I know, I know. It’s February and a little late for doing a 2017 in review but I’m only getting back to blogging now so this is when it’s happening.
Last year I read a total of 125 books.
I did a reading challenge with my roommates. I completed it and this is what I read for each category:
- A Book You Read in School
- The Princess Bride by William Goldman
- A Book from Your Childhood
- The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
- A Book Published Before 1900
- Middlemarch by George Eliot
- A Book Published in the Last Year
- Zenn Diagram by Wendy Brant
- A Non-Fiction Book
- Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston
- A Book That Is/Is Becoming a Film
- NEED by Joelle Charbonneau
- A Book Published in the 1900s
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- A Book Set in Your Hometown/Region
- Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory
- A Book with Someone’s Name in the Title
- Afterlife with Archie by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
- A Book with a Number in the Title
- Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak
- A Book with a Character with Your First Name
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- A Book Someone Else Recommended to You
- The Best Kind of People by Zoe Whittall
- A Book with Over 500 Pages
- Theft by Finding by David Sedaris
- A Book You Can Finish in a Day
- Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter
- A Previously Banned Book
- Watership Down by Richard Adams
- A Book with a One-Word Title
- Sourdough by Robin Sloan
- A Book Translated from Another Language
- Island of Point Nemo by Jean-Marie Blas De Robles
- A Book That Will Improve a Specific Area of Your Life
- Behind the Scenes by Mick Napier
- A Memoir or Journal
- Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood
- A Book Written by Someone Younger Than You
- Trying to Float by Nicolaia Rips
- A Book Set Somewhere You Would Like to Visit
- Prince in Disguise by Stephanie Kate Strohm
- A Book by an Author You Have Met
- Gangster Nation by Tod Goldberg
- A Book by Jane Austen
- Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
- A Graphic Novel
- The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
- A Science Fiction Book
- Nemesis by Brendan Reichs
- A Biography
- In the Great Green Room by Amy Gary
My favorite book of last year was Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory.
My favorite YA read was Zenn Diagram by Wendy Brant.
My favorite middle grade read was Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend.
Overall I got a lot of great reading done. And I am already on my way to a great year of reading in 2018!
Thanks for reading!
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