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2016 Reading Challenge Round-up -- Failed

Tobe Buffenbarger

Goal: 32/40 books

  1. Based on a fairy tale — Cinder by Marissa Meyer (11/16/16)
  2. National Book Award winner — In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick (6/14/16)
  3. YA bestseller — The House of Hades by Rick Riordan (1/15/16)
  4. Haven’t read since high school — A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking (2/12/16)
  5. Set in home state — Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan (3/8/16)
  6. Translated to English —
  7. Romance set in the future — The Little Android by Marissa Meyer (12/7/16)
  8. Set in Europe — Chocolat by Joanne Harris (1/7/16)
  9. Under 150 pages — The Walking Dead Vol. 23 (1/9/16)
  10. NYT Bestseller — Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (4/26/16)
  11. Becoming a movie this year — The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey (6/21/16)
  12. Recommended by someone you just met — The Maze Runner by James Dashner (3/8/16)
  13. Self-improvement book —
  14. Can finish in day — The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom (2/1/16)
  15. Written by a a celebrity —
  16. Political memoir — The Residence by Kate Andersen Brower (9/4/16)
  17. At least 100 years older than you —
  18. More than 600 pages — Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon (1/8/16)
  19. Oprah’s Book Club — Wild by Cheryl Strayed (11/16/16)
  20. Science fiction novel — Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke (8/12/16)
  21. Recommended by a family member — Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris (12/5/16)
  22. Graphic novel — Manhattan Projects Vol. 2 (1/4/16)
  23. Published in 2016 — Forevermore by Kristen Callihan (6/1/16)
  24. Protagonist who has your occupation —
  25. Takes place during summer — Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (8/3/16)
  26. Book and its prequel — Rose of Fire and The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (1/24/16)
  27. Murder mystery — The Last Camellia by Sarah Jio (9/13/16)
  28. Written by a comedian — Bossypants by Tina Fey (12/23/16)
  29. Dystopian novel — Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (2/3/16)
  30. Blue cover — Valiant Ambition by Nathaniel Philbrick (7/7/16)
  31. Poetry —
  32. First book you see in a bookstore — The Lost by Sarah Beth Durst (4/20/16)
  33. Classic from 20th century — The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (7/15/16)
  34. From the library — American Vampire Vol. 4 (1/5/16)
  35. Autobiography — An Innocent, A Broad by Ann Leary (8/1/16)
  36. About a road trip —
  37. About a unfamiliar culture –In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner (5/27/16)
  38. Satirical book —
  39. Takes place on an island — And Only to Deceive by Tasha Alexander (5/12/16)
  40. Guaranteed to bring you joy — The Heart of Christmas (1/6/16)

Goal: 3/6 Books

  1. Country:
  2. Item of Clothing: The Deception of the Emerald Ring by Lauren Willig (1/18/16)
  3. Item of Furniture:
  4. Profession: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (7/15/16)
  5. Month of the Year:
  6. “Tree”: The Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig (3/18/16)

Goal: 7/10 Books

  1. Fairest Vol. 5 (1/4/16)
  2. The Iron Warrior by Julie Kagawa (5/1/16)
  3. Saga Vol. 5 (5/9/16)
  4. Cinder by Marissa Meyer (11/16/16)
  5. Glitches by Marissa Meyer (12/7/16)
  6. The Little Android by Marissa Meyer (12/7/16)
  7. The Queen’s Army by Marissa Meyer (12/7/16)
  8. TBD
  9. TBD
  10. TBD

Goal: 5/6 Series

  1. Iron Fey: #7 The Iron Warrior (5/1/16) √
  2. Strain: #2 The Fall, #3 The Night Eternal
  3. Magician: #3 The Magician’s Land (6/21/16) √
  4. Heroes of Olympus: #4 The House of Hades (1/15/16), #5 The Blood of Olympus (5/8/16) √
  5. Fifth Wave: #1 The 5th Wave (6/21/16), #2 The Infinite Sea (6/21/16), #3 The Last Star (7/19/16) √
  6. Cemetery of Forgotten Books: #3 Prisoner of Heaven
  7. Miss Peregrine: #2 Hollow City (2/1/16), #3 Library of Souls (2/27/16) √

Goal: 36/52 books (increasing my goal as of 5/10/16)

  1. The Manhattan Projects Vol. 2 (1/4/16)
  2. The Manhattan Projects Vol. 3 (3/9/16)
  3. The Manhattan Projects Vol. 4 (3/9/16)
  4. The Manhattan Projects Vol. 5 (3/9/16)
  5. Fairest Vol. 5 (1/4/16)
  6. American Vampire Vol. 4 (1/5/16)
  7. American Vampire Vol. 5 (1/5/16)
  8. American Vampire Vol. 6 (1/5/16)
  9. American Vampire Vol. 7 (1/5/16)
  10. The Walking Dead Vol. 23 (1/9/16)
  11. The Walking Dead Vol. 24 (3/18/16)
  12. Morning Glories Vol. 1 (3/1/16)
  13. Morning Glories Vol. 2 (3/1/16)
  14. Morning Glories Vol. 3 (3/1/16)
  15. Morning Glories Vol. 4 (3/3/16)
  16. Morning Glories Vol. 5 (3/3/16)
  17. Morning Glories Vol. 6 (3/3/16)
  18. Morning Glories Vol. 7 (3/3/16)
  19. Morning Glories Vol. 8 (3/3/16)
  20. Saga Vol. 5 (5/9/16)
  21. Fables Vol. 22 (3/21/16)
  22. Bitch Planet Vol. 1 (5/9/16)
  23. Top 10 by Alan Moore (5/10/16)
  24. Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor Archives Vol. 1 (5/10/16)
  25. Five Ghosts Vol. 1 (6/15/16)
  26. East of West Vol. 1 (6/15/16)
  27. East of West Vol. 2 (6/26/16)
  28. East of West Vol. 3 (6/26/16)
  29. East of West Vol. 4 (6/26/16)
  30. Wytches Vol. 1 (6/25/16)
  31. The Scorch Trials: The Graphic Novel Prelude (7/21/16)
  32. Rat Queens Vol. 1 (8/5/16)
  33. Rat Queens Vol. 2 (8/5/16)
  34. Rat Queens Vo. 3 (10/20/16)
  35. Revival Vol. 1 (11/29/16)
  36. Revival Vol. 2 (11/29/16)