2015 reading challenges–How’d I do?

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?