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THE LIST: MONTHLY RECAP FOR JANUARY 2018

2/6/2018

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Hey, everyone! I am trying something new here so that I can keep track of my reading goals this year. So I am going to keep a montly recap to see how I am doing with this and keep track of the books I read for my reading challenge. Does anyone else do something similar? I would love to check out your posts if you do. 

READING GOALS FOR 2018

This year I pledged to many reading goals for myself so that I could read the books that I wanted to read and clean out some of the older titles that I have been meaning to get to but haven't yet. Let's see if these goals are being met.

#1. DNF Books that You Aren't Into: I have one DNF book for January 2018 and I didn't feel bad about not finishing it. This could be because it was an older book from my own library and NOT an ARC, but at least I stopped when I knew it wasn't going to get any better for me. 

#2. Bigger Variety in Reading Materials: Okay. So I may not have READ any books of different varieties that I tend to shy away from (which is one of my goals for my reading challenge) but I HAVE purchased a couple of books that I would tend to shy away from. So we'll have to see how that goes in the coming months. 

#3. Stop Accepting so many ARC novels: Thankfully, I have been able to do this as I am not accepting ARC's at this time. However, Netgalley and edelweiss are a different story and I continue to request titles that look good to me. I would like to work on this more through the month of February because I am already feeling the effects of having too many ARCs. 

#4. Stop Committing to tours, reveals, and blitzes: I have been REALLY good with this so far. I have only been signing up for cover reveals (because I love sharing them with the world and it helps me to post them on my upcoming release section) and book tours that include books I wanted to read anyways. So YAY for this. 

#5. Conquer my TBR list and Backlogged Books: I have been trying to conquer my TBR but haven't been to successful this month. Thankfully it's only January so I have 11 more months to go. As far as books on my backlog (i.e. books I own but haven't read) I am doing pretty good. I was able to read 3 books from my kindle that I have had on there for a while during the month of January. Hopefully next month I can get in at least 5. 

READING CHALLENGE 2018

I have 50 goals on my reading challenge list for 2018 and was successfully able to read 8 books out of the 50. If I am going at this rate I will probably conquer my challenge well before the year is over! So this is going really good for me. Here is a list of the ones I have completed so far. 

Clean Out the Kindle: (I completed 3/25 books)
1. The Single Girls To-Do List by Lindsey Kelk (Chick Lit) -- Purchase a Copy | Read my Book Review
2. When I'm Gone by Abbi Glines (Contemporary Romance) -- Purchase a Copy | Read my Book Review
3. When You're Back by Abbi Glines (New Adult Romance) -- Purchase a Copy | Read my Book Review

Catch Up for Finish a series you have been reading (I completed 1/5 books)
1. The Julius House by Charlaine Harris >> 
Purchase a Copy | Read my Review on GR

Try Something New (I completed 2/5 Books)
1. Read a book by a male author you have never read before: >> Mister Tender's Girl by Carter Wilson (5 stars)
2. Read a book by a female author you have never read before >> The Chalk Man by CJ Tudor (3 stars)

Throwbacks from 2017 I have Wanted to Read (1/5 books)
1. The Handyman by Bentley Little (Horror) >> 
Purchase a Copy | Read my Book Review (4 stars)

The Rest of the Reading Challenge (1/5 Books)
2. 
Read a popular authors first book: Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill ** 4 stars **

BOOKS REVIEWED IN 2018

Here is a list of all the books I was able to read and review so far in 2018. If you click on the cover you will be taken to my book review. 
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