2015 Reading Challenge: Accepted!

Dear fellow book nerds,

After two years of feeling less than accomplished with my reading progress, I decided to accept PopSugar's 2015 Reading Challenge.

This list is certain to push me to reading beyond my comfort zone while still getting to enjoy many of my favorite science-fiction and fantasy picks.

Technically, this list is 52 books long (there's a trilogy category), but I set my book goal on Goodreads at 50. 

I'll be posting my reviews here and on Goodreads.

However, I'll also be ticking off each category here for posterity's sake. I just can't resist a list.

If you've accepted this challenge as well, please connect with me on Goodreads. I'd love to be friends and exchange book suggestions!

• A book with more than 500 pages
• A classic romance ~ The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• A book that became a movie ~ The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
• A book published this year ~ The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
• A book with a number in the title ~ Four: A Divergent Story Collection by Veronica Roth
• A book written by someone under 30 ~ Looking for Alaska by John Green
• A book with nonhuman characters ~ Cinder by Marissa Meyer
• A funny book ~ The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde
• A book by a female author ~ Grayson by Lynne Cox
• A mystery or thriller ~ The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
• A book with a one-word title ~ Armada by Ernest Cline
• A book of short stories ~ Single, Carefree, Mellow by Katherine Heiny
• A book set in a different country ~ Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Nyul Choi
• A nonfiction book ~ In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
• A popular author's first book ~ Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett
• A book from an author you love that you haven't read ~ The Slow Regard for Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss
• A book a friend recommended ~ The Martian by Andy Weir
• A Pulitzer Prize-winning book ~ The Road by Cormac McCarthy
• A book based on a true story
• A book at the bottom of your to-read list ~ Getting Things Done by David Allen
• A book your mom loves ~ The Natural Superiority of the Left-Hander by James T. deKay
• A book that scares you ~ No Place to Hide by Glenn Greenwald
• A book more than 100 years old ~ A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• A book based entirely on its cover ~ Beautiful Lies by Lisa Unger
• A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't ~ Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
• A memoir ~ Just A Geek by Wil Wheaton
• A book you can finish in a day ~ Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D.
• A book with antonyms in the title ~ Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
• A book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit ~ We are Anonymous by Parmy Olson
• A book that came out the year you were born ~ The Guardians by John Christopher
• A book with bad reviews ~ My Jane Austen Summer: A Season in Mansfield Park by Cindy Jones
• A trilogy ~ The Testing, Independent Study, and Graduation Day by Joelle Charbonneau
• A book from your childhood ~ The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene
• A book with a love triangle ~ Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
• A book set in the future ~ Legion: Skin Deep by Brandon Sanderson
• A book set in high school ~ All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
• A book with a color in the title ~ How Green This Land, How Blue This Sea by Mira Grant
• A book that made you cry ~ A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
• A book with magic
• A graphic novel ~ Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
• A book by an author you've never read before ~ UltraMetabolism by Mark Hyman, MD
• A book you own but have never read ~ Your Favorite Seuss compiled by Schulman and Goldsmith
• A book that takes place in your hometown ~ The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
• A book that was originally written in a different language ~ The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
• A book set during Christmas ~ A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
• A book written by an author with your same initials
• A play ~ Deathtrap by Ira Levin
• A banned book ~ Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
• A book based on or turned into a TV show ~ Storm Front (Dresden Files #1) by Jim Butcher
• A book you started but never finished