The Return of the Book Posts!

I stumbled across PopSugar's 2015 Reading Challenge back in January, while flipping through posts on my social media feed in the comfortable company of two of my sisters-in-heart. It's an interesting list and I thought that it would be a fun challenge to undertake for the year, pushing me to occasionally use different parameters for my literary choices than normal.

Now, with just a month and a half to go, my list looks something like this:

1. A book with more than 500 pages
   The Providence of Fire - Brian Staveley
2. A classic romance
   What counts as a "classic" romance? This one is stumping me a little bit, since most of the romances I've read also have more than a dash of mystery, science fiction, fantasy, steampunk, or at the very least a modern/historical set of parallel time-lines. Eh, I'll find something!
3. A book that became a movie
   The Maze Runner - James Dashner
4. A book published this year
   The Book of Speculation - Erika Swyler
5. A book with a number in the title
   The Eight - Katherine Neville
6. A book written by someone under 30
   Vicious - V.E. Schwab
7. A book with non-human characters
   House of the Rising Sun - Kristen Painter
8. A funny book
   Let's Pretend This Never Happened - Jenny Lawson
9. A book by a female author
   The Little Paris Bookshop - Nina George
10. A mystery or thriller
    Delia's Shadow - Jamie Lee Moyer
11. A book with a one-word title
    Unbound - Jim C. Hines
12. A book of short stories
    Trigger Warning - Neil Gaiman
13. A book set in a different country
    A Cup of Friendship - Deborah Rodriguez
14. A nonfiction book
    A Slip of the Keyboard - Terry Pratchett
15. A popular author's first book
16. A book from an author you love that you haven't read yet
    A Desperate Fortune - Susanna Kearsley
17. A book a friend recommended
    Stitching Snow - R.C. Lewis
18. A Pulitzer Prize-winning book
19. A book based on a true story
20. A book at the bottom of your to-read list
21. A book your mom loves
22. A book that scares you
    Daring Greatly - Brene Brown
23. A book more than 100 years old
    The Book of Dragons - E. Nesbit
24. A book based entirely on its cover
    City of a Thousand Dolls - Miriam Forster
25. A book you were supposed to read in school, but didn't
    I suppose this is going to have to be based off an academic system that isn't the one I graduated from - mainly because I can't remember anything from my English or Literature classes that I actively avoided finishing.
26. A memoir
    Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome: A Memoir of Humor and Healing - Reba Riley
27. A book you can finish in a day
    ahahah... ahahahahahahahahah. Ehm. Right. Okay, let's go with...The Darkest Part of the Forest - Holly Black
28. A book with antonyms in the title
    The Shadow Lamp - Stephen Lawhead
29. A book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit
    Paris in Love - Eloisa James
30. A book that came out the year you were born
    The Colour of Magic - Terry Pratchett
31. A book with bad reviews
    Street Magic - Caitlin Kittredge
32. A trilogy
33. A book from your childhood
    The one entry on this list that will definitely - of necessity - be a re-read.
34. A book with a love triangle
    The Madman's Daughter - Megan Shepherd
35. A book set in the future
    Orleans - Sherri L. Smith
36. A book set in high school
    The Raven Boys - Maggie Stiefwater
37. A book with a color in the title
    White Cat - Holly Black
38. A book that made you cry
    Kinslayer - Jay Kristoff
39. A book with magic
    Witches of Echo Park - Amber Benson
40. A graphic novel
    Nimona - Noelle Stevenson
41. A book by an author you've never read before
    Karen Memory - Elizabeth Bear
42. A book you own but have never read
    Hmm! Got a couple possibilities here, this entry will probably sneak in under the wire.
43. A book that takes place in your hometown
    Ahh the choices...
44. A book that was originally written in a different language
    Labyrinth of Dreaming Books - Walter Moers
45. A book set during Christmas
46. A book written by an author with your same initials
    Ugh - this one is proving pretty difficult to find. Regardless of which set of initials I use, I've not found a book that looks like I'd find both interesting enough to read AND be able to get from the library.
47. A play
48. A banned book
    It seems I've read more banned books than I realized. Forth to find new ones!
49. A book based on or turned into a TV show
    Bitten - Kelley Armstrong
50. A book you started but never finished
    I Thought It Was Just Me - Brene Brown