New Year Challenges!

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Wow! 2016 was a great year of reading.  If you missed my post on my Top 10 reads, check it out HERE! Also in 2016, I went to several book conventions and met some of my favorite authors.

I was able to meet my Goodreads Challenge of reading 100 books in 2016.  It would have been more but those Outlander books are looooooong.

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Now that 2016 is over, it is time to think about reading challenges for 2017.  Because I want to re-read some of my favorite books ( Harry Potter) and continue the Outlander series, I am going to lower my Goodreads challenge for 2017 to 75 books.

Another challenge that I think looks fun is the Uppercase Reading Challenge.  It consists of 12 different books so if I do one a month, I think it will be doable.

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I have also seen this Reading Challenge floating around the blogiverse.  I might give this one a try too. I may be able to double up on some of these. For example, most of the Harry Potter books are over 400 pages, is a banned book, written by a female writer, etc.

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I am also going to join the Newbery Award Challenge with La La.  There is no time limit which is good because there are 95 books on the list and I have probably only read five.

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 What are some of your reading goals for 2017? I would love to know!

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Check out pics of all the books I read in 2016.

31 thoughts on “New Year Challenges!”

  1. wtsmith12 says:
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    So I don’t even think I finished 3 books last year which is super disappointing compared to how I normally do. But this year I’m going to shoot for 100. And I’m rereading the HP series this year too. Last time I did was in 2013 I believe. What is the first book you’ll read this year? I’d be willing to bed you’ve already starred.

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  3. Drangonfly says:
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    Book Conventions.. meeting authors… I’m jealous! 🙂 Happy for you though 🙂
    Congrats on your 106 books and good luck with all the challenges.
    OMG ALL YOUR BOOKS look awesome! We like all the same books! I’m sending you a GR friend request!

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  7. Laurel-Rain Snow says:
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    Enjoy the New Year…and your challenges.

    I like how Goodreads shows us what we’ve read. From your list, I see The Princess Diarist, from the lovely Carrie Fisher…which I ordered a few days ago. I tend to order hardcover books from my favorite celebrity authors.

    I also want to read Every Exquisite Thing. Thanks for sharing…and here are MY WEEKLY UPDATES

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  9. Greg Hill says:
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    Happy New Year! Here’s to a great 2017! I like the look of your challenges, especially that Better World books one. Good luck with all your challenges this year. I’m doing three which is a step up from last year (still feels weird to say that) when I did none! So we’ll see how this goes. 🙂

    Have a great rest of the weekend.

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