2015 Reading Challenge

Started: 19 January 2015 - Completed: 4 August 2022

 
1.  A book with more than 500 pages - All The Colours of Darkness by Peter Robinson
2.  A classic romance - Persuasion by Jane Austen
3.  A book that became a movie - Inferno by Dan Brown
4.  A book published this year - The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins 
5.  A book with a number in the title - A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
6.  A book written by someone under 30 - A Study In Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
7.  A book with nonhuman characters - Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
8.  A funny book - The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams
9.  A book by a female author - Grave Secret by Charlaine Harris 
10. A mystery or thriller - Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris 
11. A book with a one-word title - Stalker by Faye Kellerman
12. A book of short stories - Not Safe After Dark & Other Short Stories by Peter Robinson
13. A book set in a different country - Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 
14. A nonfiction book - The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (And Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life by Andy Miller
15. A popular author’s first book - Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
16. A book from an author you love that you haven’t read yet - One Grave Less by Beverly Connor
17. A book a friend recommended - The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud 
18. A Pulitzer Prize-winning book - A Visit From The Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
19. A book based on a true story - The Lady In The Van by Alan Bennett
20. A book at the bottom of your to-read list - The Skeletons of Scarborough House (The Chapelwick Mysteries - Book 1) by Kitty French
21. A book your mom loves - J K Rowling: (audiobook versions)
      - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
      - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

      - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
      - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
      - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

      - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

      - Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows
22. A book that scares you - The Small Hand by Susan Hill

23. A book more than 100 years old - The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
24. A book based entirely on its cover - The Restoration of Otto Laird by Nigel Packer 
25. A book you were supposed to read in school but didn’t - Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
26. A memoir - Memoirs of a Professional Cad by George Sanders
27. A book you can finish in a day - The Old Man And The Sea by Ernest Hemingway 
28. A book with antonyms in the title - Midnight In The Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
29. A book set somewhere you’ve always wanted to visit - The Ferrari Club by Steve O'Brien
30. A book that came out the year you were born - In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
31. A book with bad reviews - Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger
32. A trilogy - The Eldarn Sequence: Robert Scott & Jay Gordon

Book 1 - The Hickory Staff

Book 2 - Lessek's Key

Book 3 - The Larion Senators
33. A book from your childhood - Enid Blyton:
      · The Island of Adventure
      · The Castle of Adventure
      · The Valley of Adventure
      · The Sea of Adventure
      · The Mountain of Adventure
      · The Ship of Adventure
      · The Circus of Adventure

      · The River of Adventure
34. A book with a love triangle - The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening & The Struggle
by L. J. Smith
35. A book set in the future - Fisherman's Hope by David Feintuch
36. A book set in high school - Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
37. A book with a color in the title - The Black-Eyed Blonde by Benjamin Black
38. A book that made you cry - A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
39. A book with magic - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke 
40. A graphic novel - Jack The Ripper: A Journal of the Whitechapel Murders 1888-1889
by Rick Geary
41. A book by an author you’ve never read before - The Witch's Ladder by Dana E Donovan 
42. A book you own but have never read - Margaret Rutherford: A Blithe Spirit by Dawn Langley Simmons
43. A book that takes place in your hometown - Ten Days by Gillian Slovo (London);
44. A book that was originally written in a different language - 100 Years of Solitude
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
45. A book set during Christmas - Mystery In White by J Jefferson Farjeon
46. A book written by an author with your same initials - Affinity by Sarah Waters
47. A play - The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
48. A banned book - Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell
49. A book based on or turned into a TV show - Bad Boy by Peter Robinson (DCI Banks)
50. A book you started but never finished - Trust Me, I'm A Vet by Cathy Woodman

2015 Reading Challenge

It has been a long time since I have posted on my blog but I have decided to revive my interest in it (inspired by a blog that I have been following by Jeremy's Flame).  Hoping it will encourage me as well to start stitching again since that has also gone by the wayside.  I'd thought I'd start with posting about my 2015 reading challenge (yes I know it doesn't exactly indicate hope for my cross stitching aspirations!) I did join a reading group on GoodReads thinking there would be other like minded souls and we would encourage each other and talk about books but unfortunately there seems to be very little traffic on the forum and we seem to be talking to ourselves rather than interacting.

I have completed 9 categories so far:

• A book with more than 500 pages: All The Colours of Darkness by Peter Robinson
• A book by a female author: Grave Secret by Charlaine Harris
• A mystery or thriller: Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris
• A book set in a different country: Memoirs Of A Geisha by Arthur Golden
• A book a friend recommended: The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud
• A book you can finish in a day: The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway
• A graphic novel: Jack The Ripper: A Journal of the Whitechapel Murders 1888-1889 by Rick Geary
• A book by an author you've never read before: The Witch's Ladder by Dana E Donovan
• A book that was originally written in a different language: 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 

I am currently reading A book with Magic - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke which is a 1000 pages long and to be honest I am struggling with it to me there is not enough story to sustain the length but I am still interested in how it is going to wrap up.  Poor Arabella, Stephen and Lady Hope!