2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

I might have to change this at some point - I'm really not sure what my plans are for next year - but I did so well this year, I'm upping my goal.

Edit 27/01/16: Decided to up my goal to 100.

16/100

Good luck Sally

where do you think you will finish 2015? Best of luck with 75!

Blagica wrote: "where do you think you will finish 2015? Best of luck with 75!"

I'm on 90 at the moment - hoping to get some good reading in over Christmas once I'm not travelling so much so possibly finishing on 95? So much better than the 50 I was aiming for!

Good luck, Sally! It's always exciting when you can increase your goal from last year. :)

First two books of the year finished :D I suppose there is an up-side to being sick!

1. The Last Kingdom - Bernard Cornwell ★★★★☆ 368 pages (02/01/16)
2. The Prince of Midnight - Laura Kinsale ★★★★★ 512 pages (03/01/16)

Great job on smashing your 2015 goal! Congrats on finishing your first two books in 2016! Have you watched any of the Last Kingdom miniseries? I broke the cardinal rule and watched it before reading the book (and really enjoyed it!).

Megan wrote: "Great job on smashing your 2015 goal! Congrats on finishing your first two books in 2016! Have you watched any of the Last Kingdom miniseries? I broke the cardinal rule and watched it before readin..."

Not yet - I wanted to read the books first!

I watched the first six episodes of Poldark before giving up and thinking that I just read the books and because I'd seen the show first, I didn't really enjoy the first book. I'm going to stick with reading first from now on!

Two more down - I'm on a roll this week!

3. Cinder - Marissa Meyer ★★☆☆☆ (04/01/16)

This was a bit disappointing. Not much happened for the longest time and I really couldn't bring myself to care that much. It did pick up a bit towards the end and I'll probably try at least the second book in the series - it's already on my kindle so I might as well!

4. The Child Thief - Brom ★★★★★ (06/01/16)

Loved this! It was dark and screwed up right from the very beginning. Now I'm not sure why Peter Pan didn't creep me out as a kid.

Another two done. Slowing down a bit but that's partly because I've got two books that I'm about 30% through but struggling a bit with (one because it's an audiobook and so it's taking longer and the second because the writing style is irritating me a bit).

5. Persuasion - Jane Austen ★★☆☆☆ (08/01/16)

Better than Pride and Prejudice and there were a few moments where I actually thought I might possibly like it, but it was just okay in the end. I just don't think think I'm ever going to be a Jane Austen fan.

6. Alice - Christina Henry ★★★★☆ (12/01/16)

Another dark retelling that I've read this month and I really enjoyed it. It's really messed up and I don't think it would be for everyone - a lot of awful stuff happens and it could be very triggering for people.

7. Again the Magic - Lisa Kleypas ★★★★☆ (12/01/16)
8. Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery ★★★★★ (14/01/16)
9. Anne of Avonlea - L.M. Montgomery ★★★★☆ (16/01/16)
10. Feverborn - Karen Marie Moning ★★★★★ (19/01/16)

Having a pretty good January so far! :)

Read more than I did in January last year and still hoping to get a few more in by the end of the month!

11. Anne of the Island - L.M. Montgomery ★★★☆☆ (20/01/16)

12. The Girl Who Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson ★★★☆☆ (23/01/16)

13. Bossypants - Tina Fey ★★★★☆ (26/01/16) *audiobook

Three more finished and I've decided to up my goal to 100 books for 2016.

14. The Hidden Heart - Laura Kinsale ★★★☆☆ (27/01/16)

15. The Duke's Tattoo - Miranda Davis ★★★☆☆ (28/01/16)

16. The King's Man -Elizabeth Kingston ★★★☆☆ (30/01/16) *audiobook

Amazing progress Sally, congrats on upping your goal!

i am so bad at updating!!

17. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban - Malala Yousafzai ★★☆☆☆ (31/01/16) *audiobook

18. Magic Bites - Ilona Andrews ★★★☆☆ 260 pages (31/01/16)

19. Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell ★★★★☆ (01/02/16)

20. The Shadow and the Star - Laura Kinsale ★★★★★ (03/02/16)

21. Captive Prince: Volume One - C.S. Pacat ★★★★☆ (05/02/16)

22. Captive Prince: Volume Two - C.S. Pacat ★★★★★ (06/02/16)

23. Kings Rising - C.S. Pacat ★★★★★ (07/02/16)

24. The Dream Hunter - Laura Kinsale ★★★★★ (08/02/16)

25. Heart's Blood - Juliet Marillier ★★★★☆ (11/02/16)

26. City of Bones - Cassandra Clare ★☆☆☆☆ (14/02/16)

27. Glass Sword - Victoria Aveyard ★☆☆☆☆ (19/02/16)

28. Girl at War - Sara Nović ★★★☆☆ (21/02/16)

29. The Duke and I - Julia Quinn ★★★☆☆ (24/02/16)

30. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafón ★★★★☆ (26/02/16)

31. A Gathering of Shadows - V.E. Schwab ★★★★★ (29/02/16)

32. Room - Emma Donoghue ★★☆☆☆ 401 pages (01/03/16)

I'm so bad at updating! I'm now up to 46 books for the year - racing through!

33. Scarlet - Marissa Meyer ★★★☆☆ 452 pages (07/03/16)

34. The Husband's Secret - Liane Moriarty ★★☆☆☆ 406 pages (10/03/16)

35. Rebel of the Sands - Alwyn Hamilton ★★☆☆☆ 358 pages (12/03/16)

36. You - Caroline Kepnes ★★★★★ 422 pages (13/03/16)

37. The Viscount Who Loved Me - Julia Quinn ★★★☆☆ 354 pages (16/03/16)

38. The Lie Tree - Frances Hardinge ★★★☆☆ 410 pages (19/03/16)

39. Life After Life - Kate Atkinson ★★★★★ 622 pages (20/03/16)

40. A God in Ruins - Kate Atkinson ★★★☆☆ 560 pages (26/03/16)

41. An Offer From a Gentleman - Julia Quinn ★★★★☆ 358 pages (27/03/16)

42. Romancing Mister Bridgerton - Julia Quinn ★★★★☆ 370 pages (27/03/16)

43. The Wrath and the Dawn - Renee Ahdieh ★★★★☆ 395 pages (29/03/16)

44. Hidden Bodies - Caroline Kepnes ★★★★☆ 448 pages (30/03/16)

45. The Winner's Curse - Marie Rutkoski ★★★★☆ 355 pages (31/03/16)

46. Eleanor & Park - Rainbow Rowell ★★☆☆☆ 328 pages (01/04/16)

Wow, I've been bad at updating this year. I did manage to finish with 141 books in 2016 - I've got a list on my members corner thing (the lets turn pages challenge was the only one I manage to fully update!) - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

2016 STATS:

Books read: 141
Pages read: 54,488

Format:
Audiobook - 3
Ebook - 119
Paperback - 17
Hardback - 2

Author Gender:
Female - 128
Male – 14

Genre:
Alternate History - 2
Autobiography / Memoir – 2
Classics – 5
Contemporary - 13
Crime / Mystery / Thriller – 16
Dystopian - 1
Fairy tale / Retellings – 9
Fantasy - 28
Historical Fiction – 12
Historical Non fiction - 1
Historical Romance – 38
Horror – 2
Paranormal – 1
Paranormal Romance - 13
Post Apocalyptic - 1
Romance – 7
SciFi – 1
Short stories - 1
Urban Fantasy – 4
Young Adult – 32

Fiction - 138
Non fiction – 3

Length:
0 – 249 pages - 9
250 – 499 pages - 118
500 – 749 pages - 13
750 – 999 pages – 0
1,000 + pages – 1

Longest Book: It - Stephen King 1,396 pages
Shortest Book: Virgins - Diana Gabaldon 86 pages

Different Authors: 77

By rating:
★★★★★ - 19
★★★★☆ - 51
★★★☆☆ - 41
★★☆☆☆ - 23
★☆☆☆☆ - 7

I managed to complete all my yearly challenges (apart from the I spy one), I just haven't updated properly! Maybe next year I'll get a bit more on top of things.