105 & Popsugar Reading Challenge 2015

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January 1, 2015 – December 31, 2015

The 105 Challenge is a goal where I’m going to try and read 105 books during 2015. I got the number 105 by taking 12 (months in a year) and adding 11 + 10 + 9 + 8…+ 1.

To make things interesting, I didn’t want my challenge JUST to be trying to read 105 books. Instead, I am going to try to read…

12. 2015 new releases
11. YA Contemporary
10. E-ARC’s from NG + EW
9. Indie books
8. Debut books (from any year)
7. 2014 new releases
6. Self Help/Motivational/Business books
5. Sequels
4. Books that were recommended to me (that I had never heard of before)
3. New Adult books
2. Books with rainbow covers
1. Re-read a book

Now here’s the fun part. I want YOU to join me in the challenge to read 105 books, and create a list just like mine where you pick 12 different categories and try to read 1 or 2 or 3…etc of each category.

One incentive for joining the challenge will be a rafflecopter where you can get points for completing each group of books! Rafflecopter will be picking a winner each month who will receive a special prize for completing part of the challenge.

The one requirement that I have for joining this challenge is that whenever you FINISH reading an entire category, please make a GR shelf for it and send me the link through rafflecopter!

So what are you waiting for?

Join me in my quest to read 105 books!

My categories

12. Historical Fiction book
1. Zion's Call by Jeremy Maughan
2.An indecent Invitation by Laura Trentham
3. Wedding Matilda by Heather Hiestand
4. The Small Fortune of Dorothea Q by Sharon Maas
5.Chasing The Other Tisdale by Jessica Jefferson
6. The Keys of the Watchmen by Kathleen C Perrin
7. The wolf's Torment by Stephanie Burkhart
8. The Witch of Painted Sorrows by M.J. Rose
9. Virtue and Valor by Collette Cameron
10. Snow in July by Kim Inverson Headlee


11. Books written by a female author

1. Through His Heart by Deborah Camp
2. Out Of Character by Diane Miller
3. Trouble in Vegas by Patrice Wilton
4. Quicksand by Gigi Pandian
5. Veiled Intentions by Eileen Carr
6. The Awakening by Dorine White
7.Leaving Tracks by Victoria Escobar
8. Jeremy's Promise by A.R. Talley
9.Chasing Ravens by Jessica E. Paige
10. Criminal Confections by Colette London
11. In Her Blood by G.V.Trent

10. Books written by a male author

1. To Fall in Love Again by David Burnett
2. Booker: Street of Mayhem by John W Mefford
3. The North Country Confessional by Craig C. Charles
4. The Mongestern Project by David Khara
5. Permanent Spring Showers by Scott D Southard
6. Stardust Dream by S.B. Redstone

9. Cozy Mystery
1. Mayhem in Margaux by Jean-Pierre ALAUX and Noël BALEN
2. The Tell-Tail Heart by Monica Shaughnessy
3. Backstabbing in Beaujolais by Jean-Pierre Alaux and Noël Balen
4. Coffee is Murder by Carolyn Arnold
5. Death Before Decaf by Caroline Farding
6. A Pain in the Tuchis by Mark Reutlinger
7. Killer Wedding Cake by Gayle Trent
8. Give 'Em Pumpkin to Talk About by joyce & Jim Lavene
9. The Musubi Murder by Frankie Bow

8. Contemporary
1.Dancing in the Sand by Maria Imbalzano
2.The Convenient Wedding by Susie Warren
3.Charmed, I'm Sure by Lynda Simmons
4. Sea Glass Sunrise by Donna Kauffman
5. S.O.B. by J.C.Valentine
6. Stick in the Mud Meets Spontaneity by Rachael Anderson
7. Protector For Hire by Tawna Fenske
8. Imaginary Grace by Anne Holster

7. New to Me Authors
1. Don't Say No by Naomi Bellina
2. Murder, Mayhem & Bliss by Loulou Harrington
3. Clara's Song by Kitty Margo
4.Diamond Rings are Deadly Things by Rachelle J. Christensen
5. Me Tarzan You Jane by Camelia Miron Skiba
6. The Deep End by Julie Mulhern
7.Eclipse Lake by Mae Clair

6. E-ARC’s from NG + EW
1. The Accidental Alchemist by Gigi Pandian
2. A Killer Retreat by Tracy Weber
3.Macdeath by Cindy Brown
4.Death & The Red Headed Woman by Loretta Ross
5. Drawing Conclusion by Deidre Verne
6.Flamenco, Flan and Fatalities by Mary McHugh

5. Sequels
1. Valentine's Day is Murder by Carolyn Arnold (McKinley Mysteries#8)
2. Stellarcardia by Julie Anne Grasso (Adventures of Caramel Cardamom#3)
3. Greed in Paradise by Deborah Brown (Paradise #5)
4.Icing on the Corpse by Liz Mugavero (A Pawsitively Organic Mystery#3)
5. Stiff Penalty by Annelise Ryan (Mattie Winston Mysteries #6)

4. YA Contemporary
1.Mia and the Bad Boy by Lisa Burstein
2.Girl of the Book by Princila Murrell

3. Classics 
2. Fairytale Retelling
1. Book over 500 pages





Popsugar posted this challenge on their website, and I want to try it, although probably not all of it.

Themes:

1. book with 500+ pages -
2. classic romance -
3. book became a movie -
4. book published this year -  A Pain in the Tuchis by Mark Reutlinger
5. book with a number in the title -
6. written by someone under 30 -
7. book with nonhuman characters -
8. funny book -
9. book by female author - The Tell-Tail Heart by Monica Shaughnessy
10. mystery or thriller - Death Before Decaf by Caroline Farding
11. book with a one-word title - Quicksand by Gigi Pandian
12. book of short stories -
13. book set in a different country -
14. nonfiction book -
15. popular author's first book -
16. book from an author you love but haven't read yet -
17. friend recommendation -
18. Pulitzer Prize winner -
19. book based on a true story -
20. book at the bottom of your to-read list -
21. book your mom loves -
22. book that scares you - 
23. book more than 100 years old -
24. book based entirely on its cover -
25. book you were supposed to read in school but didn't -
26. memoir -
27. book you can finish in a day - Mayhem in Margaux by Jean-Pierre ALAUX and Noël BALEN
28. book with antonyms in the title -
29. book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit - The Musubi Murder by Frankie Bow set in Hawaii
30. book that came out the year you were born (1980) -
31. book with bad reviews -
32. trilogy -
33. book from your childhood -
34. book with a love triangle -
35. book set in the future -
36. book set in high school -
37. book with a color in the title - Death & The Red Headed Woman by Loretta Ross
38. book that made you cry -
39. book with magic -
40. graphic novel -
41. book by an author you've never read before - The Convenient Wedding by Susie Warren
42. book you own but have never read -
43. book that takes place in your hometown -
44. book that was originally written in a different language -
45. book set during Christmas -
46. book written by an author with your same initials -
47. play -
48. banned book -
49. book based on or turned into a TV show - Backstabbing in Beaujolais by Jean-Pierre Alaux and Noël Balen
50. book you started by never finished -