Tuesday, December 15, 2015

The 2016 Book Riot Read Harder Challenge

The Book Riot Read Harder is on again. Click here for more details.



Here are the categories:

Horror book:  Red Glove--Holly Black



Nonfiction book about science:  The Future of Life--Edward O. Wilson



Read a book out loud to someone else:  The Wonderful Things You Will Be--Emily Winfield Martin



Biography (not memoir or autobiography):  Philomena--Martin Sixsmith


Dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel:   The 5th Wave--Rick Yancey


Book originally published in the decade you were born:  The Education of Little Tree--Forrest Carter


Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award:  The Odyssey--Homer


Book over 500 pages long:  History--Elsa Morante


Book under 100 pages:  The Metamorphosis--Franz Kafka


Book by or about a person that identifies as transgender:  Being Jazz--Jazz Jennings


Book that is set in the Middle East:  The Alchemist--Paulo Coelho


Book that is by an author from Southeast Asia:  The Ghost Bride--Yangsze Choo


Book of historical fiction set before 1900:  War and Peace--Leo Tolstoy


First book in a series by a person of color:   Kimi Ni Todoko: From Me to You 1--Karuho Shiina


Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years:
Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo and Me--Ellen Forney


Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. 
Debate which is better:  
Prozac Nation--Elizabeth Wurtzel  (book was better)

Nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes:


Book about religion (fiction or nonfiction):  Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance--Robert M. Pirsig



Book about politics, in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction):
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot--Kim Barker



Book with a main character that has a mental illness:
It's Kind of a Funny Story--Ned Vizzini

Challenge Completed on October 6

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