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Good Reads Challenge 2016 Complete

Last updated on 30 August 2017

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Well my Good Reads Challenge for 2016 is done! And with a couple of days to spare! I actually finished week before last, but thought I’d hold off writing a post, leave it to closer to the end of the year.

At the beginning of the year I talked about my 2015 reading challenge and how that went. I also shared with you about my plans for 2016, and even gave you a mid-year update. Looking back to July, I didn’t read any of the books I ‘planned to read next’. Oops.

In my comments at the beginning of the year, I wasn’t too impressed with my 2015 reading list, and I didn’t give out many 5 stars. I was worried it was going a similar direction this year, but this year I have read some amazing books. I’ll be sharing with you my top 5 books of 2016 in the coming weeks, but you can check them all out on my 2016 Challenge if you’d like.

This year I challenged myself to 40 books, and I can say that I have finished the challenge! I’m actually half way through book number 42 at the moment, so just because the challenge is over for me, there will still be many books read. I have so many stand-alone books to read this summer, and so many sequels to begin that I will in no way be short of things to read.

I’m quite happy with the books I got through this year. There were some that were really not that great, others which were okay but I wouldn’t suggest them to friends, and then there books I couldn’t get enough of. Most of my favourite books this year were read in the last months of the year. I have so many books I want to read next year, but more on that in January!

Here are all the books I read up till book 40 (with more being read after), and any reviews I did for them down below.

 

Reviewed on This Splendid Shambles

Bear in mind not all books I read this year were reviewed.

 

Review on Blogger’s Bookshelf

Book of Lies, by Terri Terry

Carry On, by Rainbow Rowell 

Changers, by T. Cooper and Allison Glock-Cooper

City of Mirrors, by Justin Cronin

Cruel Crown, by Victoria Aveyard 

The Darkest Part of the Forrest, by Holly Black

Glass Sword, by Victoria Aveyard

Gold Fame Citrus, by Claire Vaye Watkins

The Memory Book, by Lara Avery 

Riders, by Veronica Rossi

Shadow and Bone, by Leigh Bardugo 

Snow Like Ashes, by Sara Raasch

 

How is your challenge going? Nearly there? Finished weeks ago? Let me know!

Anjali Kay is an Aotearoa New Zealand-based blogger and book lover sharing travel inspiration, bookish posts, the occasional creative project, and a lot of practical blogging tips here at This Splendid Shambles. Based in Auckland, she's been writing book reviews and travel posts, sharing creative projects and blogging tips since she started her first blog in 2009. When she's not working on her own blog, Anjali also offers blog coaching and support for bloggers who want real guidance from someone who's actually done the work, and is a few chapters ahead of them.

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