I plan to read 50 books in 2016, that’s 5 more than last year. I hope I manage to keep the ball bouncing.
2015 Reading Challenge:
Last year I managed to complete the following categories, not all books I read were in a challenge category, but that’s how I roll 😉
1- A classic romance: Lady Susan by Jane Austen
2- A book with a number in the title: 1,000 Awesome Writing Prompts by Ryan Andrew Kinder
3- A book written by someone under 30: Hypnagogic Shifters: Superposition by Penelope M. Fernandez
4- A book with nonhuman characters: The Circle of the Thirteenth Cat by Bryan Fields
5- A book with a one-word title: Fledglings by K.M.Herkes
6- A book of short stories: The Whisperer in the Darkness by H.P.Lovecraft
7- A book set in a different country: Of Love and Other Demons by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez
8- A nonfiction book: Self-Publishing the Hard Way by Brian Parker
9- A popular author’s first book: Pebble in the sky by Isaac Asimov
10- A book at the bottom of your to-read list: Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne and David King
11- A book your mom loves: Death comes to Pemberley by P.D.James
12 – A book more than 100 years old: Flatland by Edwin Abbott Abbott
13- A book based entirely on its cover: The Spirit of a Witch by Sarah Jane Avory
14- A book you were supposed to read in school but didn’t: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
15- A book you can finish in a day: Inklings: 300 Starts, Plots, and Challenges to Inspire your Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy Stories by Leslie J. Anderson, Jarod K. Anderson.
16-A book with antonyms in the title: Mastering showing and telling in your fiction by Marcy Kennedy.
17- A book that came out the year you were born: Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C.Clarke.
18- A trilogy: Divergent, Insurgent and Allegiant by Veronica Roth.
19- A book set in the future: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline.
20- A book with magic: Magic Rises: A Kate Daniels Novel by Ilona Andrews.
21- A book by an author you’ve never read before: The Martian by Andy Weir.
22- A book you own but have never read: Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint by Nancy Kress.
23- A book written by an author with your same initials: He’s Just Not That Into You: The No-excuses Truth to Understanding Guys by by Greg Behrendt (Goodreads Author), Liz Tuccillo.
24- A funny book: Mecha-Tale by Sarah Jane Avory
25- A book by a female author: Mirrored Worlds by Shauna Scheets
26- A book from an author you love (that you haven’t yet read): This Side of the Grave (Night Huntress #5) by Jeaniene Frost