2016 Reading Challenges Complete! 4th Quarter Update

Only 2 days left in 2016 and my 2016 reading challenges are complete. I didn’t do too badly on two of them, the other two not so great. I think I was a bit overzealous knowing we were moving this past Summer. I didn’t take into account the time it would take to pack, unpack, and settle back into a routine.

2016 Reading Assignment Challenge

For this challenge, you create a list of books that you commit to read throughout the year. You determine the number of books you will read per month and choose books from your list to read. It is hosted by Berls @ Fantasy is more fun and Michelle @ Because Reading. You can sign up anytime, but can only start the challenge for the month after you sign up (ex. if you sign up in Feb, you cannot count books read in January).

My Goals and Progress

My goal is to read 2 books a month (Reading Level 2) from the following list:

I made an “F” during the last quarter, reading 0 books off my list! For the year I read, 14 of 24 books. Here are the books I managed to read during 2016:

1. ARV-3 by Cameo Renae
2. Defy by Sara B. Larson
3. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
4. The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski

 

2016 New Release Challenge

This challenge is all about the new books of the year and of course reading them 😀 It is hosted by Stormi @ Books, Movies, Reviews. Oh My! and Lexxie @ (un)Conventional Bookviews.

My Goals & Progress

There are four levels in this challenge and I’m going for the 2nd level New Release Pro, which is 16-30 books. I think this is doable. I’m not sure of the actual number of new releases I read in 2015, but I know it was a good number, possibly more than 30 😉 During the last quarter, I read 17 books:

 

1. Trial By Charm by Jolene Buchheit
2. Rose & Thorn by Sarah Prineas
3. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling
4. Reliquary by Sarah Fine
5. Fools Rush In by Donna Frelick
6. Twisted Palace by Erin Watt
7. The Blessed Knights by Mary Ting
8. Mistletoe Cottage by Debbie Mason
9. Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine
10. Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa
11. Death Thieves by Julie Wright
12. Strain of Defiance by Michelle Bryan
13. Crown of Cinders by Rebecca Ethington
14. Mosaic by Sarah Fine
15. Review: The Queen by C.J. Abedi
16. Interception by Angela McPherson
17. The Marked Girl by Lindsey Klingele

2016 Blogger Shame Review Challenge

This challenge is for people like me, who have been blogging a while or life got busy and books got forgotten. I fall in the later. 2015 was not a good year for us and everything suffered. I’m ashamed to say that I have roughly 45 ARCs on my Kindle and another 3 or 4 hardcopies lying around to be read. Now not all of those qualify for this challenge, but several do. This challenge is hosted by herding cats & burning soup and Addicted to Happily Ever After.

My Goals & Progress

My goal is to read at least one old review book a month for a total of 12 by the end of the year. With this challenge I hope to get my Netgalley ratio above 80% which is doable. I’m currently sitting at 77%. I didn’t meet my goal this year. I only read 6 books for the year:

1. The Marked Girl by Lindsey Klingele

 

2016 Dystopia Reading Challenge

I think I may be the most excited about this challenge hosted by Tracy @ Cornerfolds and Claudia @ My Soul Called Life. It is NO secret that I LOVE dystopians. It’s a majority of what I read each year. So this challenge is right up my alley!

My Goal

There are four levels to choose from on this challenge and I’m going ALL IN!

Meeting my goal of 16+ books was not an issue this year! I read a total of 28 books for the Dystopian challenge. Here they are:

1. The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
2. ARV-3 by Cameo Renae
3. Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine
4. Paper and Fire by Rachel Caine
5. Death Thieves by Julie Wright
6. Strain of Defiance by Michelle Bryan

 

Your turn! How did you do with your reading challenges? Share below

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