For many readers, the Goodreads Reading Challenge is a great way to make a dent in our never ending "To Be Read" (TBR) piles.
How does it work? At the start of the year, Goodreads invites its members to pledge a certain number of books they think they are able to read for the year. Each book marked "Finished" on the site or the app, counts as a pledge towards your goal. It is neither a race nor a contest, but a way to challenge you to increase the number or the quality of books you've read in your lifetime.
I began this adventure back in 2011 when I discovered Goodreads as a tool to help catalog all the books I've read. Up until then, I was actually jotting down the titles on various notebooks I had strewn across the house and kept a running tally in an MS Excel file which I still maintain after all this time. This masterlist has survived 3 versions of Windows (XP, XE, Vista), 4 crashed hard drives, a migration to iOS, and a move across the globe. (yikes!)
While I would normally set my goal for about 100 books per year, I decided to take it easy and settle with reading just 60 books. This way, it would help me concentrate on other things like being a devoted wife to my wonderful husband, keeping house (or learning to, anyway) and nurturing a love for cooking. I've perfected the first, working hard on the second and all but abandoned the third.
Are you on Goodreads, can we be friends? I always enjoy babbling about books with everyone!
As of today, I have read 60 books out of my total pledge of 65
Title - Author - Squee! Level
- When Passion Rules
by Johanna Lindsey 🤗🤗🤗🤗
- Crooked Kingdom
by Leigh Bardugo 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- Stealing Snow
by Danielle Paige 🤗🤗🤗
- Staying For Good (A Most Likely To Novel)
by Catherine Bybee 🤗🤗🤗🤗
- King's Cage
by Victoria Aveyard 🤗🤗🤗🤗
- Make Me Love You
by Johanna Lindsey 🤗🤗🤗
- A Gathering of Shadows
by V.E. Schwab 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- One with You
by Sylvia Day 🤗🤗🤗🤗
- Son of No One (Dark-Hunter Novels)
by Sherrilyn Kenyon 🤗🤗🤗
- Everything, Everything
by Nicola Yoon 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- Dragonbane: (Dark-Hunter Novels)
by Sherrilyn Kenyon 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- Born of Defiance: The League: Nemesis Rising
by Sherrilyn Kenyon 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- Born of Legend: The League Nemesis Rising
by Sherrilyn Kenyon 🤗🤗🤗 ½
- The Beginning of Always (Aquanis Series Book 1)
by Marie Cole 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- Belle's Tale
(Disney Manga - Beauty and the Beast) by Mallory Reaves 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- Beast's Tale
(Disney Manga - Beauty and the Beast) by Mallory Reaves 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- Firebolt (The Dragonian Series Book 1)
by Adrienne Woods 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- A Conjuring of Light
by V.E. Schwab 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicle)
by Jay Kristoff 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- A Panicked Premonition (Psychic Eye Mystery)
by Victoria Laurie 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- Rich People Problems
by Kevin Kwan 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- The School for Good and Evil
by Soman Chainani 🤗🤗🤗
- A World without Princes
by Soman Chainani 🤗🤗🤗🤗
- The Last Ever After
by Soman Chainani 🤗🤗🤗🤗
- The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- First Grave on the Right (Charley Davidson Series)
by Darynda Jones 🤗🤗🤗🤗
- Second Grave on the Left
by Darynda Jones 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- Third Grave Dead Ahead
by Darynda Jones 🤗🤗🤗🤗 ½
- A Court of Thorns and Roses
by Sarah J. Maas 🤗🤗🤗🤗
- Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet
by Darynda Jones 🤗🤗🤗🤗
- Fifth Grave Past the Light
by Darynda Jones 🤗🤗🤗🤗 ½
- Carry On
by Rainbow Rowell 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- A Court of Mist and Fury
by Sarah J. Maas 🤗🤗🤗 ½
- A Court of Wings and Ruin
by Sarah J. Maas 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- Geekerella: A Fangirl Fairy Tale
by Ashely Poshton 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices)
by Cassandra Clare 🤗🤗🤗 ½
- Holly Freakin' Hughes
by Kelsey Kingsley 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- FROZE (The Melted Series)
by Tarrah Anders 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- Sixth Grave on the Edge
by Darynda Jones 🤗🤗🤗 ½
- Seventh Grave and No Body
by Darynda Jones 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices)
by Cassandra Clare 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- Eighth Grave After Dark
by Darynda Jones 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- Wired
by Julie Garwood 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- The Dirt on Ninth Grave by Darynda Jones
🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- The Curse of Tenth Grave by Darynda Jones 🤗🤗🤗 ½
- Eleventh Grave in Moonlight
by Darynda Jones 🤗🤗🤗 ½
- Dragonsworn
by Sherrilyn Kenyon 😐😐
- Deadmen Walking
by Sherrilyn Kenyon 🤗🤗🤗🤗
- Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass)
by Sarah J. Maas 🤗🤗🤗🤗 ½
- Warcross
by Marie Lu 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- Daughter of the Burning City
by Amanda Foody 🤗🤗🤗🤗
- Three Dark Crowns
by Kendare Blake 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- Origin
by Dan Brown 🤗🤗🤗🤗 ½
- Beautiful Tempest
by Johanna Lindsey 🤗🤗🤗
- One Dark Throne
by Kendare Blake 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- Stalking Jack the Ripper
by Kerri Maniscalco 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- Godsgrave
by Jay Kristoff 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- Hunting Prince Dracula
by Kerri Maniscalco 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- Enigma (An FBI Thriller)
by Catherine Coulter 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- And I Darken
by Kiersten White 🤗🤗🤗🤗 ½
- Air Awakens
by Elise Kova 🤗🤗🤗
- The Trouble with Twelfth Grave
by Darynda Jones 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- Now I Rise
by Kiersten White 🤗🤗🤗🤗
- Making It Right
by Catherine Bybee 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
- Renegades
by Marissa Meyer 🤗🤗🤗🤗
What's your reading goal for 2017? Leave a comment below!
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