2017 Pick Your Genre Challenge

The Herd is doing the Pick Your Genre romance challenge again. I will choose to do an all-encompassing romance challenge (contemporary, historical, erotic, fantasy, mystery, m/m. f/f, etc). This way I don't need to sign up for multiple romance challenges.  Sign up at the link above.

Welcome to the 2017 Pick Your Genre Challenge

This challenge is about diving into specific genres/sub genres you love or just want to check out in 2017

You get to pick your genre. For example...

Sue might pick contemporary romance, Joan might pick urban fantasy, etc

The book just needs to fit your chosen genre.

Any book over 80 pages

Any format is fine.

Re-reads count!

You pick the number of books above that you'd like to read. 12 book minimum.

In your sign up post indicate how many books you'll be attempting. You can always move that total up as the year goes!

You can pick multiple genres as long as you read 12 for each.

Ex-- If I pick Contemporary and Erotic I'll need to read 24 total books...12 for each

Here is what I am reading:

1. City of Women--David R. Gilliam (Historical)
2. Pink--Lili Wilkinson (Contemporary/YA)
3. The Sky is Everywhere--Jandy Nelson (Contemporary/YA)
4. One Thousand White Women--Jim Fergus (Historical)
5. Lady Susan--Jane Austen (Historical)
6. How to Take the Ex Out of Ex-Boyfriend--Janette Rallison (YA)
7. The Language of Flowers--Vanessa Diffenbaugh (Contemporary)
8. Catch Me--Lisa Gardner (Romantic Suspense)
9. Wives and Daughters--Elizabeth Gaskell (Historical)
10. First Comes Love--Emily Giffin (Contemporary)
11. The Light Between Oceans--M.L. Stedman (Historical) 
12. Ash--Malinda Lo (Fantasy, F/F)
13. If You Come Softly--Jacqueline Woodson (YA)
14. When She Woke--Hillary Jordan (F/F, Fantasy)
15. Night Fall--Nelson DeMille (Romantic Suspense)
16. Just One Year--Gayle Forman (NA, Contemporary)
17. Girl in Hyacinth Blue--Susan Vreeland (Historical)
18. Chasing Stanley--Deirdre Martin (Contemporary)
19. La Cucina--Lily Prior (Historical)
20. The Neighbor--Lisa Gardner (Romantic Suspense)
21. Britt-Marie Was Here--Fredrik Backman (Historical)
22. Everything, Everything--Nicola Yoon (YA/Contemporary)
23. We Are the Goldens--Dana Reinhardt (YA/Contemporary)
24. The House--Danielle Steel (Contemporary)
25. Lisette's List--Susan Vreeland (Historical)
26. Crossing to Safety--Wallace Stegner (Historical)
27. Love and Gelato--Jenna Evans Welch (YA/Contemporary)
28. I'll Give You the Sun--Jandy Nelson (YA/Contemporary)
29. Suicide Notes From Beautiful Girls--Lynn Weingarten (YA/Contemporary)
30. One Plus One--JoJo Moyes (Contemporary)
31. Carry On--Rainbow Rowell (Contemporary, Fantasy, M/M)
32. Wicked Lovely--Melissa Marr (YA, Paranormal)
33. Smoke Screen--Sandra Brown (Romantic Suspense)
34. Two Summers--Aimee Friedman (YA, Contemporary)
35. Eight Cousins--Louisa May Alcott (Historical)
36. Sweetbitter--Stephanie Danler (Contemporary)
37. Stardust and Shadows--Janelle Taylor (Paranormal)
38. Jane--April Lindner (Contemporary)
39. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine--Gail Honeyman (Contemporary)
40. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda--Becky Albertalli (MM, YA)
41. The Hate U Give--Angie Thomas (Contemporary)
42. Beach Town--Mary Kay Andrews (Contemporary)
43. Who's That Girl--Blair Thornburgh (YA, Contemporary, LGBT)
44. Serena--Ron Rash (Historical)
45. Beach Blondes--Katherine Applegate (YA, Contemporary)
46. Daughter of Smoke and Bone--Laini Taylor (Paranormal)
47. Southern Discomfort--Rita Mae Brown (Historical, F/F)
48. All Our Wrong Todays--Elan Mastai (Fantasy)
49. Truly Madly Guilty--Liane Moriarity (Contemporary)
50. Beautiful Ruins--Jess Walter (Historical)
51. The Trouble With Magic--Madelyn Alt (Paranormal)
52. All the Bright Places--Jennifer Niven (YA, Contemporary)
53. Holding Up the Universe--Jennifer Niven (YA, Contemporary)
54. Everyone's Dead But Us--Mark Richard Zubro (M/M, Contemporary)
55. Pirates--Linda Lael Miller (Historical, Paranormal, Time Travel)
56. Best. Night.Ever.--Jen Malone and Others (YA)
57. Lady Audley's Secret--Mary Elizabeth Braddon (Historical)
58. Agnes Grey--Anne Bronte (Historical)
59. The Way to Paradise--Mario Vargas Llosa (Historical)
60. Bloodlines--Richelle Mead (Paranormal, YA)
61. North and South--Elizabeth Gaskell (Historical)
62. 16th Seduction--James Patterson (Contemporary)
63. The Scarlet Letter--Nathaniel Hawthorne (Historical)
64. Wedding Cake Murder--Joanne Fluke (Contemporary)
65. Hitched!--B.J. Daniels (Historical, Romantic Suspense, Western)
66. The Apple Orchard--Susan Wiggs (Contemporary)
67. Caravan--Stephanie Garber (Urban Fantasy)
68. A Christmas Visitor--David Saperstein and George Samerjan (Contemporary)
69. Three Wishes--Barbara Delinsky (Contemporary, Fantasy)
70. Entwined With You--Sylvia Day (Contemporary, Erotic)
71. Captivated By You--Sylvia Day (Contemporary, Erotic)

Challenge completed on December 30