I participated in the 2015 Reading Challenge by PopSugar with the goal of reading 52 books in 2015 with different challenges. That post (which I should've updated regularly, but actually never did) is now long outdated. However, I DID actually read all the books (and a few more during the Christmas holidays, when I wasn't under the pressure of reading 52 books in one year any more).
So, for those interested: I actually read 57 books in 2015, and these are the 52 books of my reading challenge:
1. A book with more than 500 pages - Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
2. A classic romance - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
3. A book that became a movie - The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
4. A book published this year - Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson
5. A book with a number in the title - Sixth of the Dusk by Brandon Sanderson
6. A book written by someone under 30 - Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
7. A book with nonhuman characters - The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
8. A funny book - Look Who's Back by Timur Vermes
9. A book by a female author - Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
10. A mystery or thriller - Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
11. A book with a one-word title - Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
12. A book of short stories - Rogues edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois
13. A book set in a different country - The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson
14. A nonfiction book - Mr Darcy's Guide to Courtship by Emily Brand
15. A popular author's first book - Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
16. A book from an author you love that you haven't read yet - Mistborn: The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
17. A book a friend recommended - Never let me go by Kazuo Ishiguro
18. A Pulitzer Prize-winning book - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
19. A book based on a true story - Where she went by Gayle Forman
20. A book at the bottom of your to-read list - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
21. A book your mom loves - Watership Down by Richard Adams
22. A book that scares you - Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen by J. K. Rowling
23. A book more than 100 years old - Uncle Silas by Joseph T. Sheridan Le Fanu
24. A book based entirely on its cover - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
25. A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't - Windows on the World by Frédéric Beigbeder
26. A memoir - Wild by Cheryl Strayed
27. A book you can finish in a day - Through the Looking-Glass (And What Alice Found There) by Lewis Carroll
28. A book with antonyms in the title - The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby by Charles Kingsley
29. A book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit - Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
30. A book that came out the year you were born - Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
31. A book with bad reviews - Olalla by Robert Louis Stevenson
32. A trilogy - The Old Kingdom Trilogy by Garth Nix
33. A book from your childhood - The Secret Garden by Frances H. Burnett
34. A book with a love triangle - Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
35. A book set in the future - The Maze Runner by James Dashner
36. A book set in high school - If I stay by Gayle Forman
37. A book with a color in the title - A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
38. A book that made you cry - PS, I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
39. A book with magic - The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks
40. A graphic novel - Dansen op de vulkaan by Floor de Goede
41. A book by an author you've never read before - De dag dat ik doodging by Tania Bongers
42. A book you own but have never read - Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell by Brandon Sanderson
43. A book that takes place in your hometown - Just one day by Gayle Forman
44. A book that was originally written in a different language - The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano
45. A book set during Christmas - The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens
46. A book written by an author with your same initials - The Big Bow Mystery by Israel Zangwill
47. A play - Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
48. A banned book - Fanny Hill, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure by John Cleland
49. A book based on or turned into a TV show - The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding
50. A book you started but never finished - Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
I am quite proud that I accomplished this :)
So, for those interested: I actually read 57 books in 2015, and these are the 52 books of my reading challenge:
1. A book with more than 500 pages - Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
2. A classic romance - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
3. A book that became a movie - The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
4. A book published this year - Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson
5. A book with a number in the title - Sixth of the Dusk by Brandon Sanderson
6. A book written by someone under 30 - Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
7. A book with nonhuman characters - The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
8. A funny book - Look Who's Back by Timur Vermes
9. A book by a female author - Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
10. A mystery or thriller - Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
11. A book with a one-word title - Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
12. A book of short stories - Rogues edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois
13. A book set in a different country - The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson
14. A nonfiction book - Mr Darcy's Guide to Courtship by Emily Brand
15. A popular author's first book - Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
16. A book from an author you love that you haven't read yet - Mistborn: The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
17. A book a friend recommended - Never let me go by Kazuo Ishiguro
18. A Pulitzer Prize-winning book - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
19. A book based on a true story - Where she went by Gayle Forman
20. A book at the bottom of your to-read list - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
21. A book your mom loves - Watership Down by Richard Adams
22. A book that scares you - Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen by J. K. Rowling
23. A book more than 100 years old - Uncle Silas by Joseph T. Sheridan Le Fanu
24. A book based entirely on its cover - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
25. A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't - Windows on the World by Frédéric Beigbeder
26. A memoir - Wild by Cheryl Strayed
27. A book you can finish in a day - Through the Looking-Glass (And What Alice Found There) by Lewis Carroll
28. A book with antonyms in the title - The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby by Charles Kingsley
29. A book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit - Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
30. A book that came out the year you were born - Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
31. A book with bad reviews - Olalla by Robert Louis Stevenson
32. A trilogy - The Old Kingdom Trilogy by Garth Nix
33. A book from your childhood - The Secret Garden by Frances H. Burnett
34. A book with a love triangle - Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
35. A book set in the future - The Maze Runner by James Dashner
36. A book set in high school - If I stay by Gayle Forman
37. A book with a color in the title - A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
38. A book that made you cry - PS, I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
39. A book with magic - The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks
40. A graphic novel - Dansen op de vulkaan by Floor de Goede
41. A book by an author you've never read before - De dag dat ik doodging by Tania Bongers
42. A book you own but have never read - Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell by Brandon Sanderson
43. A book that takes place in your hometown - Just one day by Gayle Forman
44. A book that was originally written in a different language - The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano
45. A book set during Christmas - The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens
46. A book written by an author with your same initials - The Big Bow Mystery by Israel Zangwill
47. A play - Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
48. A banned book - Fanny Hill, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure by John Cleland
49. A book based on or turned into a TV show - The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding
50. A book you started but never finished - Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
I am quite proud that I accomplished this :)
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