I continued on in my reading challenge group and while I had a dry spell in the middle of the year, I really appreciated this challenge! Of course, due to COVID a lot of things were postponed or cancelled (like the Olympics) but we left the list as is for reading inspiration. I managed to check off 12 categories in the challenge and I finished 32 books for the year.
Here’s my galley of the books that I finished:
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- A book set in Japan (host of the 2020 Olympics) – Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
- A book with a one word title – Furia by Yamile Saied Mendez
- A book written 20 years ago (in 2000)
- A banned book
- A book published in 2020 – What You Wish For by Katherine Center
- A book set in the 1920s
- A book by a woman of color – The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
- A book you meant to read in 2019 – The Island of the Sea Women by Lisa See
- A true crime book –
- A book about modern technology or social media – Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyou
- The first book in a series – Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi
- An easy reread – Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center
Bonus Categories
- A book or memoir by a 2020 candidate (doesn’t have to be presidential) – Shortest Way Home by Pete Buttigieg
- A book about a religion that is not your own
- A young adult book – Super Fake Love Song by David Yoon
- A book set in the state you live in
- A psychology book – How to Raise an Adult by Julie Lythcott-Haims
- A book written by an author that is your age
- A book that is a genre you never or rarely read –
- A book being turned into a movie or tv show in 2020 – Always and Forever, Laura Jean by Jenny Han