challenge 2016

TBR Pile Reading Challenges 2016

I’m going to participate in the TBR Pile (to-be-read pile) Reading Challenge for 2016. The goal of the challenge is to read books that have been on our bookshelf for a while – either as gifts, or books we bought and never got around to reading, or anything else. The main rule is the book can’t be a book that’ll release in 2016 so no new books or ARCs.

I’ll pick the second level for this challenge, “A Friendly Hug”, which means I have to read 11-20 books from my TBR pile. I didn’t want to pick too many because with my list of ARCs for 2015 growing increasingly longer, I don’t always have time to read other books. But I want to make a genuine effort, and if I reach 20 books or more, I can always move on to the next level of the challenge.

If you’d like to participate in the challenge as well, you can sign up here.

I’ll keep track of my progress on this page, and in the sidebar.

Fantastical Beasts and Where To Find Them by J.K. Rowling
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
Quidditch Through the Ages by J.K. Rowling
White Bones (Katie Maguire #1) by Graham Masterton
The Girl in the Red Coat by Katie Hamer
The Mistletoe Bride and Other Haunting Tales by Kate Mosse
Gethsemane Hall by David Annandale
The Leaping by Tom Fletcher
The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski
Passing The Torch by L.L. Sanders
Monsterland by Michael Phillip Cash

Last year, I participated in the Netgalley challenge and successfully reached my goals. This year, I’m signing up for it again. My netgalley ratio is currently 90% and I’m very proud of that, so this year it won’t be about upping the ratio, but about keeping it above 90% (and as close to 100% as it gets).

I’m going for the “hardcore” level, which means reading 41+ books from Netgalley. I’ll track my progress each month, and add the books that count for this challenge to this page. I will also keep track of my progress in the sidebars.