Comments on: 2019 Reading Challenge Update: All 52 Books I Read https://www.booklistqueen.com/2019-reading-challenge-update/ Embrace the Book Life Tue, 30 Apr 2024 20:50:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: Rachael https://www.booklistqueen.com/2019-reading-challenge-update/#comment-171 Mon, 06 Jan 2020 23:32:21 +0000 https://booklistqueen.com/?p=9701#comment-171 In reply to Kelly E..

What a great list! I think I’ll read Five Feet Apart for the 2020 Reading Challenge, and I’m so glad to hear you liked it.

]]> By: Kelly E. https://www.booklistqueen.com/2019-reading-challenge-update/#comment-165 Thu, 02 Jan 2020 19:21:05 +0000 https://booklistqueen.com/?p=9701#comment-165 I loved following along with your challenge last year, and while I didn’t complete it, I did manage to read 54 books in 2019. 33 of those met one of the prompts. Here’s a recap of what I read for the different categories.
~ A book with more than 500 pages – The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton (3 stars)
~ A book you haven’t read by an author you love – Royal Wedding by Meg Cabot (3 stars)
~ A Goodread winner in 2018 – Still Me by Jojo Moyes (3 stars)
~ A book you can read in a day – Wonder by R.J. Palacio (5 stars)
~ A book about a difficult topic – We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver (3 stars)
~ A book recommended by a friend – Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane (4 stars)
~ A book that will make you cry – The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller (4 stars)
~ A book becoming a movie in 2019 – Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple (3 stars)
~ A book from a genre you don’t usually read – Talk Nerdy to Me by Vicki Lewis Thompson (3 stars)
~ A book with a cover with your favourite colour – The Arrangement by Robyn Harding (5 stars)
~ A book bought at thrift store – The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (5 stars)
~ The first book in a trilogy – The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion (5 stars)
~ The second book in a trilogy – The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion (4 stars)
~ A book from the Rory Gilmore Challenge – The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (5 stars)
~ A historical fiction from a favourite time period – The Gown by Jennifer Robson (5 stars)
~ A classic you’ve never read – A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (4 stars)
~ A book that will keep you up all night – Into the Water by Paula Hawkins (4 stars)
~ A 2018 bestseller – Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis (4 stars)
~ A nonfiction book about science – Into the Planet by Jill Neinerth (3 stars)
~ An audiobook – Talking As Fast As I Can by Lauren Graham (3 stars)
~ A book set in your home province – Dead Cold by Louise Penny (4 stars)
~ A book you once started but never finished – Every Boy’s Got One by Meg Cabot (2 stars)
~ A celebrity book club pick – Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (4 stars)
~ An autobiography or memoir – Becoming by Michelle Obama (4 stars)
~ A book set in another country – Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin (3 stars)
~ A popular book you’ve never read – The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill (4 stars)
~ A non-fiction bestseller – The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo (3 stars)
~ A book you own by haven’t read – The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown (4 stars)
~ A book recommended by a local librarian – The Perfect Girlfriend by Karen Hamilton (3 stars)
~ A 2019 new release – Things My Son Needs to Know About the World by Fredrik Backman (2 stars)
~ The first book in a series – Still Life by Louise Penny (4 stars)
~ A book with the prettiest cover – Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott (4 stars)
~ An inspirational story – I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai (4 stars)

I am so glad you enjoyed Still Alice – Lisa Genova is my favourite author and I cannot recommend her books enough!

Happy New Year and I look forward to following along again this year! I haven’t looked at the list too much yet, but will do so in the coming days.

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