Reading Challenges 2017 - October Check In!

Here's where I am with my reading challenges! 

Here's where I am with my reading challenges! 
Here is the original post about all of the reading challenges I'm taking on. The date listed after each book is the date I completed the book. 

PopSugar Monthly Challenge

• January (A book with one of the four seasons in the title ): Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell (1/25)
• February (A book by a person of color): Dragon Springs Road by Janie Chang (2/15) 
• March: A book about an interesting woman: Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick (3/25) 
• April (A book with an unreliable narrator): We Were Liars by E. Lockhart (4/6)
• May (A novel set during wartime ): The Baker's Secret by Stephen P. Kiernan (5/6)
• June (A book involving travel): News of the World by Paulette Jiles (6/18)
• July: A book set in two different time periods : The Cottingley Secret by Hazel Gaynor (7/27) 
• August: A book set in the wilderness: American Wolf by Nate Blankslee (8/27) 
• September: Keep Me Posted by Lisa Beazley (9/2) 
• October: A book with a mythical creature: Mermaid by Carolyn Turgeon (10/26) 

 PopSugar Ultimate Reading Challenge Basic

•  A book recommended by a librarian: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (1/19)
• A book you loved as a child: Matilda by Roald Dahl (1/12)
• A book with a subtitle: Caught in the Revolution: Petrograd, Russia, 1917 – A World on the Edge  by Helen Rappaport (2/3)
• A book that's published in 2017: The Impossible Fortress by Jason Rekulak (2/5)
• A book with a red spine: Stalin's Daughter by Rosemary Sullivan (2/8)
• A book of letters: 100 Love Notes by Hyong Yi (2/13) 
• A book about food: A Square Meal by Jane Ziegelman, Andrew Coe (2/27)
• A book written by someone you admire: The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher (3/1) 
• A book by an author from a country you've never visited: Havana Real by Yoani Sanchez (3/5)
• A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you: Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina (3/5) 
• A novel set during wartime:The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff (3/10) 
• A book set in two different time periods: A Bridge Across the Ocean bySusan Meissner (3/12)
• A book with a cat on the cover: A Few of the Girls by Maeve Binchy (3/14)
• A book by or about a person who has a disability: The Secret Life of Ivan Isaenko by Scott Stambach (3/14)
• A book about an interesting woman: Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton (3/22)
• A book with pictures: Shockaholic by Carrie Fisher (3/28)
• A book by a person of color: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (3/31)
• A book with a title that's a character's name: The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith (4/1)
• A book from a nonhuman perspective: Watership Down by Richard Adams (4/13)
• A book involving travel: The Gods of Tango by Carolina de Robertis (4/19)
• A book set in the wilderness: The Wolf Road by Beth Lewis
• A book with multiple authors: I Hate Everyone but You by Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin (8/23)
• A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long: Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok (9/26) 
• A book that is a story within a story: Glow by Megan E. Bryant (10/5) 
• A book with one of the four seasons in the title: Summer Island by Kristin Hannah (10/8)
• A book with an unreliable narrator: We Can't Be Friends by Cyndy Etler (10/8) 
• A book set in a hotel: The Frangipani Hotel by Violet Kupersmith (10/13)
• A bestseller from a genre you don't normally read: Good Me Bad Me by Ali Land (10/22)
• A book involving a mythical creature: A Sea of Sorrow by The H Team (10/24)

Pop Sugar Ultimate Reading Challenge Advanced 

• A book about an immigrant or refugee: The Radius of Us by Marie Marquadt (1/23)
• A book about a difficult topic: Windy City Blues by Renee Rosen (3/2) 
• A book with an eccentric character: Eggshells by Catriona Lally (3/14)  
• An audiobook: Identical by Ellen Hopkins (5/1)
• A book recommended by an author you love: Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (6/28) 
• A book from a genre/subgenre you've never heard of: Perilous Undertaking by Leanna Renee Hieber (7/12) 
• A book that's more than 800 pages: A Column of Fire by Ken Follett (10/15)  

Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge

• Read a debut novel: The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee (1/6)
• Read an all ages comic: Scenes from an Impending Marriage by Adrian Tomine (1/14)
• Read a book you've read before: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1/19)
• Read a book about war: Stolen Beauty by Laurie Lico Albanese (1/29)
• Read a fantasy novel.: Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones (1/31)
• Read a book that is set within 100 miles of your location.: The Wicked City by Beatriz Williams 2/9)
• Read a book that is set more than 5000 miles from your location: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (3/11)
• Read a YA or middle grade novel by an author who identifies as LGBTQ+.: Our Own Private Universe by Robin Talley (3/23) 
• Read a book about books: A World Between Two Covers by Ann Morgan (3/26) 
• Read a book published by a micropress: Concepcion and the Baby Brokers by Deborah Clearman (4/6)
• Read a travel memoir: Schadenfreude by Rebecca Schuman (4/18)
• Read a book published between 1900 and 1950: I Change Worlds by Anna Louise Strong
• Read a book by an immigrant or with a central immigration narrative: Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
• Read a book wherein all point-of-view characters are people of color.: China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan (5/5)
•  Read a collection of poetry in translation on a theme other than love.: Odes to Common Things by Pablo Neruda (5/12) 
• Read a book about sports: Moneyball by Michael Lewis (6/6)

Curious Iguana's Read Broader (COMPLETED OCTOBER!!!)

• Peek into the Past: Putin Country by Anne Garrels (1/7)
• Justice for All: Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance (2/1)
• Justice for All: Excellent Daughters by Katherine Zoepf (2/6)
• Choose Your Own Category (Global Voices): The Chosen Maiden (3/5) 
• LGBTQ+ Perspectives: Becoming Nicole by Amy Ellis Nutt (3/20)
• Choose Your Own Category (Global Voices): The Confessions of Young Nero by Margaret George (3/20)
• Choose Your Own Category (Justice for All): One Child by Mei Fong
• Choose Your Own Category (Justice for All): Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
• Armchair Adventures: Kindred by Octavia Butler (5/7)
• Global Voices: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (6/1) 
• Small Press Works in Translation: Before the Feast by Sara Stanisic (6/5)
• Choose Your Own Category (Peek Into the Past): Bears in the Streets by Lisa Dickey (6/15) 
• Armchair Adventures: Orhan's Inheritance by Aline Ohanesian (7/1) 
• Collections Near and Far: Whatever happened to interracial love? By Kathleen Collins (7/22)
• Peek into the Past: The Black Calhouns by Gail Lumet Buckley (7/23)
• Global Voices: The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez (7/24)
• LGBTQ+ Perspectives: The Life and Death of Sophie Stark by Anna North (7/25)
• Collections Near and Far: Sidewalks by Valeria Luiselli (7/26) 
• Small Press Works in Translation: The Party Wall by Catherine Leroux (10/15)

Challenge Totals:

• January: 10 books
• February: 9 books
• March: 19 books 
• April: 11 books
• May: 5 books
• June: 6 books 
• July: 8 books 
• August: 2 books 
• September: 2 books
• October: 9 books

How did it go?

I finished my first challenge this past month: Curious Iguana's Read Broader challenge is done! Two more months to go and I can see the finish line. Hurray!