Book Club: 2016 Reading Challenge!

[Rosto]

Enola email me at [email protected] and I'll send you the document to print.

 

[Rosto]

Ok my reading update:
Started Reading #18. Book with Blue Cover- Past Crimes by Glen Erik Hamilton
Started Reading #57. A book written by a famous non-writer The Kill Switch: A Tucker Wayne Novel by James Rollins (Veterinarian)
Finished #8. A book that's becoming a movie this year -The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
Almost finished with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, not sure where I'll put it yet.

 

[BantamFan4Life]

I'm reading William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" right now.

 

[Rosto]

That's a great one! Hamlet could be used for several of the numbers on the list! I taught HS English so have had to read it many times in the past. I'm so glad that you have chosen to join the challenge! Keep Reading!!!

 

[BantamFan4Life]

That's a great one! Hamlet could be used for several of the numbers on the list! I taught HS English so have had to read it many times in the past. I'm so glad that you have chosen to join the challenge! Keep Reading!!!

I know! Trying to push myself to finish Hamlet...hopefully I finish it before it's due at the library

 

[N F C]

Update on the challenge:

1. "The Murder of King Tut" by James Patterson (about an unfamiliar culture)
3. "Minding Frankie" by Maeve Binchy (set in Europe)
4. "Basket Case" by Carl Hiaasen (set in my home state)
5. "The Expatriates" by Janice Y.K. Lee (Published in 2016)
7. "A Beautiful Place to Die" by Jeff Jackson (takes place on an island)
9. "The Time Keeper" by Mitch Albom (brings you joy)
11. "The Grown Up" by Gillian Flynn (Book under 150 pages)
12. "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong (Book about a road trip)
14. "The Stranger" by Harlan Coben (Book with blue cover)
18. "The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion" by Fannie Flagg (Written by an Alabama author)
19. "You're Only Old Once" by Dr. Seuss (Book you can finish in a day)
20. "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London (Book should have read in high school)
26. "Chestnut Street" by Maeve Binchy (Book written by foreign author)
32. "Frankenstein: Lost Souls" by Dean Koontz (Sci-Fi)
34. "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens (100 years older than me)
41. "Florida Poems" by Campbell McGrath (Book of poetry)
42. "Taken" by Robert Crais (Recommended by a friend)
44. "Whitethorn Woods" by Maeve Binchy (Chosen for it's cover)
48. "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin (Book with a color in the title)
54. "A Week in Winter" by Maeve Binchy (Book recommended by librarian)
61. "A Miracle on the 17th Green" by James Patterson (Book about a sport)
75. "The First Rule" by Robert Crais (Book with number in the title)

 

[BantamFan4Life]

I think the next book I'm going to read is "City of God" by Augustine of Hippo. I can get the over 600 pages and a book translated into English on that one

 

[N F C]

Update on the challenge:

1. "The Murder of King Tut" by James Patterson (about an unfamiliar culture)
3. "Minding Frankie" by Maeve Binchy (set in Europe)
4. "Basket Case" by Carl Hiaasen (set in my home state)
5. "The Expatriates" by Janice Y.K. Lee (Published in 2016)
7. "A Beautiful Place to Die" by Jeff Jackson (takes place on an island)
9. "The Time Keeper" by Mitch Albom (brings you joy)
11. "The Grown Up" by Gillian Flynn (Book under 150 pages)
12. "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong (Book about a road trip)
14. "The Stranger" by Harlan Coben (Book with blue cover)
17. "I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This" by Bob Newhart (Book written by comedian)
18. "The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion" by Fannie Flagg (Written by an Alabama author)
19. "You're Only Old Once" by Dr. Seuss (Book you can finish in a day)
20. "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London (Book should have read in high school)
26. "Chestnut Street" by Maeve Binchy (Book written by foreign author)
32. "Frankenstein: Lost Souls" by Dean Koontz (Sci-Fi)
34. "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens (100 years older than me)
40. "Katherine the Queen" by Linda Porter (Non-fiction title)
41. "Florida Poems" by Campbell McGrath (Book of poetry)
42. "Taken" by Robert Crais (Recommended by a friend)
44. "Whitethorn Woods" by Maeve Binchy (Chosen for it's cover)
48. "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin (Book with a color in the title)
54. "A Week in Winter" by Maeve Binchy (Book recommended by librarian)
61. "A Miracle on the 17th Green" by James Patterson (Book about a sport)
67. "Naked Greed" by Stuart Woods (Borrowed book)
75. "The First Rule" by Robert Crais (Book with number in the title)

How is everyone else coming on the challenge?

 

[Rosto]

I've been reading like mad! Here's my update:
5. A book that is published in 2016
Brotherhood in Death by J. D. Robb
14. A book with a blue cover
Past Crimes by Glen Erik Hamilton
35. A YA bestseller
Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs
40. Any nonfiction title
The Medecine Garden by Rachel Corby
48. A book with a color in the title
Written in Red: A Novel of the Others by Anne Bishop
55. A book set in a place you have visited
The Guilty by David Baldacci (Mississippi)
57. A book written by a famous non-writer
The Kill Switch: A Tucker Wayne Novel by James Rollins (Veternarian) and Grant Blackwood
64. A book where the protagonist is the story teller (1st person narrative)
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
75. A book with a number in the title
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith

 

[N F C]

Update on the challenge:

1. "The Murder of King Tut" by James Patterson (about an unfamiliar culture)
2. "A Few of the Girls" by Maeve Binchy (Recommended by someone just met)
3. "Minding Frankie" by Maeve Binchy (set in Europe)
4. "Basket Case" by Carl Hiaasen (set in my home state)
5. "The Expatriates" by Janice Y.K. Lee (Published in 2016)
7. "A Beautiful Place to Die" by Jeff Jackson (takes place on an island)
9. "The Time Keeper" by Mitch Albom (brings you joy)
10. "The Bone Tree" by Greg Iles (Book more than 600 pages)
11. "The Grown Up" by Gillian Flynn (Book under 150 pages)
12. "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong (Book about a road trip)
14. "The Stranger" by Harlan Coben (Book with blue cover)
16. "A Lucky Life Interrupted" by Tom Brokaw (Written by a celebrity)
17. "I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This" by Bob Newhart (Book written by comedian)
18. "The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion" by Fannie Flagg (Written by an Alabama author)
19. "You're Only Old Once" by Dr. Seuss (Book you can finish in a day)
20. "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London (Book should have read in high school)
26. "Chestnut Street" by Maeve Binchy (Book written by foreign author)
28. "A Reliable Wife" by Robert Goolrick (New York Times bestseller)
32. "Frankenstein: Lost Souls" by Dean Koontz (Sci-Fi)
34. "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens (100 years older than me)
40. "Katherine the Queen" by Linda Porter (Non-fiction title)
41. "Florida Poems" by Campbell McGrath (Book of poetry)
42. "Taken" by Robert Crais (Recommended by a friend)
44. "Whitethorn Woods" by Maeve Binchy (Chosen for it's cover)
48. "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin (Book with a color in the title)
54. "A Week in Winter" by Maeve Binchy (Book recommended by librarian)
61. "A Miracle on the 17th Green" by James Patterson (Book about a sport)
67. "Naked Greed" by Stuart Woods (Borrowed book)
75. "The First Rule" by Robert Crais (Book with number in the title)