by Or: Something Fun to Get You Out of Your Comfort Zone
Newtonville Books published a 2015 Reading Challenge. I read and I’m usually up for a challenge. So here is my current tally.
| Item | Book | Read |
| A book that became a movie: | ||
| A book with non-human characters: | ||
| A book with a one word title: | ||
| A book of short stories: | ||
| A book from a small press: | ||
| A book based on a true story | ||
| A book more than 100 years old: | ||
| A book based entirely on its cover: | ||
| A book you’ve pretended to read: | ||
| A book you can finish in a day: | ||
| A book set somewhere you’ve always wanted to visit: | ||
| A book in translation: | ||
| A graphic novel: | ||
| A book you own but have never read: | ||
| A book by an author with your initials: | ||
| A play: | ||
| A banned book: | ||
| A book you previously started but never finished: | ||
| A Pulitzer Prize-winning book: | ||
| A book by a Nobel Prize-winner: | ||
| A book that takes place in the area where you grew up: | ||
| A book by an author you’ve never heard of: | ||
| A book written by an author under 30: | ||
| A book written by an author over 70: | ||
| A book of poetry: | ||
| A young adult book: | ||
| A book set in the future or in a different world: |  Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie. Set in an alien world where spaceships are run by artificial intelligence. |
January 2, 2015 |
| A book your mom or dad loves/loved: | ||
| A Newtonville Books staff pick: | ||
| A signed book: | ||
| A bestseller: |  The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins ‘The Girl on the Train’ is a runaway hit in USA Today |
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| A book with an animal on the cover: | ||
| A library book: |  I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes Borrowed from the Newton Free Library on Jan 10, 2015. |
January 29, 2015 |
| A book with a color in the title: | ||
| A book you then discuss in a bookclub: | ||
| A book that came out the year you were born: | ||
| A book with magic: |  The Magicians by Lev Grossman A Harry Potter knock-off |
March 3, 2015 |
| A book by an author that lives in Boston: | ||
| A book set in a different country: |
Visit www.newtonvillebooks.com for a blank copy of the list.
Hand in your completed (just do your best!) copy between Dec 1st and Dec 10th, 2015 to be entered into a raffle for a $100 gift certificate.
