2015 Sugar-coated reading

Let's run my 2015 reading against the POPSUGAR reading challenge list. My recollection might not be perfect, but let's see how I fared. I am going to move all the no's to the bottom of the list, change the list to be numbered, and viola: 

1. A book based on a fairy tale: The Bloody Chamber
2. A book you haven't read since high school: Goethe's Dr. Faustus
3. A book set in your home state: all of Sue Grafton's alphabet series
4. A book translated to English: how about reading it not in English? Goethe's Dr. Faustus
5. A romance set in the future: "The Alchemy of Stone" by Ekaterina Sedia
6. A book set in Europe: Goethe's Dr. Faustus
7. A book under 150 pages: The Bloody Chamber, at 126 pages
8. A New York Times bestseller: "Modern Romance" by Aziz Anzari
9. A self-improvement book: Better than Before
10. A book you can finish in a day: any of the Sue Grafton alphabet series
11. A book written by a celebrity: "Modern Romance" by Aziz Anzari
12. A book at least 100 years older than you: Goethe's Dr. Faustus
13. A science-fiction novel: Michael Crichton's "Next"
14. A book that is published in 2015: David Millar, "The Racer", published in the UK in October
15. A book that takes place during Summer: David Millar's cyclist memoir "The Racer" is mostly set in the summers, during the racing season
16. A book and its prequel: does the alphabet series count? A is the prequel to B and so on.
17. A murder mystery: Sue Grafton alphabet series, P.D. James "The Lighthouse"
18. A book written by a comedian: "Modern Romance" by Aziz Anzari
19. A book with a blue cover: P.D. James, "The Lighthouse"
20. An autobiography: "My Life from Scratch", an autobiography with recipes, woohoo!
21. A book about a culture you're unfamiliar with: "His Majesty's Dragons", about the navy and aviators in the 18th century. And dragons.
22. A book that's guaranteed to bring you joy: I knew I would love "The Racer"
23. A National Book Award winner: nope
24. A YA bestseller: nope
25. A book that's becoming a movie this year: not that I know
26. A book recommended by someone you just met: don't think so
27. A political memoir: nope
28. A book that's more than 600 pages: not even close
29. A book from Oprah's Book Club: nope
30. A book recommended by a family member: nope
31. A graphic novel: nope
32. A book with a protagonist who has your occupation: nope. This is probably the hardest category.
33. A dystopian novel: I don't think so.
34. A book of poetry: nope
35. The first book you see in a bookstore: possibly
36. A classic from the 20th century: nope
37. A book from the library: nope
38. A book about a road trip: no
39. A satirical book: no
40. A book that takes place on an island: no

Not too bad! Considering that most of my reading was murder mysteries and science fiction, and 14 of the 30 books I read were all from the same detective series with the same setting and characters. And still I met more than half of the categories. With a little planning ahead, these forty bits should be fairly easy to check off.