2017 List Completed

*1. A book recommended by a librarian:  Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner- DONE
*2. A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long:  Meet Rebecca: An American Girl by Jaqueline Greene- DONE
*3. A book of letters:  Children's Letters to God by Stuart E. Hample-DONE
*4. An audio book:  Igraine the Brave by Carnelia Funke-DONE (also could count for 10)
*5. A book by a person of color:  My Dream of Martin Luther King by Faith Ringgold- DONE
*6. A book with one of the four seasons in the title:  The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon- DONE
*7. A book that is a story within a story:  Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt-DONE
*8. A book with multiple authors:  Ichthus by Sinclair B. Ferguson, Derek W.H. Thomas-DONE
*9. An espionage thriller:  I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter-DONE
*10. A book with a cat on the cover:  The Door by the Staircase by Katherine Marsh-DONE
*11. A book by an author who uses a pseudonym:  The Password to Larkspur Lane by Carolyn Keene- DONE
*12. A bestseller from a genre you don't normally read:  Child of God by Cormac McCarthy-DONE
*13. A book by or about a person who has a disability:  Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller by Sarah Miller-DONE
*14. A book involving travel:  The Woman in Cabin 10  by Ruth Ware- DONE
*15. A book with a subtitle:   The Enemy Within:  Straight Talk about the Power and Defeat of Sin by Kris Lundgaard-DONE
*16. A book that's published in 2017:  The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas- DONE
*17. A book involving a mythical creature:  The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden-DONE
*18. A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile:  Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling-DONE
*19. A book about food:  Sourdough by Robin Sloan-DONE
*20. A book with career advice:  Bossypants by Tina Fey-DONE
*21. A book from a nonhuman perspective: A Nest for Celeste:  A Story about Art, Inspiration, and the Meaning of Home by Henry Cole-DONE
*22. A steampunk novel: The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman- DONE
*23. A book with a red spine:  Christmas in My Heart A Second Treasury:  More Heartwarming Tales of Holiday Joy by Joe L. Wheeler- DONE
*24. A book set in the wilderness:  Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder-DONE
*25. A book you loved as a child:  Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Bloom-DONE
*26. A book by an author from a country you've never visited:  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling- DONE
*27. A book with a title that's a character's name:  Sarah by Marek Halter-DONE
*28. A novel set during wartime:  The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak- DONE
*29. A book with an unreliable narrator:  Love in the Ruins by Walker Percy- DONE
*30. A book with pictures:  No Talking by Andrew Clements- DONE
*31. A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you: Fifty Cents and a Dream by Jabari Asim
*32. A book about an interesting woman:  Who Was Abigail Adams?  by True Kelley- DONE
*33. A book set in two different time periods:  Time at the Top by Edward Ormondroyd-DONE
*34. A book with a month or a day of the week in the title:  Searching for Sunday by Rachel Held Evans- DONE
*35. A book set in a hotel:  Eloise Takes a Bawth by Kay Thompson and Mart Crowley-DONE
*36. A book written by someone you admire: Food: A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan-DONE
*37. A book that's becoming a movie in 2017: Wonder by R.J. Palacio-DONE
*38. A book set around a holiday other than Christmas:  The Case for Easter by Lee Strobel-DONE
*39. The first book in a series:  Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery- DONE
 *40. A book you bought on a trip:  Spooky Oregon by S.E. Schlosser- DONE

Advanced List:

*1. A book recommended by an author you love: Emma by Jane Austen- DONE
*2. A bestseller from 2016:  Harry and the Cursed Child Play by J. K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany- DONE
*3. A book with a family-member term in the title:  Ramona and her Father by Beverly Cleary-DONE
*4. A book that takes place over a character's life span:  The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom- DONE
*5. A book about an immigrant or a refugee:  Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan-DONE
*6. A book from a genre/subgenre that you've never heard of:  Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen & Seth Grahame-Smith- DONE
*7. A book with an eccentric character:  Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Charles Grabenstein-DONE
*8. A book that's more than 800 pages:  Women's Devotional Bible-NIV by various- DONE
*9. A book you got from a used book sale: Candle in the Darkness by Lynn Austin-DONE
*10.  A book that's been mentioned in another book: The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle-DONE 
*11. A book about a difficult topic:  Being There: How to Love Those Who Are Hurting by Dave Furman-DONE
*12. A book based on mythology:  The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan-DONE

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