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2019 Reading Challenge Stats...

2019 Book Reading Challenge Update

Edel’s 2019 Reading Challenge  is an interesting mix of genres’ which will broaden my taste in books. I have read 52 out of 52 books suggestions 🙌🙌


Updated as of December 2019

1.  Pulitzer Prize  | The GoldFinch 5-stars

2. Nobel Prize of Literature | Secondhand Time 4-stars

3. National Book Award | Sing, Unburied Sing  4-stars 

4. Goodreads Book of the Year or more than a million reviews  | Circe 5-stars

5. Non-fiction |  You Do You 5-stars

6. Children’s book | From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess 4-stars 

7. Young Adult Book | Attraction 5-stars

8. Mystery | Private  5-stars

9. Fantasy / Science – Fiction | Torn (Book 2 of 3) 5-stars

10. Female Author  | You are a Badass 5-stars

11. Male Author  (Edgar Cantero) | Meddling Kids 4-stars

12. Short Stories / Poetry | I Was Told There Would Be Cake 5-stars 

13. Crime (Murder) | Private: Suspect #1 4-stars

14. Thriller / Horror | Hidden Bodies 5-stars

15. A Classic | Call of the Wild 5-stars

16. Western | The Substitute Wife 5-stars 

17. Romance | Mister Bodyguard 5-stars

18. Reread a favorite | Hate U Give 5-stars

19. A book released the year you were born | Elephants Can Remember 5-stars

20. Latin American Author |  The Power Playbook 5-stars

21. Asian Author | Burn for Burn 4-stars 

22. European Author (Scotland Author) | The French Girl by Lexie Elliott 5-stars

23. African Author  | Woman of the Ashes 4-stars  

24. Aussie Author (Liane Moriarty) | Nine Perfect Strangers 5-stars

25. Biography/Autobiography (Michelle Obama) | Becoming 5-stars

26. Historical Fiction (Adolf Hitler) | Second Chances 5-stars

27. A book about a hobby (Running)| Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory 5-stars 

28. A “Color of the Year” cover (Living Coral) | Where the Crawdads Sing 5-stars

29. A book released in 2019 (Released : 2/9/2019) | On The Come Up 5-stars

30. Self-published book | Still Alice 5-stars

31. Boutique publisher | The Day of the Martian 4-stars  

32. Book adaptation (TV or Movie) |  My Sister’s Keeper 5-stars

33. An E-book | The Breakdown 5-stars

34. Debut Author (Samantha Downing) | My Lovely Wife  5-stars

35. A library book | Small Great Things 5-stars

36. Bought at a local bookstore (PVD Airport) | Successful Women Think Differently: 9 Habits to Make You Happier, Healthier, and More Resilient 5-stars

37. Second-hand book | Carbohydrate Addict's Diet 5-stars

38. Set in a place you’d love to visit (New Orleans NOLA) | Wicked (Book 1 of 3) 5-stars

39. Book about music or written by a musician | Capture 5-stars 

40. Book about art or written by an artist | Secret Historian 4-stars

41. Book about food or written by a chef  | The Chef 5-stars

42. Book about humor or written by a comedian | Maybe You Never Cry Again 4-stars

43. A book about health (Anxiety)| Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway 5-stars

44. Two or more authors (James Patterson and Nancy Allen) | Juror #3 5-stars

45. Set in the State/Country you live (Rhode Island) | Providence 5-stars 

46. Christian Book | Lawfully Pursued 5-stars 

47. A Bestseller book | Girl Stop Apologizing 5-stars 

48. A book from your “To Be Read” pile |  The Power of Habit 4-stars

49. Your favorite author  (Jodi Picoult) Spark of Light 5-stars

50. A book recommended by a friend (Pingel Sisters Book Bloggers via Instagram) | I  Am, I Am, I Am 3-stars

51. A book recommended by family | The Man in the High Castle 3-stars

52. A book recommended by Edel (wink wink) | Hate U Give 5-stars



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