Erin's Challenge 6.0 Wrap-Up

• 5 points: Freebie – Read a book that is at least 200 pages
• Cress by Marissa Meyer
• Library e-book

•  10 points: Read a book that starts with the letter “W”.
• Winter by Marissa Meyer 
• Library ebook 
• 10 points: Read a book with six words in the title.
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (library e-book) Ended up switching to The Girl Who Wrote in Silk by Kelli Estes   
• Own ebook
• 15 points: Read a book that has a (mostly) green cover.
• 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona Awad  
• Library hard copy
•  20 points: Read a book with a homonym in the title (inspired by the book Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin that I [Erin] read last challenge with a character who is obsessed with homonyms.) 
•  The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
• Library hard copy
•  20 points: (Submitted by Linda) Read a book by your favorite author.
• Naked in Death by J.D. Robb
• I honestly don't know if I have a specific favorite author, but I've read a ton of Nora Roberts over the years and enjoy the few J.D. Robb books I've read (her thriller/mystery alias), plus I already have this one so...
• Own physical copy 
• 25 points: (Submitted by Christina) Read a book set in the city/town/state/territory/county/province where you live.
• Chasing Justice by Danielle Stewart Did not enjoy that, so moved to Serena by Ron Rash 
• Own ebook 
• 30 points: (Submitted by Peggy) Read a “Rory Gilmore” book. The character of Rory from the Gilmore Girls was shown reading over 300 different books throughout the series. Choose one!
•  Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
• Own audiobook
•  30 points: (Submitted by Stef) Read a book from a genre that you’ve never read (or rarely read.)
• When You Are Engulfed by Flames by David Sedaris  Read my first graphic novel, so changing this one to Wires & Nerves Volume 1 by Marissa Meyer/Douglas Holgate
• 35 points: (Submitted by Ferne) Read a book with time travel.
•  Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
• Library ebook 

So the only one I didn't complete was Read a book by your favorite author. Overall, not bad for my first challenge. Especially since I don't necessarily have a favorite author.

I started reading Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams by Sylvia Plath, because The Bell Jar is one of my favorite books. But I just read the "short stories" part of the description, not the "diary excerpts" part. And it was a bit of a struggle to get through the diary excerpts...because they weren't meant to be read. So both mentally and emotionally I was struggling- it made me think of the same issues that came up when I read Go Set a Watchman. There is very questionable morality involved in posthumously printing things, or waiting until someone is mentally weak to "encourage" it. So it got put on pause.

Overall this was an interesting experience. I'm not sure I will repeat it, but I'm not saying I won't either. We'll see what the next categories are and how I feel about them.