I thought I should give an update on how I’m doing for the 2015 Book Challenge. So this week instead of recommending books I’m showing you where I’m at. I’ve filled in more spaces, and I obviously have some work to do before the end of the year!
To date I’ve read 127 books, but obviously I’m missing some specific categories.
Books in blue are what I’ve added. Books in red are what I’m hoping to read for that particular category.
| a book with more than 500 pages | The Book Thief |
| a classic romance | The Blue Castle |
| a book that became a movie | The Help |
| a book published this year | Rule of Three: Fight for Power |
| a book with a number in the title | Rule of Three |
| a book written by someone under 30 | Life on Foot |
| a book with nonhuman characters | Silent Intrusion |
| a funny book | No Hope for Gomez |
| a book by a female author | The Ultimate RV Adventure |
| a mystery or thriller | Closure |
| a book with a one-word title | Tisha |
| a book of short stories | The Collected Short Stories of Louis L’amour – Frontier |
| a book set in a different country | Just Deserts |
| a nonfiction book | GI Brides |
| a popular author’s first book | Gregor the Overlander |
| a book from an author you love that you haven’t read yet | Jeanne of the Marshes – Philip Oppenheim |
| a book a friend recommended | Rebecca |
| a Pulitzer Prize-winning book | To Kill a Mockingbird |
| a book based on a true story | Stolen Lives |
| a book at the bottom of your to-read list | |
| a book your mom loves | |
| a book that scares you | Lord of the Flies |
| a book more than 100 years old | Prisoner of Zenda |
| a book based entirely on its cover | Pilgrim’s Wilderness |
| a book you were supposed to read in school but didn’t | This never happened. ☺ |
| a memoir | Outcry: Holocaust Memoir |
| a book you can finish in a day | Elderberry Croft |
| a book with antonyms in the title | A Little Salty to Cut the Sweet |
| a book set somewhere you have always wanted to visit | |
| a book that came out the year you were born | The Lonely Men |
| a book with bad reviews | The Selection |
| a trilogy | Graham’s Resolution |
| a book from your childhood | Little House in the Big Woods |
| a book with a love triangle | The Hill-man |
| a book set in the future | The Centaurus Legacy |
| a book set in high school | A Girl of the Limberlost |
| a book with a colour in the title | The Black Count |
| a book that made you cry | Code Name Verity |
| a book with magic | A Cast of Stones |
| a graphic novel | Ender’s Game |
| a book by an author you’ve never read before | The Kitchen House |
| a book you own but have never read | |
| a book that takes place in your hometown | From Anna |
| a book that was originally written in a different language | |
| a book set during Christmas | |
| a book written by an author with your same initials | |
| a play | |
| a banned book | Animal Farm |
| a book based on or turned into a TV show | Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii |
| a book you started but never finished |
Are you doing any challenges in your reading this year?
Intentional Simplicity 
That is quite a challenge! This year, I challenged myself to read at least 6 books about Robin Hood, but I’m failing woefully. I’ve read 3 so far, though one of them I only read part of. I’m working on a 4th, but I suspect I’m not going to read two more besides it by the end of the year. Oh well.
I’m also working on my Classics Club challenge still 🙂 I’m more than halfway done, and I began it at the beginning of 2014, so I’m pretty pleased with my progress.
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It’s always good to have goals. I find I accomplish more when I do, and the feeling of accomplishment when you reach your goal is wonderful. I also think as mothers it helps to take us out of the place where we are doing the same things every day for and with our children. We don’t always see immediate results which can be discouraging. Having something on the side that’s a little easier to accomplish than say potty training can be an emotional mood lifter. 🙂
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Yeeeeeeeeah, Potty Training is Evil. I’m so happy that’s behind me for a third time.
This is why I love lists of things to do — I get a mood-lift from crossing stuff off.
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A mood lift – that is why I often include obvious things like drink water and take supplements, make my bed and do laundry. I know I’ll have a few things at least that get crossed off my list. 🙂
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