Erin's Challenge 7.0

Erin's Challenge is upon us again!  Because I am an invalid, it wasn't difficult for me to find the time select my books. #notsorry

Here's what's what.

5 points: Freebie – Read a book that is at least 200 pages

• TBD.

10 points: Read a book that starts with the letter “B”

• Beauty and the Clockwork Beast by Nancy Campbell Allen  
• Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach  
• Black Edelweiss by Johann Voss  
• Blackberry Winter by Sarah Jio  

10 points: Read a book that has a (mostly) yellow cover

• The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald  
• Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald 
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two (Harry Potter #8) by John Tiffany (Adaptation), Jack Thorne, J.K. Rowling  
• Making It Up As I Go Along by Marian Keyes  
• How to Talk to a Widower by Jonathan Tropper 

15 points: Read a book that has a picture of an animal on the cover (submitted by Mattie)

• Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh  
• Cycle of Hatred by Keith R.A. DeCandido  
• My Life at the M.B.R.C. by K.M. Shea  
• I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh  
• Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson   

20 points: Read a book that was published in 2017 (submitted by Olya)

• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid  
• The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti  
• Into the Water by Paula Hawkins  

20 points: Read a book with a compass or cardinal direction in the title (submitted by Mary)

• South of Broad by Pat Conroy  
• North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell  

25 points: The ALA’s “Banned Books Week” occurs while our challenge is happening. Read a book from this list of the most commonly banned books in America: (submitted by Christina)

• Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher  
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two (Harry Potter #8) by John Tiffany (Adaptation), Jack Thorne, J.K. Rowling  
• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller  

30 points: Read a fictional book about mental illness (submitted by Jamie)

• Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher  
• Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson  

30 points: Read a book with a non-human main character; i.e. animals, elves, gods, robots, merpeople, etc. (submitted by Bev)

• Cycle of Hatred by Keith R.A. DeCandido  
• A Dog's Journey (A Dog's Purpose #2) by W. Bruce Cameron  

35 points: Read a book a Disney movie was based on OR a book based on a Disney movie (submitted by Kirsten)

• Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
• The Fox and The Hound by Daniel P. Mannix   
• Beauty and the Clockwork Beast by Nancy Campbell Allen  

The only conundrum I have for this challenge is that I need Brosh's book to be published in September.  If it gets pushed back (again), then I'll have to make some adjustment since I'll probably read Furiously Happy instead, which means I'll read Thirteen Reasons for my mental illness category and I'll have to read Catch-22 for my banned book, if I read Cursed Child for my yellow cover.  #itshardtobeme

Also, TJR's book hasn't been published yet, but I'm not expecting that one to get delayed (watch me eat those words).  Fingers crossed.

I pulled all these books off my TBR list #likeaboss.  Also, almost all of them should be available from my library, which is a positive for my pocket.  I will buy the Brosh book since I already own her other book.