Autumn Book Challenge Link Up

Yesterday, Kelsey from Keeping Up With Kelsey, posted on her blog a list of books she will be reading starting now until December 31st. She is doing a link up with Semi-Charmed Kind of Life who is sponsoring an autumn book challenge. I love to read and am always trying to find new books to read so I thought I would give it a shot. I'm not going to be all official with it but I still am keeping the topics of the books, the time frame to read them, and the points you can earn by finishing each book just to see if I have what it takes to complete it. A few of the rules included that the books had to be over 200 pages, a book can only be used for one category, and you can only have 3 out of the 13 books be books that you've read before (I have none). So I spent the day finding books that fit each category and sounded interesting to me. Below are each of the 11 categories and the list of 13 books I will have to read by December 31st. You will be able to follow my progress on a new page on my blog titled Book Challenge. I really encourage everyone who loves to read to get involved and try it!!

1. Read a book that does not have “the”, “a”, or“an” in the title (5 Points)

a. Brave Enemies- Robert Morgan

2. Read a book that has been featured in Oprah’s Book Club (10 points)

a. The Untethered Soul- Michael A. Singer

3. Read a book that takes place in the state where you currently live (10 points)

a. Rainbow’s End- Valerie Comer, Annalisa Daughety, Nicole O’Dell, Cara Putman

4. Read an epistolary novel. (a book written in letters, emails, diaries or docs) (15 points)

a. One Thousand White Women: The Journal of May Dodd- Jim Fergus

5. Read a book first published in 2013 (15 Points)

a. The Signature of All Things- Elizabeth Gilbert

6. Read a book with something spooky in the title. (15 points)

a. Salem Falls- Jodi Picoult

7. Read a book with “air, “water”, “earth”, or“fire” in the title

a. Gone with the Wind- Margaret Mitchell

8. Read a book on which a television series has been based on.

a. MASH- A novel about three Army Doctors- Richard Hooker

9. Read a fiction book that has someone’s first and last name in the title (25 points)

a. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle- David Wroblewski

10. Read two books by the same author (30 Points)

a. Somewhere to belong- Judith Miller

b. In the Company of Secrets- Judith Miller

11. Read a fiction and non-fiction book about the same topic (35 points)

a. The Girls of Atomic City- Denise Kiernan–Non Fiction

b. Skeletons at the Feast- Chris Bohjalian