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2017 book challenge

a  book recommended by a librarian:

a book on your To Read list:

a book of letters: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

an audiobook: The Rainbow Comes and Goes by Anderson Cooper

a book by a person of color:

a book with one of the four season in the title:

a book that is a story w/in a story:

a book with multiple authors:

an espionage thriller:  The Registry by Shannon Stoker

a book with a cat on the cover:

a book by an author who uses a pseudonym:

a bestseller from a genre you don't usually read:

a book about or someone with a disability:

a book involving travel:

a book with a subtitle:

a book published in 2017:

a book involving a mythical creature: Eragon by Christopher Paolini

a book you've read before that makes you smile:

a book about food:

a book w/ career advice:

a book from a nonhuman perspective: Raptor Red by Robert Bakker

a steampunk novel: Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

a book with a red spine:

a book set in the wilderness: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

a book you loved as a child:

a book by an author from a country you've never visited:

a book w/ a title that is a character's name:

a novel set during wartime:

a book w/ an unreliable narrator:

a book w/ pictures:

a book where the main character is a different ethnicity:

a book about an interesting woman: Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik

a book set in 2 different time periods:

a book w/ a month or day of the week in the title: The Wednesday Wars by Gary D.Schmidt

a book set in a hotel:

a book written by someone you admire:

a book becoming a movie in 2017: Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer

a book set around a holiday other than Christmas: Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich

the 1st book in a series:  Legend by Marie Lu

a book you've bought on a trip:

Advanced

a book recommended by an author you love:

a bestseller from 2016: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanathi

a book w/ a family-member term in the title:

a book that takes place over a character's lifespan:

a book about an immigrant or refugee:  Little Bee by Chris Cleave

a book from genre/subgenre you've never heard of:

a book w/ an eccentric character: Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

a book with more than 800 pages:

a book from an used book sale:

a book mentioned in another book:

a book about a difficult topic:

a book based on mythology: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

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2016 Reading Challenge

A book based on a fairy tale: A National Book Award Winner: A YA bestseller: A book you haven’t read since high school: Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

A book set in home state: A book translated to English: A romance set in the future: A book set in Europe: A book under 150 pages: A New York Times bestseller: What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman / The Reason Why I Jump by Naoki Higashida A book becoming a movie this year: A book recommended by someone you just met: A self improvement book: The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer A book you can finish in a day: A book written by a celebrity: Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling A political memoir: A book 100 years older than you: A book over 600 pages: A book from Oprah’s book club: A science fiction novel: Parasite by Mira Grant A book a family member recommends: A graphic novel: A book published in 2016: A protagonist with your occupation: A book that takes place in summer: A book and it’s prequel: A murder mystery:  Heartsick by Chelsea Cain A book written by a comedian: A dystopian novel: How I live Now by Meg Rosoff A book with a blue cover:

A book of poetry:  Aimless Love by Billy Collins

1st book you see in a bookstore: An autobiography: A book about a road trip: A book about a culture you are unfamiliar with: A satirical book: A book that takes place on an island: A book guaranteed to make you happy:

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2015 Reading Challenge

a book with more than 500 pages:  Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel

a classic romance: Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert

a book that became a movie: If I Stay - Gayle Foreman

a book published this year: The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins

a book with a number in the title: Child 44 - Tom Rob Smith

a book written by someone under 30: Ghostman by Roger Hobbs

a book with non-human characters: The Bees - Laline Paull

a funny book: Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson 

a book by a female author: Yes, Please - Amy Poehler / Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg

a mystery or a thriller: Robogenesis - Daniel H. Wilson

a book with a one word title: Lexicon - Max Berry

a book of short stories:

a book set in a different country:  The Secret Place by Tana Fench

a nonfiction book: We Should All Be Feminist - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie / Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

a popular author’s 1st book:

a book from an author you love that you haven’t read yet: Saints of the Shadow Bible by Ian Rankin

a book a friend recommended:  Modern Romance - Aziz Ansari

a Pulitzer-Prize winning book:  A Visit from the Goon Squad - Jennifer Egan / All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

a book based on a true story:  The Monster of Florence - Douglas Preston & Mario Spezi

a book at the bottom of your to read list:  The Silkworm - Robert Galbraith / What Alice Forgot - Liane Moriarty

a book your mom loves: The Violets of March by Sarah Jio

a book that scares you: The Replacement - Brenna Yovanoff

a book more than 100 years old: Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

a book based entirely on its cover: Friday Night Bites by Chloe Neill

a book you were supposed to read in school, but didn’t:

a memoir: Choose Your Own Autobiography - Neil Patrick Harris

a book you can finish in a day: Asylum by Madeleine Roux

a book with antonyms in the title: Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

a book set somewhere you always wanted to visit:  The Book of Blood and Shadow by Robin Wasserman

a book that came out the year you were born: The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff

a book with bad reviews:

a trilogy: The Strain, The Fall, The Night Eternal by Guillermo Del Toro & Chuck Hogan

a book from your childhood: Fortunately, the Milk - Neil Gaiman

a book with a love triangle:  Red Queen - Victoria Aveyard

a book set in the future: The 100 - Kass Morgan

a book set in high school: Shiver - Maggie Stiefvater, The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan

a book with a color in the title: A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler

a book that made you cry: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

a book with magic:

a graphic novel: Epileptic - David B. / Arkham Asylum - Grant Morrison & Dean McKean / Batman: The Long Halloween

a book by an author you’ve never read before: The Gargoyle - Andrew Davidson

a book that takes place in your hometown: Never A City So Real - Alex Kotlowitz

a book that was originally written in a different language: 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

a book set during Christmas: The Stupidest Angel - Christopher Moore

a book written by an author with same initials:

a play: Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, MacBeth by William Shakespeare, King Lear by Shakespeare

a banned book: As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

a book based or turned into a tv show: Orange is the New Black - Piper Kerman

a book you started but never finished: The Circle - Dave Eggars

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Groundskeeper Willie's musings

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“Arguably, the act of memory is an act of fiction.”

David Mitchell (via theparisreview)

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2014 Biblio Blog

52 books in 52 weeks.

Week One: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Week Two: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

Week Three: Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight

Week Four: A Suitable Boy by Vickram Seth / Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler /Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain

Week Five: The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruis Zafron / The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte/The King’s Deception by Steve Berry

Week 6: The Chopin Manuscript by Jeffery Deaver / Inferno by Dan Brown / Self-Inflicted Wounds by Aisha Tyler / Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan / The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Week Seven: Catherine the Great Portrait of a Woman by Robert Massie / Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand / The Vatican Diaries by John Thavis

Week 8 - Packing for Mars by Mary Roach / Wild by Cheryl Strayed

Week 9 - The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh / Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

Week 10 - The Marriage Plot by Jeffery Eugenides / Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Week 11 - Winter of the World by Ken Follett / Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathon Safran Foer

Week 12 -Confessions of a Sociopath by M.E. Thomas

Week 13 - Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl / The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schalbe 

Week 14 - Horns by Joe Hill / State of Wonder by Ann Patchett / Looking for Alaska by John Green / The Big Exit by David Carnoy

Week 15 - The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom / The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau / I am Number Four By Pitticus Lore / The Power of Six by Pitticus Lore / Blood, Bones, & Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton

Week 16 - 

Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children by Random Riggs / Frankenstein: Prodigal Son by Dean Koontz / Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Week 17 - Cure by Robin Cook /The Anatomist’s Apprentice by Tessa Harris / Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anna Quindlen

Week 18 - The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin / Thunderstruck by Erik Larson / Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard / PLL Flawless by Sara Shepard / PLL Perfect by Sara Shepard

Week 19 - The English Girl by Daniel Silva / PLL Unbelievable by Sara Shepard / PLL Wicked by Sara Shepard / PLL Killer by Sara Shepard

Week 20 - Bloodline by James Rollins / The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafron Week 21 - Serena by Ron Rash / PLL Heartless by SarA Shepard / Paper Towns by John Green Week 22 - Vampire Academy by Rochelle Mead / PLL Wicked by Sara Shepard week 23 - Toronto Noir / PLL Twisted by Sara Shepard

Week 24 - Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

Week 25 - Doctor Sleep by Stephen King / Instant Mom by Nia Vardalos / Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

Week 26 - A Super Sad True Lovel Story - Gary Shteygart

Week 27 - This is Where I Leave You by Jonathon Tropper

Week 28 - A Tale for the Time Being - Ruth Ozeki

Week 29 - Bel Canto - Ann Patchett

Week 30 - Lowlands - Jhumpa Lahiri

Week 31 - Map Thief by Michael Blanding

Week 32 - Tiny Beautiful Creatures - Dear Sugar/ Cheryl Strayed

Week 33 - The Husband's Secret - Liane Moriarty

Week 34 - PLL Ruthless by Sara Shepard / PLL Stunning by Sara Shepard

Week 35 - Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie

Week 36 -  The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker

Week 37 - Orphan Train - Christina Baker Kline

Week 38 - Before I Go To Sleep - S.J. Watson

Week 39 - Blood Promise by Richelle Mead / The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman / Me Before You by Jojo Moyes / One More Thing by B.J. Novak

Week 40 - A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James

Week 41 - Edge of Eternity by Ken Follett

Week 42 - Spirit Bound by Rachael Mead

Week 43 - The Blood Gospel by James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell / Cruel Doubt by Joe McGinniss

Week 44 - Still Life with Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen

Week 45 - Death of an Artist by Kate Wilhelm

Week 46 - Divergent by Veronica Roth

Week 47 - The Devil and Sherlock Holmes by David Grann

Week 48 - The Eagle Has Fallen by Brian Young

Week 49 - Insuregent by Veronica Roth

Week 50 - The Drunken Botanist - Amy Stewart

Week 51 - Feed by Mira Grant

Week 52 - Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris

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We will often do anything to pretend that nothing is on our minds.

John Irving (via leslieseuffert)