Update on the 2015 Reading Challenge

Hey friends!  Sorry for the radio silence the past week, you know how it goes.  Life gets busy and time is precious and we have to make trade offs.  But, I’m back and I wanted to do a bit of a mid year update since we are officially halfway through the year and that means I am halfway through the Popsugar Book Challenge and it seemed like this was a good time to start recapping the books I have finished so far in 2015. I am really enjoying this challenge because it is forcing me to read genres that I would never had read if not for this challenge.  So, here is what I have covered so far!

1. A book with more than 500 pages
2. A classic romance
3. A book that became a movie
4. A book published this year The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
5. A book with a number in the title Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
6. A book written by someone under 30 After by Anna Todd
7. A book with nonhuman characters
8. A funny book
9. A book by a female author Bright Side by Kim Holden
10. A mystery or thriller
11. A book with a one-word title Gus by Kim Holden
12. A book of short stories
13. A book set in a different country Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
14. A nonfiction book
15. A popular author’s first book
16. A book from an author you love that you haven’t read Confess by Colleen Hoover
17. A book a friend recommended The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty
18. A Pulitzer Prize-winning book
19. A book based on a true story Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
20. A book at the bottom of your to-read list
21. A book your mom loves
22. A book that scares you
23. A book more than 100 years old
24. A book based entirely on its cover
25. A book you were supposed to read in high school, but didn’t
26. A memoir  American Sniper by Chris Kyle
27. A book you can finish in a day Free Fall by Paula Bowman
28. A book with antonyms in the title Wild by Cheryl Strayed
29. A book set somewhere you’ve always wanted to visit
30. A book that came out the year you were born
31. A book with bad reviews
32. A trilogy Delirium, Pandemonium, Requiem by Lauren Oliver
33. A book from your childhood
34. A book with a love triangle Hourglass by K.S. Smith
35. A book set in the future
36. A book set in high school #Scandal by Sarah Ockler
37. A book with a color in the title Grey by E.L. James
38. A book that made you cry Me Before You by JoJo Moyes
39. A book with magic  Dark Triumph by Robin LaFevers
40. A graphic novel The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances by The Oatmeal
41. A book by an author you’ve never read before  We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
42. A book you own, but have never read
43. A book that takes place in your hometown
44. A book that was originally written in a different language
45. A book set during Christmas
46. A book written by an author with your same initials
47. A play
48. A banned book
49. A book based on or turned into a TV show
50. A book you started, but never finished  She’s come Undone by Wally Lamb

So far, this reading challenge been a lot of fun, but I am still having trouble neatly fitting all the books I am reading into the right categories.  I still have a bunch of books that I have read that don’t fit really into any of these categories, but I am okay with that. I have already read 60 books this year (just counted them on my Goodreads) so those that don’t fit will just not go towards this challenge.

I look forward to checking off more of these categories in the weeks to come.  Stay tuned for more and have a great week!

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Question of the day

Have you read any great books lately? Tell me about them!!