a book originally published in the decade you were born.
Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
Read a book over 500 pages long.
Ida: A Sword Among Lions
Read a book under 100 pages.
Brother Jacob
Read a book by or about a person that identifies as transgender. Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
Read a book that is set in the Middle East.
Read a book that is by an author from Southeast Asia.
Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900.
Read the first book in a series by a person of color..
Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years. Rat Queens, Vol. 1: Sass & Sorcery
Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie.
Debate which is better.
Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes. Men Explain Things to Me
Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction).
Read a book about politics, in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction).
Read a food memoir.
Read a play.
Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness.
9/241. Read a horror book
2. Read a non-fiction book about science
3.
4.
5.
6. Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography)
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel
8.
9. Listen to an audiobook that was won an Audie Award: David Sedaris Live at Carnegie Hall
10. Read a book over 500 pages long: Infinite Jest
11.
12. Read a book by or about a person who identifies as transgender
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East
14.
15. Read a book of historical fiction that is set before 1900:
16.
17.
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist issues: The Portable Cixous
20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction)
21. Read a book about politics in your country or another (fiction/nonfiction)
22.
23. Read a play
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness
READ: 5/241. Read a horror book
Joseph Sheridan le Fanu - In a Glass Darkly
2. Read a nonfiction book about science
Richard P. Feynman - Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track: Letters of Richard P. Feynman
3. Read a collection of essays
4. Read a book out loud to someone else
5. Read a middle grade novel
Catherynne Valente - The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There
6. Read a biography (not memoir or autobiography)
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel
Marcel Theroux - Far North
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born
9. Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award
10. Read a book over 500 pages long
David Mitchell - Cloud Atlas
11. Read a book under 100 pages
Kate Chopin - The Awakening
12. Read a book by or about a person that identifies as transgender
Jeffrey Eugenides - Middlesex
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East
14. Read a book that is by an author from Southeast Asia
Vaddey Ratner - In the Shadow of the Banyan
15. Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900
Charles Dickens - A Tale of Two Cities
16. Read the first book in a series by a person of color
Nuruddin Farah - Maps
17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie.
Debate which is better
Lisa Genova - Still Alice
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes.
Virginia Woolf - A Room of One's Own
20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction)
V. S. Naipaul - Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey
21. Read a book about politics, in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction)
22. Read a food memoir
23. Read a play
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness.
Matthew Quick - Silver Linings Playbook
I have not decided on all my books yet, and some may change as I go along. But here is what I have so far. READ HARDER CHALLENGE 2016 - Completed 13/24
1.
A Head Full of Ghosts
2.Read a nonfiction book about science
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife
3.
Small Wonder
4.Read a book out loud to someone else
5.
When You Reach Me
6.
Into the Wild
7.Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel
In the End
The Woodlands
8.Read a book originally published in the decade you were born
The Left Hand of Darkness (1969)
9.
Yes Please
10.Read a book over 500 pages long
11.
03
12.
George
13.Read a book that is set in the Middle East
The Wrath and the Dawn
14.
Smaller and Smaller Circles
15.Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900
The Name of the Rose
16.
The Young Elites
17.Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years
Edward Scissorhands Volume 1: Parts Unknown
18.
The 5th Wave
19.Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes
20.
Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology
Eve
21.Read a book about politics, in your country or another
(fiction or nonfiction)
22.
Food: A Love Story
23.Read a play
24.
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
This is what I wanted! Thanks! Here are my plans:24 of 24 tasks completed.
CHALLENGE COMPLETED!
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+Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite
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+A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
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+The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories by Marina Keegan
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+La Princesa que Escogía by Ana Maria Machado
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+The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
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+Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
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+I ended up reading The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey but I'll still read Uglies by Scott Westerfeld later.
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+The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
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+The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
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+I ended up reading Angels & Demons by Dan Brown. I'll read Doctor Sleep by Stephen King later.
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+The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley
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+Luna by Julie Anne Peters
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+Persepolis, Volume 1 by Marjane Satrapi
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+The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
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+Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
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+Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
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+Lumberjanes #1 by Noelle Stevenson
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+The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
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+I ended up reading We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie but I'll read Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg later
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+Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris
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+ The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
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+Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain
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+The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler
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+The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Here's where I will keep track of my reading plans for 2016.1. Read a horror book Slade House
2. Read a non-fiction book about science Landmarks
3. Read a collection of essays Loitering: New & Collected Essays
4. Read a book out loud to someone else
5. Read a middle grade novel Countdown
6. Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography) Vera
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel Gold Fame Citrus or Find Me
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born (1969) I Sing the Body Electric! & Other Stories
9. Listen to an audiobook that was won an Audie Award Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
10. Read a book over 500 pages long A Brief History of Seven Killings
11. Read a book under 100 pages Of Mice and Men
12. Read a book by or about a person who identifies as transgender
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East
14. Read a book by an author who is from Southeast Asia
15. Read a book of historical fiction that is set before 1900 The Wake
16. Read the first book in a series that is by an author of color
17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better. The Price of Salt
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist issues Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own
20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction)
21. Read a book about politics in your country or another (fiction/nonfiction)
22. Read a food memoir The Art of Eating
23. Read a play, something by Sam Shepard
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness
✓ 1. Read a horror book: Skeleton Creek 3/5 2. Read a nonfiction book about science: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
✓ 3. Read a collection of essays: The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories 2/5
✓ 4. Read a book out loud to someone else: Frog and Toad Are Friends 4/5
✓5. Read a middle grade novel: Animal Farm 4/5
6. Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography): Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
✓ 7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel: Children of the New World: Stories 5/5
✓ 8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born: The Reader 2/5 -- the movie may have been better?!
✓ 9. Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie award: Matilda, as read by Kate Winslett 5/5
✓10. Read a book over 500 pages long: Blankets 4/5
✓11. Read a book under 100 pages: The Yellow Wallpaper 4/5
✓12. Read a book by or about a person that identifies as transgender: George 5/5
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East: Habibi
14. Read a book that is by an author from Southeast Asia: Inside Out & Back Again
✓ 15. Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900: The Red Tent 5/5
✓ 16. Read the first book in a series by a person of color: Persepolis, Volume 1 4/5
✓ 17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years: Giant Days, Vol. 1 3/5
✓ 18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which one was better: Horns 5/5 -- book obviously much better
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes: Bad Feminist
20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction): Ramayana
✓ 21. Read a book about politics, in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction): Citizen: An American Lyric
✓ 22. Read a food memoir: Relish: My Life in the Kitchen 4/5
✓ 23. Read a play: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two 3/5
✓ 24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness: Wintergirls 3/5
1. Read a horror book Slade House and/or The Library at Mount Char and/ or Horrorstör and/ or The Night Strangers 2. Read a non-fiction book about science The Cloud Collector's Handbook and/ or The World Without Us
3. Read a collection of essays Magic Hours: Essays on Creators and Creation and/ or The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion and/ or How to Catch a Frog: And Other Stories of Family, Love, Dysfunction, Survival, and DIY and/ or The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
4.
5. Read a middle grade novel Enchantment Lake and/or Junonia
6. Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography) Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and/ or David Lynch: The Man from Another Place and/or No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born (1970s) If on a Winter's Night a Traveller and/ or Gnomes: Thirtieth Anniversary Edition and/ or Grendel
9. Listen to an audiobook that was won an Audie Award The Age of Miracles
10. Read a book over 500 pages long Bellefleur
11. Read a book under 100 pages If You're Not Yet Like Me and/ or
12. Read a book by or about a person who identifies as transgender The Argonauts
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East Alif the Unseen
14. Read a book by an author who is from Southeast Asia Of Bees and Mist and/ or The Gangster We Are All Looking For
15. Read a book of historical fiction that is set before 1900 Burial Rites and/ or The Marlowe Papers: A Novel in Verse and/ or John Saturnall's Feast
16. Read the first book in a series that is by an author of color Things Fall Apart
17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil and/or The Encyclopedia of Early Earth and/or Through the Woods
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better. Into the Forest and/ or The Driftless Area and/ or The World Made Straight
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist issues Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own
20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction) Down from the Mountain and/or Amity & Sorrow and/ or I Am Forbidden and/or Sufficient Grace
21. Read a book about politics in your country or another (fiction/nonfiction) Occupy!: Scenes from Occupied America
22. Read a food memoir Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef and/ or Poor Man's Feast: A Love Story of Comfort, Desire, and the Art of Simple Cooking and/ or Charlotte Au Chocolat: Memories of a Restaurant Girlhood
23. Read a play Good People or
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness Binary Star and/or Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness and/or Poppy Shakespeare and/or Challenger Deep
24/24 Completed.1. Read a horror book :
The Library at Mount Char
2. Read a non-fiction book about science:
The 4 Percent Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality
3. Read a collection of essays:
In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination
4. Read a book out loud to someone else:
Guards! Guards!
It Takes Two to T'wit T'woo
5. Read a middle grade novel:
The Forbidden Library
6. Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography):
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel:
Fahrenheit 451
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born:
Dark Lord of Derkholm
9. Listen to an audiobook that was won an Audie Award:
The Silkworm
10. Read a book over 500 pages long
The Cuckoo's Calling
11. Read a book under 100 pages:
The Yellow Wall-Paper
12. Read a book by or about a person who identifies as transgender:
All the Birds in the Sky
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East:
The Night of the Mi'raj
14. Read a book by an author who is from Southeast Asia:
The Ghost Bride
15. Read a book of historical fiction that is set before 1900:
The Golem and the Jinni
16. Read the first book in a series that is by an author of color:
Sorcerer to the Crown
17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years:
Rat Queens, Vol. 2: The Far Reaching Tentacles of N'rygoth
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better:
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist issues:
Reading Lolita in Tehran
20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction):
Zen in the Art of Archery
21. Read a book about politics in your country or another (fiction/nonfiction):
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
22. Read a food memoir:
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen
23. Read a play:
Waiting for Godot
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness:
The Cry of the Sloth
My 2016 Read Harder Challenge TBR List:
1. Read a horror book: Frankenstein
2. Read a non-fiction book about science: Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life
3. Read a collection of essays: How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America
4. Read a book out loud to someone else: Collection from Riyad-us-Saliheen
5. Read a middle grade novel: The Giver
6. Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography):Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel: The Handmaid's Tale
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
9. Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award: The Girl with All the Gifts
10. Read a book over 500 pages long: The Count of Monte Cristo
11. Read a book under 100 pages: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
12. Read a book by or about a person who identifies as transgender: George
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East: Girls of Riyadh
14. Read a book by an author who is from Southeast Asia: The Lover
15. Read a book of historical fiction that is set before 1900: Beloved
16. Read the first book in a series that is by an author of color: What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day
17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years: Lost Girls
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better: Brooklyn
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist issues: Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person
21. Read a book about politics in your country or another (fiction/nonfiction): Politics
22. Read a food memoir: Yes, Chef
23. Read a play: Radio Golf
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness: All the Bright Places
1. Read a horror book--- The Last Apprentice Book 2: Curse of the Bane by Joseph Delaney---2. Read a non-fiction book about science
3. Read a collection of essays---The Souls of Black Folk
4. Read a book out loud to someone else---
5. Read a middle grade novel---The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan---
6. Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography)---Charles Darwin: A Life
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel---Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born--- A Confederency of Dunces by John K. Toole
9. Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award---Mandela: An Audio History
10. Read a book over 500 pages long----One Good Dragon Deserves Another by Rachel Aaron--- Great series!
11. Read a book under 100 pages---
12. Read a book by or about a person who identifies as transgender---George by Alex Gino---
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East
14. Read a book by an author who is from Southeast Asia
15. Read a book of historical fiction that is set before 1900---And the Miss Ran Away With the Rake by Elizabeth Boyle--- (entertaining read)
16. Read the first book in a series that is by an author of color---The Cartel by Ashley Antoinette
17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years---
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better.
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist issues---We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie---
20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction)---Introducing Islam: A Graphic Guide by Ziauddin Sardar, Zafar Abbas Malik
21. Read a book about politics in your country or another (fiction/nonfiction)---What You Should Know About Politics...But Don't by Jessamyn Conrad
22. Read a food memoir---Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin
23. Read a play---King Charles III by Mike Bartlett---
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness---
2016 Read Harder ChallengeCompleted: 14/24
1. Read a horror book - Slade House by David Mitchell 1/4/16
2. Read a non-fiction book about science
3. Read a collection of essays - The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories by Marina Keegan 1/11/16
4. Read a book out loud to someone else
5. Read a middle grade novel - Flunked by Jen Calonita 1/10/16
6. Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography)
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline 3/7/16
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born
9. Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award - Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys by Billy Crystal 1/9/16
10. Read a book over 500 pages long - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 4/29/16
11. Read a book under 100 pages - We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 1/22/16
12. Read a book by or about a person who identifies as transgender - All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders 4/10/16
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East - The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi 2/27/16
14. Read a book by an author who is from Southeast Asia
15. Read a book of historical fiction that is set before 1900 - Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters 1/29/16
16. Read the first book in a series that is by an author of color
17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years - Seconds by Bryan Lee O'Malley 2/9/16
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better.
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist issues - You Don't Have to Like Me: Essays on Growing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding Feminism by Alida Nugent 1/15/16
20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction)
21. Read a book about politics in your country or another (fiction/nonfiction)
22. Read a food memoir
23. Read a play - The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler 1/30/16
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness - Made You Up by Francesca Zappia 2/7/16
2016 Read Harder Challenge Status and Plans: 1. Read a horror book - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
2. Read a non-fiction book about science
3. Read a collection of essays
4. Read a book out loud to someone else Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories DONE 1/4/16
5. Read a middle grade novel
6. Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography) Elon Musk: Inventing the Future
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel The Handmaid's Tale
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born On Photography
9. Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award Life
10. Read a book over 500 pages long
11. Read a book under 100 pages
12. Read a book by or about a person who identifies as transgender
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East
14. Read a book by an author who is from Southeast Asia
15. Read a book of historical fiction that is set before 1900
16. Read the first book in a series that is by an author of color Inside Out & Back Again
17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better.
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist issues We Should All Be Feminists READ 1/10/16
20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction)
21. Read a book about politics in your country or another (fiction/nonfiction)
22. Read a food memoir
23. Read a play Macbeth
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness The Bell Jar
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