I will admit that I am not good at keeping goals. Making them, yes. I am not accountable to myself. Even when I make it public. Last year I know a lot of people who started and some that finished the Book Riot Read Harder Challenge. Last year, it did not appeal to me at all. I don't know if it was the categories or just that last year was hard and I couldn't commit to anything.
2016 is not last year. It's a new year and a new goal. I am excited about this challenge and I spent way too much time today looking at my goodreads TBR list and thinking and looking at books on my bookshelves to help me cross off books that I own that I've never read. A twofer if you will.
So, I still have some categories blank. I have some that I know I will be able to fill with a book I read to Isla so I'm kind of leaving it up for grabs. I am sure I may change my mind on some of theses, so my plan is not set in stone.
The majority of these books are ones I own which is how they got here...
Read a horror book: Shutter Island but I am up for suggestions on this.
Read a nonfiction book about science: The Immortal Life of Henriette Lachs
Read a collection of essays: Me Talk Pretty One Day (I think... )
Read a book out loud to someone else: Pirates Past Noon (Magic Treehouse for the Win!)
Read a middle grade novel: The Last Newspaper Boy in America
Read a biography (not memoir or autobiography): Eight Eight Years with Sarah Polk
Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel: Uglies
Read a book published in the decade you were born: I can't decide on this one.. I was born in the 80s.. any suggestions?
Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award: Yes Please! by Amy Poehler
Read a book over 500 pages: The Poisonwood Bible
Read a book under 100 pages: I am going to put an Isla book here or a book I found I own called Abraham and Sarah Todd
Read a book by or about a person that identifies as transgender: Being Emily
Read a book that is by an author from Southeast Asia: First they killed my Father: A daughter of Cambodia Remembers
Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900: The Red Tent
Read the first book in a series by a person of color: Blanche on the Lam
Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years: Lumberjanes
Read a book that was adapted in to a movie, then watch movie. Debate which is better: Suite Francaise
Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes: I know why the caged bird sings
Read a book religion (fiction or nonfiction: The Shack
Read a book about politics, in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction): ???? can't decide
Read a food memoir: Garlic & Sapphires:The Secret Life of a Critic in disguise
Read a play: ??? no idea
Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness: ??? I'm sure I own one but I couldn't easily find one.. not sure..
So that is my plan for this year. And my usual, read 52 books in a year.
What are your goals for 2016? Do you plan on doing any reading challenges? Any suggestions for an 80s book? Politics? Mental illness? Any I should change?
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