The year I finished my master’s degree, visited Savannah, Jackson Hole, and St. Louis.
The year of the 2017 reading challenge!
Categories Completed:
- 7 Women by Eric Metaxas (1/7) [Book that you’ve always wanted to read]
- The Man in the High Castle by Phillip K. Dick (1/13) [Book from an Unfamiliar Genre]
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba (1/22) [Book with a Yellow Cover]
- Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (2/7) [A Book You’ve Read Once Before]
- Smarter Better Faster by Charles Duhigg (2/18) [Your Choice #1]
- Dear Mr. Knightley by Katherine Reay (3/13) [Your Choice #2]
- News of the World by Paulette Jiles (4/3) [Historical Fiction set 100+ Years Ago]
- Silence by Shūsaku Endō (4/5) [Book Originally Published in Another Language]
- Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (4/13) [Play by Shakespeare]
- The Alpine Path by Lucy Maud Montgomery (4/28) [Book Published in 1917]
- We Two: Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals (4/28; audiobook) [Book with a Number in the Title]
- Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (5/1) [Book about Politics]
- The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner (5/6) [Book Written in First-Person]
- The Radium Girls by Kate Moor (5/22) [Book Published in 2017]
- The War of Art by Steven Pressfield (5/28) [Book Recommended to you by Someone Else]
- To A God Unknown by John Steinbeck (5/31) [Your Choice #3]
- The Great Crash by John Kenneth Galbraith (6/1) [Nonfiction Book about a Specific Time Period]
- No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy (6/3) [Your Choice #4]
- A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (6/7) [Your Choice #5]
- Mister Pip by Lloyd Wright (6/7) [Book Set in a Different Country]
- Upstream by Mary Oliver (6/18) [Collection of Essays]
- Peace Like a River by Leif Enger (6/24) [Book More than 300 Pages Long]
- The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat (6/27) [Book about Science]
- Goliath Must Fall by Louie Giglio (7/19) [Devotional or Spiritual Book]
- The Magnolia Story by Chip and Joanna Gaines (7/19; audiobook) [New York Times Bestseller]
- Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (7/20) [Two Books by the same Author]
- Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel (7/29) [Two Books by the same Author]
- The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien [First Book in a Series]
- 7 Men by Eric Metaxas (8/5; audiobook) [Biography]
- Hope Heals by Jay and Katherine Wolf (8/7) [Book by an Author from your state]
- Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (9/5) [Book you Own but Haven’t Read]
- The Madwoman Upstairs by Catherine Lowell (9/12) [Book You Bought Based on the Cover]
- The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming by Henri Nouwen (9/30) [Book Written or Published in the Year You Were Born]
- Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave (9/30) [Book 200+ Pages Long]
- “The Delling Shore” by Sam Marks (10/1/17) [Your Choice #6]
- “The Christians” by Lucas Hnath (10/8/17) [Your Choice #7]
- Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie (10/31) [Mystery/Suspense]
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (11/3) [Award Winning Book]
- Poems by C.S. Lewis (11/8) [Book of Poetry]
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (11/21) [Book You Should Have Read in School but didn’t]
- Prayer by Tim Keller (11/21) [Your Choice #8]
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer (11/23) [Book Version of a Film]
- Artemis by Andy Weir (12/11) [Your Choice #9]
- Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks (12/19) [Collection of Short Stories]
- The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman (12/20) [Book about Animals]
- The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder (12/20) [YAL]
- Behold the Lamb of God by Russ Ramsey (12/24) [Your Choice #10]
- Advent and Christmas: Wisdom from Henri Nouwen by Henri Nouwen (12/25) [Your choice #11]
- Thomas Paine and the Dangerous Word (12/27) [Book about the Founding Fathers]
- The Disaster Artist by Greg Sesteros (12/28) [Your Choice #12]
All Categories:
Book published in 2017Book published in 1917 or beforeBook recommended to you by someone elseBook you should have read in school but didn’tBiographyDevotional or spiritual bookBook version of a filmBook you bought based only on the coverBook by an author from your stateBook of poetryPlay by ShakespeareYALBook originally published in another languageBook about politicsCollection of short storiesBook about scienceBook you own but have never readBook from an unfamiliar genreTwo books by the same authorTwo books by the same authorA book that is more than 200 pages longCollection of essaysBook from the New York Times best seller listHistorical fiction set over 100 years agoNonfiction book about a specific time periodBook with a number in the titleBook written or published in the year you were bornBook set in a different countryA book you’ve read once beforeMystery/SuspenseA book that is more than 300 pages longThe first book in a seriesBook that you’ve always wanted to readBook written in first-personBook about the founding fathersBook with a yellow coverBook about animalsAn award-winning bookYour choice #1Your choice #2Your choice #3Your choice #4Your choice #5Your choice #6Your choice #7Your choice #8Your choice #9Your choice #10Your choice #11Your choice #12