2016 Reading Challenges

Time for 2016 Reading Challenges!

2016 Goodreads Reading Challenge

Go HERE to sign up and make a challenge for yourself.

I super failed this one in 2015. So I MUST win this year! Or else!

The A-Z Reading Challenge

I didn't finish this one last year either, so I'm going to really try this year. I would just like to point out how it is always very difficult for me to come up with books for all 26 letters. The hardest was "K" this year!

 An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

Beautiful Broken Things by Sara Barnard

A Criminal Magic by Lee Kelly

Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices) by Cassandra Clare
Even If the Sky Falls By Mia Garcia

The Forbidden Wish by Jessica Khoury

The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Inherit the Stars by Tessa Elwood

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Salt and Storm by Kendall Kulper

The Love That Split the World by Emily Henry

Winter by Marissa Meyer 

Not If I See You First by Eric Lindstrom

Outrun the Moon by Stacey Lee

Passenger (Passenger, #1)
by Alexandra Bracken
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

Riders by Veronica Rossi

The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi

Thicker Than Water by Brigid Kemmerer

Unbreakable by Elizabeth Norris

This Savage Song (Monsters of Verity, #1) by Victoria Schwab

Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson

EXtraction by Stephanie Diaz

The Last Star  by Rick Yancey

Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova

Diversity Reading Challenge

I was hoping to find some great diversity reading challenges for 2016. I haven't yet, but that doesn't mean they're not out there to be found (eventually).
So, for now, I'm just making my own diversity reading challenge. It's really simple: Read more diverse books and review/blog about those books.
So far, these are on my radar (sorry if there are repeats from my A-Z list):

Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed 

Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older

Outrun the Moon by Stacey Lee

The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi

The Rose and the Dagger (The Wrath and the Dawn #2) by Renee Ahdieh

The Forbidden Wish by Jessica Khoury

Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin

Monstress #1 (Monstress #1) by Marjorie M. Liu (Author), Sana Takeda (Illustrator)

Dive Into Diversity Reading Challenge

So, I am already taking part in the Diversity on the Shelf Reading Challenge. That reading challenge is books about and by people of color. So I thought I would look into other challenges that support other diverse reading too (and luckily My Little Pocketbooks provided us with nice linkies to other challenges). Because I want to diversify my diverse reading challenges and found Dive into Diversity. 

(haha, say that five times fast).

It is hosted by Reading Wishes and Rather Be Reading Blog.

Here's a blurb about it from the site:

The challenge:
We want to keep this stress-free and fun, so all we challenge you to do is read and review diverse books in 2015. However many is up to you. But remember: the more you read, review, discuss, the better!

I've signed up. Now what?
1. Come January, start reading diverse books!
2. Once you've written your diverse book review, add it to the monthly linky, which will post in the first week of every month.
3. Don't forget to use #DiversityDive to chat, share book recs, let others know what you're currently reading and more on Twitter.
4. Have fun!

Important challenge details:
- Dive into Diversity runs from January 1st, 2015 to 31st of December 2015.
- You can sign-up anytime throughout the year.
- Any book format is allowed - hardback, paperback, ebook, ect.

So, I will update this list as I read more books. Here are the books I plan to read (when I finish I will put up the date I read it and possibly a link to a review I write):

1. Secret (Elemental, #4) by Brigid Kemmerer (LGBTQ, Jan 18, 2015)
2. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
3. Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld
4. Coda by Emma Trevayne
5. More Than This by Patrick Ness
6. The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley by Shaun Hutchinson
7. Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Diversity on the Shelf 2015 Reading Challenge

So I am taking part in the Diversity on the Shelf reading challenge hosted by My Little Pocketbooks.

It runs all of 2015 and the rules are simple.

1. Read diverse books.

(about and by POC)

Done.

Haha, well there's a little bit more. Here's a more detailed description straight from the source:

Pick a Level

Choose how many diversity centered books you would like to add to your “read” shelf in 2015:

1st Shelf: Read 1-6 books

2nd Shelf: Read 7 -12 books

3rd Shelf: Read 13 - 18 books

4th Shelf: Read 19 -24 books

5th Shelf: Read 25+ books

Once you pick a level you can go higher and read more books but you cannot go down a level.

So, I will update this list as I read more books. I am choosing 2nd Shelf level and trying to get at least 12 books read, but I would love to read more. Here are the books I plan to read (when I finish I will put up the date I read it and possibly a link to a review I write):

1. Prophecy by Ellen Oh
2. The Shadow Hero by Gene Luen Yang (illus. Sonny Liew)
3. I Love I Hate I Miss My Sister by Amelie Sarn
4. The Fire Horse Girl by Kay Honeyman
5. To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
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I am also taking part in the Dive into Diversity Challenge. And I will be posting co-reviews with Books Are Bread as part of our new diversity book club.