Book Riot's 2018 Read Harder Challenge

Book Riot's 2018 Read Harder Challenge 

15/24

Completed 
InProgress
Possible to Read ideas

1.A book published posthumously-Persuasion by Jane Austen
2.A book of true crime- The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women-Kate Moore
3.A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance)-The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes #1-12)- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
4.A comic written and drawn by the same person-Nimona- Noelle Stevenson
5.A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa)-Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
6.A book about nature-The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
by Michael Finkel
7.A western-The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower #1)by Stephen King 
8.A comic written or drawn by a person of color-Black Panther by Christopher Priest: The Complete Collection, Vol.1 
9.A book of colonial or postcolonial literature- A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
10.A romance novel by or about a person of color-Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe #1) by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
11.A Children’s classic published before 1980-Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland- Lewis Carroll
12.A Celebrity Memoir-Brave- Rose Mcgowan
13.An Oprah Book Club selection-Wild- Cheryl Strayed
14.A book of social science-The Narcissist Next Door: Understanding the Monster in Your Family, in Your Office, in Your Bed--in Your World- Jeffrey Kluger
15.A one-sitting book- Final Girls-Riley Sager
16.The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle-grade series-The Fairy-Tale Detectives (The Grimm Sisters 1)- Michael Buckley
17.A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author-A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet #1)
by Madeleine L'Engle
18.A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image-The Complete Persepolis- Marjane Satrapi
19.A book of genre fiction in translation-The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1)
by Stieg Larsson
20.A book with a cover you hate-The Great Gatsby- F Scott Fitzerald
21.A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author-Hollywood Homicide (Detective by Day)-Kellye Garrett 
22.An essay anthology-Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
23.A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60-And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
24.An assigned book you hated (or never finished)- The Hobbit- J.R.R Tolkien

Pop Sugar 2018

Pop Sugar Reading Challenge 2018 

38/50
Completed 
InProgress
Possible to Read ideas

01. A book made into a movie you've already seen. – The Wizard of Oz- L. Frank Baum 
02. True crime-The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women - Kate Moore
03. The next book in a series you started. – Crossed Ally Condie
04. A book involving a heist.- The Hobbit- J.R.R Tolkien 
05. Nordic noir.-The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1)
by Stieg Larsson,  Reg Keeland
06. A novel based on a real person.Stalking Jack the Ripper (Stalking Jack the Ripper #1)
by Kerri Maniscalco
07. A book set in a country that fascinates you.- Memoirs of a Geisha- Arthur Golden 
08. A book with a time of day in the title.- Who Could That Be At This Hour? Lemony Snicket 09. A book about a villain or antihero.-Carve the Mark- Veronica Roth
10. A book about death or grief. –The Rules Do Not Apply- Ariel Levy 
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym- The Cuckoo's Calling- Robert Galbraith 
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist.- Being Jazz- Jazz Jennings 
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical-Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two (Harry Potter #8) by John Tiffany (Adaptation),  Jack Thorne, J.K. Rowling
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you.- The Complete Persepolis- Marjane Satrapi 
15. A book about feminism- We Should All Be Feminists- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
16. A book about mental health.-The Psychopath Test - Jon Ronson
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift.- Sh*t My Dad says- Justin Halpern
18. A book by two authors.-Welcome to Night Vale (Welcome to Night Vale #1)
by Joseph Fink,  Jeffrey Cranor
19. A book about or involving a sport-  The Crossover-Kwame Alexander
20. A book by a local author- Shadow of the Owl
21. A book with your favorite color in the title.- Black Widow: Forever Red- Margaret Stohl 
22. A book with alliteration in the title.-Hollywood Homicide (Detective by Day)-Kellye Garrett 
23. A book about time travel.- Charlie Bone and The Time Twister- Jenny Nimmo 
24. A book with a weather element in the title.- Percy Jackson and the lightninging thief -Rick Riordan
25. A book set at sea.-The Woman in Cabin 10-Ruth Ware
26. A book with an animal in the title.- A Dog's Purpose (A Dog's Purpose #1)
by W. Bruce Cameron 
27. A book set on a different planet-A Wrinkle in Time- Madeleine L'Engle
28. A book with song lyrics in the title.A Stranger in the House
by Shari Lapena (Song a stranger in the house- Elvis  Costello)
29. A book about or set on Halloween- The Rules of Magic- Alice Hoffman
30. A book with characters who are twins- Fan Girl- Rainbow Rowell 
 31. A book mentioned in another book.- Grimms Fairytales- Jacob Grimm
32. A book from a celebrity book club. – Wild- Cheryl Strayed 
33. A childhood classic you've never read. The Collected Stories of Winnie The Pooh- A.A Milne 
34. A book that's published in 2018- Everless by Sara Holland 
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner-Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
by Allie Brosh
36. A book set in the decade you were born- Harry Potter and the Socerers Stone (Set year I was born 1991)
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to- If I Stay (If I Stay #1)
by Gayle Forman
38. A book with an ugly cover- The Great Gatsby-F. Scott Fitzgerald 
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library.- You- Caroline Kepnes
40. A book based on a fairytale- The Grimm Sisters- Michael Buckley 

Advanced 

41. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school (2007)-A Thousand Splendid Suns- Khaled Hosseini
42. A cyberpunk book- Ready Player One- Ernest Cline
43. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place.- Career of Evil- Robert Galbraith
44. A book tied to your ancestry- The English Wife-Lauren Willig
45. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title- James and the giant peach- Roald Dahl
46. An allegory.-The lion, the witch and the wardrobe- C.S Lewis
47. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you- Mystic Mayhem- Sally J. Smith & Jean Steffans
 48. A microhistory. harry potter a journey through a history of magic microhistory- British Library
49. A book about a problem facing society today.- The Belles- Dhonielle Clayton
50. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge.- Unsub- Meg Gardiner

Review: Final Girls

Final Girls by Riley Sager
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I loved this book and read the whole thing in a day. It was a just a genuinely great horror/thriller.

It told the story of Quincy Carpenter who became the only survivor of a massacre that killed her college friends while they were vacationing in a cabin in the woods together. The story tells the tale of three different massacres and their only female survivors and how their lives become entwined when the media labels them all the ‘Final Girls’(like in a horror movie they were the only ones that made it out alive)

The main character Quincy was a flawed and messed up character but the author did a great job of making her likeable despite who the killings had affected her. The story reminded me of Scream (back when horror films were actually good and not just gore fests). There were so many twists and turns in this story and it was a riveting read from beginning to end. I was completely shocked by the big reveal at the end. I also really liked the end of this book I just felt it was so beautifully done, showing the story goes full circle.

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2018 Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge

Here's my attempt at reading a book that starts with every letter of the alphabet: 20/26

Alphabet	Book Title	Author	Date Completed	Format	Rating out of 5
A	Attachments	Rainbow Rowell	14-Mar	ebook	5
B	Brave	Rose Mcgowan	3-Mar	audiobook	4
C	Crossed	Ally Condie	20-Mar	audiobook	3
D	Dark Places	Gillian Flynn	23-Mar	audiobook	3
E	Everless	Sara Holland	11-Apr	audiobook	5
F	Fangirl	Rainbow Rowell	27-Feb	ebook	5
G	Geekerella	Ashley Poston	26-Apr	ebook	5
H	Hollywood Homicide	Kellye Garett	7-Apr	ebook	3
I	Into the Water	Paula Hawkins	20-Apr	audiobook	4
J	James and the giant peach	Roald Dahl	19-June	ebook	5
K
L	Luckiest Girl Alive	Jessica Knoll	12-Mar	audiobook	5
M	Midnight for Charlie Bone	Jenny Nimmo	2-Apr	audiobook	5
N	Nimona	Noelle Stevenson	16-May	Ebook	4
O	Of Mice and Men	John Steinbeck	27-Feb	ebook	1
P
Q	Quidditch through the ages	J.K Rowling
R	Romeo and Juliet	William Shakespeare	18-May	Audiobook	3
S	Sharp Objects	Gillian Flynn	5-Mar	ebook	5
T	To Kill A Mockingbird	Harper Lee	2-Apr	ebook	2
U	Unsub	Meg Gardiner	14-May	ebook	5
V
W	Witches & Wizards	James Patterson	27-Mar	audiobook	3
X
Y	You	Caroline Kepnes	09-June	ebook	5
Z	Zoo	James Patterson

Hey and welcome!

Hello! So the first post ever it's very scary. Anyway, welcome to my blog and thanks for coming in and taking a look. I love reading and I love challenges so I’ve combined the two and here I look at some of the best reading challenges as I obsessively try to read my way through absolutely everything.

My favorite genre is definitely fantasy (Give me a teenager trying to change a dystopian oppressive world any day). I also love any kind of thriller or mystery story or anything with an unpredictable narrator. 

 I am trying to broaden my reading horizons though and will be reading through pretty much every genre.

There are a lot of different classics that I have always wanted to read and I’m trying to give as many of those a try as I can.

Genres I’m not too keen on are westerns, war stories and romance but I’ll still be reading some. I love book suggestions so if anyone knows of anything I really need to read or a book that would go great for one of my challenges please let me know. Also, let me know what you think about any of the books I’ve read even if you think my opinion is completely wrong about it. I love hearing about books other people love or to be honest just talking about books in general so send me a message some time, please!

Review: The Silent Wife

The Silent Wife by A.S.A. Harrison
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Well, first of all, it seems like too many books are being advertised as the new Gone Girl recently and it needs to stop! This book isn’t that in fact I would say the only thing this book has in common with it is super unlikable characters. I did like this book though but it’s not one I will remember forever.

This book is basically about a couple who are super awful. Jodi is delusional and thinks she is the perfect, smartest and greatest wife ever to walk the earth and Todd is as dumb as he is arrogant and thinks he’s god’s gift to women. He pushes his perfect Stepford wife too far. Honestly, by the end of the book, you are kind of hoping one of them kills the other off and you aren’t bothered if the other goes away for life for it.

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Review: Ms. Marvel Vol. 2: Generation Why

Ms. Marvel Vol. 2: Generation Why by G. Willow Wilson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

So some spoilers here but this was really good too. A Wolverine appearance obviously makes everything better and there were some cute touching bonding superhero moments there. I also love the huge teleporting dog, it’s basically my ideal pet and I want one. Cute story. In general fun little read.

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