2016 Reading Challenge  (40 items)

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  •  A book based on fairy tale: Briar Rose/Beastly - opinion needed.
  • A national award winner: Redeployment
  • A YA Bestseller: The book thief
  • A book you haven't read since high school: A Tale of Two Cities (for me)
  • A book set in your home estate: Freedom At Midnight
  • A book translated to English: Norwegian Wood
  • A romance set in future: The Time Traveler's Wife - love the wordplay, seen the movie, can't wait to read it.
  • A book set in Europe: Strange Pilgrims
  • A book under 150 pages: The Sense of an Ending
  • A New York Times bestseller: ROGUE LAWYER
  • A book becoming movie this year: The Big Short/Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - opinion needed.
  • A self improvement book: The power of habit
  • A book recommended by someone you just met - The War of Art
  • A book you can finish in one day: The Perks of Being a Wallflower - can't wait.
  • A book written by a celebrity: Indomitable Spirit
  • A political memoir: Long walk to freedom
  • A book 100 years old: The Count of Monte Cristo - can't do 2 cities for this one
  • A book 600 pages long:The Last Mughal
  • A book from Oprah's book club: One Hundred Years of Solitude
  • A science fiction: The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  • Book recommended by a family member: need your help on this. If I ask, it'll either be course material or really old, but definitely won't be doable.
  • A graphic novel: Calvin and Hobbes (for me) - Do I read just one? :P
  • A book to be published in 2016: (Next in Rama series by Amish) - Hi-5
  • A book with protagonist who has your occupation: (Programmer-"The Innovators") - could turn out really inspiring, fingers crossed.
  • Book set in summer: Lolita
  • A book and its prequel: - done with To Kill a Mockingbird, opinion needed.
  • A murder mystery: The Murders in the Rue Morgue
  • A book written by a comedian: Bossypants - Yesssss!
  • A dystopian novel: a clockwork orange
  • A book with a blue cover: Catch 22 - Tamashaaaaa. Yesss :D
  • A book of poetry: Paradise Lost - I hate poetry. :( But okay. One for the team.
  • The first book you see in a bookstore:(Choose Yourself) - Now I have to go to a bookstore, whoever does this first. I'll go check out Crossword this afternoon.
  • A book from library: - We have a sad library. Do we need to borrow this from there?
  • An autobiography: Eat,pray,love - seen the movie, this will be gooood.
  • A book about road trip: The motorcycle diaries
  • A book about the culture you are unfamiliar with: The Little Book Of Buddhism - Oh you wannabe monk!
  • book on satire: Breakfast Of Champions - I really hope this is funny.
  • book set on an island: The Count of Monte Cristo - Aw man! This is here too? Lemme search - How about And Then There Were None?
  • a book that's guaranteed to bring you joy: -Choose something by John Green (?)
  • A classic from 20th century: A clockwork orange - Cheater! Gone With the Wind (?)