I'm finished! This challenge was fantastic, it really encouraged me to spread my wings and broaden my reading horizons. Here is a list of all the books I read, at the bottom, for those so inclined I will list my top 10 - not to be missed books I read due to this challenge and the top 10 biggest busts. Check it out
- a book with 500 pages - Black Halo by S.L. Naeole
- a classic romance - The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
- a book that became a movie - With Love, Rosie by Cecelia Ahearn
- a book published this year - And the Wicked Will Rise by Danielle Paige
- a book with a number in the title - 20 Boy Summer
- a book written by someone under 30 - Split
- book by a female author - Teasy by Amanda Maciel
- mystery or thriller - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
- book with a one word title - Moth by Daniel Aronson
- book of short stories - When it Happens to You by Molly Ringwald
- a book set in a different country - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
- nonfiction - Reading in the Dark by Seamus Deane
- new author - Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
- a book recommended by a friend - Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Dicks
- Pulitzer Prize winner - All the Light We Can Not See by Anthony Doerr
- a book based on a true story - The Boys in the Boat
- a book from the bottom of my TBR list - Heading out to Wonderful by Robert Goolrick
- a book 100 years old - Call of the Wild by Jack London
- a book based on the cover - Love and Treasure by Ayelet Waldman
- a book I should have read in school - Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
- a book I finished in a day - The Truth about Alice
- a book with antonyms in the title - The Truth Tellers Lie by Sophie Hannah
- a book set somewhere I've always wanted to visit - Parlor Games
- a book with a love triangle - the Sin Eaters Daughter
- a book set in high school - Never, Never by Colleen Hoover
- a book set in the future - The Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
- a book with a color in the title - Golden Son by Pierce Brown
- a book that made me cry - All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
- a book with magic - The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black
- a graphic novel - Ender's Game : Battle School
- a new author - The Good Girl by Mary Kubrica
- a book owned but not read - The Story Teller by Jodi Picout
- a book set in my hometown - The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon
- a book originally written in a different language - little Mercies by Heather Gudenkauf
- a book set during Christmas - Saving Grace by S.L. Naeole
- a book series: The Selection, The Elite, The One
- a banned book: A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl
- a book started but never finished ( but now I have finished ) Perks of Being a Wallflower
- first book of a famous author - Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
- a book from childhood - Fly by Night by K M Peyton
- a book with non human characters - Half Brother by Kenneth Oppal
- a funny book - Hark! A Vagrant! by Kate Beaton
- a nonfiction book - The 6th Extinction: An Unnatural History
- a book from an author you love but haven't read yet - The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks
- book based on a TV show - The Pines
- a book with an author with my initials - Bird Song S.L. Naeole
- a book that scares me - Not Without My Daughter by Betty Mahmoody
- a memoir - American Titan - Searching for John Wayne
- a book released the year I was born - Jonathan Livingston Seagull
- a book with bad reviews - The Luxe\
- a book my mother loves - Gifts from the Sea by Ann Murrow Lindberg
And now, those books that I would probably not have read wtihout this challenge with were absolutely FANTASTIC - in no particular order:
- The Last of the Mohicans
- Salvage the Bones
- All The Light We Cannot See
- Of Mice and Men
- Speaker for the Dead
- All the Bright Places
- The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
- Half Brother
- The 6th Extinction
- The Pines
Some books that I wished I had passed on - over hyped or just not well written, in my opinion:
- The Girl on the Train
- Ender's Game: Battle School - Graphic novels are not for me, too distracting
- The Good Girl
- Little Mercies - so bad I couldn't force myself to finish
- A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl - just as terrible as it sounds
- Hark! A Vagrant! - once you've read Hyberbole and a Half - nothing else is ever quite that funny
- The Luxe
- Moth - loved Daniel Aronson's other stuff, but this one was really flat.
- The Boys in the Boat - I wanted to love it and just didn't.
