2015 Reading Challenge

Exploring on Pinterest I came across this pin and decided to pin it and give it a try. I listen to books while at my job, and on the drive, so on average I can get 3-4 7-12 hour books read in a week. I'm always looking for new books to read so I thought taking this challenge will be fun and make me explore books I don't typically like to read and books I have been toying with the idea of reading or not. I'm going to try and blog weekly with my progress and give a little review of what I thought of the book. 

Here are the list of the challenges:
When they are in red I have completed the challenge,

1. A book with more then 500 pages
2. A book that is a classic Romance
3. A book that became a movie
4. A book that was published this year (2015)
5. A book with a number in the title
6. A book written by someone under 30
7. A book with nonhuman characters
8. A book that is funny
9. A book by a female author 
10. A book that is a mystery or thriller
11. A book with a one word title
12. A book of short stories
13. A book set in a different country
14. A book that is nonfiction
15. A book that is a popular authors first book
16. A book from an author I love but haven't read yet
17. A book a friend recommended
18. A book that is a Pulitzer Prize winning
19. A book that is based on a true story
20. A book that is on the bottom of my reading list
21. A book my mom loves
22. A book that scares me
23. A book that is more then 100 years old
24. A book that you were supposed to read in school but didn't
25. A book that is a memoir
26. A book that you can finish in one day
27. A book with antonyms in the title 
28. A book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit
29. A book that came out of the year you were born
30. A book with bad reviews
31. A book that is a trilogy
32. A book from your childhood
33. A book with a love triangle
34. A book set in the future
35. A book set in High School
36. A book with a color in the title
37. A book that made you cry
38. A book with magic
39. A book that is a graphic novel
40. A book by an author you've never read before
41. A book you own but have never read
42. A book that takes place in your hometown
43. A book originally written in a different language 
44. A book set during Christmas
45. A book written by an author with the same initials
46. A book that is a play
47. A book that is banned
48. A book based on or turned into a TV show
49. A book that you started but never finished
50. A book based entirely on its cover

Here are the books on my list I would like to read this year some are in multiple groups. I'm going to be over confident and say I plan on reading the whole list this year and at least one book per challenge but we shall see some I'm still trying to decided if I really want to or not. 

500 pages:

• Les Misrables- Victor Hugo
• Count of Monte Cristo-Alexandre Dumas 
• Little Women-Louisa May Alcott
• Take me on- Katie McGarry 
• Anna Karenina-Leo Tolstoy
• Game of Thrones-George R Martin

Classic romance:

• Pride and Prejudice-Jane Austin
• Little Women-Louis May Alcott
• Anna Karenina- Leo Tolstoy
• Emma-Jane Austin

Became a movie:

• If I stay-Gayle Forman
• Memoris of a Geisha-Arthur Golden
• American Sniper-Chris Kyle
• Gone Girl-Gillian Flynn
• Patriot Games-Tom Clancy
• Runaway Jury-John Grisham
• In Her Shoes-Jennifer Weiner

Published in 2015:

(These I know I'm going to read I'm

sure more will go on the list)

• Wired- Julie Garwood
• Suddenly One Summer-Julie James
• Heir-Kiera Cass

Number in title:

• 5th Wave- Rick Yancey
• Fourteen Days Later- Sibel Hodge
• One For The Money-Janet Evanovich

Author under 30:

• Eragon-Christopher Paolini
• Ghostman-Roger Hobbs

Nonhuman Characters:

• Firelight-Sophie Jordan

A Funny Book:

• Just A Guy-Bill Engvall
• Food: A love Story- Jim Gaffigan
• Dad is Fat-Jim Gaffigan

Female Author:

More then half the books are written by females so I will keep track what I read

Mystery or Thriller:

• Don't tell-Karen Rose
• Along Came A Spider-James Patterson
• Gone Girl-Gillian Flynn
• Hot Blooded-Lisa Jackson
• Fatal Burn-Lisa Jackson
• From the Corner of His Eye-Dean Koontz

One Word Title:

• Unbroken-Laura Hillenbrand
• Matched-Ally Condie
• Everneath- Brodi Ashton
• Defiance-Stephanie Tyler
• Vanished-Irene Hannon
• Endgame-Dee Davis
• Service-Marcus Luttrell

Short Stories:

• Twisted Fate:Traci Hunter Abramson,Gregg Luke,Stephanie Black
• The Selection Stories-Kiera Cass

Different Country/A Place to Visit:

• The unveiling-Tamara Leigh
• Battle of Kings-M.K Hume
• Gentle Warrior-Julie Garwood
• Laiden's Daughter-Erin Jones
• The Girl in the Gatehouse- Julie Klassen
• Becoming Lady Lockwood-Jennifer Moore

Nonfiction Book:

• To All My Friends- Jeffery R Holland

Love Author haven't read yet:

Once again list is too long to type so I will keep track

A Friend Recommended

• White Queen-Philippa Gregory
• The Night Circus-Erin Morenstem
• Watchers-Dean Koontz

Based On True Story:

• Seal Of Honor-Gary Williams
• Lions of Kandahar-Rusty Bradley, Kevin Maurer
• Service-Marcus Luttrell
• The Only Thing Worth Dying For-Eric Bllehm
• American Sniper-Chris Kyle

Scares Me:

• Love Music, Loves to Dance-Mary Higgins Clark
• I am Legend-Richard Matheson 

Read in School But Didn't:

• The Great Gatsby-F, Scott Fitzgerald

A Memoir:

• Seal of Honor-Gary Williams
• Yes Please-Amy Poehler
• Into Thin Air-Jon Krakauer
• American Sniper-Chris Kyle
• The Only Thing Worth Dying For-Eric Bllehm
• The Red Circle-Brandon Webb, John David Mann
• Warrior Soul-Chuck Pfarrer

Book Written in 1985:

• When the Bough Breaks-Jonathan Kellerman

Trilogy:

• Divergent-Veronica Roth
• Matched-Ally Condie
• Under the Never Sky-Veronica Rossi
• Delirium-Lauren Oliver
• Unearthy-Cynithia Hand
• Mistborn-Brandon Sanderson
• Black Sun Rising-C.S Friedmen

Love Triangle:

• Throne of Glass-Sarah J Mass
• Matched-Ally Condie
• Everneath- Brodi Ashton
• Anew-Chelsea Fine
• Marked-P.C Cast, Kristin Cast

Set in the Future:

• Enders Game-
• Cinder-Marissa Meyer
• 5th Wave-Rick Yancey
• Divergent-Veronica Roth
• Delirium-Lauren Oliver

With  A Color:

• White Queen-Philippa Gregory
• The Hunt For the Red October-Tom Clancey
• NYPD Red-James Patterson, Marshall Karp

Make You Cry:

(This one will be tricky I am not one who cries with books and movies, but here are some I will try and see if they at least get me emotional)

• The Fault in Our Stars-John Green
• If I Stay-Gayle Forman
• Walk to Remember-Nicholas Sparks
• P.S I love you-Cecelia Ahern
• My Sisters Keeper-Jodi Picoult

Books with Magic:

• Throne of Glass-Sarah J Mass
• Artemis Fowl-Eoin Colfer
• Dresden Files, Storm Front-Jim Butcher
• Battle of Kings-M.K Hume

Own but haven't read:

• Free fall-Traci Hunter Abramson
• Falling- Clair M. Poulson
• Bonds of Loyalty- Jennifer K, Clark

High School Setting:

• Pushing the Limits-Katie McGarry
• Fallen-Lauren Kate
• Pretty Little Liars-Sara Shepard

Book based on a play:

• Phantom of the Opera-Gaston Leroux
• Les Misrables- Victor Hugo
• Romeo and Juliet-William Shakespeare

TV Show:

• Heat Wave (Castle)-Richard Castle
• Storm Front (The Dresden Files)-Jim Butcher

Started but never finished:

• The Ghost War-Alex Berenson

More then 100 years old:

• The Three Musketeers- Alexandre Dumas

Pulitzer Prize winning:

• Gone with the Wind-Margaret Mitchell

With antonyms in the title:

• Friends and Foes-Sarah M Eden

Books I am still trying to figure out what to read to go under the challenge:

• A book with bad reviews Basically 
• A book based entirely on its cover
• A book that is banned
• A book that you can finish in one day 
• A book that is on the bottom of my reading list
• A book my mom loves
• A book that is a graphic novel
• A book from your childhood
• A book that takes place in your hometown
• A book originally written in a different language 
• A book set during Christmas
• A book written by an author with the same initials