I’m doing a book challenge? – Update

I’ve never really done any book challenges besides the Goodreads yearly challenge. Mainly because I’m pretty bad with fixed TBRs. But I’ve been wanting to get through my owned TBR and I feel like a challenge is the way to do it. So, I found one I liked here. It has 52 prompts and my GR goal for the year is 52 books, so that works out. I’ve changed some of them because I do want to primarily focus on my owned TBR and I don’t own books that fit all the categories. It’s obviously halfway through the year, so I’m going to count the books I’ve already read towards the challenge. Because there are only 52 prompts, I will try not to use the same book for more than one.

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1. A book you bought for the cover – The Tiger and the Wolf by Adrian Tchaikovsky
2. A book by an author you’ve met
3. A book you’re embarrassed you haven’t read yet – The Dark Vault by V.E. Schwab
4. A book that is under 220 pages – Saga vol. 1 by Bryan K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples
5. A book that came out the year you were born
6. A book whose title uses alliteration – To Best the Boys by Mary Weber
7. A book in your best friend’s favorite genre – Thriller: Sadie by Courtney Summers
8. A book from an independent publisher
9. A book written by a PoC – The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
10. A book featuring a fictional language – A Storm of Swords by G. R. R. Martin
11. A novel that includes a recipe – Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince has lots of potion recipes. I’m counting it.
12. A sequel – The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin
13. A book about going on a quest – The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
14. A book set in a city you’ve visited – Harry potter and the Order of the Phoenix. A good enough chunk of it happens in London and I’m counting it because most of the books I own are set in nonexistent cities so…
15. A book with a dust jacket – Skyward by Brandon Sanderson
16. A book by two or more authors – Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
17. Four word title
18. A book that’s been out for less than a month – Holy Sister by Mark Lawrence. I was on this as soon as it came out
19. A book with a name in the title – Life of Pi by Yann Martel
20. A book from a genre you want to read more of – Graphic novels: Monstress Vol 1 by Marjorie Liu
21. Male protagonist – Half a King by Joe Abercrombie
22. A book with an asexual character – Vengeful by V.E. Schwab
23. A book you were given as a gift
24. A space opera – Obsidio by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
25. An award-winning graphic novel – Saga Vol 2 by Bryan K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples
26. A book you’ve been putting off – The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
27. A book you meant to read in 2018 – The Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie
28. A book featuring a memorable cat – Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
29. A book set in South America – Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel. Briefly. But I don’t own that many books that happen on Earth, let alone South America.
30. A book with a cover you kind of hate (but a story you love) – The Martian by Andy Weir. I have the movie tie-in edition and I just hate it.
31. A book by an author you’ve never heard of before – Fire & Heist by Sarah Beth Durst
32. A book of short stories
33. A debut novel
34. A book you’ve been waiting for forever
35. A book about intersectional feminism
36. A book with a place in the title – A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin
37. A book bought at your local bookstore – Only Human by Sylvain Neuvel
38. A book by an author you’re thankful for – The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin
39. A book with gorgeous descriptions
40. A book signed by the author – The Merciful Crow by Margaret Owen
41. A book set in Africa – City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty. I know this barely qualifies because only the beginning takes place in Egypt. But I’m counting it because I don’t think I have any books that take place in Africa on my owned TBR.
42. A book about mental health
43. A non-fiction book – What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe
44. A retelling – Alice by Christina Henry
45. A book about incarceration – Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
46. A book recommended by an author
47. A book with a person of colour on the cover – Saga Vol 3 by Bryan K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples
48. A book by an author who uses a pen name – Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
49. A book whose title includes a verb – One Work Kill by Mark Lawrence. Kill is a verb. 😀
50. A book that you owned since before the start of the year – Uprooted by Naomi Novik
51. A book being adapted in 2019
52. A re-read – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

BONUS: Read a book over 1000 pages – The Way Of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

BONUS: Finish a series you started this year

BONUS: Read a contemporary

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I’ve now completed 39 prompts plus one bonus prompt and read 50 books. It’s a bit frustrating, because I could fill out several more prompts if I used the same book more than once. But I said I wouldn’t do that. What I might do, however is shuffle them around. Move books that fit multiple prompts around to see if I can fit some more of the books I’ve read into the list. Cause I currently have 11 books that I’ve read and are not on the list, but some of them fulfil prompts that have already been fulfilled by other books.