The Book Riot 2015 "Read Harder" Challenge

So, in 2014 I read over 50 books. I set the goal for myself and surpassed it. I plan to read the same, if not more in 2015... but I wanted to go just a little further than that. Tonight, I came across this list on the Book Riot site, and decided that I want to give it a shot. I'd like to expand my knowledge and my genre choices. They have 24 "items" on this list that I plan to accomplish this year. I plan to post an update/reviews at least once a month for you guys. I will tell you what I've read for each item when I do get a chance to update! Feel free to join in and #readharder! Happy Reading! 

A book written by someone when they were under the age of 25

A book written by someone when they were over the age of 65

A collection of short stories (either by one person or an anthology by many people)

A book published by an indie press

A book by or about someone that identifies as LGBTQ

A book by a person whose gender is different from your own

A book that takes place in Asia

A book by an author from Africa

A book that is by or about someone from an indigenous culture (Native Americans,Aboriginals, etc.)

>A microhistory *The Worst Hard Time: Surviving the Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan

>A YA novel *Side Effects May Vary by Julie Murphy

>A sci-fi novel *The Program by Suzanne Young

>A romance novel *Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 

A National Book Award, Man Booker Prize or Pulitzer Prize winner from the last decade

> A book that is a retelling of a classic story (fairytale, Shakespearian play, etc.)  *UnEnchanted by Chanda Hahn. 

>An audiobook *Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon

A collection of poetry

>A book that someone else has recommended to you *Delirium series by Lauren Oliver

A book that was originally published in another language 

A graphic novel, a graphic memoir or a collection of comics of any kind (Hi, have you met Panels?)

>A book that you would consider a guilty pleasure (Read, and then realize that good entertainment is nothing to feel guilty over) *Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer (reread)

A book published before 1850

>A book published this year (2015) *Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

A self-improvement book (can be traditionally or non-traditionally considered “self-improvement”)