A bit late, but did anyone do the 2015 reading challenge?

[aurora]

I'll have to search for the thread (ETA: pandce.proboards.com/thread/403184/2015-ultimate-reading-challenge), but a year ago we discussed using the following challenge:

1. [ ] A book with 500 pages
2. [ ] A classic romance
3. [ ] A book that became a movie
4. [ ] A book published this year
5. [ ] A book with a number in the title
6. [ ] A book written by someone under 30
7. [ ] A book with nonhuman characters
8. [ ] A funny book
9. [ ] A book with a female author
10. [ ] A mystery or thriller
11. [ ] A book with a one-word title
12. [ ] A book of short stories
13. [ ] A book set in a different country
14. [ ] A nonfiction book
15. [ ] A popular author's first book
16. [ ] A book from an author you love that you have not read yet
17. [ ] A book a friend recommended
18. [ ] A Pulitzer Prize winning book
19. [ ] A book based on a true story
20. [ ] A book at the bottom of your to-read list
21. [ ] A book your mom loves
22. [ ] A book that scares you
23. [ ] A book more than 100 years old
24. [ ] A book based entirely on its cover
25. [ ] A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't
26. [ ] A memoir
27. [ ] A book you can finish in a day
28. [ ] A book with antonyms in the title
29. [ ] A book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit
30. [ ] A book that came out the year you were born
31. [ ] A book with bad reviews
32. [ ] A trilogy -- part 1
33. [ ] A trilogy -- part 2
34. [ ] A trilogy -- part 3
35. [ ] A book from your childhood
36. [ ] A book with a love triangle
37. [ ] A book set in the future
38. [ ] A book set in high school
39. [ ] A book with a color in the title
40. [ ] A book that made you cry
41. [ ] A book with magic
42. [ ] A graphic novel
43. [ ] A book by an author you've never read before
44. [ ] A book you own but have never read
45. [ ] A book that takes place in your hometown (or close to where you live)
46. [ ] A book originally written in a different language
47. [ ] A book set during Christmas
48. [ ] A book written by an author with your same initials (helpful site for finding authors)
49. [ ] A play
50. [ ] A banned book
51. [ ] A book based on or turned into a TV show
52. [ ] A book you started but never finished


I ended up reading books in 39 of the categories. I didn't try super hard to match most books, but some I did pick specifically (e.g., the book written in the year I was born, book I started but never finished, book of short stories).

Anyone else?

ETA2 - tagging dorothyinAus

[aurora]

Also, does anyone have a good 2016 challenge? I've only spent 15 min Googling and can do more, but so far the most interesting I've found is this one:

theinvisiblementor.com/read-world-challenge/

[aurora]

Oh, this one could be good:

www.popsugar.com/love/Reading-Challenge-2016-39126431

[dorothyinAus]

I did actually finish. I ticked off every category. I tried to do it with only books I already owned, not buying any new ones, but I ended up buying the book released in 2015 and a few more for my Kindle. I kind of feel I cheated on the graphic novel, but I'm not too bothered by it -- I'm not a fan of graphic novels anyway, so it was low down on my priority to get perfect.

I really found the challenge made reading more of a chore than more enjoyable and while I ended up reading 71 books over the course of the year, I felt as though I read more after I ticked off all the tasks than during. I certainly enjoyed my reading more when I wasn't reading to task or feeling rushed to get the book finished.

It was a worthy experiment, but not one I have to repeat. This year I'm just reading what I want to, and trying to focus on getting through the physical books I own but have not read. But then again, I'm several books behind on a number of my series and I have $250 worth of gift certificates at Amazon, so I think physical book splurge is in the near future. And now that the holiday postal rush is over, I think it's safe to order the books without worry they'll go missing or get horribly delayed.

[aurora]

Oh, that's too bad it made it feel like a chore! Mine didn't, but maybe that's because I didn't really care if I hit every single category. As I said, there were a few categories that I picked up books for, but most of them I still really enjoyed. I think I only felt like one was a chore, and then I just didn't bother getting books that I didn't want to read that would fill the other categories.

The graphic novel one is an interesting one since I didn't check that category and I never read graphic novels, but in December I was looking into options for the challenge and found some that looked really interesting. I didn't get around to any of them but I might actually try to pick up one or two for 2016 just for fun!

I definitely want to get through more of my physical books and series I have started, but I'm still going to look for a good challenge to help me pick out audiobooks from my library (I refuse to buy them for the most part).

[farfalla2011]

I participated in that same challenge with a couple friends, although I only made it through 24 books last year.

A friend and I are actually doing the 2016 pop sugar challenge aurora posted as well and I fully intend to getting through it this year! I'm still getting back into reading after not making the time to read for the last 4 or so years. I'm horrible about picking out books and although it sometimes seems to be a chore, I ended up reading several really good books that I normally would have never chosen. I doubt I'll do another one next year (2017) though.