2017 READING CHALLENGE

THE CHALLENGE: Read 100 books in 2017. At least 25 of these books must be nonfiction, and the following categories must be fulfilled. 

TOTAL BOOKS READ: 37

TOTAL NONFICTION: 8

DIVERSITY

Protagonist with a Disability: Wonder, R. J. Palacio, 1/6

Written by Australian Author

Written by Asian Author

Written by African Author: Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi, 3/4

Written by Central/South American Author

Written by European Author

RELEASE DATE

Published before 1900

Published between 1900 and 1950

Published in 1992

Published in 2017

AWARD WINNERS

Winner of Newbery Award (5)

1. The Crossover, Kwame Alexander, 1/14
2. Dead End in Norvelt, Jack Gantos, 1/28

Winner of Pulitzer Prize: All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr, 1/15

2016 Bestseller: Hillbilly Elegy, J. D. Vance, 3/7

2017 ALA Award Winners for Children's/YA Literature

     Michael L. Printz Award: March: Book Three, John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell

     Schneider Family Book Award: As Brave as You, Jason Reynolds

     Alex Award*: Every Heart a Doorway, Seanan McGuire, 3/24

     Margaret Edwards Award**: Once and For All, Sarah Dessen

     Stonewall Book Award: The Hammer of Thor, Rick Riordan

     William C. Morris Award: The Serpent King, Jeff Zetner

     YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults: March: Book Three, John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate                Powell

     Coretta Scott King Award: March: Book Three, John Lewis, Andrew Aydin

     Pura Belpre Award: Juana & Lucas, Juana Medina, 1/27

     Odyssey Award: Anna and the Swallow Man, Gavriel Savit, 3/2

     Batchelder Award: Cry, Heart, But Never Break, Glenn Ringtved, 3/23

     Newbery Medal: The Girl Who Drank the Moon, Kelly Barnhill

     Caldecott Medal: Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, Javaka Steptoe, 1/27

     Robert F. Sibert Informational Medal: March: Book Three, Lewis, Aydin, Powell

     Laura Ingalls Wilder Award**: Garvey's Choice, Nikki Grimes

* The Alex Award is given to 10 books. I have chosen just one of this year's winners.

**The Margaret Edwards Award and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award  given to an author whose body of work has been a significant contribution to young adult and children's literature, respectively. Therefore, for this category, I will read the author's most recently published book.

GENRE

Fiction

Sci Fi

Horror

Cozy Mystery

Folklore/Mythology

Classics (2)

Fantasy

Post-Apocalyptic

Historical Fiction (set before 1900)

Nonfiction

Memoir/Autobiography/Biography (5)

1. Yes Please, Amy Poehler, 1/19
2. Wishful Drinking, Carrie Fisher, 1/14
3. Bossypants, Tina Fay, 2/7

Politics

Non-Christian Religion

Travel

Sports

Technology

Medical: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rececca Skloot, 1/12

True Adventure: Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer, 3/2

MISCELLANEOUS

A Collection (poems, short stories, essays, etc.)

Debut Novel: Break in Case of Emergency, Jessica Winter, 1/30

A Book That Is Physically on My Bookshelf That I Haven't Read

Good Mormon Literature 

On My Goodreads To Be Read List (5)

1. Since You've Been Gone, Morgan Matson, 1/6
2. Love and Gelato, Jenna Evans Welch, 1/10
3. Fangirl, Rainbow Rowell, 1/12
4. The Sun Is Also a Star, Nicola Yoon, 1/13
5. Scarlett Epstein Hates It Here, Anna Breslaw, 1/28

NON-CATEGORIZED BOOKS

1. Second Chance Summer, Morgan Matson, 1/1
2. And I Darken, Kiersten White, 1/3
3. So You've Been Publicly Shamed, Jon Ronson, 1/15
4. Starflight, Melissa Landers, 1/24
5. Modern Romance, Aziz Ansari, 1/27
6. The Tenderness of Thieves, Donna Freitas, 1/27
7. The Distance Between Us, Kasie West, 1/30
8. The Fill-In Boyfriend, Kasie West, 1/31
9. Even If the Sky Falls, Mia Garcia, 2/5
10. The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood, 2/16
11. My Life Next Door, Huntley Fitzpatrick, 2/17
12. What I Thought Was True, Huntley Fitzpatrick, 2/18
13. By Your Side, Kasie West, 2/20
14. How to Love, Katie Cotugno, 2/22
15. The Boy Most Likely To, Huntley Fitzpatrick, 2/23