2016 Reading Challenges Update - October

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)
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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!!!)

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.
• 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!)
• 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

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

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
1. The Truth, Jeffry W. Johnston
2. When Everything Feels Like the Movies, Raziel Reid
• February
1. Did I Mention I Need You? (The DIMILY Trilogy #2), Estelle Maskame   
• March
1. Finding Hope, Colleen Nelson
2. Flawed (Flawed #1), Cecelia Ahern   
3. My Kind of Crazy, Robin Reul   
4. Then Comes Love, Lindsay Detwiler
• April
1. Read Me Like a Book, Liz Kessler
2. Tragedy Girl, Christine Hurley Deriso  
3. Once Upon A Dream (Twisted Tales #2), Liz Braswell
4. This Secret We're Keeping, Rebecca Done
5. Anything You Want, Geoff Herbach
6. Wild Swans, Jessica Spotswood
7. The Square Root of Summer, Harriet Reuter Hapgood  
• May
1. The Last Days of Summer, Vanessa Ronan   
2. The Loneliness of Distant Beings, Kate Ling  
• June - Didn't read any new releases this month  
• July
1. The Assassin Game, Kirsty McKay
2. You Before Anyone Else, Julie Cross & Mark Perini 
• August
1. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Harry Potter #8), J.K. Rowling
2. Nevernight (Nevernight #1), Jay Kristoff 
3. The Flame Never Dies (The Stars Never Rise #2), Rachel Vincent 
4. Asking For It, Louise O'Neill 
5. Gone Wild, Jodi Lundgren
• September
1. The Cabin, Natasha Preston 
2. One Was Lost, Natalie D. Richards 
• October
1. Holding Up the Universe, Jennifer Niven 
2. Stealing Snow (Stealing Snow #1), Danielle Paige 
3. Unnatural Deeds, Cyn Balog Total = 28

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:

1. January - Fangirl, Rainbow Rowell
2. February - The Other Me, Saskia Sarginson
3. March - City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments #1), Cassandra Clare
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...)
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 
10. October - Our Zoo, June Mottershead

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
1. The Secret Garden, Francis Hodgson Burnett
2. The Riders of the Purple Sage, Zane Grey
3. Learning to Live (Infinite Love #1), Kira Adams
4. Fangirl, Rainbow Rowell
5. The Heir (The Selection #4), Kiera Cass
6. Red Queen (Red Queen #1) Victoria Aveyard
• February 
1. The V Girl, Mya Robarts
2. The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
3. The Other Me, Saskia Sarginson
4. Crossing the Ice (Ice #1), Jennifer Comeaux   
• March
1. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years #1), Gregory Maguire
2. The Notebook, Nicholas Sparks
3. Mr Mercedes (Bill Hodges Trilogy #1), Stephen King
4. City of Bones  (The Mortal Instruments #1), Cassandra Clare   
• April
1. Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Dexter #1), Jeff Lindsay
2. The Fault in Our Stars, John Green  
• May
1. The Duff, Kody Keplinger  
• June
1. My Life Next Door, Huntley Fitzpatrick  
• July
1. A Study in Scarlet, Arthur Conan Doyle 
2. 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!
• August
1. Buster, Will Barrow 
• September
1. The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike #1), Robert Galbraith 
2. Forever, Judy Blume 
3. How to Date Dead Guys (The Witch's Handbook #1), Ann M. Noser 
• October
1. Our Zoo, June Mottershead
2. The Shining Girls, Lauren Beukes 
3. Not If I See You First, Eric Lindstrom Total = 27

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