Tuesday, 7 July 2015

Jen's 2015 Reading & Bookish Resolutions JUNE Update

It's been a few months since my last update so I thought it was about time for another one. 
(Click here for my 2015 reading and bookish resolutions list with explanations)
(Click here for my March resolutions update) 

Goodreads 2015 reading challenge I surpassed 100 books and increased my goal to 150 and since I am well on track to reaching that target I decided that I would aim for 200 books.   

Read 50 books that are at least 200 pages in length  I definitely passed my goal of 50 (currently at 76/50 at the end of June) and I debated whether to increase it and I ended up deciding to make the goal 100 books.  

Read all TBR Jodi Picoult books   Unfortunately I have neglected this goal for the past few months because I just wasn't in the mood for reading one of her books. I currently have 4 Jodi Picoult books on my TBR list and I am definitely hoping to read at least one a month from this point on.   

Complete at least 10 series/trilogies   I have completed this goal and there is still quite a bit of the year left, so I have decided to increase this to 15 series or trilogies. (I also did not specify this at the start of the year, but I am only counting new series and not including re-reads.)

Series completed in 2015 (12 so far)
Legend trilogy by Marie Lu 
Losing It series by Cora Carmack 
The Wolves of Mercy Falls by Maggie Stiefvater
Wake (or Dreamcatcher) trilogy by Lisa McMann 
Ruby Red (or Precious Stone) trilogy by Kerstin Gier 
Matched trilogy by Ally Condie 
Hex Hall trilogy by Rachel Hawkins 
Slated trilogy by Teri Terry 
The Books of Pellinor series by Alison Croggon
The Infernal Devices trilogy by Cassandra Clare 
Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan 
The Testing trilogy by Joelle Charbonneau  

Read at least 1 classic  This one is completed! Although it was only a children's book (Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit) it still counts!  

Start and finish all Cassandra Clare books   Having read 6/11 of the Cassandra Clare books I own, I am still on track to finishing this goal by the end of the year. The books still unread are the last three in The Mortal Instruments series, The Bane Chronicles and The Shadowhunter's Codex.   

Get TBR pile down to at least 50 books   Due to my ridiculous and uncontrolled book buying in the past few months, I am failing miserably at this goal. In fact, I no longer think that this is even achievable since my current TBR pile has exploded to over 120 books. At this point in time, I will be happy if I can get my TBR down to at least 100 books at the end of the year.  

Read more unread books than I buy each month   As with the goal above, my outrageous book buying has made this goal impossible. I felt that this goal was also putting unnecessary pressure on myself to read, so I will no longer be including this as a goal for the second half of the year. Instead, I will just focus on reading to decrease my TBR pile. 

 

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