Tuesday, February 12, 2019

RICHFIELD LIBRARY READING CHALLENGE

The local library put out a poster in 2018 with a list of book categories. Kerry and I decided to give it a go. 

This was a fun one as it was diverse but not impossible. If you are looking for a book challenge, this is a good one.

Here are the books I read in each category:

1.  A book by an author you've never read before: American Street by Ibi Zoboi

2.  A book from an author you love: Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

3.  A book written by someone under 30: Didn't do this one :(

4.  A play: Othello by William Shakespeare

5.  A memoir: Flat Broke with 2 Goats by Jennifer McGaha

6.  A non-fiction book: Stiff by Mary Roach

7.  A book that might make you cry: Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

8.  A funny book: Emily the Strange: Stranger and Stranger by Rob Reger

A book with magic: Snow and Rose by Emily Winfield Martin

10.  A classic romance: Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

11.  A graphic novel: El Deafo by CeCe Bell

12.  A banned book: The Color Purple by Alice Walker

13.  A book with a one-word title: Middlesex by Jeffery Eugenides

14.  A book that has a color in the title: Silver in the Blood by Jessica Day George

15.  A book set during Christmas: The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brudabaker Bradley

16.  A book your Mom or Dad loves: Endurance by Alfred Lansing

17.  A book a friend recommended: The Girl Who Wrote In Silk by Kelli Estes

18.  A book with a love triangle: The Girl From Everywhere by Heidi Heilig

19.  A book based entirely on its cover: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

20.  A book that was translated from a different language: Britt Marie was Here by Fredrik Backman

21.  A book at the bottom of your to read list: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Path

22.  A book you can finish fairly quickly: Summerlost by Ally Condie

23.  A book with a number in the title: 90 Days of Different by Eric Walters

24.  A Pulitzer prize winning book: Empire Falls by Richard Russo

25.  A book you own but have never read: Candy Shop Wars by Brandon Mull

26.  A book about a TV show: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

27.  A book that takes place in your State:  Dangerous by Shannon Hale

28.  A book with non-human characters: Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lisah McBride

29.  A book set in the future: Dune by Frank Herbert

30.  A book you never got to finish: Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain

31.  A book with more than 500 pages: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

32.  An author's first book: Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

33.  A book based on a true story: The Inquisitors Tale or The 3 Magical Children and their Holy Dog by Adam Godwitz

34.  A book set in high school: Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum

35.  A book that became a movie: Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

36.  A book set in a different country: Balza and the Little Chinese Seamstress

37.  A book from your childhood: Where the Wild Things Are by Sendak

38.  A mystery or thriller: One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus

39.  A book more than 100 years old: The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

40.  A book published this year: Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman

41.  A book by a female author: Almost Sisters by Joshilyn Jackson

42.  A book with bad reviews: Into the Water by Paula Hawkins

43.  A book by an author with your initials: didn't find one

44.  A book of short stories: Mostly Void, Partially Stars / Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranon

45.  A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't: As I Lay Dying by Faulkner

46.  A book with antonyms in the title: Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai

47.  A trilogy: The Magicians by Lev Grossman

48.  A book that scares you: Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

HERE IS KERRY'S LIST:
 1. A book by an author you've never read before:  A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN by Virginia Woolf 

2.  A book from an author that you love:  THE GREAT ALONE by Kristen Hannah 

3.  A book written by someone under 30:   MILK AND HONEY by Rumi Kaur 

4.  A play:  THE CRUCIBLE by Arthur Miller 
5.  A memoir:  YOU ALL GROW UP AND LEAVE ME by Piper Weiss

6.  A non-fiction book:  I'LL BE GONE IN THE DARK by Michelle McNamara 

7.  A book that might make you cry:  LOVE STORY by Erich Segal 

8.  A funny book:  ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY by David Sedaris 

9.  A book with magic:  CHRYSTALLIA AND THE SOURCE OF LIGHT by Paul Michael Glaser 
10.  A classic romance:  ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare 

11.  A graphic novel:   SPEAK: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL by Laurie Halse Andersen 

12.  A banned book:  BLUBBER by Judy Blume 

13.  A book with a one-word title:  BRAVE by Rose McGowan 

14.   A book that has a color in the title:  MY LIFE IN ORANGE by Tim Guest 

15.  A book set during Christmas:  LESS THAN ZERO by Bret Easton Ellis 

16.  A book your Mom or Dad loves:   BEFORE WE WERE YOURS by Lisa Wingate

17.  A book a friend recommended:   THE STORY OF ARTHUR TRULUV by Elizabeth Berg 

18.  A book with a love triangle:   HIGH FIDELITY by Nick Hornby 

19.  A book based entirely on its cover:  EAT CAKE. BE BRAVE. by Melissa Radke 

20.  A book that was translated from a different language:   BEARTOWN by Fredrik Backman 

21.  A book at the bottom of your to read list:  LOU REED:  A LIFE by Anthony DeCurtis
22.  A book you can finish fairly quickly:  WHITE HOUSES by Amy Bloom 

23.  A book with a number in the title:  20th CENTURY BOY by Duncan Hannah 

24.  A Pulitzer prize winning book:  BREATHING LESSONS by Anne Tyler 

25.  A book you own but have never read:  GIRL, INTERRUPTED by Susana Kaysen 
26.  A book about a TV show:    VULGAR FAVORS: THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE by Maureen Orth

27.  A book that takes place in your hometown:  THE EXECUTIONER'S SONG by Norman Mailer 

28.  A book with nonhuman characters:   CHASER: AN INTERPLANETARY TALE OF A BOY AND HIS DOG by Scott W. Taylor 

29.  A book set in the future:  A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess 

30.  A book you never got to finish:   KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL by Anthony Bordain 

31.  A book with more than 500 pages:   GONE WITH THE WIND by Margaret MItchell 

32.  An author's first book:  THIS IS ME by Chrissy Metz 

33.   A book based on a true story:  THE DIRT: CONFESSIONS OF THE WORLD'S MOST NOTORIOUS ROCK BAND by Tommy Lee, Mick Mars, Vince Neil, and Nikki Sixx 

34.  A book set in high school:  TELL ME THREE THINGS by Julie Buxbaum 

35.  A book that became a movie: GIDGET by Frederick Kohner 

36.  A book set in a different country:  MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING by William Shakespeare 

37.  A book from your childhood:  TRIXIE BELDEN AND THE MYSTERIOUS VISITOR by Julie Campbell 

38.  A mystery or thriller:   THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW by A.J. Finn 

39.  A book more than 100 years old:  PYGMALION by George Bernard Shaw--published in 1912 

40.  A book published this year:   THE WIFE BETWEEN US by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanan

41.  A book by a female author:  LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE by Celeste Ng 

42.  A book with bad reviews:  ALL-AMERICAN MURDER: THE RISE AND FALL OF AARON HERNANDEZ by James Patterson 
43.  A book by an author with your intitials:  QUEENISMS:  101 JOLTS OF INSPIRATION by Kathy Kinny and Cindy Ratzlaff 

44.  A book of short stories:  THE WHITE ALBUM by Joan Didion 

45.  A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't:  THE TAMING OF THE SHREW by William Shakespeare 

46.  A book with antonyms in the title:  UNCOMMON PEOPLE: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE ROCK STARS by David Hepworth 

47.  A trilogy:  STILL YOU by JoJo Moyes--book # 3 in the ME BEFORE YOU trilogy 

48.  A book that scares you:  HELTER SKELTER by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry 

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