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(UPDATED) Popsugar Reading Challenge 2015

So at the end of last year, I discovered the Popsugar Reading Challenge and I thought it looked interesting because for someone who just reads YA I thought that it would be a good way to make my reading more diverse. I thought that I would talk about my progress, the ones in bold being the ones I have read and the ones in italics the ones that I need to read. Let's get started... 

1. A book with more than 500 pages: Demon Road by Derek Landy 
2. A classic romance: Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen  
3. A book that became a movie: Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn 
4. A book published this year: All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven 
5. A book with a number in the title: Just One Day by Gayle Foreman 
6. A book written by someone under 30: The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon  
7. A book with nonhuman characters: Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey 
8. A funny book: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
9. A book by a female author: Cress by Marissa Meyer
10. A mystery or thriller: The Masked Truth by Kelley Armstrong 
11. A book with a one-word title: Talon by Julie Kagawa
12. A book of short stories: The Beautiful Cassandra by Jane Austen 
13. A book set in a different country: I'll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson
14. A nonfiction book: All I Know Now by Carrie Hope Fletcher
15. A popular author’s first book: Throne Of Glass by Sarah J. Maas 
16. A book from an author you love that you haven’t read yet: Bruiser by Neal Shusterman 
17. A book a friend recommended: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
18. A Pulitzer Prize-winning book: To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
19. A book based on a true story: One by Sarah Crossan 
20. A book at the bottom of your to-read list: Downsiders by Neal Shusterman 
21. A book your mum loves: Any Sophie Kinsella 
22. A book that scares you: Say Her Name by James Dawson  
23. A book more than 100 years old: Alice In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
24. A book based entirely on its cover: Black Heart by Holly Black 
25. A book you were supposed to read in school but didn’t: Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare 
26. A memoir: A Work In Progress by Connor Franta
27. A book you can finish in a day: The Death House by Sarah Pinborough 
28. A book with antonyms in the title: Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
29. A book set somewhere you’ve always wanted to visit: World After by Susan Ee
30. A book that came out the year you were born: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
31. A book with bad reviews: Take Back The Skies by Lucy Saxon
32. A trilogy: Shatter Me Trilogy by Tahereh Mafi
33. A book from your childhood: A Bear called Paddington by Micheal Bond
34. A book with a love triangle: The Potion Diaries by Amy Alward 
35. A book set in the future: Legend by Marie Lu  
36. A book set in high school: Crave by Melissa Darnell
37. A book with a colour in the title: Supreme Blue Rose by Warren Ellis  
38. A book that made you cry: Extraordinary Means by Robyn Schneider 
39. A book with magic: The Secret Fire by C.J. Daugherty and Carina Rozenfield 
40. A graphic novel: Saga Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples 
41. A book by an author you’ve never read before: The Set Up by Sophie McKenzie 
42. A book you own but have never read: Am I Normal Yet? by Holly Bourne
43. A book that takes place in your hometown: The Manifesto On How To Be Interesting by Holly Bourne 
44. A book that was originally written in a different language: Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff
45. A book set during Christmas: Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
46. A book written by an author with your same initials: Ketchup Clouds by Annabel Pitcher 
47. A play: A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
48. A banned book: The Lord of The Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 
49. A book based on or turned into a TV show: My Fat, Mad Teenage Diary by Rae Earl 
50. A book you started but never finished: Remix by Non Pratt  

Challenges completed: 31/50
UPDATED                  : 40/50

Have you taken part in the reading challenges this year? If so what are they? Leave them in the comments below. 

See you soon, 

Amy 

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