- Read and review at least 45 books
- Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
- First Family by David Baldacci
- The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
- Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan (39 Clues Book 1)
- I Survived Hurricane Katrina (I Survived #3)
- I Survived the Joplin Tornado (I Survived #12)
- Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
- The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
- One False Note by Gordon Korman (39 Clues #2)
- The Sword Thief by Peter Lerangis (39 Clues #3)
- My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories by Stephanie Perkins
- I am once again participating in the New To You Challenge hosted by Herding Cats & Burning Soup. I'm going to aim for the "Dipping the Toes" level with 12 - 24 books that qualify. Any book over 80ish pages qualify as long as it is new to you. New author, new genre, new series, etc.
- Confessions of a Shopaholic - New series
- The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey - New author and New Series
- Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan - New series
- I Survived Hurricane Katrina - New author and New Series
- One False Note by Gordon Korman - New author
- The Sword Thief by Peter Lerangis - New author
- Read at least 10 New Adult books (My definition of NA = protagonists are post high school, but under 30)
- Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
- Last year I read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which was the book that had been on my Goodreads TBR list the longest. This year, I have 49 books that were all added on September 7, 2010 that would qualify. I plan on reading at least 3 of them.
- The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
- Finish reading at least 5 series I have already started. (I have several trilogies with final books I still need to read.
- Attend a book convention
- I'm registered for BEA in Chicago this May!!
- I joined the Mount TBR Reading Challenge. My goal is to reach Mount Blanc level - Read 24 books in 2016 that I owned before January 1, 2016. Ebooks that you own count, but you must own the book....No library books.
- First Family by David Baldacci
- Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan (39 Clues #1)
- The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
- One False Note by Gordon Korman (39 Clues #2)
- The Sword Thief by Peter Lerangis (39 Cleus #3)
- Achieve a Professional level in the 2016 Prequel and Sequel challenge with 76 - 100 points. I finished last year with 82 points, so hopefully this year will be similar. The sign up and description can be found at Novel Heartbeat. (Link Up Quarterly)
- First Family - King & Maxwell #4 - 2 points for a sequel
- Scarlet by Marissa Meyer - Lunar Chronicles #2 - 2 points for a sequel
- The Girl Who Played with Fire - Millennium series #2 - 2 points sequel
- One False Note by Gordon Korman (39 Clues #2) - 2 points sequel
- The Sword Thief by Peter Lerangis (39 Clues #3) - 2 points sequel
Total Points = 10
- Complete 2 half marathons during 2016
- I ran in the Glass City Half Marathon on April 24th and finished in 2:17:25
- I'm registered by the Emerald City Quarter Marathon August 28th
- I'm registered for the Columbus Half Marathon October 16th
- I joined the New Release Challenge hosted by Unconventional Book Views and Books, Movies, Reviews Oh My! My goal is to reach New Release Pro status with 16 new releases read/reviewed during 2016. The minimum length for a book to qualify is 100 pages.