My Most Anticipated Releases for January

I already have a copy of Everless, thanks to FairyLoot, but there is tons more to get excited about for the January releases. What a way to start off the new year!

JANUARY 2

Everless // The Cruel Prince // Before I Let Go

Book Review: The Departed by Kristy Cooper

Publish Date: July 6, 2016
127 Pages [Kindle edition]
Published by Olivier

Book Review: Firstlife by Gena Showalter

Publish Date: February 23, 2016
475 Pages [Kindle edition]
Published by Harlequin Teen

Top Ten Books I'm Looking Forward to In 2018

I'm surprised that my list of 2018 books is so short, but I know that will change. I ended up with over 300 on my 2017 list and it was sparse at first too. Here are some books I'm looking forward to in 2018.

Book Review: Prisoner of Ice and Snow by Ruth Lauren

Publish Date: April 4, 2017
288 Pages [Kindle edition]
Published by Bloomsbury USA Childrens

Top Ten Favorite Books of 2017

Is 2017 really almost over?! I can't believe it! I love talking about favorite books of the year at the end of each year. I love seeing other people's favorite reads too because I know that I'm super behind on all the good books and I need to know what the hype is about. This year, thanks to Owlcrate, I was able to pick up some books published this year and be part of the hype :) Without further ado, here are my top ten favorite books of 2017.

Book Review: It Started with Goodbye by Christina June

Publish Date: May 9, 2017
272 Pages [Kindle edition]
Published by Blink

Book Review: A Quiet Kind of Thunder by Sara Barnard

Publish Date: January 9, 2018
400 Pages [Kindle edition]
Published by Simon Pulse

November Book Haul

Check out what books I got in the month of November!

Books I Read in November

#AYearAThon [December TBR]

Each first full week of the month, a #AYearAThon readathon is held and there are themes and challenges for each month. In the month of December, the theme is 2017 DEBUT with the challenge of reading the last book or books we bought. It runs from December 4 through 10.

I picked out two books. As of right now, I may add more, but two is great to start out with :)

Daughter of the Pirate King // It Started with Goodbye

Updated on 12/10: I finished It Started with Goodbye but never started Daughter. I'm okay with that...honestly am I :)

Total books finished:1

Total pages read: 272

2018 Beat the Backlist Challenge

I'm excited about the upcoming year and all the reading challenges that will be happening. I decided to add another (because I have no self control) in this Beat the Backlist challenge hosted by NovelKnight. I am not making a TBR persay, but I want to shoot for a goal of reading 40 books published before 2018. My Goodreads goal for 2018 is to read 52 books and I think I will very easily hit 40 books that are not brand new. I have too many books to read that were purchased in 2017.

I will include updates in my monthly TBR/update post on the 1st of each month :)

My team is the Novel Knights!

2018 Finishing the Series Reading Challenge

The last two years I wasn't able to find a series challenge hosted anywhere, so I just did my own thing. But Celebrity Readers is hosting one for 2018 and I'm jumping right in :) You can click the picture for more details.

My goal for 2018 is to finish 10 series aka A-List Series Finisher level. I have a page that lists my current series: here. I will be updating it in January to remove old series and books I have read in 2017. My goal was to finish 10 series in 2017 and I've only finished 2, however, I have read 21 books in a series. I still have December to go, but I'm hoping to do way better in 2018. Instead of quarterly updates, I will post monthly ones in 2018. :)

December Monthly Reading Goals + TBR

 

In November, I finished 5 books. I'm currently at 62 books read for my goal of 52 books in 2017. I spent the last week or so working on reading It and taking it easy.

• The Surrendered by Case Maynard (240 pages, 2016, Kindle, YA Dystopia) - 2.5 stars - counted towards mini Netgalley challenge, yearly Netgalley challenge, Throwback Book Club challenge, and Overused YA Tropes Bingo.
• Read Me Like a Book by Liz Kessler (304 pages, 2015, Kindle, YA Contemporary) - 2 stars - counted towards mini Netgalley challenge, ABC challenge, yearly Netgalley challenge, and Throwback Book Club challenge 
• If I Stay by Gayle Forman (196 pages, 2009, Kindle, YA Contemporary) - 4 stars - counted towards Travel Gnome challenge, Series challenge (although did not complete any series), Movie Adaptation challenge, and Throwback Book Club challenge. 
• Reboot by Amy Tintera (365 pages, 2013, YA Dystopia/Sci Fi) - 4.5 stars - counted towards Travel Gnome challenge, Series challenge (although did not complete any series), and Throwback Book Club challenge.
• A Quiet Kind of Thunder by Sara Barnard (400 pages, 2018, YA Contemporary) - 5 stars - counted towards mini Netgalley challenge, ABC challenge, and yearly Netgalley challenge

Pages read: 1505

Average pages read per day: 50

Pages DNF: 0

Total pages: 1505