Pop Sugar 2016, read on the porch...

I planned on reading 80 books in 2016. I only read 59. I was a little optimistic. I did read several books over 500 pages, though, including Moby Dick. These are the two grands I left out of my post the other day...

Pop Sugar 2016 Challenge

1. A book based on a fairy tale~Cinder by Marissa Meyer

2. A National Book Award winner~The Shipping News by Annie Proulx

3. A YA bestseller~ Mosquitoland by David Arnold

4. A book you haven't read since high school~Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (Cade had to read it     for his freshman English class)

5. A book set in your home state~Barkskins by Annie Proulx (part of the story took place in  Michigan Territory)

6. A book translated to English~Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki 

7. A romance set in the future~Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare

8. A book set in Europe~The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz

9. A book that is under 150 pages~Animal Farm by George Orwell

10. A New York Times bestseller~Go set a Watchman by Harper Lee

11. A book that is becoming a movie this year~Billy Lynn's Long Half-Time Walk by Ben Fountain

12. A book recommended by someone you just met~The Round House by Louise Erdrich (online rec)

13. a self improvement book~Wait, what?

14. A book you can finish in a day~Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

15. A book written by a celebrity~M Train by Patti Smith

16. A political memoir~Between the World and Me by Te-Nehisi Coates

17. A book at least 100 years older than you are~Moby Dick by Herman Melville

18. A book of more than 600 pages~A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihira

19. A book from Oprah's book club~Wild by Cheryl Strayed

20. A science fiction novel~The Beast by JR Ward

21. A book recommended by a family member~The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (Lila and Ivy)

22. A graphic novel~Check, Please! by Ngozi Uzaku

23. A book published in 2016~My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

24. A book with a protagonist who has your occupation~Teacher Man by Frank McCourt TBR

25. A book that takes place during the summer~Fates and Furies by Lauren Goff

26. A book and it's prequel~Cinder and Glitches by Marissa Meyers

27. A murder mystery~The Lake House by Kate Morton

28. A book written by a comedian~Sick in the Head by Judd Apatow

29. A dystopian novel~Lady Midnight by Cassandra Claire

30. A book with a blue cover~This is Your Life Harriet Chance by Jonathan Evison

31. A book of poetry~Sonnets 1-50 by William Shakespeare

32. The first book you see in a bookstore~Miller's Landing by Anna Quinlan

33. A classic from the 20th century~ Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

34. A book from the library~Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg

35. An autobiography~Not My Father's Son byAlan Cumming

36. A book about a road trip~Barbarian Days by William Finnegan

37. A book about a culture you are unfamiliar with~The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot  Diaz

38. A satirical book~Animal Farm by George Orwell

39. A book that takes place on an island~Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter (Porto Vergongna)

40. A book that is guaranteed to bring you joy~Be Frank With Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson