2016 Read My Books Challenge

Last week I took an inventory of all the physical books that I own.  I came up with over 600!  I haven’t even read half of them and yet I continue to buy more books.  So I decided to challenge myself in 2016 to concentrate on reading the books I already own.  Then I thought, I can’t be the only one who has a surplus of unread books that they own so I decided to open up the challenge to anyone who wants to join in!

The rules are simple:

• Count up your unread books (whether physical, Kindle, ebook, audiobook, etc) and decide on how many you of those books you want to read in 2016.  You can make a list and include that in your sign-up post or you can just include the number.  I chose to create a page on my blog that has my entire physical book collection with the titles read bolded to help me keep track. 
•  Create your sign-up post with your total number unread and the number that you want to accomplish reading in 2016 and link to it below. Sign-ups are open until January 10 @ 9 am CST.
• When (if) you do your monthly review posts, add a line to show your progress and link up your posts to my 2016 RMHLC monthly update posts.
• Optional: As you’re reading books for this challenge, feel free to use the hashtag #2016readmybooks on Twitter and Instagram to share the books you are reading.

That’s it!  Pretty simple, right?!  No need for a set TBR list.  You have the freedom to choose which books of yours you want to read.  And the best part….  As you link your posts (sign-ups and each monthly link) I will add your name to a jar for an International giveaway at the end of the year for $30 USD to Book Depository as long as BD ships to your country.  So if you participate by signing up and then link up every month, you have 13 chances to win!

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My 2016 Read My Books Challenge

I am going to concentrate on my unread physical books for this challenge.  See my collection here.

Unread owned physical books as of 12/9/15: 316 (51.89% of my collection)

Goal for 2016: 60

Books Read:

1. The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon
2. I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga
3. November 9 by Colleen Hoover
4. Daughters Unto Devils by Amy Lukavics
5. Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler
6. Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover
7. Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover
8. Game by Barry Lyga
9. An Ember In The Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
10. The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner
11. Blonde Eskimo by Kristen Hunt
12. Kindred Spirits by Rainbow Rowell
13. Truthwitch by Susan Dennard
14. Stars Above by Marissa Meyer
15. The Winner’s Crime by Marie Rutkoski
16. The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman
17. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
18. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
19. The Winner’s Kiss by Marie Rutkoski
20. Passenger by Alexandra Bracken
21. The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
22. Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater
23. The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater
24. Never Tear Us Apart by Monica Murphy
25. The New Guy (and Other Senior Year Distractions) by Amy Spalding
26. The Darkest Corners by Kara Thomas
27. Braving It by James Campbell
28. The Rose & the Dagger by Renee Ahdieh
29. The Crown’s Game by Evelyn Skye
30. Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
31. The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson
32. Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren
33. Wytches vol. 1 by Scott Snyder (graphic novel)
34. Confess by Colleen Hoover
35. Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen and Nancy Butler (graphic novel)
36. Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
37. Hopeless by Colleen Hoover
38. Whirl by Emma Raveling
39. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
40. Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
41. The Heart of Betrayal by Mary E. Pearson
42. It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
    
43. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by Jack Thorne
44. The Beauty of Darkness by Mary E. Pearson
45. A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
46. An Idiot Abroad by Karl Pilkington
47. Lament by Maggie Stiefvater
48. Losing Hope by Colleen Hoover
49. Slammed by Colleen Hoover
50. You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day
51. Flawed by Cecelia Ahern
52. Point of Retreat by Colleen Hoover
53. This Girl by Colleen Hoover
54. Maybe Not by Colleen Hoover
55. Real Murders by Charlaine Harris
56. A Bone To Pick by Charlaine Harris
57. Three Bedrooms, One Corpse by Charlaine Harris
58. Shutter by Laurie Faria Stolarz
59. The Grownup by Gillian Flynn
60. The Julius House by Charlaine Harris
61. Asylum by Madeleine Roux
62. The Merciless by Danielle Vega
63. In A Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
64. Blood and Salt by Kim Liggett
65. Dead Over Heels by Charlaine Harris
66. A Fool and His Honey by Charlaine Harris
67. Last Scene Alive by Charlaine Harris
68. Poppy Done To Death by Charlaine Harris
69. Fairest by Marissa Meyer
70. The Wolf Road by Beth Lewis
71. Love and First Sight by Josh Sundquist
72. None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio
73. Seriously… I’m Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres
74. A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon
75. Gemina by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman

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Add your link by January 10th, 9am CST to join the challenge and get your name entered in the giveaway at the end of the year.