My Reading Challenge for 2016

If you have been reading my 2015 book reviews (yes, sorry, still working to catch up on those), you may have noticed that I have been noting which ones meet which PopSugar Reading Challenge criteria. Soon I will begin reviewing 2015 reads that did not meet any of those criteria. So I started keeping a list of criteria they did meet, and those will form my own personal reading challenge for 2016.

I’m not quite done writing the reviews, but here are all of the categories:

1. A book in which a character dies – Bird Box
2. A book featuring a prisoner – The Diabolical Miss Hyde
3. A book set in a retirement community
4. A book set in a place I know well – A Bad Day for Pretty
5. A book set in a capital city – Partners in Crime
6. A book set on another planet
7. A book with multiple POV characters – The Vintage Teacup Club
8. A book set on an island – Partners in Crime
9. A book featuring a country house setting – We Were Liars
10. A book featuring a cat – The Artistic Cat
11. A book club selection – Bird Box
12. A book about a royal personage – The Nightingale
13. A book featuring a mythical figure – The Secret History of Wonder Woman
14. The first book in a series – A Darker Shade of Magic
15. A book whose author has died – The Wit & Wisdom of Mark Twain
16. A book published in the 21st century – Bird Box
17. A book featuring Scotland Yard – Partners in Crime
18. A book borrowed from the library – The Big Four
19. A book written in the second person – The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
20. A book with horse-drawn carriages – The Diabolical Miss Hyde
21. A book with footnotes – The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
22. A book about the end of the world as we know it – Bird Box
23. A book with feminist themes – A Darker Shade of Magic
24. A book featuring an amusement park – Joyland
25. A book featuring an ancient artifact – A Darker Shade of Magic
26. A book set in Africa – The Nightingale
27. A book featuring a bookstore
28. A book with a queer protagonist – Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls
29. A fictional tale about a real person – The Diabolical Miss Hyde
30. A book with a character who has superpowers – A Darker Shade of Magic

Please feel free to recommend titles that qualify for these challenges! You are of course welcome to join in this reading challenge, but there is no formal sign-up process. If you like, you can post your updates in the comments here.