'Tis the time of year when I finally start feeling accomplished because I have successfully completed some reading challenges. The first one I finished this year was the Full House Reading Challenge, hosted by Kathryn at Book Date. I absolutely loved this challenge because it brought back memories of fourth grade reading class, when we had to do something similar. I'm such a reading nerd, but I'm okay with that!
Here is the original board that we had to complete:
Here is the original board that we had to complete:
And here are the books I read to complete it. (I did replace the Suspense or Crime square with Classic, because I'm not a suspense or crime sort of reader.)
From the local library: Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins
Theme/issue you think is important: The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Reread: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Won or borrowed: The Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder
Book from a series: Big Cherry Holler by Adriana Trigiani
Best read so far in 2014: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
Setting you'd like to visit: Living in a Foreign Language: A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Love in Italy by Michael Tucker
Review persuaded you to read it: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Historical fiction: The Service of Clouds by Delia Falconer
Free or bought very cheaply: The Queen of the Big Time by Adriana Trigiani
From your wish list: The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton
Suspense or crime: Classic: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
Free choice: The Song of the Quarkbeast by Jasper Fforde
Less than 200 pages: Austenland by Shannon Hale
Published in 2013: The Wishing Thread by Lisa Van Allen
Set in a different country from you: Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Contemporary: Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Published before 2013: Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
Nonfiction: The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost by Rachel Friedman
Paranormal or SF or Dystopian: The Other Side of the Island by Allegra Goodman
Published in 2014: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
More than 400 pages: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Book with animal in it: The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
Author new to you: Longbourn by Jo Baker
You love the cover: A Guide for the Perplexed by Dara Horn
From the local library: Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins
Theme/issue you think is important: The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Reread: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Won or borrowed: The Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder
Book from a series: Big Cherry Holler by Adriana Trigiani
Best read so far in 2014: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
Setting you'd like to visit: Living in a Foreign Language: A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Love in Italy by Michael Tucker
Review persuaded you to read it: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Historical fiction: The Service of Clouds by Delia Falconer
Free or bought very cheaply: The Queen of the Big Time by Adriana Trigiani
From your wish list: The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton
Suspense or crime: Classic: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
Free choice: The Song of the Quarkbeast by Jasper Fforde
Less than 200 pages: Austenland by Shannon Hale
Published in 2013: The Wishing Thread by Lisa Van Allen
Set in a different country from you: Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Contemporary: Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Published before 2013: Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
Nonfiction: The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost by Rachel Friedman
Paranormal or SF or Dystopian: The Other Side of the Island by Allegra Goodman
Published in 2014: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
More than 400 pages: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Book with animal in it: The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
Author new to you: Longbourn by Jo Baker
You love the cover: A Guide for the Perplexed by Dara Horn
Bingo! :)
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