Update from 2017-01-07
The year had past, some goals were met, some not so much :). I’m leaving this page be for now and here are the post I wrote to sum up year 2016:
- 2016 Goodreads summary
- Best books of 2016
- Worst books of 2016
- 2016 Challenge summary
- New goals for 2017 (and some charts)
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You might’ve already seen my post about this year’s reading challenges: I solemnly swear…
This page is intended to keep track on the points I’ll gather throughout the year. Without it, I won’t be able to find a thing at the end of year 😉
Let’s start with Goodreads challenge
This widget thingy from Goodreads totally doesn’t work… it stays the same just like at the moment you’ve added it. Well, I’ll update it once in a while.
The Netgalley % growth – keep up with the newest releases, don’t exceed the publication date and get the Netgalley feedback ratio higher. [32%]
Points on this challenge: 1 point per 3% closer to the magical 80% or higher
Current score: 6 points and 19 percent
The big list of small challenges I want to accomplish (points for each added in brackets, possibly with list of books):
- A paperback I own – 1 – Illuminae
- One of my ebooks that I actually paid for – 2 – Murder, Mystery & Dating Mayhem, Strange Magic
- A graphic novel – 20 – favorite for now – Monstress
- An audio book that’s been on my list way too long – 10 – favorite for now – The False Prince
- Re-read one of my favorite books and review it, I really want to include Harry Potter and Witcher here – 2 – Enchanted, The last wish
- A book that won Goodreads Choice Award in 2015 – 1 – Dark matter
- A book that is among the finalists of GR Choice Awards from any year – 4 – The Martian, Cruel Beauty, Raven boys, The false prince
- Read a classic. The two I’ve got currently on my have-to-read list are “The Count of Monte Christo” and “The Picture of Dorian Grey”. The first one was on my list for ages and I really need to read it this year – 4 – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Prince and the Pauper, Adrift in Pacific, Little prince
- A book that becomes a movie this year (like The 5th wave).
- A book I want to read because of a movie I’ve seen. – 1 – The Martian
- A Fairytale retelling – 4 – Alice Takes Back Wonderland, Enchanted, The Golden Apple, Complete Alice in Wonderland
- The story under 150 pages – 8 – Kaminishi: Four Seasons, From Hell to Breakfast, The Golden Cage, Broken banners, A reaper of stone, Deadman’s hand, Pieces of hate, Musiville
- A gift – a book I got from someone – 1 – How To Think Like Sherlock
- A book read in a day – 5 – The Dreadful Fate of Jonathan York: A Yarn for the Strange at Heart, Boy-1, The Wicked + The Divine Vol 1-3
- A big book – over 600 pages
- A book published in 2016 – 35 – favorite for now – Steps of Power series
- A book and its prequel – 1 – Flashback: Siren Song + Strange Magic
- Series finale – 1 – Rose Under Fire
- A murder mystery – 4 – Murder at the Vicarage, Love in the Time of Murder, Halfway Bitten, Halfway dead
- A dystopian novel – 1 – Kingdom of ashes
- Book bought because of the cover – 1 – These Broken Stars
- A banned book
- A story I stopped reading before, but actually wanted to finish
- A series starter – 10 – The Golden Cage, Enchanted, The Golden Apple, Halfway dead, The Misadventures of Grumpy Cat (and Pokey!), Archmage, Murder, Mystery & Dating Mayhem, The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act, Peter and the Starcatchers, Cursed
- Freebie I got from Amazon or Smashwords – 1 – The Golden Apple
- One word title – 4 – Kaminishi, Enchanted, Cursed, Concealed
- Pre-printing press – a book that was published before 1440.
- A non-superhero graphic novel – 3 – The Dreadful Fate of Jonathan York: A Yarn for the Strange at Heart, Dead Man’s Party, Complete Alice in Wonderland
- Manga – 37 – plenty of Naruto and some more 😉
- A (graphic) novel based on TV show / Movie / Game – 2 – Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Ghostbusters: Who Ya Gonna Call?
- A newly bought book (start reading within a month of purchase) – 1 – Illuminae
- A book based on mythology – 2 – Cruel Beauty, Sleeping Giants
- Random book from my paper to-be-read pile – 1 – Adrift in the Pacific: Two Years Holiday
- New to me author – 39 – too many to list, so I’ll just put a number here
- Color cover fun – a book which cover is mainly one of these colors:
white – 2 – The Raven Boys, The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1
yellow – 1 – The Misadventures of Grumpy Cat (and Pokey!)
orange – 3 – Kaminishi, The Martian, Illuminae
red – 1 – From Hell to Breakfast
purple – 1 – Halfway Bitten
blue – 3 – Love in the Time of Murder, The Golden Cage, The False Prince, Ash and Echoes
green – 1 – Musiville
gray – 1 – Hinges Book Two: Paper Tigers
black – 2 – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Complete Alice in Wonderland
brown – 1 – Kings or pawns - Around the world in books – check how many countries or US states I can visit through books. This one won’t be easy since I mostly read fantasy, but I’m curious to see what countries I can read through :). An extra rule – one book = one country, so I can’t simply use one book to travel around the world, I’d have to choose which country I’m using from a certain book if the action happens in more than one. – 1 point per country – 12
Current score: 185 points
Now it’s time for the A to Z challenges. I will try to update this list monthly, maybe even more often if I’ll remember 😉
All the books will be listed using this key:
title (linked to Goodreads), author, rating, date when finished.
Goal: Read a book that the TITLE / AUTHOR begins with every letter A to Z. The A, An and The don’t count.
*for U (Author challenge only), Q, X, Y, Z you can use any book with those letters in the title / in author’s name.
Duration: Jan 1st – Dec 31st, 2015
Current score: 43 points
The titles:
A: Alice Takes Back Wonderland by David D. Hammons ★★★☆☆ 18-01-2016
B: Boy-1 by H. S. Tak, Amancay Nahuelpan ★★★☆☆ 23-01-2016
C: Crystal Cadets by Anne Toole, Katie O’Neill, Paulina Ganucheau ★★★★☆ 12-01-2016
D: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson ★★★☆☆ 06-01-2016
E: Enchanted by Alethea Kontis ★★★★★ 11-02-2016
F: From Hell to Breakfast by Cynthia St. Aubin ★★★★☆ 04-02-2016
G: The Golden Apple by Michelle Diener ★★★☆☆ 16-02-16
H: Halfway Bitten by Terry Maggert ★★★★☆ 02-02-2016
I: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff ★★★★★ 05-06-2016
J: Just a Geek by Wil Wheaton ★★★★☆ 20-04-2016
K: Kaminishi by Jan Suzukawa ★★☆☆☆ 05-01-2016
L: Love in the Time of Murder by D.E. Haggerty ★★★★★ 22-01-2016
M: Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie ★★★☆☆ 06-01-2016
N: Never Trust a Skinny Cupcake Baker by D.E. Haggerty ★★★★☆ 16-04-2016
O: Ostatnie życzenie by Andrzej Sapkowski ★★★★★ 04-07-2016
P: The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain ★★★★☆ 16-01-2016
Q: Queen of Hearts by Colleen Oakes ★★★☆☆ 06-12-2016
R: The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater ★★★☆☆ 13-02-2016
S: Spiral-Bound: Top Secret Summer by Aaron Renier ★★★☆☆ 23-01-2016
T: Transient City by Al Onia ★★★★☆ 16-04-2016
U: Untraceable by S.R. Johannes ★★★★☆ 12-05-2016
V:
W: Word Puppets by Mary Robinette Kowal ★★★★☆ 09-04-2016
X:
Y: You’re Never Weird on the Internet by Felicia Day ★★★★☆ 15-04-2016
Z:
And the authors:
A: Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie ★★★☆☆ 06-01-2016
B: Sons Of The Devil by Brian Buccellato ★★★★☆ 16-02-15
C: From Hell to Breakfast by Cynthia St. Aubin ★★★★☆ 04-02-2016
D: Alice Takes Back Wonderland by David D. Hammons ★★★☆☆ 18-01-2016
E: Murder, Mystery & Dating Mayhem by D.E. Haggerty ★★★★☆ 01-04-2016
F: You’re Never Weird on the Internet by Felicia Day ★★★★☆ 15-04-2016
G: Crystal Cadets by Anne Toole, Katie O’Neill, Paulina Ganucheau ★★★★☆ 12-01-2016
H: Love in the Time of Murder by D.E. Haggerty ★★★★★ 22-01-2016
I:
J: Kaminishi by Jan Suzukawa ★★☆☆☆ 05-01-2016
K: Enchanted by Alethea Kontis ★★★★★ 11-02-2016
L: Ash and Echoes by Augusta Li ★★★★☆ 24-02-2016
M: The Dreadful Fate of Jonathan York: A Yarn for the Strange at Heart by Kory Merritt ★★★★☆ 23-01-2016
N: The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline by Nancy Springer ★★★☆☆ 16-02-13
O: Transient City by Al Onia ★★★★☆ 16-04-2016
P: Dodger by Terry Pratchett ★★★☆☆ 06-02-2016
Q:
R: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson ★★★☆☆ 06-01-2016
S: Kaminishi: Four Seasons by Jan Suzukawa ★★☆☆☆ 08-01-2016
T: The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain ★★★★☆ 16-01-2016
U:
V: Adrift in the Pacific: Two Years Holiday by Jules Verne ★★★☆☆ 27-08-2016
W: The Martian by Andy Weir ★★★★★ 16-03-2016
X:
Y:
Z:
Levels of accomplishment
It’s actually not easy to set these, but since I promised I will it will go like this:
- Level 1: A good start – 100 points
- Level 2: Way to go! – 200 points
- Level 3: Awesome!!! – 300 points
2016 point summary: 234
Magic of books 