YA and Beyond discussion

Goals include 30 books I own that are NOT rereads

I own 650+ edit: 700 now and I need to thin out the shelves a bit, or at least read stuff I have.

I also want to read 10 historical fiction and 10 nonfiction books.

Setting my GR challenge goal for 110 books.

books I own (NOT rereads) - 37


historical fiction - 18


nonfiction - 17


rereads - 12

Yowza 650+!!! Good goals Ashley :)

Yaaay awesome goals Ashley! :D

@Heidi it's getting ridiculous. We moved into a house that has built-in bookshelves on either side of the fireplace and somehow I STILL barely have room for everything :P

I'm planning to tackle a couple big books in 2016, particularly
Alexander Hamilton and Fosse, and possibly Sacajawea

Good luck Ashley!

great goals, Ashley! I ditto on Heidi's exclamation! 650+ books! wow!!!

Also trying to keep my rereads to a minimum (she says as she starts off the year with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone), but they will or should be few and far between, and mainly books that I haven't read since I was in high school or college -- thus, at minimum, I will have last read these books five years ago.

For right now the reread list includes

Good luck Ashley :)

January

10 books read


Of those, 1 counts for historical fiction
1 counts for nonfiction
And 1 counts for owned-read

I'm keeping a full tally in the first post but I like this month-by-month update idea too.

Awesome, Ashley!!

Yay Ashley!

So far only 3 rereads this year xD started keeping track of those too, I figured why not.

February

7 books read


2 owned-read
1 historical fiction
2 rereads, both of which were SO worth it

Nice job so far Ashley!

Way to go, Ashley! :)

Read IT long time ago, but I was really disappointed in the ending

it's been awhile (view spoiler)[but I remember aliens in the end, right? (hide spoiler)] was that the same as the movie ending?

How was Truthwitch? Been hearing mixed reviews...

ummmm none that I recall, but it's possible. I know they were able to kill IT and then they all basically went back to their lives and were able to fully move on and forget each other -- I found the ending unexpectedly touching :)

I thought Truthwitch was very good, I'm excited for book 2. It's a bit of a curveball because there's no real info-dumping, some people felt lost because it's sort of a catch-on-as-you-read thing she's got going on.

Cool thanks

Maybe I'm thinking of a different book. hahahaha...

March

10 books read


3 owned-read
2 historical fiction

Wow that's a lot of books––and it's not even the end of the month yet! Nice job. :D

Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "Wow that's a lot of books––and it's not even the end of the month yet! Nice job. :D"

6/10 were audiobooks -- they help SO MUCH. I'm hoping to finish Heart-Shaped Box in the next few days, I was supposed to have finished it last month xD

Cool! I should probably try more audiobooks; I haven't really listened to any since I was a kid, haha. My biggest concern is that my attention will wander if I'm listening to something rather than reading it––but then again that happens to me when I'm reading normally. :P

audiobooks are like gold to me- I would have so many less books read without them!

Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "Cool! I should probably try more audiobooks; I haven't really listened to any since I was a kid, haha. My biggest concern is that my attention will wander if I'm listening to something rather than ..."

I think that's why I started out listening to books I already knew -- I have the first 5 HP books on audio and love them to death.

April
Not a good month for reading, I was really busy! But I managed to sneak a few in.

5 books read


1 nonfiction
1 owned-read
1 reread

Nice job Ashley!

still a pretty good reading month! You still have a few more days to maybe squeeze one in if you want ^_^

Awesome, Ashley! 6 books in one month is great!! :)

Thanks guys :) Hopefully I can finish Watership in the next two days, that's the one I'm not sure about.

Haha yeah, that book's a bit long/dense. Hope you're enjoying it, though!

Very much!

Yay!! :D

Didn't finish Watership in time, but I think I'll be wrapping it up tonight (and then watch the movie, bc Doc found it on Netflix).

May

14 books read


1 nonfiction
3 owned-read
2 historical fiction
3 rereads

Yay!

Nice Ashley!

Woot woot! Excellent progress, Ashley!!

Nice!

June

8 books read


4 owned-read
2 nonfiction
4 historical fiction

Met my goal of 10 historical fiction books!

Nice!! Congrats on reaching your historical fiction goal! :)

Yay! Keep it up :)

Great job Ashley!

July

10 books read


4 owned-read
1 nonfiction
1 historical fiction
2 rereads

I reread Little House in the Big Woods in one sitting -- Doc bought me a first edition copy (no dust jacket but it's still gorgeous) and it was such a fantastic, nostalgic read <3

Nice, Ashley! I love rereading the Little House books :)

Yay! Congrats Ashley.

Great job Ashley! Aww I loved the Little House books when I was a kid. I should re-read those ... and I don't think I ever got around to finishing the entire series, so I should do that.

I would like to re-read it too Brigid -as well as all the Anne of Green Gables books. Maybe that will be one of my yearly challenges soon!

Make sure you check out the Rocky Ridge books after the Little House books, those are good too!

August

14 books read

*2 of them being oneshot things that really shouldn't count



4 owned-read
4 nonfiction
1 reread