Pop Sugar has what they think is the ultimate reading challenge. From a book your
mom loves to a book with a love triangle, they're giving you a wide range
of reads, spanning eras and genres, instead of specific books. You don't
have to read all 50 books (technically 52, since one is a trilogy), but
it's a fun incentive to diversify your reading — you may be surprised
by what you find you enjoy! Click link above to see the full post.
My declared goal was 30 (just a little over half). Any over 30 will be bonus. No links to reviews here--my full reading list (with links) can be found at the You Read How Many Books OR 100+ Reading Challenges. I will date when the book is read.
I just finished my 30th book, so my challenge is complete. Below is the list of categories and the books I read for them.
Book
that became a movie: The Great Dinosaur Robbery by David Forrest (5/15/15)
Published
this year: The Golden Age of Murder
by Martin Edwards (5/5/15)
Book
with nonhuman characters: The Mote in
God’s Eye by Niven & Pournelle (4/12/15)
A
funny book: Death of a Tall Man by
Frances & Richard Lockridge (1/31/15)
Book
by a female author: Mother Finds a Body
by Gypsy Rose Lee (1/12/15)
Mystery
or thriller: Death Over Deep Water by
Simon Nash (2/8/15)
Book
with a one-word title: Panic by Helen
McCloy (2/22/15)
Book
of short stories: The World’s Best 100
Detective Stories Vol. 1 by Eugene Thwing, ed. (2/26/15)
Book
set in different country: A Dead Man In
Istanbul by Michael Pearce (1/14/15)
Nonfiction
book: Mystery! A Celebration by Ron
Miller (2/3/15)
Popular
author’s first book: Caught Dead in
Philadelphia by Gillian Roberts (2/11/15)
Book
from author you love but haven’t read yet: 13
Steps Down by Ruth Rendell (2/15/15)
Book
based on a true story: Into the Valley
by John Hersey (2/28/15)
Book
at bottom of TBR pile: The Eye in the Museum by J. J. Connington (5/8/15)
Book
you can finish in a day: Lost Laysen
by Margaret Mitchell (2/17/15)
Book
with antonyms in title: RFK: His Life & Death by Editors of American Heritage (4/15/15)
Book
set somewhere you always wanted to visit: Death
of a Dwarf by Harold Kemp (1/25/15)
Book
that came out the year you were born: The
Wilberforce Legacy by Josephine Bell (4/19/15)
Book
with bad reviews: Spock, Messiah! by Theodore R. Cogswell & Charles A Spano, Jr. [and I added another one] (5/8/15)
Book
from childhood: The Ringmaster’s Secret
by Carolyn Keene (4/16/15)
Book
with a love triangle: The Riddle of the Traveling Skull by Harry Stephen Keeler (6/21/15)
Book
set in the future: Ten Thousand
Light-Years from Home by James Tiptree, Jr. (1/12/15)
Book
with color in the title: Ride the Pink
Horse by Dorothy B. Hughes (1/3/15)
Graphic
novel: The Adventure of the Three Students by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [graphic novel version adapted by Vincent Goodwin; illustrated by Ben Dunn] (4/23/15)
Book
by an author you’ve never read before: The
Case of the Painted Girl by Frank King (1/6/15)
Book
you own by have never read: The Case of Colonel Marchand by E. C. R. Lorac (4/27/15)
Book
that takes place in your hometown: The Lack of the Irish by Ralph McInerny (7/11/15) [closest I could come--South Bend in fairly close to Wabash)
Book
set during Christmas: The Crime & the Crystal by Elizabeth Ferrars (7/9/15)
Book
written by an author with your initials: Call
for Michael Shayne by Brett Halliday (4/22/15)
Book
based
on or turned into a TV show: Harlan Ellison's City on the Edge of
Forever by Ellison; Adapted by David & Scott Tipton (6/5/15)
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