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My 2016 Reading Challenge

Mar29

I love reading. For many reasons. Reading helps with creativity. It exercises the mind, it develops imagination, and it improves concentration. Reading is one of those things that the more you do it, the better you get at it. It improves your vocabulary and language skills. It also can teach you about the world around you. I think the most important thing for me; is it calms my mind, helps me relax and is a great form of entertainment.

For as far back as I can remember, I have loved reading. I remember reading the following books when I was an adolescent.

 

  • Encyclopedia Brown series by Donald J. Sobol
  • The Babysitters Club series by Ann M. Martin
  • Goosebumps series by R. L. Stine
  • Sweet Valley High series by Francine Pascal
  • The Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Chandler Warner
  • The Giver by Lois Lowry
  • Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
  • The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
  • James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl


Since the birth of my youngest, I have been in a bit of a reading funk. So in December I decided to join a group on Goodreads with the challenge of reading 52 books in 52 weeks. One for each week of the year. So far I’m trucking along just as I should be! A few weeks I have slacked and didn’t read, but I made up for it the next week.
Here is what I’ve read so far this year:

  • Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
  • Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen
  • Smoke by Ellen Hopkins
  • The Selection by Kiera Cass
  • The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty
  • The Elite by Kiera Cass
  • The One by Kiera Cass
  • Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
  • Who Do You Love by Jennifer Weiner
  • Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott
  • All The Things We Never Knew by Sheila Hamilton
  • Happily Ever After by Kiera Cass
  • The Heir by Kiera Cass

I have my books planned out (subject to change) and look forward to crushing this challenge!! Out of the 13 books I have read so far, I have enjoyed 11 of them. So far my picks have been great choices to help get me back into reading. Follow my journey on Goodreads here.

 

What books did you read as an adolescent? Do you enjoy reading? What books have you read this year or do you plan on reading before the year end?