2019 Reading Challenge Stats...
2019 Book Reading Challenge Update
Edel’s 2019 Reading Challenge is an interesting mix of genres’ which will broaden my taste in books. I have read 52 out of 52 books suggestions 🙌🙌
Updated as of December 2019
1. Pulitzer Prize | The GoldFinch 5-stars
2. Nobel Prize of Literature | Secondhand Time 4-stars
3. National Book Award | Sing, Unburied Sing 4-stars
4. Goodreads Book of the Year or more than a million reviews | Circe 5-stars
5. Non-fiction | You Do You 5-stars
6. Children’s book | From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess 4-stars
7. Young Adult Book | Attraction 5-stars
8. Mystery | Private 5-stars
9. Fantasy / Science – Fiction | Torn (Book 2 of 3) 5-stars
10. Female Author | You are a Badass 5-stars
11. Male Author (Edgar Cantero) | Meddling Kids 4-stars
12. Short Stories / Poetry | I Was Told There Would Be Cake 5-stars
13. Crime (Murder) | Private: Suspect #1 4-stars
14. Thriller / Horror | Hidden Bodies 5-stars
15. A Classic | Call of the Wild 5-stars
16. Western | The Substitute Wife 5-stars
17. Romance | Mister Bodyguard 5-stars
18. Reread a favorite | Hate U Give 5-stars
19. A book released the year you were born | Elephants Can Remember 5-stars
20. Latin American Author | The Power Playbook 5-stars
21. Asian Author | Burn for Burn 4-stars
22. European Author (Scotland Author) | The French Girl by Lexie Elliott 5-stars
23. African Author | Woman of the Ashes 4-stars
24. Aussie Author (Liane Moriarty) | Nine Perfect Strangers 5-stars
25. Biography/Autobiography (Michelle Obama) | Becoming 5-stars
26. Historical Fiction (Adolf Hitler) | Second Chances 5-stars
27. A book about a hobby (Running)| Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory 5-stars
28. A “Color of the Year” cover (Living Coral) | Where the Crawdads Sing 5-stars
29. A book released in 2019 (Released : 2/9/2019) | On The Come Up 5-stars
30. Self-published book | Still Alice 5-stars
31. Boutique publisher | The Day of the Martian 4-stars
32. Book adaptation (TV or Movie) | My Sister’s Keeper 5-stars
33. An E-book | The Breakdown 5-stars
34. Debut Author (Samantha Downing) | My Lovely Wife 5-stars
35. A library book | Small Great Things 5-stars
36. Bought at a local bookstore (PVD Airport) | Successful Women Think Differently: 9 Habits to Make You Happier, Healthier, and More Resilient 5-stars
37. Second-hand book | Carbohydrate Addict's Diet 5-stars
38. Set in a place you’d love to visit (New Orleans NOLA) | Wicked (Book 1 of 3) 5-stars
39. Book about music or written by a musician | Capture 5-stars
40. Book about art or written by an artist | Secret Historian 4-stars
41. Book about food or written by a chef | The Chef 5-stars
42. Book about humor or written by a comedian | Maybe You Never Cry Again 4-stars
43. A book about health (Anxiety)| Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway 5-stars
44. Two or more authors (James Patterson and Nancy Allen) | Juror #3 5-stars
45. Set in the State/Country you live (Rhode Island) | Providence 5-stars
46. Christian Book | Lawfully Pursued 5-stars
47. A Bestseller book | Girl Stop Apologizing 5-stars
48. A book from your “To Be Read” pile | The Power of Habit 4-stars
49. Your favorite author (Jodi Picoult) | Spark of Light 5-stars
50. A book recommended by a friend (Pingel Sisters Book Bloggers via Instagram) | I Am, I Am, I Am 3-stars
51. A book recommended by family | The Man in the High Castle 3-stars
52. A book recommended by Edel (wink wink) | Hate U Give 5-stars