Back on the 31st of December 2014, I randomly came across the 2015 reading challenge list for the first time on Popsugar. It was that moment that I decided to tackle this and I was so excited to get started.
Now it's August of 2015 - yep already it's August! - and I hadn't looked at the challenge list in a long time. I thought, as it's over halfway through the year - crazy I know! - that I would take a look at my progress through each challenge and what books I would need to read in the remaining months to complete the task - which I am still determined to do.
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| The Challenges - Where I Got The List From |
I found that a lot of the challenges are quite broad, so can be completed easily. Such as 'a book you started but never finished', which can apply to a lot of books for me as I tend to start books then move onto another one without completing the first one.
So far, I have approximately completed 25 of the 50 challenges, which is exactly halfway to the goal.
There are some very specific challenges that I haven't yet completed, so I need to think a little more ahead. I wanted to list down the books I plan on reading to complete some of the challenges I haven't touched on yet so I could prepare.
Below are some of the books I plan on completing before the end of 2015 and the challenges they would fulfil:
A Mystery or Thriller
By M. R. Carey
I have already started reading some of this already but not quite sure how I feel about it yet. It is packed with mystery, as I'm never quite sure what is going on.. but for me that is a bit of a flaw because I haven't got hooked enough on the story and other books just seem to get in the way and distract me from continue on with it. But I will eventually, I'm sure.
I manage to acquire a number of mysteries/thrillers somehow. They always end up staying on my TBR shelves for a long time though because I never seem to be in the right mood to get and read them, so I do have a few options for this challenge...
Gone Girl
By Gillian Flynn
...'Gone Girl' is a great example of this. I've had this book for ages. And I am determined to eventually read it. I know it's about a man who is accused of something to do with his wife's disappearance and I've heard good things about both the novel and the film adaptation.. I just need to get on with it. I can't say thrillers are really my thing though, so I'm never in the mood to start it. But I'm gonna make sure I definitely do at some point because I have a feeling I will enjoy it when I finally give it a chance.
A Pulitzer Prize Winning Book
All The Light We Cannot See
By Anthony Doerr
I actually didn't know what this was about at all when I first bought it, I just knew it has been getting some very good reviews. I now know it revolves around a girl in Paris and a orphan boy from Germany that then cross paths after the Nazis invade Paris. Wells that's what I can work out from the synopsis and it does sound intriguing. And can we just take a long moment to admire how beautiful this cover it.
Just wow.
I own both this and 'The Goldfinch' by Donna Tartt, which is also a Pulitzer Prize winner, so I do have a couple of options with this challenge. But at 755 pages long, The Goldfinch is a lot more daunting.
A Book At The Bottom Of Your TBR
Infinite Days
By Rebecca Maizel
I bought this book so many years ago, I can't even remember why or where I got it. I have a feeling this was during the Twilight hangover phase that everyone seemed to have, when all we craved was books about vampires. But I think it has lost it's appeal now and I haven't gotten round to read it because I own so many other books that I actually do want to read.
A Book With Antonyms In The Title
Inside Out
By Maria V. Snyder
I can't say I know much about this book, I think I bought it cheap on a whim hoping I would find it interesting. As far as I know it's a dystopian style YA book that's been compared to Uglies and The Hunger Games because of it's rebellion/revolution elements. I am kind of excited to get into it, but the average-at-best reviews that I've come across have just put me off it so far.
I don't currently own many other books that actually include antonyms in the title, so it's either this or 'A Great and Terrible Beauty' by Libba Bray that I plan on reading.
A Book More Than 100 Years Old
Peter Pan
By J. M. Barrie
First published in 1902, Peter Pan is a story I already love, but I have yet to read the book where it all began. I've heard that it's brilliant so I can't wait to get my hands on it and finally read it. I consider this to be a classic and I don't think I've ever actually properly read a classic so it will be a rare new experience for me.
A Book That Came Out The Year You Were Born
Northern Lights (The Golden Compass)
By Phillip Pullman
Born in 1995, I tried to look for books that were released during this year and there doesn't seem to be many other options other than this. I've never seen the film adaptation nor have had any interest in watching it, so when I purchased the book, I knew next to nothing about the plot. And even now, as I read through the synopsis on Goodreads, I still have no clue. It revolves around an orphan searching for a missing friend in the Arctic? It's a middle grade fantasy, so it shouldn't be too difficult to follow once I actually start reading it.
So those are just some of the many books I need to read before the end of the year if I want to complete this beast of a challenge. There are loads of the challenges that I haven't even started to consider what I will read to accomplish them, while others are actually quite simple. It's still possible though, with four and a half months left.
I betta get reading...
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