2016 Book Challenge
By daisy
@everybodylovespizza (84)
United States
January 24, 2016 12:52pm CST
So I found this book challenge and decided I would complete it as one of my new year's resolutions in 2016:
1. a book published this year
2. a book you can finish in a day
3. a book you've been meaning to read
4. a book recommended by a librarian or book seller
5. a book you should have read in school
6. a book published before the year you were born
7. a book that has been banned at some point in time
8. a book you've previously abandoned and never finished
9. a book chosen for you by a friend or family member
10. a book you own but have never read
11. a book that intimidates you
12. a book you've already read
I'm sharing this challenge for any book worms out there and also to hear any book suggestions! I'm currently looking for a book suggested by a librarian or book seller so any librarians or book sellers out there please help me out! Any genre will work for me as I am trying to branch out from what I typically read. I am also searching for a book that I can read in a day. For me, that's about 150-200 pages. All suggestions for any of the above categories are appreciated and if anyone decides to participate in this challenge keep me updated with what you're reading!
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@everybodylovespizza (84)
• United States
24 Jan 16
I'm not sure where the list came from, it's just something I saw online and thought I'd share. In my instance I love to read but I find myself reading many books from the same genre so I thought this would be helpful for me to branch out of my comfort zone. As for number 11, I like that one. I'm sure there are plenty of books I've skipped over in the past because something about it intimidated me.
@everybodylovespizza (84)
• United States
25 Jan 16
@paigea farewell to arms is the one that always intimidated me. I started reading it in high school and had to put it down after a few chapters. It was just so dull to me at the time and it's always seemed more like a project to read rather than a story to me
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@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
6 Feb 16
Amazon(dot)com has search-tools u can use to find a lot of those specifications. (Does 'having an AStore' qualify me as a book-seller? even if I don't think I've ever actually "sold a book" there?) I always suggest "The Greatest Salesman in the World," by Og Mandino.
@everybodylovespizza (84)
• United States
6 Feb 16
I would say that qualifies you! Thankyou! I'm going to add your suggestion to my book list
@patgalca (18181)
• Orangeville, Ontario
25 Jan 16
I have been keeping track of the books I read for 40 years. My year end is February 18th so I am trying to finish the book I recently started by that date. I looked at how many chapters are in the book, counted the days left and figured I would need to read at least 2 chapters a day to do it. I think I've caught up to the point where I need to only read one chapter a day as I read 3 chapters about 3 nights in a row. But I only read one last night. I could never focus on such a big challenge you have put forth, though I do hope to publish a book.
@patgalca (18181)
• Orangeville, Ontario
25 Jan 16
@Marty1 It's actually one big long list. At day's end on the 18th I draw a line with the number of years it's been and then carry on into the next year at 925 or whatever number I'm at right now. My librarian in grade 7 started our class doing this and I continued it. I guess we must have started this project in February.
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@patgalca (18181)
• Orangeville, Ontario
25 Jan 16
@everybodylovespizza @Mary1 This began with a sheet of paper given to us by the librarian. I continued it in a small Hilroy school notebook. Once I got a computer I transferred it all onto a floppy disc (which I lost but thank God I printed it all out), and now on a flash drive.
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@everybodylovespizza (84)
• United States
25 Jan 16
This year I started keeping a list as well of all the books i read. I write them down on a blank bookmark.
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@everybodylovespizza (84)
• United States
25 Jan 16
I did! i found the time to finish one book. I finished a Feast of Crows which is the fourth book in the game of thrones series. It accomplished one of the easier challenges on the list which is a book i've been meaning to read. Next, i'm reading In Cold Blood which is a book i own but never have read. I've also started writing down the books I read on my bookmark so at the end of the year i can look back and remember all the books i've read in 2016
@DeborahDiane (40055)
• Laguna Woods, California
28 Jan 16
I read all the time, but that is an interesting challenge you listed there.
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@oneoveralpha (434)
• Brookville, Pennsylvania
24 Jan 16
I don't read as much as I should, but I could probably hit about half of these. I've bookmarked this, and if I remember, I'll check back at the end of the year to see how I did.
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@everybodylovespizza (84)
• United States
25 Jan 16
good luck to you too! i read often but i tend to read the same few authors or genres so i thought this challenge would help me broaden my horizons a little bit
@Ruby3881 (1963)
• Canada
3 Apr 16
This looks like a fun way to do a reading challenge. I may try to make up a list that meets the 12 criteria. Banned books are really easy, as that's a very long list. Not sure if there's a book that I'd say intimidates me, though. Maybe if I read one of the French classics in the original text?
@everybodylovespizza (84)
• United States
4 Apr 16
That's the category I was having a hard time with but I thought about it and I'll read farewell to arms. That book always intimidated me for some reason. I know it's a classic but it just seems so boring to me and that intimidates me
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@Ruby3881 (1963)
• Canada
4 Apr 16
@everybodylovespizza I'm not sure a boring book is intimidating - it's just boring! And just because a book is a classic, doesn't mean everyone will like it.
