Bookish Goals Status Update: October 2018

In an effort to help keep myself on track, I am going to post monthly status updates showing where I stand for each of my 2018 Goals.

Anything highlighted in gray is currently in progress, but not yet completed.

• Read and review at least 36 books 
1. Crossed by Ally Condie
2. The Becoming of Noah Shaw by Michelle Hodkin
3. Onyx by Jennifer Armentrout
4. Love Show by Audrey Bell
5. Invaded by Melissa Landers
6. The Grift of the Magi by Ally Carter
7. Finding Felicity by Stacey Kade
8. Reached by Ally Condie
9. United by Melissa Landers
10. White Rabbit by Caleb Roehrig
11. Don't Kiss the Messenger by Katie Ray
12. A Painted House by John Grisham
13. Shopaholic Takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella
14. The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead
15. Cress by Marissa Meyer
16. Bad Blood by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
17. The Emperor's Code (39 Clues 8)  by Gordon Korman
18. Twelve by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
19. See How They Run by Ally Carter
20. Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry
21. Take the Key and Lock Her Up by Ally Carter
22. Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
23. The Body Farm by Patricia Cornwell
24. Winter by Marissa Meyer

• I am participating in the Try Something New challenge hosted by The Herd Presents.  I'm going to aim for level 2 with 11-20 books. Any book over 80 pages qualifies as long as it is new to you.  New author, new genre, new series, etc.
1. The Becoming of Noah Shaw by Michelle Hodkin (Shaw Confessions #1) - New Series
2. Love Show by Audrey Bell - New Author
3. Don't Kiss the Messenger by Katie Ray (New Series)
4. Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry - New Author

• Read at least 10 New Adult books (My definition of NA = protagonists are post high school, but under 30)
1. The Becoming of Noah Shaw by Michelle Hodkin
2. Love Show by Audrey Bell
3. Finding Felicity by Stacey Kade
4. Shopaholic Takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella
5. The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead
6. Twelve by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
7. Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry

• Read three of the books that had been on my TBR list the longest.  I now have 45 books that were all added on September 7, 2010 that would qualify.  
1. A Painted House by John Grisham
2. The Body Farm by Patricia Cornwell

• Finish reading at least 5 series I have already started.  (I have several trilogies with final books I still need to read. 
1. Reached by Ally Condie - Book 3 in the Matched Series
2. United by Melissa Landers - Book 3 in the Alienated Series
3. Bad Blood by Jennifer Lynn Barnes - Book 4 in The Naturals Series
4. Take the Key and Lock Her Up - Book 3 Embassy Row Series
5. Winter by Marissa Meyer - Lunar Chronicles Series

• TBR Challenge.  For this challenge I want to read at least 20 books that were on my TBR list AND were published prior to January 1, 2018. 

1. Crossed by Ally Condie
2. The Becoming of Noah Shaw by Michelle Hodkin
3. Onyx by Jennifer Armentrout
4. Love Show by Audrey Bell
5. Invaded by Melissa Landers
6. The Grift of the Magi by Ally Carter
7. Reached by Ally Condie
8. United by Melissa Landers
9. Don't Kiss the Messenger by Katie Ray
10. A Painted House by John Grisham
11. Shopaholic Takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella
12. The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead
13. Cress by Marissa Meyer
14. Bad Blood by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
15. See How They Run by Ally Carter
16. Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry
17. Take the Key and Lock Her Up By Ally Carter
18. Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
19. The Body Farm by Patricia Cornwell
20. Winter by Marissa Meyer

• I joined the New Release Challenge hosted by Unconventional Book Views and Books, Movies, Reviews Oh My! My goal is to reach New Release Newbie level with 12 new releases read/reviewed during 2017.  The minimum length for a book to qualify is 100 pages. 
1. Finding Felicity by Stacey Kade - Released 3/20/18
2. White Rabbit by Caleb Roehrig - Released 4/24/18