Devoted readers and aspiring readers: this list is for you if you love to read (or want to read more) but don’t believe reading is a competitive sport. If you need structure in choosing your books but don’t want to be pinned down. If you want to stretch a bit instead of forever reading the same author/genre/plot line.
For the MMD challenge, read 12 books in 12 different categories in 12 months. It’s simple and doable, but it provides the structure you need to approach your reading list with intention in 2016.
The 12 categories are practical and flexible. They’ll bend to fit your TBR list, but they’ll also challenge you to explore new territory, revisit old favorites, and finally read those books you’ve been putting off for years.
Make sure you track the books you’re reading: Download the printable to track your progress.
If you don’t use a reading journal, now’s the time to start. I use a good old-fashioned paper reading journal (I made my own printable journal to suit my needs, and you can get your free copy here), but I still update my Goodreads account because I love to search and sort my titles.
I’m also continuing last year’s group Pinterest board for the reading challenge for inspiration and motivation. To join the board, follow me on Pinterest (or Pinterest won’t let me invite you). Then leave a comment below with your Pinterest email address. (If you’d rather not leave your email address in comments, email me at modern mrs darcy (at) gmail (dot) com.) (If you participated in 2015, you’re already in: no action required.)
Let’s get started! Pin the challenge graphic for inspiration and share it with your fellow book-lovers. We’ll revisit the challenge periodically to share what we’re reading.
Join the Pinterest board, browse the book list archives here for reading ideas, and start making your lists. Share this with your fellow book lovers (I’ll be using the hashtags #MMDchallenge and #MMDreading on twitter and instagram @annebogel). But most of all, enjoy the challenge.
I’m looking forward to reading with you all through 2016. This is gonna be fun.
Are you in? What are you most looking forward to reading in 2016?
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excited to join in for the first year!
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I am excited to!!!!
These are great criteria. Still, I think my first 2016 reading challenge will be making it through all the amazing books that just came in for me at the library in the past 2 weeks: The Lake House (Kate Morton), Dear Sugar (Cheryl Strayed), Out of Sorts (Sarah Bessey), and Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity (Steve Silberman). I also got Lorilee Kraker’s book Anne of Green Gables, My Daughter, and Me for a Christmas present. So, see you in June or thereabouts…. 😀
Sounds like your year will get off to a great start!
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I agree: these are perfect criteria to provide a bit of challenge while still helping you get to the ones you really want to read!
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Accepting the challenge with a friend to help with accountability! Love the variety of choices on the list.
What a great way to start of 2016 😉
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Read Dear Sugar first. Quick read, and it gives you a new perspective of Cheryl Strayed. I read it before Wild, and I am glad I did. I’m looking forward to new writings by Strayed… or Sugar.
Haven’t joined yet. Just got this link from a friend in small book club. Could you enter, somewhere, the book about autism. Grandson was just diagnosed. Thankee sai Jeannie
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Happy New Year! ???
I’m so glad you are doing this again! I just finished my 2015 Challenge on Sunday and had so much fun with it. Twelve is the perfect number. Thanks, Anne!
Congrats on finishing, just in time!
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Excited to get started for 2016!
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So fun! Can’t wait to get a new list of books together. Thank you for the inspiration!
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Excited to join AND hear you on the RAR podcast today! 🙂
Thanks, I hope you enjoy it!
I’m in!
Sounds great!! Looking forward to a year of great reads!!
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This is going to be such fun, thank you!
Read tons, but seldomly follow a set criteria, will give this a go.
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Sounds great! I look forward to getting started!
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I’ll be starting off 2016 with A Passion for the Impossible: The Life of Lilias Trotter, a book I’ve been meaning to read since I added it to my Amazon wish list in 2013!
That is a wonderful way to kick off your reading year!
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Here’s to growth, shift, change!
Every time you post a picture of the colorful children’s set on the right, I drool. How I s the binding/covers/craftsmanship on those books? (Likewise on the Jane Austen set?)
In this new year, I’ve resolved to send snail mail again. I ordered the Flow Book for Paper Lovers to get me started!
Last year I read tons of middle grade books so I could make better recommendations to my fourth grade class. (The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller completely changed my approach to teaching reading.) This year, my
main focus is the classics that have been on my to-read list! (With a smattering of genres on the side.)
The Puffin clothbound classics are holding up and we’re not exactly easy on them. I’m not sure about Jane Austen yet, at least not the clothbound editions I got for Christmas. They were all sold out so mine aren’t coming to the 5th. I’m not sorry that so many readers wanted Jane Austen under their trees so I don’t mind the wait. 🙂
Where can you purchase the set on the right?
It’s this set: http://amzn.to/1JQsSiQ
My own personal 2016 reading challenge is to run the Half Price Books gift card I got for Christmas down to zero.
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I love it. 🙂
Sounds like great fun!
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This was my favorite reading challenge year. Thanks for doing it again.
last year, ugh.
I remember thinking that, “I used to love to read”, but life, pregnancy brain, and distractions get in the way.
I found your blog this summer and inhaled the Summer Reading Guide.
Thank you for inspiring me to remember one of my first real loves in life!
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Took on a heftier challenge for 2015. Looking forward to 2016 ☺️
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I really love the 2015 challenge and added a couple of books I wouldn’t have otherwise made time for because of it. Definitely looking forward to this challenge! Love the categories!
Didn’t get to do this last year, my bad, but I’m so excited to try it this year!
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For 2015 I checked off every book on this challenge when I was reading for the 52-book popsugar reading challenge. I’m not doing another big challenge like that for 2016, but I haven’t decided yet whether I want to do this small one.
I am excited to join!
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I’m in!
I laid out some of my plans for reading in 2016 last night and I think many of them will fit these categories! Now if I can get some of our book club picks to line up, it’ll be easy.
Thanks!
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Yay! I found your blog too late in the year to get on board with 2015, so I’m pumped to be able to join the 2016 challenge. So many good books to read!
Love this!!
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YAY. So excited! I finished about 50% last year, but some of my favorite posts were the ones where you blogged about each category. I really hope you do that again! This year I’m trying to get my BFF to do it with me (we read books together all the time anyway!) so maybe I’ll actually finish 🙂
I’m in! I am looking forward to reading my books on writing as I get focused on writing again, as well as my home magazine subscriptions! But very much looking forward to reading new reads, and stretching myself out of my box of regular reads.
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Looking forward to this! https://www.pinterest.com/ppanda65/
Perfect timing ~ I’m finishing the 2015 challenge today! This has been such a great thing – it got me to read some really great books this past year that I never would have chosen otherwise. Very excited to get going on this one!
Awesome list! So excited to plan my reading for 2016 🙂
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I’m already doing a Classics Challenge for 2016, because I am not a classics kind of reader and am trying to broaden my horizons. Take a look at this challenge at http://youmeandacupofteablog.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-12-month-classics-challenge.html to see the monthly categories. I think I’m going to read Emma for January. I would love to do this one too. Find me at [email protected]. In 2015 I did a Snagged at the Library challenge and read almost 100 books from the library. My goal for 2016 is to read some of my own books from my shelves and my Nook/Kindle. Looking forward to more recommendations from you, Anne, and the other readers here.
Sounds like fun!
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Looks awesome!!
I have so many books on my ‘to read’ I am sure if I follow this challenge it will get me through some of them. Looking forward to this challenge.
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My list is almost complete – just waiting on the recommendations from a librarian & BFF!
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I’m happy to be a part of this reading challenge.I’ll post my list later.
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Looking forward to doing this again. As for what I’m most looking forward to, I don’t even know how to answer that – there are too many. Just a few sitting on the shelf are The Lake House, The Bronte Plot, Dead Wake, and Being Mortal.
Happy Reading!
Those are great ones!
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I’ve been trying really hard to read through books I own (but often get sidetracked by goodies from the library). As for books I’m looking forward to next year, there are a number of fantastic middle-grade novels coming that I’m especially excited about. Here are a few spring titles:
Paper Wishes — Lois Sepahban (January 5)
Sweet Home Alaska — Carole Estby Dagg (February 2)
The Remarkable Journey of Charlie Price — Jennifer Maschari (February 23)
The Key to Remarkable — Natalie Lloyd (February 23)
Hour of the Bees — Lindsay Eagar (March 8)
The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle — Janet Fox (March 15)
Counting Thyme — Melanie Conklin (April 12)
It’s going to be a great year for children’s literature!
Thanks for sharing these!
Thanks for sharing these! I’m adding them to my list for next year.
I absolutely adored Blue Birds by the way, it was enchanting and beautifully written.
My goodness, thank you!
No thank YOU for sharing your work with the world. I have tremendous respect for someone who writes so well in verse, but additionally, the story could stand its own ground. It’s on my list to review on my blog.
Hi Anne,
Love the list! Would it be possible to make it a printable pdf that I can print off and put in my planner to remind me of the categories throughout the year?
Sonya
It already is: there’s a download link in the post.
So sorry Anne. I missed it when I was reading the post and tried unsuccessfully downloading the graphic. I’ve got it now. Again, sorry for the duh moment!
Glad you found it!
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I’m in! bunkielisa at gmail dot com
I’m a moody reader so sometimes I am not as intentional as I want to be. Hopefully, this challenge will help me make better choices, since I haven’t accepted the fact that I will not be able to read every book on my “to read” list before I die.
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https://www.pinterest.com/heather621/ I’m looking forward to the challenge this year!
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Exactly what I’m needing this year! I have the goal to read every single day in 2016 (because, unfortunately, reading is something I convince myself I ‘don’t have time for’ but tv is not…), and I can’t wait to supplement it with this. So excited to be sharing on Pinterest and Instagram. [email protected]
I was so close to finishing this year! Will the link-up be up on the 15th of the month again this year?
Quick Lit will still be up on the 15th of every month.
Looking forward to starting this!
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Looking forward to expanding my reading tastes
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Looking forward the challenge!
I’m so excited to extend my reading challenge for the upcoming year! I just finished the book count challenge for 2015 and am revved up to continue better reading habits!
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Love this challenge – I’m definitely going to give it a go! Bring on 2016!
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I’d love to participate! Books and reading give me so much joy, and I always love to find new authors and titles to try. I’ve found many via your site and other readers’ comments. Can’t wait to dig in!
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I’ve never kept track of the books I’ve read, so I’m excited to try this challenge!
Only curious about that comment about ‘reading not being a competitive sport’… what does that mean?
It means you don’t have to do the challenges that require you to read 300 books a year to be a “real” reader. 🙂
Perfect! I haven’t decided on which ones I’m going to be doing to complete this challenge yet, but I’m excited to jump into it and see what I come up with!
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I’d love to try this! And I have to ask–where did you find those gorgeous books in the photo!?
On my bookshelves! They are Penguin Young Readers paperbacks and Puffin clothbound classics.
Thanks! I LOVE them! 🙂
I’m in! Great categories.Looking forward to reading much more than I did in 2015!
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Woohoo!
I just finished the 2015 challenge this morning. I finished all the light that you cannot see.
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What a great book to wrap up the challenge with!
I love the criteria, it’s very doable. I was looking for a reading plan for the coming year. Thanks.
Glad to hear it!
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I’m in. I read a LOT but I had already decided that I needed to read more classics. Thank you for the challenge! 🙂
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“A book recommended by your local librarian or bookseller”–I think that means I actually have to talk to someone #INFPproblems
If ever anything will get you out of your INFP shell, it’s a love of reading, right? (I sure hope so! – from a fellow INFP. 🙂 )
[email protected] – Thanks! This is a great idea.
Awesome! Will you also give some of your favorite books in the 12 criteria?
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Yes I will! Last year I covered one category per month on the blog. I’m tentatively planning on doing the same in 2016.
Fun!
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I’m in! I can’t thank you enough for the way you have re-energized my reading life! I’ve found new authors and genres … my blah reading slump is over and I’m loving it!
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I haven’t done a reading challenge in a couple of years, I’m excited to join yours in 2016!
I’m in! Great idea! Just started reading a new book this morning…When the Moon is Low by Nadia Hashimi. Loved her first book and picked up this one at a writer’s conference when I heard her speak.
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I made a list of the 12 books I want to read for the 2016 challenge. Looking forward to getting started.
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This sounds like an interesting challenge! Thank you for creating 🙂
Super stoked about this!
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Going to try to stick with this!
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You can do it!
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Thank you!
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Combining this with another reading challenge!
I’m excited to join the 2016 Book Challenge. I followed the 2015 Challenge without actually doing it; I thought I didn’t have enough time. Well, my Goodreads self-challenge for 2015 was to read 45 books this year. I exceed that by 4 books. I guess I do have the time! My daughter, my daughter-in-law and I are starting a “book group” and we’re using your Challenge to pick a book each month.
BTW, I read your Free Kindle Books for today. The only Agatha Christie I ever read was also And Then There Were None. My mom was an avid Christie reader, but I never got into it.
I follow you on Pinterest, so don’t know if you need my pinterest url, but here it is: https://www.pinterest.com/qnonnie/
Hi Anne!
I am so excited.:) If I am already on the 2015 reading challenge board, I’m good to go, right? I shared my winter 2016 reads on the blog last week.
I’m so excited to explore new genres!
In 2016, I’m most excited about reading Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson – a book I’ve been meaning to read.
A few 2016 releases I’m looking forward to reading:
The Crooked Heart of Mercy by Billie Livingston (publication date: January 5)
The Expatriates by Janice Y. K. Lee (publication date: January 12)
The Travelers by Chris Pavone (publication date: March 8, 2016)
I’m looking forward to those titles, too!
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I’m in! Looking forward to the challenge categories. Thanks for all you do! https://www.pinterest.com/cyngoes/
I am in! So excited 🙂 https://www.pinterest.com/lupti/
Did this last year unknown to myself – can’t wait to start 2016’s offering! Thank you so much, I’ll be featuring my progress on my blog from time to time too.
Fun challenge! This list may not be structured enough for my brain but I’m definitely going to figure out some type of challenge for myself. 2016 will be my third year doing a Goodreads reading challenge and I’m excited to make a new list for next year. Thanks for the inspiration.
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Looking forward to reading The Name of the Wind, a book that’s been on my shelf for a while!
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This will be my first time to do the reading challenge. Looking forward to it and and I’ve really enjoyed your blog this year.
Glad to hear it!
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Count me in!! 🙂 This challenge sounds just right for me! Downloading your reading journal and heading to Target tomorrow to buy a cute binder for it!
Loved listening to you on the RAR podcast!
Oh…and here is my email for the Pinterest board….
kempfyre21 @ yahoo dot com.
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Looking forward to this challenge thanks Anne.
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OK, I’m going to commit. I don’t usually do these kinds of things, but maybe a little structure will get me ( or at least give me a nudge) out of the reading rut I have been in. So, here goes! Looking forward to doing this!
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YASSSSS SO EXCITED!! Already brainstorming books to fit these categories!
I’d like to join.
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12 categories! Finally a reading challenge I can commit to without feeling the guilt of my busy work schedule. Looking forward to it!
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I am a Book Club Advisor for Middle and High School and I needed something for the new year, thanks a ton!!
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Looking forward to this!! I discovered so many lovely books from your recommendations this past year – looking forward to many more from this community!
Glad to hear it!
Looking forward to lots of reading next year!
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That sounds like a great plan. I already well ahead on the the Category for reading what i didn’t read as a child. My son has a huge book collection and i read a book a night to him. My husband just got me the last book in the Divergent Series which is fours story cant wait to crack it open. I kinda think its funny with the rout 12 books in 12 months not including my son i read roughly 3 books a month from Mystery to Fiction and everything thats in between Im a visual reader. i love books that are detailed that i can really sink my teeth into.. and that i know i will pick it up again and again.. I am always asking people for there recommendations you never know there may be a book out there that i shy away from just by the title but i always love a good read.. I am looking forward to this challenge
I’ll be happy to join. My goal is to increase my reading this year as I fell behind in 2015.
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So excited for this challenge!
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I would love to join!
I would love to join! My pinterest address is http://www.pinterest.com/doodles9974
Looks like a fun thing to do this year!
Looking forward to joining the reading challenge and group pin board this year. 🙂 http://www.pinterest.com/cnpmoore
[email protected]. This looks like it will provide some much needed structure to my book club! Thanks!
I sure hope so!
Challenge accepted!!! lol
I love reading, so I’m trying. 😉
Love, Sílvia (aka the happiest pixel)
I’m really excited about joining you!
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Can’t wait to start!
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I’m officially in! I don’t think I was officially in for 2015, but I covered about 10 out of 12 categories for 2015! This will be a great way to stretch my reading beyond my comfort zone!
I hope so!
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Thank you!!
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I was in desperate need of a new reading challenge for this coming year, thanks! The “I’ll read at least 100 books” challenge I always do has become to easy and also I found myself trying to hit a number and not enjoying what I was reading as much.
I’m excited to give this a shot! http://www.pinterest.com/mperkins1962
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I didn’t join in last year, but this year I’m in! Thanks for doing this. <3
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I’m excited! I’m still trying to finish up this list for 2015, but I jumped on late, so I’m set to do better already in 2016!
I am excited too! I have shared with other friends and they plan to get involved as well. http://www.pinterest.com/suzannestavert/
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I am doing the 2016 Reading Challenge from Pop Sugar as I did this year but I am going to incorporate your list too! Looking forward to reading and sharing. Love books!
I loved last year’s challenge and look forward to this one. I am also doing a more personal challenge of reading/finishing a list books I already own. This has become a bad habit of mine in recent years and I am trying to change it.
I’m thinking about trying the Rory Gilmore challenge this year. Last year my Goodreads goal was 75 books and I think I’m ending in the 120s. I’d love to connect on Goodreads! I’m also thinking I need to read more classics – I’ve only read half of the Austen I’d like to and am currently finishing Jane Eyre for the first time (I blush to admit)….
Rory Gilmore’s is fun. (And intense!)
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Excited to join in this year!
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I don’t think my husband has ever recommended a book for me… for himself yes, but not for me. Curious what that might be!
I’m looking forward to the 2016 Reading Challenge. Really enjoyed the 2015 and reading books I might not have read otherwise. I’m also going to create a reading journal, and I am giving myself another challenge also: each month to read a book from a Dewey Decimal main category (000s in January, etc.) I should be able to read at least 2 books per month! https://www.pinterest.com/ejoyates/
The Dewey Decimal challenge is so fun!
I’d love to be able to contribute to the Pinterest board!
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Me, too!
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Fun! https://www.pinterest.com/mmcc/
I’ve always loved to read but never done a reading challenge. I’m excited to give it a try!
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I’d like to try this!! What a good challenge!!!!
So excited to join in this year!
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So excited to read with everyone.
Thanks!
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Thank you so much! I started the 2015 challenge late but it was so motivating. Can’t wait to start this from the beginning. Yay!!!
Hurray!
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Looks really fun!
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So happy to have found you! I would love to join the challenge for 2016!! Thank you! http://Www.pintress.com/carleneparrillo
Look forward to joining in.
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Just barely finished my goal of 90 books this year. Excited to start towards a new goal for 2016. [email protected] Pinterest is gojiggy
Congratulations, and here’s to a great 2016!
Excited about books for the new year. I already have a long list of books that I’m currently reading, or started to read, stopped, but still want to finish. Then it continues with other categories. 🙂
I hear you on this. 🙂
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This is one I will definitely do! I’ve decided to lessen my reading challenge load this year because I love to read, so having a number to hit has been stressing me out for the past year or so. This, however, will give me more motivation to read different things and it’s less intense. Thanks so much for doing this every year! I’m glad I can participate in 2016. I already have ideas for most of these!
Glad to hear it!
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I’m so happy to be joining you all this year. I’m already looking for my books!
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Super excited for this 🙂
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[email protected] Excited to join the challenge! 🙂 Thanks!
Count me in — excited to participate this year.
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Count me in! dpmom23(at)gmail.com
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I’d love to join!
I’m going to join and follow along with my blog. I don’t belong to Pinterest and don’t plan on joining….its another time suck, I don’t need…..but I have an email and a blog and will check in…
Sounds good!
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I’ve been wanting to join a book club for a long time!
Every attempt at creating one has failed, so maybe this is the way to go; virtual!!!
Pinterest wouldn’t let me add your user name so I sent an invite to this email address. Let me know if that doesn’t work and we’ll figure it out.
So excited to join the reading challenge! I love your blog and reading recommendations!
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[email protected]. Very excited!
Yay! I have no trouble finding books to read but do get stuck with certain authors and genres so this will help me branch out. [email protected]
I’m in. Anna.wilhelmina(at)hotmail.com
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I would love to join your reading challenge. [email protected]
I’m in! This is so exciting, I’ve been looking for a new book challenge for ages.
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I’m in 🙂
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If I ever finish Cloud Atlas I’m in 🙂
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Hahaha! I haven’t read that one but intend to one day. 🙂
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Just what I was looking for! Thanks!!
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[email protected]. Looking forward to doing this challenge this year!
Excited to join!
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Sounds like fun!
Shared with a friend. We’re ready to go!
I love that you’re doing it together. Enjoy!
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Found the Pinterest email https://www.pinterest.com/lilaclady57/
Do we have to read these in order? I think I’ve just about got my books chosen for most of these. Anybody have any suggestions for banned books? I’m excited!
I’ll blog through the categories in order, one per month (and will have plenty of banned books suggestions!) Feel free to read them in any order that works for you.
Thanks! I just think I’d like to do a book published this year, later in the year, although one I would like to read is being published in January, I’d like to let a few more books come out first before doing that one.
http://www.pinterest.com/debspond/ This sounds like so much fun!
I’m excited to start this year’s reading challenge! I found your site a few months back and really enjoy it and your reading list challenge is such a fun way to diversify my reading. I’m not sure what book I want to start next but I downloaded a bunch on my kindle and am ready to beat last year’s goal! (I managed 52 books out of my 55 goal)
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CANNOT wait to start this! I was absolutely sucked into the podcast you were part of on Sorts Awesome!
Glad you enjoyed it!
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I haven’t done a Book Challenge for a couple years so I am very excited about this!
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I’m excited to try this. I failed at my reading challenge last year, but it had so many different types. Maybe I will be able to do this one!
I can7t say no to a good challenge! I’m not on Pinterest, but I’m very active at Goodreads so I will subscribe to this post and join the Goodreads group. Is that OK?
Of course!
Add me please!!!
I just sent a pinterest invite to this email address.
I’ve been looking for a good reading challenge for 2016. I’m in. Do we need to start at the top of the list or is it our choice?
I’ll blog through the categories in order, one per month, but feel free to read them in whatever order you’d like.
This looks like a great, attainable, interesting challenge (I hate the crazy long ones that make me feel tired and defeated before I ever get started!). I just downloaded _The Magicians_ by Lev Grossman, which I’ve been meaning to read for at least a year now, so it’s a perfect beginning. Looking forward to seeing everyone’s choices! http://www.pinterest.com/katala97
That sounds like a great book to kick off the year with. Happy reading!
Please add me to the Pinterest board! 🙂 I’m @lydalexander there.
It wouldn’t let me add you so I sent an invite to this email address. Let me know if that’s not the right one and we’ll get it straightened out.
Please add me to the Pinterest board. I have already thought of books I have to read in several of the categories
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Looking forward to taking part!
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I’m looking forward to re-reading The Secret Garden, a favorite from my childhood. Also looking forward to The Book Thief. Afraid to set my sights further than that — don’t want to overwhelm myself! Love your list, and I’m excited to get back into my first love — reading!
Me please! I’m so excited! https://www.pinterest.com/cupcakegirl94/
I’m in!
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Sounds good! https://www.pinterest.com/mochavonbruen/
This is such a cool idea. Our library’s adult summer reading program was a reader’s bingo and it had a similar concept – I discovered that short stories are great antidotes for a short attention span or busy brain that cannot focus on a novel and that science fiction isn’t always obscure and boring . . . Look forward to participating here and shaking up my normal repertoire.
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That’s great that your library had book bingo!
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Please add me on Pinterest. Thank you. This my Pinterest email
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Looking Forward to more reading.
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I’m in and I’m getting others excited about it too! Here’s my books Pinterest board.
https://www.pinterest.com/adhunley/books-books-books/
It wouldn’t let me add your pinterest user name so I sent an invite to this email address. Let me know if that’s not right and we’ll get it straightened out.
It worked! Thank you. I’m excited!
I’m in and I’m getting others excited about it too! Here’s my books Pinterest board. https://www.pinterest.com/adhunley/books-books-books/
I like Goodreads.com to keep track of my reads and to-reads as well.
I’m in!! Can’t wait.
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Maybe this will kick me into reading all of the things I want to read, but “never have time’ to read.
This will be fun!!!
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Excited to try this challenge…?
Hi Anne,
I would love to be a part of your 2016 Book Challenge. It is a fun list and I’m excited to read along with you all!
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Thanks!
Excited to join! Thank you.
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What a great format! I’m in.
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Very excited to join!
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Excited to join you this year!
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[email protected]. Looking forward to the challenge and inspiration!
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Count me in!
My friend linked me to this challenge and we started a Facebook group to keep up with our progress, share with and invite others and talk about the books they read!! Thanks for hosting! I be blogging my reads too!
Love it!
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This is a great challenge. I’d love to join.
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So excited!! https://www.pinterest.com/mrsyonemura/
Sounds like a great, achievable challenge. I’d love to join.
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I’m in! Sounds great!
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great idea =)
Please add me!
Pinterest: @jillbarry1112
Thanks!
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This sounds amazing. Definitely taking the challenge : )
Our snow days here have gotten me back to reading (which I had oh-so-missed). Looking forward to the challenge! [email protected]
[email protected]. Thanks for the inspiration!
Please add me!!!?
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I had a great time quietly playing along in 2015! I hope to actually pin and post as I complete this challenge in 2016 🙂 I know that for the 2015 challenge you posted about the challenges in order, which I loved, because I was able to follow along with my own selections and add to my TBR list. This leads me to ask if “a book published this year” means a book published in 2015 or 2016? Thanks!!!
2016!
Looking forward to the reading challenge! Reading “To Kill A Mockingbird” as the book I should have read in school.
Looking forward to the Challenge. My daughter bought be a perfect book to get started for Christmas.
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That’s fantastic! I hope it kicks off a great year of reading.
Count me in
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Hope I’m not too late to join!
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You’re not too late! I just sent an invite.
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Great! [email protected] Pinterest: tlvonpingel. Looking forward to a neat challenge!
I’m in! [email protected] on Pinterest. I found this too late last year. I’m right on time this year!
I’d love to join! My email is [email protected]
I’ve just joined Pinterest so may take a while to get used to it!
I want to do this! I was just using the list to finalize the books I plan to read for each category, came out here to comment and forgot there was a way to officially join the challenge! https://www.pinterest.com/lauridel/ or [email protected]
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This sounds like fun! We’ll see how it goes…
Well considering I hopped on Twitter to beg you to do it again in 2016, so I could redeem my pitiful efforts, I’m obviously in. hehehehe
I also made a brand new blog for reading challenges this year… I’ve been DYING to blog about books, but didn’t feel like it meshed well with my main site, so now I have a brand new book blog. I’m so happy!!!!
Hurray, I love it!
I think I’m going to give this a try. I like how you have the categories much better than the one I attempted to try for 2015 (and ended up not completing even though I read quite a few books last year). I’m excited to try this challenge! One of the previous commenters asked about the category for a book published this year wondering if that’s for 2015 or 2016. I was wondering the same thing. I know what I would pick if it’s 2015. 🙂
2016! Don’t worry: you have almost the whole year to figure out what to read, and I’ll have plenty of suggestions for coming books this week. 🙂
Looking forward to your book suggestions. I’ve been thinking about various books for the challenge. My youngest daughter (7yo) is a voracious reader and so I read a good bit of children’s books both pre-reading and as read-alouds. I like that a number of the categories in this challenge are compatible with that! I also have jotted down several books I’d like to read for myself. I have heard a lot of good things about Quiet by Susan Cain and have added that to my list of books to read this year. Being an introvert myself, I am looking forward to reading this book. 🙂 For the category of a book that intimidates me, I think I would probably choose Les Miserables. It was a book that my oldest daughter was skeptical about reading when she was a junior in high school and it turns out that she loved it. It ended up being one of her favorite literature reads that year. She has also recommended that I read Frankenstein. So that’s on my list for the category of book chosen for you. I’m not on pinterest; but I do blog and so will try to get a post up this week about the challenge. 🙂
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I would love to join. Thanks Cheri for telling me.
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Excited to join this year ?
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Excited to join!
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Excited to join!!
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Excited to try this! My goal for 2016 is 50 books. So thi will make it fun to add some I hadn’t thought of!
Last year was one of my worst years of reading ever! I picked up so many books and put them down shortly after starting them. I am looking forward to this challenge! https://www.pinterest.com/lisalivingwell/
I’d love to join in! Looking forward to a year of reading more great books and spending less time on FB and online in general.
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Pinterest wouldn’t let me add your user name to the board so I sent an invite to this email address. Let me know if that doesn’t work and we’ll figure it out.
I am so excited for this! Yay! https://www.pinterest.com/geezgwen/
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I teach middle school language arts and am so excited about this reading challenge! anna[dot]lafferre[at]gmail[dot]com.
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My husband got me 5 new books for Christmas. I’m always looking for something to challenge me!
What a wonderful gift!
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I’m in for this Challenge! (Last year I did the “Howard’s End Is on the Landing” Challenge.) https://www.pinterest.com/leesgoodfood10/
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[email protected] …definitely need some inspiration for a book published this year!
I’ll share a list next week!
I hope it’s not too late to sign up!
My pintrest email is [email protected] (@lilaleaf)
I’m excited about this reading challenge. I didn’t do well last year, but I’m hoping this year will be different. I am scheduling time for reading this year instead of waiting until I happen upon time to read. I got three e-books and 2 regular books for Christmas that I’m going to read this month!
What a great start to your reading year!
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Pinterest @muffydoore- great challenge!!
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Pinterest wouldn’t let me add your user name to the board so I emailed an invite to this address. If that’s not right let me know and we’ll figure it out.
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Doing this for me. So looking forward to it. http://www.pinterest.com/southseaisland
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I’d like to join the Pinterest board! @MJSamuelson
That is, http://www.Pinterest.com/mjsamuelson
I’m in, getting my reading focus back after a long period of depression and looking forward to the challenge! My pinterest is @liwwwwwwwwwwww (sorry can’t get the link as on the app but I’ve followed you!)
I just sent you an invite. Hope this is a great year for you, for reading and otherwise. 🙂
Thanks 🙂
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I have been looking for a reading challenge and a group to share with. Very excited to be apart!
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I would like to join.
Just found your site and love this concept! Can’t wait to get started! [email protected]
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looking forward to starting this!
Love this! And love the idea that we can pin our Challenge reads! Here’s my info:https://www.pinterest.com/suzyyester/
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My daughter shared this with me. I’m a middle school reading teacher, and haven’t read an adult book in a long time. This will help me slip some in between the kids books. http://www.pinterest.com/quiltin2b
Love this. Hope you find some great grown-up reads this year!
I’m in! Expecting my second any day now, but this challenge seems doable. 🙂 My pinterest address: https://www.pinterest.com/sarahconrad1215/
So exciting! Hope all goes smoothly; congrats in advance!
Please add me to the 2016 Reading Challenge board.
I just sent a pinterest invite to this email address.
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Just one question – is the first book on the list the January challenge? If so, can the book be one published in the last year? can I do the challenge in any order?
Thanks!
Read a book published in 2016! I’ll have ideas for you next week. You can do the challenge in any order, but I’ll be blogging through the categories in the order of the list, one each month.
This is going to be fun! Thank you!
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This is great, have shared on Facebook! Looking forward to being involved 🙂
Followed you on pinterest. Would like to be added: [email protected].
Thanks! Looking forward to it :).
I’d like to join! lpjalejandro at gmail dot com. Thanks!
I would love to join!
I told myself I was stopping with the challenges I found already, but I don’t think I can pass this one up. It looks fun! thisquietmorning @ gmail dot com
Thanks for this. . . sharing with many fellow readers. . .
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Love this challenge!
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Oh I LOVE this idea, I’m in 🙂
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Hi, I am in
this is my url link to my pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/ietha/
Hello! I’m definitely up for the 2016 reading challenge!
I think my Pinterest email is https://www.pinterest.com/redok/
Thank you!
Hope
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Can’t wait to get started! [email protected]
Love this idea. Count me in. [email protected]
Such a cool idea! Thanks Mrs. Darcy.
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Count me in! Sounds fun!
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I’m in and invited my literary friends to join in too. My Pinterest address is https://www.pinterest.com/teecroyal.
Looking forward to getting at least half-way through this challenge! [email protected]
You can do it!
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Looking forward to some good reading!
Looking forward to this challenge, and so happy I’ve found this site! My pinterest account is ashleighanne777.
Ready to read. Thanks for the inspiration.
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Thanks for this! My Pinterest is @piratebertny
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My friends and I are looking forward to this challenge.
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I’m in 🙂
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I am excited for this challenge!
Happy New Year! Looking forward to the challenge! [email protected]
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Hiya!!! I’d like to join the pinterest group. My email is playamom57 at yahoo dot com. I did the Goodreads challenge last year and ended up reading 70 books. I’ve been a bookworm since first grade and would be lost without the library. Thanks for having this. Blessed be, hugs!!! Pam
Glad you can join us!
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Excited…just finished first book!
Me, too!
Finally decided to join! I ended up shrinking the printable so it would fit in my MMD reading journal 😉
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So smart!
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Can’t wait to get started!
it’s been a very long time since I’ve followed along with a reading challenge! I’m looking forward to trying to check off all the categories! http://Pinterest.com/caseyplusthree/
Pinterest wouldn’t let me add your user name so I sent an invite to this email address. If that’s not right let me know and we’ll figure it out. 🙂
Could you possibly resend the invite? I think it wasn’t working because I wasn’t following you, it should work now though
Success! I just resent it.
Thank you so much Anne!
I’m in, and I’m super excited about it!
I have got off to a good start with the Challenge this year.I have already read Animal Farm by George Orwell and The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien,and I have started Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie.I hope to average one book a week.I have started a list on Pinterest-https://www.pinterest.com/tinkerbelle1978/modern-mrs-darcy-reading-challenge-2016/.I will add more books I will read as I finish them.I have used your templates for a journal,and my tablet has lots of books ready to go!
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Last year with goodreads i made a goal to read 5 books. I didn’t get to read any in 2014 so i thought 5 was a good start. I ended up reading 19 and am so proud of myself and really enjoyed it. I read all sorts. But this gives me some great ideas on how to keep things different. My goal this year is to beat last year and get 20 books read, starting with Little Women. I have reviewed some of your blogs and really enjoy a lot of what you have to say. Thank you for spending the time to do this. https://www.pinterest.com/sfox724/
Please add me!! @shannonsweet93
May I join the Pinterest group, too, please? I’m at https://www.pinterest.com/tobylauren/.
Cheers!
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My book: “Run Gently Out There” http://rungentlyoutthere.com/my-book/
We cheat and include all books purchased or received in December as Christmas books. My current stack:
The Sixth Extinction : Elizabeth Kolbert
The Flight of the Nez Perce : Mark H. Brown
In Pursuit of the Nez Perces : Linwood Laughy
H Is for Hawk : Helen Macdonald
Brave Men : Ernie Pyle
Runner : Lizzy Hawker
The White Cascade : Gary Krist
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Cod : Mark Kurlansky
Can’t wait to get started!!
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I’m ready for this challenge and I’m super excited.
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Joined the challenge on my blog. Looking forward to it!
Can’t wait!
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I’m in! I love this idea! Here’s my Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/tefy122/
Sign me up please!
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I’m in! I’m excited about having a plan!
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So we just sign up here?
If so, count me in. Where do we put what book we’re reading for each challenge? Thanks
I just sent you an invite to the group pinterest board. You can pin your books there, otherwise track them yourself. I’d recommend subscribing to the monthly-ish newsletter to stay tuned. https://modernmrsdarcy.com/subscribe
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Already made my list of books for this challenge, and will be reading your list as well. My list has a few books with film adaptions that my cinephile friend has been meaning to watch so this way he can finish his film challenges too.
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I love that you all are teaming up for books and films. So fun!
Excellent book list. My goals this year is to attack my NetGalley list. I was approved for so many and went nutso but didn’t get to read them. So I’m going to read the list and publish my reviews, even if they’re a year late!
Looking forward to this challenge. Now I just need to pick the books 🙂
http://www.pinterest.com/cinders25 Now I have an “excuse” to get my reading in. Excited to try.
Sign me up.
I needed a kickstart to get back to reading. I’m in!
I am going to be reading Anne, spark of joy, wild money and harmony black. I am currently ready Ghost Story and love it. Reading my addiction and I love the movie that plays in my mind as I read.
A book published this year – The City of Mirrors by Justin Cronin (3rd in the trilogy)
A book I previously abandoned – The Famished Road by Ben Okri
A book I have already read at least once – Gone with the Wind
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I just retired and have about 35 linear feet of books I haven’t read yet – this challenge will inspire me to explore the stacks. Thank you!
I’m in! A book I have been meaning to read: The Power of One
A book I previously abandoned: The Red Tent
A book I own but have never read: The Kite Runner
That’s a great start!
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I’m in! I’ve already started on my list.
I started my 2016 challenge! I reread The Giver by Lois Lowry, which spurred me into reading the Quartet. Though geared to YA, the series was thought provoking for my 50+ years. I will count these as my Read in a Day. The book I will Complete is London, by Edward Rutherfurd, a daunting book at over 1,100 pages. My Banned book will be I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, one I have been very curious about. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, is the Book Before I Was Born. Not my usual reading, but classics make me feel good! Gone With The Wind, by Margaret Mitchell, the Book I Own, But Have Never Read. I don’t know why, as I love the play and movie. Eeks! I see I have droned on! The rest will be a surprise!
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Looking forward to participating!…working on my list!
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I’m in! 🙂
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Pinterest wouldn’t let me add your user name so I sent an invite to this address. Let me know if that doesn’t work and we’ll figure it out.
I’m in! Gonna get some books I’ve been wanting to read done.
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I’d love to join the board!
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I’ll give it a go! I’m not sure how to find out what my Pinterest is. ? @mbmast???!
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I’m reading Start of the Sea by Joseph O’Connor. I’m going to stay the Ice Princess by Camilla Lackberg when that’s finished. I think that I have more books than I can possibly ever read.
I’m Maxwell Thomas on Pinterest.
I’m in!
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Super excited to join! 😀
https://www.pinterest.com/maaaaaaaaai // [email protected] (This is my first reading challenge ever and I can’t believe it’s taken me so long!) x
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hello, do invite me, please! email to merouda at hotmail dot com. thanks!
I’d like to join 🙂
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Hi again,
Apparently I did not leave my correct pinterest address. I hope I did it correctly this time!
Kim
That worked! I just sent your invite.
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Yay! stein.caitlin at gmail dot com
This is great! Can’t wait to start checking things off!!
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AAACK!!! Just visited the 2016 Reading Challenge Board…so many great reads…how will we ever choose?!? Excited to get started!
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Looking forward to it!
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So I am on book 5 already! I am currently reading The Letter by Kathryn Hughes.
Book 5, what?! That’s awesome!
I know!I’ve surprised myself too!I have always loved reading and have always read books quickly,but haven’t made the effort to just sit still and read for a good number of years.That’s why this challenge has motivated me to start doing just that,and now I can’t stop!Thank you Anne for re awakening my love for reading by putting this challenge,and your blog out there.xx
Also,meant to say that I have extended the challenge so I am aiming to read at least one book a week.I know I am of to a flying start but life will start to get in the way at some point!
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So excited for this challenge and my 2 teens asked if they could do it with me. Win!
Hi, I just joined ePantry and received my first shipment. So glad I discovered this through Modern Mrs. Darcy’s Reading Challenge. I have a book that is called Scarlett, that is a sequel to GWTW and am looking forward to reading it this year for sure. I also just “pinned” a recommended book, “Before Green Gables”, I think that will be fascinating. I’d love to add to my already-extensive library by winning the 12 books!
Thank you for this post! I referred to it in my blog: http://bookideas.net/2016/01/07/so-many-challenges/ Happy new year!
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I’ve picked up a book that intimidates me, one that I should have read in high school, and one I’ve put down multiple times: The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Can I check all three boxes? LOL. Great reading plan. I’m inspired!
If EVER checking three boxes for one book should be allowed, it should be for Hunchback. And War and Peace. 😉
I would love to join your challenge! I have books lined up for some categories already, One that intimidates me is definitely “A Game of Thrones” one I should have read in school will be “A Catcher in the Rye” One published before I was born, (my husband suggested the Bible, insinuating that I was so old that would be the only book available!) but I think I will pick “The Bell Jar” Previously Banned will probably be “The Satanic Verses” book that I have put aside will probably be “Shogun”, read half and just stopped for some reason, I don’t know why!
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I love reading challenges 🙂 The book I want to highlight is a book that spans several categories on the challenge list: War and Peace. My brother gave me a copy of the book for Christmas because it is his favorite book. He says that as I love a good novel, this book is the novel of all novels. I have previously tried to read the book and abandoned it. As an English major, I should have read this book as an undergrad. Thank you for giving me another reason to enjoy this book 🙂
Oh, golly. That one totally intimidates me!
Great Challenge! I’m in!! New to your blog- via read aloud revival podcast! Loved what you had to share on reading with kiddos and best of all making time for us Mamas to read!!
Glad you could stop by. Welcome!
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Excited to join this Challenge!!! I know for sure that on my 2016 challenge list I will read:
Victor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning (Book published before I was born)
Jeanette Wall’s The Glass Castle (Book I’ve been meaning to read)
… the others are “to be determined”!!!
Sounds like fun, though!!!!
This is a great idea! I’m in! [email protected].
I’m going to start with one that was recommended to me by a local bookseller, Outlander. It would also fit the books I have abandonned and book I already own and have been meaning to read, but I bought it because the owner of a tiny bookstore in Maryland highly recommended it to me. Yay! Ready to get started and back into this book!
I still have to sort out my categories, but I plan to read Elizabeth Gaskell’s Cranford, The Poisonwood Bible, Go Set a Watchman, and you’ve re-inspired me to read No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency- which I own but still have never read. I am also considering re-reading The Gift of an Ordinary Day by Katrina Kenison; I loved it when I read it several years ago. I am really excited to do this challenge- I recently moved across the country and am really missing my former book group and am loving this way to have a reading plan and feel connected with other readers!
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A few of the books on my challenge list include Pride and Prejudice, which I should have read in high school but never got around to, Jane Eyre, which I started and never finished, Macbeth, which intimidates me (although I may opt for an alternate WS title when the time comes), Interupted by Jen Hatmaker, which I’ve read before, The Last Sin Eater by Francine Rivers, which I can read in a day, and Mudhouse Sabbath, as recommended by MMD. I’m starting with Pride and Prejudice as soon as my new Kindle arrives. 😀
When I was in high school – 50 years ago (!) – I read We Have Always Lived In the Castle for a book report. I still recall standing in front of the class reporting on that book that I liked so much. Definitely time to read it again.
I finished The Metamorphosis, by Kafka, which was recommended by a friend. I can check that off the list. The next one will be Crime and Punishment, a book I had abandoned.
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I really like this challenge; I’m also going to recommend to my book club when we get together later this month. I plan to choose my books as I go. I’m looking forward to a great year of reading.
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I love a good reading challenge and this one sounds fun.
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Looking forward to doing this challenge!
Hi!
One of my new year resolutions for 2016 was to get back to reading for leisure, and I accidentally stumbled on your website. Looking forward to this challenge!
Wonderful! I hope this is good inspiration for you.
I’m ready to read.
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I am a bit confused. I commented what a great idea I think the MMD reading challenge is as part of winning the twelve books. Thought I was signing up for the challenge as well. If I have signed up, great. If not my Pinterest address is Pinterest.com/jamguthrie. Thanks for being patient with technical plodders, Anne!
This is great. I’ve been trying to be more deliberate with my reading picks, can’t wait to brainstorm what to do this year. [email protected]
I really want to join! All the way from Denmark, so some choices might be in danish (or another scandinavian language).
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This is wonderful! How fun! I started a Facebook group to lead the challenge. If you want to join, it’s called 2016 Reading Challenge (just search for it). “I’m currently reading “the book that intimidates you”. It’s called Shot in the Heart by Mikal Gilmore.
Want to do this this year!
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For January I chose to read a book that I own but have never read: Revealed by J.C. and Kristin Cast, the end of the House of Night series. I will also continue to read other books that I own but have never read all throughout the month. I have decided to continue the theme I chose throughout the ENTIRE month. I will just report the first book though, lol.
Great idea…I need the structure of a challenge! I am in ….well want to be but don’t really see where/how to sign up. Please advise…
I started a Facebook group to lead the challenge. If you want to join, it’s called 2016 Reading Challenge (just search for it on Facebook). I’m currently reading “the book that intimidates you”. It’s called Shot in the Heart by Mikal Gilmore.
I’m excited to join! I’m at [email protected]. Thanks for hosting this!
I just finished a book ‘published before I was born’
The Singing Sands by Josephine Tey
Tey is an English mystery writer – this particular book definately falls in the cozy mystery category. I could have read it when my husband was out of town. That’s my definition of a cozy!
The books is more inner dialogue and beautiful language than mystery. The actual murder investigation really starts in the last third of the book.
I’m looking forward to trying another of Tey’s mysteries.
Cheri
I’ve never read Josephine Tey but she is on my list: readers with great taste KEEP telling me to read her! Congrats on finishing the book; hoping many more great reads are to come.
On Sunday, I read Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O’Nan for the ‘a book you can finish in a day’ category. I finished it in about 5 hours and I can’t stop thinking about it. A great winter read and one that will stay with me for a long, long time.
I plan on reading one of his other books, Wish You Were Here at some point this year. Highly recommend checking him out if you haven’t already!
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I’m in! Thanks for the push! [email protected]
Just finished my first book in the challenge and thought I’d better join the group!
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We don’t have to own the books we read for this challenge do we? Also can they be ARC’s?
You can beg, borrow, or steal the books. ARCs are legit (as are audiobooks).
…joining in. Happy 2016.
Just finished my January Book – Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. Very different from the movie, but enjoyed it very much. I’m not starting my February Book until February. But to keep the reading going, I’m going to start reading Creative Confidence by Tom Kelly and David Kelly. I’m hoping it will inspire me to keep sketching and maybe take up painting. Target is to have it done before Feb. 1. Wishing myself luck.
Good luck! I hope it inspires you, too.
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Excited to join 🙂
Hi! I’m in ♥
Love this idea. While I do read often, usually it is to unwind, so I tend to pick lighter selections. One book outside of my “comfort zone” is definitely possible. Actually really only 3/4 will be that way since books I will be reading soon already fit the “guidelines.” Thanks!
I’m really excited about this.
Most looking forward to reading many on my list, especially The Red Tent.
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Found this today and have started it. Thank You!
I’m so excited to join in!
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Thank you! Super excited 🙂
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What a great challenge!
Just finished my January book, “Best Friends Forever” by Kimberla Lawson Roby (published this month). It was a page turner from beginning to end. Glad to be in this reading challenge.
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Did my January read! Was nervous because I had put down reading for so long and wasn’t quite sure if I’d finish a book at all.
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Thank you for starting your podcast!
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So excited! I finished The Great Gatsby as my book I should have read in english class. I’m excited to have a little more structure in my reading this year. [email protected]
Great challenge! I’m onto my second book this year. I’m excited to officially join. Thanks!
Bit late, but here I am!!
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Just finished my first book for this challenge and realised I am not in the Pinterest group yet. My email is [email protected] – please add me too!
I finished my second book for the challenge ‘The Greatest Generation’ by Tom Brokaw. It’s my book recommended by a friend. My book group picked it and i did NOT want to read it.
But I’m glad I did. I went from being proud of our country to ashamed of our generation. Angry at the racism and sexism. And finally back to the realization that people are people – good and bad. There are admirable marks in any generation and things we would rather not be identified with. I even shed a few tears.
BTW – I love the podcast. My book list is growing!
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So far I’ve read Anne of Green Gables as a book I’ve already read at least once, and I’m in the middle of Riel, A Man of Revolution, for a book you should have read in school.
I am very excited to try your challenge!
It is going to be a great year for reading, don’t you think?
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Excited to join! https://www.pinterest.com/pixannem/
I’m a little late to the party but hey, it’s a new year. My pinterest email is yesolusola(at)gmail(dot)com. Thanks for the good list of ideas for the 12 books
Just ran across this and am kind of excited – the only challenge I’ve done in the past is just for the number of books I want to read. This will be fun! [email protected]
My sister asked if I wanted to try this challenge and I thought it sounded a great idea. Have just finished my first book and would like to share on Pinterest.
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I’m going to tackle this month with a book that really intimidates me: The Count of Monte Cristo. I don’t know why this book gives me shivers and I hide from it while caressing other classics, but thanks to this challenge I’m going to finally read it!
I’ve been doing the Challenge for over a month but haven’t officially joined yet. Happy to be a part of this exciting group.
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I’m excited to join!
So far in my Reading Challenge I have read:
Jane Eyre (Book I should’ve read in school) Loved it!
Mans Search for Meaning (Book I’ve been meaning to read) Loved it!
Yellow Wallpaper (Book I can read in a day) Liked it!
… I am now tackling War & Peace (Book that intimidates me! Wish me luck!)
War & Peace intimidates me, too. Good luck!
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May have given you the wrong pinterest email…I sign in with my facebook so the email may be [email protected]
my actual pinterest is https://www.pinterest.com/xluvinoux/
really want to participate/post on the 2016 reading challenge board 😀 Thanks so much!
I just sent an invite to that email address.
I’ve just started reading H IS FOR HAWK by Helen MacDonald. It will be the first on my list!
I hope you enjoy it!
Hi again, Anne!
Apologies as this has been so confusing for me. You kindly sent an invite to the pinterest board for me to my [email protected] email (which is what I used years ago to sign up for facebook). Unfortunately when I tried to log into yahoomail it told me they recycled my account because I haven’t used it in so long. If you could please resend the invite to [email protected] it would be greatly appreciated! Already two books in 🙂
Best,
Ally
I sent an invite to this address. Hoping it works this time!
I just might do this one. Did a similar one last year, but found it a little too over-whelming. This is much easier!
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I came seeking a printable of this list to put on the fridge and found the original post! haha. I had seen the list on Instagram. I am going to start reviewing the choices, I’ve done three from the list so far.
Great blog, I plan to explore more. I LOVE this printable it’s gorgeous!
I would like to join the Reading Challenge on Pinterest please. [email protected] Another fun category would be “a book with a great cover.”
I’m really late to this, but interested in the idea. I want to read more, and have a HUGE TBR pile.
I would love to join!
I changed the name of my blog from ‘Lady T’s Book Nook’ to ‘Write to Read!’ Sorry for any confusion!
HapPy to get some pinned to the board for another year. Thanks for continuing the FuN !
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Late to the party, but I read so much it won’t make a difference! 😀
My e-mail is [email protected]. I know I will greatly enjoy the challenge. 🙂
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Never too late for a The Challenge! Can I please be added to the Pintrest Board? @erisarac
Sorry if this has already been suggested but there should be a bonus category: “A book about or set in a culture not your own.” 🙂
May I please be added to your PINTEREST 2016 Reading Challenge Board?
I found your blog in December while looking for something to help get my struggling readers reading (I teach high school English). I printed this challenge and gave it to the students telling them that they wouldn’t get to finish it, obviously, but that if they were having trouble deciding what to read next they could use this as a guideline. More students than I thought took to this challenge and have read more than they thought they would. They were also super excited that their assigned novels covered some of the categories to get them closer to completing the challenge. They did want me to give them double credit for some of their books; I recommended “The Red Queen” to them and the sequel came out this year so they wanted it to fulfill two categories: a book recommended and published this year, I got around it by saying that I am neither a librarian or book seller. It worked much better than I thought it would and will definitely give next year’s students this challenge when the school year starts as well as the new one once we come back in January. Thank you for posting this!
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Just finished reading War & Peace for the Book that Intimidates me! It wasn’t that bad! Could have done without Tolstoy’s pontificating at the end of the book … but, overall, sort of enjoyed it!
Can you add me to the Pinterest board please? My email is [email protected]. I already followed all your boards 🙂 Thanks
I just added you!
I would love to be added to your Pinterest board. My pinterest info is https://www.pinterest.com/tkay77/. Thanks! I am a little slow at reading now, because I have a toddler, but I love this idea!
I came across this challenge back in January after someone posted it on Facebook, and I completed it today. Thank you for the inspiration.
Just to share, this is my booklist for each challenge, with the title, year of publication, author, nationality, number of pages, and language:
A book Published this year – The Expatriates, 2016, by Janice Y.K. Lee (Hong Kong), 330 pages, English
A book that intimidates you – Vivir para contarla, 2002, by Gabriel García Márquez (Colombia), 576 pages, Spanish
A book you’ve already read at least once – Lord of the Flies, 1954, by William Golding (Britain), 304 pages, English
A book you’ve been meaning to read – Americanah – 2013, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria), 588 pages, English
A book published before you were born – Far From the Maddening Crowd, 1874, by Thomas Hardy (Britain), 386 pages, English
A book you should have read in school – The Chocolate War, 1974, by Robert Cormier (USA), 272 pages, English
A book that was banned at some point – The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, 2007, by Sherman Alexie (USA), 230 pages, English
A book recommended by your local librarian or bookseller – The Boston Girl, 2014, by Anita Diamant (USA), 336 pages, English
A book you can finish in a day – Twelve Red Herrings, 1994, by Jeffery Archer (Britain), 324 pages, English
A book you own but never previously read – The Looting Machine, 2015, by Tom Burgis (Britain), 368 pages, English
A book you previously abandoned – Lincoln at Gettysburg, 1992 , by Gary Willis (USA), 320 pages, English
A book chosen for your by your spouse, partner, sibling, child, or BFF – Sword & Citadel, 1984, by Gene Wolfe (USA), 416 pages, English
LOVE LOVE LOVE! I am normally a huge reader and this past year I have really fallen away from making time for it. I am starting this challenge now 🙂 What a great Challenge!
I’m not sure if it’s too late in the year, but I’d love to join! My pinterest e-mail is [email protected] and I just followed you. Thanks!
I know that I’m late to the party, but I keep a book journal and can check several of these off already.
https://www.pinterest.com/prttypageturner/ I’ve been repinning you forever! Would love to join the group-thanks!
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I would love to join! My email is [email protected]. Thank you! -Leighanne
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Thank you! 😀
I’d love to join the group, I am a voracious reader! [email protected]
Finished all 12 categories! Can’t wait for the 2017 challenge list!!!
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Thanks!
When do we get the 2017 challenge? I LOVED this – it is what turned me into a reader! This year I found out how much I love reading and want to thank you!
I finished the Challenge! I wrote about what I read: http://thingsleftout.blogspot.com/2016/12/i-read-lot-2016-reading-challenge.html
A group of friends/family members took on your challenge last January and have LOVED it! It got us to read more and took us out of our comfort zones, making us try new things. Yours was great that it worked out to one book a month…so many others lists are way too long 🙂 Do you have a 2017 Reading Challenge for us to continue with?!
Never mind I just found the link for it! Thanks!
Great! Happy reading!
Loved this challenge. It definitely made me read more than in previous years. Looking forward to 2017.
I finished the 201 6 Challenge and really loved doing it! It got me to think outside my normal reading parameters. In particular, I had never considered rereading books. I have already decided to try both of the 2017 challenges and have made of list of books that might fit the categories. Nineteen books on my list are already on my shelf! The best part of the challenges for me is that it focuses me to read the books I’ve already bought, instead of wandering off looking for the next new purchase.