2015 Reading Challenge Books in Review

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And the last four books of the year were…

2015 end of year books

I’m currently only reading Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

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I have written over 100 reviews of Indie books this year and read over 200 books total.

I have spent my annual budget for books with a combination of Kindle Unlimited subscription, Patreon support of an author, GoFundMe of a bookstore, Kickstarter support of a book project, kindle downloads, and print books. I have gone to the following events to support authors and pick up new books: Marissa Meyer book signing in Tacoma for the Fairest Release, AFK I Heart Authors in February, an author signing at St. James, Author release party at the AFK, AFK Staycation author event, 2 author releases in North Bend, and a multi-author release party at UW Bellevue bookstore. What book events have you gone to this year?

2015 reading challenge popsugar

I completed 43/50 of the following Reading Challenges

	The Challenge	2014	2015
1	A book with more than 500 pages	Shift (Silo #2) by Hugh Howey (608)	Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan
2	A classic romance	Wildest Dreams by Stefany Rattles	Shatterd & Scarred (The Sacred Hearts MC, #1) by AJ Downey
3	A book that became a movie	The Fault in Our Stars by John Green	The Duff by Kody Keplinger
4	A book published this year	Unseen by Stephanie Erickson	Mina Cortez: From Bouquets to Bullets by Jeffrey Cook
5	A book with a number in the title	13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher	Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
6	A book written by someone under 30	Deny the Moon by Melissa Graham	Silent Circle by Cassandra Larsen
7	A book with nonhuman characters	Pickled Apocalypse of Pancake Island by Cameron Pierce	Cinder by Marissa Meyer
8	A funny book	This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper	Yes Please by Amy Pohler
9	A book by a female author	The Enchanted Forest Chronicles (The Enchanted Forest by Patricia Wrede	From the Wreckage by Michele G. Miller
10	A mystery or thriller	Cache a Predator by M. Weidenbenner	Size 12 is Not Fat by Meg Cabot
11	A book with a one-word title	Room by Emma Donoghue	Cress by Marissa Meyer
12	A book of short stories	Free-Flowing Stories by FVP authors	The Fierce Reads Anthology by Anna Banks
13	A book set in a different country	The 100-Foot Journey by Richard Morais	Yassa: Genghis Khan’s Coming of Age Taley by Jo Michaels
14	A nonfiction book	Rock Your Plot: A Simple System for Plotting Your Novel by Cathy Yardley	You Are a Writer So Start Acting Like One by Jeff Goins
15	A popular author’s first book	Looking for Alaska by John Green	The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
16	A book from an author you love that you hadn’t read yet	Silo by Hugh Howy	The Stillness of the Sky by Starla Huchton
17	A book a friend recommended	Heart of Africa by Loren Lockner	The Crossing Hour by Quoleena Sbrocca
18	A Pulitzer Prize-winning book	X	The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
19	A book based on a true story	Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend by Susan Orlean	Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s “Learned” by Lena Dunham
20	A book at the bottom of your to-read list	I, Robot by Isaac Asimov	The Road by Cormac McCarthy
21	A book your mom loves	Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn	X
22	A book that scares you	Brave New World by Aldous Huxley	The Shining by Stephen King
23	A book more than 100 years old	X	X
24	A book based entirely on its cover	The Pickled Apocalypse of Pancake Island by Cameron Pierce	Food Rules: An Eater’s manual by Michael Pollan
25	A book you were supposed to read in school but didn’t	NA	NA
26	A memoir	X	Yes, Please by Amy Poehler
27	A book you can finish in a day	If I stay by Gayle Foreman	The Encounter by Katherine Applegate
28	A book with antonyms in the title	Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter	Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
29	A book set somewhere you’ve always wanted to visit	X	Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight
30	A book that came out the year you were born	X	X
31	A book with bad reviews	Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James	Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
32	A trilogy	Maze Runner by James Dashner	The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
33	A book from your childhood	The Enchanted Forest Chronicles (The Enchanted Forest by Patricia Wrede	The Visitor by Katherine Applegate
34	A book with a love triangle	The Thousand Year Curse (Curse Books, #1) by Taylor Lavati	Fallen (Fallen, #1) by Lauren Kate
35	A book set in the future	The Maze Runner by James Dashner	Feed by M.T. Anderson
36	A book set in high school	The Moment Before by Suzy Vitello	The Duff by Kody Keplinger
37	A book with a color in the title	Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James	Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
38	A book that made you cry	Ghostwriter by Tyan Wyss	Don’t Call Me Kit Kat by K.J. Farnham
39	A book with magic	Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs	Sticks and Sontes by Shawn McGuire
40	A graphic novel	X	X
41	A book by an author you’ve never read before	Unseen by Stephanie Erickson	Big Girl Panties by Stephanie Evanovich
42	A book you own but hadn’t read before	X	The Truth About Mud by Christina L. Rozelle
43	A book that takes place in your hometown	The Siren Suicides by Ksenia Anske	The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
44	A book that was originally written in a different language	X	X
45	A book set during Christmas	The French for Christmas by Fiona Valpy	Mr. Miracle by Debbie Macomber
46	A book written by an author with your same initials	The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury	Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
47	A play	X	X
48	A banned book	Brave New World by Aldous Huxley	Speak by Laurie Anderson
49	A book based on or turned into a TV show	X	Animorphs by Katherine Applegate
50	A book you started but never finished	A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess	Choke by Chuck Pahlaniuk