ReadHarder2015 Half-way Point

The folks over at BookRiot challenged readers to "Read Harder" in 2015 with a reading task list. As the year is half over at this point I thought it would be a good time to check on how I am doing on completing the 24 tasks/books.

I have completed these (and linked them to my relevant posts): 

• A book written by someone when they were over the age of 65
• A book by a person whose gender is different from your own
• A book that is by or about someone from an indigenous culture 
• A microhistory 
• An audiobook
• A book that someone else has recommended to you
• A book that was originally published in another language
• A book published this year
• A book that you would consider a guilty pleasure

I have books on my shelves that meet these, I may or may not be inspired to read the ones I have on hand, but I definitely have something that would qualify:

• A collection of short stories (either by one person or an anthology by many people)
• A book by or about someone that identifies as LGBTQ
• A book that takes place in Asia
• A sci-fi novel
• A romance novel
• A collection of poetry
• A self-improvement book
• A book published before 1850

These are going to need a bit of research:

• A book written by someone when they were under the age of 25
• A graphic novel, a graphic memoir or a collection of comics of any kind (Maybe something by Neil Gaiman.)
• A National Book Award, Man Booker Prize or Pulitzer Prize winner from the last decade (I probably have some of these, but need to identify them.)
• A book that is a retelling of a classic story (fairytale, Shakespearian play, classic novel, etc.) (Wide Sargasso Sea which retells Jane Eyre is a possibility) 
• A book by an author from Africa
• A YA novel 
• A book published by an indie press