The Goodreads Reading Challenge
The Goal: Read 100 books.
Reached: May 3 2018
279/100
Done:
The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertelli
City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
Origin by Dan Brown
Batman: Nightwalker by Marie Lu
Saga Vol. 8 by Brian K. Vaughan
Our Dark Duet by V.E. Schwab
Runaways Deluxe Vol. 2 by Brian K. Vaughan
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare
Zenith by Sasha Alsberg & Lindsay Cummings
Everless by Sara Holland
Iron Gold by Pierce Brown
Lyra’s Oxford by Philip Pullman
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
The Wicked + The Divine Vol. 6: Imperial Phase Part 2 by Kieron Gillen
A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
Reign the Earth by A.C. Gaughan
Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
Far From the Tree by Robin Benway
Brave by Rose McGowan
This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada
Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
A Spoonful of Murder by Robin Stevens
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
Blue Lilly, Lilly Blue by Maggie Stiefvater
The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater
City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
The White Rose by Amy Ewing
The Return of the Kings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Princess Saves Herself in this One by Amanda Lovelace
Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
Girl Online by Zoe Sugg
Girl Online: On Tour by Zoe Sugg
Girl Online: Going Solo by Zoe Sugg
Honor Among Thieves by Ann Aguirre & Rachel Caine
Changeling by Cate Tiernan
A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin
Little Leaders by Vashti Harrison
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
The Exact Opposite of Okay by Laura Steven
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
Geekerella by Ashley Poston
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
The Call by Peadar Ó Guilín
Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth
Kat and Meg Conquer the World by Anna Priemaza
The Invasion by Peadar Ó Guilín
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel
Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Obsidio by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
Time Bomb by Joelle Charbonneau
Restore Me by Tahereh Mafi
The Final Six by Alexandra Monir
Unmasked: A Memoir by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
Artemis Fowl and the Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer
The Oracle Year by Charles Soule
Son of the Dawn by Cassandra Clare & Sarah Rees Brennan
Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer
The Glass Spare by Lauren DeStefano
Inkmistress by Audrey Coulthurst
The Witch Doesn’t Burn in this One by Amanda Lovelace
All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater
The Queen’s Rising by Rebecca Ross
Strife by Cate Tiernan
An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson
The Elizas by Sara Shepard
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Legend of the Wandering King by Laura Gallego García
Stack the Cats by Susie Ghahremani
The Adventures of Lola and the Ocean Monster by Jade Harley
The Witch’s Kiss by Elizabeth & Katharine Corr
Ink by Alice Broadway
The Witch’s Tears by Elizabeth & Katharine Corr
W.I.T.C.H.: Keeping Hope by Kate Egan
W.I.T.C.H.: The Other Truth by Alice Alfonsi
The Witch’s Blood by Elizabeth & Katharine Corr
Nevernight by Jay Kristoff
Half Bad by Sally Green
Half Wild by Sally Green
Half Lost by Sally Green
The Serpent’s Secret by Sayantani DasGupta
Only Human by Sylvain Neuvel
A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas
Perfume by Patrick Süskind
The Smoke Thieves by Sally Green
Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertelli
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
The No-Cry Nap Solution by Elizabeth Pantley
Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls by Yuri Rasovsky
Mother of Shadow by Meg Anne
The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Newborns by Elizabeth Pantley
Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
On Writing by Stephen King
Furyborn by Claire Legrand
Dragonfly in the Amber by Diana Gabeldon
The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen
The Brightsiders by Jen Wilde
Writer to Writer by Gail Carson Levine
Mythos by Stephen Fry
The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares
Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Writing Magic by Gail Carson Levine
Requiem by Lauren Oliver
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Save the Cat by Blake Snyder
The Curious Incident of the dog at Night-Time by Mark Haddon
World Without End by Ken Follett
The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
Wizards and Robots by Will.I.Am & David Johnson
You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
Here We Are Now by Jasmine Warga
A Column of Fire by Ken Follett
12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson
Summer Days and Summer Nights edited by Stephanie Perkins
Royal Bastards by Andrew Shvarts
City of Bastards by Andrew Shvarts
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Francesca Cavallo & Elena Faville
The Heart Forger by Rin Chupeco
Reign of Ash by Meg Anne
Halfway Dead by Terry Maggert
My Lady Jane by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand & Jodi Meadows
One of Us is Lying by Karen M. Manus
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
My Plain Jane by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand & Jodi Meadows
A Thousand Beginnings and Endings edited by Elsie Chapman & Ellen Oh
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck by Mark Manson
This is Your Brain on Anxiety by Faith G. Harper
Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens
Unfuck Your Brain by Faith G. Harper
The Anxiety Cure by Klaus Bernhardt
Things Bright and Beautiful by Anbara Salam
The Young Elites by Marie Lu
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
The Rose Society by Marie Lu
Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch
Ice Like Fire by Sara Raasch
Frost Like Night by Sara Raasch
Ace of Shades by Amanda Foody
Heart of Iron by Ashley Poston
Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers by Robert M. Sapolsky
Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella
Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Borne by Jeff VanderMeer
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Stay Sweet by Siobhan Vivian
All These Beautiful Strangers by Elizabeth Klehfoth
Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by jonathan Safran Foer
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
By Your Side by Kasie West
The Accident Season by Moïra Fowley-Doyle
Everless by Sara Holland
Without Saying a Word by Kasie & Patryk Wezowski
Retrain Your Brain by Seth J. Gillihan
Specials by Scott Westerfeld
The Dazzling Heights by Katharine McGee
The Midnight Star by Marie Lu
A Million Miles Away by Lara Avery
Armada by Ernest Cline
Eve of Man by Giovanna & Tom Fletcher
The Strain by Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan
Artemis Fowl and the Opal Deception by Eoin Colfer
The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
Ella, the Slayer by A.W. Exley
Extras by Scott Westerfeld
To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo
The Hedge Knight by George R.R. Martin
The Mystery Knight by George R.R. Martin
The Sworn Sword by George R.R. Martin
Arsenic for Tea by Robin Stevens
Autoboyography by Christina Lauren
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
The Secret Diary of Henrik Groen by Henrik Groen
The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey
Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets by Dav Pilkey
Catwoman: Soulstealer by Sarah J. Maas
These Rebel Waves by Sara Raasch
Replica by Lauren Oliver
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray
Hotel Ruby by Suzanne Young
Sea Witch by Sarah Henning
A Million World With You by Claudia Gray
Smoke Eaters by Sean Grigsby
Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Black
City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab
Contagion by Erin Bowman
Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space and the Subsequent Assault of the Equally Evil Lunchroom Zombie Nerds by Dav Pilkey
First Class Murder by Robin Stevens
Minority Report and Other Stories by Philip K. Dick
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams
Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams
The Towering Sky by Katharine McGee
And Another Thing by Eoin Colfer
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
Warcross by Marie Lu
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Goose Girl by The Brothers Grimm
Wildcard by Marie Lu
The Princess and the Frog by The Brothers Grimm
Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants by Dav Pilkey
Rumpelstilskin by The Brothers Grimm
Cast Long Shadows by Cassandra Clare & Sarah Rees Brennan
A Deeper Love by Cassandra Clare & Maureen Johnson
Rapulzel by The Brothers Grimm
Princess in Practice by Connie Glynn
Artemis Fowl & The Last Colony by Eoin Colfer
A Map of Days by Ransom Riggs
Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp
Saga Vol. 9 by Brian K. Vaughan
The Loneliest Girls in the Universe by Lauren James
Dry by Jarrod & Neal Shusterman
Mind = Blown by Matthew Santoro
The call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Learn About Loss by Cassandra Clare & Kelly Link
Every Exquisite Thing by Cassandra Clare & Maureen Johnson
The Wicked Ones by Cassandra Clare & Robin Wasserman
Heretics Anonymous by Katie Henry
The Land I Lost by Cassandra Clare by Sarah Rees Brennan
The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee
Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman by Dav Pilkey
Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 1 by Dav Pilkey
What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera
Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand
Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas
Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare
Through Blood, Through Fire by Cassandra Clare & Robin Wasserman
These Precious Scars by Emily Suvada
This Cruel Design by Emily Suvada
Eleanor Oliphant is Fine by Gail Honeyman
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith
Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott
Parent Talk by Dr. Wendy Mogel
Love, Life, and the List by Kasie West
Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare
The Fates Divide by Veronica Roth
The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Carroll
Tilly and the Bookwanderers by Anna James
This Lie Will Kill You by Chelsea Pitcher
Dracul by J.D. Barker & Dacre Stoker
Finding Esme by Suzanne Crowley
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
The A-Z Challenge
The Goal: Read a book for every letter of the alphabet.
Reached: August 15 2018
Done:
All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater
Batman: Nightwalker by Marie Lu
City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
Everless by Sara Holland
A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
Iron Gold by Pierce Brown
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Kat & Meg Conquer the World by Anna Priemaza
Lyra’s Oxford by Philip Pullman
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
Origin by Dan Brown
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
The Queen’s Rising by Rebecca Ross
Runaways Deluxe Vol. 2 by Brian K. Vaughan
Saga Vol. 8 by Brian K. Vaughan
Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertelli
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
The Wicked + The Divine Vol. 6: Imperial Phase Part 2 by Kieron Gillen
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day
Zenith by Sasha Alsberg & Lindsay Cummings
The 2018 Pop-Sugar Reading Challenge
The Goal: Read a book for every single prompt on the list below.
Reached: November 29 2018
Around the Year in 52 Books
The Goal: Read a book for every single prompt of the list below.
Reached: November 29 2018.
52/52
**Done:*
A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer)
The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
A book by an author with the same first and last initials
City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc)
Origin by Dan Brown
A book with a form of punctuation in the title
Batman: Nightwalker by Marie Lu
A book published in 2018
Saga Vol. 8 by Brian K. Vaughan
A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grandmaster author (books & authors)
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list
City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare
A gothic novel
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
An author’s debut book (their first book to be published)
Everless by Sara Holland
A book with a location in the title
Lyra’s Oxford by Philip Pullman
A short book
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A book with a map
A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
A book featuring a murder
Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author…)
Far From the Tree by Robin Benway
A narrative nonfiction
Brave by Rose McGowan
A book with a “Clue” weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench)
Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc)
This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada
A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth)
A Spoonful of Murder by Robin Stevens
A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
A book from Amazon’s 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list (link)
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings #3) by J.R.R. Tolkien
A book about or inspired by real events
The Princess Saves Herself in this One by Amanda Lovelace
An “own voices” book
Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst
A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A book you have high expectations or hope for
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
A book written in first person perspective
Girl Online by Zoe Sugg
A book set in a country you’d like to visit but have never been to
Girl Online: Going Solo by Zoe Sugg
A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven’t read before
Honor Among Thieves by Ann Aguirre & Rachel Caine
A book that intimidates/scares you
A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin
A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own
Little Women by Vashti Harrison
A book with a title that is a whole sentence
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
An award-winning short story or short story collection
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
A book you expect to make you laugh
Geekerella by Ashley Poston
A science book or a science fiction book
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
A book set in Africa or South America
Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender
A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn’t win but was polarizing or a close-call (link)
A game changer (a book that had an effect on society, people, a book genre, etc)
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
A book with an antagonist/villain point of view
Time Bomb by Joelle Charbonneau
A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater
A book with an unique format/writing structure
The Witch Doesn’t Burn in this One by Amanda Lovelace
A ghost story
The Elizas by Sara Shepard
A book originally written in a language other than English
The Legend of the Wandering King by Laura Gallego García
A book that takes place on, in, or underwater
The Adventures of Lola and the Ocean Monster by Jade Harley
4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water
The Witch’s Tears by Elizabeth & Katharine Corr
A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc)
The Witch’s Blood by Elizabeth & Katharine Corr
An alternate history book
Only Human by Sylvain Neuvel
A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word “born” in the same year as you (link)
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists (link)
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
A literary fiction
The Curious Case of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
A book with a text-only cover
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Francesca Cavallo & Elena Faville
A Women’s Prize for Fiction winner or nominee (link 1, link 2)
Eleanor Oliphant is Fine by Gail Honeyman
A medical or legal thriller
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson