- J. J. Hanna
J. J.'s Summer Reading Challenge 2018
Updated: Jun 30, 2020
I have created a 10 book reading challenge for this summer. If you want to join me in it, connect with me on social media and commit in the comments below! I’m super excited, and to hear more about what this challenge entails, you can watch this video I made about it as well:
I have a few books I’m planning on reading for this challenge, so first I’ll list the challenge and then which book I plan on reading for it.
THE CHALLENGE:
1. A book you acquired a long time ago and never read
2. A book of poetry
3. A book with a red cover
4. A book with a blue cover
5. A book published before you were born
6. A book published this year
7. A classic you’ve never read before
8. A book you learned of because of a movie or TV show
9. A book published in the last 5 years
10. A book recommended by a friend
THE BOOKS I PLAN TO READ:
1. Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell
2. Wild Embers by Nikita Gill
3. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
4. Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
5. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
6. The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan
7. Paradise Lost by John Milton
8. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
9. The Facefaker’s Game by Chandler Birch
10. When Planets Fall by Abby J. Reed
And lastly, in the video I promised a list of books you could read if you can’t think of any to fit the challenge. (Some books reappear since they fit in multiple categories.) Here we go:
Books I learned of because of movies or TV:
Jumanji
The Princess Bride
Ready Player One
The Darkest Minds
Harry Potter
Lord of the Rings
Percy Jackson (Lighting Thief)
The Maze Runner
The Giver
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The City of Ember
Poetry:
Spirits in Bondage - C. S. Lewis
Newspaper Blackout - Austin Kleon
Wild Embers - Nikita Gill
The Art of Drowning - Billy Collins
Books published in 2018:
Aru Shah and the End of Time - Roshani Chokshi
The Burning Maze - Rick Riordan
Death Notice - Zhou Haohui
Need to Know - Karen Cleveland
Space Opera - Catherine M. Valente (coming in October 2018)
Books published in the last five years: 2013-2017
The Facefaker's Game - Chandler J. Birch 2016
Never Fade - Alexandra Bracken 2013
In the Afterlight - Alexandra Bracken 2014
Red Covers:
The Casual Vacancy - J. K. Rowling 2012
Sinner - Sharon Carter Rogers
Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
Blue Covers:
Never Fade - Alexandra Bracken
Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix - J. K. Rowling
The Old Man and the Sea - Hemingway
The Death Cure - James Dashner
Mockingjay - Suzanne Colilns
Revived - Cat Patrick
The Facefaker's Game - Chandler Birch
Friend Recommendations:
Sinner - Sharon Carter Rogers 2007
Drift - Sharon Carter Rogers 2010
As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth - Lynne Rae Perkins 2010
The Facefaker's Game
I am the Messenger - Markus Zusak
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
The Mysterious Benedict Society - Trenton Lee Stewart 2007
Before you were born: (for me, 1998)
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams 1979
The Art of Drowning - Billy Collins 1995
J. J. Hanna is attending Taylor University for a degree in Professional Writing. She has published multiple devotions and book reviews and draws comics about a stork named Lenard.
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