Happy Saturday, everyone! YES I’m still alive! Things have been hectic with the holidays but today I’m sharing my 2019 reading challenges final update and looking back at what I’ve managed to accomplish this year. This year I brought back the Retellings Challenge and signed up for a few more. I met most of my goals, thankfully!
AUDIOBOOK CHALLENGE
I love this challenge so much! I’ve been participating for years and every year I’m so excited when I surpass my goal. This year I committed to 30+ books and surpassed that by 9!
THE BEST:
- The Bear and the Nightingale
- Ash Princess
- Truly Devious
THE WORST:
- A Head Full of Ghosts
- After
- The Last
RETELLINGS CHALLENGE
Hurray, the Retellings Challenge was back this year! I was super excited to do pretty well on this one. I set my goal at 11-15 books and read 15. I’m hoping to read a couple more next year!
THE BEST:
- Stain
- Wild Savage Stars
- House of Salt and Sorrows
THE WORST:
- The Deathless Girls
- Lost Girl
- Last of Her Name
POPSUGAR READING CHALLENGE
Well, this year wasn’t quite as successful as last year, but I still checked almost every box! You can see everything I read for this challenge on my 2019 Challenges page, here! Admittedly, I did not go nearly as far outside my comfort zone as last year. I mostly fit books I wanted to read already into the categories. That’s probably why I failed!
BACKLIST CHALLENGE
I actually found this challenge to be a bit too easy, much like the new release challenge. This year I’m going to try to find something new to replace it!
THE BEST:
- Ash Princess
- The Loneliest Girl in the Universe
GOODREADS CHALLENGE
This year I set my goal to 80 books and actually surpassed it, largely thanks to a reading binge a bit earlier this year. The last couple months have been abysmal. I’m hoping to do better next year!
So that’s it! I completed some of my goals this year but one didn’t work out quite as well as I’d hoped. Keep an eye out in the next week or two for my 2020 challenge goal post!
Do you participate in reading challenges?
Did you meet your goals this year?
Let me know in the comments!
