07/05/15 - "2015 Reading Challenge" Update

Since reading is my life right now, well during my free time anyway, I am back to update you on my progress.

 

As always I will share the list that is "The Reading Challenge":

 

 

 And like I did during my last update, here's a reminder of the books I already read: 

A book with more than 500 pages:  "Allegiant"

A book that became a movie:  "The Silver Linings Playbook"

A book published this year: "Before I Go"

A book with a number in the title:  "Three Wishes"

A funny Book:  "Seriously...I'm Kidding" 

A book by a female Author:  "Girls in Trouble"

A book of short stories:  "Four" 

A popular author's first book: "Still Alice" 

A book based on a true story: "Wild" 

A memoir:  "Yes, Please"

A book that is set in high school: "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"

A book by an Author you never read before: "The Fault In Our Stars

Unbearable lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain - Bonus Book/Category I Made up: "a book you've already read but liked enough to read again" 

And now for my updates:

A book by an author you love that you haven't read yet: "Paper Towns"

A book with a one-word title: "Triangles"

A book set in a different country: "Reinventing Rose"  - (Australia)

A book you started but never finished: "The Host"

I want to say a little bit about this last book... it was written by Stephenie Meyer the author who wrote the "Twilight"series... I LOVED the "Twilight" Series (Hey! Don't judge! LOL). I bought "The Host" when it first came out, in 2008, and could not get into it! To be honest, I just didn't understand it! It has a sci-fi vibe and I am not into sci-fi. So I shoved it under my bed never to see the light of day again (or so I thought). Then I watched the movie in 2013 and although the movie wasn't all that great, it gave me more of an understanding of what was going on. So when this challenge category came up, I decided to give the book another chance. I'm glad I did! Although I wouldn't place on my list of "Best Books I've Ever Read" I did enjoy reading it.  The only problem I had is it was LONG (60 chapters, 619 pages)! I felt like, despite that I enjoyed reading it,  I'd never be finished w/ it!

This brings my total: 17 out of 51  (actually it should be 53 because one of the categories is a trilogy)

BTW I was 'chatting' w/ a fellow blogger who is also taking on this challenge and we both agreed that some of these categories are boring so we probably wont get to them all.   

Maybe if I had started sooner I would have made myself do it, but seeing as I started the challenge late in the year, and am therefore already behind, I plan on working on the categories that interest me first and IF I have time go back to the others.

After all this is suppose to be a fun challenge, right?

RIGHT! And it definitely is!