2016 Reading Challenge

2016 Reading Challenge

I don't think my love of reading (if it's not more correctly an obsession) shocks anyone who knows me. So when I saw this on Better World's FB page, I decided to do it. Now, given I read constantly, it's no surprise that I read more books in a month than many people do in a year. I thought about keeping a log of all the books I read but decided that would be a bit too much. I already have plans on some of the books I plan to read for this challenge. Others I need to ask someone about (the librarian and the person 30 years older or younger than me) or do some research on (books set on each continent, etc). So here is the list of books I plan to read so far for this challenge. Links are to Fantastic Fiction's page on each book. As I read them, I will try to note the date I started and finished them. I am in the middle of a series right now but as soon as I finish it, I will start the challenge. As of 1 Jan. 2016, the ones without titles are ones I need recommendations on or need to research a bit more for what I want to read. The challenge itself calls for 31 books (25 categories but the continents requires 7 books) but I plan on reading 85 for the challenge if I counted right.

• A book set in my home state/region
  • Cast Two Shadows by Ann Rinaldi

Started: 6:15 am 2 Jan. 2016

Finished: 2:10 pm 2 Jan. 2016

• A book with my favorite color cover

Books 2 and 6 of the Governess Bride series by Christina Dodd

1. Rules of Surrender

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2. Rules of Engagement
   
   
   

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3. Rules of Attraction
   
   
   

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4. In My Wildest Dreams
   
   
   

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5. Lost in Your Arms
   
   
   

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6. My Favorite Bride
   
   
   

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7. My Fair Temptress
   
   
   

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8. In Bed with the Duke
   
   
   

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9. Taken by the Prince
   
   
   

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• A book recommended by a librarian
  • The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
    
    

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• A book of poetry
  • Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
    

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• A book that will become a movie this year
  • Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll
    

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• A book with a main character that has an occupation similar to my own
  • filler

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• A book published the year I was born (1977)
  • The Women's Room by Marilyn French (Goodreads link)
    

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• A book featuring a protagonist with a lifestyle different than my own (religion, sexuality, education, occupation, politics)
  • filler

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• A National Book Award winner from years past
  • Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (Winner National Book Award Fiction category 1938)
    

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• A book over 500 pages
  • Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
    

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I will also read the official and unoffical sequels by various authors as below.

• Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley

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• Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCaig
  

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• The Wind Done Gone by Alice Randall
  

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• A book under 200 pages
  • filler

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• A graphic novel
  • filler

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• Books set on each continent
  • Africa
    • filler

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• Antarctica
  • filler

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• Asia
  • The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
    

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• Australia
  • filler

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• Europe
  • filler

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• North America
  • filler

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• South America
  

  •  The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
    

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  •  Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
    

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  •  Portrait in Sepia by Isabel Allende
    

    

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• A book recommended by someone 30 years older or younger than me
  • filler

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• A banned book
  • A Separate Peace by John Knowles (Goodreads link)
    

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• A book I was supposed to read in school but didn't
  • The Diary of a Young Girl by Ann Frank (Goodreads link)
    

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• A book by a female author with a female protagonist
  • The Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder

1. Little House in the Big Woods
   
   
   

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2. Little House on the Prairie
   
   
   

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3. Farmer Boy
   
   
   

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4. On the Banks of Plum Creek
   
   

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5. By the Shores of Silver Lake
   
   

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6. The Long Winter
   
   

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7. Little Town on the Prairie
   
   

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8. These Happy Golden Years
   
   

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9. The First Four Years
   
   

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• The Anne of Green Gables series by L.M. Montgomery

1. Anne of Green Gables
   
   

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2. Anne of Avonlea
   
   

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3. Anne of the Island
   
   

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4. Anne of Windy Poplars
   
   

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5. Anne's House of Dreams
   
   

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6. Anne of Ingleside
   
   

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7. Rainbow Valley
   
   

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8. Rilla of Ingleside
   
   

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• A number of historical fiction books by Ann Rinaldi
  • A Ride Into Morning
    
    

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• A Break with Charity
  
  

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• Amelia's War
  

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• An Acquaintance With Darkness
  
  

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• An Unlikely Friendship
  
  

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• Brooklyn Rose
  

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• Come Juneteenth
  

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• Finishing Becca
  

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• Girl in Blue
  
  
  

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• Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons
  

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• Juliet's Moon
  

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• Leigh Ann's Civil War
  

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• My Vicksburg
  

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• Nine Days a Queen
  

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• Or Give Me Death
  
  

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• Sarah's Ground
  
  

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• The Coffin Quilt
  

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• The Color of Fire
  

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• The Family Greene
  

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• The Fifth of March
  

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• The Last Full Measure
  

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• The Last Silk Dress
  

Started: 8:45 am 6 Jun. 2016

Finished: 12:20 pm 6 Jun. 2016

• The Letter Writer
  
  

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• The Redheaded Princess
  
  

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• The Secret of Sarah Revere
  

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• The Staircase
  
  

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• Time Enough for Drums
  

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• Wolf by the Ears
  
   
  
  

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• A book translated from a different language
  • War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
    

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• A nonfiction book about science

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• A collection of essays

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• A book by a person of color

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• A famous author's lesser known work

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• A science fiction book
  • The Dragoback series by Timothy Zahn

1. Dragon and Thief
   

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2. Dragon and Soldier
   

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3. Dragon and Slave
   

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4. Dragon and Herdsman
   

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5. Dragon and Judge
   

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6. Dragon and Liberator
   

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• A self-improvement book
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