2014 Reading Challenge

So for 2014, I'm participating in not one, but TWO reading challenges. Er, make that three. Oops! Anyway, this page is to keep tally of the completed goals for Tuesday's Wednesday's 2014 reading challenge. I might be a bit batty for thinking I can accomplish all of this reading, but some books count on both lists, and that will help free up some space for spontaneous reads and oh, book group picks as well.

• 1. Read a classic. - Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 4/10/14, review here
• 2. Read a ‘banned‘ book. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 4/17/14
  
• 3. Re-read a book from your childhood.
• 4. Re-read a book you read at school/university/college as required reading.
• 5. Read a book that you have been meaning to but have never gotten around to reading.
• 6. Read a biography of someone you don’t know or may only know a little about.
• 7. Read a modern classic. 
• 8. Read a book in a genre you normally wouldn’t choose. (romance/fantasy
  
  First Grave on the Right (Charley Davidson, #1))
• 9. Read a book that is based on or has been turned into a TV show.
• 10. Read a book that was adapted into a movie you have seen.
• 11. Read a book suggested to you by someone you know. (probably
  
  First Grave on the Right (Charley Davidson, #1))
• 12. Read a book based ENTIRELY on the cover (You are not allowed to read the blurb/synopsis first). - Friends Like Us by Lauren Fox [chosen from a post by Tuesday’s Wednesday]
• 13. Read a book that is not necessarily marketed for you (ie your age group/gender etc). - read Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman 3/20/14
• 14. Read a book by an author you have never heard of/never read or you don’t particularly like (would normally avoid). - read Pearl by Tabitha King 2/9/14
  
• 15. Read a book that is not in a typical novel style (e.g. a book of poetry, diary/letter based book, play, graphic novel).
• 16. Read a book by one of your favorite authors.
• 17. Read a non-fiction book.
• 18. Read the first book in a series you have never read. – I was thinking here I would read from either The Wildwood Chronicles by Colin Meloy or The Brother Cadfael series, but I ended up reading The Passage by Justin Cronin - finished 3/23/14
• 19. Read a book you gave up on reading in the past in the past.
• 20. Read a book from a foreign country (for me I am ruling out books from England too).
• 21. Read a book (not necessarily a memoir/autobiography but they are fine too) written by a famous person you like (not normally authors).
• 22. Read a book to learn something new (a language, a country, recipes, crafts, event).
• 23. Read an bind-up, omnibus, anthology or a collection of short stories. - Selected Shorts: Readers & Writers  edited by Brooks, Walter R. audio book of writers reading other writers read 1/28/14
• 24. Re-read one of your all time favorite books.
• Bonus: Place a collection of book titles you own/want to read into a hat and draw one out at random. Read it.