2015 Reading Challenge

Woo hoo! A challenge that will be fun and I am sure many of you can join me on!

 I am joining my sister Amy on this reading challenge this year!  Who else is in? 

I always love book recommendations from friends and family and I love The Modern Mrs. Darcys 2015 Reading Challenge as it is a way to explore some new (or classic) authors!  

Here’s the deal: 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 2015. I have never picked a book based on the cover, but I guess I will this year! I think I am more looking forward to a book from my childhood or one I should have read in high school! 

You can even print the list out here to check them off as you go!

I would love any suggestion you have.. Next month our book club picks the books we will read for the year with everyone's input, so I am sure some will fit these categories!  But in the meantime, I have a few I am going to go for (or to recommend to you), such as: 

• A Book you have been meaning to read: Still Alice by Lisa Genova 

• A Book Published this year: At the Waters Edge Sara Gruen

• A Book in a genre you don't typically read: (hhmm horror or biographies?, will have to go with biography!):  My Life in France by Julia Child 

• A book from my Childhood: The Borrowers by Mary Norton

• A Book your mom loves: WALDEN!

• A book originally written in another language – Strange Pilgrims by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

• A book everyone's reading All the Light we cannot see by Doer 

• A book you chose because of its cover: The Sweet Life in Paris By David Lebovitz (I must have been hungry when I wrote this post and chose this one!)

• A Book by A favorite author: Lisa See - China Dolls OR Rainbow Rowell - Fangirl OR The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant (The Red Tent was one of my fav books of all time!)

• A book recommended by someone with great taste : The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer  (Thanks Chris!)

• A book you should have read in High school:  For Whom the Bells Toll by Ernest Hemingway 

• A book that's currently on the best seller list: The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

Anyway that's a start! I love seeing the book covers and I posted them all on here so that when I am ready to go on to my next read I can come here and remember which ones I am shooting for this year! I always turn to Hoopla and Overdrive first  to try to get the books - they are my library's free service for audiobooks and eBooks and more!  I download the audio or ebook directly to my phone or kindle! Great for kids books too!  Most libraries have access to these free services and all you need is library card to sign in and have access to thousands of free books!  Keeps your book budget down too!

Let me know of anything great you read this year so I can add it to my list for next year!