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Dear Ladies/Gents, Lads/ Lass' or Anyone else in between.

I have been on a bit of a hiatus for a while. I haven't been posting anything and reading had a bit of a slow spot. I found the 52 book challenge incredibly difficult at times and taxing because I am not a very organized reader. There are times when I just want to read something easy or I've read before and when you have already marked off most of the challenge the things that are usually left are the harder things to find. Yes the 52 book challenge took me 2 years and 5 days BUT in my defense there were some pretty shitty books on there that I plugged through just to cross them off the list – book character Kurt Wallander that's a big arrow pointing at you! I am going to start posting book reviews again because I really enjoyed posting them and found it interesting to see who was checking in or looking at the reviews. Thanks for your dedication, trust and following. It means the world.

Below find a copy of my 52 book challenge that is now completed.

I will also post a Blank 52 book challenge in case anyone is interested in going through the adventure.

Thanks, Sg

The 2017 List

52 books in 52 weeks (started Jan 4, 2017)

The 2017 List
1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016 (link) When Breath Becomes Air – Paul Kalanithi (July 25, 2018)
2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view) The Last Hero – Rick Riordan (Feb 6, 2017)
3. A book you meant to read in 2016 Hands of My Father – Myron Uhlberg (May 4, 2018)
4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E" 15^th Affair – James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (June 7, 2017)
5. A historical fiction Midnight at the Electric – Jody Lynn Anderson (July 9, 2018)
6. A book being released as a movie in 2017  The Shack – Wm. Paul Young (Feb 24, 2017)
7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title Homer's Odyssey – Gwen Cooper (Mar 25, 2018)
8. A book written by a person of color The Colour Purple – Alice Walker (July 15, 2017)
9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list Weekends at BelleVue – Julie Holland (Apr 17, 2018
10. A dual-timeline novel Everything Beautiful Is Not Ruined- Danielle Younge-Ullman (Aug 12, 2018)
11. A category from another challenge PostSecret – Frank Warren (June 7, 2017) – A book you can finish in a day
12. A book based on a myth Dinotopia Lost – Alan Dean Foster (Feb 4, 2018)
13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors Quiet Journey – Joanne S Cripps (March 5, 2018)
14. A book with a strong female character Die Again – Tess Gerritsen {Rizzoli and Isles} (Mar 21, 2017
15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland) Faceless Killers – Henning Mankell (Aug 14, 2017) – Set in Sweden
16. A mystery The President is Missing – James Patterson and Bill Clinton (March 9, 2019)
17. A book with illustrations Dinotopia – James Gurney (Oct 21, 2017)
18. A really long book (600+ pages) Wonderstruck – Brian Selznick (Feb 19, 2018)
19. A New York Times best-seller Uganda Be Kidding Me – Chelsea Handler (July 26, 2017)
20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading James and the Giant Peach – Roald Dahl (Nov 6, 2018)
21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read Furiously Happy – Jenny Lawson (Oct 16, 2017)
22. A book by an author you haven't read before The Children Act – Ian McEwan (April 22,2017)
23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list (link) Lord of the Flies – William Golding (Aug 26, 2017)
24. A book written by at least two authors Confessions: The Murder of an Angel – James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (May 7, 2017)
25. A book about a famous historical figure Hot Zone – Richard Preston (June 29, 2017) – Peter Jahrling and Tom Geisbert co-discoverers of Ebola Reston, Dr. Joseph McCormick Chief of Special Pathogens Branch at CDC (worked with Ebola patients in a hut in Sudan and survived a needle stick), Colonel CJ Peters overall leader of the Reston Biohazard Situation. Colonel Jerry Jaax the mission leader of the spacesuited SWAT team during the Reston Biohazard Operation, LT Colonel Nancy Jaax was a player in the Reston Biohazard Situation
26. An adventure book – The Witches – Roald Dahl (June 22, 2017)
27. A book by one of your favorite authors The Wonder – Emma Donoghue (June 4, 2017)
28. A non-fiction A Mother's Wreckoning – Sue Klebold (April 11, 2017)
29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre) - check all the editions A Dog's Journey – W. Bruce Cameron (May 18, 2017) – published by Forge which is a trademark of Macmillan Publishing LLC
30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books (link) The Pain Eater – Beth Goobie (July 18, 2018) wasn't on GoodReads Top 100 but it was a YA*
31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre – Are You There Vodka? It's Me Chelsea – Chelsea Handler (Sept 4, 2017) [sub genre – Sex]
32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle) The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy – Rachel Joyce (April 18, 2017)
33. A magical realism novel Chocolat – Joanne Harris (June 28, 2018)
34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere Life Without Limits – Nick Vujicic, who is from Australia (April 2, 2017)
35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty Norse Mythology – Neil Gaiman (Aug 27, 2018)
36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee (link) Coraline – Neil Gaiman (Aug. 29, 2017)
37. A book you choose randomly Lies Chelsea Handler Told Me - Chelsea Handler (July 8, 2017)
38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature The Madman's Daughter – Megan Shepherd (Sept 28, 2017) {classic lit was Island of Dr. Moreau}
39. An epistolary fiction Sam's Letters to Jennifer – James Patterson (July 20, 2017)
40. A book published in 2017 I Hate Everyone Except You – Clinton Kelly (Mar 7, 2017)
41. A book with an unreliable narrator The Man Who Couldn't Eat – Jon Reiner (May 27, 2017)
42. A best book of the 21st century (so far) The Woman in Cabin 10 – Ruth Ware (Dec 28, 2018)
43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold) We Need to Talk About Kevin – Lionel Shriver (Dec 3, 2017)
44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next" (link) Long Hard Road Out of Hell – Marilyn Manson and Neil Strauss May 29, 2018
45. A book with a one-word title Harvest – Tess Gerritsen (June 10, 2018)
46. A time travel novel – Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children – Ransom Riggs (Oct 8, 2018)
47. A past suggestion that didn't win (link) -a book with an appealing title My Life in Parts – Bryan Cranston (Jan 4, 2017)
48. A banned book The Face on the Milk Carton – Caroline B Cooney (July 10, 2017)
49. A book from someone else's bookshelf Scar Tissue – Anthony Kiedis (Jan 20, 2017)
50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any edition Animal Farm – George Orwell (July 28, 2017)
51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays)  The Stories of Your Life and Others - Collection – Ted Chiang ( May 3, 2017)
52. A book set in a fictional location – The Twenty Three – Linwood Barclay (June 20, 2017) = location was Promise Falls, New York which is a fictional setting for several of the author's books

Other Books I Have Read

53. My Horizontal Life : A Collection of One Night Stands – Chelsea Handler (July 4, 2017) -bio- memoir/ comedy/ adult non-fiction (Re-Read)

54. Chelsea Chelsea, Bang Bang – Chelsea Handler (Aug 2, 2017)
55. It – Stephen King (Discontinued on November 8, 2017) FUCKING TERRIBLE>NOT SCARY