Wednesday, April 1, 2015

March Books - A million ways to hang out without me or All the light we cannot see in the woods

I felt very sluggish reading this month, but I still finished four books.  This challenge is certainly making me expand my choices, as each book this month was very different than the one before it.   I have enjoyed all of this month's books. I've begun reserving books to fit the various categories rather than relying on chance of running across something that will fit.  I'm most concerned about finding a book from an author with my initials.

January: 6 books
February: 4 books
March: 4 books

14 of 55 books; 1 book ahead of schedule

2015 Reading List (Source: Popsugar.com)
  • A Pulitzer Prize-winning book (All the Light We Cannot See - March)
  • A mystery or thriller (In the Woods - March)
  • A book you can finish in a day (A Million Ways to Die in the West - March)
  • A book of short stories (Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? - March)

2015 Reading Challenge Master List

January: 6 books
February: 4 books
March: 4 books
April: 3 books
May: 2 books
June: 4 books
July: 4 books
August: 5 books
September: 1 book
October: 3 books
November: 4 books
December: 14 books

2015 Reading List (Source: Popsugar.com)

  • A book with more than 500 pages (Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child - January)
  • A classic romance (Breakfast at Tiffanys - May)
  • A book that became a movie (Gone Girl - January)
  • A book published this year (The Master Magician - July)
  • A book with a number in the title (Five Quarters of an Orange - June)
  • A book written by someone under 30 (Cinder - July)
  • A book with nonhuman characters (Undead and Uneasy - January)
  • A funny book (Jesus Cow - December)
  • A book by a female author (The Sleuth Sisters - February)
  • A mystery or thriller (In the Woods - March)
  • A book with a one-word title (Doomed- February)
  • A book of short stories (Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? - March)
  • A book set in a different country (The Serpent of Venice - January)
  • A nonfiction book (Eat Move Sleep - January)
  • A popular author's first book (Finding Alaska - June)
  • A book form an author you love that you haven't read yet (Sycamore Row - January)
  • A book a friend recommended (Murders and Nerdy Girls Work Late - August)
  • A Pulitzer Prize-winning book (All the Light We Cannot See - March ) 
  • A book based on a true story (Eat Pray Love - August)
  • A book at the bottom of your to-read list (Dorothy Must Die - April)
  • A book your mom loves (The Choice - December) 
  • A book that scares you (Dark Places - November)
  • A book more than 100 years old (The Yellow Wallpaper - December)
  • A book you picked based on its cover (Sprinkled - February)
  • A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't (Black Like Me - October)
  • A memoir (Running with Scissors - July)
  • A book you can finish in a day (A Million Ways to Die in the West - March)
  • A book with antonyms in the title (Hell Made Easy - October)
  • A book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit (The Disenchanted Widow - November)
  • A book that came out the year you were born (Heartburn - August)
  • A book with bad reviews (Zoo - August)
  • A trilogy (The Glassblower - April, June, December)
  • A book from your childhood (Messenger - April)
  • A book with a love triangle (The Scarlet Letter Society - September) 
  • A book set in the future (20/30 - December)
  • A book set in high school (Fallen - December) 
  • A book with a color in the title (Gathering Blue - February)
  • A book that made you cry (The Fault in Our Stars - November)
  • A book with magic (The Wicked Will Rise - December)
  • A graphic novel (The Watchmen - December)
  • A book by an author you've never read before (Shutter Island - August)
  • A book you own but have never read (Still Alice - December)
  • A book that takes place in your hometown (Colby Stories - October) 
  • A book that was originally written in a different language (Werewolf in Bamburg - December)
  • A book set during Christmas (The Christmas Cookie Club - December)
  • A book written by an author with your same initials (Last Night at the Lobster - November)
  • A play (Importance of Being Ernest - December) 
  • A banned book (Their Eyes Were Watching God - July)
  • A book based on or turned into a TV show (Wayward Pines - June)
  • A book you started but never finished (A Wind in the Door - May)
  • A start of a new series (Sleeping with Fishes - December) 
  • Fairy Tales (Through the Woods - December)
  • Science Fiction (The Wizard of Earthsea - December)