Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

My ideas for the 2016 List.

I am done with the ones with the Cover and chose those specifically for this challenge. The links fit the categories and I read them this year but not especially for this challenge (I read those for the Popsugar Challenge) and the rest are just some ideas.

I am curious to see, if my plan will work or if I am overreaching.

1. A book you meant to read in 2015, but didn't
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2. A book set in a different continent
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3. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2015 (winner or nominated)
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- Winter
- A Darker Shade of Magic
- All the bright places
- Career of Evil
- Confess
- Go set am Watchman
- Luckiest Girl Alive
- Nowhere but here
- Uprooted

4. A book by an author you discovered in 2015
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- The Score

5. A book with a title beginning with the 1st letter of your name
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- Anna and the French Kiss
- Amy & Roger's Epic Detour
- Acht Sinne
- Alanna: The First Adventure
- All the bright places
- Anatomy of a Murder

6. The highest rated on your TBR
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7. A book about books
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8. A classic book with less than 200 pages
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- The Old Man and the Sea
- Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
- the Epic of Gilgamesh

9. A book that was mentioned in another book
. (die Seiten der Welt)
- Lord of the Flies (in Red Rising)
- Lady Casterly's Penance (in Red Rising)
- The Castle of Otranto (in The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie)
- The Great Gatsby (in Red Rising)
- The Illiad (in Red Rising)
- the romance of the forest (in Emma)
- Ulysses (in Red Rising)

10. A book by an author you feel you should have read by now
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- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
- 1Q84
- die Säulen der Erde

11. A book from the Rory Gilmore challenge
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- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
- A Room with a View
- A Tale of two Cities
- Der Drachenläufer
- Living History
- Lord of the Flies
- the Great Gatsby
- the picture of Dorian Gray
- Wuthering Hights

12. A childhood classic
- Dornröschen .
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

13. Reader’s Choice
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14. A book with one of the five W’s -or H in the title (Who/What/Where/When/Why/How)
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15. A book set in the past (more than 100 years ago)
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- 20 000 Meilen unter dem Meer
- die Säulen der Erde
- Winnetou
- Wuthering Hights

16. A book from the top 100 mystery novels
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- gorky park

17. A book with a beautiful cover
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- Nacht ohne Namen
- The Book of Life
- Every Word

18. A book on a summer/beach reading list
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- Bossypants

19. A non-fiction book
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- Your Brain at Work
- Why nations fail

20. A book with a first name in the title
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- Anna and the French Kiss
- Amy and Roger's Epic Detour
- Rebecca
- A Study in Charlotte
- Alanna: The First Adventure

21. A book from the Goodreads Recommendations page
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- The Sweet Gum Tree
- bloodlines

22. The first book in a new to you series
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- The 5th Wave
- Cinder

23. The next book in a series you are reading
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- Scarlet
- The Wise Man's Fear
- Shadow of Night

24. A "between the numbers" book of a series (0.5, 1,5, 2.5, etc.)
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- Fairest (3.5)

25. A book whose main character is in a profession that interests you
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- The Martian

26. A book everyone is talking about
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- The Martian
- 50 Shades of Grey

27. A book with a beautiful title (in your own opinion)
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- A Dance with Dragons
- The Last Unicorn
- Schneewittchen muss sterben

28. A biography, autobiography, or memoir
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- Bossypants
- Brown Girl Dreaming
- Living History

29. A book by an author who writes under more than one name
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- Naked in Death (J.D. Rodd - a.k.a. Nora Roberts)

30. A fairytale from a culture other than your own
- Geschichte des ersten Greises mit der Gazelle
- Märchen von Hans Christian Andersen

31. A work of young adult fiction
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- Lies

32. A historical fiction book
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- Die Säulen der Erde
- Outlander

33. The 16th book on your TBR
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- the Lives of Christopher Chant

34. A book about mental illness
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- All the bright places

35. An award winning book
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- The Old Man and the Sea
- Brown Girl Dreaming

36. An identity book - a book about a different culture, religion or sexual orientation
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37. A book that you've seen the movie of but haven't read
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- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
- 20 000 Meilen unter dem Meer
- The Last Unicorn

38. A book about an anti hero
. Fairest
- Paradise Lost
- Wuthering Heights
- Dune
- Madame Bovary
- Artemis Fowl
- The talented Mr. Ripley
- Les Liaisons Dangereuses

39. A previous suggestion that did not make it into the list - A book with a strong female protagonist
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40. A novella from your favorite genre
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41. A book about a major world event (fiction or non-fiction)
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42. A top 100 fantasy novel
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- Mistborn #3 (currently reading)
- A Dance with Dragons
- Enders Game
- the Wheel of Time
- Wise Man's Fear
- Last Unicorn
- 20 000 Meilen unter dem Meer
- Kushiel's Dart
- Outlander

43. A book about a thing that goes bump in the night
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- Darkfever
- Some Girls Bite
- Interview with the Vampire

44. A book you're embarrassed to read [out loud] in public
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- The Score

45. A book related to a hobby or passion you have
- Dumont Reiseführer Myanmar (currently reading)

46. A crime story
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- Prep School Confidential ; Wicked Little Secrets ; Deadly Little Sins
- Totenfeuer
- Every Word ; Every Move

47. A book with a type of food/drink in the title
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- Tough Cookie
- the Grape of Warth
- Tom Sawyer und Huckleberry Finn

48. A dystopia
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- The 5th Wave
- The 100
- Legend
- Prodigy
- The Darkest Minds

49. A book with a great opening line
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- Anna Karenina
- der Prozess

50. A book originally written in a language other than English
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- The three body problem
- Battle Royale
- 1Q84
- 20 000 Meilen unter dem Meer

51. A short story from a well-known author
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- Smoke and Mirrors
- the Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe

52. A book published in 2016
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- The Score
- It's All Your Fault
- Homegoing

I just started to read "To Kill a Mockingbird" and am really enjoying it. And it fits so many of the categories of this challenge: 9,10,11,18,21,25

Since I started the challenge late, I am behind on the first 12 categories. I caught up a little with n°8 "The Old Man and the Sea" and just love, that this challenge makes me read things, I might not have considered otherwise.

Since I already did #14 I will use this week to catch up on either #3, #6, #7 or #12.
Also I got interested in the Book of the Month for April "The Cuckoo's Calling" and will use it as my #29.

Hi and welcome to our challenge! It's a good idea to fit books in multiple topics, so you have more choice to read according to your mood when the moment comes!

Thank you! I am really getting into this challenge - it's so much fun.

I just revised my plan, which set me back a little. I am curious to see, if my new plan will work or if I am overreaching.

Week 15 is not my favorite topic. It took me a while to find something I'd like to read: The Color Purple.
Since I don't have the book yet, I'm obliged to skip #15 for now. I will get back to it around week 18. The same applies to #16.

So this will be my week to catch up on #3, #2 and #4. I am looking forward to my choice for #3 especially.

Caught up with #2, #3, and #4.

Still waiting for my books for week 15 and 16, so I will use the time to catch up on #7 and #8. Additionally, I am jumping around a little bit and started with my choice for #22.

I finished #8 and #22 as planned and caught up with #5, #11, #15, #16, #18, #23 and #25.

I am already done with my book for this week 27. Since I am also done with my choices for #28 and #29, I will use these 3 weeks to catch up - I am 3 books behind scedule.

#6, #7, #9, #10, #17, #19, #20, #21, #24, and #26 are still open. But I am a little undecided what to read next. I started with #19 and #21 but get distracted by my side reads a lot.

Wanted to read something for #9, but found something for #49 instead - the bell jar just fits so many of the categories.

Decided my #5 really fit #17 better - I just really like the cover art of Angelfall.

So now I am 2 books behind scedule and still have a lot of open categories: #5, #6, #7, #9, #10, #19, #20, #21, #24, and #26.

Finally caught up with my book for #6: The Name of the Wind. I have been avoiding this for quiet a while - it is just sooo long. But I enjoyed it immensely. I love that this challenge made me read it.

I love that you loved it! It is one of my favorite book despite its lenght.

Back on track with my book for #47 The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie.
I didn't find any books that greatly interested me with a type of food or drink in the title, and am really happy I stumpled over this one. I got the idea to read this book from a community group read.

Still have to catch up with #5, #7, #9, #10, #19, #20, #21, #24, and #26.

I really enjoyed "Sweetness at the bottom of the pie" too. The main character was very precocious.

I'll be interested to see what you think of Naked in Death. I'm reading that for the Popsugar "romance set in the future" prompt - seriously strange.

Oh! I didn't know Naked in Death is set in the future. I added it to my TBR recently but it's great to find a place for it :)

Apparently! :) It came up when I searched, they're apparently set in the "near future".

All of the In Death series takes place in future New York city. The are a gritty romance/murder mystery, and also the reason I joined Goodreads. I needed away to keep track of which I need O had already read.

Anastasia wrote: "I really enjoyed "Sweetness at the bottom of the pie" too. The main character was very precocious."

Yes, she was and I quiet liked that. But I thought it was a little unbelievable that she's supposed to be just 11-years-old.

Jody wrote: "I'll be interested to see what you think of Naked in Death. I'm reading that for the Popsugar "romance set in the future" prompt - seriously strange."

Maybe I would have gotten into the story better, if I had seen it as a romance from the start. It was recommended to me as a crime story set in the future and I don't think the crime story is really well designed. I might like it a lot better if I change my mindset to lovestory instead of crime.

Anastasia wrote: "All of the In Death series takes place in future New York city. The are a gritty romance/murder mystery, and also the reason I joined Goodreads. I needed away to keep track of which I need O had already read."

So maybe I will give the crime aspect another chance :) There must be a reason the series is so successful with 44 books and still running.

I don't like romance, and I'm not that fussed on things set in the future, so I have very low expectations on this one. :)

Anne you are right about her being a little unbelievable. I homeschool my children, so if she was given a chemistry set and large amounts of time to spend with it she maybe able to come up with some of those ideas. It would still be a stretch though.

Juhu! Finally on track: 3 books ahead of schedule. What an effect a week without internet can have :)

Finished my choice for #5 Apprentice (which I sadly found really disappointing) and for #19 Gut (which I liked a lot).

Now I have time to catch up with #7, #9, #10, #20, #21, #24, and #26.

I am currently trying to finish a lot of books I started, but it's surprisingly difficult. Lots of choices I thought I would love are not quiet my thing - e. g. the book thief.

Well, this is annoying: can't add any more covers because there are no characters left in my original post. Had to delete some stuff from my list.

I caught up to #26 with Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. I liked it but I in general have a problem with time travelling stories that open up parallel realities. I find that illogical.

Now I am trying to figure out what to read next.

It happened to me too and I found a good way to remove some characters! If you remove the name of the book between the square brackets, the book cover this appears because it is linked to the number I guess. I kept the first letter of the title just to be sure, but the number of characters still decreases a lot.

Example:
original form: [ bookcover:Frankenstein|18490 ]
shorter form: [ bookcover:F|18490 ] and it still displays the cover (I just copied without the spaces)

Sophie wrote: "It happened to me too and I found a good way to remove some characters!..."

I tried it and it works. This is great! Even by just deleating some words from really long titles I saved a number of characters. Thank you, Sophie!

9, 21, 33, 37, 38, 42, 45 - still some categories left. I am confident to finish 4 of these, but the other 3...

Done with #9 and #37 (that category was a tough one for me, since I hate reading stories I already know).

On track with #21, # 38, and #45.

#42 is another tough one since my chosen book is a little long. If I make it I will have to cheat with #33, because I just haven't been in the mood for the 16th book on my to read list all year long. I might just take a book of one of my sub "to-be-read" lists instead.

Did almost make it on my vacation, only didn't finish my choice for #42. But since I only started with the challenge in April I think that is still pretty good.

I participate in the challenge again in 2017 and started in time this year. Looking forward to trying again.