Wednesday, January 30, 2019

2019 Reading: Thirteen Chairs

#36 A ghost story


Hey, look! My first book of the year!

Finally...

A colleague of mine was reading this and thought I would like it and it just so happened to fit into the reading challenge, so of course I was going to read it. I found the stories within the book a little dated and familiar, but maybe that was the point? The ending was kind of predictable, though most ghost stories are nowadays. Still, it was a good start to the year and now that I have finally finished the first one, I can hopefully get my ass into gear and pick up the pace with the rest of the books that I need to read this year.

Tuesday, January 1, 2019

2018 Reading Challenge: List

#1 A book made into a movie you've already seen : Maurice
#2 True Crime : Inside the Mind of BTK
#3 The next book in a series you started : The Kill Order
#4 A book involving a heist : Bringing Down the House
#5 Nordic noir : The Girl Who Played With Fire
#6 A novel based on a real person : Room
#7 A book set in a country that fascinates you : A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
#8 A book with a time of day in the title : The Voices at 3:00AM
#9 A book about a villain or antihero : Deviant
#10 A book about death or grief : The Pocket Book of Death
#11 A book with your favorite color in the title : Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia
#12 A book with alliteration in the title : Women in the Walls
#13 A book about time travel : Hollow City
#14 A book with a weather element in the title : Let It Snow
#15 A book set at sea : Death on the Nile
#16 A book with an animal in the title : The Crow: Lazarus Heart
#17 A book set on a different planet : The Colour of Magic (Discworld)
#18 A book with song lyrics in the title : Turtles All the Way Down
#19 A book about or set on Halloween : Scary Stories Treasury
#20 A book with characters who are twins : Twelfth Night
#21 A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym : Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
#22 A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist : Every Nine Seconds
#23 A book that is also a stage play or musical : Sweeney Todd
#24 A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you : The Art of Fushigi Yugi
#25 A book about feminism : Mrs. Dalloway
#26 A book about mental health : The Sociopath Next Door
#27 A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift : The Merchant of Venice
#28 A book by two authors : Triads
#29 A book about or involving a sport : Quidditch Through the Ages
#30 A book by a local author : Dead Ever After
#31 A book mentioned in another book : The Invisible Man
#32 A book from a celebrity book club : The Road
#33 A childhood classic you've never read : The Tale of Despereaux
#34 A book that's published in 2018 : Leah on the Offbeat
#35 A past Goodreads Choice Award winner : The Pigeon Needs A Bath
#36 A book set in the decade you were born : Less Than Zero
#37 A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to : Talking As Fast As I Can
#38 A book with an ugly cover : The Prize
#39 A book that involves a bookstore of library : Of Books and Bagpipes
#40 Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge : Audition
#41 A bestseller from the year you graduated high school : The Polar Express
#42 A cyberpunk book : Ready Player One
#43 A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place : Lady Killers
#44 A book tied to your ancestry : The Book Thief
#45 A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title : It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
#46 An allegory : The Screwtape Letters
#47 A book by an author with the same first or last name as you : Rosebush
#48 A microhistory : New Kids on the Block
#49 A book about a problem facing society today : Breathing Underwater
#50 A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge : Eat, Pray, Love

Date Started: January 1, 2018
Date completed: December 31, 2018
Books finished in challenge: 50 of 50
Books finished in total for year: 75