2015 Reading Challenges
The 105 Book Challenge
Basically this is a book challenge where you have to read 105 books in the year of 2015. You have 14 categories and the number the category it’s listed is how many books you have to you have to read in that category. Here is my list:
14. Books from the library (1)
10. YA Dystopian (7)
6. Books that were recommended to me (that I had never heard of before) (4)
5. We Need Diverse Books books (2)
4. Re-read books
Updates:
January: Finished off two categories, YA Fantasy and 2 Books with 3 colors on the cover.
February: Finished off the "2014 new releases category"
March: Read 3 Seqeuls, 1 debut novel, 1 We Need Diverse Books book, 3 ARCs, Finished off "YA Contemporary category," 4 2015 new releases
April: Finished off the "Books off the Bookshelf", 2 dystopians, 1 eARC, 3 debut novels, 2 recommended book, 2 sequels
May: Read 2 dystopians, 1 ARC, 3 debut novels, 2 recommended books,
June: 6 2015 releases, 2 dystopains, 4 ARCs, 1 We Need Diverse Books book
July: 1 Debut Novel
August: 1 book from the library, 1 dystopian, 3 2015 releases, 1 debut novel
February: Finished off the "2014 new releases category"
March: Read 3 Seqeuls, 1 debut novel, 1 We Need Diverse Books book, 3 ARCs, Finished off "YA Contemporary category," 4 2015 new releases
April: Finished off the "Books off the Bookshelf", 2 dystopians, 1 eARC, 3 debut novels, 2 recommended book, 2 sequels
May: Read 2 dystopians, 1 ARC, 3 debut novels, 2 recommended books,
June: 6 2015 releases, 2 dystopains, 4 ARCs, 1 We Need Diverse Books book
July: 1 Debut Novel
August: 1 book from the library, 1 dystopian, 3 2015 releases, 1 debut novel
Book Blogger Organization Challenge
This challenge is to help your blogging game and to improve on blogging!
Updates:
JANUARY: Reading challenges & resolutionsPicking challenges, making resolutions, scheduling, forming plans, picking reading/blogging buddies,
FEBRUARY: Blog maintenanceUpdating old reviews, pages, layouts, features/memes, contact infoClean up images, broken linksSEOs
MARCH: Social Media + Review OoutletsUpdate social media accounts: bios, who you follow, delete old accounts you won’t use, resolve to use some accounts moreOrganize Goodreads shelves: duplicate copies, version of books, creating shelves, removing shelvesCross-posting
APRIL: Graphics, HTML, CSS, Plug-insUpdate graphics for posts/memes/events, update button, update headerLearn Photoshop/Gimp/PicMonkeyBrush up or try to learn simple HTML and CSS (for layouts, fonts, etc). Take this month to delve into the scary world of coding! (Or at least teach yourself one new thing!)
- MAY: Book clean-up + spring cleaning!
- Culling shelves, giveaways, donations, giving back borrowed books
- Reading books you were given as gifts, ARC catch up
- Rearranging shelves, updating Goodreads again, giving back borrowed books
- More cross-posting & cleaning up GR shelves
- JUNE: Freebie
- Recapping what you’ve organized, focus on biggest area of need, review TBR list
2015 Debut Author Challenge
This challenge is to discover debut authors and to read more of them this year! I have set the goal of 12 and here are the books I hope to read!
Updates:
2015 Contemporary Challenge
This challenge is to set a goal to read more contemporaries within 2015! I have always been a contemporary lover so this challenge shouldn't be too hard for me! I set a goal of reading 12 contemporaries this year and here are the books I want to read.
Updates:
February: Finished Tease and What I Thought Was True
March: Finished Invaded and Second Chance Summer
April: Finished Anna and the French Kiss
July: Finished Lola and the Boy Next Door and Isla and the Happily Ever After
March: Finished Invaded and Second Chance Summer
April: Finished Anna and the French Kiss
July: Finished Lola and the Boy Next Door and Isla and the Happily Ever After
2015 TBR Pile Reading Challenge
This challenge is to clear off book that have been on your TBR since FOREVER. In this challenge you aren't allowed to read books that are 2015 ARCs or Fresh-off-the-press books. I have challenged myself to read 21-30 books off my TBR, which is only 1/10 of my TBR. I want read some books out of all these books...
(Since my TBR is way too long here is a link to my TBR shelf c:)
(Since my TBR is way too long here is a link to my TBR shelf c:)
My To-Read Shelf:
Updates:
January: 3 books of the TBR!
February: 5 books of the TBR!
March: 6 books of the TBR!
April: 4 books of the TBR!
June: 1 book of the TBR
July: 5 books of the TBR!
March: 6 books of the TBR!
April: 4 books of the TBR!
June: 1 book of the TBR
July: 5 books of the TBR!
Dive Into Diversity
This challenge is a challenge to read more Diverse Books within 2015 and I really think diverse books is a great thing to read. They are such a great addition to the books that are already published. The variety of stories is just another reason why I love books and their stories. I want to read 7 diverse books this year and here they are...
Updates:
February: Finished Proxy
This challenge is to get people (uhhh, me) to read more fantasy! If you don't know, I am a really bad at reading fantasy novels because I just cannot get into them. Some fantasies are just take so long to read but some you just fly through. I want to read 10 fantasy novels and here is my TBR!
Updates:
January: Finished with Siege and Storm
March: Finished Ruin and Rising
July: Finished Throne of Glass
March: Finished Ruin and Rising
July: Finished Throne of Glass