2016 Reading Challenge

Diversity is the goal for this year’s reading list. Namely, more by women and peoples of color. Fairy tales, mythic fiction, and magical realism will be the primary genres on which I focus. However, there will be, without a doubt, on-the-fly selections, most likely new releases. Review policy.

My challenge for 2016 is 100 books.

Fiction: 114 | Non-Fiction: 28 | Total: 142

January 2016

  1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (illust. ed.) by J.K. Rowling [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
  2. Not One Damsel in Distress by Jane Yolen [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  3. The Serpent Slayer by Katrin Tchana [About | My Review] 4 stars
  4. Fearless Girls, Wise Women & Beloved Sisters by Kathleen Ragan [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
  5. Golden Dreams by Ruth Sanderson [About | My Review] 5 stars
  6. The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  7. The Drowning Girl by Caitlín R. Kiernan [About | My Review] 4 stars
  8. Once Upon a Cloud by Claire Keane [About | My Review] 5 stars
  9. The Mitten: An Old Ukrainian Folktale by Alvin Tresselt [About | My Review] 4 stars
  10. The Mitten by Jan Brett [About | My Review] 4 stars
  11. The Magic Egg and Other Tales from Ukraine by Barbara J. Suwyn [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
  12. Ukrainian Folk Tales: Tales about Animals by Y. Rachov [About | My Review] 2.5 stars

February 2016

  1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling [About | My Review] re-read 5 stars
  2. I Put A Spell On You: The Autobiography by Nina Simone [About | My Review] 4 stars
  3. The Upstairs Wife: An Intimate History of Pakistan by Rafia Zakaria [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  4. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
  5. Mr. Splitfoot by Samantha Hunt [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  6. The Mystery of Hollow Places by Rebecca Podos [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  7. All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
  8. Bellweather Rhapsody by Kate Racculia [About | My Review] 3 stars
  9. The Quality of Silence by Rosamund Lupton [About | My Review] 3 stars
  10. Interstellar Cinderella by Deborah Underwood [About | My Review] 5 stars
  11. The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
  12. When the Elephants Dance by Tess Uriza Holthe [About | Reader’s Guide | My Review] 5 stars
  13. Weird Girl and What’s His Name by Meagan Brothers [About | My Review] 4 stars
  14. Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror by Laurie Lamson [About | My Review] 3.5 stars

March 2016

  1. My Diary from the Edge of the World by Jodi Lynn Anderson [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  2. The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell [About | My Review] DNF
  3. Gay & Lesbian History for Kids: The Century-Long Struggle for LGBT Rights by Jerome Pohlen [About | My Review] 4 stars
  4. Cinderella Six Feet Under by Maia Chance [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  5. Where Futures End by Parker Peevyhouse [About | My Review] 4 stars
  6. Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
  7. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
  8. Shallow Graves by Kali Wallace [About | My Review] 4 stars
  9. Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella by Paul Fleischman [About | My Review] 3 stars
  10. Hour of the Bees by Lindsay Eagar [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  11. The Children’s Home by Charles Lambert [About | My Review] 3 stars
  12. The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan [About | My Review] 2.5 stars
  13. Some Possible Solutions by Helen Phillips [About | My Review] 4 stars

April 2016

  1. How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  2. Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
  3. The Gods of HP Lovecraft edited by Aaron J. French [About | My Review] 3.5 stars

May 2016

  1. Feel the Fear…And Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers, Ph.D. [About | My Review] 4 stars
  2. Burn by Elissa Sussman [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  3. The End: 50 Apocalyptic Visions From Pop Culture That You Should Know About… before it’s too late by Laura Barcella [About | My Review] 3 stars
  4. Burning by Danielle Rollins [About | My Review] 2 stars
  5. Walt Disney’s Alice in Wonderland by Jon Scieszka [About | My Review] 3 stars
  6. Fellside by M.R. Carey [About | My Review] DNF
  7. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern [About | My Review] 5 stars
  8. The Fireman by Joe Hill [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  9. We Love You, Charlie Freeman by Kaitlyn Greenidge [About | My Review] 4.5 stars

June 2016

  1. Scarlett Epstein Hates It Here by Anna Breslaw [About | My Review] 3 stars
  2. Halfway Down The Stairs by Gary A. Braunbeck [About | My Review] 4 stars
  3. Detained and Deported by Margaret Regan [About | My Review] 4 stars

July 2016

  1. How to Cook Everything Vegetarian by Mark Bittman [About | My Review] 5 stars
  2. A Year in a Vegetarian Kitchen by Jack Bishop [About | My Review] 2.5 stars

August 2016

  1. Microshelters by Derek Diedricksen [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  2. Tiny House Living by Ryan Mitchell [About | My Review] 4 stars
  3. Humble Homes, Simple Shacks… by Derek Diedricksen [About | My Review] 2.5 stars
  4. Waking the Moon by Elizabeth Hand [About | My Review] 4 stars
  5. Backyard Sheds & Tiny Houses by Jay Shafer [About | My Review] 4 stars
  6. Micro Green: Tiny Houses in Nature by Mimi Zeiger [About | My Review] 2.5 stars
  7. Girl & Flame by Melissa Reddish [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  8. Tiny Houses in the City by Mimi Zeiger [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  9. The Golden Key by George MacDonald (illus. by Ruth Sanderson) [About | My Review] 4 stars
  10. Tiny Houses Built with Recycle Materials by Ryan Mitchell [About | My Review] 4 stars
  11. Tiny Homes Simple Shelter by Lloyd Kahn [About | My Review] 4 stars
  12. Opal by Kristina Wojtaszek [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
  13. Down with the Shine by Kate Karyus Quinn [About | My Review] 3 stars
  14. Kingdom of Ashes by Rhiannon Thomas [About | My Review] 4 stars
  15. Possum Living by Dolly Freed [About | My Review] 3 stars
  16. Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones [About | My Review] 4 stars

September 2016

  1. Room by Emma Donoghue [About | My Review] 4 stars
  2. The View from the Cheap Seats by Neil Gaiman [About | My Review] 4 stars
  3. The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  4. Red Queen by Christina Henry [About | My Review] 3 stars
  5. Beyond the Glass Slipper by Kate Wolford [About | My Review] 4 stars
  6. The 13 Clocks by James Thurber [About | My Review] 4 stars
  7. The Magicians by Lev Grossman [About | My Review] 1 star
  8. Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  9. The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  10. Into the Forest by Jean Hegland [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  11. Coraline by Neil Gaiman [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
  12. Tiny Houses by Mimi Zeiger [About | My Review] 2 stars
  13. A Woggle Of Witches by Adrienne Adams [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
  14. Child of Faerie, Child of Earth by Jane Yolen [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
  15. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  16. The Heartless Troll by Oyvind Torseter [About | My Review] 4 stars
  17. Except the Queen by Jane Yolen and Midori Snyder [About | My Review] 3 stars
  18. Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
  19. This Is Your Brain on Parasites by Kathleen McAuliffe [About | My Review] 4 stars
  20. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris [About | My Review] re-read 4 stars
  21. Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris [About | My Review] re-read 4.5 stars
  22. Club Dead by Charlaine Harris [About | My Review] re-read 4.5 stars

October 2016

  1. Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris [About | My Review] re-read 5 stars
  2. Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris [About | My Review] re-read 3.5 stars
  3. Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris [About | My Review] re-read 4 stars
  4. All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris [About | My Review] re-read 3.5 stars
  5. From Dead To Worse by Charlaine Harris [About | My Review] re-read 3.5 stars
  6. Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris [About | My Review] re-read 3 stars
  7. Roses and Rot by Kat Howard [About | My Review] 4 stars
  8. The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  9. Scary Godmother: Omnibus by Jill Thompson [About | My Review] 4 stars
  10. Magic by William Goldman [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  11. The Animal Hour by Andrew Klavan [About | My Review] 2.5 stars
  12. The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
  13. Summerlong by Peter S. Beagle [About | My Review] 3 stars
  14. Paper Girls, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  15. Quiet Neighbors by Catriona McPherson [About | My Review] 3 stars
  16. The Manse by Lisa W Cantrell [About | My Review] 3.5 stars

November 2016

  1. My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  2. The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons [About | My Review] 3 stars
  3. And the Trees Crept In by Dawn Kurtagich [About | My Review] 2 stars
  4. Halloween and Other Festivals of Death and Life by Jack Santino [About | My Review] 3 stars
  5. A Hallowe’en Anthology by Lisa Morton [About | My Review] 4 stars
  6. Dear Amy by Helen Callaghan [About | My Review] 3 stars
  7. Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween by Lisa Morton [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
  8. The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury [About | My Review] re-read 4 stars
  9. Celtic Tales by various (illus. by Kate Forrester) [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
  10. The Princess and the Pony by Kate Beaton [About | My Review] 3 stars
  11. The Halloween Encyclopedia, 2nd ed. by Lisa Morton [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
  12. Halloween: An American Holiday, an American History by Lesley Pratt Bannatyne [About | My Review] 3 stars
  13. Mirror Mirror by Gregory Maguire [About | My Review] 3 stars
  14. Half-Minute Horrors edited by Susan Rich [About | My Review] 3 stars
  15. The Doorway and the Deep by K. E. Ormsbee [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
  16. Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins by Emma Donoghue [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  17. The Weaver by Emmi Itäranta [About | My Review] 3.5 stars
  18. The Ninth Life of Louis Drax by Liz Jensen [About | My Review] 3 stars
  19. The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales edited by Parisien and Wolfe [About | My Review] 4 stars

December 2016

  1. Adulthood Is a Myth by Sarah Andersen [About | My Review] 4 stars
  2. Fairy Tale Christmas by Michael McLean, Scott McLean [About | My Review] 3 stars
  3. They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
  4. Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffmann [About | My Review] 4 stars
  5. Bone Swans by C.S.E. Cooney [About | My Review] 4 stars
  6. The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany [About | My Review] 3 stars
  7. The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
  8. The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum [About | My Review] 3 stars
  9. Eva Luna by Isabel Allende [About | My Review] 4 stars
  10. Sleeping in Flame by Jonathan Carroll [About | My Review] 4 stars
  11. A Fistful of Pearls and Other Tales from Iraq by Elizabeth Laird [About | My Review] 3 stars
  12. Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales by Virginia Hamilton [About | My Review] 4.5 stars
  13. The Weaving of a Dream by Marilee Heyer [About | My Review] 4 stars

Last Updated: 12/31/2016