2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

My goal is to read 150 books this year! I think as of right now I have read something like 112? So I might have to increase it once I get close to 150. I will update with what I've read so far as much as possible.

You can find all my reviews on my blog Books and Ladders

Welcome to the group, Jamie! What has been your favorite book so far?

Cassandra wrote: "Welcome to the group, Jamie! What has been your favorite book so far?"

It's probably a tie between From a Distant Star and A History of Glitter and Blood! But I have read so many and have loved a good chunk of them so who knows!

January 2015
Blue Lily, Lily Blue (The Raven Cycle #3) by Maggie Stiefvater ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

The Glasswrights' Journeyman (Glasswrights #3) by Mindy L. Klasky ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

The Glasswrights' Test (Glasswrights #4) by Mindy L. Klasky ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆

The Glasswrights' Master (Glasswrights #5) by Mindy L. Klasky ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

The Girl Who Ruled Fairyland For A Little While (Fairyland #0.5) by Catherynne M. Valente ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (Fairyland #1) by Catherynne M. Valente ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Gunner Skale (The Morality Doctrine #0.5) by James Dashner ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

I, Zombie by Hugh Howey ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Steelheart (The Reckoners #1) by Brandon Sanderson ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Unwind (Unwind #1) by Neal Shusterman ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Article 5 (Article 5 #1) by Kristen Simmons ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

My Soul To Take (Soul Screamers #1) by Rachel Vincent ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆

Pawn (The Blackcoat Rebellion #1) by Aimee Carter ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

The Young World (The Young World #1) by Chris Weitz ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an IKEA Wardrobe: A novel by Romain Puertolas ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle #1) by Christopher Paolini ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

The 100 (The Hundred #1) by Kass Morgan ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

First Year (The Black Mage #1) by Rachel E. Carter ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Zom-b (Zom-b #1) by Darren Shan ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆

Turned (The Vampire Journals #1) by Morgan Rice ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆

Average Rating for January 2015: ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

February 2015

Ouran High School Host Club (the entire series) by Bisco Hatori ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Tokyo Ghoul (the entire series) by Sui Ishida ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Shadows by Robin McKinley ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆

A Wrinkle In Time by Madeline L'Engle ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

To All The Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

The Game by Terry Schott ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Average Rating for February 2015: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
(It seems like I read less, but I probably read even more this month than in January because I read all of Ouran and Tokyo Ghoul. Just in case you are confused)

March 2015

Pandora Hearts, Vol. 01 (Volumes 1-4) by Jun Mochizuki ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Flicker by Kaye Thornbrugh ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Half Bad by Sally Green ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

The Lovely and the Lost by Page Morgan ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

The Book of Broken Hearts by Sarah Ockler ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Average Rating for March 2015: ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

April 2015

Knightfall by R. Lawrence-Jackson ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Plus One by Elizabeth Fama ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

The Secret Sisterhood of Heartbreakers by Lynn Weingarten ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆

Clone Three by Patti Larsen ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Lockdown by Alexander Gordon Smith ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Into the Shadows by Karly Kirkpatrick ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆

Land of Shadows by Jeff Gunzel ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Solitary by Alexander Gordon Smith ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Average Rating for April 2015: ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

May 2015

Parallel by Lauren Miller ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Pawn by Ernie Lindsey ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆

Planet Urth by Jennifer and Christopher Martucci ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆

From a Distant Star by Karen McQuestion ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Death Sentence by Alexander Gordon Smith ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Storm Siren by Mary Weber ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

How To Catch A (Rock) Star by Gabrielle Aquilina ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Siren's Fury by Mary Weber ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Omni by Andrea Murray ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

The Weight of Guilt by Jon Ripslinger ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

The Witch Hunter by Virginia Boecker ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

The Corridor by A.N. Willis ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Earth & Sky by Megan Crewe ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Stones and Finger Bones by Jessica Minyard ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Pandora Hearts Vol. 5 by Jun Mochizuki ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Anomaly by Krista McGee ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Want: Trust no one, no one trusts by Magus Tor ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Entangled by Nikki Jefford ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Fugitives by Alexander Gordon Smith ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Natural Selection by Elizabeth Sharp ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

A School for Unusual Girls by Kathleen Baldwin ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Powerless by Tera Lynn Childs and Tracy Deebs ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

A History of Glitter and Blood by Hannah Moskowitz ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Spelled by Betsy Schow ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

The Clouded Sky by Megan Crewe ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Those Girls by Lauren Saft ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆

Freaks of Nature by Wendy Brotherlin ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

These Are the Moments by Jenny Bravo ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Average Rating for May 2015: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

June 2015

A Murder of Mages: A Novel of the Maradaine Constabulary by Marshall Ryan Marseca ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Red Nights by Shari J. Ryan ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Since You've Been Gone by Mary Jennifer Payne ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Shadows of Asphodel by Karen Kincy ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Hemlock Grove by Brian McGreevy ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆

A Curse of Ash and Iron by Christine Norris ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Faking Perfect by Rebecca Phillips ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Fablehaven by Brandon Mull ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between by Jennifer E. Smith ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

The Fire Children by Lauren M. Roy ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Dirt Daughter by Michele Shaw ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Pivot Point by Kasie West ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Havelock by Jane D Everly ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Undercover Empath: Kindred Demon by RaShelle Workman ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆

Apprentice by Rachel E. Carter ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Ukiyo by Mario Saincic ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Mama Cried by Talia Haven ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

The Selection by Kiera Cass ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Dying Wish by James Raven ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Melanie's Evanescent Journey by B. Truly ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Seven Weeks to Forever by Jennifer Farwell ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Mail-Order Groom by Cindy Flores Martinez ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

The Single Game by Amanda Black ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆

The Codex: An Angel's Guide To Seducing A Human by Joe Duck ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Center of Gravity by Laura McNeill ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Jesse's Girl by Miranda Kenneally ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy by Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

The Lost Herondale by Cassandra Clare and Robin Wasserman ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Average Rating for June 2015: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Great job so far, Jamie!

Btw, I love that you don't give out five star ratings like candy. Now I know that if you give something five stars, it must've been really exceptional.

Kara wrote: "Great job so far, Jamie!

Btw, I love that you don't give out five star ratings like candy. Now I know that if you give something five stars, it must've been really exceptional."

Oh no, the book has to basically walk on water for me to give it 5 stars! And some of the five stars here are actually 4.5 but rounded up.

I am officially at 85% of my goal!

Great job, Jamie!

Now that June is over, my June 2015 post is completely up to date! (35 books, holy man!) July will be up and running today since I am already 60% done two books!

July 2015

As Darkness Gathers by Emma Elliot ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Eeny Meeny by M.J. Alridge ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

The Ugly Stepsister by Aya Ling ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

The Whitechapel Fiend by Cassandra Clare and Maureen Johnson ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Nothing but Shadows by Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Starstruck by Ruby Preston ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Arena One: Slaverunners by Morgan Rice ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆

The Seventh Crow by Sherry D. Ramsey ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

The Shadow of Elysium by Django Wexler ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Awake by Natasha Preston ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆

A Stellar Affair by Laurel Richards ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆

Love Lies Beneath by Ellen Hopkins ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Air Awakens by Elise Kova ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Mitosis by Brandon Sanderson ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Poor Man's Fight by Elliott Kay ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Dark Avenging Angel by Catharine Cavendish ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

To Nowhere by C.E. Wilson ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Storms of Lazarus by Karen Kincy ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

I have officially hit my challenge goal of 150 books in 2015! Anything I read now will be over and above it ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Congratulations Jaime! That's so cool. :)

Haven't been reading as much this month since school is taking up a lot of time right now but I should be still hit 20 books this month

Wow! You met your goal halfway through the year! That's incredibly impressive.

Can you pick a favorite (or a few) from your extensive reading list to recommend? I've read very few books from your list. But I know our tastes are similar based on your reviews of The Selection, Eragon, and The Great Hunt.