A few stats
Books finished: 40
Books DNF’ed: 7
Pages read: 16,397
Longest book read: Winter (821 pgs)
Rereads: 0
Series started: 21
Series finished: 4
Highest rated genre: Urban Fantasy
Books read by rating
# of books rated:
DNF = 7
★ = 1
★½ = 0
★★ = 1
★★½ = 1
★★★ = 1
★★★½ = 4
★★★★ = 18
★★★★½ = 10
★★★★★ = 4
★★★★★+ (King of the Sea Award) = 1
Average rating: 4.0
This is actually pretty high for me! I had a massive number of 4 star reads so far this year, and hardly any below that. I also DNFed quite a few, which kept my average rating a bit higher than if I’d forced myself through something I didn’t like.
Reading challenges
Goodreads challenge: 2 books behind >.>
TBR Pile: 5/20
Reading Bingo: Completed original goal, trying for a coverall now instead
Prequel/sequel: 60/150 points
I’m doing…decent, I suppose. I’m way behind on my TBR Pile Challenge, which I’ve decided to pull ONLY from my TBR jar for this. I haven’t used it much, but now that I’m finally caught up on review copies I’m hoping that will change!
A look at my most anticipated 2016 releases
- Passenger by Alexandra Bracken – ★★★★
- The Shadow Hour by Melissa Grey – ★★★★
- Soldier by Julie Kagawa – ★★★★★
- Nevernight by Jay Kristoff – ★★★★★+
- Gemina by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman – still dying for this book!
- Firstlife by Gena Showalter – ★★½
- The Shadow Queen by C.J. Redwine – ★★★½
- Starflight by Melissa Landers – ★★★★
- A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir – still anxiously waiting
- Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi – still waiting, excitement has waned
- This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab – ★★★★
- A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab – ★★★½
- The Hunt by Megan Shepherd – ★★★★
- Ruined by Amy Tintera – ★★
- The King Slayer by Virginia Boecker – ★★★½
I freaking LOVED Nevernight and Soldier; I enjoyed Passenger, Shadow Hour, Starflight, Savage Song, and The Hunt, but most of the rest were kinda disappointing sadly. I was EXTREMELY disappointed in Ruined and Firstlife, which I kinda actually hated a little bit. Firstlife had some redeeming qualities, but for being a Gena Showalter book I’m very sad that I didn’t like it.
Favorite books of 2016 so far
Least favorite
I’ve barely read AT ALL this year. I focused on my first year of college and I was overwhelmed with reading for classes and just life things. Also, I just lost my desire to read for awhile. Fortunately, that’s back and I’m SO EXCITED FOR BOOK AGAIN. Winter was also the longest book I read this year (of the very few). Good luck on your reading challenges! :)
Oh no! Reading slumps suck :( I hope you can get back into the swing of things and read some awesome stuff! You know, if you’re looking for something really epic you should try Jay Kristoff ;D *shameless bookpushing*