Back in mid-July, I discovered the Popsugar 2015 Reading Challenge. I was intrigued by the variety it offered, so I decided to plunge in. For convenience, I decided that any book I had read that month or which I read for the rest of the year was eligible.
A lot of people complain that fifty-two books – one a week, on average – is too many. (There are fifty entries, but one entry is "a trilogy," bringing the total to fifty-two.) But I routinely read over a hundred books in a year, so I figured I could do it. More than half a year, less than half my usual total.
Without further ado, the list . . .
Popsugar 2015 Reading Challenge
A classic romance
On the Beach by Nevil Shute (06/2015)
Shadows of Self (Mistborn) by Brandon Sanderson (10/2015)
The Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan (12/2015)
Divergent (Divergent #1) by Veronica Roth
Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman (08/15)
Raising Steam (Discworld #41) by Terry Pratchett (08/15)
The Mischief of the Mistletoe (Pink Carnation #7) by Lauren Willig (11/2015)
On What Grounds
Sick by Brett Battles (audio) (12/2015)
A book of short stories
Sold by Patricia McCormick (09/2015)
Set in Nepal and India
Rosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herbs by Rosemary Gladstar
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice (06/2015)
Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson (06/2015)
The Art of Fermentation
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck (09/15)
Desperate Passage by Ethan Rarick (10/2015)
A book at the bottom of your to-read list
A book your mom loves
The Tommyknockers by Stephen King
A book more than 100 years old
Whole Body Barefoot by Katy Bowman (12/2015)
Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup (12/2015)
A Long Way Home (07/2015)
Confessions of a Part-Time Sorceress by Shelley Mazzanoble (08/15)
Live Free or Die (Troy Rising #1) by John Ringo (07/2015)
A book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry (11/2015)
Twilight by Stefanie Meyers (10/2015)
Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
Mistborn: Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
Mistborn: Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
A book from your childhood
Catching Fire (Hunger Games #2) by Suzanne Collins (07/2015)
The Hunger Games (Hunger Games #1) by Suzanne Collins
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (11/2015)
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation (Pink Carnation #1) by Lauren Willig
Mockingjay (Hunger Games #3) by Suzanne Collins (07/2015)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (11/2015)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (12/2015)
A graphic novel
A book by an author you've never read before
Frostborn (Frostborn #1) by Lee Anders (in progress)
Frostborn (Frostborn #1) by Lee Anders (in progress)
Grave Peril (Temperance Brennan #6) by Kathy Reichs (audio)
A book that takes place in your hometown
A book that was originally written in a different language
An Undead Christmas
A book written by an author with your same initials
Foundling (Monster Blood Tattoo #1) by D.M. Cornish (in progress)
Foundling (Monster Blood Tattoo #1) by D.M. Cornish (in progress)
A play
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
A banned book
Dead and Gone (Southern Vamp #9) by Charlene Harris (10/2015)
A book you started but never finished
The Ragamuffin Gospel by Rich Mullins
Unassigned Books
The Hormone Cure by Dr. Sara Gottfried (11/2015)
The Alloy of Law (Mistborn) by Brandon Sanderson (09/2015)
*I never, ever shirked a reading assignment in high school or college; in fact, I always went above and beyond. For this entry, I chose a book that I should have read in high school but didn't. Fortunately, it's starting to pop up on high school reading lists.
† I don't know if this one "scares" me, but it certainly gives me the creeps!
