Our 2016 TBR Challenge!

Last year we decided to try out the TBR Challenge and we've decided to do it again this year! 

In case you're unaware of what the TBR Challenge is, it is a fun way to get through your TBR by having a friend choose 5 books from your TBR list and you must read those 5 books before the end of the year. You must then choose 5 books for your friend from their TBR. Easy!

We decided that instead of putting single books in our TBR lists, we would put whole series in too, so if one of us chose Harry Potter, it means the entire series, not just one single book. You don't have to do this, we just decided that if we're going to be reading books from a series, we might as well read the rest of the series.

Mel
My TBR list was quite short, since I only put books on it that I really would like to read first this year, so I was definitely happy with the books Jen picked for me. I'm really looking forward to completing the challenge, since I wasn't successful in 2015. I lost the list and couldn't remember half of the books!

Here's the books that Jen picked out for me:
The Iron Fey series by Julie Kagawa (starting at The Iron Daughter, since I read The Iron King in December 2015)
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Sapphire Blue by Kerstin Gier (and Emerald Green to finish up the series)
The Heart of Betrayal by Mary E Pearson (and since The Beauty of Darkness is due for publication this year, I'll see if I can fit that in too.)

Jen
This was a successful challenge for me in 2015 which makes me even more excited for it in 2016! I also gave Mel a prioritised TBR list for her to choose from, so I am super happy with the books that she picked. 

Here are the books: 
The Great Zoo of China by Matthew Reilly
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
Burn for Burn trilogy by Jenny Han
Dark Heart trilogy by Lee Monroe
Shatter Me series by Tahereh Mafi