New to the List:

The Mapmaker’s War: Keeper of Tales Trilogy by Ronlyn Domingue (A bestseller from a genre you don’t normally read)

So, the month of April was a little slow for me reading wise, but hey, I spent half the moon wandering around the streets of Havana. I did read The Mapmaker’s War however and was pleasantly surprised. I don’t generally ready fantasy (besides the A Song of Ice and Fire series), and while this may not have been a best seller in the genre, I am going to count it anyway. I wasn’t sure I was going to like this book – I don’t really care for stories told in the second person – but I ended up falling in love with the characters, especially Leit and Wei. To be honest, I probably won’t read the other two books in the trilogy, but if you are a fan of fantasy, I think would definitely recommend this.

*On the ‘30 Books to Read Before You’re 30’ List

You can view the 2017 Reading Challenge list here.

As always, I already have a pretty long running list of Books to Read Next, but if anyone has suggestions for other great reads let me know and I will add them to the list 🙂

What I’ve read thus far:

2014

• I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
• The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
• The Smith of Wootton Major by J. R. R. Tolkien
• The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien
• The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien
• The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien
• Farmer Giles of Ham by J. R. R. Tolkien
• The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories by Joseph Gordon-Levitt
• The Disappeared by Kim Echlin
• The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
• Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
• The Hundredth Monkey by Ken Keyes Jr.
• The Truth by Michael Palin
• The Divine Comedy: Inferno by Dante Alighieri
• The Divine Comedy: Purgatorio by Dante Alighieri
• Hector and the Search for Happiness by François Lelord
• The Divine Comedy: Paradiso by Dante Alighieri
• Moby Dick by Herman Melville
• A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
• A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
• This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
• A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin
• A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin
• An Event in Autumn by Henning Mankell
• Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by J. R. R. Tolkien
• Pearl by J. R. R. Tolkien
• Sir Orfeo by J. R. R. Tolkien
• Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
• A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin
• Then They Came for Me by Maziar Bahari (started Dec. 14 – finished Jan. 15)

2015

• Then They Came for Me by Maziar Bahari (A memoir)
• Without You, There Is No Us by Suki Kim (A nonfiction book)
• A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (A book with a love triangle)
• I’m Not a Terrorist, but I’ve Played One on TV by Maz Jobrani (A funny book)
• Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell (A mystery or thriller)
• The Hours by Michael Cunningham (A Pulitzer Prize-winning book)
• The Twits by Roald Dahl (A book from your childhood)
• It’s What I Do by Lynsey Addario (A book that made you cry)
• Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee (A book published this year)
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (A trilogy)
• Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (A trilogy)
• Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (A trilogy)
• Irish Fairy and Folk Tales by Multiple Authors (A book of short stories)
• The Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy: Hogwarts for Muggles edited by William Irwin and Gregory Bassham (A book a friend recommended)
• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (A book with nonhuman characters)
• Someone by Alice McDermott (A book by a female author)
• The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemmingway (A book written by someone under 30 – he wrote it when he was 27)
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby (A book you can finish in a day)
• East of Eden by John Steinbeck (A book with more than 500 pages)
• The Hunger Games and Philosophy edited by William Irwin, George Dunn, and Nicholas Michaud (A book you own but have never read)
• The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes (A book at the bottom of your to-read list)
• Hamlet by William Shakespeare (A play)

2016

• Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham (A book written by a celebrity)
• The Dream of a Common Language* by Adrienne Rich (A book of poetry)
• Giovanni’s Room* by James Baldwin (A book set in Europe)
• Around the World in 50 Years: My Adventures to Every Country on Earth by Albert Podell (A book about a road trip)

2017

• Maus, Parts I and II by Art Spiegelman (A novel set during wartime)
• Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (A book by a person of color)
• To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemmingway (**Not part of the reading challenge)
• March by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin & Nate Powell (A book written by someone you admire)
  • Book 1, Book 2, and Book 3
• Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (A book that’s been published in 2017)
• Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter (A book with pictures)
• What is the What (advanced: A book about immigrants or refugees)