Back to the Challenge

A while ago, I started to read books based on these categories; thought it was high time I updated a few.  See purple for updates: 

A BOOK THAT WAS BANNED AT SOME POINT  – Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

A BOOK PUBLISHED THIS YEAR – Thanks for the Trouble by Tommy Wallace 

  A BOOK YOU CAN FINISH IN A DAY – These Things Hidden  by Heather Gudenkauf

A BOOK YOU PREVIOUSLY ABANDONED – Autobiography of Malcom X by Alex haley 

A BOOK RECOMMENDED BY YOUR LOCAL LIBRARIAN OR BOOKSELLER

A BOOK YOU’VE BEEN MEANING TO READ – The Raven Boys by Maggie Striefvater

A BOOK THAT INTIMIDATES YOU – 

A BOOK YOU’VE ALREADY READ AT LEAST ONCE – Twilight (my go to when I need to escape reality) 

A BOOK YOU SHOULD HAVE READ IN SCHOOL  – To Kill a Mockingbird 

A BOOK CHOSEN BY YOUR SPOUSE, PARTNER, SIBLING, CHILD, OR BFF.  Lilly and the Octopus 

A BOOK PUBLISHED BEFORE YOU WERE BORN- You Learn by Living by Eleanor Roosevelt

A BOOK YOU OWN BUT HAVE NEVER READ

The Year in Review

Can you believe it’s almost the end of 2016!  Although it seems the world has been put off its axis (politics/war/deaths); FIP had a great reading year. I feel like I broke away from my norms and reinvented my reading style. I learned so much about other people and learned to ponder about my own life.

Two books that impacted my thinking: 

The Autobiography of Malcom X by Alex Haley

You Learn by Living by Eleanor Roosevelt

A few books that had great stories to tell: 

The Golem and the Jinni by Helen Wecker

When We Collided by Emery Lord

A Man Called Ove by F. Backman

And for a complete list and ratings please visit my goodreads page.

https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2016#

 

(Let me know if the link doesn’t work)

So what have you read this year? The best the worst?