Year Review : How is 2018 going so far?

I can’t believe we are in July 2018, this year has honestly flown by! I have read so many books this year and I thought I might recap on my favourites, how I’m doing with my Goodreads reading challenge and the TBR year challenge I made at the beginning of the year. When I was planning this post, I didn’t really realise how long this book would be. But here is my mini year review for 2018 so far. 

Goodreads Reading Challenge:

At the beginning of 2018, I decided I would like to aim to read 60 books by the end of this year. This was because I thought I would be working so much and will be sorting out my coursework for my apprenticeship. But after the past 6 months, I have read nearly my challenge anyway. Currently, I have read 53 out of 60 books.

Now that I am so close to the end of my Goodreads reading challenge, I am thinking of setting my challenge to 80 or 90 books. I might push for 100 books, but I don’t really want to set that as my challenge and then fail it completely. I hope my reading can still be like the way it has been over the past few months so I can complete my goal. Wish me luck!

Year Reading Challenges:

At the end of 2017, I set myself out 15 reading challenges to read throughout 2018. So far I have completed 7 out of 15 challenges.

Completed Challenges:

Here are the challenges I have completed so far this year:

• Read a book that has been on your TBR for over a year
  • Book Chosen for Challenge: Eon by Allison Goodman
• Read a witch book
  • Book Chosen for Challenge: The Black Witch by Lauren Forest
• Read a book a friend has brought you as a present
  • Book Chosen for Challenge: The Valiant by Lesley Livingston
• Read a series you have all the books but haven’t started
  • Books Chosen for Challenge: Rebel of the Sands, Traitor to the Throne and Hero of the Fall by Alwyn Hamilton
• Read a book with over 500 pages
  • Book Chosen for Challenge: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
• Read a book that has 2 or more perspectives
  • Book Chosen for Challenge: Warrior Witch by Danielle L. Jensen
• Read a book you’ve bought within the past 2 months
  • Book Chosen for this Challenge: The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang

Uncompleted Challenges:

Here are the challenges I have yet to complete this year:

• Read a book that’s set in the real world 
• Read a book with less than 350 pages
• Read a Kindle Book
• Read a genre you don’t normally read
• Read the last book someone has recommended to you
• Read a book a friend has read and loved
• Read a 2017 release
• Read a 2018 release

Favourite Books Read so Far this Year:

This year has already been filled with so many different types of books and obviously have been filled with so many new favourites. I will be creating a long list so please bare in mind aha, I’ve read so much within 6 months. I will be putting in all of the books that were completely new to me this year so this list will not be including rereads. Let me show you the books that have been an instant favourite and has been added to my list.

• The Ninth Rain by Jen Williams
• Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
• The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton (Review)
• Malice by John Gwynne
• Valour by John Gwynne
• Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
• The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
• The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
• The City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty
• Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
• Firefight by Brandon Sanderson
• Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
• Air Awakens by Elise Kova
• Fire Falling by Elise Kova
• Earth’s End by Elise Kova
• Water’s Wrath by Elise Kova
• King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
• Emperor of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
• A Court of Frost and Starlight (Review)
• Hidden Huntress by Danielle L. Jensen
• Warrior Witch by Danielle L. Jensen
• Scythe by Neal Shusterman
• Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman
• The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang
• Rebel Spring by Morgan Rhodes
• Gathering Darkness by Morgan Rhodes
• Frozen Tides by Morgan Rhodes
• Crystal Storm by Morgan Rhodes

I had no idea this post would be so long, but if you have made it to the bottom I congratulate you because this is far too long when comparing it to my other blog posts. But that’s it. It is now July and there’s still 6 more months till the end of 2018. I’m excited to see what the rest of the year will bring. Especially for all of the new releases that are coming out at the end of the year. Empire of Ash I’m looking at YOU! I might do one of these for the other half of the year or I might just do a 2018 review like I did for 2017 but I’m not sure yet. What do you think?

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Till then readers!