HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
I hope you all had an amazing New Year's Eve and Day :)
Here's to many, many wonderful bookish things to come!!!
Just like everyone else in the book-world, I have some bookish goals and reading challenges I would like to do and accomplish for this new year :)
Here we go...
First, I decided to do the Goodreads 2015 Reading Challenge again!
Just like last year, I am challenging myself to read 120 books. That means I would have to try to read around 10 books per month. However... I don't limit myself to what kind of books, how many pages, genres, etc. I include everything that I plan on writing a review for. Which means, I should be posting 1 to 3 reviews per week. I think that this is something that I can keep up with and accomplish this year ;)
Secondly, I decided that I am not going to be participating in the challenges that I usually sign up for every year. In the last 2 years, I have dedicated a page on my blog to try to keep track of other reading challenges, such as the Standalone Reading Challenge and the TBR Reading Challenge, amongst others; and I always failed at not only reading the books to meet those challenges, but keeping track of the few that I did read as well. I think that I am going to go back to "quality vs. quantity" and just read!
BUT, there are two challenges that won't require me to do much upkeeping, so I shall try to follow through with them!
The first is to continue on with The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge!
I have read 49 out of Rory's 341 books so far.
This challenge will help me get back on track with what I've been wanting to do for ages - read more classics! I own quite a few already that I have yet to read. And I hope to read one per month.
And the other is The Popsugar 2015 Reading Challenge!
There are 50 prompts!!! Which means I have to read 50 books for this challenge!!!
I have selected a few books that I already have and really want to read this year for some of them. The others will be filled in as I find books that fit my mood - I want to try to keep this challenge for books that I already own (or plan on owning)... I don't think it will be too difficult to fill all of these in, especially since my goal is to read approx. 120 books this year... regardless, it's definitely going to be a lot of fun!!!
I have selected a few books that I already have and really want to read this year for some of them. The others will be filled in as I find books that fit my mood - I want to try to keep this challenge for books that I already own (or plan on owning)... I don't think it will be too difficult to fill all of these in, especially since my goal is to read approx. 120 books this year... regardless, it's definitely going to be a lot of fun!!!
THE POPSUGAR 2015 READING CHALLENGE
(Updated on 4/30/2015)
1. A book with more than 500 pages:
2. A classic romance: JANE EYRE by Charlotte Bronte
3. A book that became a movie: IF I STAY by Gayle Forman (YA)
X 4. A book published this year: A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES by Sarah J. Maas (YA)
5. A book with a number in the title:
6. A book written by someone under 30: THE WANDERERS by Kate Ormand (YA)
X 7. A book with non-human characters: BEASTKEEPER by Cat Hellison (MG)
X 8. A funny book: HOW TO PEE: POTTY TRAINING FOR BOYS by Todd Spector (C)
X 9. A book by a female author: CRUEL BEAUTY by Rosamund Hodge (YA)
X 10. A mystery or thriller: THERE WILL BE LIES by Nick Lake (YA)
11. A book with a one word title: SINNER by Maggie Stiefvater (YA)
X 12. A book with short stories: TWISTED FAIRY TALES by Maura McHugh (YA)
X 13. A book set in a different country: BOYS DON'T KNIT (IN PUBLIC) by T.S. Easton (YA)
X 14. A non-fiction book: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS ALMANAC 2016 by National Geographic Kids (MG)
X 15. A popular author's first book: LAMENT, The Faerie Queen's Deception by Maggie Steifvater (YA)
16. A book from an author you love that you haven't read yet: REBEL BELLE by Rachel Hawkins (YA)
17: A book a friend recommended: SERAPHINA by Rachel Hartman (YA)
18. A Pulitzer Prize winning novel:
19. A book based on a true story:
20. A book at the bottom of your TBR list: THE STEPSISTER'S TALE by Tracy Barrett (YA)
21. A book your mom loves: THE LONGEST RIDE by Nicholas Sparks (A)
22. A book that scares you:
1/2 of my Popsugar TBR!!! |
24. A book based entirely on its cover: TO ALL THE BOYS I'VE LOVED BEFORE by Jenny Han (YA)
25. A book you were supposed to read in school and didn't: THE OUTSIDERS by S.E. Hinton (Classic)
X 26. A memoir: THIS STAR WON'T GO OUT: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl by Esther, Lori and Wayne Earl (YA)
27. A book with antonyms in the title:
X 28. A book you can finish in a day: FIND MOMO COAST TO COAST by Andrew Knapp (E)
29. A book set somewhere you've always wanted to go:
30. A book published the year you were born: WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS: The Poems and Drawings of Shel Silverstein by Shel Silverstein (MG)
31. A book with bad reviews:
32. A trilogy: DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE Trilogy by Laini Taylor (YA)
33. A book from your childhood: PIPPI LONGSTOCKING by Astrid Lindgren (Classic)
34. A book with a love triangle: HIDING IN THE SPOTLIGHT by Karen Booth (A)
X 35. A book set in the future: UNCHANGED (Unremembered #3) by Jessica Brody (YA)
X 36. A book set in high school: THE QUEEN OF BRIGHT AND SHINY THINGS by Ann Aguirre (YA)
X 37. A book with a color in the title: A MOM FOR UMANDE by Maria Faulconer (C)
X 38. A book that made you cry: A MEMORY OF VIOLETS by Hazel Gaynor (A)
39. A book with magic: SPELLCASTER by Claudia Gray (YA)
X 40. A graphic novel: THE SCULPTOR by Scott McCloud (A)
X 41. A book by an author you've never read before: THE WINNER'S CURSE by Marie Rutkoski (YA)
42. A book you own but never read:
43. A book that takes place in your hometown:
44. A book that was originally written in another language: THE LITTLE PRINCE by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (Classic)
X 45. A book set during Christmas: WINTERSPELL by Claire Legrand (YA)
46. A book by an author who has your same initials:
47. A play:
X 48. A banned book: THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER by Stephen Chbosky (YA)
49. A book based on or turned into a TV show: HOMECOMING (The Hundred #3) by Kass Morgan (YA)
50. A book you started but never finished: I'LL GIVE YOU THE SUN by Jandy Nelson (YA)
What are your bookish goals/challenges this year???
Good luck with this challenge, Margie!
ReplyDeleteI'm also doing the PopSugar Challenge, and I'm really excited!
ReplyDeleteI think everyone's doing the Popsugar this year. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteYou're doing great with the Rory Gilmore Challenge! I should review my list and see if I can cross any more off ... and I only challenged myself to 100 books this year. I always think 10 books a month is totally doable but then I have months where I only read 3-4 books ... we'll see. Last year I did 121! And I don't limit that to certain books, either. So long as you're reading, right?
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your reading this year!