Hey guys, I just wanted to let you know that Kyle has started a blog and you can check it out here. He’s hoping to post about once a week, and I will be writing a few posts as well. He also posted his first guest post yesterday at Life in the Sunshine for McKenzie’s Tough Topics series! So you should check that out as well.

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Today I’m also linking up with Megan and joining the Semi-Charmed 2014 Winter Book Challenge. This week we are linking up our preliminary book list! I can’t wait to dive into some of these books — let’s see how I do!

5 points: Freebie! (Finished 11/27/14)

Wildwood Creek, Lisa Wingate (375 pages).

10 points: Read a book written by an author who has published at least 10 books.

This one will be a Jodi Picoult novel that I haven’t read yet. I’ll have to wait and see which one I can pick up at the library! PS, she has written 24 books.

10 points: Read a book of short stories. (Finished 1/31/15)

One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories, BJ Novak (276 pages).

10 points: Read a book with a food in the title. (Finished 11/10/14)

A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess (213 pages).

15 points: Read the first book in a series that is new to you. (Finished 12/11/14)

Divergent, Veronica Roth (487 pages). Yep, haven’t read these yet….

15 points: Read a book that was originally written in a language that is not your native language. (Finished 1/28/15)

Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert (originally written in French, 329 pages). I think I was supposed to read this for a class in college, as it’s sitting on my bookshelf. However, I’m pretty sure that I did not. So. I guess I should now.

15 points: Read a book written by a local author.

Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson (219 pages). She was born in Idaho, and this book takes place in a town based on Sandpoint, which is only about an hour north from me.

20 points: Read a “bookish book.”

The Thirteenth Tale, Diane Setterfield (406 pages). This one will be a re-read, but I loved it the first time and am excited to read it again.

20 points: Read a book with a direction in the title. (Finished 2/22/15)

East of Eden, John Steinbeck (601 pages). It’s about time I read this classic, don’t you think?

25 points: Read a book from a genre you don’t usually read. (Finished 11/25/14)

Every Bitter Thing Is Sweet, Sara Hagerty (202 pages). This is a non-fiction, Christian book, and I don’t usually read books like that.

25 points: Read a book with a song lyric in the title. (Finished 11/2/14)

Bittersweet, Miranda Beverly-Whittemore (“Bittersweet,” Panic! at the Disco; 400 pages).

30 points: Read two books with a different meal in each title. (Finished 1/12/15)

Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, Anne Tyler (303 pages).

Breakfast Served Anytime, Sarah Combs (272 pages).