2017 Reading List Challenge

New year, new challenge!!!  I will be doing the Pop Sugar 2017 reading list challenge again this year with my friends!!  Feel free to join in and do the challenge too!

Any books that don't fit on the list I'll have listed at the bottom of the list, so I can easily keep track of all the books I read this year.

1. A book recommended by a librarian ~ Reclamation ~ By Bethany Perry
2. A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long ~
3. A book of letters
4. An audiobook
5. A book by a person of color
6. A book with one of the four seasons in the title
7. A book that is a story within a story
8. A book with multiple authors
9. An espionage thriller
10. A book with a cat on the cover
11. A book by an author that uses a pseudonym ~ Echoes in Death  By JD Robb
12. A best seller from a genre you don't normally read ~ The Looking Glass wars By Frank Beddor
13. A book by or about a person who has a disability
14. A book involving travel ~ Dreams of a Highlander By Katy Baker
15. A book with a subtitle
16. A book that's published in 2017 ~ The Turn By Kim Harrison
17. A book involving a mythical creature ~ Elemental (soul guardians bk 2) By Kim Richardson
18. A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile ~ Dead Witch Walking  By Kim Harrison
19. A book about food
20. A book with career advice
21. A book with a nonhuman perspective ~ The Witch with No Name By Kim Harrison
22. A steampunk novel
23. A book with a red spine ~ Seeing Redd ~ By Frank Beddor
24. A book set in the wilderness
25. A book you loved as a child
26. A book by an author from a country you've never visited
27. A book with a title that's a characters name
28. A novel set during war time ~ Wives of War ~ By Soraya M. Lane
29. A book with an unreliable narrator 
30. A book with pictures
31. A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you
32. A book about an interesting woman
33. A book set in two different time periods ~ Shadow of Night ~ By Deborah darkness
34. A book with a month or a day of the week in the title
35. A book set in a hotel
36. A book written by someone you admire ~ Revolution ~ By Bethany Perry
37. A book that's becoming a movie in 2017
38. A book set around a holiday other then Christmas
39. The first book in a series you haven't read before ~ Marked (Soul Guardians bk 1) By Kim Richardson
40. A book you bought on a trip

ADVANCED

1. A book recommended by an author you love
2. A best seller from 2016
3. A book with a family-member term in the title
4. A book that takes place over a characters life span
5. A book about an immigrant or refugee
6. A book from a genre/subgenre you've never heard of
7. A book with an eccentric character
8. A book that is more then 800 pages ~ Voyager ~ By Diana Gabladon
9. A book you got from used book sale ~ Archenemy ~ By Frank Beddor
10. A book that's been mentioned in another book
11. A book about a difficult topic
12. A book based on mythology ~ Year One ~ By Nora Roberts

Books I have read that are not on the list

1. Horizon (Soul Guardians bk 3) ~ By Kim Richardson
2. Netherworld (Soul Guardians bk 4) ~ By Kim Richardson
3. Seirs (Soul Guardians bk 5) ~ By Kim Richardson
4. Mortal (Soul Guardians bk 6) ~ By Kim Richardson
5. Reapers (Soul Guardians bk 7) ~ By Kim Richardson
6. Seals (Soul Guardians bk 8) ~ By Kim Richardson
7. Sudden Backtrack (Hollows Novella) ~ By Kim Harrison
8. Short Stories of Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship, & Dangerous Hobbies ~ By J.K. Rowling
9. The Good, The Bad, and The Undead ~ By Kim Harrison
10. Every Which Way But Dead ~ By Kim Harrison
11. A Fistful of Charms ~ By Kim Harrison
12. For A Few Demons More ~ By Kim Harrison
13. The Outlaw Demon Wails ~ By Kim Harrison
14. White Witch, Black Curse ~ By Kim Harrison
15. Black Magic Sanction ~ By Kim Harrison
16. Pale Demon ~ By Kim Harrison
17. A Perfect Blood ~ By Kim Harrison
18. Ever After ~ By Kim Harrison
19. The Undead Pool ~ By Kim Harrison
20. Into the Woods ~ By Kim Harrison
21. Seven Stones to Stand or Fall ~ By Diana Gabladon
22. Come Sundown ~ By Nora Roberts
23. Secrets in Death ~ By J.D. Robb
24. A Discovery Of Witches ~ By Deborah Harkness
25. A Book of Life ~ By Deborah Harkness
26. Stars Above ~ By Marissa Meyers
27. Witch is When it All Began ~ By Adele Abbott
28. Witch is When Life Got Complicated ~ By Adele Abbott
29. Witch is When Everything Went Crazy ~ By Adele Abbott

45 total books for the year. A bit less then last year, So I guess I need to try to read more in 2018!!

2016 Reading List Challenge!

Another year has come and gone, and it's time for a new reading challenge!  Yes, I love my reading challenges.  While I did not read a book for every item on last years list, I enjoyed the challenge and read several books that I normally would not have read…and I enjoyed them!  So I figured, why not try the list again?  This is Popsugar's 2016 reading list challenge (last years challenge was also from Popsugar).  I'll once again be participating with my friends.  Let the fun begin!

• A book based on a fairy tale ~  Scarlet ~ By Marissa Meyers
• A National Book Award winner ~
• A YA bestseller ~  Hollow City ~ By Ransom Riggs
• A book you haven't read since high school ~
• A book set in your home state ~
• A book translated to English ~
• A romance set in the future ~ Apprentice in Death ~ By J.D. Robb
• A book set in Europe ~  Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade ~ By Diana Gabaldon
• A book that's under 150 pages ~  Lord John and the Plague of Zombies ~ By Diana Gabaldon
• A New York Time's bestseller ~  The Obsession ~ By Nora Roberts
• A book that's becoming a movie this year ~  Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children ~ By Ransom Riggs
• A book recommended by someone you just met ~  Arcshine's Gap ~ By Cory D Farris
• A self-improvement book ~
• A book you can finish in a day ~  Lord John and the Custom of the Army ~ By Diana Gabaldon
• A book written by a celebrity ~  Bare Bones ~ By Bobby Bones
• A political memoir ~
• A book at least 100 years older then you ~
• A book that's more then 600 pages ~
• A book from Oprah's Book Club ~
• A science-fiction novel ~  Winter ~ By Marissa Meyers
• A book recommended by a family member ~  You Shook Me ~ By Bethany Perry
• A graphic novel ~  The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel ~ By Diana Gabaldon
• A book that is published in 2016 ~  Jilo ~ By J.D. Horn
• A book with a protagonist who has your occupation ~
• A book that takes place during the summer ~
• A book and it's prequel ~ Fairest and Cinder ~ By Marissa Meyer
• A murder mystery ~  Brotherhood in Death ~ By J.D. Robb
• A book written by a comedian ~
• A dystopian novel ~  Cress ~ By Marissa Meyers
• A book with a blue cover ~  Lord John and the Private Matter ~ Diana Gabaldon
• A book of poetry ~
• The first book you see in a bookstore ~  Lady Midnight ~ By Cassandra Clare
• A classic book from the 20th century ~
• A book from the library ~  Times Divide ~ By Rysa Walker
• An Autobiography ~
• A book about a road trip ~  Finding Fraser ~ By KC Dyer
• A book about a culture you're unfamiliar with ~  Exit Unicorns ~ By Cindy Brandner
• A satirical book ~
• A book that takes place on an island ~  Lord John and the Scottish Prisioner ~ By Diana Gabaldon
• A book that's guaranteed to bring you joy ~  Harry Potter and the Cursed Child ~ By J.K. Rowling

Books that don't fit on the list :

• Lord John and the Hand of Devils ~ By Diana Gabaldon
• Love Beyond Time ~ By Bethany Claire
• Love beyond Reason ~ By Bethany Claire
• A Conall Christmas ~ By Bethany Claire
• Love Beyond Hope ~ By Bethany Claire
• Love beyond Measure ~ By Bethany Claire
• In Due Time ~ By Bethany Claire
• Love Beyond Compare ~ By Bethany Claire
• Love Beyond Dreams ~ By Bethany Claire
• Love Beyond Belief ~ By Bethany Claire
• Bay of Sighs ~ By Nora Roberts
• Times Mirror ~ By Nora Roberts (Novella)
• Time Bound ~ By Rysa Walker
• Tall, Dark, and Vampire ~ By Sara Humphreys
• Vampire Trouble ~ By Sara Humphreys
• Vampires Never Cry Wolf ~ By Sara Humphreys
• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly ~ By Sara Humphreys
• Going Back for Romeo, Clan Ross bk1 ~ By L.L. Muir
• Unleashed ~ By Sara Humphreys
• Untouched ~ By Sara Humphreys
• Untamed ~ By Sara Humphreys
• Undone ~ By Sara Humphreys
• Unclaimed ~ By Sara Humphreys
• Not Without Juliet, Clan Ross bk2 ~ By L.L. Muir
• Collecting Isobelle, Clan Ross bk3 ~ By L.L. Muir
• Hogwarts an Incomplete and Unreliable Guide ~ By J.K. Rowling (Novella)
• Short Stories from Hogwarts of heroism, Hardship, and DangerousHobbies ~ By J.K Rowling
• Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics, and Pesky Poltergeists ~ By J.K. Rowling
• Island of Glass ~ By Nora Roberts
• A Highlanders Bride ~ By Lexy Timms
• A Victorian Bride ~ By Lexy Timms
• A Modern Bride ~ By Lexy Timms
• A Royal Bride ~ By Lexy Timms

2015 Reading List Challenge

So my friend Melissa found this reading challenge list…rather then challenging yourself to read X amount of books, it kind of spices things up a bit and gives you challenges for what kind of books to read.  So I am joining her on this challenge this year.  I know some of them will be easy to do, while others will be more difficult (like finishing a book you stopped reading…that's gonna SUCK haha), but I look forward to the challenge.

Here's the list!

A book with more than 500 pages-  Drums of Autumn ~ By Diana Gabaldon
A classic romance-
A book that became a movie-
A book published this year-  Devoted in Death ~ By J.D. Robb
A book with a number in the title-
A book written by someone under 30-
A book with nonhuman characters- Bound by Flames ~ By Jeannine Frost
A funny book- Fat Girl Walking ~ By Brittany Gibbons 
A book by a female author-  Time's Edge ~ By Rysa Walker
A mystery or thriller-  
A book with a one-word title-  Marked ~ By Sarah Fine
A book of short stories-  Down the Rabbit Hole ~ J.D. Robb, Mary Blayney, Elaine Fox, Mary Kay McComas, and R. C. Ryan
A book set in a different country-  Dragonfly in Amber ~ By Diana Gabaldon
A nonfiction book-  Anne Frank:  The Diary of a Young Girl ~ By Anne Frank
A popular author's first book-  Irish Thoroughbred ~ By Nora Roberts
A book from an author you love that you haven't read yet-  Revealed ~ By P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
A book a friend recommended-  Timebound ~ By Rysa Walker
A Pulitzer Prize winning book-
A book based on a true story-
A book at the bottom of your to-read list-
A book your Mom loves-  Fatal Affair ~ By Marcie Force
A book that scares you-
A book more than 100 years old-
A book based entirely on its cover-  Found (The Missing: Book 1) ~ By Margaret Peterson Haddix
A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't-
A memoir- Orange is the New Black ~ By Piper Kerman
A book you can finish in a day-  Time Echo's ~ By Rysa Walker
A book with antonyms in the title-
A book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit-  Voyager ~ By Diana Gabaldon
A book that came out the year you were born-
A book with bad reviews-  Beauty's Kingdom ~ By A.N. Roquelaure
A trilogy- The Wolves of Mercy Falls (Shiver, Linger, Forever) ~ By Maggie Stiefvater
A book from your childhood-
A book with a love triangle-
A book set in the future-  Obsession in Death ~ By J.D. Robb
A book set in high school-  Redeemed ~ By P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
A book with a color in the title-  Ruby Circle ~ By Richelle Mead
A book that made you cry-  Flirting with Felicity ~ By Gerri Russell
A book with magic-  The Void ~ By J.D. Horn
A graphic novel-
A book by an author you've never read before-
A book you own but have never read-  Hotshot ~ By Julie Garwood
A book that takes place in your hometown-  Desert Heat ~ By J.A. Janice
A book that was originally written in a different language-
A book set during Christmas-
A book written by an author with your same initials-
A play-
A banned book-
A book based on or turned into a TV show-  The Outlander ~ By Diana Gabaldon
A book you started but never finished-

Books that I read that didn't fit on this list!

• The Fiery Cross ~ By Diana Gabaldon
• A Breath of Snow and Ashes ~ By Diana Gabaldon
• An Echo in the Bone ~ By Diana Gabaldon
• Written in My Own Heart's Blood ~ By Diana Gabaldon
• A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows ~ Dy Diana Gabaldon
• The Space Between ~ By Diana Gabaldon
• Stars of Fortune ~ By Nora Roberts

Here are links to some of my friends who are also participating in this challenge!

Amber ~ http://ambershiines.blogspot.com/2015/01/reading-challenge-2015.html?m=0
Angela ~ http://angievcrafts.blogspot.com/p/2015-reading-challenge.html
Jessica ~ https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9761582
Melissa ~ http://melgarnerandbabyj.blogspot.com/2015/01/reading-challenge-2015.html