Skip to main content

2016 Reading Challenges - December Update

BookishResolution Challenge 2016

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%
    • December - 68% (At least it increased by 11%, that's something!)
  • 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
    • December - 22 (I made it!!)
  • 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
    • December - 9 (I did not expect to reread so much!)
  • 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
    • December - Finished/Up-to-date = 5 (I was close)
  • 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
    • December - 86 (I cannot believe I went 20 books over target!)
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
    • December - Nope
  • 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...)
    • December - 15
  • 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!
    • December - 4 weeks ahead! (I have no idea how this has happened!!)
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
  • 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


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.

    2016HWLogo

    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:

    FangirlThe Other MeCity of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)The Rose Petal BeachThe Fault in Our StarsA Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)It's All About TreoBuster: The dog who saved a thousand livesThe Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)Our ZooThe DUFFA Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
    1. January - Fangirl, Rainbow Rowell
    2. February - The Other Me, Saskia Sarginson
    3. March - City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments #1), Cassandra Clare - A for first quarter
    4. April - The Fault in Our Stars, John Green
    5. May - The Duff, Kody Keplinger
    6. June - A Study in Scarlet, Arthur Conan Doyle (Didn't finish, still reading...) - B for second quarter
    7. July - It's All About Treo, Dave Heyhoe
    8. August - Buster, Will Barrow
    9. September - The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike #1), Robert Galbraith - A for the third quarter
    10. October - Our Zoo, June Mottershead
    11. November - The Rose Petal Beach, Dorothy Koomson
    12. December - A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses #1), Sarah J. Maas - Finished with an A for the fourth quarter! And a grade average of a B!

    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!

    Follow me via GoodreadsTwitterBloglovin, and Pinterest.

    Feel free to leave a comment.

    Comments

    Popular posts from this blog

    Feature and Follow (29 May)

    The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of  Parajunkee’s View  and Alison of  Alison Can Read . Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it’ll allow us to show off more new blogs! I'm one of the featured blogs this week! Along with Amanda of  The Darling Bookworm . This week’s Question: How many books have you got on your TBR list? I recently had a bit of a cull of my TBR list so now it is sitting at 269. I'm trying my hardest to get it below 200 by the end of the year but I really don't see it happening. I'd currently be happy if I managed to get it below 225. However, I did recently have a look through my TBR on Goodreads and deleted a few books that I don't think I will actually ever read - I'm not even to sure how they got there anyway. Follow me via  Goodreads ,  Facebook ,  Bloglovin  and  Pinterest  and also via email to myexpandingbookshelf@gmail.com.  Feel free to leave a comment.

    Top Ten Tuesday: Books I'd Want on a Desert Island (27 July 2021)

            Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl . This week's topic is books I'd want with me whilst stranded on a desert island. I've decided to split this into my favourite books that I'd want to reread and the longest books I still have on my TBR as I'd get the chance to attempt to read them if I was stuck on a deser island.

    Top Ten Tuesday: Books I'm Looking Forward to in 2017

    Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by  The Broke and The Bookish . This week's topic is five books I'm looking forward to in the first half of 2017. Only five because I'm rubbish at planning ahead when it come to new releases.