Around the Year in 52 Books || 2017

Hey ya'll!

This page is going to (hopefully) be updated throughout the year as I continue to read and plan for the Around the Year in 52 Books Challenge!! Check out the Goodreads page HERE!

The point of this challenge is to read 52 books with in the year! 52 books for 52 weeks. There is a list of challenges and that is what this main post will be!! I'm going to post all of the challenges and have the books I PLAN on reading for them as I figure them out. Once I have read and completed a challenge I will put a strike through it.

The Challenges 

1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016: Adulthood is a Myth by Sarah Andersen (Winner for Best Graphic Novels and Comics)

2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view): A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Mass OR Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (Whichever I get to first)

3. A book you meant to read in 2016: Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen

4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E": Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb

5. A historical fiction

6. A book being released as a movie in 2017: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness 

7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title: Go the F*** to Sleep by Adam Mansbach


8. A book written by a person of color

9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list

10. A dual-timeline novel

11. A category from another challenge

12. A book based on a myth

13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors

14. A book with a strong female character: Claymore by Norihiro Yagi

15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland)

16. A mystery

17. A book with illustrations: Charlie the Choo-Choo by Stephen King

18. A really long book (600+ pages): The Mad Ship by Robin Hobb

19. A New York Times best-seller

20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading

21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read: Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb


22. A book by an author you haven't read before: Before I Fall by

23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list (link)

24. A book written by at least two authors: Welcome to Nightvale by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor

25. A book about a famous historical figure

26. An adventure book

27. A book by one of your favorite authors: Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

28. A non-fiction: Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham


29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre) - check all the editions: More than the Madness: A Memoir by John Kaniecki 

30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books (link): The Selection by Kiera Cass

31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre

32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle)

33. A magical realism novel

34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere

35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty

36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee (link): American Gods by Neil Gaiman

37. A book you choose randomly

38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature

39. An epistolary fiction

40. A book published in 2017: Love and First Sight by Josh Sundquist


41. A book with an unreliable narrator

42. A best book of the 21st century (so far)

43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold)

44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next" (link): Struck by Lightning by Chris Colfer (based on recommendation for Looking for Alaska by John Green)

45. A book with a one-word title: Replica by Lauren Oliver

46. A time travel novel

47. A past suggestion that didn't win (link)
     [PLANNED] A book by a "local" author (resides at least part time in your city/state/region): The Blood Between Us by Zac Brewer

48. A banned book

49. A book from someone else's bookshelf

50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any edition

51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays) 

52. A book set in a fictional location




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