GET REC’D Challenge – Book Recap

Thirty weeks ago, I started participating in Get Rec’d Movie/TV/Book List Challenge.

For those interested in just the book recommendations, below are the picks for each week with a link to the original article.

The List

• Week 1: Gun To My Head: Pick A Favorite
  • World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (2006) by Max Brooks
• Week 2: Favorite Introduction of a Main Character
  • The Martian (2012) by Andy Weir
• Week 3: Hidden Gem
  • Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend (2012) by Matthew Dicks
• Week 4: Favorite First Installment Of A Series
  • Daughter of Smoke & Bone (2011) by Laini Taylor
• Week 5: First Purchase
  • Annie: The Storybook Based on the Movie (1982) by Amy Ehrlich
• Week 6: Surprisingly Good Adaptation
  • The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line (2014) by Rob Thomas & Jennifer Graham
• Week 7: Favorite Criminals
  • Fight Club (1996) by Chuck Palahniuk
• Week 8: Shows Off My Hometown/State
  • The Time Traveler’s Wife (2003) by Audrey Niffenegger
• Week 9: Favorite Musical
  • Will Grayson, Will Grayson (2010) by John Green and David Levithan
• Week 10: Guilty Pleasure
  • Ready Player One (2011) by Ernest Cline
• Week 11: Childhood Favorite
  • Remember Me (1989) by Christopher Pike
• Week 12: Makes Me Want Dessert
  • Sunshine (2003) by Robin McKinley
• Week 13: Favorite Shakespeare-Related
  • How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare (2013) by Ken Ludwig
• Week 14: I Was Late To Get On The Bandwagon
  • A Series of Unfortunate Events series (1999-2006) by Lemony Snicket
• Week 15: Goes Bump In The Night
  • Slade House (2015) by David Mitchell
• Week 16: Made Me Cry The Hardest
  • Lily and the Octopus (2016) by Steven Rowley
• Week 17: Favorite Law Enforcement Team/Officer/Detective
  • Cocaine Blues (1989) by Kerry Greenwood
• Week 18: Based On A True Story
  • The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb (2011) by Melanie Benjamin
• Week 19: Always Makes Me Laugh
  • Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (1979) by Douglas Adams
• Week 20: Favorite World Building
  • The Eyre Affair [A Thursday Next Series] (2001) by Jasper Fforde
• Week 21: Road Trip!
  • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1964) by Ian Fleming
• Week 22: Met The Creator (Q&A or Autograph)
  • Patrick Rothfuss
• Week 23: Looking Forward To The Future
  • The Martian (2011) by Andy Weir
• Week 24: Favorite Ensemble Cast of Characters
  • The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2008) by  Mary Ann Shaffer
• Week 25: Traumatized For Life
  • Haunted (2005) by Chuck Palahniuk
• Week 26: Most Influential To My Vocabulary
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (1997) by J.K. Rowling
• Week 27: Favorite Made Before I Was Born
  • Persuasion (1817) by Jane Austen
• Week 28: My Opinion Has Changed Over Time (for the better)
  • Of Mice and Men (1937) by John Steinbeck
• Week 29: Favorite Period Drama
  • Sacré Bleu: A Comedy d’Art (2012) by Christopher Moore
• Week 30: Most Recent Addition To My Top 10
  • The Count of Monte Cristo (1844) by Alexandre Dumas

Which ones have you read and which ones are you adding to your “to read” list? Let us know in the comments section!