So I thought I would do an end-of-the-summer update for the 2016 Reading Challenge. I think I have less than twenty books to read before the end of the year. I just need to get more focused in my decisions on what to read.
I enjoy doing these challenges because they stretch me out of my usual set of books. Quite often I end up finding books that I really enjoy reading but would never had read without the nudge of this challenge.
The books in blue are the books I’ve added since the last time I updated my challenge.
| based on a fairy tale | Cinderella’s Dresses |
| National Book Award winner | |
| YA bestseller | Wonder |
| haven’t read since high school | |
| set in your home state | Death Watch |
| translated to English | The Three Musketeers |
| romance set in the future | The Selection |
| set in Europe | Defy the Night |
| under 150 pages | Master of Men |
| New York Times bestseller | |
| becoming a movie this year | |
| recommended by someone you just met | Nero Wolfe (more than 1) |
| self-improvement book | |
| can finish in a day | The Outsiders |
| written by a celebrity | I’d Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had by Tony Danza |
| political memoir | |
| at least 100 years older than you | Jane Eyre |
| more than 600 pages | Gone With the Wind |
| from Oprah’s Book Club | |
| Science-fiction novel | Ender’s Shadow |
| recommended by a family member | Shane |
| graphic novel | |
| published in 2016 | Five Magic Spindles |
| with a protagonist who has your occupation | |
| takes place during Summer | Her Prairie Knight |
| book and its prequel | Divergent and Four |
| murder mystery | Nickel Package |
| written by a comedian | |
| dystopian novel | |
| with a blue cover | |
| first book you see in a bookstore | |
| classic from the 20th century | |
| from the library | Violins of Autumn |
| autobiography | |
| about a road trip | Once Upon a Road Trip |
| about a culture you are unfamiliar with | |
| satirical book | |
| takes place on an island | Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society |
| guaranted to bring you joy | Colonel Brandon’s Diary |
Are you involved in any reading challenges this yearÉ
Intentional Simplicity 
sigh- I think I have read ONE book this year :P. I thought having a Kindle app on my phone, I could read while nursing…turns out I have a VERY curious nurser and for several months she has nursed bits at a time in between “unhooking” to check out life around her. It is a constant re-attaching her to have her finish eating haha. But, I definitely think she will be my smartest kid – she soaks everything in and I HAVE been reading to her and the kids daily so I guess that counts haha.
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