the 2017 book challenge

[bond_girl]

A twin of the movie challenge from HERE.

I'm not sure this is going to happen because I'm not very good at reading when I have to read. So, I will read whatever I'm feeling like and see if it checks any of the boxes.

Also, peripety gave me this beauty for Christmas and now I'm all eager to scratch the classics off in 2017.




30/52

1. A 2017 book [Into the Water by Paula Hawkins ]
2. Where winter plays a big role
3. A biography [Sisters First by the Bush sisters ]
4. A book by a Latin American writer
5. A book that has forever been on the top of the to-read pile [An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by P.D. James ♥]
6. A very thick book
7. A 19th century classic
8. A 20th century classic
9. A fairytale or a fantasy
10. The writer is otherwise a celebrity [Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher ]
11. A sci-fi more than 40 years old [The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells ]
12. Historical fiction [The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee ]]
13. A book chosen by another player [Store of the Worlds by Robert Sheckley ]
14. A Golden Age crime mystery
15. A book by a Scandinavian writer [The Forgotten Girls by Sara Blaedel ]
16. A modern thriller [In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware ]
17. A horror or a supernatural genre [The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch ]
18. A favorite genre [The Sleeping Beauty Killer by Mary Higgins Clark ]
19. A new-to-you writer [Shockaholic by Carrie Fisher ]
20. A book you're reading because of great reviews [Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman ♥]
21. A book with the main character of a different gender from yours [Kings Rising by C.S. Pacat ♥]
22. An art book or a book where art plays a big role
23. A light, happy read [The Furthest Station ]
24. A book set in Europe [The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware ]
25. A book to be adapted into a movie [Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn - ♥HBO mini-series!]
26. A book with a promising title [The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity by Michael Duffy and Nancy Gibbs ♥]
27. A book that happens in the future [Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty ♥]
28. A book about a writer, or about other books
29. A book with a family's skeletons in the closet or other family mystery [Today will be Different by Maria Semple ]
30. A book where the main character learns a lesson
31. A book that describes someone's entire life [The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher ]
32. A book with an obvious villain
33. A wartime book [The Song of Achilles ♥]
34. A book by a Russian writer
35. A book with a one-word title
36. A book about a relationship with animals or nature
37. A book set at the seaside [All Dressed in White by Mary Higgins Clark ]
38. A book by a little-known writer
39. A book about redemption
40. A book about setting yourself free or being rescued [Prince's Gambit by C.S. Pacat ♥]
41. A book where a revolution happens
42. A book under a nom de plume
43. A book by an Australian writer [The Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat ♥]
44. A book about accidental travel
45. A book with a geographic title [Twin Peaks - A Secret History by Mark Frost ]
46. A book with parallel plots
47. A book by an Asian writer
48. A book out of any important 1001 Books to Read in Your Lifetime list [The Spy Who Came In From The Cold by John Le Carre ]
49. A book that you could recommend to a child
50. A book where a major character has mental health issues [Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys ♥♥♥]
51. A book with a question in its title [Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick ♥]
52. A book adapted to screen more than once [adapted 4 times! The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett ]

*I'll take all the recs for #13!

- A tour de force - or - this book got to me on a very personal level.
- Great read, recommending it.
- I liked it enough to complete.
- Lost my interest half-way.
- Hate-read parts of it.
♥ - Faves.

Comments

[peripety]

I think I'd find it hard to do a books challenge. My reading tends to happen in spurts and, I don't know, a books challenge seems like more of a commitment than spending a few hours with a film, if that makes sense?

That poster is pretty nifty :)))

[bond-girl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm not seeing myself finishing this. I'm too easily bored by books and I quit most of what I start - it's not like you can let them run in the background like a movie and see if the action picks up.

However, the person who created this challenge, suggested that I simply read and tally it up at the end of the year - maybe the challenge would run itself :)