I honestly wasn’t expecting I was going to make it this time, but I managed to finish When Are You Reading? 2017 with only hours to spare! It was my third time participating in this challenge (click to see lists for 2015 and 2016) hosted by Sam @ Taking On A World Of Words. It is all about reading books either set or published in twelve different time periods. The perfect way of reading books of different eras!
Below my list of books I managed to read for each era…I have divided my reads into two categories like last year: books by publish date and books by setting. When the setting is not specified or is roughly the same as the publish date, I will use this color. For a full list, check out my update post.
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# The Song Of Achilles – by Madeline Miller (800)
# The Book Of Whispers – by Kimberley Starr (1096)
# Court Of Lions – by Jane Johnson (15th century/present)
# And I Darken – by Kiersten White (late 15th century)
# Now I Rise – by Kiersten White (late 15th century) - 1500-1599
# Utopia – by Thomas More (1516) - 1600-1699
# Captain Alatriste – by Arturo Pérez-Reverte (17th century) - 1700-1799
# Alex And Eliza – by Melissa De La Cruz (1770s) - 1800-1899
# Life Sentence- by Lily Luchesi (1810-present)
# Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland – by Lewis Carroll (1865)
# Little Women – by Louisa May Alcott (1868)
# The Merchant’s Pearl – by Amie O’Brien (1875)
# The Jungle Book – by Rudyard Kipling (1894)
# The Invisible Man – by H.G. Wells (1897) - 1900-1919
# Sherlock Holmes And The Nine-Dragon Sigil – by Tim Symonds (1906-1907)
# The Lifeboat – by Charlotte Rogan (1914) - 1920-1939
# A Gentleman In Moscow – by Amor Towles (1920s)
# The Color Purple – by Alice Walker (1930s)
# The Last Valentine – by Felix Alexander (1930s) - 1940-1959
# That Burning Summer – by Lydia Syson (1940)
# The Thankful – by Jamie Campbell (1940)
# The Dollmaker Of Krakow – by R.M. Romero (1940s)
# The Diary Of A Young Girl – by Anne Frank (1942-1944)
# Devastation Road – by Jason Hewitt (1945)
# The Diary Of A Young Girl – by Anne Frank (1947)
# Can’t Buy Forever – by Susan Laffoon (1950s) - 1960-1979
# The Rules Of Magic – by Alice Hoffman (1960s)
# We Have Always Lived In The Castle – by Shirley Jackson (1962)
# Flowers For Algernon – by Daniel Keyes (1966) - 1980-1999
# The Color Purple – by Alice Walker (1982)
# IT – by Stephen King (1986)
# The Impossible Fortress – by Jason Rekulak (1987)
# The Gypsy Moth Summer – by Julia Fierro (1992)
# Captain Alatriste – by Arturo Pérez-Reverte (1996)
# Stardust – by Neil Gaiman (1999) - 2000-Present
# Making Faces – by Amy Harmon (2001)
# Never Let Me Go – by Kazuo Ishiguro (2005)
# Still Alice – by Lisa Genova (2007)
# The Ask And The Answer – by Patrick Ness (2009)
# Room – by Emma Donoghue (2010)
# A Monster Calls – by Patrick Ness (2011)
# Aristotle And Dante Discover The Secrets Of The Universe – by Benjamin Alire Saenz (2012)
# Making Faces – by Amy Harmon (2013)
# Bird Box – by Josh Malerman (2014)
# Mosquitoland – by David Arnold (2015)
# Heartless – by Marissa Meyer (2016)
# The Hate U Give – by Angie Thomas (2017)
# Herding Cats – by Sarah Andersen (2018) - The Future
# The First City – by Joe Hart (2030s)
# Americosis Vol. 4 – by Haydn Wilks (4046/present)
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Well done!
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Thanks! I still can’t believe I actually made it haha.
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I love this post. It’s great to look at the year you’re reading!
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It’s definitely a great way to read older books or at least have a historical setting! Some were tricky to find though.
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Oh this is an interesting concept for a challenge. It is annual then? I may have to remember thid for next year. Congratulations on finishing in time 🎉😊
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Yeah she is doing one this year as well! I’m not sure whether to sign up again because I’m trying to avoid pressure… But it’s definitely a fun challenge to join.
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Great job! This is such a cool challenge! I might have to unofficially join in this year and see how well I do.
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It’s definitely a fun one to join!
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That looks impressive! Are you going to do the same challenge this year or another one? If I remember correctly, I thought you also started an alphabetical one last year (I even thought for a moment to participate in that one too).
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I’m probably going to pass or at least wait until the first months are over before I decide… I don’t want to put too much pressure on myself this year. 😉 I did join two ABC challenges last year (book title and author), but completely failed with the first so I won’t be doing that again haha.
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Amazing!! Well done and thanks so much for participating. Are you going to join in again in 2018? I already finished one book so 11 more to go, haha. Happy reading!
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Thank you for hosting! I’m going to wait for a little while this year because I don’t want too much pressure this year… Those earlier eras are HARD. 😉 And what a good way to start the year! Happy reading
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Interesting how you organized them into different eras 🙂
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It was definitely a fun challenge! Got to read a few older books I probably wouldn’t have picked up otherwise.
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