deborah2202's Category Challenge 2017

My 2017 goal is to read 150 books and I will start with 20 categories, plus a Wild Card. Here are the parameters I am setting for myself:
- Books that do not fit in a category will be posted as Wild Cards
- Read at least 3 books for each one (unless I add more categories)
- Books will be posted with title and author

Below are my lists for each category:

#1: Continents:

- North America: Like a River Glorious by Rae Carson
- Europe: Blood for Blood by Ryan Graudin
- Asia: Every Falling Star by Sungju Lee
- South/Central America: The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston
- Australia: Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley
- Africa: Into Africa by Martin Dugard
- Antarctica: (maybe)

#2: 5 Stars - books I have rated 5 stars

- Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
- The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
- Now I Rise by Kiersten White
- The Maid and the Queen by Nancy Goldstone

#3: 500+ pages

- The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry
- A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab
- King's Cage by Victoria Aveyard
- The Bone Labyrinth by James Rollins
- The Confessions of Young Nero by Margaret George
- Theft by Finding: Diaries by David Sedaris
- Randoms by David Liss

#4: Anthologies

- The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: 14 Amazing Authors Tell the Tales by Chris Van Allsburg
- For Magnus Chase: Hotel Valhalla Guide to the Norse Worlds by Rick Riordan
- More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
- The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo
- From Percy Jackson: Camp Half-Blood Confidential by Rick Riordan

#5: Award Winners

- Ghost by Jason Reynolds
- The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss

#6: Based on a Fairy Tale

- Vassa in the Night by Sarah Porter
- The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Karen Barnhill
- The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare

#7: Based on the Cover - books I've read based on how cool the covers are

- The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson
- This is Our Story by Ashley Elston
- Ashes of London by Andrew Taylor
- The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding by Alexandra Bracken
- Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore
- Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
- Even the Darkest Stars by Heather Fawcett
- Wicked Like a Wildfire by Lana Popovic

#8: Because of a Movie - books I've read because of a related movie

- Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
- Hero of the Empire by Candice Millard

#9: Bestsellers

- Scythe by Neal Shusterman
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne
- The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston
- Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth
- Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
- Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
- Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton
- Artemis by Andy Weir

#10: Book Hangover - books that have made me cry and/or unable to read anything else for 24 hours

- The Song Rising by Samantha Shannon
- At the Edge of the Universe by Shaun David Hutchinson
- Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia
- The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

#11: Classics

- The Plague by Albert Camus
- The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad

#12: Current Events

- The Daily Show (The Book) by Chris Smith
- The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert
- Revolution for Dummies by Bassem Youssef
- What Happened by Hillary Clinton

#13: Debut Authors

- The Smell of Other People's Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
- Poison's Kiss by Breeana Shields
- The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz
- We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
- The Traitor's Kiss by Erin Beaty
- Royal Bastards by Andrew Shvarts
- Daughter of the Burning City by Amanda Foody
- An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson

#14: Diverse Authors

- The Sun is also a Star by Nicola Yoon
- A Crown of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi
- Tru and Nelle by G. Neri
- When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
- Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh

#15: Diverse Main Characters

- Running Barefoot by Amy Harmon
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
- Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley
- City of Saints and Thieves by Natalie C. Anderson
- Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde
- The Inquisitor's Tale by Adam Gidwitz
- Invictus by Ryan Graudin

#16: End of a Series

- Twisted Palace by Erin Watt
- The Crown's Fate by Evelyn Skye
- Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
- The Empty Grave by Jonathan Stroud
- Into the Bright Unknown by Rae Carson

#17: New to Me Authors

- The Witch Hunter by Virginia Boecker
- The Silence of Six by E. C. Myers
- The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
- Fear the Drowning Deep by Sarah Glenn Marsh
- The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle by Janet Fox
- The Odds of Loving Grover Cleveland by Rebekah Crane
- Spontaneous by Aaron Starmer
- A List of Cages by Robin Roe
- Song of the Current by Sarah Tolcser
- Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel

#18: Non-Fiction History

- Princesses Behaving Badly by Linda Rodriguez McRobbie
- Istanbul: City of Majesty at the Crossroads of the World by Thomas F. Madden
- Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky

#19: Recommended by a Blog

- A Rustle of Silk by Alys Clare
- The Queen and the Cure by Amy Harmon
- From Sand and Ash by Amy Harmon
- The Pearl Thief by Elizabeth Wein
- Spellslinger by Sebastian De Castell
- Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine
- All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater

#20: Re-reads - books I've read prior to this year

- A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn
- Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
- Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
- Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

#21: Reliable Authors - authors I've read consistently for years
(authors I read automatically)

- Hell Bay by Will Thomas
- A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn
- Where the Dead Lie by C.S. Harris
- Do You Want to Start a Scandal by Tessa Dare
- Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas
- The Trials of Apollo: The Dark Prophecy by Rick Riordan
- The Knowing by Sharon Cameron
- Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner

#22: Seasonal - books that take place at a certain time of year (Christmas, Halloween, etc.)

- A Wallflowers Christmas by Lisa Kleypas

#23: Stumbled upon at a bookstore or library

- The Romantics by Leah Konen
- Blood Royal by Eric Jager
- The Last Namsara by Kristen Ciccarelli
- Maybe Not by Colleen Hoover
- Among the Red Stars by Gwen C. Katz

Wild Card - books that do not fit in numbered categories

- The Problem with Forever by Jennifer L. Armentrout
- Starfall by Melissa Landers
- The King Slayer by Virginia Boecker
- Isn't She Lovely by Lauren Layne
- Written in the Blood by Stephen Lloyd Jones
- Love Story (Love Unexpectedly) by Lauren Layne
- The Ship Beyond Time by Heidi Heilig
- Crystal Storm by Morgan Rhodes
- Smut by Karina Halle
- Relic by Douglas Preston
- Avenged (Ruined) by Amy Tintera
- Dead is the New Black by Marlene Perez
- Vampire Rising by Jason Henderson
- Plague Land by S.D. Sykes
- Long Dark Dusk by James Smythe
- The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova
- The Most Dangerous Duke in London by Madeline Hunter
- The Butcher Bird by S.D. Sykes
- Duels & Deception by Cindy Antsey
- Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire
- Terror at Bottle Creek by Watt Key
- The Girl in the Well is Me by Karen Rivers
- Omega City by Diana Peterfreund
- Ghosts of Tupelo Landing by Sheila Turnage
- Moving Target by Christina Diaz Gonzalez
- The Adventures of Charls, the Veretian Cloth Merchant: A Captive Prince Short Story by C. S. Pacat
- Green but for a Season: A Captive Prince Short Story by C. S. Pacat
- The Summer Palace: A Captive Prince Short Story by C. S. Pacat
- The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan
- The Third Nero by Lindsey Davis
- Projekt 1065 by Alan Gratz
- Heads in Beds by Jacob Tomsky
- Old Scores by Will Thomas
- A Novella Collection by Courtney Milan

I'll be most interested to see what books you find for your Book Hangovers. Have a good year!

Welcome and have fun with your challenge!

Good luck with your challenge! Such a nice diverse set of categories.

Good luck with your 2017 reading, you've gotten off to a great start with such interesting categories!

Good luck with your 2017 CAT reading plans!

Best wishes on reaching 200!

My biggest hangovers for last year were The Kite Runner, The Female of the Species, and Half Lost. We'll see where this year takes me!

Thank you! I am having fun with it so far.

Thank you! I tried to set categories that were realistic but still challenging.

Thanks!

Great categories! I especially like #7 - cool covers. Haven't seen that one before! Cool covers are an instant draw for me.

Stopping by to wish you good luck with your challenge!

Dropping a comment so that I get to follow your thread - happy reading! (I'm a little behind, so apologies for the generic comment - better to come, I hope.) :)