2015 Reading Challenges
I only completed 3 of the 8 challenges for 2015. However, I was 85% or better on 3 more of the challenges so I feel pretty good about that. I’m doing challenges again for 2016–some of the same challenges as the ones below and some new ones. I have fun trying to complete the challenges!
Audiobook Challenge — 85%
- Goal–20-30 audiobooks
- How many I listened to –17 audiobooks
- Books reviewed by the end of 2015– 16 books
- We traveled a lot in 2015 and when I travel I don’t listen to books as much.
- I’ve signed up for this challenge again.
Cloak & Dagger Reading Challenge — 175% –completed!
- Goal–20 books
- How many I read — 35 books
- Books reviewed by the end of 2015 — 32 books
- I read 15 books more than my goal! YAY!
- I’ve signed up for this one again.
Goodreads Challenge — 92%
- Goal — 110 books
- How many I read by the end of 2015 –101 books
- Books reviewed by the end of 2015 — 90 books
- I have chosen a smaller challenge for 2016. I started worrying about the number of books I’d read instead of just enjoying the books. I also stopped reading long books since I was trying to meet my goal.
- My goal this year is 100 books.
Library Challenge — 58%
- Goal — 12-16 books
- How many I read — 7 books
- Books reviewed by the end of 2015 — 7 books
- Since we traveled so much last year I didn’t use the library as much as I meant to.
- I haven’t signed up for a formal library challenge, but plan to keep track of the library books I read. And plan to buy fewer books since we’re retiring a few years earlier than planned and I need to keep to a budget.
New Author Challenge — 168% –completed!
- Goal — 25 books
- How many I read by the end of 2015 — 42 books
- Books reviewed by the end of 2015 — 35 books
- Lots of really good new authors this year.
- I’ve signed up for this challenge again. I love finding new authors to keep reading.
TBR Challenge — 92%
- Goal — 1 book per month
- How many I read — 11 books total
- Books reviewed by the end of 2015 — 11 books
- I missed my July book–again, I got busy and didn’t finish the book until later in the year.
- I’m not signing up for this challenge since it’s more romance oriented and I’m not reading so much romance anymore.
TBR Pile Reading Challenge — 116% — completed
- Goal — 31-40 books
- How many I read — 36 books
- Books reviewed by the end of 2015 –33 books
- I have lots of TBR books so this is one I’ve signed up again. I have plenty of books for this challenge!
Ultimate Reading Challenge — 58%
- Goal — 52 books–each in a specific category
- How many I read — 30 books
- Books reviewed by the end of 2015 –30 books
- There were some types of books on the list I probably wouldn’t have read, but I could have done a little better. In the last months of 2015 I got busy with other things and didn’t think about the challenge and trying to find books to meet the challenge.
- I didn’t check to see if this challenge is occurring again this year. I signed up for a different challenge that’s somewhat similar, but confined to science fiction and fantasy.
Did you take part in reading challenges in 2015? How did you do?
Great job! Even on the ones you didn’t complete you’re really close. I dropped my Goodreads goal for the very same reason. I’m hoping that will take the pressure off and also encourage me to read more classics and chunk books.
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I agree, Katherine. I have a lot of longer books I really want to read and enjoy instead of trying to hurry through them or not reading them at all.
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