Yesterday I mentioned that I’m participating in a reading challenge this month, and it’s Diversity December Bingo! I’m so so excited about this one. I’ve been making a conscious effort to diversify my reading, so this challenge fits in perfectly with that goal. Most people are covering a 5-square line from the card. I’m being overly ambitious and attempting to complete as much of the card as possible. I’m hoping to read books to cover most of the 25 categories.
Thanks in part to the Bookish Bingo Readathon, TBR Takedown, and Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon, I ended up reading 20 books in April! It was also rainy most of the month and that kept me inside a lot more than I expected.
Full details of all my 2016 goals and challenges can be found here.
March additions are bolded.
Read six books from each of the six categories, for a total of 36 books by the end of 2016:
6 New Releases (Debut Authors)
1. Out of Bounds by A.R. Barley
6 New Releases (Loved Authors)
6 Books to Start a Series
1. Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry
2. Him by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy
3. The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski
4. Pip Bartlett’s Guide to Magical Creatures by Jackson Pearce and Maggie Stiefvater
5. The Eye of Minds by James Dashner
6. Ashfall by Mike Mullin
6 Books to Complete a Series
6 Book to Movie Adaptations
1. The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
2. Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover
6 Goodreads Choice Awards Winners or Nominees
1. Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins
2. The Revolution of Ivy by Amy Engel
3. Simon Vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
4. Archer’s Voice by Mia Sheridan
5. Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson
14/36 total (+5 this month)
Full details of all my 2016 goals and challenges can be found here.
February additions are bolded.
Read six books from each of the six categories, for a total of 36 books by the end of 2016:
6 New Releases (Debut Authors)
1. Out of Bounds by A.R. Barley
6 New Releases (Loved Authors)
6 Books to Start a Series
1. Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry
2. Him by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy
3. The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski
4. Pip Bartlett’s Guide to Magical Creatures by Jackson Pearce and Maggie Stiefvater
6 Books to Complete a Series
6 Book to Movie Adaptations
1. The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
2. Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover
6 Goodreads Choice Awards Winners or Nominees
1. Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins
2. The Revolution of Ivy by Amy Engel
9/36 total (+5 this month)
Happy 2016! I hope you all have your best year yet!
I have an ambitious year planned with lots of goals, 5 reading challenges, and Bookish Bingo, which is quarterly and on-going. I’m also doing two blogging challenges! Because I have so many goals and challenges to keep up with, I’m planning to make a post every month updating my progress.
Read six books from each of the six categories, for a total of 36 books by the end of 2016:
Read a minimum of 1 book per month you already own (published book).
Read and review books with LGBTQIA main characters.
Complete your started series. Books that are part of a continuing series qualify. Write at least a 2 sentence review for each book you complete.
Goal: Level 4 (Expert series reader) – Complete 7 or more series.
Series I Plan to Finish:
Any genre or length of book counts, as long as it is in ebook format.
Goal Level: Megabytes – 25 ebooks
eBooks I Own and Plan to Read:
The object of Bookish Bingo is to get as many bingos as possible. That is, five across, up and down, or diagonally.
Romance:
Snow on Cover:
Has Been Translated: Death Note Vol. 2 by Tsugumi Ohba, Yuki Kowalsky , Takeshi Obata
Holiday Themed: Let It Snow by Heidi Cullinan
Epistolary: Gena/Finn by Hannah Moskowitz & Kat Helgeson
Multi POV: Instructions for the End of the World by Jaime Kain
Series Finale:
Fantasy:
Pink Cover: Second Position by Katherine Locke
2015 Release You Missed:
Time Travel:
A Friend’s Fave:
FREE:
Thriller: Find Me by Romily Bernard
One-Word Title: Room by Emma Donoghue
Award Winner: Why Not Me by Mindy Kaling
Black Author:
White Cover: Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari
Book Was a Gift: The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephanie Oakes
Retelling:
2016 Debut:
Graphic Novel:
Start a New Series: The Subs Club by J.A. Rock
Royalty:
Blue Cover:
This challenge is to help get us discussing books and book blogging, so talk about whatever you want as long as it’s relevant to book blogging. Discussions can be book related or book blogging related (or generally blogging related – no discussions about things that are completely off-topic like travel or fashion, etc). Discussions can also be about you personally if it’s a get-to-know-you type post.
My goal is: 49+ Posts– Gift of the Gab
Visit and comment on 365 unique blogs.
What goals did you set for yourself this year? Are you participating in any challenges? Link me to your post!
Bookish Bingo was created by Bekka at Pretty Deadly Reviews. Each bingo card lasts for three months, in this case, December 1st and February 29th. The object is to get as many bingos as possible. Each bingo enters you in a giveaway that takes place at the end of the round. Bekka has more information about the rules and some suggested books on this round’s blog post, so be sure to check that out as well.
Here’s what I read in December:
Romance:
Snow on Cover:
Has Been Translated: Death Note Vol. 2 by Tsugumi Ohba, Yuki Kowalsky , Takeshi Obata
Holiday Themed: Let It Snow by Heidi Cullinan
Epistolary: Gena/Finn by Hannah Moskowitz & Kat Helgeson
Multi POV: Instructions for the End of the World by Jaime Kain
Series Finale:
Fantasy:
Pink Cover: Second Position by Katherine Locke
2015 Release You Missed:
Time Travel:
A Friend’s Fave:
FREE:
Thriller: Find Me by Romily Bernard
One-Word Title: Room by Emma Donoghue
Award Winner: Why Not Me by Mindy Kaling
Black Author:
White Cover: Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari
Book Was a Gift: The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephanie Oakes
Retelling:
2016 Debut:
Graphic Novel:
Start a New Series: The Subs Club by J.A. Rock
Royalty:
Blue Cover:
Are you participating? How did you do this month?
I’ve seen a lot of great reading challenges created for the new year, but nothing that allows me the flexibility to mood read (a must for me!) while still motivating me to diversify my reading. The Six Squared Challenge allows you to read any genre, length, format, age level, and language!
Comment below if you plan to participate or have any questions, and check out my post tomorrow for some recommendations for each of the categories!
The Rock My TBR Reading Challenge was created by Sarah over at The YA Book Traveler. You can read more about the challenge on her blog HERE
The challenge is to read at least one book every month that was previously published and you already own. The official challenge hashtag is #RockMyTBR. Sarah is planning to host periodic twitter chats and giveaways as well throughout the year. At the end of each month, participants will make a post updating progress on the challenge.
This challenge should be pretty easy for me because I don’t read a ton of ARCs (I just don’t have access to many) and I rarely read library books, so I’m usually already reading published books that I own. To make this a little more challenging, I’m creating another rule for myself: at least one of my books each month has to have been published prior to 2016. I have so many unread books and often in a month I end up only reading the newest books I’ve bought, so I think this will help me get through all of my older releases as well.
What 2016 Challenges are you participating in? I’m working on creating one of my own as well, so be on the lookout for that!
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