The end of 2016 is finally on the horizon, and as I look back on my achievements over the past twelve months, I’m proud to say I’ve accomplished quite a lot. One of my major goals going in was to win my Goodreads Reading Challenge, a set goal of how many books I wanted to read in 2016. I may not have set the bar particularly high for my first try, but I’m still happy to have reached it!
So after two January posts on the ten books I wanted to read this year and a midyear progress report in July, here is my final report on my reading challenge goals for 2016. Enjoy!
2016 Reading Goal: 10 books
Total books read in 2016: 10 books (100%)
Books I planned to read this year and did
- Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
- The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, by J.K. Rowling
Books I planned to read this year but didn’t
- Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë
- Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontë
- The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
- Divergent, by Veronica Roth
- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, by William Shakespeare
Books I read this year but didn’t plan to
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard, by J.K. Rowling
- Jonathan Livingston Seagull, by Richard Bach
- The BFG, by Roald Dahl
- The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare
- Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott
- Quidditch Through the Ages, by J.K. Rowling
- Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen
Books I’m still reading
- A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin
- Tree Thinking: An Introduction to Phylogenetic Biology, by David A. Baum & Stacey D. Smith
And last but not least…
My Favorite Book of the Year: Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
What about you? Did you set any reading goals this year? Were you able to meet them? What were your favorite books of the year?
Awesome selection of reads! I love Pride & Prejudice as well, and also Little Women is a favorite. I’ve slowly been working through the annotated edition. I did the Goodreads challenge as well. I have one more book to go to reach my goal of 45 books 🙂 I just added you as a friend on Goodreads!
Thanks! Pride and Prejudice and Little Women were both amazing books! I don’t know why I put off reading them for so long. That’s awesome that you’ve read over 40 books this year! Congratulations! Hope I can reach that goal someday. Just added you back on Goodreads! Thanks for reading! 🙂
Great! I have several classics I would like to re-read next year. I am still 8 books away from completing my Goodreads challenge but still hope to make it by the end of the month!
Gotta love the classics! I wouldn’t mind rereading Pride and Prejudice next year. It’s great! Good luck finishing your Goodreads challenge! Thanks for reading! 🙂
Congrats!
Thanks! 🙂