50 Books Challenge

I still have a Christmas post to write, but this is way more important...

I'm continuing to challenge myself to read 50 books a year. Last year, with my return to work, I didn't do so hot, but 41 isn't terrible.

As part of my challenge, I pick an author to read in-depth. This year, I chose F. Scott Fitzgerald since I had to read The Great Gatsby for school. I only made it through part of one other book by him before deciding I am not a fan.

• The Great Gatsby: ****
• This Side of Paradise: *

Despite not being a fan of John Green, I read two more books of his:

• The Fault in Our Stars: ****
• Paper Towns: ***

This is the only book I gave five stars to this whole year: A Monster Calls: *****

Except these two, which I have read more than once before:

• To Kill a Mockingbird *****
• Anne of Green Gables *****

Other books I read for school:

• Black Boy ***
• The Crucible ***
• A Raisin in the Sun ***
• Their Eyes Were Watching God: ***
• Speak ****
• A Child Called It ***

This book I couldn't finish because it was putting me to sleep on my commute: The Light Between Oceans*

Some non-fiction:

• Bossypants ****
• Blink ****

And the rest:

• The Sense of an Ending ****
• Between Shades of Grey ****
• Where the Mountain Meets the Moon ****
• The Engagements ****
• Wonder ****
• Mormon Wife ****
• All Our Yesterdays ****
• The Secret Keeper ****
• The One and Only Ivan ****
• Night Film ****
• I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You ****
• Defending Jacob ****
• Eleanor and Park ****
• The Hiding Place ****
• The Final Empire ****
• The Shoemaker's Wife ***
• Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy ***
• The Round House ***
• Before I Go to Sleep ***
• The Humming Room ***
• The Apothecary ***
• The Black Opal ***
• The Sea of Tranquility ***
• Juniper Berry ***
• Where'd You Go Bernadette **