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Last updated: 20 November
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http://www.popsugar.com/love/Reading-Challenge-2017-42561300Current category count: 39 (51)
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#Category--MAINChoice: TitleChoice: AuthorDate FinishedNotes
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1Recommended by a librarianFlorence Foster Jenkins: The Life of the World's Worst Opera SingerDarryl Bullock1/29/2017Library display @ Wakefield
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2On my TBR list for way too longYou Have to Stop This (Secret #5)Pseudonymous Bosch3/14/2017So many choices, just grab one when the mood strikes...
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3Book of lettersSelected Letters of LMAJoel Myerson & Daniel Shealy4/5/2017September group read (category, not LMA)
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4AudiobookHamletA. J. Hartley & David Hewson3/4/2017
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5By a person of colorI Am Not Your NegroJames Baldwin12/2/2017The Hate U Give for book bingo? February group read was Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
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6With one of the four seasons in the titleSummer BookTove Jansson12/10/2017swapped January group read to different category; get from library
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7Story within a storyPrincess BrideWilliam Goldman11/25/2017Code Name Verity as book bingo?
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8With multiple authorsV for VendettaAlan Moore & David Lloyd1/1/2017
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9Espionage thrillerCode Name VerityElizabeth Wein7/17/2017(on kindle)
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10A cat on the coverDewey: The Small-Town Library Cat that Touched the WorldVicki Myron12/30/2017(on kindle) Season with the Witch for book bingo?
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11By an author who uses a pseudonymThis Book is Not Good for You (Secret #3)Pseudonymous Bosch2/18/2017
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12Bestseller from a genre you don't normally readWinter People Jennifer McMahon1/7/2017Supernatural thriller/mystery ; chosen as group read for season and reassigned
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13By or about a person with a disabilityHelen Keller: A Photographic Story of a LifeLesley Garrett12/31/2017Wonder as book bingo? (on kindle)
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14Involving travelPresenting Buffalo BillCandace Fleming4/25/2017June Group read; use Buffalo Bill book?
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15With a subtitleThe Ragged Edge of SilenceJohn Francis1/16/2017
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16Published in 2017The Hate U GiveAngie Thomas7/25/2017December group read (category, not Angie)
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17Involving a mythical creatureNimonaNoelle Stevenson11/15/2017(on kindle); Golem & Jinni for book bingo?
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18You've read before that never fails to make you smileLittle WomenLouisa May Alcott4/5/2017(on kindle)
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19About foodFluffMimi Graney8/29/2017November group read (category, not Fluff)
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20With career adviceThe Subtle Art of Not Giving a FuckMark Manson12/31/2017Lots of good choices, just grab one when the mood strikes...
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21From a nonhuman perspectiveGolem and the JinniHelene Wecker11/12/2017(on kindle)
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22Steampunk novelTickerLisa Mantchev12/24/2017The Mechanical; Mechanica; The Invisible Library; Romulus Buckle; Cinder Spires: Aeronaut's Windlass (through mid-October 2016)
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23With a red spineReturn to Wake RobinMarnie Mamminga6/25/2017
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24Set in the wildernessMoby DuckDonovan Hohn6/18/2017August group read; can double dip Ragged Edge of Silence; does Moby Duck work?
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25You loved as a childFinn Family MoomintrollTove Jansson12/27/2017Little Women as book bingo? Or swap in Wrinkle in Time?
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26By an author from a country you've never visitedBorn a CrimeTrevor Noah3/29/2017
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27With a title that's a character's nameMacbethA. J. Hartley6/18/2017
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28Novel set during wartimeAll the Light We Cannot SeeAnthony Doerr12/26/2017Code Name Verity as book bingo? skipping May group read (Book Thief) for this
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29With an unreliable narratorWe Were LiarsE. Lockhart12/13/2017Code Name Verity for Book Bingo? April group read
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30With picturesVagina WarriorsEve Ensler & Joyce Tenneson1/25/2017
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31Where the main character is a different ethnicity than youMom & Me & MomMaya Angelou1/23/2017
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32About an interesting womanAnnie OakleyShirl Kasper4/30/2017March group read was Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
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33Set in two different time periodsSaving HamletMolly Booth2/21/17July group read
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34With a month or day of the week in the titleButterflies in NovemberAudur Ava Olafsdottir2/13/2017Tuesdays at the Castle series; Live from New York; Enchanted April; The View from Saturday; Mister Monday (Keys of Kingdom #1)
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35Set in a hotelGentleman in MoscowAmor Towles7/2/2017
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36Written by someone you admireThis Fight is Our FightElizabeth Warren9/4/2017
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37Becoming a movie in 2017WonderR. J. Palacio7/30/2017
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38Set around a holiday OTHER than Christmas
Season with the Witch: Magic and Mayhem
J. W. Ocker10/22/2017
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39First book in a series I haven't read beforeThe Name of this Book is SecretPseudonymous Bosch2/5/17
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40Bought on a tripA Child of Books
Oliver Jeffers & Sam Winston
11/24/2017
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#Category--"ADVANCED"Choice: TitleChoice: AuthorDate FinishedNotes
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1Recommended by an author I loveA Wrinkle in TimeMadeleine L'Engle11/21/2017Little Women as book bingo? http://www.thisisinsider.com/jk-rowling-favorite-books-2016-7
Middlemarch is a rec from Anne Lamott; swap in Wrinkle in Time? http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/25/books/review/anne-lamott-by-the-book.html
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2Bestseller from 2016Harry Potter & the Cursed ChildJ. K. Rowling10/5/2017
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3With a family-member term in the titleMarmee & LouisaEve LaPlante3/11/2017
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4Takes place over a character's life spanLouisa May Alcott: A Personal BiographySusan Cheever3/2/2017could double dip Life of Pi or Pope Joan
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5About an immigrant or refugeeAmericanahChimamanda Ngozi Adichie3/14/2017(on kindle)
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6From a genre/subgenre I've never heard ofGirl Genius Omnibus Phil & Kara Foglio1/9/2017"gaslamp fantasy"
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7With an eccentric characterThis Isn't what it Looks Like (Secret #4)Pseudonymous Bosch2/24/2017If nothing else, PB's narrative persona counts as eccentric
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8More than 800 pagesPillars of the EarthKen Follett11/22/2017(on kindle)
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9Got from a used book saleThe Big MoveRobert Forrant & Cristoph Strobel11/5/2017
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10Was mentioned in another bookIf You're Reading this, It's too Late (Secret #2)Pseudonymous Bosch2/17/2017
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11About a difficult topicVagina MonologuesEve Ensler1/22/2017
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12Based on mythologyAmerican GodsNeil Gaiman5/23/2017(on kindle)
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https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/5iqd7j/a_2017_reading_challenge_to_keep_you_well_rounded/Category count: 50
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1Originally published in a language I don't knowButterflies in NovemberAudur Ava Olafsdottir2/13/2017
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2By an author born in the same country as meReturn to Wake RobinMarnie Mamminga6/25/17
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3HorrorWinter PeopleJennifer McMahon1/7/2017supernatural suspense--close enough, right?
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4Romance/EroticaPrincess BrideWilliam Goldman11/25/2017
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5Written before 1950Finn Family MoomintrollTove Jansson12/27/2017
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6Written by a manBorn a CrimeTrevor Noah3/29/17
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7Written by a woman
Louisa May Alcott: A Personal Biography
Susan Cheever3/2/17
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8Sci-fiA Wrinkle in TimeMadeleine L'Engle11/21/2017
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9FantasyGolem and the JinniHelene Wecker11/12/2017(on kindle)
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10YASaving HamletMolly Booth2/21/2017
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11Non-fictionMarmee & LouisaEve LaPlante3/11/2017
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12Contemporary settingIn the Body of the WorldEve Ensler2/2/2017
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13Written after 1949Annie OakleyShirl Kasper4/30/2017
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14Published in 2017FluffMimi Graney8/29/2017Dec. read for Popsugar
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15Popular (at least 1 mil reviews somewhere)Little WomenLouisa May Alcott4/5/2017(on kindle)
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16Unknown (no more than 100 reviews anywhere)Ragged Edge of SilenceJohn Francis1/16/2017
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17Turned into a movie (any time)WonderR. J. Palacio7/30/2017
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18Finish a seriesYou Have to Stop This (Secret #5)Pseudonymous Bosch3/14/2017
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19History (fiction OR non-)Complete History of JTRPhilip Sugden9/16/2017(on kindle)
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20Short story ( X < 5k words)Child of BooksOliver Jeffers & Sam Winston11/24/201712,400 (too long but short enough...)
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21Short book ( 5k words < X < 100K words)TickerLisa Mantchev 12/24/201783,700; (on kindle)
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22Long book ( 100k words < X < 250K words)Gentleman in MoscowAmor Towles7/2/2017148,800; http://www.readinglength.com/
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23Epic book ( 250k words < X )Pillars of the EarthKen Follett11/22/2017272,800 (Less epic than Pillars, but still over 250K)
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24Self-publishedHarry Potter & Cursed ChildJ. K. Rowling10/5/2017
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25Indie book (small publisher, not one of the "big 6")The Big MoveRobert Forrant & Cristoph Strobel11/5/2017
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26published by one of the "big 6"This Isn't What it Looks Like (Secret #4)Pseudonymous Bosch2/24/2017
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27Biography (including Auto- and Memoir)Mom & Me & MomMaya Angelou1/23/2017
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28Best-seller in 2017Hidden FiguresMargot Lee Shetterly12/21/2017as of 7/9, 29 wks on NYT list
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29Politics and/or ReligionThis Fight is Our FightElizabeth Warren9/4/2017
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30AudiobookHamletA. J. Hartley & David Hewson3/4/2017
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31Ink-and-paper bookSelected Letters of LMAJoel Myerson & Daniel Shealy4/5/17
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32Banned (past or present)Vagina MonologuesEve Ensler1/22/2017
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33Thriller/SuspenseCode Name VerityElizabeth Wein7/17/2017(on kindle)
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34MysteryThis Book is Not Good for You (Secret #3)Pseudonymous Bosch2/18/2017
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35DystopianV for VendettaAlan Moore & David Lloyd1/1/2017
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36Debut book from 2017The Hate U GiveAngie Thomas7/25/2017
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37By a LGBTQ author (or about an LGBTQ character)Of Fire and StarsAudrey Coulthurst12/11/2017(on kindle)
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38ParanormalNimonaNoelle Stevenson11/15/2017(on kindle)
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39With picturesVagina WarriorsEve Ensler & Joyce Tenneson1/25/2017