2016 Reading Challenges - November Update

The first Challenge I will be participating in is the 2016 Bookish Resolutions Challenge, hosted by Laura @ trips down imagination lane and Michelle @ Because Reading. The challenge runs from 1st January 2016 to 31st December 2016 and you can sign up here before 1st March 2016.

My 2016 resolutions are:

Bookish resolutions

Get Netgalley ratio up to 80%

January - 57%
February - 57%
March - 52% (This better start going up real soon!)
April - 54%
May - 56%
June - 54%
July - 54%
August - 56%
September - 60%
October - 64% (Well, this definitely won't be happening! I'll be happy if I reach 70)
November - 67%

Read 20 physical books I already owned prior to 1st January

January - 2
February - 4
March - 8
April - 9
May - 10
June - 10
July - 12
August - 14
September - 15
October- 16
November 18

Reread 5 books

January - 0
February - 2
March - 2
April - 3
May - 4
June - 4
July - 4
August - 5
September - 6 - Well it's safe to say I've smashed this one!!
October - 7
November - 7

Finish 6 series

January - Finished/Up-to-date = 2
February - Finished/Up-to-date = 3
March - Finished/Up-to-date = 4
April - Finished/Up-to-date = 4
May - Finished/Up-to-date = 4
June - Finished/Up-to-date = 4
July - Finished/Up-to-date = 4
August - Finished/Up-to-date = 4
September - Finished/Up-to-date = 4
October - Finished/Up-to-date = 4
November - Finished/Up-to-date = 5

Reach my Goodreads goal this year (65 books)

January - 8
February - 14
March - 23
April - 33 (I've hit the halfway point! I may just have to increase my goal...)
May - 39
June - 40
July - 44
August - 51
September - 57
October - 67 (SMASHED IT!!!)
November - 77

Blogging resolutions

Finish updating all blog posts to current layout

January - A few updated this month
February - All reviews updated! Just to update all other posts and make a few tweaks.
March - All Top Ten Tuesday posts tweaked.
April - Don't think I've done anything this month...
May - Again, I don't think I've done anything
June - This month has been a rubbish month all around for the blog
July - Slight changes to blog template
August - I actually can't remember if I done anything - I may have made a few tweaks at the start of the month
September - I didn't do anything this month.
October - Again, didn't do anything.
November - Didn't do anything with this

Visit 4 blogs a week, so 16 a month (not including memes) (by visit I mean comment on)

January - 9 (Need to be better)
February - 12 (Getting there)
March - 16 (I made it! Woo!)
April - 9 (I really hope last month wasn't a fluke)
May - 2 (I'm sorry! I'm such a bad person!)
June - 4 (Yeah this is just one massive fail! I'm sorry!)
July - I'm not actually sure if I've commented at all this month, I can't remember! I will honestly try better in August!
August - 8... It was going so well the first week, then due to personal reasons I've not been around as much as I'd hoped.
September - 1... yeah I'm going with the same excuse as last month... but I promise I will start visiting other blogs soon!
October - 16 (I made it!)
November - 11 (I almost made it...)

Blog ahead - get to at least 6 weeks ahead

January - 2 weeks ahead (I think...)
February - 1 week ahead
March - 0 weeks ahead (Hopefully, I'll get a few scheduled next week...)
April - 0 weeks ahead (However, I was ill so I kind of expected this to happen)
May - 0 weeks ahead (Well... it looks like this on is heading for failure...)
June - 0 weeks ahead (In fact, I'm probably in minus figures at the moment...)
July - Still 0 weeks ahead... This is just turning into a massive fail!
August - ...still 0 weeks...
September - ... 0 weeks... I've a feeling this one just isn't going to happen now...
October - yeah... still at 0
November - 1 week ahead!

Personal resolutions

Start going to the gym again

January - I'm joining tomorrow...
February - On hold indefinitely... need to save money
March - Still on hold...
April - ....I did install the FitBit app onto my phone....
May - I went to the Gym 4 times! (But I no longer have the FitBit app as my phone broke)
June - I went to the Gym once (and had one of my dizzy spells 10 minutes in so sat out for the rest of the class)
July - Nope not been
August - Nope...
September - Nope...
October - Not taking this further
November - Not taking this further

Start learning Spanish again

January - Haven't started yet...
February - Still haven't started....
March - Maybe next month...
April - ....
May - ....maybe next year....
June - ...nope...
July - Still not started...
August - ...and nope...
September - ... definitely next year...
October - Not taking this further
November - Not taking this further

New Release Challenge 2016 - (un)Conventional Bookviews

The second challenge I will be participating in is the 2016 New Release Challenge hosted by Lexxie @ (Un)conventional Bookreviews and Stormi @ Books, Movies, Reviews! Oh My!. The aim of the challenge is to read as many books released in 2016 as possible. Sign up is open until 15th February 2016.

As this is my first year participating in this challenge and I'm wanting to read more books that I already own, I'm going to set my goal as New Release Pro so 16-30 books.

January

February

Did I Mention I Need You? (The DIMILY Trilogy #2), Estelle Maskame

March

April

June - Didn't read any new releases this month
July

August

September

October

November

What Light, Jay Asher
Battle for Cymmera (Kingdom of Cymmera #3), Dani-Lyn Alexander Total = 30 (I've met my goal!! Now to see how many more I can read!)
Pivotal Moments (In Time #1), Trinity Hanrahan
Did I Mention I Miss You? (DIMILY #3), Estelle Maskame
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Joanna Bolouri
Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay, J.K. Rowling Total = 34

The third challenge I want to participate in is the 2016 Reading Assignment Challenge hosted by Berls @ Fantasy is More Fun and Michelle @ Because Reading. Sign up is open until 1st July 2016. I'm hoping this will help me reduce the number of physical books I have still to read.

As this is also my first year participating in this challenge (and I don't know how well I'll do reading from a set list), I'm aiming for level 1 so 12 books and 1 book a month. These are the books I plan to read over the year:

City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)

A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)

Buster: The dog who saved a thousand lives

The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)

A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)

January - Fangirl, Rainbow Rowell
February - The Other Me, Saskia Sarginson
March - City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments #1), Cassandra Clare
April - The Fault in Our Stars, John Green
May - The Duff, Kody Keplinger
June - A Study in Scarlet, Arthur Conan Doyle (Didn't finish, still reading...)
July - It's All About Treo, Dave Heyhoe
August - Buster, Will Barrow
September - The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike #1), Robert Galbraith
October - Our Zoo, June Mottershead
November - The Rose Petal Beach, Dorothy Koomson

The fourth, and final, challenge is the 2016 TBR Pile Reading Challenge hosted by Evie @ Bookish Lifestyle. The aim is to read as many books (published in or before 2015) from your TBR as possible. Sign up is open until 31 November 2016.

I'm going to set my goal at A Friendly Hug so 11 to 20 books. I have now passed original goal in July so I'm going to up my goal to First Kiss so 21 to 30 books!

January

February

March

April

The Duff, Kody Keplinger

June

My Life Next Door, Huntley Fitzpatrick

July

A Study in Scarlet, Arthur Conan Doyle
It's All About Treo, Dave Heyhoe Total = 20 I have reached my goal of 11 to 20 books! So I'm going to see if I can reach First Kiss now so 21 to 30 books!