food for the mind: 2015 book challenge

While wasting time researching on Pinterest I found this 2015 reading challenge posted on popsugar.com. My husband and I had already committed to our our reading challenge for this year. I was to recommend 5 books to him that I had read and enjoyed and then 5 books I've never read that we would read together and vice versa, for a total of 15 book plus 5 of our own choice. So tack on another 30 books, sure why not? 

The dilemma of this least is that, for the most part, any book would fit within at least one category with many fitting several categories. So my husband made an excel file for me to help sort everything out and once I've read some more and added more titles to the list he will write the formula to sort out which categories have been filled with unique books and which haven't. Send me a message if you would like this excel file to help sort your books. 

I am welcoming any and all suggestions for books to read this year. I will keep up posted with my monthly list, sadly January will only have one book attributed to it, unless I can knock out a book within the next day. 

Book Challenge:

1. A book with more than 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 by 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 authors first book
16. A book from an author you love that you haven’t read yet
17. A book a friend recommended
18. A Pulitzer Prize-winning book
19. A book your mom loves
20. A book that scares you
21. A book more than 100 years old
22. A book based entirely on its cover
23.  A book you were supposed to read in school but didn’t
24. A memoir
25. A book you can finish in a day
26. A boon with antonyms in the title
27. A book set somewhere you’ve always wanted to visit
28. A book that came out the year you were born
29. A book with bad reviews
30. A trilogy
31. A book from your childhood
32. A book with a love triangle
33. A book set in the future
34. A book set in high school
35. A book with a color in the title
36. A book that made you cry
37. A book with magic
38. A graphic novel
39. A book by an author you’ve never read before – Horns by Joe Hill
40. A book you own but have never read
41. A book that takes place in your hometown
42. A book that was originally written in a different language
43. A book set during Christmas
44. A book written by an author with your same initials
45. A play
46. A banned book
47. A booked based on or turned into a TV show
48. A book you started but never finished