I’ve decided to do the Popsugar Reading Challenge 2015 (http://www.popsugar.com/love/Reading-Challenge-2015-36071458). It seemed challenging and something worth doing. I read a lot. Last year I read almost 200 titles. I thought it would be fun to do something a bit different. After two days (!) of deliberating I’ve chosen my books for the challenge. Details can be found below.
I’ll try and read them in this order but I will deviate. There are a couple of titles further down the list that I’ve reserved at the library. I own some and will need to buy or borrow the rest. I’ll go into the reasons behind choosing each one when I post my review. It’ll take too much time just now.
A BOOK WITH MORE THAN 500 PAGES
The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
A CLASSIC ROMANCE
The Well Of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall
A BOOK THAT BECAME A MOVIE
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
A BOOK PUBLISHED THIS YEAR
Saint Odd by Dean Koontz
A BOOK WITH A NUMBER IN THE TITLE
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out Of The Window And Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
A BOOK WRITTEN BY SOMEONE UNDER 30
The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht
A BOOK WITH NONHUMAN CHARACTERS (READ)
The Last Family In England by Matt Haig
A FUNNY BOOK
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams
A BOOK BY A FEMALE AUTHOR (CURRENTLY READING)
The Mortal Instruments Book 6: City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
A MYSTERY OR THRILLER
Someone Else’s Skin by Sarah Hilary
A BOOK WITH A ONE-WORD TITLE
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
A BOOK OF SHORT STORIES
The Assignation Of Margaret Thatcher by Hilary Mantel
A BOOK SET IN A DIFFERENT COUNTRY
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
A NONFICTION BOOK
Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
A POPULAR AUTHOR’S FIRST BOOK
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
A BOOK FROM AN AUTHOR YOU LOVE BUT HAVEN’T READ YET
Knots And Crosses by Ian Rankin
A BOOK A FRIEND RECOMMENDED
Lanark: A Life In 4 Book by Alasdair Gray
A PULITZER PRIZE WINNING BOOK
Olive Kitteridge By Elizabeth Strout
A BOOK BASED ON A TRUE STORY
Quiet Dell By Jayne Anne Phillips
A BOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR TO-DO LIST
The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
A BOOK YOUR MUM LOVES
Trust Me By Lesley Pearse
A BOOK THAT SCARES YOU
If I Should Die Before I Wake By Han Nolan
A BOOK MORE THAN 100 YEARS OLD
Dubliners by James Joyce
A BOOK BASED ENTIRELY ON ITS COVER
Girlchild By Tupelo Hassman
A BOOK YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO READ IN SCHOOL BUT DIDN’T
Watership Down By Richard Adams
A MEMOIR
With The Kisses Of His Mouth By Monique Roffey
A BOOK YOU CAN FINISH IN A DAY
We Have Always Lived In The Castle By Shirley Jackson
A BOOK WITH ANTONYMS IN THE TITLE
Angela & Demons by Dan Brown
A BOOK SET SOMEWHERE YOU’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO VISIT
The Daughter By Pavlos Matesis
A BOOK THAT CAME OUT THE YEAR YOU WERE BORN
The Hotel New Hampshire By John Irving
A BOOK WITH BAD REVIEWS
Water For Elephants By Sara Gruen
A TRILOGY
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo By Stieg Larsson
The Girl Who Played With Fire By Stieg Larsson
The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets’ Nest By Stieg Larsson
A BOOK FROM YOUR CHILDHOOD
Five On A Treasure Island By Enid Blyton
A BOOK WITH A LOVE TRIANGLE
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
A BOOK SET IN THE FUTURE
V For Vendetta By Alan Moore & David Lloyd
A BOOK SET IN HIGH SCHOOL
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower By Stephen Chbosky
A BOOK WITH A COLOUR IN THE TITLE
White Oleander By Janet Fitch
A BOOK THAT MADE YOU CRY
The Kite Runner By Khaled Hosseini
A BOOK WITH MAGIC
Mythago Wood By Robert Holdstock
A GRAPHIC NOVEL
Blankets By Craig Thompson
A BOOK BY AN AUTHOR YOU’VE NEVER READ BEFORE
The Shock Of The Fall By Nathan Filer
A BOOK YOU OWN BUT HAVE NEVER READ
The Girl With All The Gifts By M R Carey
A BOOK THAT TAKES PLACE IN YOUR HOMETOWN
The Death Of Bees By Lisa O’donnell
A BOOK THAT WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN IN A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE
After Dark By Haruki Murakami
A BOOK SET DURING CHRISTMAS
The Christmas Party By Carole Matthews
A BOOK WRITTEN BY AN AUTHOR WITH THE SAME INITIALS
Mirror, Mirror By Patricia Scanlan
A PLAY
The Weather By Clare Pollard
A BANNED BOOK
July’s People By Nadine Gordimer
A BOOK BASED ON OR TURNED INTO A TV SHOW
A Song Of Ice And Fire 1: A Game Of Thrones By George R R Martin
A BOOK YOU STARTED BUT NEVER FINISHED
Tales From The Jazz Age By F Scott Fitzgerald