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The Master List
(1) A book with more than 500 pages � A Naked Singularity
(2) A classic romance
(3) A book that became a movie � Chocolat by Joanne Harris
(4) A book published this year � Things We Know by Heart by Jessi Kirby
(5) A book with a number in the title
(6) A book written by someone under 30
(7) A book with non-human characters
(8) A funny book � The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
(9) A book by a female author � The Help by Kathryn Stockett
(10) A mystery or thriller � Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
(11) A book with a one-word title � Blindness by José Saramago
(12) A book of short stories � Tales From Firozsha Baag by Rohinton Mistry
(13) A book set in a different country � The Master by Colm Toibin
(14) A non-fiction book
(15) A popular author's first book
(16) A book from an author you love that you haven’t read yet
(17) A book a friend recommended � Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
(18) A Pulitzer Prize winning book � The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
(19) A book based on a true story
(20) A book at the bottom of your to-read list � My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
(21) A book your mom loves
(22) A book that scares you
(23) A book more than a hundred years old � Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
(24) A book based entirely on its cover � Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
(25) A book you were supposed to read in school but you didn’t
(26) A memoir � The Ring Of Bright Water Trilogy by Gavin Maxwell
(27) A book you can finish in a day � The Lady In The Van by Alan Bennett
(28) A book with antonyms in the title � North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
(29) A book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit
(30) A book that came out the year you were born
(31) A book with bad reviews
(32) A trilogy
(33) A book from your childhood � The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
(34) A book with a love triangle
(35) A book set in high school � Infinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon
(36) A book with a color in the title
(37) A book that made you cry
(38) A book with magic � Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke
(39) A graphic novel � Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh
(40) A book by an author you've never read before � The Good Doctor by Damon Galgut
(41) A book you own but never read � Captivate by Carrie Jones
(42) A book that takes place in your hometown
(43) A book that was originally written in different language � I Served the King of England by Bohumil Hrabal
(44) A book set during Christmas � Little Women
(45) A book written by an author with your same initials
(46) A play
(47) A banned book � The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
(48) A book based or turned into a TV show
(49) A book you started but never finished
(50) A book set in the future � The Diamond Age: or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson

I didn't know Catcher in the Rye was banned.

I wasn't too impressed with it when I read it. Too much teenage angst. Too much "a boy pretending to be a man when he's really just a boy."

Sherryl wrote: "I didn't know Catcher in the Rye was banned."

It was banned some time ago mainly because of its language and vulgar contents; though I bet that from modern's view, we can't really see anything offensive about it.

Sherryl wrote: "Too much "a boy pretending to be a man when he's really just a boy.""

Holden was one annoying character, wasn't he? I was a little skeptical when I started this book but was quickly warmed to it despite of the character's bruteness. I liked discovering the real Holden that hid behind his bravado and sarcastic nature and the things that made him the way he was.

Still, I think it's pretty scary to think that some criminals like John Lennon's killer actually identified so much to Holden's character to the point that they weren't afraid to commit murder. It's crazy.

A book you can finish in a day
The Lady In The Van by Allan Bennett
Interesting Quote: "I have had some manure delivered for the garden and since the manure heap is not far from the van, Miss S. is concerned that people passing might think the smell is coming from there. She wants me to put a notice on the gate to the effect that the smell is the manure not her. I say no, without adding, as I could, that the manure actually smells much nicer."

A book by author you've never read before
The Good Doctor by Damon Galgut
Interesting Quote: "Everything is politics, Laurence. The moment you put two people in a room together, politics enters in. That's how it is"

A banned book
The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
Interesting Quote: "The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one

A book set in different country
The Master by Colm Toibin
Interesting Quote: "It seemed strange, almost sad, to him that he had produced and published so much, rendered so much that was private, and yet the thing he most needed to write would never be seen or published, would never be known or understood by anyone."

A mystery or thriller
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Interesting Quote:


A book more than a hundred years old
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Interesting Quote: "Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old."

A book that became a movie
Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Interesting Quote: "Places do not lose their identity, however far one travels. It is the heart that begins to erode over time. The face in the hotel mirror seems blurred some mornings, as if by too many casual looks. By ten the sheets will be laundered, the carpet swept. The names on the hotel registers change as we pass. We leave no trace as we pass on. Ghostlike, we cast no shadow."

A book with magic
Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke
Interesting Quote: "I think we should sometimes read stories where everything's different from our world, don't you agree? There's nothing like it for teaching us to wonder why trees are green and not red, and why we have five fingers rather than six"

A book from your childhood
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Interesting Quite: "People come--they stay for a while, they flourish, the build--and they go. It is their way. But we (the animals) remain."

A book translated from different language
I Served the King of England by Bohumil Hrabal
Interesting Quote: "And the unbelievable that came true stayed with me, and I believed in the unbelievable, in the star that had followed me through life, and with its gleam constantly before my eyes I began to believe in it more and more, because it had made me a millionaire, and now that I had been brought to my knees I realized that my star was brighter than ever, that only now would I be able to see its true brightness, because my eyes had been weakened by everything I had lived through, weakened so that they could see more and know more."

A book by a female author
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Interesting Quite: "Don't waste your time on the obvious things. Write about what disturbs you, particularly if it bothers no one else."

Recently completed:
(26) A memoir: The Ring Of Bright Water Trilogy by Gavin Maxwell
(4) A book published this year: Things We Know by Heart by Jessi Kirby
(18) A Pulitzer Prize winning book: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
(17) A book a friend recommended: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
(28) A book with antonyms in the title: North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

Really neat list you have there, may I update my progress similar to your list?

Yen wrote: "Really neat list you have there, may I update my progress similar to your list?"

Of course you can, Yen!

Shy wrote: "Yen wrote: "Really neat list you have there, may I update my progress similar to your list?"

Of course you can, Yen!"

Thank you!! I shall start the list & get it ready :D

Hey Shy.

I just noticed that the list above totaled 49 instead of 50 .
Then I checked through and found #35 is missing - A book set in the future.

Oh thanks for noticing!
Updating my list ;)

Sheng wrote: "Hey Shy.

I just noticed that the list above totaled 49 instead of 50 .
Then I checked through and found #35 is missing - A book set in the future."

Thanks Sheng, for noticing! Just amended my list :D

Recent update:
(12) A book of short stories: Tales From Firozsha Baag by Rohinton Mistry
(39) A graphic novel � Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh

A book with more than 500 pages
A Naked Singularity
Interesting Quote:


A book set during Christmas
Little Women
Interesting Quote:

A funny book
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
Interesting quote: Revenge is not a good thing...Revenge is like politics, one thing leads to another until bad has become worse, and worse has become worst.

A book with a one-word title
Blindness by José Saramago
Interesting quote: Fear can cause blindness, said the girl with dark glasses, Never a truer word, that could not be truer, we were already blind the moment we turned blind, fear struck us blind, fear will keep us blind.

A book at bottom of TBR list
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Interesting quote: Every seconds, another streak of silver glows: parentheses, exclamation points, commas--a whole grammar made of light, for words too hard to speak.

A book based entirely by its cover
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
Interesting quote: I had discovered that the plainest house can crown a fantasy or daydream. An open window can be tolerated. So can an open door. But I discovered the value of four walls and a roof. Something about containment that at the same time offers escape.

A book set in high school: Infinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon
A book you own but have never read: Captivate by Carrie Jones