The 2017 Reading Challenge at Island Reader

Still haven't found a lot of reading challenges for 2017, but just today I came across this checklist one. I love doing those kinds as well as the ones at individual blogs (still waiting on a lot of those ones!) This one is at Islandreader.com. A printable checklist of the categories is available at the link.



Here are the categories:

1. A book from Oprah’s Book Club: A Million Little Pieces--James Frey

2. A historical romance by a person of color: The Way to Paradise--Mario Vargas Llosa

3. A book published (more than) a decade after you were born: Crossing to Safety--Wallace Stegner

4. A book published the year you were born: Angle of Repose-- Wallace Stegner

5. A collection of essays:  Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs--Wallace Stegner

6.  A book over 500 pages: The Big Rock Candy Mountain--Wallace Stegner

7. A book that’s under 100 pages: The Field of the Dogs--Katherine Paterson

8. A romance series that has at least 3 books: To All the Boys I've Loved Before--Jenny Han

9. The first book you see when you walk into a bookstore thrift store: Catch Me--Lisa Gardner

10. An autobiography from someone in the music industry: Love is a Mix Tape--Rob Sheffield

11. A book that was adapted into a TV show: Little House on the Prairie--Laura Ingalls Wilder

12. A book set in the Caribbean:  The Rum Diary--Hunter S. Thompson

13. A book about finance: A Fighting Chance--Elizabeth Warren

14. A book recommended by someone you follow on Twitter: Crime and Punishment--Fyodor Dostoevsky (recommended by Elizabeth Wurtzel)

15. A book that has a green cover: Black Beauty--Anna Sewell

16. A book that always makes you cry:  Little House in the Big Woods--Laura Ingalls Wilder

17. A book written by a celebrity: The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo--Amy Schemer

Challenge completed on October 16