Reading Challenge 2015

If I’ve done a review of the book, I’ll link it from here. Otherwise, this will serve as a way of seeing my progress with the challenge.

I’ve updated this list to show what books I intend to read for each item – if an item doesn’t have a book against it yet, please feel free to make a suggestion!

There is every possibility that I’ll double up on a few of the items while missing some others – this will be mainly due to availability issues (I won’t be able to buy many books, so I’ll be relying on what I already own or can borrow from somewhere), but also due to my personal preferences. Some sorts of books I just can’t get into, and I refuse to waste time reading a book I find boring. Any “additional” books will be listed under the number they best apply to. I’ve put a separate little collection for Terry Pratchett, because they could fit under several different items (notably numbers 8, 33, and 39), and I’m half-way through my Pratchett re-read.

Final book count for 2015 – 51

Visit my Goodreads 2015 Challenge page for a full list of all the books I read this year.

Finished reading book
Currently reading

1. A book with more than 500 pages – A Game of Thrones; George R.R. Martin (and the rest of the series)
2. A classic romance – Wuthering Heights; Emily Brontë
3. A book that became a movie – The Book Thief; Markus Zusak
4. A book published this year – Leila’s Secret; Kooshyar Karimi
5. A book with a number in the title – One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest; Ken Kesey
6. A book written by someone under 30 – I Am Malala; Malala Yousafzai
7. A book with non-human characters – The Dalai Lama’s Cat and the Art of Purring; David Michie
8. A funny book
9. A book by a female author – The Tiger’s Wife; Téa Obreht
10. A mystery or thriller – Under the Dome; Stephen King
11. A book with a one-word title – Wild; Cheryl Strayed
12. A book of short stories – Trigger Warning; Neil Gaiman
13. A book set in a different country – Wild Swans; Jung Chang
14. A nonfiction book – The Common Thread; Martha Manning 
    • The Shadow Club; Roberto Casati
    • Mother Tongue; Bill Bryson
    • What I Wish I Knew About Nursing; Allie & Marty Wilson
    • The 700 Habits of Highly Ineffective People; Jonathan Biggins
    • So Stressed; Stephanie McClelland & Beth Hamilton
    • The Fit Bottomed Girls Anti-Diet; Jennifer Walters (never finished this in 2015)
    • The Haitch Factor; Susan Butler
15. A popular author’s first book
16. A book from an author you love that you haven’t read yet – The Wind Through the Keyhole; Stephen King
17. A book a friend recommended – The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays & Stories; Marina Keegan
18. A Pulitzer Prize-winning book – The Goldfinch; Donna Tartt
19. A book based on a true story – A Thousand Splendid Suns; Khaled Hosseini
20. A book at the bottom of your to-read list
21. A book your Mum loves
22. A book that scares you – The Shining; Stephen King
23. A book more than 100 years old – Emma; Jane Austen
24. A book based entirely on its cover – The Night Circus; Erin Morgenstern
25. A book you were supposed to read in school and didn’t – Tess of the D’Urbervilles; Thomas Hardy
26. A memoir – Me of the Never Never; Fiona O’Loughlin
27. A book you can finish in a day – The Power of No; Beth Wareham
28. A book with antonyms in the title
29. A book set somewhere you’ve always wanted to visit
30. A book that came out the year you were born (1989) – The Joy Luck Club; Amy Tan
31. A book with bad reviews
32. A trilogy – Farseer trilogy; Robin Hobb
33. A book from your childhood – A Little Princess; Frances Hodgson Burnett
34. A book with a love triangle
35. A book set in the future – The Martian; Andy Weir
36. A book set in high school – The Perks of Being a Wallflower; Stephen Chbosky
37. A book with a colour in the title – The Silver Chair; C.S. Lewis
38. A book that made you cry – Still Alice; Lisa Genova
39. A book with magic – Seventh Son; Orson Scott Card
40. A graphic novel – My Japanese Husband Thinks I’m Crazy; Grace Mineta
    • Confessions of a Texan in Tokyo; Grace Mineta
41. A book by an author you’ve never read before – Eleanor & Park; Rainbow Rowell
42. A book you own but have never read – Memoirs of a Geisha; Arthur Golden
43. A book that takes place in your hometown – Plato’s Cave; Russell Proctor
44. A book that was originally written in a different language – Kafka on the Shore; Haruki Murakami
45. A book set during Christmas – 1225 Christmas Tree Lane; Debbie Macomber
46. A book written by an author with your same initials (KR)
47. A play – Macbeth
48. A “banned book” – Fahrenheit 451; Ray Bradbury
49. A book based on/turned into a TV show – Call the Midwife; Jennifer Worth
50. A book you started but never finished – The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People; Stephen R. Covey

Terry Pratchett:

1. Jingo
2. The Last Continent
3. Carpe Jugulum
4. The Fifth Elephant
5. The Truth
6. Thief of Time
7. The Last Hero
8. The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents
9. Night Watch