A new year comes with a new reading challenge! Or better said: three of those. The one from Popsugar is hard this year, but I am confident I'll make it again ;). One of the others is to read all the titles present on my book skirt!
1. A book based on a fairytale Done: Michael Cunningham - The Snow Queen 2. A National Book Award winner Done: E. Annie Proulx - Close Range (She didn't win the NBA for this book, but I couldn't get my hands on The Shipping News, that's why I chose to read this instead) 3. A YA Bestseller Done: Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games (review) 4. A book you haven't read since high school Done: Jostein Gaarder - The Solitaire Mystery (review) 5. A book set in your home state Done: Suzanna Jansen - Het Pauperparadijs 6. A book translated to English Done: Bernhard Schlink - The Reader (review) 7. A romance set in the future Done: Suzanne Collins - Mockingjay 8. A book set in Europe Done: Ernest Hemingway - A Farewell To The Arms 9. A book that's under 150 pages Done: William Shakespeare - Macbeth 10. A New York Times bestseller Done: Harper Lee - Go Set A Watchman (review) 11. A book that's becoming a movie this year Done: Paula Hawkins - The Girl On The Train 12. A book recommended by someone you just met Done: Alan Bennett - The Uncommon Reader 13. A self-improvement book No. 14. A book you can finish in a day Done: William Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet 15. A book written by a celebrity Done: Julianne Moore - Freckleface Strawberry 16. A political memoir Done: Femke Halsema - Pluche 17. A book at least 100 years older than you Done: Lousia May Alcott - Little Women 18. A book that's more than 600 pages Done: Herman Melville - Moby Dick 19. A book from Oprah's Book Club Done: Cormac McCarthy - The Road (review) 20. A science-fiction novel Done: Suzanne Collins - Catching Fire 21. A book recommended by a family member Done: Thomas Mann - The Magic Mountain 22. A graphic novel Done: Alfonso Zapico - James Joyce 23. A book that is published 2016 Done: Anna Romer - Beyond the Orchard 24. A book with a protagonist who has your occupation Done: A. F. Th. van der Heijden - De Ochtendgave 25. A book that takes place during Summer Done: F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby 26. A book and it's prequel Done: J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows 27. A murder mystery Done: Agatha Christie - And Then There Were None 28. A book written by a comedian Done: Horst Evers - Mein Leben als Suchmaschine 29. A dystopian novel Done: Aldous Huxley - Brave New World 30. A book with a blue cover Done: Joseph Heller - Catch-22 31. A book of poetry Done: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 50 Gedichte 32. The first book you see in a bookstore Done: DBC Pierre - Breakfast with the Borgias (review) 33. A classic from the 20th century Done: Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451 (review) 34. A book from the library Done: John Steinbeck - East of Eden (review) 35. An autobiography Done: Nelson Mandela - Long Walk To Freedom (abridged) 36. A book about a road trip Done: John Steinbeck - The Grapes Of Wrath (review) 37. A book about a culture you're unfamiliar with Roy Adkins - Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England 38. A satirical book Done: Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote 39. A book that takes place on an Island Done: H.G. Wells - The Island of Dr. Moreau 40. A book that's guaranteed to bring you joy Done: Jonas Jonasson - Hitman Anders And The Meaning Of It All Comments are closed.
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