Books Read in 2017

The Goal: 50 books

January:
1. C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton
2. Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben
3. D is for Deadbeat by Sue Grafton

4. Before the Fall by Noah Hawley 

5. E is for Evidence by Sue Grafton

6. Good As Gone by Amy Gentry

7. The Boy is Back by Meg Cabot

8. F is for Fugitive by Sue Grafton

9. G is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton

10. Boy Meets Girl by Meg Cabot

February:

11. H is for Homicide by Sue Grafton

12. What She Knew by Gilly McManus

13. A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn

14. Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

March:

15. On Second Thought by Kristan Higgins

16. Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
17. Hamilton the Revolution by Lin Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter
18. Someday, Someday Maybe by Lauren Graham
19. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
20. Talking As Fast As I Can by Lauren Graham
21. The Girl Before by JP Delaney

April:

22. A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane

23. The Adventures of Huck Finn by Mark Twain

May:

24. I is for Innocence by Sue Grafton

25. Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough

26. You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott

27. J is for Judgment by Sue Grafton

28. My Not-So-Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella

29. Darkness Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane

June:

30. K is for Killer by Sue Grafton

31. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by  J.K. Rowling

32. L is for Lawless by Sue Grafton

July:
33. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

34. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

35. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
36. What Alice Forgot by Lianne Moriarty

37. Veronica Mars: Mr. Kiss and Tell by Rob Thomas and Jennifer Brown

38. Now You See Her by James Patterson

August:

39. Tricky Twenty-Two by Janet Evanovich

40. Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet Evanovich
41. M is for Malice by Sue Grafton

42. Top Secret Twenty-One by Janet Evanovich

September:

43. Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
44. A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
45. Refuge but Alan Grat

46. The Wild Truth by Carine McCandless
47. O is for Outlaw by Sue Grafton
48. N is for Noose by Sue Grafton

October:
49. P is for Peril by Sue Grafton
50. Q is for Quarry by Sue Grafton

November:
51. I Will Always Write Back by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Gant
52. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
53. Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen

54. The Girl I Used to Be by April Henry
55. Eligible by Curtis Sittenfield

December:
56. R is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton
57. America: a Citizen’s Guide to Democracy by Jon Stewart
58. The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
59. The A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie

Movies Seen in 2017

January:
1. Die Hard
2. Dark Places
3. Moana
4. La La Land

5. Sleepless

6. The River Wild

7. Secret in Their Eyes

8. Hidden Figures

9. The Rewrite

10. The DUFF

11. What If

12. Paranoia

13. Horrible Bosses 2

14. The Force Awakens

15. Bridget Jones's Baby

16. Rogue One

17. Star Wars

18. Persuasion

19. Pride and Prejudice

20. Veronica Mars

21. The Empire Strikes Back

22. Return of the Jedi

23. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

February:

24. Gone Girl

25. Hidden Figures

26. A Few Good Men

27. The Notebook

28. Knight and Day

29. Gone Baby Gone

30. The Departed

31. Shallow Hal

March:

32. Get Out

33. Double Jeopardy

34. Lakeview Terrace

35. Ghostbusters

36. Sleeping with the Enemy

37. Zootopia
38. Let's Be Cops

39. Veronica Mars

40. Amelie

41. Beauty and the Beast

April:

42. The Bank Job

43. Chips

44. The Thomas Crowne Affair

45. Going In Style

46. Vacation

47. The Boss

48. Clue

49. Sisters

May:

50. Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone

51. Bad Moms

52. The Circle

53. Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

54. Keanu

55.Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

June:

56. Baywatch

57. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

58. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaba

59. Allied

60. Live by Night

61. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

62. Rough Night

July:
63. The House
64. 47 Meters Down
65. The Accountant

66. The 33

67. Panic Room
68. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
69. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

70. Dunkirk

71. Deceived

August:

72. Kidnap

73. Breakdown

74. Nerve

75. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

76. The Hitman's Bodyguard 

77. Snatched

78. Going in Style

79. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

80. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

81. Into the Wild
82. American Experience: My Lai

September:

83. Wind River

84. Keeping Up with the Joneses
85. American Assassin
86. My Cousin Vinny

October:
87. The Mountain Between Us
88. Beauty and the Beast

November:
89. Murder on the Orient Express
90. Unforgettable
91. Wonder Woman

December:
92. Elf
93. Home Alone 2
94. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
95. Baby Driver
96. The Kingsman 2
97. Four Christmases
98. The Last Jedi
99. Pitch Perfect
100. Die Hard
101. Christmas Vacation
102. It’s a Wonderful Life
103. While You Were Sleeping
104. The Hitman’s Bodyguard
105. Jumanji
106. Office Christmas Party
107. America’s Sweetheart
108. Spotlight
109. All the Money in the World

2017 Goodreads 52 Books Challenge

2017 Goodreads 52 Books Challenge

1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016 (link) 

​- ​Hamilton the Revolution by Lin Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter

2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view) - 

​​Before the Fall by Noah Hawley

3. A  book by one of your favorite authors - 

​On Second Thought by Kristan Higgans​

4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E" -  

​Q is for Quarry by Sue Grafton

5. A historical fiction - 

​​A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn

6. A book being released as a movie soon - 7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title - 

​Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelson​

8. A book written by a person of color -

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I Will Always Write Back by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Gandha​

 

9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list - 

​M is for Malice by Sue Grafton​

10. A dual-timeline novel -

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Good as Gone by Amy Gentry​

11. A category from another challenge - Favorite audiobook- 

​R is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton​

12. A book based on a myth

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13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors - 14. A book with a strong female character - 

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C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton
15. A book written or set in Scandinavia - 16. A mystery 

​- Before I Go To Sleep by S. J. Watson

17. A book with illustrations 

​- ​Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling

18. A really long book (600+ pages) - 

​Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling​

19. A New York Times best-seller

​ - 

​Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet Evanovich

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20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading - 

​A Long Way Gone by 

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Ishmael Beah​

21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read - 

​A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane​

22. A book by an author you haven't read before - 

​Someday, Someday Maybe by Lauren Graham​

23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list (link)

​ ​Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling

24. A book written by at least two authors

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Veronica Mars: Mr. Kiss-and-Tell by Rob Thomas and Jennifer Brown​

25. A book about a famous historical figure

​ - Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow​

26. An adventure book - 

​Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

27.  A book you meant to read in 2016 - 

​Tricky Twenty-Two by Janet Evanovich​

28. A non-fiction

​ - ​The Wild Truth by Carine McCandless

29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre) - 

​

America: a Citizen’s Guide to Democracy 

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by Jon Stewart

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30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books (link)

​ ​- Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone by J. K. Rowling

31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre - 

​

The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie​

​ (adventure mystery)​

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32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle) 

​- 

Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham​
33. A magical realism novel

​ - Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough​

34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere - 

​What Alice Forgot by Lianne Moriarty​

35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty 
36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee (link)37. A book you choose randomly - 

​What She Knew by Gilly McManus​

38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature - Eligible (modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice)
39. An epistolary fiction 40. A book published in 2017 - 

​The Girl I Used to Be by April Henry​

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41. A book with an unreliable narrator 

​- ​All the Missing Girls BUT I didn't finish the book--only got 1/2 through

42. A best book of the 21st century (so far)

​ - 

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​The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini​

43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold) 

​- ​The Girl Before by J.P. Delaney

44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next" (link) 

​- You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott​

45. A book with a one-word title - 

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Refuge by Alan Gratz

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46. A time travel novel

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47. A chick lit book - My Not-So Perfect Life

​ by Sophie Kinsella​

48. A banned book

​ - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain​

49. A book from someone else's bookshelf - 

​

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens​

50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any edition

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51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays) 

52. A book set in a fictional location - The Boy is Back by Meg Cabot