New Year, New Reads

Happy New Year everyone! I’m so sorry, I know it has been awhile since my last post. Life threw me a few unexpected curveballs and it impacted my blogging and reading. I did continue to read since my last post even though I haven’t had a chance to share my reviews. But I still didn’t even come close to meeting my 2015 Reading Challenge of 52 books; I only completed 16 which is pretty dismal. I’m really disappointed in myself.

But I’m back and ready to start the new year strong.

I’ve decided that my goal for 2016 is to finish all the books that I didn’t complete for POPSUGAR’s 2015 Reading Challenge and to complete their 2016 Reading Challenge of 41 books. So altogether my goal for 2016 is to read 77 books. Below I have my list of books that I plan to read for the 2015 Reading Challenge, including those that I’ve already completed. Some of these picks can change depending on my mood or interests, but it will most likely stay fairly similar. Once I am close to finishing this list, I will post the list of books I plan to read for the 2016 Challenge. And over the next week or so I will try to post reviews for the books that I’ve read over the past 3 months.

1. A book with more than 500 pages – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling (CURRENTLY READING)
2. A classic romance – The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (COMPLETED – Review to come)
3. A book that became a movie – Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier (Book Club read – COMPLETED)
4. A book published this year – Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
5. A book with a number in the title – The 100 by Kass Morgan (COMPLETED)
6. A book written by someone under 30 – Perfect Ruin by Lauren DeStefano
7. A book with nonhuman characters – A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (COMPLETED)
8. A funny book – Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson
9. A book by a female author – The House Girl by Tara Conklin (Book Club read – COMPLETED)
10. A mystery or thriller – Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz (Book Club read – COMPLETED)
11. A book with a one word title – Panic by Lauren Oliver
12. A book of short stories – The Love of a Good Woman by Alice Munro
13. A book set in a different country – Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum (Book Club read – COMPLETED)
14. A nonfiction book – Parenting beyond Pink and Blue by Christia Spears Brown
15. A popular author’s first book – The Thomas Berryman Number by James Patterson
16. A book from an author you love that you haven’t read yet – Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld
17. A book a friend recommended – One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
18. A pulitzer prize winning book – All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (COMPLETED – Review to come)
19. A book based on a true story – The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
20. A book at bottom of your to-read list – Sea of Shadows by Kelley Armstrong
21. A book your mom loves – The Power of Intention by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
22. A book that scares you – Carrie by Stephen King (COMPLETED – Review to come)
23. A book more than 100 years old – 12 Years A Slave by Solomon Northup
24. A book based entirely on the cover – A Mad Wicked Folly by Sharon Biggs Waller
25. A book you were supposed to read in school but didn’t – To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
26. A memoir – Foxcatcher by Mark Schultz (COMPLETED)
27. A book you can finish in a day – Wild Orchid by Cameron Dokey (COMPLETED)
28. A book with antonyms in the title – Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
29. A book set somewhere you’ve always wanted to visit (Australia) – Stolen by Lucy Christopher
30. A book that came out the year you were born – Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (CURRENTLY READING)
31. A book with bad reviews – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
32. A trilogy – The Selection trilogy by Kiera Cass
33. A book from childhood – Black Beauty by Anna Sewell (COMPLETED – Review to come)
34. A book with a love triangle – A Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson
35. A book set in highschool – School Spirits by Rachel Hawkins
36. A book with a colour in the title – Golden by Cameron Dokey (COMPLETED)
37. A book that made you cry – If I Stay by Gayle Forman
38. A book with magic – Before Midnight by Cameron Dokey (COMPLETED)
39. A graphic novel – Skim by Mariko Tamaki (COMPLETED)
40. A book by an author you’ve never read before – The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
41. A book that takes place in your hometown (Toronto) – Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood
42. A book originally written in different language – Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
43. A book set during Christmas – Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
44. A book written by an author with your initials – The Inheritance Loss by Kiran Desai
45. A play – London Road by Nicholas Spagnoletti (COMPLETED)
46. A book you own but never read – Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
47. A banned book – 1984 by George Orwell
48. A book you started but have never finished – The Diviners by Libba Bray
49. A book set in the future – Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
50. A book based on or turned into a TV show – Rites of Passage by William Golding (Book Club Read – CURRENTLY READING)

I know 77 books in a year is a lofty goal but I feel like I’m poised and ready to take it on. I’m ready to crack open some new books and see what the new year brings! What is your reading goal for 2016? Let me know in the comments below.