Reading Challenge

I'm a couple of weeks behind the eight ball on this, but I decided to jump in and give it a go. Megan at Semi-Charmed Kind of Life is hosting an Autumn Book Challenge.

Here is my prelim reading list for this challenge:

5: Read a book that does not have "the," "a" or "an" in the title.  Beautiful Ruins-Jess Walters (337 pages)
10: Read a book that has been featured in Oprah's Book Club. This list includes all the books up until 2010. (Submitted by SCSBC13 winner Erin.)  The Measure of a Man-Sidney Poitier (272 pages)
10: Read a book that takes place in the state where you currently live. If you do not live in the U.S., read a book that takes place in the country where you live. (Submitted by SCSBC13 winner Megan.)  Storm Front-Jim Butcher (322 pages) (Illinois)
15: Read an epistolary novel, which is a book written in letters, emails, diary entries or other documents. See this Goodreads list if you need an idea, but make sure it's actually an epistolary novel first! Goodreads lists aren't verified, so non-epistolary books could have snuck their way on there.  Life on the Refrigerator Door-Alice Kuipers (220 pages)
15: Read a book first published in 2013.  The Moon and More-Sarah Dessen (435 pages)
15: Read a book with something spooky in the title. (Submitted by SCSBC13 winner Bev.)  The Year of Fog-Michelle Richmond (369 pages)
20: Read a book with "air," "water," "earth" or "fire" in the title. (Submitted by SCSBC13 winner Gypsi.)  Like Water for Chocolate-Laura Esquivel  (224 pages)
20: Read a book on which a television series has been based (e.g. Orange is the New Black, Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars, Friday Night Lights, etc.).  MASH - Richard Hooker (219 pages)
25: Read a fiction book that has someone’s first and last name in the title (e.g. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Bridget Jones's Diary, etc.).  Maisie Dobbs-Jacquieline Winspear (309 pages)
30: Read two books by the same author. They can be in the same series, but do not have to be. Co-authors do not count (i.e. the author must be the sole author of each book). All Together Dead (323 pages) and From Dead to Worse (359 pages)-Charlaine Harris
35: Read a fiction and nonfiction book about the same topic. (Example: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and The Woman Who Wasn't There are both about 9/11. I'm planning on doing a whole post with a list of ideas soon, if you care to submit any!) Killing Lincoln-Bill O'Reilley (315 pages) and The First Assassin-John J. Miller (386 pages)

So, we'll see how this goes....