Reading Challenges 2015

Here are the challenges I have for reading books specifically for 2015. If you have any books on your list, or any other challenges you’re doing, please share!

GoodReads 2015 Challenge (2/15)
Time: January to December 2015

2015 Reading Challenge

2015 Reading Challenge
Bailey has
read 2 books toward her goal of 15 books.
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2015 Reading Challenge (12/50)
Time: January to December 2015

I found a reading challenge on Pinterest (love!) that I think will be a good one to attempt this year. I’ve already started a book, so hopefully I stop spending so much time playing video games and watching TV shows and more time reading and completing this (insanely long) challenge! En garde!

  1. imageA book with more than 500 pages: The Sweet Far Thing (Gemma Doyle #3) by Libba Bray**
  2. A classic romance: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
  3. A book that became a movie: World War Z by Max Brooks**
  4. A book published this year (2015): Red Queen (Red Queen #1)
    by Victoria Aveyard**
  5. A book with a number in the title: 1984 by George Orwell
  6. A book written by someone under 30: The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht
  7. A book with nonhuman characters: The Sweet Far Thing (Gemma Doyle #3) by Libba Bray**
  8. A funny book: Sick Puppy by Carl Hiaasen
  9. A book by a female author: Red Queen (Red Queen #1) by Victoria Aveyard**
  10. A mystery or thriller: Intensity by Dean Koontz
  11. A book with a one-word title: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
  12. A book of short stories: The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
  13. A book set in a different country: World War Z by Max Brooks**
  14. A nonfiction book: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
  15. A popular author’s first book: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
  16. A book from an author you love that you haven’t read yet: The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
  17. A book a friend recommended: Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
  18. A Pulitzer Prize-winning book: A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
  19. A book based on a true story: Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
  20. A book at the bottom of your to-read list: The Russia House by John le Carré
  21. A book your mom loves: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
  22. A book that scares you: Intensity by Dean Koontz
  23. A book more than 100 years old: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
  24. A book based entirely on its cover: A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray**
  25. A book you were supposed to read in school but didn’t: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
  26. A memoir: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
  27. A book you can finish in a day: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
  28. A book with antonyms in the title: A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray**
  29. A book set somewhere you’ve always wanted to visit: The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
  30. A book that came out the year you were born: The Russia House by John le Carré
  31. A book with bad reviews: The Awakening by Kate Chopin
  32. A trilogy: A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels and The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray**
  33. A book from your childhood: The Transall Saga by Gary Paulsen
  34. A book with a love triangle: The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller
  35. A book set in the future: World War Z by Max Brooks**
  36. A book set in high school: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
  37. A book with a color in the title: Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
  38. A book that made you cry: The Mistress’s Daughter by A.M. Homes
  39. A book with magic: A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray**
  40. A graphic novel: The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
  41. A book by an author you’ve never read before: World War Z by Max Brooks**
  42. A book you own but have never read: The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht
  43. A book that takes place in your hometown: The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller
  44. A book that was originally written in a different language: Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
  45. A book set during Christmas: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
  46. A book written by an author with your same initials: The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
  47. A play: Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
  48. A banned book: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  49. A book based on or turned into a TV show: Emma by Jane Austen
  50. A book you started but never finished: The Light Between Oceans By M.L. Stedman

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