A Month of Faves is an awesome event is hosted by GirlXOXO, Traveling with T and Estella's Revenge. Check out the full sked here.
Wooh! I know this is really late but I pop in and out of this event at will so I guess it doesn't really matter, does it? :)
Wed. | Dec. 23 – Challenges {The Year End Updates on Reading Challenges, Personal Goals, Resolutions}– how did you do? Are you going to do more challenges next year?
How I fared, challenge-wise
This was an interesting year by way of challenges. I took part in quite a few but never really stressed myself out in any of them, a far cry from my usual ohmygawdihaventgottenanythingdone mode during challenges.
Bloggiesta - I took part in the Spring, the mini one in June, and the Fall one too. I love this event because I always manage to get quite a number of things done and it's always fun to check in with fellow book bloggers!
During the Fall Bloggiesta, I challenged you to clean up your email boxes ... and I wasn't disappointed. I am also still at Inbox Zero so it looks like I am sticking to this system.
During the Fall Bloggiesta, I challenged you to clean up your email boxes ... and I wasn't disappointed. I am also still at Inbox Zero so it looks like I am sticking to this system.
Travel the World in Books - this is one of my perpetual challenges so my Book Map is the best indicator of how I've been doing. I've continued to read across the world although I notice I still get plenty of temptation when book tours roll along.
I was pretty excited when the hosts invited me to co-host the Travel the World in Books Readathon in October and I honestly was on the roll during the month! Check out all my posts including some freebie printable bookmarks!
With this being a perpetual challenge, 2016 holds reading adventures galore. Can't wait to dig through my TBR and see where else I'm traveling.
I joined in a few themed challenges and got in a few books read and reviewed. The downside to joining these challenges is that my TBR is now at ridiculous proportions... I know you know I'm not kidding!
I was pretty excited when the hosts invited me to co-host the Travel the World in Books Readathon in October and I honestly was on the roll during the month! Check out all my posts including some freebie printable bookmarks!
With this being a perpetual challenge, 2016 holds reading adventures galore. Can't wait to dig through my TBR and see where else I'm traveling.
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I joined in a few themed challenges and got in a few books read and reviewed. The downside to joining these challenges is that my TBR is now at ridiculous proportions... I know you know I'm not kidding!
- Diversiverse - this ties in really nicely with Travel the World in Books you'd think this would be a cinch. My second year, I managed to knock off The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy off my TBR. It was a book that I started-stopped and needed to be read ... I'm so glad I did!
- Paris in July - finally got crime-thriller The Bones of Paris by Laurie R. King read!
- Austen in August - it's no secret that I shy away from classics, so joining in this challenge through an easy-to-digest coffee table book at least made me resolve to join in again next year.
- RIPX - my first time trying this challenge and I realized that scary reading is not really in my thing. However I eased into the genre with a children's book inspired by Edgar Allan Poe.
- Nonfiction November - oh, a bust. I wanted to read one book but didn't get it done.
- Foodies Read - another perpetual challenge. I love foodie books and only managed one book this year.
My Reading Resolutions
My resolutions are simple. I dislike stressing myself out over reading and blogging so I've resolved that:
- Less is more - I enjoyed that fact that my reading was slower in 2015 and hope to carry on like this next year. I want to enjoy the act of reading and not have to rush through things so much. The world is busy as it is; I don't want my reading life to feel like a chore but to bring me enjoyment.
- Read what I want - Be picky, really picky. I want to keep reminding myself to pick up books that I know I really want to read ... and other reasons should be secondary. Secondary reasons include but is not limited to: Everyone reading it. I can't pass up a free book in a tour. Someone is pressuring me. The publisher/author is really nice/persistent/annoying.
- Join only challenges that truly appeal to me - In the same vein as above, the challenges I will join in the new year are ones that are aligned to my desired reading. I am continuing Travel the World in Books, joining in #ReadMyOwnDamnBooks (because I have so many books unread here!), and focusing on getting at least one Nobel Prize winning book read for the Read the Nobels, a challenge I have neglected.
Let's see what else I end up joining!
What about you? How did 2015 go and what are your reading plans for 2016?
What about you? How did 2015 go and what are your reading plans for 2016?
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